The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 14

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“This is Cold Grass.”

“What are its effects?”

“It’s good for reducing fever. It can also calm inflammation.”

A glimmer appeared in Hwang Hyeon-ya’s eyes at her unhesitating response. He immediately brought over another medicine drawer.

“What about this?”

“That’s Blood Membrane Grass. If you crush it and stir-fry it in alcohol, then apply it to wounds, the bleeding will stop.”

“Then what about this?”

“That’s True Angelica Root…”

The questions continued one after another, and Seo-yu answered each one without hesitation.

Before long, the desk was completely filled with medicine drawers.

“Excellent!”

Hwang Hyeon-ya pushed up his glasses and exclaimed in admiration. His face looked somewhat excited.

“Could you help me with my work? No, I’d like you to help me.”

“In, in the Medical Room?”

She had been asked to do the very thing she was about to request.

Seo-yu’s heart pounded rapidly. She couldn’t believe this wasn’t a dream.

“That’s right. You’d be making medicine and managing medicinal materials.”

“If someone like me could be of help, of course!”

“I think you’d be a great help.”

I’m so glad I came to the Medical Room!

A bright smile bloomed across Seo-yu’s face. She was overjoyed at the thought of being able to stay with the Golden Dragon Family.

However, her happiness didn’t last long.

“It won’t be difficult. When new medicinal materials come in, you just need to classify them and write them down. I’ll check them.”

“Wr, write them down?”

“Yes. That way I’ll be able to understand them.”

Seo-yu’s lips trembled. Hwang Hyeon-ya looked at her as if wondering what the problem was.

“Hwang Hyeon-ya, I…”

Seo-yu was so embarrassed that she squeezed her eyes shut.

“I can’t read. I don’t know how to write either.”

She felt utterly pathetic as she spoke haltingly. But she couldn’t lie to Hwang Hyeon-ya.

“You don’t know how to read?”

Hwang Hyeon-ya frowned and asked again.

“Well, I never had the chance to learn… B-but I do know some simple characters. Like Five-element Bark…”

She knew characters that had become familiar from seeing them so often. But that alone wouldn’t be enough to help with the Medical Room work.

Still, Seo-yu desperately wanted to work in the Medical Room. It might be shameless, but she was about to try asking somehow.

“I’m, I’m sorry. But if you could just teach me a little, I’d learn quickly…”

Just then, the Medical Room door burst open.

“Yi-ryeong! Uncle is bullying our youngest!”

“What? Uncle! Why are you bullying Seo-yu!”

Li-gon and Yi-ryeong, who had rushed inside in an instant, linked arms with Seo-yu from both sides.

Then, as if harboring some misguided misunderstanding, they huffed and glared at Hyeon-ya.

“Youngest?”

Hyeon-ya paid no attention to his glaring nephews. He simply raised an eyebrow at Seo-yu as if asking what that was supposed to mean.

“How did you end up becoming their youngest?”

“Ah, well, that’s because…”

While Seo-yu hesitated, unsure how to respond, Yi-ryeong and Li-gon confidently answered.

“Because Youngest has a totally cool horn. And her hair is a similar color to ours, so we decided she’d be our household’s youngest.”

“That’s right, Uncle. Seo-yu is nine years old. We’re ten, so she’s definitely our younger sibling.”

“And since she’s our younger sibling, now Seo-yu is the youngest.”

“Fine then.”

Hyeon-ya gave up on the conversation.

Seo-yu felt she should step forward and explain properly, but somehow she didn’t want to make excuses. So she pretended not to know and kept her mouth tightly shut.

‘They call me youngest even in front of other people.’

She thought they were just saying it casually.

Hearing them naturally call her ‘youngest’ made Seo-yu’s heart flutter with a tickling sensation.

“But Youngest, why did you come to the medical room again?”

“I called her.”

“Uncle did? Why?”

“To take her as my disciple.”

Seo-yu’s eyes widened in surprise. She thought he was simply asking her to help with work, but a disciple!

‘Is he not going to drive me away?’

Even after I said I couldn’t read?

Her heart fluttered with anticipation for no reason. But then came unexpected opposition.

“What?! No way!”

“That’s right! Absolutely not!”

The twins were horrified and tried to stop it.

‘As expected, because I’m lacking…’

Just as Seo-yu’s eyes wavered with anxiety, the two shouted in unison as if in chorus.

“Uncle’s previous disciples all ran away crying!”

“That’s right. One ran away in three days, another in a week – they all ran away! I remember everything!”

“…”

Hyeon-ya’s face hardened.

Regardless, the twins stuck close to Seo-yu’s side and whispered.

“Youngest, Uncle Hyeon-ya has a really bad personality.”

“Really. He’s super scary, you know? If you don’t listen, he yells and everything.”

“Who said I yelled!”

Hyeon-ya finally snapped. Li-gon whispered into Seo-yu’s ear.

“See, he’s yelling right now too.”

At Li-gon’s point, Hyeon-ya closed his mouth. A faint anger could be felt in the hand that silently pressed against his forehead.

However, thinking it was useless to get angry at his nephews, Hyeon-ya swallowed a sigh and asked Seo-yu.

“Seo-yu, what do you think? Will you become my disciple? Reading won’t be a problem. I’ll teach you.”

“I…”

Yi-ryeong and Li-gon shook their heads vigorously.

‘Don’t. Do. It.’

‘You’ll. Be. Ruined.’

Their earnest mouthing of words was filled with deep concern.

However, Seo-yu didn’t find Hyeon-ya to be such a frightening person. After hesitating, Seo-yu slightly turned away from the twins and spoke.

“I would like to learn from Master Hyeon-ya.”

“Really?!”

“Ugh! But why on earth?”

As if to prove they were twins, both simultaneously grabbed their heads.

Perhaps it was an unexpected choice, as Hyeon-ya’s gaze turned to Seo-yu. Seo-yu courageously answered.

“Master Hyeon-ya has been truly kind to me. You even said you’d teach me to read when I barely know any letters.”

That she was stupid, that what could she possibly do with that head of hers.

In truth, even if Hyeon-ya had said such things, Seo-yu wouldn’t have been surprised. It was familiar territory.

But far from that, he had offered to take her as his disciple. It truly felt like a miracle.

“In my opinion, Master Hyeon-ya is a good person.”

At her small but resolute voice, Hyeon-ya’s expression changed subtly.

‘Has she never met a good person in her life?’

Since it was the first time he’d ever heard such words, he couldn’t help but think that. He’d never been kind enough to deserve such praise either.

‘How peculiar.’

Perhaps that’s why the twins have taken such a liking to her.

Hyeon-ya shrugged his shoulders and said.

“I wouldn’t know about that, but you’ll have to do your best. While I’ve never kicked anyone out, it’s true that they all ran away.”

“Yes! I’ll really work hard!”

That was precisely what Seo-yu was most confident about. Seo-yu nodded her head vigorously with sincere determination.

“Uncle, you can’t give our youngest anything too difficult.”

“That’s right. If our youngest says she wants to leave the household because of that, we won’t let Uncle off easy.”

At his two nephews’ warning, Hyeon-ya let out a hollow laugh.

“What fine bodyguards you’ve become.”

He spoke sarcastically as usual, but the young nephews didn’t properly understand his words.

“Wow, Yi-ryeong. He called us bodyguards. That’s cool.”

“Oh, Uncle. I actually like that.”

Yi-ryeong even gave him a thumbs up. Hyeon-ya’s head began to throb, so he decided to kick out his nephews.

To do that, it seemed he’d need to send away that deer first.

“For now, I need to prepare books first, so go back for today. I’ll tell your father myself.”

“Master Hyeon-ya, would it be alright if I spoke to the family head myself?”

“You, personally?”

“Yes. I haven’t been able to express my gratitude to him yet.”

He’d thought she was just shy and always reading the room, but she does have proper manners.

Hyeon-ya thought that his newly taken disciple wasn’t too bad.

“If that’s what you want, then do so. Classes will start right from tomorrow morning, so don’t be late.”

“Yes!”

At his calm reply, Seo-yu’s face brightened.

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Classes began the very next day.

“This is the character for mouth. It resembles the shape of a person’s open mouth, so write it round like a mouth.”

To be honest, Hyeon-ya didn’t think Seo-yu would seriously learn to read and write.

‘She’s just a child, after all.’

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