#glory x reader

Summary:Since hatching, you have been in the cave under the care of Webs, Kestrel, and Dune. You were the Icewing in the prophecy.You are currently a teacher at Jade Mountain Academy. (And yes, according to my headcanon, Hvitur is your father)

Clay:

You grew up side by side, so it's obvious that you're like siblings. You had the same fighting ability as Tsunami, if not better, so..... It's obvious that you were held up as an example(in the rude manner of the guardians, of course).

He's often amazed by your strength. So, okay, imagine you're playing hide and seek, and you have shiny, sparkling scales, and you can't hide. Oh yeah, the feeling of losing before you even start the game. That's why you often refused to play hide-and-seek, staying on the sidelines. (Yes, sometimes you would discreetly point with your gaze at the one who had annoyed you or displeased you today, and then he would be found first.)

P.s.:You don't feel sorry.

So, back to the topic: Clay admires your strength. Your grace that you radiate, oozes when you fight. Those spikes on your tail, ready to strike the enemy in the face, the sharpest claws—

Oh yeah, you once had an argument: which is better - cow meat or seal meat? (Tsunami shut you both up by saying that fish is better, and you threw a stinky fish at her:)

When you escaped from the kingdom of Skywing, you asked Krechet about your origins. She said that your father was Khvitur.She added that he was constantly talking about his wife (your mother), as if she were something special.

So there were two reasons to freeze Kestrel and Burn: Kestrel for daring to question your mother's specialness; And Burn for killing your father. You were really overcome with sadness,because you and your father were so close, but in one moment you became so far away....

When you went on a journey, you found out that your mother lives on the edge of the Icewings Kingdom, in God knows where. And the queen doesn't even remember her, lol.

And you thought sarcastically: "Oh, thank you, Mom. It's a good thing you live on the very edge of the kingdom."

Glyn thought how cold it is here. How can you be happy in such a cold kingdom? Like, yes, you are an icewing, but the edge of the icewings kingdom is the coldest place on earth! Are you out of your mind?!

He watched you hug your mother, and how bitterly she learned that her husband had died.

Basically, he treats you like a sibling and he loves you very much♡

Tsunami:

You two often bicker over little things, but you are very attached to each other. Since you are both sarcastic, you can't do without teasing.

Oh yeah, you two are those for whom a cold river solves all problems.

However, she worries about you, as you worry about her. When you were in danger, she was restless and slept badly, thinking about you.

The same thing happens to you when she is in danger. You can insult each other with the most absurd words, fight to the death, throw things at each other.Cool, cool, cool. But you're willing to risk your lives for each other. Tsunami will blame herself if something bad happens to you.

And yes, you two are known as the most emotional workers of the jade mountain♡

There are usually arguments coming from your office, and frankly, students pray to be as far away from your office with her as possible.

Tsunami is willing to risk everything to keep you safe, just like you are willing to do the same for her. She doesn't care that most IceWings despise you and hate you, consider you a disgrace. She is ready to drown them if it upsets you. There are moments when you both speak sincerely, without jokes and other jokes, and although it is difficult, nevertheless, it makes your connection even stronger.

Glory:

I don't think you guys fight either, but you definitely get into verbal altercations, although not as often as with Tsunami.

But honestly, she admires you. Finding out that your father was supposed to be a guardian and you would live with him, but his life was cut short like that, and then finding your mother on the edge of the Icewings Kingdom, ignored even by the queen, and very sad, but eventually hugging you, crying, and at the same time learning of her husband's death. It was a huge shock. You didn't deserve this.

She knows you feel bad when you think about your father. And she feels sad too.

She is jealous of you and Pirita because she is hitting on you. Having got to a strange place of Queen Scarlet's palace, this strange skywing pounces on you, and then she clings to you with obsession, reverence and love for you. Pirita humiliated herself, praised her queen.....and you.

Glory hated to think that this weirdo could steal her best friend. Luckily for her, you left this palace in shock. Yes, she did not see this skywing, but you told about it, and Glory snorted disapprovingly.

When she found out that Hailstorm was Pirita, her eyes almost popped out of her head. What the fuck?

Since then, she hasn't been jealous of you, because she knows that you'll remain best friends no matter what. But she sometimes catches Hailstorm's loving glances and thinks about spitting in his face if he offends you (even though you'll eat him alive faster than he dares to upset you).

Sunny:

You're her older sister. You may take her a little more seriously than Tsunami, but to you she'll still be your little sister.

Sunny gets really worried when you're in danger (lol, compared to her, you're paranoid when SHE's in danger).

She, like a warm dragon, loves to cuddle with you. The warmth of her body compensates for the cold of your scales. At first, she shudders for half a second and just as quickly gets used to this cold.

Sometimes she needs to refresh her thoughts, cool down, because there is so much movement around Sunny, one of the best options is to come to you and hug. You spoil her so much.

Basically, almost the entire academy loves you, so it's fun for her to watch the dragonets run up to you with admiration.

Starlight:

Oh my god, he never thought you could teach a class properly (Starlight thought you and Tsunami shouldn't be allowed to teach at all, but for some reason Tsunami doesn't teach, BUT YOU DO)

Lol, if I repeat again that you value each other no matter what, I'll have a nervous breakdown.

Starlight was horrified when Mogrowwiser arrived and his dragons started killing all the Icewings in the arena. He looked around to make sure you were alive. The relief that you were alive overshadowed the fact that you were having a panic attack from what you saw.

He's shocked that you managed to win over the icewing students. They didn't recognize any dragons other than the 1st-4th circle, why are they happy to see you when you're not even in the 7th????? Like, you're such a cool, beautiful icewing, you stayed in your kingdom for God knows how long, got disillusioned with the circle system and the dragons of your tribe, came back and saved the world? Oh, well, that's true, but still.......

You sometimes encouraged him to help you with your homework in exchange for listening to his history lecture.

Now you visit him in the library quite often, and you cannot regret his loss of sight.

Winter:

At first, Winter considered your behavior and origins shameful. He saw you in the kingdom for a couple of minutes, and yes, his contempt grew and grew at first. But when you left your native climate without a second thought,preferring freedom, it made him think a little about other people's preferences and the moral principles of iceswings. What is it like to know the taste of freedom, huh?

I don't know how he could have liked you at the academy(no romance). You had some energy that was not inherent in the other iceswings... The energy of liberation and freedom. He was confused and irritated by your behavior until he realized,that you just do whatever you want, without following the rules of conduct and without caring about your circle. And yes, at first he considered it shameful.

Then he felt like he was struck by electricity... You reminded him of someone... Who, who, who? Who do you resemble in character?.....Could it be Hailstorm?

From that moment on, he was drawn to you, because you emanated such spiritual warmth that emanated from a parent, from an older brother. Parents are not characterized by the manifestation of love that does not exist,but why did Winter suddenly feel love and care? Do you really care about his condition? Icewing should always be in shape, no feeling should be worth a drop of loss,even if you are fighting with yourself.

At one point he starts noticing you hugging students with your wing. He finds it super weird. Then you do the same to him and he freaks out. It's not that bad, really, but she said not to do that anymore, abruptly dropping your wing to avoid humiliating words and looks from his sister.

He's stunned when Hailstorm falls in love with you. First Pyrite alternates devotion to Scarlet with self-deprecation, and then she's crazy about you? What?

He thought that his brother's love for you would pass when he turned into himself. But no, he looks at you with adoration, though not with a sick dependence, but with love. You look at him in bewilderment "how does this dragon know me?" and Winter explains the situation to you.

Qibli:

He has no problem being your fan at all. He loves to accidentally hang out in your office, and he REALLY likes it because you treat him to sweets. It's okay if you don't have anything tasty, Qibli will be happy with any opportunity to be near you, because you are a very cool person♡

Qibli enjoys teasing Winter about his grumpiness and your openness (even though he knows you wouldn't hesitate to slit the throat of your offender).Like, Winter is sullen and closed, raised in a place where There was no freedom; only obedience to rules. And from the moment you visit the Icewings Kingdom, some dragons have begun to behave more freely.By showing how freedom feels, you gave a push to advance. Snowfall actually thought about freedom after you showed up, as did Winter.

The only difference is in your upbringing (lack thereof), but your views and behavior are radically different. Despite this, you continue to communicate with Winter, and this is the most surprising thing.

Although Qibli makes fun of Winter for his friendship with you, in reality, he understands his friend - you are perhaps the most beloved teacher in the academy, on par with Clay (if he is not lower).

Pyrite:

Pirite was simply obsessed with you. Even the spell couldn't take away her love for you. That day when she saw you, when you wandered not quite where you should have,-You were like light, shining ice. Despite her hatred for the entire ice tribe, for some reason you were so delightful that she couldn't take her eyes off you. You are a deity, so unattainable and bright.

Since you disappeared, she never forgot you. All her comments were mixed and went in circles: self-hatred, obsession with Queen Scarlet, obsession with you, self-hatred.

Pyrite kept mentioning you when Winter, Qibli, Moonwatcher, and Kinkajou went looking for Hailstorm. It was just mind-blowing.

Hailstorm:

Oh, boy in love.

It would be reasonable to think that the obsession with you would pass once Hailstorm removed the necklace, even if not immediately. No, he is not obsessed anymore, but he genuinely likes you.

When he meets the teacher of Jade Mountain Academy, Hailstorm stutters and blue blood rushes to his face while you look at him like he's an idiot. He doesn't know why the feelings didn't go away after lifting the spell. But you make him look like a lovesick fool. By the way, he feels incredibly ashamed when he reverently mentions you to his family, because in theory he should hate you.Because you don't think the Icewings are the greatest tribe, because you think that outside the kingdom is better. Trivially because you are a mudblood, the child of a traitor, one of those who deprived the Icewings promised lands.

Hailstorm thinks about his feelings for a long time, and eventually understands Winter and stops judging him as much as he did before.

Can't help but think about how handsome the teacher at the academy is, and what a teacher fair, smart, dignified.....

......The best.

Icicle:

It took Icicle much longer than her brother to think for the first time in her life about something other than Hailstorm: "Wow, this dragon is so cool."At first she is horrified that she thinks this way, because in her opinion you are trash, and trash can't be cool. She will have to go through many stages of anxiety and conflicting feelings, thoughts and opinions,before she calmly thinks for the second time in her life: "He/she is cool."

It's just that you... So kind, but at the same time cruel, decisive. You exude freedom and brightness of character, but not the usual one, like the rest of the icewings, but fueled by an indomitable disposition and the desire for independence.You didn't treat her quite like Hailstorm or her parents, you treated her more gently, much more gently, but at the same time you didn't dare challenge her strength,expecting the best from her. Icicle was often irritated by your tenderness, but you, as an older sibling... An older figure that was taken away from her.

Therefore, no matter how much Icicle turns up her nose, no matter how much she tries to resist you and distance herself, she enjoys being with you.Don't expect compliments or talkativeness from her. She can just sit with you, and that's enough for her, because Icicle finds your presence tolerable.

Tundra & Narwhal:

Tundra is definitely annoyed by your behavior and existence in general, but is more tolerant of it than Narwhal. She is irritated by your lack of etiquette, your disobedience to the rules of iceswings, and yes, she hates your dead father too.

When you were in the castle, they were furious. How dare you disturb the order?

They were even more indignant when Hailstorm returned, and after some time they found out that he was in love with you.....It... It was a shock for them.......

|| A 'The Glory' fanfic ||

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a/n: Hey there, this is my first time writing a fan fiction. I might change a few things in my fictions later on. Also, my English isn't my first language so my writing might lack some fluency. Hope you enjoy :) trigger warnings: bullying, murder, gore, depression, abuse, mature content, violence, sexual themes. pairing: reader x multi

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Y/N

“Y/N DID YOU MESS UP YOUR CUSTOMER’S ORDER AGAIN?” My manager yelled.

 “I’m sorry, I’ll make sure this doesn’t happen again,” I apologise as I bow in front of him, followed by a sharp pain of his slap right across my face. Gasps and whispers echoed in the room.

  “Fifth time this month. Do you get what I'm saying? FIFTH TIME THIS MONTH!!! Am firing you next time you do this again. YOU HEAR ME?”

“Yes sir.”

 He begins to walk away as I retreat back to clean the counter.

 "Honey, you should go easier on her," The manager's wife whispered.

  "Look, we are the only ones properly running this restaurant and we barely get any customers. This is the least i can do to atleast get more people.”

"Don't you think he's being too hard on her? She barely got a proper job after her graduation. He should be grateful that she even chose to work here," whispered one of my co-workers.

"I don't know. I heard she ran away from her house. We don't even have any information about her family. Don't you think it's all too suspicious?"

"Is Min-Hee really even her niece? Or is that a child she had out of wedlock?"

And so all the whispers followed. So many rumours yet none of those ever bothered me.

My shift is almost over.

I’ve been working at a fast food restaurant in Seoul for two years now. I live in an apartment few blocks away with Min-Hee, my four year old niece. Her parents were killed in an accident two years ago. Her mother, who was also my sister, had wished for me to take Min-Hee into custody. Quite many people were against this idea since I was financially unstable to raise her on my own. Today, I can say am financially stable enough to get Min-Hee into a school. The restaurant employees, including myself, are not well compensated. Payment of bills and rent is quite difficult for all of us. The money I make from my job was enough for me to manage a roof over our heads. Even though I never wanted to live like this, I am still grateful of the fact that I no longer live in Semyeong.

I finish my shift by depositing the rubbish outside in the restaurant's back yard. I was thinking of buying some noodles for Min-Hee on the way home when I notice a shadowy figure standing at the end of the street.

I didn't give it much thought until the person started walking towards me. Nobody else was on the street except me, and our restaurant had just been closed by one of my coworkers. It was 9:45 p.m. I don’t know where to go. I don’t have anything to protect myself with.

The faint light in the street helped me figure out the person’s appearance. The individual had their hair tied back as a low ponytail and wore a long grayish coat along with long loose pants. As the individual came more nearer, I could finally see the face. It’s a woman.

As she eventually approached me, I could finally recognize her. I felt chills running down my body when she got more closer. I remember who she is.

Moon Dong-Eun. After so many years. I was quite curious to what happened to her after she dropped out. The Moon Dong-Eun I remembered from high school feels like an entirely different person than the one standing right in front of me. But what the fuck is she doing here? How and why did she find me?

“It’s been quite a long time. How are you doing y/n?”

 I didn’t say anything at first.

“You can say am doing fine I guess. I have a job now and…." I paused. I decided to stop blabbering and cut straight to the chase. "What are you doing here? How the hell did you even find me?”

“I will explain that later. I need your favour.”

“Favour?” I crossed my arms as I said so.

“Yes. I’ve been wanting to do this for quite many years now. I can even pay you if you want.”

“Pay me?" That's strange. "Okay. What is it that you need from me?” I ask hesitantly.

She doesn't say anything and looks around. Is she trying to look out for someone?

“I need you to go back to Semyeong.”

My arms dropped to my sides. The silence grew louder between us. I stood right there in disbelief. No, I cant go back there. Not when I have Min-Hee now, no. I worked hard to get away from that godforsaken place. No. I cant go back there.

“Sorry I cant. I cant just go back to Semyeong just because you asked me to. Am not going back even if you pay me. Since you’ve been able to find out where I live, you might already know that I have my niece to take care of. Sorry. Just find someone else.” I raise my hands as I try to dismiss our conversation and retreat away from her.

“I understand your reason. But don’t you think they're living their lives quite easily, after knowing what they’ve done to you? What they’ve done to us? Don’t you want revenge too-”

“Am sorry. I already told you, I cant go back there. I can barely afford anything these days, let alone go back to the hell I escaped from. Sorry, I wont help you.” I nod my head as I gather my things.

“It’s 10 pm. I have to get back.” I say after a pause. I start walking towards my apartment. Min-Hee is waiting for me.

“Yoon So-Hee was murdered.”

I stop dead in my tracks. Yoon So-Hee? Oh I remember her so well. Someone like us. Yoon So-Hee. She disappeared one day out of nowhere. Or so I was told. Nobody was able to find out what happened to her. Yoon So-Hee.

“What?” I turned around to face her.

She shows me a picture of a dull yellowish name tag. On it was carved in black “Park Yeon-Jin”. My mouth went completely dry. Yeon-Jin? She is behind the disappearance of So-Hee? How did Dong-Eun find that out?

“I mailed this name tag to the police right after I dropped out, hoping it would work, I was pretty naïve back then.”

“If you gave that to the police, how do you have the picture with you then?”

“I have my sources, which I can’t tell you yet.”

I keep staring at the name tag, did she really murder her? She willingly went that far to kill someone for her pride?

“After Yoon So-Hee’s disappearance, the police found a body of a girl in her teens with her skull cracked. Maybe she had few of her ribs broken as well. The body was found near the abandoned building of our school. Apparently, they did find a pink lighter at the roof of the building and never informed anyone outside their own people, but because of the snow, they couldn’t trace who it belonged to. The sweater she wore was burned too.”

All this information was just a lot for me take in. I just couldn’t say anything.

Dong-Eun takes my phone out of my hand and dials some random digits on it. She saves the number under her name. I need to put on a phone password.

“Call me if you ever change your mind. I’ll see you later.”

I stood there completely motionless as she walks away to the end of the street. She gets into her car and drives past me, didn’t even bother to look at me. What did she get herself into? How the hell did she manage to get hands on a confidential evidence? What will be her next move? She did mention she had some help in accessing the name tag. Then who’s helping her? Are they even reliable?

The ring of my phone interrupts my chain of thoughts. It’s Min-Hee calling from a telephone number.

“When are you coming home?”

“Almost there. Just crossing the street.”

“Doesn’t your shift end at 9.30?”

“Yeah I was just caught up with some stuff. Do we have food at home?”

“Oh yeah we have the leftovers from today’s lunch.”

“Oh that’s great. I’ll be right home.”

“Okay.”

I slide my phone inside my pocket as I walk up the stairs. Moon Dong-Eun. What the hell are you playing at?

I walk into my apartment. I haven’t stopped thinking about what Dong-Eun told me. She comes out of nowhere, tracks me down, finds out where I live and where I work, and decides to tell me about an information I am in no liberty to talk about to anyone. Are there more people who know about this? Or is it just me? What the hell do I do now?

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|| A 'The Glory' fanfic || MINORS DNI [18+]

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a/n: Hey there, this is my first time writing a fan fiction. I might change a few things in my fictions later on. Also, my English isn't my first language so my writing might lack some fluency. Hope you enjoy :)

trigger warnings: lots of swearing, bullying, murder, gore, depression, abuse, mature content, violence, sexual themes.

pairing: reader x multi

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Moon Dong-Eun

I’ve been a great help to Y/N for quite many days. I finished tutoring Min-hee and helped her get into the Semyeong Elementary School. On the other hand, I helped Y/N move into her new apartment. After finishing helping her settle, I got her the job at the convenience store. The old lady was really nice and that she told us that she was in need of another helper since she couldn’t handle everything all alone. All the supplies for the school and the transportation services were done by me.

After everything was done, I brought Y/N to my apartment. She was caught off-guard due to all the pictures of them attached to the walls in front of her.

“You did quite the research, didn’t you? You weren’t kidding back then when you told me you tracked each and every step they took,” she said as she slowly approached a picture of the group together in their teens. She was reading the sticky notes that I attached on some of the pictures when she saw a polaroid of her when she was young, followed by few other pictures of her from the current time, along with her niece. She also saw a few photos of her families before and after they separated. She stood in front of those and rubbed her finger gently on an image of a girl I believe was her sister.

“You didn’t leave me out as well,” she said as she turned around to meet my eyes. “I have every reason to be mad at you, Dong-eun, but at the same time, I don’t. I can simply report you to the police for stalking me and immediately put an end to your years’ effort, but at the same time, I can’t. I can easily walk out of this place and quit participating in your plan, but I don’t wish to. Because I trust you, Moon Dong-Eun. Not only am I risking my own life, but also Min-hee’s life. Once they find out about her, they will use her against me as my weakness. So make sure you prove me wrong and help us not get caught.”

After hearing those words from her, that’s when I knew I did the right thing involving her in this. She’s aware of the environment she’s getting herself into and knows how to take the necessary precautions, and not just an airhead with the lust for revenge.

“I knew you would feel this way once you notice those pictures. But I couldn’t help it either. When we were in school, you never bought a cell-phone for yourself. So it was quite difficult to track you down.”

“I would rather call it stalking than tracking down, Dong-eun,” she said as she turned away from me to look back at those images. I couldn’t say anything since she made a fair point. But I didn’t have any other choice either.

“I don’t recognize her. Who’s she?” She points out to a picture of Hyeon-nam.

“That’s Kang Hyeon-nam. She works for me as my assistant. She’s the one who helped me land the job as a homeroom teacher. She’s also the one who ‘stalked’ you.”

“Huh, interesting,” she said as she removed her finger from the picture and placed her hands inside her pockets. “I would like to get to know her.”

“You will when the time is right.”

I walk towards the kitchen as she moves from the wall to the window, her eyes never taking it off of those images.

I placed a small security camera at the top shelf in my kitchen, making it unnoticeable, and connected it with my phone. I took out another small box that contained another security camera and handed it to Y/N.

“There’s a possibility of them finding out about our address once they get to know about our plans. So take this, and install this somewhere where nobody will notice it. And don’t be surprised when one of them or all of them enters your house when nobody’s there.”

“Alright,” she takes it from my hand and puts it back into her satchel.

“Come on, let’s go to the roof.”

“The roof?”

“Yeah, I want to show you something.”

“Okay,” she walks past me towards my door. I unlock the door open as she busies herself in putting her shoes back on. As we got outside, I locked it behind me and walked towards the elevator. 

We got inside the elevator and pushed the button to go upwards.

“Did you get the invitation for the Alumni Awards?”

“Sorry, what?”

“The Alumni Awards ceremony at Sung-han High. It’s in a few days.”

“Oh yeah maybe I did. I haven’t checked it yet.”

“Am thinking of going.”

“Wait, they’re going to be there too, wouldn’t they?”

“Yes. You need to come as well.”

“What’s the use? We aren’t even getting any awards?”

“It’s not about awards, Y/N, it’s a game of intimidation.”

She kept staring at me as if I said something illegal that deserves life in prison. We didn’t talk for a while.

The elevator came to an abrupt halt and the doors slowly opened before us. We stepped outside and climbed few more stairs to finally get to the roof.

It was a beautiful evening with the sun just setting, the color of the sky a perfect hue of flame. We came near the edge that overlooked the houses that stretched far beyond our vision. The tall buildings at far distances created just the flawless silhouette I’ve ever witnessed. Everything about Semyeong just felt so beautiful at the moment. I never took some time for myself to appreciate how exquisite this place this. The ordeals I faced here, never actually gave me any time to appreciate anything about my life.

“You see the house there?” I points to the one nearby.

“Yeah, what about it?”

“That’s where Yeon-jin lives.”

The perfect moment she was in immediately faded when she heard her name.

“That’s where she lives?”

“Yes. Ha Ye-sol, Ha Do-yeong, Park Yeon-jin, all under the same roof.”

She looked at me with her bewildered eyes, a face of the scared.

“But-then why did you buy this apartment? Wont they find out easily?”

“Not so easily Y/N, she has no clue whatsoever. She still thinks that she can get away with anything. She never learns.”

She looks back at the house. The lights on the road and inside the house lit up as it got darker. We didn’t talk for a while. The sun had set a while ago. Everything is just happening so fast, it’s making me feel overwhelmed, but I didn’t think of telling that to Y/N, otherwise she would be scared too, almost like how a mother deep down feels scared for their children but acts like there’s nothing wrong, just for them to not get scared.

It’s been my dream, for so many years, to stand here and watch over all of them, behaving as if they did absolutely nothing wrong, as if, they can get away with anything they want. Little do they know, that am right here, right in front of them, to prove them wrong.

“The day I dropped out from Sung-han High, I went to meet them, at the gym.”

She removed her hands from the edge and turned to look at me.

“What?”

“Yes. That day, I felt something new, some kind of new change in myself, something a bit evil.”

“Evil?”

“Yes. Almost like, the end of their reign, but a beginning of my hell.”

“What happened that day?”

“That day, was the only day I entered the gym voluntarily. Nobody forcibly dragged me there, I went in completely on my own. I remember so clearly, as I walked in, Hye-jeong started walking away from me, as if she was scared of me. But I ignored her, and went straight to Yeon-jin, sitting at her usual place. The weirdest part is, we talked about our dreams.”

“Dreams?”

“Yeah, they submitted their “dreams” at Cyworld, and I read all of them, told them about those that day. Yeon-jin dreamt of becoming a wise mother and a wife, Choi Hye-jeong dreamt of becoming a stewardess, Jeon Jae-joon wanted to own the golf course, and Lee Sa-ra dreamt of being an artist. Obviously, they asked me about my dream as well.”

“So what did you say then?”

“Yeon-jin,” I said with a pause. “I told her that she was my dream, and that I really wish to meet her again.”

“So all of our dreams finally came true.”

“Indeed. And I wish to bring them to their knees and show them no mercy.”

She turned around to look at me again, but I didn’t. I haven’t taken my eyes off of that house.

“Does Ha Do-yeong have the slightest idea that he married a monster?”

“He doesn’t, but he will soon. And so will Ha Ye-sol. I wish to isolate her to the point that the people she holds dear, the ones who covered up her crimes, will give up on her. Soon then she will feel like the only human on this planet, she would become completely transparent. All of her crimes and secrets will show up and she will rot in hell. Nobody will ever even think, of helping her. You can never change a monster, Y/N, never.”

She stares at me for a while and then looks away. The air was filled with aroma of the potted plants behind us.

“Do you wanna know what Myeong-oh’s dream was?”

“What?”

“To become rich.”

She began eyeing me from the side when we burst into laughters. When was the last time I laughed like this?

We took a breather to stop ourselves from more laughing. It was quite hilarious how Myeong-oh dreamt of becoming rich yet here he is, working as Jae-joon’s lackey.

“Alright then. I guess I’ll see you on the awards day.”

“Yeah.”

We went back the same way we came to the roof. Climbed down the little flight of stairs and got into an elevator to the ground floor.

I saw her out and got her a cab. As I went up to my apartment, I was thinking of how I could have told her about the meeting I had with Myeong-oh few days ago. I will tell her when the timing is right. I bribed him enough to keep him in suspense—he will also be the one to know who murdered Yoon So-hee, hopefully.

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