The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 111

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Chapter 111

‘Moa…?’

A girl running toward him cheerfully, her platinum-colored hair fluttering in the breeze.

Not knowing why Moa came to mind on this night, Goseol slowly rose from his spot.

-Kying?

Surprisingly, a small shadow was approaching from beyond the garden wall.

* * *

“Mother, over there!”

Moa whispered quietly.

Unlike usual, Moa had covered her conspicuous hair with a black hood and was meticulously dressed in night clothes, looking like a thief.

Of course, Jaseonghwa, who was holding Moa, also looked equally suspicious to anyone who saw her.

Nestled snugly in Jaseonghwa’s arms like a baby kangaroo in a pouch, Moa pointed toward the inside of the garden.

The massive form of a bird crouched under the moonlight.

Even from a distance, they could see it unable to move, pierced by hideous golden stakes.

“There it is.”

Jaseonghwa surveyed the surroundings.

There was no sign of the Imperial Guards who were supposed to be on watch.

After Danhwi left, the security level around Goseol seemed to have weakened considerably.

‘From the Emperor’s perspective, he probably thought it couldn’t escape since it was bound with golden magic.’

Jaseonghwa leaped over the wall.

Landing lightly as the wind, she approached Goseol without making a sound.

“Goseol!”

Moa called out in a small whisper to calm Goseol’s wariness.

-Kyiii!

Goseol raised his head sharply.

Life returned to his dim eyes.

‘Moa! It’s really Moa!’

Goseol tried to flap his wings, but the golden stakes blocked his movement.

-Kruu…!

A pained groan escaped.

“How could they do this to you…”

Realizing there was no one around, Jaseonghwa muttered quietly.

“Really mean, right?”

Speaking ill of the Emperor, Moa asked Somi for help.

“Somi, please! Goseol, I’ll free you right away!”

[Got it!]

Somi leaped forward.

Standing in front of the golden stakes, Somi sniffed around.

[Ugh, terrible smell. But I can eat it.]

Somi opened her mouth wide.

Instantly, dark red energy began to be sucked out of the stakes.

Sizzle, crackle!

The sound of the golden magic being undone rang out, and the patterns carved on the stakes disappeared one by one.

[Ugh, tastes awful…!]

It tasted like turning stones into sticky liquid and gulping it down.

The cat’s instinct that absolutely refused to do unpleasant things sounded warning bells, but Somi endured it out of love for Moa.

Even while frowning, she didn’t stop and cleanly absorbed every last strand.

[Done! Burp.]

Somi raised her tail triumphantly.

-Kyiii!

Goseol spread his wings wide.

“Shh! You have to be quiet! If the bad guys hear us, we’ll be in big trouble!”

-Kuu?

The liberated Goseol tried to roar in joy to share his happiness, but when Moa frantically stopped him, he tilted his head in confusion.

“Today I came to steal you, Goseol! This is what being a righteous thief means!”

Moa proudly wiped under her nose and exclaimed in a small voice.

“Moa, we need to hurry.”

Jaseonghwa said while keeping watch of the surroundings.

It was still okay for now, but considering they were in the middle of the Imperial Palace, they needed to escape quickly.

If they were caught with a direct descendant of the Jinryong Clan acting like a thief in the middle of the night in the Imperial Palace…

‘This time it would truly be an act of treason.’

While Moa was excited like marketplace children playing at being righteous thieves, Jaseonghwa was feeling the greatest sense of crisis she had ever experienced.

If it weren’t for the urgent need to take Goseol to Sayeongryeong as soon as possible, she wouldn’t have taken such a risky move.

“Oh, right! Goseol, you can’t enter the passage in this state. You’re too big.”

-Kyi?

Goseol tilted his head.

“So, could you become smaller for a moment? I’ll help you!”

Moa placed her gloved hand on Goseol’s feathers.

Then she closed her eyes and concentrated, just like when she had made Yeonseol smaller before.

“You need to become tiny like a parrot!”

The moment Moa earnestly called out, brilliant golden waves poured from her hands.

-Kyiii…?

Goseol’s body was enveloped in light.

And in an instant, the massive bird that had been as big as a house began to shrink.

“Oh my…!”

Jaseonghwa’s eyes widened.

Goseol’s body grew smaller and smaller.

It became the size of a large dog, then a cat, and finally—

-Peep?

It had become a bird small enough to hold in two hands.

“Goseol! You look like a crow!”

Moa hugged the miniaturized Goseol to her chest.

-Peep!

Goseol burrowed into Moa’s embrace, chattering away.

Though his smaller body felt strange, he seemed happy to feel Moa’s warmth.

“Shh! You have to be quiet! Mother, let’s go quickly!”

Jaseonghwa lifted Moa up.

Moa held Goseol tightly to her chest while being carried in Jaseonghwa’s arms.

While heading to the secret passage, Moa faithfully utilized her watch’s map function.

Tap tap. (Person over there!)

Tap tap tap. (All clear!)

By tapping Jaseonghwa’s chest with her small fingers to send signals and giving directions, they were able to avoid meeting any guards at all.

‘Hehe, like a spy!’

Even though it was a serious situation where she shouldn’t laugh, her heart kept pounding with excitement.

Whenever laughter threatened to burst out, she had to quickly hide her face deep in her mother’s embrace.

Whether spy or righteous thief, a perfect ending comes only after safely escaping!

Goseol also cleverly kept his beak shut and sat perfectly still in Moa’s hands.

‘Mother is really amazing!’

This was the first time she had seen Jaseonghwa properly use her powers.

Though she hadn’t actually drawn her sword, so it wasn’t really using her powers, just the fact that a person could move as fast as a train was incredibly fascinating.

‘Should I learn swordsmanship too?’

The dreamy child Moa changed her future aspirations from astronaut to swordsman in less than a day, and feeling the cool night breeze, arrived at the entrance to the secret passage.

“Meow!”

In front of the empty abandoned palace garden, Moa made a small sound just like a real cat.

It was a signal that she had arrived safely.

Then Jin Saheon dropped down from the thick trees above with a tense expression.

He had been standing guard with the purpose of luring people away if anyone came near the secret passage entrance.

“You succeeded!”

Jin Saheon ran over in one stride.

A black thief couple and baby thief, plus a black bird.

Anyone could see they formed a group that would blend into the night.

“I brought Goseol here!”

Moa showed him the small bird cradled in her arms.

-Chirp!

Goseol nodded its head as if greeting Jin Saheon.

“This is… Goseol?”

Jin Saheon made an expression of disbelief.

The spirit creature that had been as big as a house was now a bird the size of a palm!

“Cute, right? Let’s take it quickly!”

“…Our daughter really is amazing.”

Jin Saheon chuckled softly.

‘Hehe, righteous thievery success!’

Imagining the Emperor trembling and fainting after having Goseol stolen gave her a satisfying feeling.

The only flaw was that she couldn’t watch that scene directly.

-Chirp.

As Moa seemed excited, Goseol also sang a small song as if happy.

To that melody, the sound of Moa covering her mouth with her fist and giggling echoed softly through the secret passage.

* * *

At the end of the passage.

Rin was waiting with a torch.

“You’re safe!”

Rin welcomed the group happily.

“Sister Rin!”

Moa waved her hand.

“Did you bring Goseol?”

Rin looked into Moa’s arms and was startled.

-Chirp!

When Goseol greeted Rin too, Rin was genuinely amazed at the tremendous difference in size.

“Come, Sayeongryeong is waiting.”

Rin guided the group to the shrine where Sayeongryeong was.

The Sacred Sanctuary was a special space that could only be opened from the shrine.

Rin had prepared a new altar separate from the Twelve Families Council’s offerings to lend power to Sayeongryeong.

[You’ve finally come. I was waiting.]

“Snake Grandmother!”

“Jin Saheon, head of the Jinryong Clan, pays respects to Sayeongryeong.”

“Gamo Jaseonghwa pays respects to Sayeongryeong.”

As the group greeted politely, Sayeongryeong welcomed them by swaying her body.

-Chirp…?

Goseol looked back and forth between Moa and Sayeongryeong.

“Goseol, I’ll hide you so the bad villains can’t bother you. They say it’s safe in there.”

Moa stroked Goseol’s tiny head.

-Chirp…?

Goseol seemed anxious as it rubbed its beak against Moa’s finger.

[It’s okay. I’ll let you see your master and baby that you’ll want to see from inside there.]

When Sayeongryeong comforted the lonely Goseol, Goseol slowly rubbed its cheek against Moa’s hand.

Then it traveled through the passage Sayeongryeong opened and moved to the Sacred Sanctuary.

In an instant, Goseol’s form disappeared from Moa’s palm.

“…It’s gone.”

Moa murmured softly.

She felt a little sad, but also relieved.

Now Goseol was in a safe place.

“Well done, Moa. The Crown Prince will be relieved too.”

“Right, I need to let older brother know too… would it be okay to write a letter?”

Moa asked, thinking of animations where writing letters at times like this led to being discovered by villains.

“Certainly, conveying it through correspondence doesn’t seem like a good choice…”

Jaseonghwa looked at Moa with sympathetic eyes as he spoke.

“Hmm, since we agreed to support the battlefield with medicinal herbs, it would be better to deliver it through a messenger then.”

Before the second family meeting about how to convey the truth to Danhwi was held in someone else’s shrine.

[For now, I’m tired and want to sleep a bit.]

Sayeongryeong spoke elegantly and gently kicked out the group by dimming the brightness of the flames between her scales.

* * *

At the same time, in the Sacred Sanctuary.

Light poured into the empty space.

A small bird appeared from within the light.

In the Sacred Sanctuary where true forms are revealed, the bird’s appearance grew larger.

As it grew to the size of a house, human-like forms occasionally overlapped briefly in between.

And what finally took shape at the end was…

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