The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 21

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‘The medicinal herbs withering was also because the land was contaminated.’

That was a very serious matter. If crops and medicinal herbs couldn’t grow properly, it would cause problems for the people of the Eastern Region who had to live off them.

Of course, he said there wasn’t absolutely no solution.

‘M-Master. Then can the poison never be purified?’

‘That’s not the case. There’s a medicinal herb called Jeongdam Herb. It’s a legendary herb that grows in the Western Lands. That can purify the demon beast’s poison.’

‘Could I perhaps see it too?’

‘You can see it but… no, you can see it. It’s in the Family Treasury, so I’ll bring it tomorrow.’

However, Hwang Hyeon-ya’s expression wasn’t very bright.

‘There’s a solution, so why did he make such an expression?’

Seo-yu, who had been inwardly puzzled, finally learned the reason today.

“As you can see, Jeongdam Herb doesn’t grow in the Eastern Region at all. Far from sprouting, it can’t even survive in the soil.”

“B-but couldn’t we make it into medicine and spread it?”

“Jeongdam Herb purifies the land through its living roots. If refined into medicine, it can be used as an antidote, but it has little effect on the land.”

“Then could we at least treat Madam’s illness with the antidote…”

“I’ve already tried that. I only reached the conclusion that it’s impossible with the current Jeongdam Herb.”

She could feel frustration from Hwang Hyeon-ya as he took a deep breath.

“Currently, Jeongdam Herb can only be obtained from the Heavenly Medicine Forest managed by the Kirin Family. But with the rapid increase in demon beasts, they’re also running low on herbs.”

She could understand what came next without hearing it.

Most medicinal herbs have weaker effects the younger they are.

If the Jeongdam Herb wasn’t old, it might not have the power to drive out poison strong enough to subdue a mighty Azure Dragon.

“Why won’t it grow in this land? Is it because of the poison?”

“That could be it. Jeongdam Herb only grows in lands with pure spiritual energy.”

The territory ruled by the Kirin had pure and abundant spiritual energy. It was a story she’d heard often in the Western Region.

If that was true, it wouldn’t be strange for Jeongdam Herb not to grow in the Eastern Lands tainted with poison.

‘But surely not all of the Eastern Region’s land is contaminated…’

Why won’t it grow where it’s needed?

Seo-yu found this quite regrettable and upsetting.

“Hwang Hyeon-ya, may I touch the Jeongdam Herb?”

“Do as you please. It’s already a dead herb anyway.”

Hwang Hyeon-ya nodded halfheartedly. Seo-yu carefully took out the Jeongdam Herb from the medicine container.

The Jeongdam Herb drooping limply on her two palms wasn’t in a condition to come back to life even if planted.

‘Can’t I hear anything from it?’

Then she could be of some help to these grateful people.

It was when Seo-yu was feeling dejected, suddenly remembering the withered Snow Scale Flower.

[Dragon… Palace.]

A faint voice that seemed ready to break at any moment reached her.

Seo-yu instinctively realized that these were words left by the Jeongdam Herb.

“Dragon Palace?”

But the Dragon Palace?

“Why the Dragon Palace all of a sudden?”

As questions arose in her mind, Hyeon-ya asked.

Startled with a gasp, Seo-yu gulped nervously.

‘I don’t want to seem like a strange child.’

“I’m sorry. I just remembered that Yi-ryeong and Li-gon said they would take me to the Dragon Palace…”

Seo-yu quickly put the Jeongdam Herb back into the medicine container. She couldn’t hear its voice anymore anyway.

Hyeon-ya casually picked up the container and said.

“I’ve been curious for a while now—how did you become so close with those guys?”

“Oh, that’s…”

Seo-yu unconsciously touched her horn.

The first time the Twins showed interest in her was definitely because of this horn.

But telling the truth was too embarrassing.

“Horn?”

Hyeon-ya asked back with puzzled eyes. She couldn’t pretend not to know when her teacher was asking.

With her face turning red, Seo-yu finally opened her mouth.

“They said my h-horn looked strong…”

Saying it made her feel even more embarrassed. How could this shabby horn look strong?

“I’ve never even fought before, but they kept asking if I had… Still, they said it was cool…”

“Ah, so that’s why.”

Hyeon-ya responded calmly to her rambling excuse.

“Huh?”

“Those guys think any missing part must be a medal earned from getting injured somewhere.”

Medal, what was a medal again?

Seo-yu, who was pondering the difficult word, opened her mouth slightly.

‘Oh, it’s definitely a reward given for doing good deeds!’

But what did a medal have to do with being injured?

When she rolled her eyes in confusion, Hyeon-ya shrugged his shoulders.

“We’re in the middle of a war. They think it’s brave.”

“Ah…”

“Fight to protect the weak. They must remember what Elder Brother and Sister-in-law always used to say.”

Seo-yu finally realized why the Twins had admired her horn.

Yi-ryeong and Li-gon seemed to think her single horn was a mark earned from fighting to protect others.

Just like how their mother Bi-yeon had fallen while protecting the people of the Eastern Region.

‘But my horn isn’t like that…’

It was just a strange and ugly horn she was born with, but they thought too well of it.

Thinking this way, Seo-yu felt sorry as if she had deceived the Twins.

“Hyeon-ya, Hyeon-ya! Are you inside?”

Someone urgently knocked on the medical room door. It was Ga-ram’s voice.

“What’s the matter without any notice?”

Hyeon-ya frowned as he opened the door. Ga-ram flinched at his sullen expression but quickly regained her composure and bowed her head.

“The Family Head has returned.”

“Is Elder Brother’s arrival something so urgent that you need to report it like this?”

“Well, Young Master Li-han went straight to find the Family Head…”

Understanding the situation, Hyeon-ya raised an eyebrow once before relaxing his expression.

“Li-han? I wonder who he takes after to have such an impatient temperament. I understand. I’ll go see.”

“Yes.”

Relieved, Ga-ram withdrew, and Hyeon-ya got up.

‘It must be because of me.’

Seo-yu hurriedly rose from her seat to follow Hyeon-ya.

If Hyeon-rang and Hyeon-ya ended up fighting with Li-han because of her, she would feel terribly sorry and upset. Such a thing absolutely must not happen.

‘I should quickly follow and apologize, then beg for just a little more time.’

If she told them she would study writing diligently and learn about medicinal herbs earnestly to somehow be helpful to the Golden Dragon Family…

Seo-yu, who had been anxiously thinking of what to say, was soon blocked by Hyeon-ya’s outstretched arm.

“Master?”

“You stay here.”

Hyeon-ya pointed to the medicine drawer.

“In the bottom compartment of the second drawer, there are some medicine pills I’ve prepared. Just smell them and figure out what the main ingredients are. That’s today’s homework.”

“But Master, Young Master going to find the Family Head is surely because of me…”

“I know.”

At his nonchalant reply, Seo-yu’s heart sank.

Could it be that he’s telling me not to follow because there are things I shouldn’t hear?

Actually, wasn’t that right? How much could a child who had just barely begun learning Medical Arts properly really do?

In that case, it would be better to just drive her away.

Seo-yu knew this well too. Being cast out was something she was used to.

‘What if they tell me to leave here too?’

Oh, no.

Anything but that.

At the sudden fear that came over her, Seo-yu’s body trembled violently.

“H-Hyeon-ya sir. I’ll do better.”

“What?”

“I’ll do more homework, and clean more diligently, and anything, anything at all…”

Her tightly clenched hands and lips kept trembling as she didn’t know what to do, but Seo-yu didn’t even realize she was shaking.

How could she stay here?

With only that thought, her head felt like it would explode.

“Why are you trembling while saying such obvious things?”

Then a light weight was added to her head. Seo-yu, whose head was suddenly pressed down, looked up at Hyeon-ya with round eyes.

“Who told you to leave? I never said such a thing.”

“But you’re trying not to take me with you…”

“As if there’s anything pleasant for you to hear that I’d take you along.”

Hyeon-ya, who let out a chuckle between his teeth, ruffled Seo-yu’s hair once with his large hand.

“At times like this, you leave it to the adults.”

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