“Huuuhhhhh! What is this!!!”
A not very loud scream echoed through the room. It was because the person who screamed was so small that his voice was also tiny.
“W- what is this… No, no way, no… this… uh, what’s going on…”
Although his voice was small, the shock he received was indescribable. His dizziness was stinging.
He thought he might collapse any minute, so he barely held his big head with his small hands.
“Lucky ahhhh!!!!!”
The one who screamed his head off was Yul, who lived in the house of Archduke Orlov, and Annabelle’s close friend, Yul, a 20cm cotton doll that was misunderstood as the product of black magic recently.
He approached the fence, unable to believe the sight in front of him.
If Liena had stuffed his cotton a little less, he would have squeezed through the bars of the fence, but he couldn’t because of all the cotton in his body.
“What is this, oh my, oh my, my God, my Lucky! Our Lucky!”
Yul began to wail as if the world had collapsed.
The reflection of Lucky in his blue eyes was different than usual.
He was Lucky to boast of brilliant golden scales, but now black scales were growing in places.
“Lucky, Lucky. Are you sick? Where does it hurt? My baby, where does it hurt…”
His crying voice, as if he was about to burst into tears at any moment, was so pitiful. Yul was heartbroken as he wondered where his baby, who was raised beautifully, was sick.
[Biii-]
“Mhm, Lucky. Dad is here.”
[Biii-]
“Okay, let’s go to the hospital. When Mikael comes, I’ll ask him to go to the hospital. Or call the veterinarian… But the veterinarian will look at dragons too, right? Yes, they will probably look. No, what the hell is this? Those pretty scales… Lucky aaaargh!”
Yul, who had been talking brokenly to soothe his shocked heart, shouted again.
As if on cue, Lucky gave its body a hard shake, and golden scales fell and scattered in all directions.
“Our Lucky’s scales are all falling out! What to do with this. Mikael, when will this bastard come, come quickly!”
With his tiny feet shuffling, Yul was at a loss. Meanwhile, Lucky’s golden scales were falling.
[Bii, Bii.]
In the meantime, when Lucky started to wail, Yul’s heart felt like it was going to break. It was sad that Lucky in front of him was having a hard time, but he couldn’t do anything for it.
Yul stared at the gap between the narrow fences and took a deep breath.
“Huff, huff.”
Like when Mikael buttoned his shirt, Yul tucked his stomach in as much as he could and cautiously tried to get through the fence.
“Uh, uh, what?”
Unfortunately, there was one thing Yul overlooked. Yul’s stomach was also a problem, but in fact, his head was bigger than his stomach. He did his best to flatten his stomach, but his head still boasted a gigantic size and was still standing.
“Oh, no, why doesn’t this go in!”
Of course, he didn’t go in because he was big, but Yul was worried about Lucky, so the thought circuit stopped halfway. In his haste, he squeezed his large head with both hands, trying to get through the fence by any means.
“A- Alright!”
The head, which showed no sign of going in, was only about a third of the way in. In that state, he continued to push his head in and out. But by the time he reached halfway, Yul sensed that something was firmly wrong with him.
It was because the edges of the head had less padding and more padding in the middle.
He wanted to get out again, but it was not easy to get out because he pushed in too hard. Above all, he had no strength because he had already exhausted his physical strength by forcibly pushing his body into the fence.
“W- What should I do… ?”
I got stuck.
As they say, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
“L- Lucky, no! no!”
Meanwhile, Lucky was running towards Yul at a terrifying speed. The now sharpened teeth were visible in the wide open muzzle.
“Aaaahhh, I’m dying, Mikael, Mikaelllll!!!”
He closed his eyes tightly to Lucky’s approaching teeth and called out Mikael’s name anxiously. At that moment, Lucky bit Yul’s arm, which had crossed over to the fence.
“Uh, uh, no, Lucky, you’ll tear it, tear it!”
However, Lucky bit and pulled Yul with even stronger force.
“L- Lucky, wait…”
Riiip~
An ominous sound rang out exceptionally loud. Time seemed to have stopped.
Yul slowly looked at his right arm across the fence.
“Uh, uhhh! My arm! My arms!”
It didn’t come off completely, but it was torn to the extent that cotton was leaking out.
Only then did Lucky notice something strange, let go of Yul’s arm and take a few steps back. Then he opened his emerald eyes wide and tilted his head.
“Hey!!! Park Lucky!!!”
[Bii?]
“Dad’s arm is torn!”
[Bii.]
“Stop ‘bii’-ing! My- my arms are torn? Ahhhh, my arm… My only two arms!”
[Bii! Bii!]
As Yul wailed sadly, Lucky got restless and cried while spinning around Yul.
“Uhuhuhuhng.”
[Biii biii.]
“Huhhhuhuhng.”
[Biii biii.]
Two creatures… No, one doll and one dragon cried like a duet.
* * *
“Uhuhuhuhng.”
[Biii biii.]
“Huhhhuhuhng.”
[Biii biii.]
“…”
Mikael hesitated at the sound coming through the door.
It wasn’t too loud, but it wasn’t so quiet that it bothered him to hear it from the door.
He grabbed the doorknob, but he didn’t feel like opening it. For some reason, he had an ominous feeling that if he opened this door, he would go crazy.
“Caleb.”
“… Yes.”
“You go in first.”
“No.”
At Mikael’s words, Caleb flatly refused.
Not that he’d want to go in there. He too must have heard the dubious duo sounds coming from inside the room.
“It’s an order.”
“Is there a clause like this in the labor contract we wrote?”
“Since there was a clause stating absolute obedience to my words, this must also apply.”
“… It is a violation of human rights.”
“What can I do, you were the one who signed the contract.”
It was when Mikael and Caleb were arguing unkindly.
“Mikaelllll! Kael-aagh!”
It was a small voice, but it was clearly calling Mikael. He slammed the door open, putting it to shame that he had been squabbling with Caleb until just before.
“Yuri!”
Mikael’s voice, looking for Yuri, was urgent. His eyes quickly scanned the room for Yuri.
Bed, no, sofa, no. The floor of the room, also not there. Then…
“Uhhhuhuhng, Mikael.”
Mikael turned slowly toward the fence behind him. Then, at the scene he faced, he closed his eyes tightly and covered his face with his large hands.
“Archduke, sob.”
Caleb, who came in after him, also took a deep breath as if he had discovered the same scene.
Mikael opened his mouth, still not opening his eyes.
“Caleb.”
“… Yes.”
“Am I seeing things right now?”
“If you saw that Yuri was caught between the fences and a part of his arm was torn off, then you saw it correctly.”
“I didn’t mean to explain it in detail like that, but I got it. Thank you very much for the unnecessary summary.”
Mikael opened his eyes in anger at his subordinate’s unwanted excessive loyalty. As expected, the sight he had described greeted Mikael.
“Hh- hng. Mikael, save me.”
“I’d like to ask how you ended up like that, but I won’t.”
“Good idea.”
Yul also did not want to explain the situation in detail, so Mikael’s words were welcomed.
Mikael sighed deeply and approached Yul.
“Why the hell, oh, no. It’s fine. I decided not to ask.”
Mikael pulled out Yuri’s head, which was firmly caught in his fence, and asked without thinking, then closed his mouth. He was overcome with shocking emotions, but it would have been better if he didn’t know, because it would be even more befuddling if he found out why he was like this.
“Uh, ugh, ugh, that’s it! I’m out!”
Yul doesn’t think he could have gotten out of the fence on his own, but with Mikhail’s help, it wasn’t hard.
Yul, who had found freedom, tried his best to breathe, which he couldn’t rest comfortably because he was pressed against the fence.
“Huha huha. Huha huha.”
Every time that happened, the cotton that protruded from Yul’s torn arm fluttered.
Mikael, who was silently watching the scene, let out a deep sigh.
Thanks to the cotton doll that was never quiet for a day, Mikael was becoming old and worn today as well.
