The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

The sentence carved in light soon disappeared.

Moa looked at her hands here and there with wonder, then asked.

“Were you watching me in the backyard by any chance?”

[I was always watching you.]

So that wind from last time really was Somi after all.

[When the assassin appeared and I couldn’t save you, I was so sad…]

Somi said her heart ached every time Moa missed her and felt sad.

[When you tried to fight with Samyeongrok too. The moment an error occurred, I quickly squeezed through and appeared.]

The ‘Samyeongrok’ that Somi was talking about was the game window that Moa saw.

Moa’s divine power had tremendous potential.

Moa thought she had hit empty air, but at that moment ‘Samyeongrok’ shook and an error occurred.

At that moment, a small crack formed in the Central Realm where Moa was.

Thanks to that, Somi, who should originally be in the Spirit Realm, was able to slip through the crack and meet Moa.

“Thank goodness! I was just angry because the game window was cheating.”

Moa thought of the orphanage brothers who kept hitting the malfunctioning computer and resolved to hit it again if problems arose next time.

-Samyeongrok Reactivation

‧Abnormal Access Detected

☆Warning☆ Guardian Spirit summoning impossible if caught 2 times cumulatively

As if sensing Moa’s thoughts.

The reappeared Samyeongrok flickered briefly like a computer ‘rebooting’, then flashed threateningly that it wouldn’t let her off if she hit it again.

“You won’t let me see Somi again? That’s too much!”

As Moa screamed in protest, she suddenly noticed that the errors where text disappeared here and there were gone, improving readability, and was amazed.

“Huh? I don’t see holes anymore?”

The error-ridden Samyeongrok had changed!

[It’s because we made a Guardian Spirit contract.]

Somi told Moa that she too needed to grow.

Samyeongrok and Guardian Spirits are connected beings.

The more Guardian Spirit Somi grows, the more diverse the functions Samyeongrok provides become.

It was the same principle as how the Samyeongrok that Moa had been seeing was full of errors because Somi wasn’t there.

Moa’s cheeks puffed up with joy at the much more readable screen.

Unlike the Samyeongrok that Moa saw, different text appeared in Somi’s view.

The thirteenth Guardian Spirit, Somi, who had just been born through contracting with Moa.

The abilities of sprout Guardian Spirit Somi had also blossomed.

-Guardian Spirit Growth: Stage 1

‧Reward: Treasure Vault Entry Ticket Unlocked

[You know what, Moa?]

“Hm?”

[Moa hasn’t strictly speaking received a reward yet, you know?]

“Wasn’t meeting Somi the reward?”

Moa’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.

However, Somi had only slipped through the gap on her own while Samyeongrok was twisted and briefly stopped.

Therefore, the reward that Moa should receive after drinking tea ten times was still not given.

After hearing the explanation, Moa opened her mouth in a circle and went “Oh~” with joy.

It felt like discovering unexpected good fortune.

“Awesome!”

Moa clenched her fist tightly in excitement.

-Sub Mission: Drink tea with Jin Dowoon ten times (20+ minutes each) (Success)

·Guardian Spirit Contract in Progress (Temporary)

·Reward: Emergency Rescue Kit Stage 1

[I’ll go to the treasure vault… treasure warehouse and bring the reward.]

“I want to go too!”

Moa’s eyes turned dreamy at the mention of treasure warehouse.

[Only Guardian Spirits can go to the treasure vault.]

“Aww-!”

Snacks, stickers, and toys overflowing enough to make all the daycare friends jealous.

Magic wands, transformation items.

And… since it’s a ‘treasure’, it would be nice if mom and dad were there too.

That’s what she thought!

“That’s unfair!”

Moa’s small eyebrows furrowed.

[That’s the rule. I’ll quickly go find Moa’s special treasure.]

Somi quickly went poof! and disappeared into thin air.

‘I wanted to look around too.’

While Moa was slightly sulking with puffed cheeks.

In the blink of an eye, Somi appeared with something in her mouth.

Instantly, Moa’s attention was fixed on the object in Somi’s front paws.

Red on the bottom, white on top. The button in the middle was cross-shaped.

With a handle on top…

“It’s a doctor play set!”

It was the doctor play toy set she used to play with on Earth.

Somi placed it in Moa’s arms.

It was Moa’s first reward received as an object.

“…What do I do with this?”

Moa knew well that toys couldn’t heal people or animals.

“Ugh, this is worse than jelly or chocolate…”

She couldn’t help but be disappointed thinking ‘This is the reward?’

The only reason she didn’t get angry or cry right away was because she trusted Somi.

[This is a special tool. It only looks like a toy on the outside.]

“Really?”

Only then did Moa open the first aid kit to look inside and took out a neatly folded white gown.

It was definitely a gown that wasn’t among the orphanage’s shared toys.

Looking at the colorful toy blood pressure monitor, examination board, syringe, thermometer and such things, it was still suspicious…

[It said Stage 1 earlier, right? That means Level 1. If you perform many missions in the future, the level will go up and it will get better.]

“…I see!”

The explanation that it looked like this because the level was still low made perfect sense.

“Alright, let’s hurry and go!”

Moa picked up the toy box and got up from her seat.

‘Now I can help Geumoh and Yeongang!’

***

At that moment, in the deepest inner chamber of the Imperial Palace.

A young boy was kneeling.

Danhwi, the Emperor’s seven-year-old younger brother, who was said to be beloved by the Emperor’s grace and firmly protected in the depths of the Imperial Palace.

Half-human half-god, one of only two imperial family members of the Dan Empire where no one under heaven was more noble than the Heavenly Deity and Twelve Guardians.

The only existing heir to the throne since the Emperor had no offspring.

However, the boy was currently in a most miserable state.

On the white, pure floor, red drops of blood quietly fell.

On his back were vivid wounds as if torn, and a stream of divine power was flowing out from beneath them.

All over the boy’s body hidden by clothes were dark bruises from having his divine power extracted.

“Hnngh…!”

He tried to swallow his breath, but blood flowed backward.

Though his throat was filled with the stench of blood, Danhwi didn’t let out a single scream.

The Emperor sitting beside him had a face far too cold, unlike the rumors that he was a caring older brother who cherished his youngest sibling.

Beyond the silk curtain woven with gold thread in front of them.

The one summoned by the Emperor prostrated obediently.

“Number 8, who was sent to Jinryongseoga, has not returned, Your Majesty.”

“Is that so… We must assume something has happened at Jinryongseoga.”

Not long ago, the Emperor had detected the movement of divine power at Jinryongseoga through a sacred artifact.

He had even used forbidden arts to put the Jinryong Spirit, Jinryongseoga’s guardian spirit, to sleep, so there was no way the damaged Jinryong Spirit could awaken…

Suspecting that the medium buried for the forbidden arts had malfunctioned and temporarily awakened it, he sent someone to resolve the situation.

“The assassination failed. And no report was made either.”

The attempt to kill Jin Saheon, the Head of the Manor, by disguising it as a carriage accident had ended ridiculously.

Moreover, they couldn’t even confirm the suspicious circumstances…

“I have committed a crime worthy of death.”

“Wouldn’t death be too easy a punishment?”

“Please, please quell your anger.”

The subordinate beyond the curtain trembled violently and banged his head against the ground.

“Am I a tyrant who recklessly kills people out of emotion, when I am Heaven’s representative?”

“N-no, Your Majesty is the most sagely of all sage rulers who watches over all under heaven!”

The Emperor chuckled softly upon hearing his subordinate’s desperate flattery.

“I’ll give you one more chance, so make sure to confirm it properly this time.”

“Should we send Number 9?”

“Rather than that…”

The Emperor smiled gently without a trace of cruelty.

He carelessly stroked Danhwi’s sweat-soaked hair.

“Everyone breathes thanks to you, Hwi.”

However, the flow of divine power being extracted from Danhwi became even more violent.

Meanwhile, from the darkness behind the Emperor, another child walked in without making a sound.

A child with an empty expression.

In the child’s hand was a portrait that, though crudely drawn, was clearly recognizable as Moa.

As the child passed through the curtain, the paper he dropped flew right in front of Danhwi’s eyes.

Though his vision was blurred with tears and sweat, he could clearly see Moa’s warm and bright colors.

A small girl who seemed like she would be blown away by just a breath from his enormous and frightening older brother.

In Danhwi’s vision, Moa appeared as fragile as if she would disappear instantly like snow powder.

Yet she seemed warm, as if she possessed the warmth he had lost…

‘Please… brother…’

Danhwi bit his lips hard until they bled and bowed his head to the floor.

And he couldn’t take his eyes off Moa’s portrait even once.

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