The Beloved Baby Deer of the Hwangryong Family - Chapter 97

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Cho-ok clearly remembered the day Seo-yu disappeared. It was the very day Su-jeong had pressured her to quickly find Seo-yu.

 

So she also remembered exactly the moment she encountered Su-jeong while busily running around looking for Seo-yu.

 

‘Miss Su-jeong! I asked other people too, but they said she hasn’t come home yet….’

 

‘She can’t come back anymore.’

 

‘Pardon?’

 

‘Nok Seo-yu, she can’t return anymore.’

 

Su-jeong’s face, clutching some pouch tightly in one hand, was so eerie that Cho-ok instinctively realized misfortune had befallen Seo-yu.

 

‘So Miss Su-jeong finally did something!’

 

She felt a little sorry for Seo-yu, but that was all. What big deal was it that one fake young lady who had been scorned disappeared?

 

Rather, things were comfortable for a while after Seo-yu disappeared.

 

Since the main cause that irritated Su-jeong the most was gone, her outbursts of anger decreased significantly.

 

But Cho-ok soon realized she had made a big mistake. Without Seo-yu to take the brunt of her irritation, Su-jeong’s temper turned toward the other servants.

 

Especially Cho-ok, who served Su-jeong most closely, had an absolutely miserable time.

 

‘I thought things had calmed down a bit thanks to the Qilin Young Family Head….’

 

But perhaps this was what they called a cursed fate.

 

Cho-ok’s brief happiness ended when Su-jeong reunited with Seo-yu at the Medical Academy.

 

Especially when Seo-yu, whom she had always looked down on, returned as a young lady of the Golden Dragon Family, Su-jeong couldn’t control her anger every single day.

 

Particularly since yesterday, Su-jeong had been throwing every tantrum imaginable. Though she hadn’t seen it directly, something must have happened with Seo-yu.

 

Su-jeong, grinding her teeth, spoke as if she was about to rush out immediately.

 

“This won’t do. I need to go right now and tear out every strand of that insolent girl’s hair…!”

 

Cho-ok, who had been trembling, startled and jerked her head up.

 

“You can’t do that, Miss! I understand your feelings, but if you do that, Master will scold you harshly. He’ll say you damaged the Qilin Family’s reputation.”

 

Cho-ok suppressed her fear and tried to stop Su-jeong.

 

Cho-ok had entered the Medical Academy partly to serve Su-jeong, but more importantly to carry out the orders of Nok Sa-pyeong, the Family Head.

 

‘That foolish girl Su-jeong might cause some trouble, so Cho-ok, you stick close and keep a good watch on her.’

 

Su-jeong was frightening, but she couldn’t be more frightening than the head of a family clan.

 

But Su-jeong, who wouldn’t consider Cho-ok’s feelings, flew into a rage.

 

“Then what am I supposed to do? Are you telling me to just endure this as it is?!”

 

Then she picked up the bronze incense burner again as if to throw it once more. If that hit her, it wouldn’t just end with a little bleeding.

 

‘Eek!’

 

Cho-ok, who had prostrated herself flat on the floor in case the incense burner flew at her, hurriedly shouted.

 

“There’s an errand runner!”

 

“What?”

 

Su-jeong’s hand, which had been cutting through the air, stopped.

 

“Master said there’s an errand runner at the Medical Academy. He said they would help with Miss’s affairs.”

 

“So what about it.”

 

Su-jeong looked down at the incense burner and asked curtly. Cho-ok swallowed hard. Fortunately, Su-jeong was showing interest.

 

“At that time, Miss Seo-yu… no, that thing ran away with Miss Su-jeong’s belongings, didn’t you say?”

 

Cho-ok, who had been carefully reading the mood, quickly added.

 

“So we’ll use the errand runner to frame her for stealing other things too. Then even if she’s a young lady of the Golden Dragon Family, she’ll have no choice but to be kicked out.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Whether it was an appealing proposal, Su-jeong’s eyes changed.

 

‘Not bad?’

 

Su-jeong put the incense burner back down. Come to think of it, it was a good method.

 

She had been annoyed that she couldn’t use the Snow Scale Flower story, but with this method, wouldn’t she be able to expose Nok Seo-yu’s true nature?

 

And theft at that! What a humiliating crime it was!

 

If rumors spread that a young lady of the Golden Dragon Family had committed theft, no matter how much they were one of the Four Spirit Families, their reputation would be ruined.

 

“Good. Go right now and deliver the message to that errand runner or whatever.”

 

“Yes, Miss!”

 

Cho-ok, who had been prostrated on the floor, quickly got up. Not only her forehead but also her palms had porcelain fragments embedded in them, making her flesh sting.

 

“Hey, you’re leaving without cleaning that up?”

 

Just as she was about to rush out while enduring the pain, Su-jeong pointed to the broken and shattered porcelain fragments.

 

“Why can you only do one thing when I tell you one thing? You’re really completely useless.”

 

“I’m, I’m sorry.”

 

Saying that, Cho-ok suddenly recalled the image of that pitiful girl who always stuttered.

 

‘Was this how Miss Seo-yu felt back then?’

 

Being humiliated every day yet unable to say anything, having to bow her head in apology even when she did nothing wrong – she felt like she was beginning to understand that feeling a little now.

 

“What are you dawdling for?”

 

“No! I’ll clean up quickly and come back.”

 

At the impatient scolding, Cho-ok began picking up the porcelain fragments with her bare hands. Sharp pieces cut her fingers, but she couldn’t show that it hurt.

 

Every time blood beaded at her fingertips, Cho-ok just bit her lips tightly.

 

A moment later, the door opened and Cho-ok rushed out.

 

At the same time, a small crow that had been sitting by the window fluttered up and quietly followed behind Cho-ok.

 

* * *

 

There’s an old saying that mice hear words spoken during the day and birds hear words spoken at night.

 

For Yi-eon, who could become either a mouse or a bird, it was a very excellent piece of advice.

 

“So, I just need to secretly slip this necklace into Hwang Seo-yu’s book wrapper?”

 

“That’s right! Just put it in without anyone knowing. Then Miss Su-jeong will take care of causing a commotion.”

 

Yi-eon, transformed into a small black squirrel, Blackie, entered a mouse hole and carefully listened to the conversation between the maid named Cho-ok and an unfamiliar girl.

 

Yi-eon’s eyes turned coldly as he crouched in the wall crevice, holding his breath.

 

‘As expected, that evil deer wouldn’t stay still.’

 

Yi-eon had never forgotten Su-jeong, who had pushed Seo-yu off the cliff without hesitation.

 

How could he forget? She had tried to kill his benefactor, to whom he hadn’t even repaid his debt.

 

So when he followed Seo-yu to the Medical Academy and saw that evil deer, he couldn’t describe how shocked he was.

 

As expected, the evil deer, Nok Su-jeong, was tormenting Seo-yu again.

 

Fortunately, the clever Seo-yu handled the situation well and they got through it, but Yi-eon had an ominous feeling for some reason.

 

A bad premonition that something even bigger was about to happen.

 

Since childhood, Yi-eon’s premonitions had been remarkably accurate. As if he could see into the future.

 

So he began following Su-jeong, and sure enough, it seemed like Su-jeong was planning to frame Seo-yu.

 

‘I won’t let things go her way.’

 

Yi-eon, who had memorized the appearance of the ‘Errand Runner,’ remained vigilant until the very end.

 

Only after watching Cho-ok return to her quarters and report to Su-jeong did Yi-eon finally leave his position.

 

Then he transformed back into a crow and headed to the West Hall out of habit. It was a habit he’d developed because Seo-yu always stopped by the West Hall in the evenings.

 

But today, perhaps because she’d returned early, Seo-yu was nowhere to be seen even when he peered through the window.

 

‘She must have already left.’

 

Disappointed, Yi-eon was flapping his wings when he accidentally bumped into the window.

 

Thud thud!

 

The clear sound of the window rattling startled the two students sitting by the window side.

 

“What was that just now?”

 

“Someone hit the window… but there’s no one there?”

 

The children looked around but couldn’t find Yi-eon, who had quickly hidden behind a pillar.

 

“Gasp, isn’t that a ghost?”

 

“There’s no such thing! Don’t say scary stuff like that.”

 

“But someone was just at the window and then disappeared. What else could it be but a ghost?”

 

“Ugh, stop it, you’re giving me goosebumps.”

 

Listening to their trembling voices filled with fear, Yi-eon felt his heart being pricked with guilt.

 

‘…Seo-yu must find me scary too, right?’

 

She surely would. Hadn’t she also called him a ghost?

 

Seo-yu was kind enough to thank even a ghost, but in truth, no one wouldn’t be scared of being secretly watched like this.

 

‘I wish I could properly greet Seo-yu.’

 

If he could, he wanted to tell her his name and even become friends with Seo-yu.

 

But he had no idea how to go about doing that.

 

Yi-eon had lived his entire life hiding from others’ eyes in the darkness. Sometimes by mimicking someone else’s body, sometimes by hiding in shadows.

 

Therefore, even though he was a beast-person, he rarely took human form. When he delivered the air bubble to Seo-yu was both the first time in a very long while and the last.

 

How could someone like him approach Seo-yu? He would only seem suspicious.

 

As Yi-eon was about to leave the West Hall feeling dejected, he suddenly noticed a notice posted at the entrance.

 

「Urgent Hiring」

 

— Seeking 1 West Hall caretaker

 

Poof!

 

After confirming there were no signs of people around, Yi-eon released his Beast Transformation, became human, and tore off the paper.

 

‘West Hall caretaker…’

 

If he became the West Hall caretaker, he could naturally greet Seo-yu and even have conversations with her. He wouldn’t frighten Seo-yu either.

 

Of course, since Yi-eon wasn’t a Medical Academy student, he wouldn’t have a chance, but in truth, deceiving people wasn’t a difficult task.

 

Because one of Yi-eon’s ‘Special Abilities’ was Divine Power.

 

But that wouldn’t be right. It was also an ability that shouldn’t be used carelessly.

 

‘I don’t want to lie to Seo-yu either.’

 

Yi-eon, who had given up on the ridiculous idea and turned around, hesitated.

 

“Huu.”

 

Seo-yu was sighing as she walked alone toward the West Hall.

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