The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 87

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After that shocking encounter with Seo-yu earlier, Su-jeong sent Tae-eon away first, using the excuse that she wasn’t feeling well.

 

Then she pretended to go to the Medicine Hall, slipped out of the Medical Academy, and pressured a servant to send an urgent message to her father.

 

To go immediately and bring her father here.

 

How much time had passed?

 

Finally, the carriage door opened and Nok Sa-pyeong stepped inside.

 

“Demanding I come immediately. Do you think your father just plays around at the palace?”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong spoke with a displeased expression.

 

Even if the Medical Academy was close to the capital, he wondered if calling away a working father like this was reasonable behavior.

 

But Su-jeong had no time to worry about her father’s mood.

 

“Father, that’s not what’s important right now. That bitch Nok Seo-yu is alive!”

 

“What?!”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong’s expression changed drastically.

 

“What are you saying, alive!”

 

His face instantly drained of color and contorted in disbelief.

 

At the same time, his grip tightened on the handle and the carriage shook.

 

“The child who was adopted into the Golden Dragon Family was Nok Seo-yu!”

 

“What kind of nonsense! Are you certain? You didn’t mistake her for someone else?”

 

When Nok Sa-pyeong asked again, Su-jeong’s voice became sharp.

 

“It’s real! I saw her clearly earlier. She was with Lord Tae-eon, and I ran into that girl. She recognized me too!”

 

But that was only for a moment. Su-jeong soon looked tearful. Her anxious expression was obvious.

 

“What if that bitch tattles that I pushed her? What if the Qilin Family Head hears about it? Won’t I be in big trouble?”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong gritted his teeth looking at his daughter.

 

‘This stupid fool!’

 

If she was going to commit a deed, she should have done it properly.

 

Because she couldn’t even do that one thing right, wasn’t this situation happening now!

 

She was his own daughter, but at times like this, she was truly frustrating and pathetic.

 

‘I was uneasy when there was no corpse, but who would have thought she’d really be alive!’

 

When Su-jeong had confessed the truth to him, time had already passed, so he thought wild beasts had devoured the body.

 

‘She should have died there instead!’

 

Nok Sa-pyeong felt like the sky was falling.

 

That child absolutely should not be alive. Wasn’t she originally a child who should never have left the house?

 

‘That person’ had secretly entrusted her with orders to keep her completely hidden, but she had already been adopted as another family’s daughter!

 

If this fact were to reach ‘that person’…

 

‘No. That must be prevented at all costs.’

 

Nok Sa-pyeong felt cold sweat running down his back.

 

He was the powerful figure who had elevated him from being merely a low-level official to the highest position in the Four Spirits Territory.

 

He didn’t want to imagine what would happen if he incurred such a person’s wrath.

 

To prevent this situation…

 

“Who would believe that thing’s words?”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong finally spoke after a long while. His gaze was calm, having suppressed his excitement, but his eyes were endlessly cold and ruthless.

 

“But that girl became the Golden Dragon’s daughter! There’s no way she wouldn’t believe what the same Four Spirit Family says!”

 

“How can we undo what has already happened?”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong slowly stroked his chin.

 

“However, that is not a Four Spirit. I don’t know what delusion she has, but we just need to make her know her place.”

 

“What?”

 

Su-jeong frowned. Nok Sa-pyeong swallowed a sigh and explained more clearly.

 

“From now on, you need to make that child abandoned by everyone. A child that no one believes, no one pays attention to.”

 

“Ah!”

 

“You’ve already tried it once, haven’t you?”

 

Su-jeong’s face gradually brightened as she finally understood the meaning.

 

“I can do that well!”

 

“Of course you should do well. You can’t make mistakes this time.”

 

Nok Sa-pyeong’s eyes turned coldly. Su-jeong flinched but soon nodded.

 

“Yes, Father. Don’t worry.”

 

Her crookedly raised lips drew a chilling arc.

 

“That’s what I’m most confident about, isn’t it?”

 

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The next day, Seo-yu headed to the Academic Hall. No matter how complicated her mind was, she couldn’t keep skipping classes.

 

“Bi-neung, we’re here.”

 

As soon as she set down the transformed Bi-neung in the seat next to her, Mae-hwa spoke to her.

 

“Seo-yu, you were sick yesterday, right? Are you okay?”

 

The white eyebrows characteristic of mountain goat beastkin furrowed with worry. Dan-eum also chimed in.

 

“Right. You’ve been looking very tired lately. Haven’t you been studying too hard?”

 

“Haha, no. I just felt a little unwell.”

 

Grateful for her friends’ concern, Seo-yu smiled faintly.

 

But perhaps that weak smile made them more worried, as Wi Un also carefully asked.

 

“Seo-yu, if it’s because you can’t sleep, should I give you some acupuncture?”

 

Though she appreciated the sentiment, since the cause wasn’t lack of sleep, she was about to politely decline when Dan-eum stepped forward first.

 

“Hey, Seo-yu. You shouldn’t accept that. Wi Un molted his spines yesterday.”

 

“I threw them all away! I don’t do acupuncture with spines!”

 

“Wow, the hedgehog beastkin is trying to stab people!”

 

When the gentle Un got upset, Dan-eum made an exaggerated show of dodging. Soon Mae-hwa frowned.

 

“Ugh, Li Dan-eum. Stop sitting by the window. All the sunlight reflects off your scales. It’s blindingly bright.”

 

“Sorry, Yang Mae-hwa. I don’t want to lose friends. Please don’t like me too much.”

 

“Seo-yu, if you’re going to the Medicine Hall later, take him with you. I think he must have hit his head.”

 

Seo-yu chuckled. Just moments ago her head was throbbing thinking about Miss Su-jeong, but being with her friends made her laugh.

 

‘I’m glad I have friends.’

 

She was preparing for class with an improved mood when suddenly a commotion could be heard from the front door.

 

“Oh my! Such a precious thing—may I really accept this?”

 

At the girl’s exclamation, the children all turned to look toward the front entrance in unison.

 

Seo-yu unconsciously turned her head following the children, then froze completely.

 

There was a girl at the front entrance.

 

And in front of her stood Su-jeong.

 

“It’s nothing much. Thanks to you, I was able to come here without getting lost. I think this much of a reward is appropriate.”

 

Su-jeong handed the silver bracelet she was holding to the girl with a kind expression. The gleaming bracelet looked quite valuable.

 

As she did so, Su-jeong showed a gentle smile that Seo-yu had never seen before.

 

“I enrolled late, so there’s a lot I don’t know. Please take care of me from now on.”

 

“Of course! Ask me anything you don’t know! I’ll teach you everything.”

 

The girl jumped up and down with joy, clutching the silver bracelet tightly with a moved expression.

 

‘Making such a fuss over a mere silver bracelet.’

 

Su-jeong inwardly sneered at the girl. Seeing her so delighted over a bracelet she wouldn’t even use told her everything about the girl’s level.

 

“Who is she? Giving a silver bracelet just for some help.”

 

“That must be her. The daughter of the Four Spirits Territory lord. I heard she enrolled three years late because of poor health.”

 

“Ah! So that’s her. I heard about her too. She’s really generous!”

 

But the effect was definite. All the children around were looking at her with admiring eyes.

 

The daughter of the Four Spirits Territory lord, and moreover, a diligent young lady who came to study medicine despite her frail body.

 

Making a good first impression was a success.

 

Receiving all the attention as she entered the Academic Hall, Su-jeong slowly looked around.

 

She pretended to look for an empty seat, but was actually searching for one person.

 

Soon, Su-jeong found her.

 

Nok Seo-yu sitting in the corner.

 

‘There she is.’

 

As Su-jeong walked over, she deliberately made eye contact with Seo-yu. She could see Seo-yu’s eyes widen in surprise.

 

‘Still a coward.’

 

Swallowing her sneer, Su-jeong smiled even more brightly.

 

Then she stood in front of Seo-yu.

 

“Hello, you must be Lady Seo-yu of the Golden Dragon Family?”

 

Faced with an unexpected situation, Seo-yu was greatly flustered.

 

“Ah, um… Yes. I’m Hwang Seo-yu.”

 

“I’ve heard so much about you from Father. I heard you also entered first place in the entrance exam? You’re truly as brilliant as I heard.”

 

A kind voice, a gentle expression, praise she had never heard before.

 

Everything was unfamiliar, but what was even more surprising were Su-jeong’s words.

 

‘Why is she speaking as if we’re meeting for the first time?’

 

If this were the Su-jeong that Seo-yu knew, she should have accused Seo-yu of being a thief who stole the Snow Scale Flower by now.

 

Since only Seo-yu could hear Seollin’s testimony as a witness, and all the Household Members of the Great Antlered Deer Family would side with Su-jeong, Seo-yu would have fought a lonely battle alone.

 

‘What on earth is she thinking?’

 

Just then.

 

Su-jeong’s gaze fell on Seo-yu’s forehead, precisely where her horns used to be.

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