The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 113

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Chapter 113

Inside the envelope was a neatly folded letter along with a red azalea.

Danhwi stared blankly at the thoroughly dried flower petals for a moment.

‘…That’s my eye color.’

Since he had sent Moa the dwarf iris that resembled her eye color as soon as he found it, he couldn’t miss the intention upon seeing this.

His heart sank with a thud, and his face grew hot.

‘Moa was thinking of me too!’

He was so happy that his whole body felt like it might burst.

“This flower is…”

“After receiving the iris that Your Highness the Crown Prince sent, the young lady immediately planted azaleas in the flower garden in front of her room.”

“Then… you’re saying she personally cultivated this flower?”

“That is correct.”

To think that Moa had personally planted red gem-like azaleas that resembled his eye color.

Though it wasn’t clear what feelings motivated that action, Danhwi instantly became as happy as if Moa shared the same feelings as him.

“Moa…”

Danhwi’s ears turned bright red as blood rushed to them beyond measure.

“Could you tell me in more detail how Moa reacted when she received the flower?”

Danhwi asked Yehui while trying to appear dignified.

He had wanted to see Moa’s joyful expression directly, but they were too far apart for that to be possible.

Whether Moa was happy, whether she was disappointed thinking it was just some dried flower, whether she said anything…

There were so many things he wanted to know one by one.

“The young lady…”

When he learned that Moa kept the dried iris on her desk and carefully tended to it while looking at it several times each day, Danhwi’s face brightened.

“I selected the most beautiful flower from the colony and dried it myself.”

“I will certainly convey that to the young lady.”

Yehui answered with a gentle smile.

‘What could the letter say…’

His heart wouldn’t stop pounding.

Danhwi glanced at Yehui sitting before him, caught his breath for a moment, then opened the letter with trembling hands.

[To Brother Danhwi]

Large, crooked handwriting.

The plump letters resembled Moa’s cheeks.

[Brother, don’t you know how to write?]

Moa’s letter consisted of just one scolding sentence.

Danhwi’s face reddened.

He could imagine Moa’s sulking expression at him sending only flowers without any letter.

To make excuses, it wasn’t that he hadn’t written letters.

His gaze turned to the paper box placed in one corner.

‘…I did write quite a lot though.’

Inside the large paper box were piles of letters he couldn’t bring himself to send.

These were things he had written whenever he missed Moa.

Whether she was doing well, whether she was eating delicious food, whether she was healthy, how she was spending her days lately, whether she missed him too…

He simply couldn’t send any of them because they all seemed too embarrassing when it came to choosing one.

He had held back thinking that if he sent even one, he would want to send more…

“…This is all there is?”

“That is so. The young lady was very disappointed not to receive any writing from Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Even if she had tried to write more, she was sulking and had no mind for it.

So much so that Yehui was subtly conveying Moa’s thoughts to Danhwi, who was the Crown Prince.

Only then did Danhwi realize how much Moa must have been waiting for his letter.

Seeing how she yearned for deeper news after receiving just one short sentence, Moa must have felt the same way.

Danhwi couldn’t take his eyes off the short, large handwriting.

‘…I miss her.’

He stared as if engraving it in his eyes, then pressed the letter to his chest.

“If it would be possible, could Your Highness perhaps write a letter for the young lady? She would be extremely pleased.”

“…Right now?”

Danhwi was somewhat flustered by Yehui’s suggestion.

Even while writing the letters he couldn’t send, he had repeatedly written and discarded them until neat handwriting emerged, but now he had to write immediately to show Moa.

However, not wanting to make Moa wait any longer, he nodded.

“I am honored. The young lady is very curious about how Your Highness the Crown Prince is doing, whether you are healthy and well, and whether there is anything difficult or that you need.”

As if recognizing Danhwi’s nervousness, Yehui gently recommended content to send to Moa.

“Mm.”

Danhwi groaned softly as he brought over and picked up a brush and inkstone.

He carefully wrote about his daily training routine, that there were no problems with his health, and that he was curious about Moa’s news.

Unlike Moa’s writing, his handwriting was much neater but still couldn’t shed its youthful appearance as it was carefully written on the paper.

He carefully dried the letter, then neatly folded it and put it in an envelope.

Then he brought over and opened the paper box where he kept treasures he wanted to send to Moa.

Inside were white and cute pebbles he had collected for Moa who liked round stones, straight and pointed leaves, and rainbow-colored molted shells that had fallen from insects said to inhabit only this area.

Danhwi looked down with a serious expression and picked up what seemed to be the most special shell among them.

Though it was an insect’s molting, it had very beautiful and lovely colors, so Moa would surely find it fascinating.

“Oh my!”

Yehui, who had been watching, let out a small scream when Danhwi picked up the wing with his fingers and crumbled it.

“I heard that women in this area finely crush this and sprinkle it in their hair as decoration.”

When Danhwi put the finely ground powder into the envelope and shook it, a letter sparkling with beautiful colors was completed.

“The young lady will surely find it fascinating!”

“Yeah… I’m collecting curious things I want to show Moa.”

Rather than being unable to properly convey his feelings through letters, he was collecting things he had discovered in this region that Moa might find curious or delightful.

Originally he had planned to send only those things, but thanks to Yehui’s encouragement, he was able to complete and send a letter as well, so Danhwi felt proud.

“This is truly a grateful matter. I will make sure to deliver it to the young lady right away.”

“Yeah, I’m counting on you.”

“Then I should hurry back now. I have a return deadline and must hurry.”

“Yes, you’ve done well. Be careful on your way back.”

At Danhwi’s words, Yehui bowed politely and withdrew.

Left alone, Danhwi unfolded and read Moa’s letter once more.

Once, twice.

By the third reading, a smile spread across Danhwi’s lips.

“Asking if I can’t write…?”

It was absurd, but it made him laugh.

Danhwi carefully folded the letter that had gotten some sparkling powder on it and put it inside his clothes.

***

That night, Danhwi couldn’t sleep and was pacing outside the pavilion.

‘…Are they still in meeting?’

Seeing light leaking from the direction of the main hall, he slowly headed that way.

Recently, as the situation at the front lines was changing, the Inhoesega would call together generals for strategic meetings.

As he walked slowly like taking a stroll, a guard who had been standing watch in front of the meeting hall spotted him and bowed his head.

Since there was no way they would block the Crown Prince’s path, as he approached without incident, thick voices could be heard.

“Those nomad bastards keep moving around.”

“It’ll be raiding again this year.”

Danhwi, who had just intended to approach briefly and then return, found himself stopping and listening intently to the serious voices.

“The problem is over there.”

There was a sound of someone tapping somewhere on the desk.

“Intelligence has come in that Yeonwun Kingdom is also reinforcing troops at the border.”

“Could it be an alliance?”

“It’s not certain. But if both sides move simultaneously, we’ll have to divide our forces.”

A heavy silence fell.

“…This is troublesome.”

A sigh was heard.

Danhwi stood quietly listening to the conversation, then suddenly tilted his head.

‘…Something’s strange.’

There was something that bothered him.

‘The nomads come down every year around this time.’

That was something like a custom.

The Dan Empire was a nation that spanned widely across relatively warm regions abundant with resources.

With their abundantly accumulated national power, they had claimed the entire southern continent.

Moreover, since they even received the Heavenly Deity’s protection, only the Dan Empire could bear the title of empire.

What remained were only the small northern kingdoms and the nomadic tribes that roamed freely between them.

The Dan Empire absolutely refused to recognize their territory as a nation, as they constantly violated borders and pillaged.

He had learned during training that pillaging food and supplies before winter came was their way.

‘But…’

Danhwi’s eyes narrowed.

‘Yeonwun Kingdom joining hands with them?’

Yeonwun Kingdom was a nation that valued face as much as the Empire.

Moreover, they also watched the mood of the powerful Dan Empire.

‘Allying with pillaging tribes that don’t even have diplomatic relations makes no sense.’

Then why were they moving at the same time?

Danhwi fell into thought for a moment.

If there was something he had learned from surviving in the Imperial Palace, it was how to read people’s true intentions.

‘…Something’s strange. Is one side trying to use the other?’

There seemed to be some other intention hidden in this movement.

Danhwi stood in the darkness for a long time, lost in thought.

After much deliberation, he signaled to the guard on duty.

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