Dimension Weaver: My Wife Is The Dragon Empress!

A few more hours eventually passed and the sun rose from behind the thick trees, shining its bright light on them.

"Mmm…" Sophie moaned slightly as she parted her eyes open. The bright light made her frown before she quickly blinked. "Talon…" Feeling the car still moving, she murmured the first thought that came to her mind.

"Oh, you're finally awake. Good morning, sleepy head." Talon said as he looked at her through the rear-view mirror.

"Good morning, *Yawn*... What time is it?"

"5:52 AM… It's still early if you want to sleep more. It should be another 20 minutes before we can reach the city." He said.

"No, I've had enough sleep. I'm sorry for dozing off when you had to drive through the entire night." She apologized with a bitter tone.

"It's fine, you were tired."

"What about you? You should sleep." Peeking at him from the side, she inspected his face with her eyes.

"I can go a few days without sleep no problem."

"That doesn't mean that you should do that." Sophie pouted angrily.

"Don't worry about him, we were awake the entire night together. He is fine." Hyun-Jae interjected coldly.

"What?!" Sophie's eyes widened as she turned to Hyun-Jae. "You two… were awake… alone?"

"Yes. It was a pleasant and quiet night, I must say."

"..." Seeing the subtle smirk on Hyun-Jae's face, Sophie's face changed for a second as she slowly pulled away. "Hmm, is that so?"

Hyun-Jae gave her a disdainful side look the entire time as if she was loathing her. That enraged Sophie even more. But, with her acting abilities, she was able to hide that somehow from Talon.

'She's trying to challenge me… Dammit, I let my guard down and she took that opportunity to have all the time in the world with him… Alone… Ugh! Fuck! I don't like that at all!!' Clenching her fists to quench her anger, she tried to change the topic.

"Did those things follow us here, I wonder."

"We didn't get attacked throughout the entire night. I made sure to talk to every vehicle and they are all good."

'Still, Acryphad told me that Shadow Crawlers live in groups… Yet, that one attacked us on its own. That is odd.' He thought to himself.

"Mmmm…" At that moment, Acrypha moaned slightly as she opened her eyes. "That was a good meditation session."

'Speaking of Acrypha.'

The beautiful woman had been silent the entire night as she meditated on Talon's lap. After a few hours of her being this close to him, he was able to somehow handle this intimate situation better and he could even put it to the back of his head at some point.

"Good morning~" Looking back at him, she said.

"Good morning. Is your healing process going fine?"

"More or less. I'm not worried about that now. Have we reached this new place yet?"

"Almost there. Look, you can see it in the distance." He said as he pointed forward.

Ahead of them, a massive city could be seen growing closer and closer. On the side of the road, a huge panel welcomed them with the words 'Welcome to Daejeon' in beautiful colors.

Daejeon was the third biggest city in South Korea with a population of over 1.5 million people. It was a very beautiful city deeper into the South Korean land with amazing natural views.

However, due to its location being far away from the sea, it had no actual advantage over other cities in terms of position.

"We are finally here," Chin-Hwa murmured as he looked through the window. "We're back, president."

"Yeah…" A complicated glint flashed across Hyun-Jae's eyes as the cars slowly reached the entrance of the city. Like before, everyone stopped there as Talon and the others left the vehicles to investigate the place.

"So, what are we going to do here? Surely you and the president aren't going to go in there alone, right?" Chin-Hwa asked as he stared at the massive city ahead of them.

"No, if we spend time investigating the entire city, it will take forever. We will go in there as a group and we will find the most optimal location to camp. Then, we will explore some parts of the city for the rest of the day and see what kind of resources we might find and then start moving again at night."

"At night?"

"Yes, change of plans, we are going to start moving at night."

'Staying in one place when there are possible Shadow Crawlers around us is a horrible idea.' Talon mused silently.

He would rather be constantly moving and end up baiting the monsters toward them rather than getting ambushed when they least expected it.

"Is everyone on pace with the plan?" Turning to the rest of the group, they all nodded their heads.

"Good, now, get back in the vehicles, and let's move. Chin-Hwa, do you have any good place you might think would be good to spend the day at?" He asked.

The cold prince thought for a moment before he nodded his head. "I might know a good place. Let's go, it's a little bit far."

"Good, you heard him, everyone." Clapping his hands, the group returned to their assigned cars and started moving inside the city.

The place was naturally wrecked and destroyed. But, surprisingly, it was in a far better state than Seoul. Many buildings were still somehow intact and even those that were destroyed weren't turned into rubble.

Monsters lurked throughout the streets, moving aimlessly wherever their instinct told them to go. Noticing the presence of a new target, they tried to attack the vehicles only to get stomped or killed by the people inside of them.

The group stormed through the streets like an unstoppable train, killing everything in their way. That continued till they reached the heart of the city.

"Oh, a park?" Talon raised an eyebrow when he saw where Chin-Hwa brought them. "it's open, we can see all around us, and it is also big enough not to get stuck there even if we are ambushed. That's the perfect place. Good work, Chin-Hwa."

"..." The cold prince ignored the compliment as he got out of the car.

After that, the group quickly entered the area, killed whatever monsters were left in it, and set up their camp quickly. The process took less than an hour to finish. Then, they had breakfast before Talon finally started separating groups to start exploring the area.

Since they were in a completely uncharted area, he made sure that they only moved one kilometer away from the camp at most. They also had to stay in contact with each other at all times.

After that, he assigned the strongest students to each group to be the leaders. That way, he could be rest assured that no one would be in danger.

"You're going to search the area north. I think I saw a supermarket there or a small shop, I don't know for certain. Is everything clear?"

"Yes, sir!"

With that, the last group left the camp quickly.

"Hey, Talon…" At that moment, Hyun-Jae spoke to him quietly.

"What?" Noticing the weird expression on her face, Talon asked.

"It's about… Our previous… conversation." She said with a subtle hesitance.

"Oh, right. I was going to ask. Are you sure you still want to tell me?"

Inhaling a long breath, she nodded her head. "But, we need to leave the camp for a while."

"Oh, where?"

The girl turned around and walked a few steps before she looked over her shoulder. "I want to show you something."

Raising an eyebrow, Talon turned to one of the students who were left at the camp to guard it. "Hey, you, tell Sophie that I'm going to leave for an hour or so. If anything happens, she should contact me and I will be back in no time."

"Yes!"

With that, Talon moved after Hyun-Jae. "Where are we going, really?"

"You wanted to know about what happened in my childhood, right?"

"Yeah…"

"I'm going to show you."

Even as she spoke, Hyun-Jae was having a hard time calming down. The time had finally come, to reveal what she had been hiding from everyone. Whatever happened from this point on, she was certain that it might make or break her relationship with Talon.

'I need to face it. If I want to move on… If I want to free myself… I have to face it head-on.' She thought to herself as she exhaled the long breath she had been holding the entire time.

Talon noticed the conflict raging in her head, so, as his only option, he rested his hand on her shoulder. "No matter what happens, we're going to be friends. Ok?"

Seeing the assuring gaze of her dear companion, she finally felt her mind settle down a little. "Ok…"

With that, the duo headed deeper into the city on their own.

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