The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 58

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“No! Who would…!”

 

Eun-ho was startled and denied it. Then he felt embarrassed when Li-han laughed.

 

“I’m just joking. Well then, I should go greet the adults too.”

 

Li-han headed back toward the center of the banquet hall, and Eun-ho also mingled with people, exchanging greetings.

 

Actually, he also wanted to give Seo-yu more time.

 

Cheongmyeong Valley was a pristine area with no poisonous plants or dangerous creatures, so it would be fascinating enough for anyone interested in medical arts to become completely absorbed.

 

‘She actually seemed to be getting better and better.’

 

He was helping with the Dragon Moon Night proceedings more leisurely when it happened.

 

Eun-ho, who had casually looked toward the Grand Garden beyond the banquet hall, frowned.

 

‘Huh?’

 

The pearl decorations hanging from the coral pillars had momentarily swayed in the opposite direction of the natural current.

 

But when he looked again, the current was flowing in its proper direction.

 

‘Did I see it wrong?’

 

Eun-ho examined the outside more carefully, but except for that one instance, the current flowed without any problems.

 

‘I must be too nervous from attending the banquet.’

 

Eun-ho thought he had been oversensitive and turned his attention back to the banquet hall.

 

* * *

 

Seo-yu was eagerly wandering around Cheongmyeong Valley, examining various medicinal herbs.

 

“Oh, there’s Mystic Dream Grass too!”

 

Seeing the medicinal herbs that Eun-ho had explained at the medicinal herb shop in their natural, unprocessed state made it feel like discovering new herbs, which was even more delightful.

 

But no matter how much she looked around, she couldn’t find the herb that Seollin had called her friend.

 

When she found the Snow Scale Flower, she had that intuition of ‘This is it!’ but the herbs in Cheongmyeong Valley, while fascinating, didn’t give her that feeling.

 

‘Where on earth could it be…’

 

Seo-yu took out the Jeongdam Herb from her pouch at a sudden thought.

 

‘Maybe if I plant this here, there might be some reaction?’

 

Though it was underwater, it was a special place where land creatures like Seo-yu could breathe, so it seemed like it might be okay to plant the Jeongdam Herb.

 

There was even mysteriously soft soil that was hard to believe existed underwater.

 

Seo-yu carefully tried planting the Jeongdam Herb in that ground.

 

But as expected, there was no reaction.

 

“Hmm… maybe it needs time to gather its energy.”

 

Disappointed, Seo-yu decided to leave the Jeongdam Herb for a while and explore other places.

 

After wandering around here and there for quite some time.

 

Seo-yu suddenly saw something rippling in the distance.

 

At first, she thought it was a large fish or sea creature passing by.

 

But looking closely, that wasn’t it.

 

A massive current was undulating in long curves like a sea serpent.

 

‘A wave?’

 

Seo-yu tilted her head in confusion.

 

Although it was only a short time, she had never seen such massive waves during her stay at the Dragon Palace.

 

Fortunately, the waves didn’t come toward Cheongmyeong Valley. They curved greatly and moved away in another direction.

 

But their size was so enormous that just watching them felt overwhelming.

 

‘Something’s strange.’

 

Feeling uneasy for some reason, Seo-yu thought she should start heading back.

 

‘Since Eun-ho said he would come to pick me up, let me wait near the entrance of Cheongmyeong Valley.’

 

She had definitely memorized the path, so it seemed fine to go ahead and wait there.

 

‘Let me quickly gather the Jeongdam Herb first…’

 

Seo-yu hurriedly walked toward the place where she had planted the Jeongdam Herb earlier. It was in the opposite direction from the entrance.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Suddenly, someone pushed Seo-yu from behind.

 

“Ah!”

 

Seo-yu turned around in shock, but no one was there.

 

However, her body continued to be pushed. The pushing force was even getting stronger.

 

“Why, why is this happening?”

 

Seo-yu looked around in confusion, then casually looked up and her mouth fell open. The current above Cheongmyeong Valley was strange.

 

The water that had been calm until just moments ago began spinning round and round.

 

Seo-yu’s eyes widened like lanterns.

 

‘It’s a whirlpool…!’

 

By the time she realized it, it was already too late.

 

The water that had been flowing slowly at first gradually picked up speed.

 

The whirlpool kept growing larger, and Seo-yu was being sucked toward its center.

 

“Help me! Someone please…!”

 

Seo-yu shouted with all her might, but there was no one to hear her.

 

“Please!”

 

Desperately flailing her arms in the strengthening current, Seo-yu barely managed to grab onto a seaweed stem growing between the rocks.

 

The seaweed, deeply rooted in the rock, became a sturdy handhold that Seo-yu could rely on.

 

‘Phew…’

 

Seo-yu, who had almost been swept away by the current, let out a sigh of relief.

 

However, the problem didn’t end there.

 

‘The Jeongdam Herb!’

 

The whirlpool that had been approaching from afar was gradually getting closer to the Jeongdam Herb.

 

If left like this, the Jeongdam Herb would surely be swept away by the whirlpool.

 

‘That can’t happen!’

 

Of course, that wasn’t the only root of Jeongdam Herb in existence.

 

However, to Seo-yu, the Jeongdam Herb over there wasn’t just a simple medicinal herb.

 

It was a friend who listened to her stories every night, and also proof that Hwang Hyeon-ya firmly believed in her.

 

‘It’s still far away. If I quickly dig up the Jeongdam Herb and come back before it gets closer, wouldn’t that work?’

 

Having made up her mind, Seo-yu wrapped the seaweed stem around her wrist to secure it. Tightly like when bundling medicinal materials, even tighter.

 

Then, while holding onto the rock, she carefully moved toward where the Jeongdam Herb was.

 

As the whirlpool grew larger, the current became fiercer and her body kept swaying, but Seo-yu didn’t stop.

 

One step, then another step.

 

Seo-yu struggled to grip the protruding rocks while barely maintaining her balance, and finally reached the ground where the Jeongdam Herb was.

 

‘Just a little more…!’

 

Seo-yu stretched out her hand and scooped up the Jeongdam Herb along with the soil. She didn’t forget to quickly put it in her pouch and tie it securely, worried she might drop it.

 

“Got it!”

 

It was at that very moment when she was rejoicing at having obtained the Jeongdam Herb.

 

Snap—

 

The seaweed stem wrapped around her arm broke.

 

“Ah…”

 

With a single word that couldn’t even become a scream, Seo-yu was sucked into the whirlpool.

 

* * *

 

In the banquet hall, dragon folk beastmen who hadn’t seen each other in a long time were chatting with one another. The Golden Dragon Family members were also part of this.

 

Of course, the Twins had escaped early under the pretext of sparring with the Azure Dragon Sisters, and Hyeon-ya, who had no social skills, had returned to his room, leaving only Hwang Hyeon-rang and Li-han.

 

In any case, Li-han, as the Young Family Head, was fulfilling his duties among the adults alongside Hwang Hyeon-rang as representatives of the Golden Dragon Family.

 

At that moment, Li-han caught sight of a shadow moving urgently in his field of vision.

 

‘It’s A-byeol.’

 

Li-han recognized him.

 

A turtle beastman and messenger of the Dragon Palace.

 

He remained memorable because even though it had been nearly ten years since Li-han first visited the Dragon Palace, he looked exactly the same every time they met.

 

A-byeol hurriedly approached Eun-ho and whispered something to him. Eun-ho’s face instantly turned pale.

 

Eun-ho immediately rushed out of the banquet hall.

 

‘…What happened?’

 

Li-han, suddenly feeling an ominous premonition, whispered quietly to Hwang Hyeon-rang.

 

“Father, Eun-ho just left in a hurry and his expression didn’t look good. Could something have happened to Seo-yu?”

 

“I haven’t heard anything in particular… but let’s go out and see.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Meanwhile, Eun-ho, who had come out first, bit his lips while looking toward where Cheongmyeong Valley was located.

 

‘A whirlpool!’

 

Whirlpool.

 

It was a massive vortex created when ocean currents rushing from different directions collided with each other.

 

Though not a common phenomenon in the deep sea, once it occurred, its power was tremendous.

 

And Seo-yu was left alone in that very Cheongmyeong Valley where the whirlpool had formed.

 

‘I didn’t see it wrong earlier. That was a sign of the whirlpool.’

 

It had been a mistake to just overlook the brief moment when he saw the waves flowing in the opposite direction.

 

Though it was something that might be seen once a year at most and he hadn’t thought of it, that wasn’t even worth making as an excuse.

 

‘I have to go right now.’

 

He had sent A-byeol to ask for help from his mother and sister, but first he had to go alone.

 

Just as Eun-ho was about to perform Beast Transformation, Hyeon-rang and Li-han hurriedly approached.

 

“Eun-ho, what happened?”

 

Li-han asked. Eun-ho hung his head low, feeling ashamed.

 

“A vortex has occurred in Cheongmyeong Valley. Because I failed to properly observe the signs, Miss Seo-yu is still in Cheongmyeong Valley.”

 

“A vortex?”

 

“Yes, so I must go right now…”

 

Before he could even finish speaking, Li-han and Hyeon-rang simultaneously performed Beast Transformation.

 

Golden scales flashed as two massive Golden Dragons revealed themselves. The sight of the blue sea instantly being dyed golden was spectacular.

 

“Eun-ho, guide us to the location!”

 

“Yes, yes!”

 

Eun-ho, who had been momentarily stunned, hurriedly performed Beast Transformation and began swimming toward Cheongmyeong Valley.

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