I had slept for 400 years, but I couldn't remember having a single dream or feeling any emotion while I slept. That's why when I woke up after 400 years and then fell asleep again, I didn't expect to have a dream at all. But for some reason, I did, and in my dream, I saw Ukar.
Ukar and I were studying in a library. It was probably a university library because a bunch of incredibly beautiful girls in the same uniform kept walking past our table. A blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader bombshell, a glasses-wearing brunette nerd bombshell, another normal but still bombshell bombshell, and just a bombshell...
I was suffocating among the books in the library, my head buried in a book on my table, but this was definitely not what I wanted. Ukar, who was at the table next to me, came over and said, "You're getting distracted…" he said, pointing at the girls. "Don't let yourself get distracted. You need to focus."
"Studying, studying, studying... How much more, goddammit? After we're done studying, our working life will begin! When are we going to live this thing called life, Ukar!" I had said, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him hard. "When?"
"Aren't you being a bit too emotional?"
"Emotional, am I? Maybe... But who cares? Fuck studying." Just then, an incredibly beautiful girl with orange lipstick, red hair, and a plunging neckline from her unbuttoned top two buttons sat down at the table across from me. She pulled the gum out of her mouth with her long-nailed finger, stretching it out, and blew me a kiss. "My blood is boiling, Ukar! Don't be such a wimp! Be a man for once! Life isn't just about studying."
"We have to work! How else will you become an inspector? How will I become a scientist?"
"Oh…" I had said, grabbing Ukar's head and turning it toward the girl at the opposite table. Just then, a bunch of her bombshell friends swarmed the table. "…what inspector? I'm going to slap your bald head now. Can't you see these girls?"
"You have to be an inspector…"
"Yes... I can especially start my career by inspecting these girls." I said, pushing Ukar and getting up. I was thinking of walking over to the girls with confident steps. At that moment, their flirty glances, chatter, and coquettish smiles fueled the masculinity inside me. This had turned into a matter of stubbornness.
Just as I was about to take a step, Ukar latched onto my foot.
"Don't! You have to be an inspector!"
"Get the fuck off!" I said, shaking my foot.
"Remember your duty!"
"What duty, get the fuck off!" I slapped his bald head. In return, he bit my leg. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Be sacrificial!"
"Me? I can't make any sacrifices! I… I can't be alone, Ukar! I can't live alone! I can't hit on my assistant creatures like you do! I can't! You go hit on your creatures!" As the beautiful girls' giggles reached my ears, my desire grew stronger and stronger. "I'm going to hang out with these beauties."
Ukar lunged again, pulled my leg, and made me fall face-first to the floor. When my head hit the ground, I felt a little dazed. I felt Ukar pulling himself toward me by touching my body, climbing on top of me. When I felt this, I thought to myself, "Oh, shit, what I'm thinking isn't going to happen, is it?!" Ukar sat on my lap and looked at my face. "Okay, I think we've reached the point where the dream needs to end."
Ukar punched me hard in the face. After everything that could have happened, the punch felt really good. Ukar started punching me repeatedly and shouting, "You need to wake up! Fulfill your duty as an inspector!"