The Blue Dragon Clan’s Very Suspicious Little Chick - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35

“To be honest…… thinking back on how the lord has conducted himself all this time, it’s certainly plausible.”
Cheongun murmured absently.
“Let the old man try what he likes. I have no intention of handing anything over.”
Sorim’s face, which had been watching the conversation with growing concern, suddenly brightened.
“Then might I offer congratulations to the young lady? On the appearance of her Pattern?”
“Hmm……”
As Cheongun pondered, Huirim ventured carefully forward.
“Forgive my presumption, but I should like to recommend we maintain the present state for some time yet.”
Cheongun’s cool gaze fixed on his faithful servant.
Though Cheongun seemed lenient in all matters, he possessed an exacting standard and remarkable decisiveness beneath the surface.
More than that, his love for family was singular.
Huirim swallowed hard, fearing he might have overstepped. “The young lady does not yet possess the outward appearance of a Phoenix, after all. As things stand, no one would suspect her even if we simply called her an adopted daughter.”
At this, Sorim unexpectedly shifted his position and agreed.
“Indeed. Should any dispute arise between branches of the family, the young lady is still far too young to claim any voice in the matter. In that case, there may be no reason to draw unnecessary attention by revealing what remains hidden.”
Cheongun did not appear to agree with his sibling’s counsel.
“Aran is worried, you say? I don’t want my daughter fretting needlessly.”
Sorim answered briskly.
“Then I shall simply attend to her well! I’m certain of it!”
Cheongun let out a soft laugh.
“Should I truly trust you, instructor?”
“Yes, no problem at all!”
Sorim cried out so loudly that Cheongun shook the pearl strings of his Crown.
“My ears ache. Mind your voice, if you please.”
Sorim’s reply came now in an increasingly muted tone.
“Yes, I under
stand
……”

At length, Cheongun spoke.
“We’ll observe for a time yet. Instructor, for now you know nothing.”
“Understood. I’ll pretend to know nothing, yet I shall chant like a prayer every single day that the young lady is surely the Phoenix, and at the same time the eternal youngest of Cheongnyong Palace!”
Cheongun’s lips curved in satisfaction.
“Precisely. Nothing but the truth.”

***

Tae-o had sent letters like clockwork, once a week, ever since his visit to Cheongnyong Palace last spring—though always by way of the Divine Ear.

The twins couldn’t write yet, and she’d worried that if they learned too early, it might seem unnatural.
But was today an ordinary day?
Today was the day the great Phoenix Cheon Aran had manifested her Supernatural Ability twenty years ahead of her previous life!
She’d resolved to keep it secret from the Cheongnyong Clan for now, so she couldn’t boast—but her fingers itched.
So she decided to write a letter to Tae-o herself and send it.
In the afternoon, just as the twins were dragged away for their bath.
Aran cracked open the door and surveyed the empty corridor.
“Good.”
Perfectly deserted.
She unfolded paper in secret and ground the ink.
When she picked up the brush, it felt absurdly large.
But… this much ought to be manageable…
Though still small, her hands were more than capable enough. With some difficulty, she gripped the brush and began to write.

“Dear Tae-o, how are you?

Today something happy happened to me.
I’ll tell you all about it next time we meet.”

She’d barely finished writing that much when—
Bang!
A tremendous racket erupted, the door flew open, and the twins came tumbling in.
“Aran!”
…Wait? Hadn’t they gone to bathe?
Aran flinched and set down her brush, hurrying to tuck away the letter, but Min—rolling in like a wheel—planted both eyes wide as oil lamps on the desk.
“Wow! Aran, did you write this? Really?”
Yeon, who’d followed close behind, picked up the letter with wonder.
“Seriously, seriously? Aran learned to write? When?”
Aran wrinkled her nose, torn.
She’d been frustrated about it long enough, but could she really claim to know writing already?
Unlike the twins, who’d only recently taken a master as teacher and begun their studies, Aran hadn’t even started learning characters yet.
Of course, Sorim had always been diligent reading books aloud to her, but if she suddenly claimed to have learned to write, the little dragons might be disappointed….
“Ah, well, actually….”
Aran was scrambling for some explanation when Yeon broke into a brilliant smile.
“See? The Phoenix is clever after all!”
Hmm…?
Had Cheongun’s Phoenix Genius Theory already spread to the children?
Sure enough, Min was quick to agree.
“That’s right, the Phoenix is a genius!”
Oh, never mind.
Resigned to her fate, Aran let them be, and the twins grew ecstatic, peering at the letter again and again.
They read “Hello, Tae-o” slowly and haltingly along with her.
Then, breaking into a grin, they started wheedling.
“If Aran helps us now, we can finish our homework super fast….”
“Min’s hand hurts so much he only finished half his work today!”
Aran chuckled and folded the letter away to the side.
“Min, didn’t you climb that persimmon tree barehanded this afternoon? I find it hard to believe such strong hands would ache from holding a brush….”
“They do!”
Min protested indignantly.
“The persimmon tree’s so big you can grab it without bending your fingers! But a brush is too thin! When you try to hold it, your fingers really, really hurt!”
He scrunched his brow and mimed the motion of gripping a brush.
It was obvious he genuinely considered this an ordeal of terrible suffering.
Aran giggled and found the thickest brush in her collection, pressing it into Min’s hand.
“There then. Why don’t you practice with this one? It’s enormous! Barely different from a twig.”
“Eeek! Practice…?”
Meanwhile, Yeon rose smoothly to his feet.
“I’m done with my homework, so I’m leaving!”
When had Yeon gotten so fast?
Before she could catch him, he’d bolted—straight to the household lord’s chambers, naturally.
“Father! Aran can write! She’s a total genius!”
The Phoenix Genius Theory, which had until now existed only within Cheongnyong Palace, spread its wings once more.

***

One year later.
The twins who’d once visited Aran’s room now stood facing each other with gloomy expressions.
“Ugh, Aran went out again!”
“She should take us with her! This is mean!”
Where the twins stood stomping their feet, a pink jacket and sky-blue trousers lay in human shape on the bed.
Unlike the young dragons, Aran could transform to her true form freely, so she’d gone out into the world alone again.
“Should we check the Banwol River?”
“Maybe. She could be sneaking off to meet Tae-o again.”
At Min’s speculation, Yeon shook his head.
“No, I don’t think so. He went out without permission last week and got scolded something fierce. She said she’d cut him off if he did it again.”
Then Min’s lip curled.
“But he just has to cry and look pitiful, and she’ll forgive him anyway. He only acts good around her.”
Yeon couldn’t bring herself to argue, and let out a sigh instead.
“Whenever I see how he treats that poor old turtle, I just want to sigh. If I had a turtle like that, I’d really spoil it…….”
“Me too! Six eyes—that’s incredible! Even more than fingers!”
“If it were me, I’d brag about it six times a day!”
The twins, who had launched into what amounted to a Tae-o roasting session, soon turned their attention back to Cheon Aran’s whereabouts.
“Or maybe we should just check around the walls? She might be playing with the birds.”
“Lucky Aran! Getting to fly around with the birds as much as she wants!”
“Right! Let’s head to the Training Grounds first then.”
“No, young masters, you won’t be going to the Training Grounds.”
The twins jumped back in shock at the sudden interjection of Sorim’s voice.
“Goodness! Master Instructor, why do you always appear without a sound? You frightened us!”
Of course, Sorim was not one to be deterred so easily.
“Oh? I suspect you were startled because something was weighing on your minds, wouldn’t you say?”
“No, no! Aran said she’d finish any homework in a flash if she helps! We’d rather wait for Aran!”
“But that’s not young Miss Aran’s homework, is it? You two, back to your rooms at once. Begin your assignments immediately!”
“I—”
m—
mediately…….”
“I don’t hear you! Ten laps around the Training Grounds instead?!”
“We’ll do it, beginning now……!”
The twins yelped and shoved each other as they bolted from the room, each determined to be first out the door.
Sorim watched their retreating figures with evident affection.
Then he carefully folded the clothes Cheon Aran had left behind.
“I wonder what sort of birds our young miss is playing with today.”

***

At that same moment, Cheon Aran was receiving news from the birds about the Imperial Palace.
“Squawk! Squawk?”
(Elder! From what I hear, the birds aren’t even venturing near the Imperial Palace these days?)
The Cheongnyong Clan’s Many Suspicious Chicks — Episode 35
Digital Release Date | 2026.08.05

Author | Raviolli
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