The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 37

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“But do you have some money?”

“Hey, Hwang Yi-ryeong! Are you trying to extort money from me right now?”

When Li-gon was dumbfounded, Yi-ryeong hastily denied it.

“No! When you go to festivals, you’re supposed to wear beautiful clothes. But Seo-yu doesn’t have many clothes in her room.”

“Why doesn’t she have clothes… Oh, the Southern Region Feather Trading Company hasn’t come yet?”

Most of the high-quality silk in Jusang Kingdom came from the Southern Region, and the Feather Trading Company run by the Phoenix Family was particularly famous.

The Feather Trading Company traveled throughout all of Jusang Kingdom selling goods, and they visited the Golden Dragon Family quarterly as well.

Last time they came just before Seo-yu arrived, so it was about time for them to visit again soon.

“Let’s pool our money together and give our youngest a dress as a gift. How about it?”

“What’s gotten into you, Yi-ryeong, to have such a good idea? I like it. But you do have money, right?”

At the belated question, Yi-ryeong pretended not to know and changed the subject.

“Then let’s buy silk and ask Ga-ram to make beautiful clothes that our youngest can wear to Dragon Moon Night.”

“Got it.”

“I’m telling you again, you absolutely must not tell Brother Li-han.”

Someone responded to Yi-ryeong’s earnest plea.

“That child Seo-yu is going to Dragon Moon Night?”

“Yeah. Without being caught… Huk.”

Yi-ryeong, who had been nodding, was startled and turned around. Li-gon’s head also turned with a creaking sound.

Li-han stood there with his arms crossed, looking down at them with a cold expression.

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Seo-yu, who had arrived in front of Li-han’s room, moistened her dry lips.

‘What could the Young Master want to say to me?’

She couldn’t describe how surprised she was when she heard that the Young Master suddenly wanted to see her.

As Seo-yu was thinking deeply, she suddenly realized one thing.

‘Still, I’m not scared.’

Whenever the Great Antlered Deer Siblings or Madam called for her, her heart would always race and her whole body would stiffen, making it difficult to breathe.

But now, although she was nervous, she wasn’t afraid. Even if Li-han disliked her, he had never threatened her.

‘Could it be because of the medicine I gave him?’

Since they hadn’t even run into each other recently, that was the only thing she could think of.

‘I hope the Young Master is taking good care of himself too.’

However, the moment the door opened with a click, Seo-yu realized she had made a terribly big mistake.

“Come in.”

Li-han’s eyes that met hers were colder than ever before.

Seo-yu gulped and stepped into the room.

Yi-ryeong and Li-gon were sitting in a corner. Both of them had lost their usual liveliness and looked dejected.

The two were startled when they saw Seo-yu entering.

“S-Seo-yu.”

“Damn it! You could have just talked to us, why did you call our youngest!”

Li-han spoke to Seo-yu without even looking at his younger siblings.

“I heard you said you wanted to go to Dragon Moon Night.”

From Li-han’s first words, Seo-yu realized what kind of situation this was.

‘They both got scolded while trying to get permission for me.’

Actually, Seo-yu hadn’t been the first to say she wanted to go to Dragon Moon Night. She hadn’t even known what Dragon Moon Night was in the first place.

But she had been extremely happy and delighted just by their suggestion to go together.

In her entire life, the Twins were the first people to tell Seo-yu to go somewhere fun, saying it would be enjoyable.

So if someone had to be scolded for that matter, it should be her, not the Twins.

“I’m sorry, Young Master. I was being greedy.”

Seo-yu calmly admitted her fault. Thinking of it as the price for happiness actually made her feel more at ease.

She had been worried that too many good things had been happening, wondering if it might be a dream, but now she finally felt like she had returned to reality.

However, upon hearing her apology, Li-han’s expression hardened even more.

“What kind of greed?”

It was a somewhat strange question, but Seo-yu didn’t suspect anything.

‘I didn’t want to make excuses, but I guess I should have spoken more honestly.’

Seo-yu quickly answered.

“I’ve never been to a festival before. I heard it’s a wonderful festival, so I wanted to see it.”

“Are you really trying to go to the Dragon Palace just to watch the festival?”

“Pardon?”

“You don’t have any other purpose?”

Li-han’s sharp gaze seemed to pierce through Seo-yu. Seo-yu blinked, unable to understand what he meant.

“Well, I… I wanted to see the sea too, and I was also curious about what the Dragon Palace looks like…”

“That can’t be all.”

Under the continued interrogation, Seo-yu became increasingly intimidated.

It felt like the Young Master had some specific words he wanted to hear.

Something like a hidden truth.

‘Could it be…?’

Seo-yu’s throat bobbed heavily.

‘Did he notice that I can talk to the earth?’

Come to think of it, Li-han had once caught her talking to the earth in the front courtyard of the Medical Room.

Perhaps the Young Master had sensed something strange from what he saw that day.

‘But I haven’t told anyone about the Jeongdam Herb…’

When she thought about it, it didn’t make sense. But Li-han seemed so certain.

Since the only thing Seo-yu was hiding was related to the Jeongdam Herb, her thoughts kept turning in that direction.

‘The Young Master is the Young Family Head of the Golden Dragon Family, so he might possess Special Abilities.’

She had heard it mentioned in passing before.

That the members of the Four Spirit Families inherited the blood of the primordial spirits and possessed Special Abilities.

If he could even read Seo-yu’s mind and knew all the facts…

“Hwang Yi-ryeong, won’t you be quiet?”

“No! Li-han oppa is an idiot!”

Li-han frowned, but Yi-ryeong didn’t back down.

“You didn’t say our youngest couldn’t go first! We were the ones who suggested going, so why are you scolding our youngest!”

“Yi-ryeong is right about that, hyung. We were the ones who suggested going to Dragon Moon Night together.”

Li-gon, who had quietly stood up following Yi-ryeong, also chimed in.

As the situation grew increasingly serious, Seo-yu became frightened. She felt terribly uncomfortable thinking that the relationship between the three might deteriorate because of her.

“I, I’m fine. I won’t go. I’m okay with not going.”

Seo-yu rushed to speak, forgetting to be careful about her words to avoid stuttering in case she might appear pitiful to the young master.

However, Yi-ryeong was resolute.

“No, youngest. I’m really angry. This is a problem between me and Li-han oppa.”

“Why are you leaving me out? Seo-yu, we’ll resolve this.”

Li-gon, who would normally have stepped back, also supported Yi-ryeong. Yi-ryeong looked straight at Li-han and shouted.

“And why can’t Seo-yu go! She’s our youngest!”

“Who do you think would acknowledge that.”

Li-han snapped in a cold voice.

“Hwang Yi-ryeong, no matter how young you are, you know what kind of occasion Dragon Moon Night is. It’s not a festival where outsiders can casually participate and disrupt the atmosphere.”

Silence fell over the room. It was because Yi-ryeong, who should have retorted, kept her mouth shut.

Li-han thought Yi-ryeong would have nothing to say about that point, but the reality was different.

After the silence, Yi-ryeong brought one hand to her mouth and whispered to Li-gon.

“Hey, what’s an outsider?”

“…A person from outside.”

“Where is outside?”

“Well, hyung means Seo-yu isn’t a person from our family clan.”

“What?”

While Li-han, who was getting a headache, slowly closed and opened his eyes, Yi-ryeong finally understood the meaning and flared up.

“Seo-yu is not an out… anyway, that’s not it!”

“If she’s not an outsider, then what is she. Does that child look like a dragon like us to you?”

“She’s not a dragon, but! Ga-ram and Eun-hyang went too!”

“Those two went to work.”

At those words, Yi-ryeong’s eyes sparkled.

“Seo-yu is going to work too! She’s our youngest physician.”

“Yi-ryeong, just forcing connections isn’t the solution.”

“What’s a solution? Anyway, Uncle said so. That Seo-yu is studying hard to heal our mother. To heal someone, you need to see the patient.”

Yi-ryeong looked at Seo-yu with eyes that said ‘Right? Isn’t that so?’

That gaze full of expectation stirred Seo-yu’s heart.

Just moments ago, she had been so uncomfortable with this situation where the three were arguing because of her that she was ready to give up everything, but seeing Yi-ryeong’s eyes made her want to be brave.

[Have confidence, Seo-yu. You are always walking the right path.]

At that moment, a voice of unknown origin echoed in her head.

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