The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 27

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“It smells like Clear Mind Decoction.”

“That’s right!”

Seo-yu exclaimed in surprise and admiration.

To identify medicine just by its scent – Master truly is amazing!

“Why did you brew Clear Mind Decoction this early in the morning? Are you tired?”

“Oh, no. Actually, I wanted to give it to Lord Hyeon-rang. I haven’t even repaid the debt for saving my life, and he’s always working so busily that I thought his body must be tired…”

At those words, Hyeon-ya chuckled softly.

“How admirable of you.”

“But I’m not sure if my skills are sufficient enough to give it to him. Could you take a look at it once?”

“Of course you can. You don’t even need to ask for such things.”

Hyeon-ya immediately ladled some of the herbal decoction and tasted it. Surprise flashed in Hyeon-ya’s eyes after taking a sip.

‘This is almost the same as what I would make.’

Making medicine was actually quite simple.

After carefully preparing the medicinal materials, one just had to follow the already established processes of mixing ratios and timing.

However, being simple didn’t mean it was easy by any means.

Years of training were needed to understand the properties of medicinal materials and master the subtle sense of controlling fire.

It also required the patience to endure tedious hours.

Nevertheless, the herbal decoction that Seo-yu had brewed was of very high quality.

Even with knowledge picked up by observing in the medical room, this wasn’t a level that a child who had only recently begun properly learning Medical Arts could achieve.

‘She really does have talent. I chose my disciple well.’

Hyeon-ya, once again satisfied with his own judgment, recalled that Hyeon-rang was working in his office.

“Elder Brother will be pleased. He happens to be in his office right now, so how about you take it to him directly, Seo-yu?”

“Would it be alright for me to do that?”

“Of course. Since you made the herbal decoction, it’s only proper that you should.”

Hyeon-ya encouraged her and even personally prepared a tray for her to carry the herbal decoction.

Seo-yu headed to the office with her heart pounding from nervousness.

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“Seo-yu, you say? Yes, come in.”

When she knocked on the door with trembling hands, permission was soon granted. Seo-yu swallowed her dry saliva and entered the office.

Hyeon-rang welcomed Seo-yu with a gentle smile.

“What brings you here?”

Seo-yu carefully placed the tray on the central table. Then she bowed her head deeply.

“Th-thank you so much for saving me. I’m sorry for greeting you so late.”

Though she stammered out of habit, she still managed to say what she had wanted to say all along.

Seo-yu felt relieved and quickly continued speaking.

“I wanted to express my gratitude, so I tried brewing some herbal decoction. It’s called Clear Mind Decoction, a fatigue recovery medicine… Oh! Of course, Lord Hyeon-ya inspected it, so it should be safe to drink.”

As she said this, she watched his reaction carefully. She wasn’t confident whether it would be alright to personally deliver the herbal decoction she had prepared to Hyeon-rang.

Reading her feelings, Hyeon-rang approached the table and picked up the medicine pot with his own hands.

Seeing the child’s relief, a smile spread around Hyeon-rang’s eyes.

“Thank you. I’ve been feeling tired lately, so this is a wonderful gift.”

“I, I’m glad.”

Hyeon-rang drained the herbal decoction completely. Seo-yu’s face, which had been stiff with tension, brightened.

It was after Hyeon-rang set down the empty bowl that he carefully began to speak.

“But Seo-yu.”

“Yes?”

“By any chance, are Yi-ryeong or Li-gon bothering you too much? Like visiting excessively or not giving you time to rest?”

“….”

Seo-yu’s eyes wavered greatly.

However, the next moment, Seo-yu shook her head vigorously.

“No!”

Those two bothering me? That’s ridiculous.

At the thought that she couldn’t let Yi-ryeong and Li-gon be misunderstood, her voice grew louder without realizing it. Startled by her own voice, Seo-yu stammered.

“I, I’m sorry for raising my voice. But those two have never done such a thing. Rather….”

Rather, I must have been bothering them.

Certainly the twins had come to find her first.

But when the two actually came to her room, it was Seo-yu who wanted to stay together even a little longer and said even one more word.

Sometimes she talked about the lessons she received that day, and on other days she chattered about the medicinal herbs growing in the field.

Then Yi-ryeong and Li-gon would listen attentively to everything Seo-yu said. Even though it must have been quite boring for them.

‘They treated me so well, yet here I am telling lies.’

Her throat felt blocked and stuffy, and her chest ached with sharp pain.

‘It’s all because of me.’

It was when Seo-yu’s mood had grown gloomy and she was blaming herself.

Swoosh.

Hyeon-rang approached Seo-yu, who had lowered her gaze to the floor, and sat down to match her eye level.

Then he spoke in a very gentle voice.

“You’re such a kind child.”

Hyeon-rang had known from the beginning that Seo-yu was a naturally good-hearted child.

The child had said she was sorry for the late greeting, but in truth, from when she was carried on his back flying to the Eastern Region, she had already said thank you several times.

Thank you, I’m sorry.

While there are many people who can’t properly say those words that are so essential to human interaction, Seo-yu was a child who didn’t forget to be grateful even in moments of unconsciousness.

Even now was like that.

It wasn’t that Yi-ryeong and Li-gon had particularly shown signs of quarreling with Seo-yu.

But just seeing the twins, who had been busy playing with Seo-yu every day, wandering the corridors with their shoulders drooping, he could tell something had happened between the children.

So he wondered if they had fought. Since it couldn’t be Seo-yu’s fault, he wanted to know what the problem was.

His children were kind and lively, but they certainly had a tendency to get overly excited when they were enthusiastic.

“You were worried I might scold the children?”

But the child immediately defended the twins.

Even though she had a habit of stammering when nervous and flustered, she looked straight into his eyes and said no.

“This is why Yi-ryeong and Li-gon like you so much, Seo-yu.”

At that moment, Hyeon-rang realized why the children had fallen so completely for Seo-yu.

This small child thought of others before herself.

‘Deer Miss wakes up early every morning to help the maids with their work.’

‘That young child? Ga-ram or Eun-hyang couldn’t have ordered her to do that.’

‘Of course not. When we tried to stop her, she seemed uncomfortable instead, so we left her be. She’s apparently very happy every time she comes back from helping with work.’

Suddenly, words that Hwan-wol had mentioned in passing came to mind.

At the time, he had simply thought ‘What a kind heart’ and moved on, but now he realized it might have been Seo-yu’s own way of expressing gratitude.

Since she treated others with such sincerity, the twins must have recognized that heart of hers.

That’s why they wanted to take care of her even more, calling her their youngest and constantly staying by her side. Because Seo-yu returned their hearts with even more than the care they poured out.

However, when distance grows closer, conflicts naturally arise.

Hyeon-rang hoped the children would overcome this hurdle well and continue to get along in the future.

“About the children. Since they’ve been used to fighting among themselves from a young age, they might have been rude to you as well. If that’s the case…”

With exactly that sentiment, he was about to apologize to the child on their behalf.

“No, Hyeon-rang sir.”

Seo-yu’s eyes reddened.

“I, I was the one who did wrong.”

Seo-yu held back the tears welling up from deep within.

If she cried after doing something wrong, that would make her a truly bad child, so she couldn’t do that.

“I lied to Yi-ryeong sir and Li-gon sir. About beast transformation…”

Thankfully, Hyeon-rang didn’t rush her as she stammered and spoke slowly.

So Seo-yu was able to complete her words, though with difficulty.

“I can do beast transformation, but I said I couldn’t. I felt so sorry about that, I didn’t know how to face them… so I avoided them both.”

“Beast transformation? Why did you tell such a lie?”

Hyeon-rang asked with puzzlement.

“Well… I thought you would be disappointed if you saw my beast transformation form.”

Seo-yu hesitated and hung her head low.

“I look different from others, you see. My horns are strange, and my fur is patchy…”

Seo-yu became ashamed of herself wearing pretty clothes.

They surely wouldn’t suit her, but the Golden Dragon Family people were so kind that she had believed completely when they said she was cute.

In truth, she was just a strange, deficient mutant deer.

“Eun-hyang sir said that such things don’t matter here in the Eastern Region, but I wasn’t injured while trying to save someone like you brave people.”

Seo-yu squeezed her eyes shut, unable to bear looking at herself.

“I was originally… originally born this way. I should have told you this too, but I couldn’t say it.”

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