The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 50

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The sudden and unexpected question made the Great Hall fall silent for a moment. The Blue Dragon Family Head pulled up the corners of her mouth with a smirk.

 

“What a cute question you’re asking. A clear place. But what to do? The sea I rule is clear everywhere.”

 

“I, I suppose so?”

 

Seo-yu’s face turned red.

 

Actually, she had asked this question because of a conversation she had with Seol Lin-hwa before coming to the Dragon Palace.

 

Last night, Seol Lin-hwa, who had been quiet for a while, spoke to her.

 

[Seo-yu, you asked where our friend is, right?]

 

‘Yes. I thought if I knew where it was, I could find it faster!’

 

[Go find the place with the clearest water in the deep sea. The Dragon Spirit Herb will be sleeping there.]

 

Dragon Spirit Herb.

 

Seollin said that for Jeongdam Herb to come back to life, it needed a friend called Dragon Spirit Herb.

 

‘But the sea is so vast, will I really be able to find the Dragon Spirit Herb?’

 

Thinking of the vast sea she had seen while coming to the Dragon Palace made her feel very overwhelmed.

 

‘No. Seollin said I could do it. Let me believe in myself.’

 

But she couldn’t give up. Seo-yu decided to gather strength by thinking of the encouragement Seol Lin-hwa had sent her.

 

* * *

 

After finishing her greetings to the Blue Dragon Family Head, Seo-yu finally went to see the Golden Dragon Family Madam.

 

In a quiet room prepared in the depths of the Dragon Palace, a giant water droplet was floating in the air.

 

It was much larger than the air bubble that had helped her when she entered the underwater realm. Inside that water droplet, a woman was sleeping peacefully.

 

‘That must be the Primordial Spirit’s sorcery.’

 

Actually, Seo-yu had examined Bi-yeon’s medical records before coming to the Dragon Palace.

 

If someone was so severely poisoned by a demon beast that they couldn’t wake up, naturally their health should worsen over time.

 

But strangely, Bi-yeon’s condition had remained the same for the past few years.

 

Just as she was inwardly wondering how that could be possible, Hyeon-ya had told her.

 

‘It’s an old, old story. The Primordial Spirit possessed strong divine power, and after receiving generous hospitality at the Dragon Palace, cast sorcery on a water droplet as a token of gratitude.’

 

‘Sorcery?’

 

‘Yes. Time flows very slowly inside it. Thanks to that, we were able to buy time to treat Sister Bi-yeon.’

 

She had heard the story beforehand, but seeing it in person was truly amazing.

 

Li-han spoke quietly.

 

“Seo-yu, pay your respects. This is our mother.”

 

Seo-yu carefully approached and bowed respectfully.

 

“Hello, Madam. My name is Seo-yu.”

 

The Madam inside the water droplet was truly a beautiful woman.

 

Her deep blue hair was slowly rippling inside the water droplet, and her sleeping profile looked both serene and benevolent.

 

‘Yi-ryeong and Li-gon resemble Lord Hyeon-rang, while Li-han resembles Lady Bi-yeon.’

 

Though this was the first time meeting Madam, her features resembled Li-han so much that she already felt familiar.

 

Li-han’s eyes, bluer than the sea itself, must have resembled Madam’s as well.

 

“Mom, our youngest is a deer. Isn’t she incredibly cute? But she’s smart and studies hard too.”

 

Yi-ryeong approached the water droplet and linked arms with Seo-yu, chattering away. Li-gon also approached the water droplet, placed his hand on it, and spoke.

 

“And, Seo-yu is kind. She prepared medicine so Yi-ryeong and I wouldn’t get sick. She said she’ll make medicine for Mom later too.”

 

Watching Yi-ryeong and Li-gon chatter enthusiastically even without receiving a single word in response, Seo-yu could tell how much the two of them missed Madam.

 

“When we place our hands like this and talk, it somehow feels like Mom is listening to us, doesn’t it?”

 

Li-gon looked back at Seo-yu with a slightly shy expression.

 

Seo-yu quietly gazed at the water droplet, then followed Li-gon’s example and gently placed her hand on it.

 

The water droplet was as smooth as placing her palm against soft silk, and she could feel gentle waves emanating from within.

 

Soon, subtle ripples spread along her palm.

 

Seo-yu felt as if her heart was being conveyed to Madam.

 

“Madam, Yi-ryeong unnie is strong and spirited, just seeing her gives me energy. Li-gon oppa takes good care of me, so I always feel at peace when I’m with him.”

 

So she spoke aloud for the first time words she had always only thought to herself.

 

“Thank you so much for letting me meet these two.”

 

“Our youngest!”

 

“I think I’m going to cry.”

 

Yi-ryeong hugged Seo-yu tightly, and Li-gon embraced Seo-yu from beside Yi-ryeong with reddened eyes.

 

‘Madam, so I will definitely make you better.’

 

In the warm embrace of the two, Seo-yu thought earnestly to herself.

 

* * *

 

Seo-yu walked through the Dragon Palace corridor with the twins and Cheong Eun-ho, who had been waiting outside.

 

Li-han had stepped away briefly, saying he had something to discuss privately with the Blue Dragon Family Head.

 

“Youngest, let’s go see the marketplace before Dragon Moon Night!”

 

“Right. The Dragon Palace Marketplace has lots to see. It’ll be fun.”

 

Seo-yu responded with anticipation to the excited twins’ words.

 

“Sounds great! Could I see medicinal materials too by any chance?”

 

“Of course. There’s nothing they don’t have there.”

 

They were just about to turn the corner of the corridor when a leg suddenly stuck out and tried to trip them.

 

“Ah!”

 

Just as startled Seo-yu was about to stumble, Yi-ryeong caught her like lightning and pulled her back.

 

“Youngest! Are you okay?”

 

“Yes, yes. Thank you, unnie.”

 

Li-gon spotted someone and shouted angrily.

 

“Hey, Cheong Se-mi! Cheong Se-rin! What do you think you’re doing!”

 

What appeared from around the corner were sisters from the Blue Dragon Family. They had short blue bob cuts and mischievous eyes.

 

“Aw, we just wanted to see how quick she was.”

 

“But who is she anyway?”

 

Se-mi muttered regretfully, and Se-rin pointed at Seo-yu. Li-gon bristled with anger.

 

“Our youngest, Seo-yu!”

 

“Youngest? She doesn’t look like you guys. She’s cute. You two are fierce.”

 

The sisters tilted their heads in puzzlement. Li-gon was dumbfounded.

 

“Look who’s talking! Anyway, you two apologize first!”

 

“Apologize? For what?”

 

“Cheong Se-mi, you tripped her and Seo-yu almost fell!”

 

Then Cheong Se-mi replied with a completely unapologetic expression.

 

“If you fall just from someone tripping you, that’s not right, is it? That means you haven’t developed your reflexes enough, so you need to train harder.”

 

“Se-mi’s right. So how do you expect to become a strong warrior?”

 

“Our Seo-yu isn’t a warrior…”

 

“Hey, hey. Hwang Li-gon, that’s enough.”

 

Li-gon was about to flare up again, but Yi-ryeong stopped him. Then she waved her hands dismissively.

 

“We don’t have time to play with you guys right now. Go away. We need to go to the marketplace.”

 

“Go where? You can’t leave until you spar with us.”

 

“That’s right. We’ll show you how we’ve changed from last year. We’ve gotten incredibly strong.”

 

The Azure Dragon sisters stubbornly insisted.

 

In fact, it was routine for the Golden Dragon Twins and Azure Dragon sisters to fight like this whenever they met.

 

“Sigh. We should have disciplined them more back then.”

 

Yi-ryeong sighed and shook her head.

 

“Anyway, it’s a match! Let’s hurry to the training ground.”

 

“Oh, come on. I told you we can’t right now. We promised to show our youngest around the marketplace.”

 

“You just need to show her the marketplace, right?”

 

Se-rin clapped her hands together as if she had a good idea and looked at Eun-ho who was standing behind them.

 

“Brother Eun-ho, please guide this child! She needs to go to the marketplace.”

 

“What?”

 

Seo-yu was flustered.

 

For some unknown reason, asking Eun-ho, who seemed to avoid her, to guide her to the marketplace would surely make him uncomfortable.

 

“Oh, no. Eun-ho must be busy too, and I don’t want to be a bother.”

 

So she quickly stepped forward, not wanting to put Eun-ho in a difficult position.

 

“I’ll do it. I’ll guide you.”

 

Unexpectedly, Eun-ho nodded his head.

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