Kidnapped Dragons

d be even better.
Thinking that, she dropped a bombshell.

“I’m thinking of meeting him.”

“Sorry?”

“Bring him to me.
Whatever it takes.”

It was an absurd statement but the manager was already used to it.
‘Only if I was rich…’ grumbled the manager as he awkwardly looked for the said man and requested some of his time for dinner.

However, the words that came back from him were firm.

“Sorry but no.”

“Sorry?”

“I have no plans on meeting her.”

The manager felt as if he had become a door-to-door salesman.

Doesn’t he know who Carrot Girl is?

“Umm, we will be happy to give quite some cash for compensation.”

“That’ll be fine thanks.”

The manager would even cling to his pants if he could, but for some reason he just couldn’t bring himself to do so.
With no other choice, the manager reluctantly called Carrot Girl and conveyed the situation.

– @#%@%!!!

From the other side of the watch rang a deafening voice.
With beads of sweat, he tried to pacify her over the watch for a few minutes but the call suddenly ended. 

The manager was sweating profusely wondering what was happening when he suddenly heard her voice from a distance.

“Where is he!” shouted Carrot Girl, who had run all the way in a one-piece dress, drenched in sweat. 

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“Huh, uh?! Miss? Weren’t you in the middle of a rehearsal?”

The manager startledly opened an umbrella to block the sunlight but Carrot Girl disregarded his question and shouted.

“Like I said, just tell me where that man is!”

***

Meanwhile, Yu Jitae was calling the Association in preparation for the upcoming ‘Second Night’. 

After ending the call with Jefferson, he turned his body and was about to head back inside to watch the rehearsal.
That was when a set of hurried footsteps were heard as a woman suddenly jumped out from the corner of the building.

“Ah, you…!”

It was the orange-haired woman whom he had seen at the waiting room.

“Hey.
Let’s talk for a little.”

“Regarding what.”

It seemed that she had been running wearing heels.
She was gasping for breath and appeared to be lacking in stamina despite being a superhuman.
Repeatedly, she wiped the sweat falling from her forehead and took a deep breath in, before finally opening her mouth. 

“I know it’s impolite to do this when it’s our first time seeing each other but listen.
Me.
I earn a million a month.”

Yu Jitae was speechless.

So what?

“I have a lot of successful pieces – around 10 of them.
Five of my novels were adapted into dramas and two of them recorded the best rating for their broadcasting channels.
You might not know but I’m the only one in Korea who has 750 million e-book downloads.
The one under me doesn’t even reach 100 million.
And, also I’m…”

“Wait.
I get it.
So what’s your business.”

When he cut her words off short, Carrot Girl gave a big frown, but she wiped her sweat and returned to her prideful smile.

“Looking at you gives me tons of inspiration.
This is my first time.
This might sound weird but it is very important for me because each of my novels are worth millions of dollars.
But these days, I haven’t been getting many ideas…”

Her words were about to get longer again so Yu Jitae growled with a lower voice.

“Your business–”

His low growl with the resonance like that of a beast silenced the high-toned voice. 

Carrot Girl was visibly surprised and clenched her lips.
But despite that, there was a look of satisfaction on her face for an unknown reason.

“No more no less.
Just meet me five times.”

“Meet you? Why.”

“I told you.
I’m getting inspirations from you.
I also want to know you better.
It won’t take long.
Just a meal along with some conversations.”

“Don’t need it.
You should go.”

“What? Wait! I’m not just trying to meet you for free.
You are probably also busy with your work.”

“Like I said, I’m not doing it.”

“Why are you so rash? You won’t lose anything.
How about I buy your time.
Ten thousand dollars an hour.
How is that? I can give you more.
That much is nothing to me.”

A smile full of confidence flashed past her lips.
It was the attitude of a person who thought everything went according to their wishes and was an attitude he had seen often from superhuman rankers.

Her neck without a single wrinkle was very thin.

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During her chatter, he imagined grabbing and twisting that neck.
It would be an effective method for silence but that would ruin Bom’s awarding ceremony.

“Do you understand human words.”

“Sorry? What did…”

“Go before I break your neck.”

A sense of disgust was overflowing from his voice.

“W, w, why do you say such a thing?”

“Go away.”

Frozen stiff, she stopped on the spot.
What? Wasn’t he kind…? She was speechless and she couldn’t open her mouth but at the same time, she felt satisfied.
Right, a man like him should be like that of course…

However, him turning around and heading into the building wasn’t a welcome sight.

“W, wait! Wait a second!”

With her heels clicking against the floor, Carrot Girl ran in an attempt to grab him. 

However, her heels broke in the process due to the unreasonable pace.
“Akk–!” About to miserably fall on the ground, she shouted and that was when the man turned around.
His wide chest was right in front of her.

There’s no way he doesn’t catch me right? She thought, but Yu Jitae slightly pulled his body away and Carrot Girl ended up straight on the asphalt floor with a large thud.

“…”

Yu Jitae was dumbfounded from that slapstick comedy or whatever it was meant to be when Carrot Girl flicked her head up.

“Why, why did you pull back? No.
Whatever.
That’s alright.
Is there something you wish by any chance?”

Drip… The moment she raised her head, blood dripped from her nose.
Seemingly ignoring that, she reached her hands out and grabbed him by his pants.

“A, are you dissatisfied because I was trying to buy you with money? Let me apologise then.
I’ll apologise.”

“Let go.”

“W, wait.
The second place! Broccoli! Are you her boyfriend? You’re not, right? Besides, I’m not doing this because I’m interested in you as a man or something!”

At this point, even he felt doubtful.

Yu Jitae was suppressing her right now with quite a bit of killing intent.
It was hard for anyone to be this desperate even if it was their life that was on the line.
That in turn meant that she was so desperate to the point that she was literally about to die.

However, that was none of his business.
Whether she was desperate or not, everything else apart from the hatchlings had no meaning to Yu Jitae.
He stepped on her hands that were grasping at his pants as a sharp shout echoed across.

“Ahhkkk–!”

He was about to turn around when the woman shouted again.

“Wait! Wait! Th, the contest! Right.
Only the Grand Prize is guaranteed for an OSMU movie adaptation! I’ll help with that.
That girl got a Gold Prize right? I’ll help you with the movie adaptation! I know a lot of people that work there!”

But this time, the woman proposed a decent offer.
A bit of money and authority couldn’t be compared to the power born from connections – the power created over a long time as money, connections and credit built upon each other.

“Do you still hate it that much? Just having a meal with me?”

Yu Jitae thought to himself.

Bom had been very happy when she got the message saying that she would be getting an award.
It was extremely rare for her to be that happy.

If her novel were to be adapted into a movie, how happy would she be…?