The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108

[Let’s discuss the first agenda item first.]

Jinryongnyeong, who continued speaking, looked at Sayeongryeong.

[This concerns Saryeom House. Sayeongryeong, explain.]

Sayeongryeong slowly raised her body.

The massive serpent’s form uncoiled and stretched upright.

[The former head of the house, Saemho, tried to harm me.]

Sayeongryeong’s voice was cold and resolute.

[For that crime, I deposed him from his position as head and deleted him from the registry. I guarantee that the current head, Rin, became head through proper procedures.]

Murmurs arose among the Guardian Spirits.

[Hmm… Trying to harm a Guardian Spirit, is that true?]

Chukuryeong shook his massive bull head and asked in a heavy voice.

[Is such a thing even possible in the first place? How could a mere human manage it?]

Jaseoryeong asked in a strangely squeaking tone.

Moa felt Jaseoryeong looking at Sayeongryeong with interest.

‘They said it’s a family good at gathering information.’

This was information she had collected in advance before coming here.

Thinking of it as her mother’s family Guardian Spirit, Moa unconsciously felt a sense of familiarity.

[It’s true. Shamefully, if a Guardian Spirit decides to corrupt itself, it goes mad at that moment. He induced such a situation…]

Sayeongryeong answered, trembling with shame.

[…Foolish.]

Inhoryeong snorted.

It was ambiguous whether this was mockery toward Saemho who plotted such a thing, or toward Sayeongryeong who fell for that plot.

[Then Saem Lin’s position as head is legitimate. Anyone with objections?]

No one raised objections to Jinryongnyeong’s summary.

The statue of Myotoryeong, standing far away, naturally remained silent as well.

Moa inwardly let out a sigh of relief.

‘Thank goodness for Rin!’

Though she expected this, she felt happy when it actually passed.

[It, it was such a heavy topic… I couldn’t bear to interrupt… but didn’t you originally look different…?]

Miyangnyeong, the sheep Guardian Spirit, asked in a gentle voice.

Miyangnyeong seemed to have good attention to detail, having been continuously observing the surroundings.

[Ahaha, did only my appearance change? My name changed too! I’ll speak about that part later.]

Sayeongryeong answered in a cheerful tone.

She had postponed it until the agenda about Moa came up.

[Next is the second agenda item, concerning the Emperor.]

The atmosphere became much heavier.

[The current Emperor is violating the Heavenly Deity’s laws and threatening the Twelve Families. Jinryong Clan, Saryeom House, and Haejeo Family have suffered damage. Of course, there may be other families that suffered damage without knowing it themselves. It was an extremely cunning method.]

Anger was embedded in Jinryongnyeong’s voice.

[Why would the Emperor do such things?]

The assembly stirred.

[I want to ask about the opinion that the Emperor should be deposed.]

[Deposition…]

Sulguryeong, who had the form of a clever and dignified massive dog, tilted his head.

[It’s not an easy matter.]

[Unanimous agreement is required.]

Inhoryeong said.

His gaze turned toward Myotoryeong’s statue.

[But Myotoryeong is in a sealed state. We cannot ask for his will.]

‘Sealed state?’

Moa, who had been listening to the Guardian Spirits’ debate and trying to understand each of their personalities, tilted her head at the unexpected words.

‘A Guardian Spirit gets sealed…?’

Come to think of it, she recalled information she had heard at Haejeo Family.

‘They said the horse family was ruined…’

Moa turned her head to look for the horse Guardian Spirit.

She could find Ohaeryeong on one side, who seemed somehow powerless and relatively translucent in form.

‘Even if a family is ruined, the Guardian Spirit doesn’t turn to stone, then?’

Ohaeryeong was somehow similar in form to Somi.

Moa glanced at Somi and Ohaeryeong, then harbored a small curiosity about why the rabbit Guardian Spirit had turned to stone.

Because it seemed to be in an even worse state than Ohaeryeong or Somi, who could at least have conversations.

[Anyway, until Myotoryeong’s seal is lifted, we can’t achieve unanimity, so direct deposition would be difficult, woof.]

Sulguryeong sighed and barked.

Heavy silence descended.

‘They can’t drive out the Emperor?’

Moa clenched her fists tightly.

Then what would happen to Danhwi’s situation?

While Moa was feeling impatient, Jinryongnyeong spoke again.

[But it’s not that there’s no method.]

The Guardian Spirits’ gazes focused on Jinryongnyeong.

[We cannot directly depose the Emperor, but we can keep him in check.]

[How?]

Haejeoryeong asked.

Jinryongnyeong’s gaze turned to Moa.

[By protecting that child.]

“M-me?”

Moa’s eyes widened.

[That child has special power. Power that the Emperor would covet.]

[So?]

[Let’s watch over and protect that child. But it must not be revealed.]

Jinryongnyeong’s voice lowered.

[What kind of power is it? For us Guardian Spirits to raise an agenda for one human doesn’t fit the natural order.]

As much as they possessed great power, Guardian Spirits had to follow extremely strict natural laws when using their power.

[Hmm. Then let’s proceed directly to the third agenda item and explain.]

Jinryongnyeong looked at Moa and Somi.

[You must be excited about the human’s presence, but pay attention to the Guardian Spirit beside her as well. A new Guardian Spirit has appeared.]

The Guardian Spirits’ gazes poured onto Somi.

[A new Guardian Spirit?]

[It hasn’t been many years since the Heavenly Deity stopped responding, and now one has appeared again?]

The Guardian Spirits became noisy with chatter.

Somi stepped forward.

Though she had a smaller body than anyone else in this place, only her golden eyes shone cleverly.

[I’ll speak for myself! I am the thirteenth, cat Guardian Spirit Somi!]

The assembly stirred greatly.

[Thirteenth? Where does such a thing exist!]

Inhoryeong shouted angrily.

[We are the twelve zodiacs! Twelve, not thirteen!]

[But I’m here! I really am a Guardian Spirit! I’m Moa’s Guardian Spirit!]

Somi didn’t back down. She hissed and showed her temper to the Guardian Spirits.

[How can a Guardian Spirit protect one human?!]

[Because Moa is an amazing being, so it’s possible!]

Somi proudly showed off her pride in Moa, whom she protected.

‘Somi, you can do it!’

Moa stood behind her, cheering Somi on while clenching her fists tightly.

[She’s small and has a strange name, but she is a Guardian Spirit… I think she really is one?]

Shinhoryeong looked down at Somi with the characteristically bright eyes of a monkey and muttered.

[I’ve been protecting Moa since the moment she was born. So if you accept that I’m a Guardian Spirit, give me my place too!]

Somi shouted angrily.

Then, everyone seemed bewildered but convinced that Somi was indeed a Guardian Spirit, and the spot where Somi stood shot upward.

“Wh-whoooooa!”

Moa screamed as she was carried up along with her.

Having never ridden any amusement park rides other than those for toddlers due to height restrictions, Moa felt dizzy from this completely new sensation.

Fortunately, Somi quickly wrapped her tail around Moa’s body, and the watch created a barrier, so she didn’t vomit or lose consciousness.

“Hiek…”

Having shot up into the distant sky, Moa stuck out her tongue as she looked at the massive Guardian Spirits that were now visible much more clearly.

[But why don’t you appear in your true form?]

To Inhoryeong’s question, Somi answered in a slightly clouded voice.

[I came here after being in another world with Moa. So I’m still searching for where my true form is.]

[You came from another world?]

Jaseoryeong became curious about this interesting story, but Somi didn’t elaborate further as she had more important things to discuss.

[There’s one thing I want to say.]

[What is it?]

[I’m currently sharing this child’s power. It’s to repair the broken vessel because the child used too much power.]

At Somi’s words, Jinryongnyeong’s eyes widened.

[The child’s vessel is broken? No, how could this be?]

Looking closely, they could indeed see the problems that had occurred in Moa’s vessel, as well as Somi’s currently broken body from taking on the damage.

[It would help protect the child for now since she’ll appear ordinary to the Emperor’s eyes… but just in case, I want to build a stronger barrier around the child.]

[That would be insufficient with just your young power alone.]

Jinryongnyeong replied. Somi’s tail drooped weakly.

[What kind of power does that child have in the first place? What is it that makes Jinryongnyeong make such a fuss?]

Inhoryeong asked, tapping the air with his long tail as if demanding an answer.

Perhaps because they were both felines, his attitude strangely overlapped with Somi’s, making Moa gradually develop a fondness for Inhoryeong too.

‘He’s like a big Somi grandfather. Hehe. I wonder if the tiger grandfather likes boxes too?’

While Moa was having these random thoughts, Sayeongryeong answered in an excited voice as if it was her turn.

[That child is the only one in this world who can heal spirits and Guardian Spirits. She’s the one who made me ‘evolve’ like this!]

As soon as she finished speaking, Sayeongryeong proudly puffed flames between her scales with a whoosh.

[Ev-evolution? No, really… so much has changed!]

All the Guardian Spirits examining Sayeongryeong exclaimed in amazement.

[I suspect there’s some connection between the Heavenly Deity and the baby.]

At Sayeongryeong’s words, the space instantly froze.

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