The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 31

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“Ga-ram, the storage shed is full of firewood! Should I tell them to move the rest to the barn?”

“The barn doesn’t have space right now either. Tell them to put it in the western warehouse!”

“A letter came from the oil merchant! He says it’ll be seven more days before he can come because oil containers fell from his cart!”

“What? That won’t do! The candles we made last year are almost gone! Quickly send a communication tube to another merchant… Achoo!”

Ga-ram suddenly sneezed and kept sniffling, so the maid asked with a worried expression.

“Are you alright?”

“Sniff, yes. I’m fine. I’ll go write the letter myself, so keep working.”

Ga-ram answered with a smile, then turned around and sneezed again with another “Achoo!”

‘Ugh, this always happens when it’s time to split firewood.’

Snake beast-people originally had sensitive respiratory systems, and Ga-ram was particularly sensitive to pollen.

Winter when flowers didn’t bloom was somewhat better, but when firewood splitting season came, the pollen stuck to the wood would tickle her nose.

‘The letter is urgent, so I should write it first then go to the medical room.’

Now even her eyes were starting to itch, but there was so much work that she had no time to spare.

Ga-ram was rubbing her nose and just about to enter the mansion when a small figure popped out from inside and called to Ga-ram cheerfully.

“Ga-ram!”

“Seo-yu, are your lessons already over?”

“No. I came briefly because I have something to give you, Ga-ram.”

“For me?”

Seo-yu handed the small medicine packet bundle she had brought to the puzzled Ga-ram.

“It’s medicine that’s good for pollen allergies.”

“Oh my! How did you know about that!”

Ga-ram’s eyes widened in surprise. Seo-yu quickly observed Ga-ram.

‘Her eye rims are red, and the tip of her nose is chafed red. She really is suffering severely from pollen allergies.’

Seo-yu had recently heard from a maid who helped with morning work that Ga-ram suffered from pollen around this time.

Compared to the Western Region where winter came early but ended quickly, the Eastern Region ruled by Golden Dragon had somewhat longer winters.

Seo-yu, who had been wondering ‘Why would she suffer from pollen allergies in winter?’, realized that firewood was the cause.

Just in case, she had prepared medicine for Ga-ram, and it seemed she had timed it well.

“I heard from someone else. I made them into medicine pills so they’d be easy to take – if your condition isn’t severe, take one pill, and if it’s really bothering you, take two pills at a time.”

A physician must always explain how to take the medicine.

Seo-yu, who practiced Hyeon-ya’s teachings without forgetting them, added an important part she had almost forgotten.

“Oh! And Eun-hyang told me that you don’t like bitter things, Ga-ram. So I put schisandra syrup made with honey inside the pills. It’s less bitter, and schisandra is very good for the respiratory system.”

“My goodness… Miss, thank you so much.”

Ga-ram was deeply moved.

It was already grateful enough that she had known about and prepared for her personal ailment, but to even consider how to take it!

‘How can she be so caring!’

The physicians of the Golden Dragon Family were quite skilled. It was natural since only those acknowledged by the demanding Hyeon-ya remained.

But they were far from being attentive.

‘Ugh, it’s bitter! I really can’t drink this!’

‘Just bear with it and drink. Herbal decoction has immediate effects. Why are you acting like this as an adult?’

When receiving such scolding, no matter how bitter the medicine was, one had no choice but to take it while crying and eating mustard.

But this young lady, no, this physician also took care of the adult sensibilities of those who were sad about not being able to take medicine.

“Then Ga-ram, I’ll go back to the medical room. See you later!”

“Yes, Miss. Thank you once again! I’ll take good care of it!”

“Yes!”

Seo-yu smiled joyfully and waved her hand. Perhaps from getting wet while making the medicine pills, her fingertips were tinged reddish with the color of schisandra berries.

That sight somehow tugged at her heart, so Ga-ram held the medicine packet bundle while keeping the grateful Deer Miss in her sight for a long time.

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“Master! I’m back!”

Seo-yu returned to the medical room with a light heart.

Hyeon-ya, who was organizing medical books, could tell Seo-yu’s mood just from her bright voice.

“It seems you delivered it well.”

“Yes! Ga-ram was very happy. On my way here, I also saw Eun-hyang, and she told me she’s using the eye ointment well.”

A beaming smile never left Seo-yu’s face as she spoke proudly.

‘I’m glad both of them liked it.’

Starting with the fatigue recovery medicine for Hyeon-rang, Seo-yu had made various medicines.

For Ga-ram who suffered from hay fever, medicine pills that relieved coughing and soothed itching, and for Eun-hyang who would be tired from using one eye extensively, eye ointment.

Since everyone liked the medicines she had prepared with a pounding heart, it felt like the fatigue accumulated over several days was melting away like snow.

“Wouldn’t it be better if you delivered this one too?”

Hyeon-ya gestured with his chin toward the desk. On the desk was another medicine pill neatly wrapped in clean paper.

It was heart medicine that Seo-yu had personally made for Li-han, who had a bad heart. It was also the medicine she had put the most care into.

“He won’t like it if I give it to him.”

Seo-yu shook her head back and forth without even thinking about it.

“I think Li-han would receive it more comfortably if Master delivered it. I worked hard to make it so his heart would become strong, so please do this for me.”

Unlike usual when she always spoke hesitantly, Seo-yu’s voice contained firm determination.

‘He must already be having a hard time, so I hope he won’t be displeased because of me.’

Hyeon-ya, who had been quietly watching Seo-yu, nodded his head lightly.

“If you say it like that… Alright, I understand. I’ll deliver it. It’s not particularly difficult anyway.”

“Thank you. Hyeon-ya, I’ll go check the herb garden!”

“Go ahead.”

Seo-yu, who had brightened up again, returned with light steps and the door closed.

Hyeon-ya briefly cast his gaze toward the door and opened his mouth.

“Are you going to keep hiding there?”

“Who says I was hiding?”

Li-han, who had been concealing himself between the door and the medicine shelf, frowned and revealed himself.

Hyeon-ya tapped the medicine packet that Seo-yu had left behind with his finger.

“Li-han, you heard everything, right? She made it because she was worried about you.”

“I don’t understand why that child would worry about my heart.”

Li-han frowned.

Li-han had come to the medical room to check on his mother’s condition from the reports that the Dragon Palace periodically organized and sent.

But suddenly, a child he didn’t want to meet had entered. That’s why he reflexively hid himself.

He was just thinking that he hoped she would leave quickly, when suddenly he heard his own name. It was a situation he couldn’t understand at all.

“I told her you were a child who was hurting here.”

Hyeon-ya pointed to his own heart. Li-han’s face crumpled even more.

“How long do you plan to keep seeing me as a child, Uncle?”

“Young ones always hate being told they’re young. They regret it later.”

Hyeon-ya pushed the medicine packet toward Li-han.

“Take this when you go.”

“I don’t need it.”

Li-han curtly refused and turned around, but stopped at Hyeon-ya’s following words.

“I know that being earnest about everything is your strength, Li-han, but do it in moderation.”

Hyeon-ya didn’t specify what should be done in moderation, but the clever Li-han immediately understood the meaning.

Stop hating Seo-yu.

That’s clearly what he wanted to say.

‘Why am I like this?’

Li-han felt a surge of emotion.

“Uncle speaks so easily because you don’t know anything.”

“That’s right, I don’t know. I was on the battlefield then, so how would I know what happened in the household?”

Hyeon-ya calmly agreed and raised his eyes to look directly at Li-han.

“But the children know, don’t they?”

“….”

“Can’t you feel the difference when you see those kids who used to be gloomy and shut themselves in their room after every visit to the Dragon Palace now bouncing around excitedly?”

Li-han clenched his fists tightly. He knew about the twins’ change too. How could he not know?

Yi-ryeong and Li-gon had always been bright and lively, but still, they weren’t completely the same as before when their mother was there.

Especially after visiting the Dragon Palace once, they would take turns being melancholy for a while. Even when they tried not to show it, Li-han could see it all.

But things changed after Seo-yu came.

Perhaps truly thinking they had gained a younger sibling, they were so busy playing the role of older siblings that they seemed to have no time to be melancholy.

“At first, they might have been interested out of curiosity. But the fact that they’re still getting along well until now isn’t simply because of curiosity. The twins have come to like Seo-yu herself….”

“That’s exactly why I’m more worried! Because it was the same back then!”

Li-han couldn’t hold back any longer and shouted.

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