The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 159

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Seo-yu looked down at the ground at those words.

‘Will that really happen? Will they open their hearts to me?’

She wanted to repay the trust that the Family Head was showing her, but honestly, she wasn’t confident.

It couldn’t be helped. She wasn’t a great being like the Qilin Family Head!

She was a little afraid that she might be a hindrance rather than a help, but…

[Ugh, it hurts! It’s stinging!]

[I can’t breathe…]

She didn’t want to turn away from the voice of the earth that she could hear even at this very moment.

‘Master said so.’

It was when she had just started learning to read.

Seo-yu, who found every new word she learned fascinating, was very curious about the meaning of ‘physician.’

Unlike other professions that included the character for person like warrior and scholar , physician was composed of the character won which meant many people.

‘Master, why is physician and not ?’

‘Because they’re always with patients in their suffering. Since they’re not alone, they inevitably form a group.’

When she asked, Hwang Hyeon-ya gave her an answer without any hesitation.

‘So Seo-yu, you too must not turn away when you see a patient in pain.’

‘Yes, Master!’

‘Well, I think you’ll do well even without me saying it.’

Right now before her eyes was a patient in pain—the great earth.

‘I must do it. Because I’m a physician.’

Seo-yu decided to do her best as she had learned from her wonderful master.

“Family Head, I’ll work hard at it.’

After finishing her words, Seo-yu lowered her posture and carefully placed her small hands on the ground.

“The most important thing for a physician is to examine the patient’s symptoms. Try to examine their pain.”

Following the gentle teaching, when she closed her eyes, her vision was blocked and the surrounding noise became distant.

The fierce roaring of demon beasts, the sharp sound of swords cutting through wind, even the rough vibrations of the ground shaking became quiet.

Seo-yu concentrated her senses only on her fingertips in the silence.

‘Ah!’

She could feel black poison spreading underground like blood vessels, gnawing away at the earth’s vitality.

“It’s suffering because the poison keeps spreading.”

“Yes, so we need to push out that poison.”

Gi Tae-ha’s voice continued calmly.

“Think of the warm aura inside you. Share it with the earth. Don’t try to force it out, just like breathing together.”

Seo-yu nodded and took a deep breath.

And as she slowly exhaled, she felt the warmth rising from deep within her chest.

It was the comfort she felt when with her family, the joy when laughing with friends, and the excitement when tending to medicinal herbs.

Seo-yu gathered all those warm emotions together and let them flow through her fingertips.

Swoooosh—

Clear green aura began flowing from Seo-yu’s hands and seeping into the underground.

[It’s warm…]

[Ah, breathing has gotten a bit easier.]

The voice of the earth could be heard faintly. Seo-yu smiled.

‘A little more. Just hang in there a little longer.’

During Seo-yu’s most painful times, it was always nature that stayed by her side.

When she was lonely and struggling, when no one reached out to help, when everyone hated Seo-yu.

Through all those moments, the friend who stayed with Seo-yu was this very earth.

Trees provided shade, grass embraced her gently, and soil supported her warmly.

So now it was her turn to help.

‘Don’t be in pain. I’m here for you.’

Seo-yu whispered to the great earth with all her heart. Gi Tae-ha also joined in to lend his strength.

As the two people’s auras merged into one, the green light became even more vivid and spread deep underground.

Like spring rain moistening dry earth, the life force began gradually pushing back the poison.

The blackened soil regained its original brown color, and withered grass roots began stirring again.

[Wow, the poison is retreating!]

[Now I feel like I can live!]

The earth’s groaning gradually subsided. Seo-yu’s heart swelled with emotion.

‘I’m really being helpful.’

That’s when it happened.

‘Hm?’

Seo-yu’s senses, which had been following the flow of poison, stopped at a certain point.

From that place, an especially strong and murky aura was rising.

Like pus seeping from a wound, it was the source continuously spewing poison.

[This is where it hurts the most…]

[Please block this…]

The earth’s desperate plea could be heard.

‘I need to purify that place!’

Realizing this instinctively, Seo-yu poured more power toward that location. Gi Tae-ha, understanding Seo-yu’s intention, gently supported her from behind.

The dazzling green wave created by their two auras resonating with each other surged fiercely toward the source of the poison.

Rummmble—!

At that moment, a massive tremor that shook the earth’s axis occurred.

“…!”

Seo-yu’s eyes snapped open.

The ground split open once more, and the massive body that had been bound by ancient tree roots shook.

Crack, crackle!

With the sound of roots tearing, Su-jeong, who had transformed into a demon beast, finally broke free from her restraints.

“Grrraaaah!”

The demon beast’s bloodshot eyes, which had let out a savage cry, aimed directly at Seo-yu.

Even after becoming a demon beast that had lost its reason, Su-jeong had not forgotten her hatred toward Seo-yu.

“Kraaaah!”

The demon beast charged fiercely toward Seo-yu, leading with its massive horn.

“Seo-yu!”

“That crazy deer!”

Hwang Hyeon-rang shouted urgently, but he was surrounded by the increased number of demon beasts. Li-han was also quite far away.

‘I can’t die like this! That would be exactly what Miss Su-jeong wants!’

Seo-yu, still with both hands pressed to the ground, gathered her strength once more.

‘I’ll try using my power again. Just like when I protected the Family Head earlier!’

However, was it because she had already used too much power? Or perhaps because miracles don’t come twice so easily?

The earth remained quiet, unlike before. Meanwhile, Su-jeong had approached within arm’s reach.

‘This can’t be happening…!’

Just as her body froze from panic, unable to move.

Whoooosh—!

A brilliant green flash exploded, and Gi Tae-ha’s form became distorted.

In that instant, standing there was no longer a human figure but a majestic qilin.

The golden light enveloping his entire body shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight, and his two towering horns emitted a sacred radiance.

Gi Tae-ha stood tall, blocking Seo-yu’s path.

Bang!

The demon beast’s horn and the qilin’s horn collided head-on.

A tremendous shockwave spread in all directions, causing the ground to cave in deeply.

“Ugh!”

“Family Head!”

Despite groaning, Gi Tae-ha didn’t retreat even an inch.

He withstood the demon beast’s fierce pushing force with his entire body, protecting Seo-yu behind him.

“Family Head Gi!”

When Hwang Hyeon-rang tried to rush over, Gi Tae-ha shook his head.

“Don’t worry. I too am one of the Four Spirits, I can handle this much.”

His golden eyes shone with determination.

“I won’t let this child get hurt, so don’t worry.”

Hwang Hyeon-rang and Li-han hesitated, but then Bi-yeon’s urgent cry came from the sky.

“Hyeon-rang! The rift is getting bigger!”

“…I trust you.”

Hwang Hyeon-rang, meeting Gi Tae-ha’s eyes, turned back toward the horde of demon beasts. Li-han also gritted his teeth and swung his sword.

Soon, green light began flowing from Gi Tae-ha’s horn.

As that light seeped into the ground, lush plant vines sprouted up and bound Su-jeong tightly.

“Grrrgh!”

The demon beast struggled, but the vines bound Su-jeong even more tightly.

Soon Gi Tae-ha’s gentle eyes turned toward Seo-yu.

“Are you alright? The poison didn’t reach you, did it?”

“Yes, Family Head. Thanks to you saving me, I wasn’t hurt. I’m truly grateful…”

Seo-yu was relieved and about to bow in gratitude.

Su-jeong’s eyes suddenly glowed red as an unknown dark aura flowed out.

Sensing the ominous presence, Seo-yu reached out toward Gi Tae-ha.

Crack!

Su-jeong, having grown even larger, broke the stem with terrifying force and escaped.

In an instant, the shadow of massive deer antlers loomed over Gi Tae-ha’s head.

It was the very same shadow that had terrified Seo-yu long ago.

Those horns she had always feared darkened the entire area.

Though her hands and feet began trembling from the fear carved into her heart, Seo-yu steeled herself and endured.

‘No, Yi-ryeong unnie said so. If you’re scared, you lose!’

She was no longer Nok Seo-yu who couldn’t even lift her head in front of Su-jeong.

Now she was the strong Youngest, Hwang Seo-yu, who could protect those precious to her.

“No! Don’t hurt the Family Head!”

Seo-yu shouted.

“I’ll protect him!”

At that moment, her heart pounded loudly.

A vast power she had never felt in her life flowed through her entire body.

As she trembled at this utterly unfamiliar sensation, green light sparkled before her eyes and soon took on a certain form.

Amazingly, there was a qilin there.

Not Gi Tae-ha, but still a qilin that Seo-yu already knew.

‘…Jeongdam-nim?’

Seo-yu recalled the image of Jeongdam she had once seen in a dream.

A beautiful qilin with just one horn, exactly like herself.

That was Jeongdam’s true form.

The memory that had been so faint she couldn’t even remember it was now miraculously vivid.

[You remembered me. I knew you could do it.]

The qilin, Jeongdam, smiled warmly with an incredibly joyful expression.

[It’s good to see you again, Seo-yu.]

Jeongdam embraced Seo-yu tenderly.

Soon a gentle green light enveloped Seo-yu. The color like newly sprouted buds quickly covered the surroundings, brightly illuminating the entire area.

Where the brilliant light had passed, no poison remained. Only life force surged forth.

Under that light, one more new shadow was added.

The shadow of a qilin with a single horn.

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