The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 110

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Chapter 110

[You want to bring him here?]

Haejeoryeong asked.

[There’s no precedent for a spirit creature staying in the Sacred Sanctuary….]

Sulguryeong said cautiously.

The silver rooster Guardian Spirit Yugyeryeong, who had been silent the entire time, also gazed somewhere far away as if reading the heavens and let out a displeased sigh.

“Somi, what’s a precedent?”

[Something that happened before.]

As soon as she heard Somi’s words, Moa’s head spun rapidly.

‘Oh no, this seems to be going badly!’

They say momentum is important in situations like this.

Moa clenched her fists and shouted.

“This is the first time a human has come here too, right? And this is also the first time such an evil Emperor has appeared!”

Sayeongryeong nodded at Moa’s words.

[That’s right. If it helps keep the Emperor in check, it’s not bad. If we take away the card he’s holding, the Emperor won’t be able to move recklessly either.]

[But how do we bring the spirit creature here?]

Jaseoryeong squeaked as she asked.

[Isn’t it trapped in the Imperial Palace?]

[I can help with that.]

Sayeongryeong answered.

[Saryeom House has a secret passage that connects to the Imperial Palace.]

Moa’s eyes sparkled as she recalled the recent incident when she went to rescue Danhwi.

[I can’t enter directly, but if we can just bring that spirit creature into the passage… I’ll open the door to the Sacred Sanctuary the moment it touches my domain.]

At Sayeongryeong’s words, Moa exclaimed.

“I’ll tell Father and Mother! We just need to bring Goseol from inside the Imperial Palace to the passage!”

[If we do it that way, there should be no problem. However, we cannot take responsibility for any issues that arise if you’re discovered.]

Jinryongnyeong spoke with satisfaction while firmly warning Moa.

Not interfering in human politics was the basic principle of the Guardian Spirits.

“I understand!”

Moa beamed with joy.

Her heart felt warm as it already seemed like Goseol would be safe.

“Goseol will be safe here, right?!”

[Yes. Here, no human can ever lay a hand on him.]

“Thank you! Thank you so very much!”

Moa repeatedly bowed deeply.

Tears formed in her eyes, but a bright smile spread across her lips.

Bowing in all directions to every Guardian Spirit.

When she even bowed to Myotolyeong, who had become a stone statue and wasn’t participating in the meeting, Miyangnyeong looked at Moa with loving eyes.

[It’s too early to be grateful.]

Jinryongnyeong said gently.

[The Sacred Sanctuary is the Guardian Spirits’ space. No one knows what effects a spirit creature staying here for a long time might have.]

The Sacred Sanctuary where the Twelve Zodiac Meeting was held was also the intermediate zone closest to the divine realm where the Heavenly Deity once resided.

“Effects?”

[Spirit creatures were born from us, so they’ve never been close to the divine realm. So it could be good, or it could be bad.]

“But it’s still better than being in the Imperial Palace right now!”

[That’s true. It’s better than the Imperial Palace.]

Moa nodded.

She didn’t know what effects there might be, but it was a hundred times better than being in the Emperor’s hands.

‘Goseol, just wait a little longer.’

Moa placed her hand on her chest and smiled contentedly.

When she felt the warm crystal, her mood improved even more.

[Today’s meeting ends here.]

Jinryongnyeong’s voice echoed throughout the Sacred Sanctuary.

[Let us promise to meet again someday. Until then, each of you should carry out your duties.]

[Understood.]

The Guardian Spirits began to rise from their seats one by one.

[Young Guardian Spirit.]

Just before leaving, Inhoryeong called out to Somi.

[Protect the child well. Don’t become complacent just because there’s a barrier.]

[Of course! I’m Moa’s Guardian Spirit!]

Somi answered with her tail perked up.

[Hmph. I like that you’re cheeky.]

Inhoryeong snorted and disappeared.

‘He was scary at first, but he’s secretly like a caring grandfather.’

While thinking this to herself, a golden symbol appeared again beneath Moa’s feet.

Just before returning, Moa looked around the Sacred Sanctuary one last time.

The floor where the Milky Way flowed. A mysterious world.

And far away, the stone statue of a rabbit that somehow had its eyes closed wistfully.

“Whoaaa!”

While organizing her emotions, her body floated up and then dropped down with a whoosh.

* * *

“Moa!”

When she came to her senses, she heard a familiar voice.

Moa was being held in Jin Saheon’s arms.

“Are you okay? Wasn’t it too difficult?”

“I’m fine!”

Moa smiled brightly.

“It was totally amazing! I went on a space trip!”

Moa exclaimed while swinging her feet back and forth.

‘Being a cool doctor is nice, but becoming an astronaut seems good too.’

If only she had a super cool spaceship rocket, space travel would be pretty nice too.

This adventure had ignited a passion for space travel in the five-year-old’s heart.

“Space?”

Dowoon tilted his head and asked.

“Yeah! The Milky Way was flowing under my feet, and stars were twinkling above my head! I saw shooting stars too!”

Moa explained while waving both arms around.

“And the Guardian Spirit grandmas and grandpas were really, really big! The tiger grandpa was thiiiiiis big!”

Moa spread both arms as wide as possible.

“That’s Inhoryeong. He’d probably get angry if you called him grandpa.”

Yeongang chuckled and gently poked Moa’s nose.

“He didn’t get angry! And I promised to give the tiger grandpa a box as a present!”

“…A box?”

The family members all tilted their heads in unison.

“Yeah! Cats like boxes. The teacher said before that tigers and cats have the same ancestors. He’ll definitely like it!”

Moa said proudly, thinking of Inhoryeong who had acted somewhat similarly to Somi.

Jin Saheon was momentarily speechless.

Giving Inhoryeong a box as a present. Just imagining it was dizzying.

“…L-let’s think about that again later.”

Jin Saheon tried to change the subject.

“Was everything else okay? Nothing scary or difficult?”

“Yes! Oh, and also!”

Moa’s eyes sparkled.

“Goseol is going to a safe place!”

“Goseol?”

Jaseonghwa blinked her eyes.

Moa couldn’t contain her excitement and explained everything that came to mind in a jumbled manner.

After listening for a while, the family members looked at each other.

“What an incredible thing. Our youngest has accomplished something great.”

Jin Wonbaek patted Moa’s head.

“Hehe.”

Moa smiled proudly.

“But… we have to infiltrate the Imperial Palace again…? Goseol must be trapped in the garden.”

Jin Saheon muttered with difficulty.

“But can we even get in there…?”

Goseol was a bird spirit as large as a house.

Yeongang tilted his head while imagining the secret passage collapsing.

How on earth could they take the massive Goseol away without being noticed?

‘Huh? That’s right?!’

Moa opened her mouth wide as she remembered a fact she had forgotten.

What if Goseol gets stuck tight in the passage door?!

“Isn’t there something like a shrinking technique?”

Yeongang muttered.

“There’s no way magic would work on a spirit.”

Jin Dowoon shook his head.

“Then if we widen the passage…”

“That’s even worse. It’s a secret passage dug under the Imperial Palace, so if we do construction as we please, there’ll be noise and it’ll take a long time.”

Jin Wonbaek sighed.

“Besides, Goseol is probably bound by the Emperor’s binding magic. We need to solve that first before we can bring him.”

Jin Saheon spoke with a dark expression, speculating about Goseol’s condition.

“But Somi can eat binding magic, right?”

Moa spoke as if bragging about the amazing ability Somi had gained this time.

“Somi devoured a whole bunch of that tiny snake grandmother’s binding magic!”

When Moa boasted proudly, Yeongang and Jin Dowoon also nodded, remembering that time.

“It’s certain that binding magic was somehow sucked toward Moa. Lady Sayeongryeong’s condition changed too.”

“Hmm.”

If that was the case, even if they could somehow solve the binding magic, the problem was the size.

“I really hate to say this… but our baby should be able to solve it…”

Jaseonghwa whispered with an uncomfortable and dark expression.

She knew everything about the process of her own recovery.

Because of that, she could remind Moa of the ability she had forgotten.

“Ah, right! Controlling things!”

Moa had already made the chinchilla spirit smaller once to repair Jaseonghwa’s broken energy center.

“So for the Imperial Palace infiltration… Moa has to be involved again.”

[I’m absolutely not going without Moa.]

Somi stubbornly turned her head away and muttered something only Moa could hear.

“Adventure!”

Moa’s eyes sparkled with excitement at the premonition that they would go on an adventure to help Goseol.

“…Honey, Father. I think it would be best if I carry Moa and move quietly.”

Though this family of three generations were all Unparalleled Under Heaven, Jaseonghwa was more suited for hiding presence.

As a mother, it went without saying that she would be more determined than any guard to protect Moa.

“We need to contact Sister Rin too! She needs to open the door from the passage side!”

Moa shouted.

“Right, let’s send a message to Saryeom House.”

Jin Wonbaek nodded.

“We need to move at night, so everyone prepare for now.”

The family members all answered in unison.

“Yes!”

Moa also clenched both fists tightly.

‘Goseol, wait! I’m coming to get you!’

* * *

That night, the quiet Imperial Palace.

Goseol, bound in the garden, was crouched alone, pierced by hideous binding magic stakes.

‘…Whee.’

It had been a while since his master left.

The only comfort was being able to sense whether she was okay and uninjured.

Unable to stay close to protect his master and having to remain at the Imperial Palace, Goseol was losing strength and suffering.

‘…I miss her.’

Even Moa, who used to visit occasionally with her familiar and wistful feeling, had stopped coming, leaving Goseol in a very lonely state.

When Goseol squinted his eyes and struggled in loneliness.

Suddenly, a familiar presence was felt in the darkness.

-Kiiiii…?

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