May Soul Dissonance Bow Before Me

Chapter 16

<Chapter 744: When I am the angriest? (4)>
Cale had a dilemma at that moment. He had a thought like this.
'This guy is an illusion, but would it be okay to call him Raon Miru?'

The three-year-old Dragon Cale met here was similar but different from the four-year-old Dragon. Not only was there the one year time difference, but the way they were rescued and their environment afterward were just some of the many differences between the two Dragons.

It was interesting for everyone to see this side of Cale once more. To watch him worry over something that any other person would have disregarded and thought nothing of. Even the dragons of both timelines feel warmth tickle their hearts to see Cale paying this much attention to the minor details and the child's request.

Although this three-year-old Dragon and Raon Miru were the same... Although they were similar... They were still a bit different. Most importantly, the three-year-old Dragon was an illusion Cale would never see again. That might have been the reason that...

"...Dodam."
That word had burst out subconsciously. Dodam, dodam. It was the pure Korean word for 'a child playing well and growing without being sick'.

Sherritt put her hands over her mouth and pressed her lips together to keep the sound that threatened to escape her inside.

"Dodam?" Raon slightly released Cale's collar and tilted his head in confusion. That was when Cale accepted it.

For the current Raon that he met in an illusion and would not be able to meet in reality... Even if he was an illusion that would disappear once Cale left, Cale wanted to say this to the young three-year-old black Dragon.
"...Dodam Miru. Let's go with that."
'You are going to grow well from here on.'
"Miru means Dragon."

Tears that could not spill were prickling at Sherritt's eyes, unlike her the hatchling TBOAH!Dragon upon her lap was crying, his tears flowed freely and ran down his face as his heart ached with equal parts of loss and happiness.

Purple light started to swirl from the bottom of Cale's feet. Raon, Choi Han, and Cale all knew about this, but they were looking at each other. Cale put his hands around the two front paws on his collar and nonchalantly continued.

"Dodam means that you should play well and grow up safely without being sick."
The young Dragon's dark blue eyes gently shook. However, the shaking soon stopped and a firm gaze looked back at Cale.
"You can change your name from Dodam when you become an adult."

Choosing his own name and his own path wouldn't be bad if he safely grew up and became an adult. Even if this was just an illusion, Cale wanted to tell the three-year-old Dragon about the future. He wanted this farewell to not be a bad one.

The black Dragon released his grip on Cale's collar and blankly mumbled to himself.
"...Dodam Miru." This was the first time Cale saw this three-year-old Dragon smile brightly. "I like it."
Cale smiled at that favorable response.
"It's a good name."
Cale nodded his head at Choi Han's comment. It wasn't a bad name for having just come up with it.

TCF!Eruhaben and TBOAH!Eruhaben let out similar sighs. They then turned sharply to stare at each other, realizing that they had just had the same thought. In their mind, they both disagreed with Cale's comment of him coming up with the name on the spot. His detailed thoughts and the effort he had made in choosing the name was too thorough for it to be disregarded in such a manner. TBOAH!Eruhaben sympathized with his counterpart, but did not envy him for having to deal with the dense human child.

The purple light was up to Cale's waist now.
'It's the opposite this time.'
The world Cale was looking at had turned blue or yellow until now, but it was Cale who was being surrounded by the color this time.
"Goodbye."

The black Dragon waved his front paw as if he wasn't feeling anything. Choi Han chuckled and patted the Dragon's back while waving to Cale with the other hand. It truly wasn't a bad farewell. Cale had that thought as he noticed the purple light and dust cover up to his face and turn things dark.
"Bye." He gave a final goodbye and let the darkness take him. He could not hear anything. He could only faintly see stuff as the amount of things he could see slowly dwindled.

"Ugh." Choi Han quickly caught his body as it fell. The reddish brown eyes slowly lost focus as the body was completely covered in purple light. That person named Cale was leaving. Choi Han turned his head.

"...Cale." The black Dragon, Dodam Miru's eyes were blinking as he memorized the name of the person leaving them. The Dragon was now nodding his head as if he made up his mind about something, but Cale couldn't hear it. He just noticed that the Dragon was mumbling something, and...
'It's ending.'
His body was completely submerged in darkness.

"And with that Cale's Indignity Test comes to an end." Grigori announced cutting off the possibility of any of them questioning why it felt different from when the other tests ended. She clasped her hands together lightly and stood up gracefully before she turned toward everyone in the room again.

"Now then... we will be moving onto the records pertaining to another individual. Some of the records will contain redacted information while other events or scenes will be entirely absent – this is so that I can target the greatest sources of dissonance in your souls which need healing. Are there any questions before we proceed?"