The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 16

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She hadn’t noticed because the feeling was somewhat different from the other members of the Golden Dragon Family.

If the other people were warm and kind like a spring breeze, Li-han was, how should she put it. Sharp and fierce like the depths of winter.

Just like how the people of the Great Antlered Deer Family had treated her.

Li-han twisted the corner of his mouth upward and gestured with his eyes toward the medicine drawer that Seo-yu had her hand on.

“Whatever you were planning to steal from the medical room, give up now and get out.”

Steal!

Seo-yu, who had been frozen by his sharp gaze, jumped in surprise and pulled her hand away.

“St-steal? I never had any such thought…”

“You didn’t. Right, that’s what everyone says.”

She hurriedly made excuses, but Li-han didn’t seem inclined to listen. He just muttered to himself with a cold expression.

“I wondered why it had been quiet for a while.”

Just then, the medical room door opened and Hwang Hyeon-ya entered. Several thick books were cradled in his arms.

“What’s this, Li-han. Did you just come from the Dragon Palace?”

“Uncle.”

Li-han greeted Hwang Hyeon-ya while still keeping his gaze fixed on Seo-yu.

It was only after that when Hwang Hyeon-ya noticed Seo-yu, who had turned pale.

“Why are you like that?”

At the puzzled question, Li-han answered in his place with a cold voice.

“This child was trying to steal things from the medical room. I happened to come and was able to catch her.”

“A thief?”

Hwang Hyeon-ya’s eyebrows shot up. His face said ‘What kind of nonsense is this?’ but Li-han couldn’t see it.

“Yes. She was rummaging through the medicine drawer. She even lied about being your disciple.”

“But Seo-yu is my disciple?”

“What?”

Li-han’s eyes widened greatly.

“She is my disciple. I’m even teaching her how to read.”

Hwang Hyeon-ya glanced at the medicine drawer that was still open, then asked Seo-yu.

“You weren’t rummaging through the drawer, but checking if the words you learned were correct, right?”

“Y-yes, that’s right.”

He doesn’t doubt me.

Only then did the tension leave Seo-yu as she let out a small sigh. It was the moment when her small head naturally dropped down.

Li-han’s face scrunched up in a deep frown.

“…You, why is your horn like that?”

“What? This is…!”

Seo-yu jumped in surprise and quickly covered her head with her hands, but Li-han with his terrifying expression had already approached within arm’s reach.

“This child isn’t a dragon!”

Blue flames sparked from Li-han’s eyes as he whipped his head around.

Seo-yu didn’t know what to do in the face of his seething anger, but Li-han paid no mind and raised his voice even higher.

“Did Father pick up another orphan again?”

Again?

Seo-yu couldn’t understand what Li-han had been saying at all.

At first, she thought he was angry because he misunderstood her as a thief, but listening to him, it seemed like something similar had happened before.

Hwang Hyeon-ya, who had his arms crossed, brushed past Li-han and stood between Seo-yu and Li-han.

“It’s true that my brother brought her. But I’m the one who took this child as my disciple.”

“Either way, she’s a child from the outside!”

“So what?”

Hwang Hyeon-ya cut off Li-han’s words. It was a voice filled with sharp warning, different from his usual indifference.

“I already said I’ve taken this child as my disciple. Even if it’s you, Li-han, the medical room is under my jurisdiction. You know that going any further would be overstepping your authority.”

“Uncle!”

“Or should I step aside so the precious heir can speak comfortably?”

“…No.”

Li-han didn’t argue further. Instead, he glared at Seo-yu, who was hidden behind Hwang Hyeon-ya, with gritted teeth and said,

“But I definitely received a promise from Father. I will never let this matter slide.”

“That’s something to discuss with your father.”

At Hwang Hyeon-ya’s indifferent response, Li-han clenched his fists and stormed out of the medical room.

Bang!

The door slammed shut violently.

“That brat and his temper.”

Hwang Hyeon-ya clicked his tongue and soon turned to look at Seo-yu.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have left my post.”

“No, it’s not. I acted in a way that caused misunderstanding. I’m sor…”

Before she could finish speaking, Hwang Hyeon-ya said firmly,

“The apology should come from that Li-han brat.”

Seo-yu belatedly remembered Hwang Hyeon-ya’s words about not apologizing at random times and closed her mouth.

She wanted to follow everything her respected master said, but the words “I’m sorry” were already stuck to her lips and wouldn’t easily come off.

‘But it all feels like my fault.’

Seo-yu quickly became dejected. The happy days she had spent recently felt like a dream, and it seemed like she had returned to harsh reality again.

‘I was curious about what the First Young Master would be like, but I made him angry as soon as we met…’

The corners of Seo-yu’s eyes drooped. Seeing her dejected face, Hwang Hyeon-ya gently patted her round head.

“I’m not asking you to forgive him, but he’s not really that bad of a kid. He’s just a bit hurt and sensitive, so just bear with it.”

“Is Young Master Li-han sick somewhere?”

When she carefully asked about something she was hearing for the first time, a bitter expression appeared on Hwang Hyeon-ya’s face.

“Yes. He’s hurt here.”

Hwang Hyeon-ya raised his hand and pointed to his own chest. It was where the heart was located. Seo-yu forgot about Li-han’s earlier anger and became worried.

‘Could he be suffering from a chronic illness? Like heart disease or something.’

She had heard that Li-han was twelve years old, three years older than Seo-yu.

He’s still young but has such a serious illness!

“Hwang Hyeon-ya, I can understand.”

“What?”

“Being sick is originally hard, right? So Seo-yu understands even if the Young Master gets irritated.”

People who came to the Medical Room usually didn’t have good expressions. They were all anxious and restless.

‘If it’s heart disease, it wouldn’t get better right away just by using medicine.’

When Seo-yu nodded to herself in understanding, Hwang Hyeon-ya chuckled.

“Well, you’ll find out gradually. Both that Li-han kid and you, Seo-yu.”

What would they find out?

Though she didn’t understand what he meant, Seo-yu felt a little relieved because it sounded like she could continue staying here.

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After class ended, Seo-yu gathered her homework and returned straight to her room. But there were guests who had arrived before Seo-yu, the owner.

Yi-ryeong and Li-gon.

The twins who had occupied the room like owners welcomed Seo-yu.

“Oh, the youngest is here!”

“Seo-yu, uncle didn’t give you a hard time, did he?”

The two of them came to visit Seo-yu every day after finishing their swordsmanship training, and today they seemed to have finished early.

‘I guess they haven’t met Young Master Li-han yet.’

Seo-yu, who had been secretly worried that they might have heard bad things about Li-han, sat down beside them with relief.

“No. It wasn’t hard at all.”

The twins’ gazes turned to the book. This time Li-gon asked first.

“What’s that? Don’t tell me it’s homework?”

“Huh? But you did homework yesterday too.”

“This is homework I received today.”

“Why is there homework every single day? Ugh, uncle is the worst.”

“That’s why everyone runs away all the time.”

Yi-ryeong gave a thumbs down. Li-gon also naturally criticized Hwang Hyeon-ya from beside her.

Seo-yu was about to say that wasn’t the case, but before that, Yi-ryeong pulled something out from her chest.

“Forget about boring homework, look at this!”

It was a small, slender tree branch. Unusually, it had a pointed tip and was wrapped in white bark, making it look exactly like a horn.

“I picked this up because the tree branch looks like the youngest’s horn. Isn’t it cute?”

“Hey, Hwang Yi-ryeong. I’m the one who found that!”

“So what. I’m the one who brought it.”

Li-gon tried to snatch it, but Yi-ryeong dodged skillfully even while sitting, then handed the tree branch to Seo-yu.

“A gift. The youngest is cute, so take this.”

“Ah, seriously. I was going to give it to her.”

Li-gon puffed up his cheeks and expressed his dissatisfaction, but didn’t stop the tree branch from being given to Seo-yu.

Seo-yu, who had unexpectedly received the gift, stared at the horn-like tree branch for a moment before speaking.

“Why are you two so kind to me?”

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