Kim Jin-Woo got the shock of his life.

“A True King?” he asked, looking at Dominique with a stunned expression.

She seemed to be teasing him even as she reiterated, “Yes. The one and only Noble Naga, the True King.”

The Naga King. Kim Jin-Woo had heard that title hundreds, if not thousands of times, and yet it had never gotten to his head as much as it did in this moment. He stood frozen on the spot.

However, Dominique didn’t stop with her explanation. “Master will now become stronger, wiser, and more honorable.”

“Will I become a Naga myself?” Kim Jin-Woo finally asked the dreaded question. If his fears were to come true, he knew he wouldn’t be able to live with that fact. He wanted to be a human. Nothing more, nothing less.

“No,” Dominique replied. Kim Jin-Woo blinked twice at the unexpected answer as she continued, “The one and only King is the one that inherits the name of the Nagas.”

“What do you mean?” Kim Jin-Woo asked. He simply couldn’t understand what was going on and demanded further elaboration.

Dominique just smiled slyly. “We, the Nagas, will be the ones to change our appearance, not our King.”

***

Kim Jin-Woo was left alone as he slowly stroked his back. He could still feel the...