The Blue Dragon Clan’s Very Suspicious Little Chick - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70

Nan Yeong squinted one eye and rubbed her solar plexus.
“I’m so sorry, miss. I think the long ride has upset my stomach.”
“Is that so? Should I ask Min to take a look?”
Nan Yeong shook her head quickly.
“No, it’s probably just motion sickness. I can’t trouble your brother over something so trivial.”
But the real reason was that she didn’t dare ask hastily—not when Min’s Healing might fail.
He was still clumsy at it, and seemed genuinely disappointed each time he faltered.
Aran watched Nan Yeong with some unease as she tidied their quarters and reviewed the day’s schedule despite her obvious discomfort.
It was their eighth year together, yet this was the first time she’d shown any sign of illness.
Was she really all right?

***

Aran had left Nan Yeong to rest in the Palace Hall while she attended a banquet with Hong Bi.
But when she returned, Nan Yeong’s complexion had grown visibly worse.
“Nan Yeong, did you eat something? I mean, was there anything you ate that the rest of us didn’t?”
Nan Yeong rose on her elbows, cold sweat beading on her skin, but Aran quickly pressed her shoulders back down.
“You’re sick. Very sick. Stay down and tell me what you ate.”
“I’m not sure, miss. I had some dried meat on horseback, and… at the Imperial Palace I drank water and a persimmon punch…”
“But we all had those, didn’t we?”
If her body were fine, she would have forced herself up.
Nan Yeong lay limp, only managing a faint nod.
“Actually, I threw up most of it while you were away. But my vision keeps going dark…”
“Hong Bi, watch over Nan Yeong for me.”
At Aran’s words, Hong Bi quickly moved to sit beside her and nodded.
“Are you going for help?”
“Yes.”
Aran answered curtly and stood, but her gaze lingered on Nan Yeong’s fingertips.
Her nails were darkening.
Aran, who had been feigning composure, bolted from the Palace Hall the moment she stepped outside, running frantically toward the Eastern Hall where Hyeon Tae-o was.
“Tae-o!”
It had been a long time since she’d called his name like this. Ever since that night last year, Aran had found it terribly difficult to face Hyeon Tae-o.
For the past year, she’d ignored nearly all his letters, and at the ceremony and banquet just now, she’d kept him at a cold distance.
Hyeon Tae-o, who had been watching only for her attention and could barely bring himself to speak, rushed out in shock.
“Aran…?”
Aran seized his hand urgently.
“Something’s wrong with Nan Yeong. I think she’s been poisoned. Can you come look at her?”
The hopeful light that had been in Hyeon Tae-o’s expression dimmed at once.
Aran noticed the change and quickly added:
“Ah, well… I know I haven’t been writing back much recently…”
At that, Hyeon Tae-o smiled with a cool expression.
“You don’t owe me excuses. Just tell me what you need.”
From very early childhood—so young that memory itself was barely formed—he had always said that he belonged to Aran.
It was a clumsy thing to say when one was so young, but now he understood it. He had simply wanted to give her everything.
There had been so much over the years.
Everyone had held expectations for Hyeon Tae-o, looking up to the mere thirteen-year-old boy with reverence.
Of course, all those achievements had only added to Aran’s troubles…
Yet Hyeon Tae-o remained unchanged from his childhood.
“What you want is what I want.”
Aran looked up at him steadily as she heard his resolute voice.
Even beneath the darkening evening sky, he was handsome enough to shine.
A boy whose striking appearance alone made it impossible to see him as ordinary.
What did those eyes—that jade-green hue unlike any other’s—see?
He was far too brilliant for thirteen, precocious, and yet…
She really ought to have a conversation with Hyeon Tae-o.
But for now, Nan Yeong’s condition took priority.
Aran carefully released Hyeon Tae-o’s hand, which she’d been gripping like a lifeline.
“Nan Yeong is ill. At first she said her stomach was unsettled, but now her fingertips have turned black. She’s vomited everything she ate, and it’s still happening.”
Hyeon Tae-o nodded.
“Wait here for a moment.”
He disappeared into the room and returned carrying a box wrapped in black cloth. It had to be the medicine from Xuanwu Palace.
Though another Supernatural Ability had manifested in Hyeon Tae-o during their time apart, Aran found herself beyond surprise.
But this was the Imperial Palace, and everyone except Aran wore an Ability Control Device.
So Aran had essentially come here to obtain an antidote from Xuanwu Palace.
“Why are you standing there in a daze? Come on.”
Hyeon Tae-o walked ahead, supporting the box—which he could easily carry in one hand—with both hands instead.
Because of that, he couldn’t take her hand as he normally did without thinking.
Aran followed him with an odd, uncomfortable feeling.

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“It’s not poisoning.”
Hyeon Tae-o declared this the moment he saw Nan Yeong.
Aran looked back and forth between Nan Yeong and Hyeon Tae-o in alarm.
She’d suspected poisoning because Nan Yeong’s condition had deteriorated so rapidly.
It had worsened noticeably both during Aran’s absence at the banquet and in the brief time it took her to fetch Hyeon Tae-o.
“Hah… hah….”
Nan Yeong now lay with a face turned almost ash-gray, gasping for breath while cold sweat beaded her skin.
With only a wet cloth pressed to her forehead, she couldn’t even attempt to sit up anymore.
If this wasn’t poisoning, what on earth could it be?
Xuanwu Beastfolk were reputed to be expert in toxins, but could she really trust the judgment of a still-young Hyeon Tae-o completely?
Aran chose her words carefully.
“Hyeon Tae-o, if we look at her fingertips…”
Hyeon Tae-o simply shook his head.
“Bring Baek Sa-heum here to show him.”
“Not Min, but Sa-heum…?”
Bring Sa-heum?
If there was a problem with her soul, it might be far graver than poisoning.
Aran sprang to her feet, and Hyeon Tae-o rose with her.
Hong Bi, who had been listening silently, asked Aran in distress.
“You’re going to fetch Sa-heum again?”
Nan Yeong looked as though she might lose consciousness at any moment, and Hong Bi clearly feared being left alone with her in that state.
Hyeon Tae-o spoke as if he had no choice.
“I’ll bring him.”
Though he lodged in the same hall, everyone in the Four Celestial Palace knew that Hyeon Tae-o had been wary of Sa-heum all along.
Hong Bi stared at him in astonishment, and Hyeon Tae-o spoke again.
“Watch over Nan Yeong carefully, Aran.”
If it weren’t too late, Aran would have wanted to embrace him.
Whoever he was—what did that matter? How could she have treated him coldly for a whole year?
This child who had given so much for her alone.
And when she thought about it, wasn’t Aran herself the one who was far more suspicious than anyone?
After all, she remembered over a hundred years of her past life.

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“How is she…?”
Aran asked carefully.
Sa-heum had been summoned to the Crown Prince’s Palace of all places, so he didn’t arrive at the Northern Hall until late in the night.
But the moment he looked in on Nan Yeong, he startled visibly and averted his gaze.
Aran’s heart sank as she waited for his answer, yet Sa-heum suddenly sprang up and bolted outside as if fleeing.
A terrible premonition made Aran’s heart pound ominously.
When Aran followed him out, Sa-heum stood rigid in the courtyard, breathing heavily as though badly shaken.
After glancing around and confirming no one was nearby, he approached Aran and spoke in the faintest whisper.
“M-madam. What are we to do about this?”
Aran tried her best to appear composed for the frightened Sa-heum.
“What is it? What did you see? Don’t worry—take your time and tell me what’s happening.”
Baek Sa-heum’s shoulder twitched, and he barely managed to open his mouth.
“It’s…… right now, it looks similar to Nan Yeong and the Crown Prince…….”
“What?”
For a moment, Aran forgot to lower her voice.
Similar to Geon-u? Nan Yeong?
“So that black evil spirit…… the one clinging to the Crown Prince, it…… went to Nan Yeong…….”
Aran couldn’t wait for Sa-heum’s slow words to finish before pressing on.
“Are you saying it transferred to Nan Yeong?”
The Azure Dragon Family’s Questionable Misadventure — Chapter 70
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