Kidnapped Dragons

o leave the detention centre today, who had all been a part of an unlawful group activity as a society, at the start of the semester. 

“Hello.
We are from NNO.”

“Ahh.
Yes, welcome.”

Saying that they’ll be filming a documentary of violent cadets, several cameras were turned on.
Even this time around, the chatterbox prison warden showed off a wondrous feat by greeting the camera crew for 15 minutes.

After that, the community service of helping delinquent cadets leave the detention centre finally began.
The cadets had all gathered at the auditorium, and the moment they opened the door, they were met with all sorts of uproar and ruckus.

“Ah! It’s so boring as heck.
When are we going out?!”

“Just stay put.
We have to wait here till 10 anyway.”

“Freakin’ annoying, those idiots.”

These cadets were seeing each other for the first time in a while after spending most of their time in their individual wards.
Thus, they either chattered about how it was here,

“Look at how oily that bastard is.
Nice job jigging the training run yesterday.
Those worms must have been quite salty?”

“How’d you know.
Your sister was salty as well.”

“What? This f*cking bi*ch…”

Or they tried to fight.

Whatever the case, they were all rowdy without listening to the voice of the warden. 

“Now…! Hello everyone!”

Awkwardly, he smiled and waved his hand.
The first thing they had to do was to complete a survey about their life at the detention centre.
However, the cadets did not even look at the prison warden.
They were too rowdy to even listen to him, but most of them glanced at him before ignoring him altogether.

It was because there was a rumour that they’ll be dismissed at 10 o’clock whether they did the survey or not. 

“Guys.
Umm! A survey! You have to finish a survey okay?”

While sweating, the old man showed a survey paper to the cadets.

“What’s he saying…”

“Freakin’ annoying.”

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They turned their backs to him and murmured.

“Those cameras are fuc*in’ getting on my nerves.
Are they gonna blur our faces?”

“Of course they are.
Did you even listen yesterday?’

“No? I was sleeping of course.
Why the heck would I listen to that.”

“Kukuk.”

The prison warden diligently waved the survey at them but the cadets did not listen.

Until then, Yu Jitae didn’t think much of it and in fact, he wasn’t even inside the auditorium.
Standing behind the cameras, he was observing the structure of the underground detention centre from the corridor all the way up to the gates.

It was because Yeorum might end up in here sooner or later. 

“Guys! Can you listen to me for a bit? You have to finish the surveys quickly to get out faster!”

Despite sweating buckets from his naked head, the old man was unable to be harsh and maintained a good language.
And his submissive words had no power in them even when he shouted.

“Stop bullshiting.
We heard from our seniors that we’ll be leaving at 10 no matter what.”

“Right.
Look at that dotard.
Is that chicken stock flowing down his head?”

“Uhh.
Disgusting.”

Insulted upfront, the old man’s expression turned stiff but perhaps being conscious of the camera, he once again gave an awkward smile.
Like that, he repeatedly approached and distanced himself from the cadets.

“The cadets really don’t listen.”

In response to the VJ’s scripted question, the old man gave an awkward smile.

“All kids are like that.
It’s my fault for being unable to set things straight.”

“Are you the only warden?”

“Umm, in the past when there were several tough and strong wardens they listened very well, but they’re not here now because we don’t get paid much… Anyway, I’ll try it one more time.”

He tried sharing the survey paper again but the cadets refused.
Then, one female cadet finally received it but dropped the pile of papers which all ended up on the floor. 

“Ah.
Sorry.
Sorry.”

The female cadet walked away with her friends with a giggle.
Heartlessly, the cameraman filmed the old warden who had no choice but to lower his body and pick the papers up one by one. 

His attempt at persuading them failed after 20 minutes of hard work.

“Aigo.
My apologies.”

After closing the auditorium doors behind him, the warden apologised to the camera crew before throwing a glance at Yu Jitae.

“Sorry, Mister Guardian.
I’ll buy some treats later and try talking to them again.”

All Yu Jitae had to do was protect the warden during the procedure, to make sure nothing bad happened to him.
He therefore nodded his head because he just had to stay there for 3 hours, no matter what the warden did.

“Please do whatever suits you the best.”

“Yes yes.
Sorry.
If this is over quickly, we should be able to send you off early as well but…”

Taking out a checkered handkerchief from his chest pocket, the prison warden wiped the sweat beads forming on his wide forehead. 

Yu Jitae felt doubtful for a second.

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“…Do you count all the hours even if it ends early?”

“Sorry? Ahhh, yes.
We do.
We give a lot more time for this one because of how mentally exhausting it could get.”

Ah.

Should’ve said that earlier.

“Uh, huh? What’s wrong, sir?”

When Yu Jitae suddenly began walking up to him, the warden took a few steps back without even realising it, but Yu Jitae’s legs were slightly longer than his.
He took the survey papers and a plastic bag off of the old man’s hand.
Half of them were crumpled with signs of being smudged by their feet. 

He walked further and pushed the auditorium doors wide open as cameras followed behind him.

“Uhh, umm… Sir Guardian…! You can’t shout or punish the cadets…!”

It seemed that even a low-ranked official in a place like this knew who Yu Jitae was. 

However, Yu Jitae didn’t respond.

The cadets who were either chatting on the auditorium floor, or running around the room glanced at Yu Jitae, who suddenly walked in.
Some of them were surprised at the size of his body but most of them were inside the detention centre when Yu household became a thing so almost none of them realised who he was.

He couldn’t punish them, nor could he swear or shout at them.
Reminding him once again, the warden was sweating like crazy.

Yu Jitae walked up to them and stood up straight.

He stared at the cadets.

Without saying a word; without doing anything.
He glanced across the cadets to check their numbers, before choosing the one who ran around creating the most uproar and focusing on his movements with his eyes. 

He didn’t bother lifting his killing intent, and merely watched on.

Something strange began to happen.

“…!”

Someone looked into Yu Jitae’s eyes before being startled.
That one cadet’s gaze was contagious as it soon spread to others. 

Nearby cadets also looked at Yu Jitae, curious about the reason that cadet was surprised and that caused a chain reaction.

Before long when several were looking at Yu Jitae, the cadet that was running around also turned to Yu Jitae.
His feet gradually became slower before eventually coming to a stop.

Silence spread across like ocean waves.
When the slowest cadet who was laughing out loud finally closed his mouth from the sudden silence, all the cadets were already looking at one person. 

Why? Who is that person? Why is everyone like this? They all had the same common doubt in mind but none of them dared to open their mouths.

That was when Yu Jitae opened his mouth.

“You at the front.”

A dry voice resonantly echoed across the quiet auditorium.
One of the cadets glanced around before replying in fright.

“Ye, yes? M, me?”

“Come out.”

The cadet walked towards Yu Jitae after glancing around the room.
His hands and legs were visibly trembling. 

Yu Jitae handed the survey papers and the plastic bag of pens to the cadet.
Then, he took the pocket watch out from his pocket and said after checking the time.

“I’ll give you 3 minutes.”