The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 25

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‘He seems to be in a good mood!’

It might have been her imagination, but Seo-yu diligently tended to the soil. She felt her heart becoming calm as well.

But that was only for a moment.

‘…Why was Jeongdamcho looking for the Dragon Palace?’

Dragon Palace.

Those words that Jeongdamcho had left with such difficulty kept circling in her mind.

But no matter how much she searched, there was no connection between the Dragon Palace and medicinal herbs.

After all, wasn’t the Dragon Palace in the sea!

She had never been to the sea, but she had learned from reading books about the Dragon Palace that the water there was very salty. So salty it was like salt itself.

As far as Seo-yu knew, medicinal herbs couldn’t be grown with salt water. Even though she was poor at reading, she definitely knew medicinal herbs well.

‘Maybe I should tell Master about this.’

But to convey Jeongdamcho’s words, she would have to let Hyeon-ya know that she had abilities different from others.

Seo-yu glanced at the Medical Room for a moment, then shook her head.

‘…No. Let’s not do that.’

Seo-yu vividly remembered the looks she had received from other people, the words they had said.

A child who says crazy things, a fool who chatters with the ground because she’s lonely, a strange deer…

Every time those old memories surfaced, her chest still stung and her heart pounded wildly.

‘Master wouldn’t be like that, but… still, it’s better not to. It might all just be my imagination anyway.’

Besides, Seo-yu wasn’t even confident if this was really an ability.

Communicating with nature was natural for Seo-yu, but it was impossible for others.

If she had really just fallen into delusions and had strange thoughts by herself, it would be too embarrassing and shameful.

“I’ll keep it a secret after all. That would be better for you too, right?”

As she muttered to herself and spoke to the contaminated land again, a shadow fell over her head.

‘Did the clouds come?’

When she looked up in wonder, she saw Li-han standing there. Startled, Seo-yu sprang up almost like a bouncing ball.

“Y-Young Master!”

“Now you’re even chattering with the ground.”

However, Li-han frowned as if he had seen all sorts of ridiculous things and just walked past Seo-yu.

“Your act of being pitiful comes in all varieties.”

Leaving behind words as sharp as thorns, without even looking back.

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‘I must have looked strange to Young Master.’

Though her heart ached, Seo-yu understood Li-han.

It was natural to feel bad when seeing a child muttering to empty ground. Everyone had been like that, so Li-han had reason to be too.

‘But I wasn’t acting pitiful…’

Could it be that Young Master thought I looked pitiful?

She had thought she’d become healthier recently, eating well and her leg getting better, but in the eyes of the precious Young Master, she still seemed worthless.

Young Master Li-han was someone who sparkled brilliantly in anyone’s eyes, so he could think that way.

‘I must have earned even more of Young Master’s hatred.’

It was just as the dejected Seo-yu reached her room.

“Little sister!”

Someone came running at tremendous speed from the end of the corridor.

The owner of that booming voice was Yi-ryeong.

“Yi-ryeong, you’re back already?”

“Yes! This magnificent Yi-ryeong passed the test in one go.”

Yi-ryeong placed both hands on her hips with a snap and lifted her chin.

“Wow, wasn’t it difficult?”

“Of course not! I even got praised for doing well. Cool, right?”

“Yes! You’re really amazing!”

Seo-yu clapped her hands in admiration.

It was right after that when Li-gon’s thoroughly annoyed voice echoed through the corridor.

“That sneaky dragon Hwang Yi-ryeong! We agreed to go together but she went alone again!”

Li-gon approached with heavy stomping steps. His face looked particularly more indignant than usual today, but Yi-ryeong remained confident.

“Hmph. Then you should have passed as quickly as I did.”

“I passed the written test first!”

“But the sword sparring took you longer than me.”

“Still, I got second place!”

“Yeah, I got first place.”

“Geez!”

Seeing the twins bicker as always, Seo-yu forgot her gloom and smiled.

At first, she was startled and watched nervously, thinking they were seriously fighting, but now she knew they would make up quickly after such arguments.

However, for some reason today, there were no signs of reconciliation.

Even after entering Seo-yu’s room, the fight continued.

“Even so, you’re still shorter than me!”

At Li-gon’s loud declaration, wrinkles formed on Yi-ryeong’s forehead.

Yi-ryeong had always been taller, but recently Li-gon had grown, and Yi-ryeong was quite hurt in her pride.

However, Yi-ryeong soon shrugged her shoulders with a relaxed expression.

“When I use Beast Transformation, I’m bigger, so it doesn’t matter.”

“The difference isn’t even that much!”

“The difference is huge though?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! I got bigger too! I’m probably bigger than you now!”

“Hmph, that’s just what you think, Hwang Li-gon.”

When Yi-ryeong snorted, Li-gon’s face turned red like a ripe apple.

‘I think I should stop them.’

It was just as Seo-yu gulped and was about to speak up.

“Then let’s ask Seo-yu to judge!”

Li-gon suddenly made Seo-yu the referee.

“Fine by me! You think I’m scared?”

Yi-ryeong puffed out her chest confidently and spoke to Seo-yu.

“Little one. Look at which of us is bigger. Obviously I’ll be bigger.”

“Huh? You want me to look… at your Beast Transformation?”

“Yeah! Look and tell us who’s the more magnificent and bigger dragon.”

Sparks flew between Yi-ryeong and Li-gon.

And now those sparks had become entirely Seo-yu’s burden.

“H-here?”

“Yeah! Right now!”

Suddenly, the image of Hwang Hyeon-rang carrying her on his back and flying freely through the vast sky flashed through her mind.

‘He was definitely bigger than this mansion…!’

Seo-yu had never seen such a massive beastkin in her life.

The Great Antlered Deer Family Head had very large horns, but if placed before Lord Hwang Hyeon-rang, those horns would seem smaller than fingernails.

That was what made a Winged Dragon with the blood of a spirit commander different from ordinary beastkin – especially the Golden Dragon, the strongest among them.

If the Twins, who were also Golden Dragons, transformed in this room…

‘The house might collapse!’

Seo-yu’s face turned pale as she thought she had to somehow stop the two of them.

“Um… Lady Yi-ryeong, Li-gon…!”

“Now, take a look!”

However, nothing seemed to reach the ears of the Twins who were already excited among themselves.

‘It’ll hurt if I get crushed!’

Just as Seo-yu squeezed her eyes shut and curled up her body.

Poof!

Light flashed along with a somehow adorable sound.

Seo-yu trembled, but felt no pain whatsoever.

Instead, she heard an unfamiliar sound.

Flap flap—

‘Flap flap?’

Seo-yu, who had kept her eyes closed until then, carefully opened one eye.

But the two people who had been chattering beside her just moments ago were nowhere to be seen.

“Lady Yi-ryeong? Lord Li-gon?”

When she called out cautiously, a voice came from behind her.

“Over here, over here!”

Seo-yu’s eyes widened as she turned around.

Two small Golden Dragons were flapping their white wings in mid-air.

‘So, so cute!’

With their short limbs and round bodies, they looked more like the cotton dolls Miss Su-jeong used to play with than dragons.

Round, beady eyes, pointed but not scary horns, fluffy white fur between their foreheads, and short, chubby tails!

The Twins were much cuter than those cotton dolls that looked plump from being stuffed full of cotton.

“Little one, how about it? I’m bigger, right? Hwang Li-gon is tiny, isn’t he?”

“Grrr! I’m not small!”

However, unlike the dolls that didn’t fight, the two of them fought quite well.

Now Yi-ryeong and Li-gon were growling and body-slamming each other in mid-air.

Seo-yu, who had been momentarily dazed by the unexpectedly adorable sight, hurriedly stopped the twins.

“If you two keep fighting, Hyeon-rang will be sad.”

“Dad will?”

“Hmm… Dad did tell us to stop fighting so much.”

Fortunately, the two who agreed came down to the ground and transformed back into humans.

Poof! Poof!

As she felt a bit of regret at the successive transformations, Yi-ryeong suddenly asked.

“Seo-yu, so who was cooler?”

“Me, right? I’m bigger and cooler, right?”

“Hwang Yi-ryeong, be quiet. I asked the youngest.”

The twins looked at Seo-yu with eyes sparkling brightly, filled with anticipation.

‘She’ll obviously say me, right?’

‘Seo-yu will choose me!’

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