The Blue Dragon Clan’s Very Suspicious Little Chick - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

“Me? What did I do?”
Hui suppressed the anger rising in her throat as she watched Tae-o tilt his head in confusion.
“I mean, fighting with Yeon… shouldn’t we all get along together?”
Hyeonmu, the youngest, blinked his differently colored eyes slowly.
His eyes were striking enough to draw attention, but the next instant the creature opened his mouth and denied it without shame.
“You think I was just now fighting with that baby dragon? Why would I?”
Then Aran landed on Hui’s shoulder with a flutter of wings.
“Chirp? Screech?”
(Brother, I think there’s been some misunderstanding. Could I talk to Yeon separately about this? Tae-o didn’t fight with anyone.)
Hui studied Aran carefully, then carefully brought up the story she’d heard from her father and Yeon.
“But Aran, Tae-o has been monopolizing you ever since he came to Cheongryong Palace. Yeon thinks she’s being ignored and left out.”
Tae-o raised one eyebrow at those words, but made no move to excuse himself.
Instead, Aran answered again.
“Screech, chirp…”
(Goodness, that’s all my fault. I was so absorbed thinking he’d be leaving in a few days that I neglected Yeon. And I had so much I wanted to hear from him, so…)
“Is that so?”
Hui studied the children carefully, then added one more thing.
“Then from now on, Aran, try to pay attention to her. And Tae-o, just be mindful of your words and actions. Our family members are upset.”
Tae-o looked up at the nearly-adult young master of Cheongryong Palace with eyes utterly devoid of fear. The look said: go ahead and try to say something if you dare.
Because of that, Hui found herself, childishly, sympathizing with Yeon’s resentment toward him.
“Aran isn’t your property. No matter how young you are, it’s not right to use language like that with a friend so often. Other friends might feel hurt.”
Then Tae-o’s head tilted askew once more.
“Friend…?”
It was truly exasperating speech. As if he were questioning who could possibly be his friend.
Hui mustered her last reserves of patience.
“So are you saying that after sneaking into Cheongryong Palace without a word of notice, the only friend you have in this palace is Aran?”
When Tae-o closed his eyes briefly and opened them again, his green eyes gleamed with something strange.
Suddenly the window swung wide open and a chill wind poured in.
Whoosh!
The sound of the wind was harsh and biting.
The twins clutched each other’s hands in fear. Unable to bear it any longer, Hui glared at the youngest of Hyeonmu Palace.
Tae-o sat alone in the rushing wind, perfectly serene, and spoke in a measured tone.
“No matter what the young master says, Aran is mine.”
It was not Hui who exploded at that moment, but Aran.
“Chirp! Screeeech! Screech?!”
(You little thing! I praise you, I praise you, and this is how you repay me with such insolence! Tell them it’s all a misunderstanding, say you’re sorry, right now!)
After Hui exchanged glances with the twins and led them out, Tae-o had to endure a scolding that made his ears burn.

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That same afternoon, Hui and the twins returned to Aran’s room.
After they’d all left, having been shooed away, Tae-o was sitting with his hands clasped respectfully before him—a far cry from his demeanor that morning.
Hui eyed him suspiciously and opened her mouth.
“So, have you reflected at all?”
The question was clearly directed at Tae-o, yet he cast a sidelong glance at Aran.
Then he opened his mouth and spoke with perfect eloquence.
“I apologize for wounding the hearts of the Cheongryong Household siblings, who graciously accepted a discourteous intruder as a friend. I was young and ignorant, so I hope you will forgive me.”
Min whispered to Yeon.
“What’s ‘discourteous’?”
She simply shook her head, and it was clear Yeon didn’t know either.
Yet to Hui’s eye, Tae-o’s complete change in attitude seemed far more suspicious than reassuring. One of her eyebrows arched skeptically.
“Is that so? Then what do you plan to do going forward?”
“If you allow me to remain at Cheongryong Palace as we initially agreed, I will make an effort to get along well with the twin dragons.”
The gentle dragons, having endured nothing but neglect, sat quietly without any sign of resistance.
Hui swallowed a sigh and continued.
“And you’ll stop insisting that Aran belongs to you?”
“That’s…….”
For the first time, Tae-o—who until now had recited every word as though reading from scripture—faltered.
“Aran said that’s something this body can’t decide according to her own wishes anyway.”
Hui looked down at Aran with an approving gaze.
Whatever trick she’d employed, she seemed to have thoroughly deflated Hyeonmu’s shameless confidence.
But then Tae-o added something unexpected.
“But the reverse is fine, she said.”
“……The reverse?”
It was then that Aran, who had been merely observing until now, suddenly interjected.
“Chirp-chirp!”
(Tae-o, you don’t have to tell everyone everything we discussed between us. Got it?)
“But I want to say it. I’m so proud.”
By this point, Hui found herself curious.
She turned her gaze from one to the other before settling on Tae-o.
“What is it you want to say? Go on then, let’s hear this pride of yours.”
At that, Tae-o’s cheeks flushed with obvious delight as he spoke.
“If I can’t have Aran, then Aran can have me instead.”
What?
Hui was still processing the meaning when——
Chaos erupted once more.
“Squawk? Chirp!”
(Hey, I told you to be quiet! What kind of man runs his mouth like that?!)
First, Aran descended into hysteria.
“What? What are you saying? Aran wouldn’t want a corrupt beast-man like you anyway!”
Yeon, who had been meekly playing at repentance until now, suddenly shot to his feet.
But gentle, simple-minded Yeon could never match the arrogant Tae-o.
Tae-o’s voice turned glacial.
“You’re out. She already said she wants me.”
“Chirp-chirp!”
(Tae-o, you really won’t listen, will you? I said don’t make our twins cry! You’re just a thug!)
Aran tried to step in and smooth things over for Yeon’s wounded feelings, but unfortunately the twins didn’t understand sign language.
In the end, Yeon burst into tears.
“Waaahhh! Aran! Do you really like him that much? You like him better than Yeon?”
And then came the peculiar self-promotion that followed…….
“Aran! How about Yeon? Yeon is the fastest runner at Cheongryong Palace—don’t you want Yeon?”
“Everyone said Yeon was the prettiest, but now you hate Yeon……!”
“Wait, wait—Yeon is also the biggest eater, wouldn’t you want that?”
“Squawk? Chirp!”
(What? You’re all talking nonsense! Tae-o was so stubborn about it that I just agreed to the reverse arrangement instead!)
Aran cried out in protest, but while the twins couldn’t hear her, Tae-o swiftly sowed more discord.
“Aran, the sky itself says I’m prettier than you. And you, green one—while I’m here, you’re not the fastest anymore.”
Aran rushed at Tae-o and pounded his lips with her wings.
“Chirp? Chirp-chirp!”
(You, Tae-o! Do you really want to die? Why do you keep tormenting the little ones?!)
Even as she did, she looked desperately to Hui for help…….
“Chirp! Chirp-chirp?!”
(Brother! Brother, what are you doing? Do something!)
Hui looked utterly speechless.
“Ah, well, I just…….”
To Aran, who had seemed the room’s only rational being, he let out a long sigh.
“I just want to go home…….”
“Chirp? Chirp-chirp!!”
(What are you saying? Get a grip, brother! This is your home!)

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After Hui himself gave up and left, the children were eventually summoned back to the household head’s chambers.
“Chirp.”
(I don’t want some foolish beast-man who won’t listen no matter how many times you tell him.)
Aran had made her position abundantly clear through threats pitched to his level, so Tae-o sat before Cheongun with glistening eyes and began his excuses.
“I’ve wanted to get close to the youngest of Hyeonmu Palace ever since before I knew you existed—someone far away in a place I’d never seen.”
Cheongun studied the youngest member of Hyeonmu Palace with careful attention, someone he’d glimpsed once through future sight.
The child had grown far taller than the image from that vision, yet there was no mistaking it—that same unmistakable face. How could he ever forget those features?
The Cheongryong Household’s Many Suspicious Tales Chapter 27
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