The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 95

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Seo-yu gently touched her horn with her hand. Just as she had hoped, her horn was still soft like flesh.

 

‘It still hasn’t hardened yet.’

 

Originally, horns were a weapon that deer could use to protect themselves from threats.

 

Therefore, when horns first grew, they were tender with flesh attached, but as they gradually grew, the horns would also mature and become hard antlers.

 

However, Seo-yu’s horn remained consistently soft. To say it was because she was young, all the deer beastkin her age were already going through the keratinization process.

 

Just as Seo-yu, who had been slightly hopeful that her horn was finally growing, dejectedly looked away from the mirror.

 

[Would Seo-yu like her horn to be hard?]

 

Porong!

 

Suddenly her vision brightened and a gentle rainbow light filled the surroundings. Soon Seollin revealed herself.

 

“Seollin!”

 

Seo-yu shouted with joy.

 

“Ah, no. Seollin-nim!”

 

Then, realizing her mistake, she was startled and corrected herself. At that, Seollin burst into giggles.

 

[Seo-yu, we’re friends! Call me comfortably!]

 

“B-but how could I do that to the Four Spirits…”

 

When Seo-yu hesitated, Seollin’s expression became even gentler.

 

[We only inherited the memories of the Four Spirits, we’re not the Four Spirits. We can’t be the same as back then.]

 

That appearance somehow looked sad, so Seo-yu felt hurt inside.

 

“Alright, Seollin. I’ll do that.”

 

Seo-yu decided to follow Seollin’s words. She wanted to do what her friend wanted, and she didn’t want Seollin to be sad.

 

Instead, she carefully added.

 

“B-but would it be okay if I still call Dragon Spirit-nim ‘Dragon Spirit-nim’?”

 

[Of course! Dragon Spirit is a bit pretentious, so he’ll like it even more if you call him that.]

 

It was the moment Seollin answered with sparkling eyes.

 

[What an end of times, truly the end of times. How did this become a world where maintaining courtesy is considered pretentious.]

 

Puwung!

 

Along with golden energy, Dragon Spirit also popped out.

 

It was a very solemn voice, but the sight of him barely managing to cross his short arms was so cute that Seo-yu had to hold back her laughter.

 

“Dragon Spirit-nim!”

 

Seo-yu’s face naturally brightened with joy. Seeing both spirits at the same time made her feel much more at ease. It felt like meeting old friends.

 

[Sorry, Seo-yu. You must have waited a lot since we suddenly disappeared, right?]

 

Seollin spoke in a very apologetic voice. Seo-yu shook her head vigorously.

 

“It’s okay! But I missed you.”

 

Seo-yu answered firmly and carefully asked.

 

“Did something happen by any chance?”

 

Cheon-nyeon-ryeong.

 

After only telling her that name, which she couldn’t even properly grasp what kind of existence it was, and then disappearing, the two spirits hadn’t been seen for a while.

 

Therefore, Seo-yu had been secretly worried that she might not be able to see them again.

 

A brief silence flowed, and in the quiet, Seollin began to speak.

 

[Actually, we have a promise with the Sky that we must keep. If we don’t keep it, we won’t be able to exert our power in this place.]

 

“A promise?”

 

Seo-yu tilted her head.

 

A promise with the Sky? Does the Sky have fingers? Or is there perhaps a god above the clouds?

 

[Yes. For example… right, if Seo-yu had a secret and a friend carelessly told it to others, you’d be upset, wouldn’t you?]

 

“Right. I think I would be.”

 

She had never told a secret to a friend before, but if such a thing happened, Seo-yu felt she wouldn’t feel very good about it either.

 

If it was a secret, she would have surely confided it secretly to a trusted friend.

 

[The Sky is the same. We promised not to tell the Sky’s secrets.]

 

“I see.”

 

Seo-yu slowly nodded her head. She didn’t completely understand, but she roughly got the idea.

 

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

 

So that’s why Dragon Spirit said he couldn’t come.

 

Now she finally understood what Dragon Spirit had said before disappearing last time.

 

The Sky must have been angry because he told Seo-yu the Sky’s secrets. Thinking about it that way made her worried.

 

“But Seollin, is it okay for you to come like this? What if the Sky gets angry for breaking the promise?”

 

[It’s okay. I didn’t say enough to deserve punishment.]

 

“Phew, that’s a relief!”

 

She had been secretly worried that it might be because she asked too many questions, so she finally felt relieved.

 

As Seo-yu was patting her chest in relief, she suddenly noticed that Seollin’s gaze was still lingering on her horns.

 

The question Seollin had asked when she appeared earlier came to mind.

 

“Yes, I wish my horns were hard too.”

 

[Really? Why?]

 

Seollin asked with a curious voice. She seemed genuinely interested.

 

“Because… everyone else has hard horns. I’m the only one who’s different, so it’s strange. And with horns like these, I can’t do anything…”

 

As she spoke, she felt somehow embarrassed and her voice gradually became smaller.

 

[What could you do if your horns were hard?]

 

A gentle question followed. Seo-yu quickly answered.

 

“If something dangerous happens, I could protect my friends with big horns.”

 

Even among deer, female deer often didn’t have horns.

 

But the Great Antlered Deer Family all had horns regardless of gender.

 

Especially Su-jeong had very large and magnificent horns from a young age. The horns extending to both sides were branched like tree branches, with sharp and sturdy tips. Su-jeong was very proud of them.

 

Seo-yu clearly remembered the moment she had been frightened by Su-jeong’s large horns.

 

‘Should I ram you with this?’

 

Just saying that and slightly shaking her horns made Seo-yu’s heart flutter and shrink back completely.

 

‘It was really scary.’

 

Having such horns would surely be helpful. Even if a wicked ghost appeared at the Medical Academy, she could bravely drive it away.

 

‘Of course, the Ghost here is a good person.’

 

Seo-yu quickly thought to herself, worried that Ghost might be listening and feel hurt.

 

If it hadn’t been for the grateful Ghost, she would have been trapped in the West Hall with no choice but to wait for morning.

 

[Seo-yu always thinks of others first.]

 

Seollin’s voice that came after a brief silence was infinitely warm. Unlike usual, it felt even more affectionate without a trace of playfulness.

 

[But Seo-yu, there are many ways to protect others even without horns.]

 

“Really?”

 

[Of course. Besides, Seo-yu’s horns don’t hurt anyone. Isn’t that more amazing?]

 

“No one thinks that way.”

 

Without realizing it, the strength drained from her voice.

 

It was because she remembered the mockery of people who always said ‘useless horns’ and ‘ugly, strange horns’ when they saw her horns.

 

[What about Seo-yu? What does Seo-yu think?]

 

“I…”

 

Seo-yu hesitated.

 

Actually, Seo-yu didn’t really dislike her horns that much.

 

Of course, it was true that she had been upset because of her horns. If they had been ordinary horns like others, she wouldn’t have been hated so much.

 

But if everyone else hated them and she hated them too, wouldn’t her horns be too pitiful?

 

‘My horns probably didn’t grow like this because they wanted to be hated…’

 

Also, Seo-yu’s horns, as Seollin said, didn’t hurt anyone.

 

Su-jeong often went around with her horns out even after becoming skilled enough at Beast Transformation to hide them, but if she wasn’t careful, people around her would get hurt.

 

Sometimes it was on purpose, but even when it wasn’t intentional, her horns were so large and sharp that just brushing against them caused wounds.

 

While she envied those large horns, Seo-yu thought it was fortunate that she would never do that, even by accident.

 

“I like my horns.”

 

Seo-yu smiled brightly.

 

“Thanks to these horns, I became close with Sister Yi-ryeong and Brother Li-gon.”

 

To be honest, Seo-yu had once hated these horns too. She had actually wished they would disappear.

 

But not now. Rather, she was very grateful for them.

 

If it hadn’t been for these horns, would the Twins have shown interest? When they first met, if Yi-ryeong hadn’t been curious about her horns, would she have talked to her?

 

Before she knew it, her horns had become a grateful existence that connected her with the Twins.

 

[Yes, that’s it. If Seo-yu likes Seo-yu’s horns, that’s all that matters.]

 

It was when Seollin was spinning round and round in the air with joy.

 

“Bi-neung! You lazy girl, are you here!”

 

An old man’s voice looking for Bi-neung could be heard from outside.

 

Seo-yu quickly hid her horns. Seollin and Dragon Spirit also tactfully disappeared.

 

When she opened the door, an unfamiliar grandfather was standing there. He was an old man with eyebrows and hair shining platinum blonde.

 

“Hello, Grandfather.”

 

Though she didn’t know who he was, Seo-yu politely bowed her waist in greeting. Master had taught her to be courteous everywhere, so she wanted to follow that strictly.

 

“Hmm? Who are you? Are you that girl Bi-neung’s younger sister?”

 

“Oh, no. I’m Seo-yu, Bi-neung’s friend. Bi-neung should still be at Han Hall.”

 

“You’re a student too? You’re so small I didn’t realize.”

 

The grandfather narrowed his eyes and looked Seo-yu up and down.

 

“Did you grow up not eating enough when you were young?”

 

At his blunt words while staring at her, Seo-yu pressed her lips tightly together.

 

It was true. Perhaps because of the many days she went hungry, Seo-yu was a head shorter than children her age.

 

Still, she had grown quite a bit while staying with the Golden Dragon Family. Eating three meals a day without fail, having snacks too, she had grown a lot during that time.

 

‘This is a lot of growth though…’

 

But being called small still hurt her feelings.

 

“How can she be so small.”

 

Grandfather muttered to himself again. He seemed both worried and curious.

 

Seo-yu shrank back and just fidgeted with her hands. She didn’t know how to respond.

 

“Hmm, let’s see.”

 

Suddenly, Grandfather, who had been rummaging through his belongings, abruptly sat down heavily on the wooden floor. Then he patted the ground.

 

“Come, sit here.”

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