The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 68

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“If you have questions, ask them. This master’s face isn’t an answer sheet, so staring at it won’t give you answers.”

 

Seo-yu slowly raised her head and carefully began to speak.

 

“Master, did you graduate from the Medical Academy?”

 

“That must be from Sister Bi-yeon.”

 

Hyeon-ya easily figured out the source. It wasn’t particularly a secret, so there was nothing to blame.

 

“Yes. I did. Is that why you were looking at me like that?”

 

“Well, it’s fascinating…”

 

“You’re curious about the Medical Academy, aren’t you?”

 

Seo-yu, who had been hesitating, slowly nodded her head.

 

Since that day when she heard about Medical Academy admission and adoption in the Dragon Palace corridor, Hyeon-ya had never once brought up anything related to it.

 

Seo-yu knew this was Hyeon-ya’s consideration for her, who couldn’t make the decision easily.

 

In truth, Seo-yu also wanted to go to the Medical Academy.

 

For Seo-yu, the Medical Academy was her first dream, and at the same time, an impossible wish.

 

‘I absolutely don’t want to burden the family clan…’

 

Still, she couldn’t help but keep feeling curious.

 

And learning that Hyeon-ya had graduated from the Medical Academy made her curiosity grow even more.

 

Seo-yu asked cautiously with a fluttering heart.

 

“Master, did you also want to become a wonderful physician?”

 

“What use is it for a physician to be wonderful?”

 

Seo-yu’s head tilted naturally in confusion.

 

“But healing sick people is a very wonderful thing to do.”

 

“It’s fortunate Sister Bi-yeon isn’t here. If she heard that, she would have hugged you and jumped around with joy.”

 

“Then Master, why did you want to become a physician?”

 

Hyeon-ya chuckled at the innocent question and fell into thought.

 

In fact, the reason he entered the Medical Academy was very clear.

 

Long ago, from the day Hyeon-rang collapsed during Beast Transformation, his future had been decided.

 

Suddenly, an old memory came to mind.

 

It was when Hyeon-rang was eighteen and Hyeon-ya was eleven years old.

 

At that time, Hyeon-rang already possessed perfect qualities as Young Family Head and received the greatest expectations as a next-generation emperor candidate.

 

Jusang Kingdom had been blessed by the Four Spirits since the beginning of time.

 

Therefore, emperor candidates were also produced from the Four Spirit Families, and they took tests to ascend to the throne.

 

The Descendants of Yinglong, who had historically produced the most emperors. It was natural in a way that Hyeon-rang, who inherited that blood and was exceptionally capable, received public attention.

 

Hyeon-ya also believed without doubt that Hyeon-rang would become the next emperor.

 

A beast-person as outstanding as his brother was hard to find even among the entire Dragon Clan, or all beast-people for that matter.

 

But one day.

 

“Ugh!”

 

Hyeon-rang, who was trying to perform Beast Transformation as usual, collapsed with a single scream.

 

“Brother? Why are you suddenly like this? Brother, brother!”

 

Hyeon-ya could never forget the terror of that moment.

 

The sight of his brother, who had always been reliable and perfect, collapsed on the floor in agony that day.

 

Soon all the physicians of the family clan came running. They spent days and nights examining Hyeon-rang over and over again.

 

“It seems his qi and blood reversed, causing his Beast Transformation to fail.”

 

“No. This must be an abnormality in his beast meridians.”

 

“Both are wrong. In my opinion…”

 

But no matter what medicine they used or what treatment they tried, nothing worked.

 

Hyeon-rang, who had attended Imperial Palace events as the Young Family Head just a month before, now had to endure excruciating pain every time he attempted Beast Transformation.

 

Because of this, Hyeon-rang even tried to break off his engagement with Bi-yeon. He said she shouldn’t marry someone who couldn’t even guarantee a normal life as a beast-person.

 

But Bi-yeon was resolute.

 

“I have no intention of marrying anyone but you, Hyeon-rang. So don’t say such nonsense.”

 

Was it thanks to that unwavering faith? Hyeon-rang gradually learned to endure the pain and perform Beast Transformation.

 

However, that wasn’t a cure but merely endurance.

 

It was precisely for this reason that Hyeon-ya decided to go to the Medical Academy.

 

‘Let’s go to the Medical Academy. I’ll go there and cure my brother’s illness myself.’

 

If his heart had its way, he would have wanted to take over the Young Family Head duties as well, but Hyeon-ya wasn’t qualified for that.

 

The only thing he could do was cure Hyeon-rang’s illness.

 

“Master?”

 

Hyeon-ya snapped out of his thoughts at the clear voice. It seemed he had been lost in thought for too long.

 

‘This kind of story would still be too much for Seo-yu.’

 

He had wanted to send Seo-yu to the Medical Academy because it was the most suitable institution for learning Medical Arts in Jusang Kingdom.

 

He had never even considered the absurd idea of entrusting Hyeon-rang’s treatment to his young disciple.

 

He didn’t want to burden Seo-yu with such a heavy responsibility either.

 

Moreover, this was something that even Li-han and the twins didn’t know about yet.

 

“Well, I hoped there would be nothing you didn’t know?”

 

So Hyeon-ya simply answered like that.

 

It wasn’t a lie.

 

He hoped that Hyeon-rang’s illness wasn’t incurable.

 

He had entered the Medical Academy solely with the hope that he could treat it.

 

“Wow, Master really is amazing!”

 

Receiving his disciple’s admiring gaze, Hyeon-ya smiled bitterly.

 

‘I don’t deserve such admiration.’

 

Seo-yu thought of her master as the finest physician in the world, but in reality, he was a pathetic physician who couldn’t even cure his own brother’s illness.

 

“What about you, Seo-yu?”

 

“Me?”

 

“Yes. You must have had a reason for wanting to become a physician.”

 

Seo-yu answered without a moment’s hesitation.

 

“Master, I wish there were no sick people. That’s why I want to become a physician. To heal everyone.”

 

Hyeon-ya was left speechless by her pure answer, free of any hesitation, calculation, or ulterior motive.

 

Suddenly, he thought that perhaps Seo-yu might really be able to achieve such a thing.

 

“Of course my disciple should think that way.”

 

“Hehe.”

 

Her innocent smile was so lovely that Hyeon-ya quietly gazed at his disciple for a moment.

 

* * *

 

‘If I go to the Medical Academy, will I be able to become an excellent physician like Master Hyeon-ya?’

 

These days, Seo-yu found herself constantly thinking about the Medical Academy.

 

It had always been a place she dreamed of, but learning that Hyeon-ya had studied at the Medical Academy made her yearn for it even more.

 

‘If I could enter the Heavenly Medicine Forest, I would be able to help the Golden Dragon Family even more than I do now.’

 

However, entering the Medical Academy was not an easy task.

 

As the most famous institution in all of Jusang Kingdom, there were countless people who wanted to enroll, making the waiting list extremely long.

 

The Four Spirit Families were given special recommendation opportunities, but only direct descendants of the Four Spirit Families could receive such benefits.

 

‘But… they might think I’m being too greedy.’

 

She didn’t want to burden Hyeon-rang, and she was becoming increasingly cautious as she grew closer to Bi-yeon recently.

 

If their relationship were to become strained, she felt it would be very upsetting.

 

“Let’s stop here for today.”

 

Her deepening worries kept breaking her concentration, but fortunately Hyeon-ya seemed to notice Seo-yu’s state and ended the lesson early.

 

“Yes, Master. Thank you for your hard work.”

 

Seo-yu bowed her head in greeting and left the medical room.

 

But as soon as she stepped outside, something cold touched the tip of her nose.

 

“Huh?”

 

When she looked up, the entire sky had turned white.

 

It was snow.

 

The first snow she had seen since coming to the Eastern Lands.

 

“Wow!”

 

Seeing the white snow falling heavily, her complicated thoughts instantly cleared.

 

‘Sister Yi-ryeong has been waiting so much for snow! Oh, I should tell Seollin too!’

 

Seo-yu hurried back to her room and threw open the window. Then she moved the flower pot containing the Snow Scale Flower to the outer windowsill.

 

“Seollin, it’s finally snowing!”

 

[It really is! How long has it been since I’ve seen snow!]

 

The Snow Scale Flower joyfully fluttered its leaves back and forth.

 

The sight looked exactly like someone waving their arms while dancing, making Seo-yu smile a little.

 

‘I hope sister and brother come quickly.’

 

Lately, Yi-ryeong had been waiting only for snowy days. She would ask Ga-ram whenever she was bored, “So when will it snow?”

 

Thinking of Yi-ryeong who would be delighted to see the first snow, Seo-yu was already about to smile.

 

However, no matter how long she waited, Yi-ryeong and Li-gon didn’t come. Even though the time to finish training had already passed.

 

‘Did something happen?’

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