The Blue Dragon Clan’s Very Suspicious Little Chick - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

“Forgive me, sir. But the fact that Young Master summoned the Yuk-an-gwi so abruptly last week… I cannot help but think it was practice for today. I’m at a loss for what to do about this.”
“Practice?”
It was infuriating.
That a child not yet one year old had used Direct Lineage Authority to summon a spirit creature—not by mere chance, but through meticulous planning—left him stunned.
A child so clever, preparing so thoroughly for what? Where had he gone?
Had the punishment of confinement to the Library felt unjust to him? Had it twisted the boy somehow?
Or perhaps…
“Bring So Gaju to me.”
Uicheon’s words, finally forced out after long silence, made Sibaek hesitate and falter.
“My lord, So Gaju has only just returned from Leaving the Palace for Ability Training, and surely has nothing to do with—”
At that very moment, a window burst open and a violent wind came howling through.
“What on earth—”
As Sibaek gestured for the attendants to rush and close the window, Uicheon raised his hand.
“Wait.”
Everyone froze at his command, suspended in stillness.
A thin strip of silk undulated on the surging wind, flowing until it settled into Uicheon’s palm.
Sibaek’s eyes widened in astonishment.
“Could it be… a Wind Letter from Cheongryong Palace?”
The Wind Letter of Cheongryong Palace, carried on currents of air, was arguably the fastest courier on the Continent, yet it was no ordinary means of communication to be used lightly.
Depending on the distance, it consumed a considerable amount of Supernatural Ability.
“Strange. There’s no crisis, so what business could bring—”
Uicheon unfolded the broad, white silk with a tilted head, and his face crumpled at once.
The message, written with calm audacity, stated that Tae-o had invaded Cheongryong Palace without warning, but was to be treated as a guest, and that one day the debt would be collected.
Written by Cheong-un himself, the finest calligrapher on the Continent, the Wind Letter produced in Uicheon a dual effect—both relief and fury.
“This… this… that brat of mine—!”
Sibaek quietly moved to close the window, still lashed by wind, and pretended to pick up the abandoned Wind Letter from the floor, glancing over it briefly.
Uicheon sat down with what seemed like an oncoming headache, but for the military advisor Sibaek, the Wind Letter held a different meaning entirely.
The youngest had not merely commanded the Yuk-an-gwi through a Summoning Circle of his own drawing—he had ridden it there himself.
Sibaek found himself wishing, for once, to live a long life.
Because perhaps one day, when the youngest had grown, he would become a lord worthy of that dream, a man who could realize his vision.

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Unaware of his aging father’s gnawing heart.
The next morning, Tae-o was still sleeping late in Aran’s room.
Aran, who had not yet obtained a physical form, had shared her brand-new pink bedding with the guest overnight, though it had been no easy decision to make.

“Why does only that guy get to sleep with Aran?”
“Come on, Min and I can sleep with Aran too! This is fair!”
“Fair? It’s totally unfair!”
“No matter how you say it!”

The twins’ fiery objections, of course.

“What? You don’t know the Seven-Year Gender Separation Rule? How could Aran sleep in the same room as him?”

And even young Suryeon, that pint-sized moralist, had stepped in to oppose it.
Yet because neither Aran nor Tae-o had yet reached seven years of age, Suryeon’s objection soon lost its force.

“Huh? I’ve never slept alone before.”

And because Tae-o, freshly scolded by Cheong-un, had suddenly begun acting like a Precious and Sheltered young master—
Sorim had ended up spending the night in Aran’s room with the two little ones.
Leaving Tae-o and Aran alone together was vetoed at Hui’s discretion before anyone even thought to ask Cheong-un.
Despite their youth, Hui remained wary of Tae-o, as if the boy might seize an opportunity to spirit Aran away altogether.
As a result, Sorim found herself spending an unexpected night in Aran’s quarters, facing an awkward morning.
Sorim woke first and tidied her nest, then Aran stirred awake next.
She ruffled her wings once and glanced back to find Tae-o sprawled face-down on the wide cushion they used as a bed, his cheek pressed against it.
Aran studied Tae-o’s face quietly.
His round, youthful cheeks were plump and adorable as glutinous rice cakes, and his thick dark eyelashes lay neatly closed like tiny seashells.
When standing, he seemed to tower over Min by a head or so, but lying down like this, she couldn’t even tell.
“Chirp.”
(Such an impossibly cute creature…….)
Aran was turning over yesterday’s incident—Tae-o’s breach into the Moonless Fortress—when those feathery lashes fluttered and opened, revealing eyes of jade-green that gleamed into view.
Then Tae-o’s apricot-colored lips curved into a smile.
“Hello, Aran.”
Aran tucked away her thoughts and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Peep?”
(Yes, did you sleep well?)

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On the morning of the fourth day since an unexpected guest had arrived at Cheongryong Palace.
Yeon greeted Cheong-un with a sullen expression.
“Did you sleep well, Father?”
“Mm, you slept well too, didn’t you?”
But Yeon’s reply, which usually stretched on with dream tales or complaints about Min’s restless sleep, didn’t come back quickly this time.
Cheong-un tilted his head and called to his son again.
“Yeon?”
“Oh, Father…….”
Yeon only then seemed to snap back to attention, looking up at his father.
“Um, there’s something I’m curious about…….”
Cheong-un couldn’t help but let out a soft chuckle, gazing down at his youngest.
He could plainly see what was troubling the boy.
Sure enough, hesitant Yeon struggled to open his lips and ask.
“When…… when is the guest from Hyeonmu House going to leave?”
“A guest from Hyeonmu House? You mean Tae-o? What, you two haven’t gotten close yet?”
Cheong-un pretended not to know, and Yeon’s face twisted in misery.
“W-well, Father, it’s hard to get close to that one. Not that it matters anyway. I don’t really want to be close to them!”
It was unusual for Yeon, who was nothing like Min, to show such a pouting reaction.
A smile of amusement flickered at the corners of Cheong-un’s mouth, but he suppressed it skillfully.
“Is that so? Why not? You used to say you were curious when I mentioned having a friend your age with a Supernatural Ability.”
“C-curious and wanting to be close are different things! Now that I’ve actually met them, I don’t want to be close at all!”
Cheong-un watched as Yeon’s small face flushed all the way to his ears, spitting out his words in a rush, and finally gave way to suppressed laughter.
“Fine, fine. Whether you two get close is up to you—but it sounds like you’re upset about something else?”
“U-upset? Well, it’s just……, upset is……!”
Yeon hesitated, unable to find the right words, then suddenly burst into tears.
“Waaah, Father……! That one keeps holding onto Aran and won’t let go. Aran says she has to be nice to guests, so she only listens to that one! If my big brother weren’t here, I couldn’t even understand what Aran says……!”
Yeon poured out his grievances while tears streamed down his face.
“Waah, that one has a different Supernatural Ability, so why can they use Sign Language too? Is it because they’re still young?”
It seemed that Yeon’s recent sorrow at not understanding Aran’s Sign Language had finally erupted because of Tae-o.
“I k-know that talking like this to a guest isn’t befitting of a proud Blue Dragon…….”
Yeon continued without giving Cheong-un time to answer.
“Waaah, now that they’ve slept two whole nights here, can’t they just go back to their own palace? Aran has been playing with that one all day long, and Yeon feels so wronged……!”
“My, but Aran is supposed to be your best friend. You must have felt lonely, hmm?”
Cheong-un barely held back his laughter and replied with exaggerated seriousness, and Yeon’s small head bobbed vigorously in agreement.
Indeed it had.
Yeon had always believed his bond with Aran ran deeper than with his twin Min, who looked exactly like him.
He’d never imagined that Aran would spend two whole days glued to a guest from another palace like they were a matched pair.
And Yeon hadn’t even been sought out once!
“Waaaaah, does Aran like that one better than Yeon……!”
The Increasingly Suspicious Duckling of the Blue Dragon House – Chapter 25
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