The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 80

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“Bi-neung, I’m going to take a short walk in the Bamboo Forest!”

 

Bi-neung, who had been chewing the Sweet Red Bean Jelly with a blissful expression, slowly turned her head. Her gaze remained fixed on the Sweet Red Bean Jelly.

 

Seeing that passionate stare, Seo-yu thought to herself.

 

‘Bi-neung must really like sweet things.’

 

“Go ahead and eat, Bi-neung. It’s okay.”

 

Seo-yu chuckled softly and quietly closed the door before stepping outside so Bi-neung could eat comfortably.

 

However, the smile that had been playing on her face completely disappeared by the time she entered the Bamboo Forest.

 

Whoosh, whoosh.

 

Seo-yu looked around nervously, and only after confirming that no one was nearby did she carefully begin to speak.

 

“So… you’re the Four Spirits, right?”

 

Poof, poof!

 

In the darkening Bamboo Forest, two spirits—no, Four Spirits—appeared one after another.

 

Seollin flapped her wings and drooped her eyebrows.

 

[Seo-yu, I’m sorry we couldn’t tell you beforehand! But we’re forbidden from speaking first before you realize it on your own!]

 

[We never expected it would take this long… Gasp!]

 

[Dragon Spirit is an idiot, so just ignore what Dragon Spirit says.]

 

Seollin blocked Dragon Spirit’s mouth with her wing with a smack and began speaking in earnest.

 

[Um… where should I start? Seo-yu, we are, to be precise, the will left behind by the Four Spirits.]

 

“Will?”

 

[You heard what the fox said during the day, right? That the existence of Demonic Arts is proof that the Four Evils are still alive. That’s correct. The Four Evils are still targeting this world.]

 

Dragon Spirit pushed away Seollin’s wing with a pfft and continued the explanation.

 

[Therefore, we who were once the Four Spirits left our respective spirits in the world before our demise to prevent the disaster that would come in the future.]

 

As Seo-yu listened intently to the story, a thought occurred to her.

 

“Um, but couldn’t the Four Spirits have remained like the Four Evils to watch over us?”

 

She had been told that the Four Evils were wicked beings who had lived since ancient times.

 

If that was the case, wouldn’t it have been better if the Four Spirits, who had lived just as long, had remained to continue protecting this world?

 

A moment of silence fell over the Bamboo Forest at her innocent question.

 

[We wanted to do that too. But Seo-yu, there’s something called the natural order in this world.]

 

“Natural order? What’s the natural order?”

 

[The sun rises during the day and the moon rises at night, right? When you plant a seed, it sprouts, but after the flower blooms, it withers again and becomes soil. That’s the natural order.]

 

Seollin’s voice as she quietly added this explanation sounded somehow sad.

 

[The moment we don’t follow the natural order, the Four Spirits and Four Evils would become indistinguishable again. That’s why we couldn’t remain in this land.]

 

Come to think of it, she had been told that in the beginning, the Four Spirits and Four Evils lived together in harmony. This meant the Four Evils weren’t bad from the start.

 

But the moment they harbored greed and violated the natural order, they must have become evil.

 

“Then the natural order is like a promise!”

 

Seo-yu, who had been thinking deeply, nodded with an “Aha.”

 

“Bi-yeon told me. She said that to get along peacefully together, you must keep your promises. The Four Spirits kept their promises, but the Four Evils didn’t, right?”

 

[That’s right! Seo-yu is really smart!]

 

[Even when explained poorly, she understands perfectly.]

 

Seollin glanced at Dragon Spirit once and continued speaking.

 

[So before we ascended to the sky, we each left behind a fragment of our will. So that it could help if the Four Evils ever tried to covet this world.]

 

“Wow….”

 

As expected, the Four Spirits are amazing!

 

Seo-yu, who had been admiring them, suddenly noticed something strange.

 

“But why are there still demonic beasts in the Eastern Lands?”

 

The Four Spirits had clearly said they left divine spirits to stop the Four Evils. However, it was quite strange that demonic beasts were still running rampant in the Eastern Lands.

 

Seo-yu hesitated, then looked around cautiously before asking.

 

“Did the Yeong-gwi really betray the Four Spirits?”

 

It was a story she had heard during her time staying with the Great Antlered Deer Family.

 

They called them the Four Spirits in name, but in reality there were only Three Spirits, and it was all because of the Yeong-gwi Family.

 

One Yeong-gwi Family Head had tried to use divine power to control demonic beasts and seize Jusang Kingdom alone, but was stopped by the other family heads and failed, and since then could no longer rule the north.

 

Out of respect for the Primordial Spirit, they still called them the Four Spirits, but the reason the north was currently ruled by the Phoenix Emperor was all because of that.

 

[That’s not true!]

 

[No.]

 

But Seollin and Dragon Spirit denied it simultaneously. It was the first time she had seen such rigidly hardened expressions.

 

[The one who did wrong was actually…!]

 

Seollin opened and closed her beak as if she had something to say. However, as if her mouth had been sealed, she couldn’t say anything at all.

 

[Anyway, it’s really not true. I wish you wouldn’t believe such stories.]

 

At the tone that was close to pleading, Seo-yu unconsciously nodded her head.

 

Then Seollin flapped her wings weakly. She looked dispirited, which made Seo-yu sad too.

 

[I can’t tell you the reason right now… but we slept for a long time, far beyond when we should have awakened. That’s why we couldn’t stop the demonic beasts.]

 

Seollin’s voice sounded even more dejected. However, Seollin soon gathered her strength and spoke.

 

[But Seo-yu, you finally awakened us. If it’s you, you’ll be able to firmly seal the rift so that the Four Evils can never covet this world again.]

 

“M-me? I don’t know how to do such things.”

 

[No. If it’s Seo-yu who found us, you can definitely do it. Now you just need to find one more of our remaining friends.]

 

It was then that Seollin and Dragon Spirit’s bodies gradually became fainter. Dragon Spirit clicked his tongue.

 

[We must have talked too much. It’ll be difficult to visit for a while.]

 

[Seo-yu, that child’s name is Cheon-nyeon-ryeong. In the shadows….]

 

With Seollin’s urgent words, the spirits completely disappeared.

 

‘Cheon-nyeon-ryeong?’

 

Left alone, Seo-yu repeated that name to herself.

 

* * *

 

Seo-yu immediately went to find the West Hall of the Medical Academy. And she diligently searched through the herbal medicine texts that collected precious spiritual herbs.

 

However, no matter how much she searched, she couldn’t find any medicinal herb called Cheon-nyeon-ryeong.

 

‘Hmm… it’s not here either.’

 

She couldn’t even find a single herb related to the Four Spirits.

 

Never mind Cheon-nyeon-ryeong, not even Jeongdamcho or Seol Lin-hwa!

 

‘I thought there would at least be stories about Jeongdamcho….’

 

Spiritual herbs raised by the Qilin Family.

 

The only medicinal herbs that could detoxify the poison of Demonic Arts.

 

She had hoped there would be at least some facts she already knew, but there was absolutely no information at all.

 

It was as if someone had deliberately hidden it.

 

‘No. It’s too early to give up!’

 

The library was vast, and there were still many books left.

 

Seo-yu pressed firmly between her brows to soothe her tired eyes and diligently turned the pages.

 

Before she knew it, it had become pitch dark outside.

 

“Ah!”

 

Seo-yu, who realized this fact belatedly, jumped up from her seat in surprise.

 

No wonder her surroundings had been getting darker – at some point, she must have been reading by moonlight.

 

Seo-yu quickly put the book back in its place and tried to go outside immediately.

 

But what was this?

 

Rattle rattle.

 

“Huh?”

 

The door wouldn’t open. The latch on the outside seemed to be locked.

 

Everyone must have left without seeing her reading alone in the corner.

 

‘If I go out through the window…’

 

Seo-yu turned her gaze to the window and made a dejected face. Perhaps because there were many precious books, half the window was blocked by shutters.

 

At this rate, she would be trapped in the West Hall and have to greet the morning.

 

‘Bi-neung will be waiting!’

 

If she had been alone, there would actually be no worry. The door would open in the morning.

 

But if she said she was going for a walk and didn’t return, Bi-neung would be very worried.

 

“Is anyone there? Isn’t there anyone there?”

 

Becoming anxious, Seo-yu knocked on the closed window and raised her voice. However, the West Hall in the deep night remained silent.

 

‘What should I do?’

 

Seo-yu stamped her feet and looked up at the window where the upper part was exposed.

 

Even if she stepped on the window frame and climbed up, it was impossible for her small stature to get over that high window.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Peck peck!

 

A small bird pecked at the window with its beak.

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