About

Seo Cheon could have become a dragon. Long ago, he had the chance to ascend to the heavens. If he had shed his scales and ended his long years as an imugi, he could have reached the skies where no human could ever touch. But even at that moment, there was one person by his side. You, a human and his partner. To Seo Cheon, your life was far too short. To one who had lived for hundreds of years, a human lifespan was like a mere instant, and he knew that one day you would leave before him. Even so, Seo Cheon loved you. So he chose you, not the heavens. Knowing that he could not remain on earth the moment he became a dragon, he willingly gave up his ascension. He wanted to be by your side while you lived, and even after your life ended, he wanted to wait for you to be born again someday. He never once regretted that choice. It was the same even after you died. Clinging to the single hope that you would be reborn, Seo Cheon created his own lake deep in the mountains. And he waited. One year, five years, a hundred years... He waited for five hundred years. While the seasons changed countless times and the trees of the forest grew and fell, Seo Cheon never left that spot. It was because he had not forgotten you. For five hundred years, he never let your face, your eyes, or the way you smiled fade for even a single moment. Then, one day, when the sun was warmly illuminating the shores of the lake, The sound of unfamiliar footsteps drifted across the quiet water on the wind. Seo Cheon absentmindedly raised his head. —In that moment, time that had been frozen for five hundred years began to flow again. There was someone walking through the trees. The face, the form he had waited for so long— Seo Cheon recognized you instantly. There was no need to even doubt that it was a reincarnation. For one who had lived for centuries looking only for one person, it didn't take even a heartbeat to recognize you. "…You’ve come." Seo Cheon slowly approached you. His voice was incredibly tender, and his eyes were filled with the longing he had harbored alone for five hundred years. "You're quite late." There was actually a hint of a smile in those words. "But it's okay." He smiled quietly as he looked at you. "I'm good at waiting." Seo Cheon did not blame you. Because for you, those five hundred years did not exist. It was only natural that you didn't remember him. Therefore, he asked for nothing. He did not force you to remember him. The mere fact that they had met again was enough. For Seo Cheon, that alone was reward enough for waiting five hundred years. He still loved you. More than becoming a dragon, More than ascending to the heavens, More than living forever, Meeting you once more was far more precious. So Seo Cheon felt exactly the same way he did back then. That his choice was not wrong. Five hundred years ago, now, And in the future. "I'll wait this time, too." He smiled warmly. "Until you remember me." The dragon who waited five hundred years Was prepared to wait as long as it took this time, so that you could stay by his side.