A Baby Cat Who Commands the Dog Clan - Chapter 130

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Chapter 130
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“Wow, I never thought my brother would do something like this…”
“Nam Goong Baek really is more petty than I expected.”
Dang Yi Woon and Yang Do Jin exchanged looks of disbelief.
The vessel they were riding in was an ancient ferry that looked ready to sink at any moment.
They had chosen the cheapest boat fare available.
Just then, a large pleasure barge carrying Nam Goong Baek and Hong Seol passed by their side.
Someone shouted from above their heads.
“Watch out!”
Splash!
The warning came too late.
As the large pleasure barge pushed through, Dang Yi Woon and Yang Do Jin were completely drenched in river water.
“Ptooey!”
“Ah, it’s freezing!”
For a moment, they thought they glimpsed Nam Goong Baek laughing on the deck.
But in truth, Nam Goong Baek had no attention for those two at all.
“Wow, she’s so incredibly beautiful…”
He was watching a small kitten with tiny hands clasped to her chest, gazing out at the scenery.
The gently flowing river waters, the countless pleasure barges drifting about, and the lanterns hanging from the railings added to the enchantment.
It was truly a breathtaking sight.
“Seol Ah.”
At his soft voice, Hong Seol turned her head.
‘Oh my…”
The sight that met Hong Seol’s gaze was equally breathtaking.
How exquisitely beautiful was Nam Goong Baek’s face illuminated by the lantern light.
Hong Seol found herself staring at him intently without realizing it.
“Has your heart grown lighter?”
When my older brother smiled with his eyes gently creased at the corners, his blue eyes curved like a crescent moon hanging in the sky.
“Seol Ah?”
‘Oh!’
Shaking her head to regain her senses, Hong Seol answered vigorously.
“Yes! Much lighter.”
“Don’t burden yourself too much about the martial competition.”
“But…”
I am burdened by it.
As Hong Seol’s small shoulders shrank, Nam Goong Baek smiled slightly again.
“If by some chance you lose, I’ll beat Dang Cheon Gang so thoroughly that he won’t be able to boast about winning the martial competition. That way, the Nam Goong Family’s honor won’t be tarnished, right?”
“Oh!”
A flustered Hong Seol covered Nam Goong Baek’s mouth.
This is Chengdu.
The front courtyard of the Sichuan Tang Family.
No matter how noble a young master of the Nam Goong Family might be, he couldn’t know what would happen if he threatened to strike the Dang Family Master’s son in this place.
“Watch your words!”
At that remark, Nam Goong Baek broke into a smile.
For the first time, Hong Seol, who had been listless all along, seemed to come alive.
And in that very moment.
Three elderly masters aboard the same boat had been observing them.
They were none other than the Three Martial Oddities.
Nam Goong Ho, Dang Yi Mu, and Tian Tong Gai.
Worried about the children, they had been secretly following them all day.
Tian Tong Gai stroked his chin with a satisfied expression.
“It was wise to let the children loose in the Market District. Their faces have grown much brighter.”
But Dang Yi Mu wore a somewhat displeased expression.
“That grandson of yours, Nam Goong Ho, is far too stingy. If you’re going to put them on a boat anyway, why not put them on a pleasure barge!”
Why would I put my precious grandson on such a shabby ferry boat?
He seemed ready to leap out at any moment and transfer his treasured grandson to a pleasure barge.
But Nam Goong Ho didn’t budge. Rather, he wished to carry his grandson on his own back to encourage him.
Leaving behind that infuriating monkey from the Sichuan Tang Family.
‘Well done, my Baek!’
Nam Goong Ho smiled faintly and spoke.
“It seems Baek is properly lifting Seol Ah’s spirits.”
Seeing that triumphant expression, Tian Tong Gai grumbled.
“It was I who thought of taking Hong Seol to the Market District to cheer her up!”
The talent belongs to the beggar, but the credit goes to the young master of the Nam Goong Family.
What a corrupt world.
It was the moment he sighed while gazing at the sky.
In Tian Tong Gai’s eyes, a black speck circled endlessly across the heavens.
“What is that…?”
At those words, Dang Yi Mu also sharpened his vision and looked toward the sky.
Though it was already growing dark and difficult to see clearly, it was unmistakably a massive eagle.
He rubbed his eyes and looked upward again.
“It’s no ordinary eagle. It’s gripping something in its talons…?”
Dang Yi Mu’s brow furrowed.
!
He clearly saw the eagle release its grip with its talons.
In that instant, something heavy fell from the sky.
Dang Yi Mu cried out in a sharp voice.
“Take cover!”
Startled by the shout infused with inner energy, people scrambled off the deck.
At that very moment.
Boom!
Something crashed violently against the deck.
Lurch.
The pleasure boat they were aboard tilted sharply to one side.
“Kyaaaah!”
“Grab onto something!”
Screams erupted from all directions.
Splash!
In the chaos, several people who couldn’t maintain their balance tumbled into the river.
In that instant, Nam Goong Ho’s mind held only thoughts of the children.
“Seol Ah!”
Nam Goong Ho, who had been about to search for Hong Seol and Nam Goong Baek, froze.
The object that had fallen onto the deck looked terribly familiar.
“That’s…!”
His eyes widened in disbelief.
By then, Dang Yi Mu and Tian Tong Gai had already launched themselves toward the object.
Nam Goong Ho, delayed by his inability to use inner energy, ground his teeth and muttered.
“Dang Song Baek, you bastard…!”
The object was a man in a blood-soaked green robe—Dang Song Baek.
“Ugh….”
Though he still drew breath, he appeared powerless, unable to move even slightly, as if his vital points had been struck.
But that wasn’t all.
Dang Song Baek’s limbs were broken at every joint, hanging limply.
One of his eyes had been gouged out by something, leaving a gaping hollow.
“Could it be… pecked by a beak?”
Tian Tong Gai tilted his head upward, gazing at the sky.
The Black Eagle that had been circling overhead moments before had vanished without a trace.
Then it happened.
“Grandfather!”
“Master!”
Two ashen-faced boys came rushing toward them in panic.
They were Dang Yi Woon and Yang Do Jin, who had been aboard the small rowboat moments before.
Whatever they had witnessed.
Their faces had turned completely pale.
“S-Seol…!”
“What is it?”
Nam Goong Ho, whose attention had been fixed on Dang Song Baek, immediately widened his eyes.
Dang Yi Mu also, rarely showing alarm, pressed the children urgently.
“Speak clearly! Is Seol Ah hurt?”
“No, that’s not it….”
Dang Yi Woon shook his head, his face crumpling as though he might burst into tears.
“A, a massive eagle snatched Seol Ah away!”
At those words, Nam Goong Ho felt as though his head had been struck by a hammer.
In his stead, Dang Yi Mu demanded in a stern voice.
“Is that the truth!”
“Yes, I saw it clearly! The moment Dang Song Baek’s body fell to the deck, a Black Eagle descended from the sky and seized Hong Seol by the collar of her neck, carrying her aloft!”
They had drawn attention by throwing the battered Dang Song Baek, while their true target—Hong Seol—was the one they aimed for.
“Feint to the east, strike to the west…!”
A commotion in one direction to mask an attack from another.
Nam Goong Ho’s lips trembled with fury as he fell perfectly into this ancient stratagem of war.
“What of Baek, who was beside her? What became of him?”
“My brother followed after Seol Ah!”
A sob escaped from Dang Yi Woon’s voice.
“The last thing I saw was my brother grasping Seol Ah’s wrist as they were both dragged upward together!”
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My black eyes dilated with unspeakable terror.
“Kyaaah, brother!”
The moment my body shot into the air.
“Seol Ah!”
Nam Goong Baek seized my slender wrist without a moment’s hesitation.
The next instant, we were both helplessly dragged upward into the vast sky.
The pleasure boat we had been riding moments before now appeared as a mere speck below.
“Hah, hah….”
Terrified, I could barely manage to breathe properly.
A pair of curious Black Starlings had approached from the air upon seeing us, but upon recognizing the eagle, they hastily wheeled away.
Flap!
Startled by the sound of wings, I cried out to Nam Goong Baek.
“B, brother!”
My voice, trembling with sobs, pierced Nam Goong Baek’s heart.
He had to find a way out of this.
“Seol Ah! It’s alright. Keep breathing!”
Nam Goong Baek desperately tried to reassure me.
He wanted nothing more than to slash that cursed eagle’s talons with his blade.
But if he did, they would both plummet to the ground and shatter into pieces.
For now, gripping my wrist and enduring was all he could do.
How long they held on like that.
Soon, as if approaching their destination, the Black Eagle spread its wings and began to glide.
‘Where is this place…?’
Nam Goong Baek gathered his courage and looked down. Below lay a dense Bamboo Forest—a desolate place where not even a shadow of another person could be found.
It was a situation where expecting help from others was difficult.
Nam Goong Baek made his decision.
‘The moment my feet touch the ground, I’ll draw my sword and slit that arrogant eagle’s throat!’
The earth drew rapidly closer.
Nam Goong Baek concentrated, drawing up his inner energy.
The instant his blue eyes deepened to an even more vivid azure.
At last, both feet touched solid ground.
Nam Goong Baek didn’t hesitate—he unsheathed the sword at his waist and swung it with tremendous force.
Whoooosh!
“Brother!”
In that moment, Hong Seol stepped in front of the Black Eagle.
“Seol Ah!”
Nam Goong Baek, startled, barely managed to twist the blade away.
Scrape.
A few strands of Hong Seol’s hair fluttered down before Nam Goong Baek’s very nose.
“Seol Ah! Are you alright?”
Nam Goong Baek cried out in shock.
Hong Seol, who had kept her eyes tightly shut, barely managed to open her eyelids.
“I… I’m alive…”
At her innocent words, Nam Goong Baek was left speechless—even feeling a surge of emotion.
“Why would you do something so reckless!”
“Ah, that’s…”
Before Hong Seol could even open her mouth, a woman appeared from behind.
It was a woman with a pipa slung across her back and a black hat upon her head.

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