The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

‘What could he want to ask?’

Though puzzled, Moa was more delighted at the prospect of seeing Jin Saheon and happily got up.

Jin Saheon seemed to be busy investigating something after the assassin’s intrusion.

Seeing the child smile brightly for the first time in a while, Sehui’s face also lit up with a smile.

It was Sehui who had been comforting Moa when she felt sad about not seeing Jin Saheon for so long, so she was secretly pleased to hear the request to bring her to the Master’s Garden.

Moa, who had run to the garden in one breath, saw Jin Saheon standing in the distance and bounced up and down in place.

“Master Uncle!”

“Come here.”

Moa fluttered like a butterfly as she ran toward Jin Saheon.

“Master Uncle, thank you. The clothes are pretty, and the food is delicious. The bad uncle doesn’t come anymore either!”

“…I’m glad you’re satisfied.”

With a young girl suddenly appearing in the family, the steward had quite a hard time preparing suitable items for her.

Moa’s voice as she giggled and chattered about what she liked about her clothes and which foods were delicious sounded just like a babbling brook.

“But why did you call me? Only now…”

Moa clasped her hands behind her back, stuck out her belly, and swayed back and forth as she muttered.

It was her own way of expressing that she felt hurt he hadn’t called for her often from the start.

“I called you because I have something to ask.”

“Huh? What is it?”

Moa’s eyes widened at Jin Saheon’s words.

“I hear you’ve been approaching my sons lately. Why?”

At his question, Moa’s face briefly turned pale.

‘Could it be.’

Does he want to tell her to leave because he doesn’t like such a child?

Moa nervously fidgeted with her fingers, feeling dejected for no reason.

“The oppas were sick, so I helped them.”

After hesitating for a moment, Moa spoke in a small voice.

Since no one gave her any errands to run, this was the ‘reason’ the child had found for herself to be at Jin Ryong Manor.

Jin Saheon, who had been looking down at Moa, soon nodded curtly and said, “I see.”

‘So she’s just a child after all.’

Recently, some of the clan’s elders had been protesting about giving Cheongbindang to the child.

It was the opinion of some elders who had been informed about the Master’s assassination incident.

‘It’s a fairly valid point though.’

They were asking why he had placed a child involved in that incident so close to Naedan.

Since it was an expected reaction, he didn’t bother to add to their suspicions.

He had explained that he brought her to Cheongbindang for protection and observation, but they wanted to confirm that the child had no flaws whatsoever.

Everyone was sensitive because strange misfortunes were already occurring within the Sega.

Moreover, a young child with an obviously extraordinary appearance who appeared in the mountains without parents was suspicious.

If they had known about her ears and tail, they might have caused an uproar demanding she be expelled entirely.

And just at that time, Bihui had…

“…Master Uncle?”

Jin Saheon, who had been briefly thinking about today’s purpose, was awakened from his thoughts by Moa’s puzzled call when she saw him lost in thought.

“I heard Yeongang got some sleep thanks to you. Thank you.”

The tense Moa soon realized that her worry had been a misunderstanding.

Since he was thanking her, it didn’t seem like he meant for her not to approach them!

Moa inwardly sighed with relief and shook her head.

“I didn’t really do anything… Yeongang oppa seems to get sleepy when he sees me!”

Moa still didn’t properly know that she had exercised a fragment of special power.

“I see. I heard you also had tea with Yoona?”

“Who’s Yoona?”

“Dowoon. When calling a young child, you attach the character for ‘young child’ to the last syllable as a nickname.”

Moa, who had been tilting her head, exclaimed “Ah!”

Yeongang was Ganga, Dowoon was Yoona.

She had cleverly understood when Jin Dowoon called Yeongang ‘Ganga’, but now she finally understood the pattern.

“Then am I Aa?”

Moa put both fists to her mouth and giggled. As the child’s expression brightened with laughter, Jin Saheon’s complexion, which had been secretly worried, also brightened somewhat.

He had been puzzled because Moa’s complexion, which had been cheerful at first, gradually grew darker.

He never dreamed that Moa would misunderstand that she was being interrogated.

While it would be a lie to say there wasn’t an observational gaze on the child, his earlier stiff tone was just a habit from being accustomed to business.

“Hmm~”

Moa, who had been giggling for a while over the mysterious word ‘Aa’, hummed a song she was hearing for the first time.

Seeing her clearly lose interest, Jin Saheon made the first suggestion.

“Let me show you around the garden.”

“Are we going for a walk?”

Understanding that he meant to walk together, Moa held out her hand.

Jin Saheon silently looked at the child’s outstretched hand.

Her chubby, childlike palm fluttered like a butterfly near his waist.

Fifteen and eleven years old. His sons had passed the age where they would want their father’s hand on their own, so this situation was very rare.

He carefully took Moa’s hand, as if extending a sense that had been withdrawn.

‘…I wonder how this will go.’

Jin Saheon recalled that his spirit beast Bihui had wanted to see Moa.

While spirit beasts usually followed their masters around, Bihui typically lay in the middle of the Master’s Garden, watching over the affairs of Jinryong Clan.

After the true blue dragon of Jinryong Clan stopped responding, this was chosen as a way to protect the family instead.

After the attempt to assassinate the head of Jinryong Clan, the work of catching the evil beast was more sluggish than expected.

As Moa’s stay at the Sega grew longer because of this, Bihui had finally said she wanted to meet Moa.

‘She must want to verify something…’

He didn’t know what could be verified about a child as small as a bean, but the intention conveyed from Bihui was very serious.

She would have to win Bihui’s favor.

If Bihui judged that there was even the slightest problem with Moa, he couldn’t continue to keep Moa within the family as the Master.

Worried about the child who might be expelled alone, he was nervous in his own way.

‘Divine power… or something like that.’

Recalling the faint divine power he had felt from Moa’s ears and tail, Jin Saheon was about to take Moa to the center of the garden where Bihui was.

He could have gone straight there if a familiar face hadn’t interfered.

“Master.”

At the garden entrance, an elder dressed in heavy silk official robes came out and bowed his head to Jin Saheon.

He was the one who had been advising Jin Saheon to expel Moa.

“Is this child the problematic one?”

His gaze swept over Moa’s small body.

His hardened face softened slightly upon seeing the extremely small Moa, then hardened again as he remembered his duty to uphold the family’s laws and safety.

His eyes were sharp, as if trying to uncover Moa’s suspicious identity.

“To keep a child of unclear origins so openly by your side.”

“Vice-Chairman. You go too far.”

Jin Saheon stepped forward as if to protect Moa from his gaze.

However, Moa had already heard the critical words and witnessed the cold stare.

The moment Moa heard ‘of unclear origins’, her heart sank.

“Enough. Don’t speak carelessly to the child.”

Jin Saheon covered Moa’s ears and scolded the elder.

However, the elder did not back down, stubborn with conviction.

“Master, I am concerned for the family-“

The adults were fighting again because of her.

—Thud.

Just as tears were about to fill Moa’s eyes, the ground suddenly rumbled low.

Bihui, who had been keeping watch at the center of the garden, suddenly stirred.

The Elder’s face turned pale.

“Bihui is…”

Bihui usually shows no interest unless it concerns the Head of the Manor or family matters.

But now, as if warning not to approach the child, it slowly raised its head and glared at the Elder.

Receiving a hostile gaze for the first time, the Elder’s body stiffened.

Soon, Bihui turned its head toward Moa and approached.

“…A rock?”

To Moa’s eyes, it looked like a large blue boulder rolling toward her.

Unconsciously feeling curious, Moa opened her eyes wide.

What she had thought was a rock was moving as if breathing softly.

Moa realized that countless blue scale fragments were layered across its surface.

Eyes that had been closed in a straight line, making it look like just a lump, suddenly opened with a flash.

“…Its eyes sparkled!”

The scales caught the sunlight and gave off a gentle luster with their subtle movements.

Jin Saheon silently watched the scene.

Moa, who had let go of his hand at some point, carefully placed her hand on the creature’s surface.

Then…

Thud—

A cool vibration spread through the air.

Moa felt her fingertips growing warm.

“I guess it’s not just a rock after all.”

Jin Saheon nodded.

“Bihui is my spirit. It likes to lie flat on the ground like a boulder.”

“Its name is Bihui?”

“That’s right.”

Moa’s mouth fell open in wonder.

Seeing the hurt child momentarily forget the situation while marveling at Bihui, Jin Saheon inwardly swallowed a sigh.

An innocent child who gets hurt in ordinary ways.

‘To think they pointed a blade at such a child…’

Though the child hadn’t noticed, Bihui was sending its intentions to its master.

Just as Moa had observed Bihui, Bihui had also observed the child.

Jin Saheon’s eyes trembled slightly as he felt Bihui’s intentions.

‘Bihui… opened its heart without my permission?’

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