He Awakened When I Died - Chapter 6

Baek Ryong analyzed Shana’s eyes and nodded his head.

 

[Yes, my master’s mana is completely sealed.]

 

Shana’s eyes widened.

 

‘His mana is sealed?’

 

She had never heard of it before. She only thought Bliss’ awakening was delayed by an incompetent guide.

 

[This is why I only spoke to you. Currently, my master is so close to losing his mana that he cannot hear my voice.]

 

Shana, who was listening quietly, asked carefully.

 

“But one day, the mana’s seal will be lifted, right?”

 

He would meet the female lead in a few years and awaken anyways. That’s the original plot, so it seemed unnecessary for Shana to believe him, right?

 

However, Baek Ryong offered an unexpected answer.

 

[No. If we leave it like this, he may not be able to awaken in this life. Or he will wake up in an abnormal way and in an uncontrollable state.]

 

“In an uncontrollable state?”

 

[He is in great danger. The mana inside his body is attacking my master.]

 

The white dragon continued in an anxious voice.

 

[Soon my master will not be able to handle his mana and die.]

 

Is Bliss going to get killed because of his mana?

 

“Well, is it okay if he awakened in a normal way?”

 

Anyhow, in the original book, he didn’t go into an uncontrollable state but awakened safely.

 

[Even if the awakening is successful, he will die shortly if we don’t solve the basic problem.]

 

“Will he die if he awakens?”

 

Baek Ryong nodded. Shana was speechless.

 

The original book covered the story between Bliss’ awakening and the next year after the event.

 

‘It didn’t appear in the original, but after that, he might have died.’

 

Shana thought Bliss’ life to be quite unfortunate.

 

[So I need your help as a guide to prevent the death of my master.]

 

Shana, who had been mesmerized, came to her senses at Baek Ryong’s words.

 

“Do I really have to do it?”

 

Shana asked, unsure.

 

“Wouldn’t it be better for the Great Snow White Dragon to help the Young Master?”

 

She spontaneously looked at Baek Ryong with desperate eyes.

 

[Absolutely not.]

 

Baek Ryong said firmly.

 

[I cannot handle my mana perfectly until I have finished growing up. If I touch my master’s mana in this state, we both will die.]

 

“Then if you become a grown-up as soon as possible……”

 

[I can’t dare to advance the growth rate set by nature. By the time I become a grown-up, my master will already be out of control.]

 

So I have to do it either way. Shana placed her hands on her forehead.

 

[What’s wrong?]

 

“I don’t want to……. No, I have no idea. I have no idea how to do this.”

 

[Is it a hard thing to do? You will just have to do what you are supposed to do as a guide.]

 

“You want me to do the guiding like what I’m doing now?”

 

‘I think Bliss would just die early then’. Shana looked at Baek Ryong with doubtful eyes.

 

[Young Wizard. Did you know that my master’s temperature is a little low?]

 

Shana wondered why Baek Ryong, who was previously talking about mana, suddenly brought up Bliss’ body temperature.

 

“Unfortunately, I didn’t know about that but his hands were very cold.”

 

[That’s how it should be.]

 

Baek Ryong nodded his head as if it was natural.

 

He explained that Bliss was born with a vast amount of mana, but that mana was not circulating and was stuck in his body.

 

[This is bound to have a bad effect both mentally and physically.]

 

Shana felt pitiful inside whenever she saw Bliss’ skinny body and pale complexion.

 

He was shorter and looked younger than the kids around his age.

 

‘I thought his growth was slow because he didn’t get proper care, but was it actually because of the mana?’

 

She was amazed at the new information and then asked Baek Ryong. “If it affects his mind, does it mean that it can affect his personality?”

 

[Exactly. My master swallows his emotions inside, not showing them as much as he can.]

 

Baek Ryong knew Bliss exactly as the Guardian who chose him as his master.

 

[This is a habit of suppressing the mana. Just as he suppresses new mana that he doesn’t acknowledge, so do his emotions.]

 

Even his defensive personality is because of the mana.

 

‘If we fix the mana problem, maybe Bliss won’t become a crazy obsessive male lead?’

 

Shana thought that maybe Bliss and the female lead could get away from the poor ending.

 

[Young wizard.]

 

Baek Ryong swam to the end of the bathtub where Shana was.

 

[Do you think it would be easier to circulate the dead mana or to express emotions?]

 

“Wouldn’t it be easier to express your feelings?”

 

[How smart you are. You are right.]

 

Baek Ryong praised Shana, speaking like a kind grandfather.

 

‘What’s wrong with him?’

 

Shana felt ominous when he changed to being kind after being overbearing all along.

 

[So I need you to help my master express his feelings.]

 

“What?”

 

[If my master becomes good at expressing his feelings, it will certainly help relieve the oppression of mana.]

 

Shana could understand that Baek Ryong said Bliss’ habit of suppressing anything should be changed.

 

However, she didn’t even know how she could help him to express his feelings.

 

[What I have asked of you is not a difficult thing to do.]

 

‘I’m sure it’s going to be difficult’. Shana gulped as she waited for Baek Ryong to continue his words.

 

[Help warm my master with your temperature.]

 

“……You want me to warm him up with my temperature?”

 

[My master’s body is too full of mana now. Only when you warm him up will he be able to relax and feel more comfortable expressing his emotions.]

 

Shana frowned his forehead tightly.

 

[What has happened to your face?]

 

“It’s……”

 

Isn’t that the guiding that is done by the female lead? Making Bliss hot rather than warm.

 

“Do you want me to do that?”

 

Shana spoke to Baek Ryong with a serious face.

 

“As you know, Young Master is only twelve years old.”

 

[Do you think I don’t know about that?]

 

“I’m fifteen years old.”

 

[Then?]

 

“So of course we shouldn’t do that!”

 

Regardless of the fact that this place was a fantasy world, there is still a morality to keep.

 

“I can never do it.”

 

[How so? I do not understand.]

 

“How can you want me to do such an adulterous act…….”

 

[Wait.]

 

Baek Ryong narrowed his eyes as he looked at Shana.

 

[What are you thinking?]

 

When Shana hesitated to answer, Baek Ryong snorted harshly.

 

[Young wizard. It seems like you have a half-hundred years old snake inside of you! What in all hells do you presume I am asking you to do?]

 

Baek Ryong shook his head.

 

[Warm my master with the mana in your hands.]

 

“……”

 

[Just holding hands. Only hands.]

 

“Ah……”

 

‘I didn’t know he would say that’. Shana awkwardly scratched the back of her head.

 

She was thinking of 50 different ways to raise Bliss’ temperature with her own.

 

Baek Ryong clicked his tongue seeing Shana’s laugh.

 

[Human beings. Male and female, young and old people are all slaves of their own desires.]

 

There was a sting, and she just couldn’t argue with the phrase ‘Slave of Desire’.

 

“Will it work if we just hold hands?”

 

[Though it sounds simple, it will work if done repeatedly.]

 

Baek Ryong spoke carefully as if he were teaching a child.

 

[Physical ability and mana are closely related. The warm circulation of blood in the body also helps the mana.]

 

In other words, if the blood circulation is balanced, the mana will circulate well.

 

[As well as transferring your body heat directly, it’s also possible to raise his body temperature indirectly.]

 

“Indirectly?”

 

[Yes, apparently you seemed……]

 

Baek Ryong looked at Shana from up and down.

 

[You seemed to have a knack for making my master annoyed.]

 

“Is that so……”

 

[Did you not make fun of my master, who was crying earlier?]

 

Shana didn’t refute this time either.

 

“Does the Guardian mean that I pissed off the Young Master?”

 

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed like a way to speed up his death rather than stopping Bliss from running out of mana.

 

[I do not mean to offend my master.]

 

Baek Ryong spoke softly as if to persuade her.

 

[It’s just, I hoped you would support him through these difficult times and be brutally frank with him to ensure he has a resemblance of a normal childhood.]

 

Shana groaned.

 

Can she really help Bliss express his feelings more honestly? Shana was not confident to do that.

 

[Please, young wizard. There’s no one else whom I can trust and ask, but you.]

 

“……”

 

[That would be the same for my master as well.]

 

It meant that she was the only one Baek Ryong and Bliss could rely on.

 

‘I have no choice but to help him until the female lead appears.’

 

As she breathed out a slight sigh, Baek Ryong splashed in the water hastily.

 

[Oh, no! My master is coming.]

 

Baek Ryong, who spoke in a hurry, suddenly lay quietly in the water like an otter as he blinked innocently.

 

‘Why are you pretending to be cute when Bliss is coming……’

 

Don’t tell her, is this because he wants to be liked by Bliss?

 

Shana couldn’t believe her eyes that Baek Ryong’s actions and his words were two completely separate acts.