The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

When angry Moa shook the medical certificate as if she would snap it in half, Somi, who was sitting on Imun’s body, yawned slowly and gave advice.

[Use a different tool.]

“What kind? This? Will a syringe work?”

[That’s not it but… No, just try everything you have first.]

Somi looked at the Samyeongrok status visible to Guardian Spirits with a mysterious gaze and spoke.

Moa trusted Somi’s words completely and pushed syringes, thermometers, and all kinds of tools into Imun.

“Nothing’s working!”

In conclusion, nothing had changed but…

Samyeongrok appeared before the frustrated Moa’s eyes.

-Main Mission: Resolve ‘Jin Dowoon’s’ defect

·Reward:

(Stage 1) ‘Attempt to heal Imun’ → Emergency Rescue Kit Stage 2 Evolution (Available to receive)

The phrase “available to receive” was newly displayed in the reward section!

“I want it! Give it to me right now!”

Moa shouted with the momentum of stamping her feet.

She was confident that receiving the reward would solve Imun’s condition.

At the same time as Moa’s shout, the emergency rescue kit evolved to stage 2.

The bag that had looked like a simple hospital play toy completely shrank down and fit perfectly on Moa’s wrist!

A red cross-shaped plastic bracelet was fastened on Moa’s wrist.

“Wow, it’s a bracelet!”

Moa’s expression, which had been excited at first, gradually turned into question marks.

“…A bracelet? Why a bracelet?”

What Moa had been waiting for was an ultra-super-strong hospital toy to help Imun!

Just when tears were about to well up in surprised Moa’s eyes.

[If you put your other hand there and think of the tool you want, it will pop out.]

Somi, who didn’t want to see her owner cry, explained in panic.

Only then did Moa put her hand there with tears in her eyes and pray earnestly in her heart.

‘Please bring out a tool that can fix Imun.’

Then, transparent glasses really popped out above Moa’s hand.

‘Glasses?’

Moa held the safety glasses in bewilderment, then soon brought them to her face and put them on.

Whirr.

Above the transparent lenses, the inner workings of the spiritual being and the flow of divine power appeared like a picture.

“…!”

Moa held her breath.

The blood vessels through which divine power flowed in Imun’s body were completely blocked and frozen.

When owner Dowoon shut off his emotions, even the channel of energy that should go to the spiritual being was blocked.

But what was more serious was.

“What is… this?”

From a black mass embedded in Imun’s heart, thin chains were extending out.

Those chains pierced through Imun’s body, penetrated Dowoon’s heart, then continued long outside the room.

Why hadn’t she seen this before?

Only now did Moa feel like she had seen Dowoon’s true form, suffering while pierced by black chains.

‘They’re connected.’

Moa instinctively turned her head to follow the direction those chains were heading.

The ominous chains were pointing toward the depths of Naedan.

Moa bit her lips tightly.

Dowoon’s condition as seen through the safety glasses was serious.

The black chains piercing his heart looked terrifying just to look at.

Every time Dowoon breathed, they moved along with his pulse, making it look like Dowoon’s life force was being drained.

‘No wonder his personality became strange living with something like that.’

Moa gloomily examined the area around Dowoon’s heart.

She tried bringing her hand close, but the chains had no substance, so Moa’s hand passed right through.

‘How do I deal with this?’

Since she didn’t know what was attached on the other side, she was scared to pull or cut it carelessly.

Moa looked down at Dowoon’s face helplessly, feeling frightened.

After releasing his power earlier, Dowoon looked like even breathing was difficult.

‘I wish oppa wouldn’t hurt…’

When Moa was making a tearful face, not knowing what to do, Somi’s eyes sparkled as she spoke.

[Moa, spiritual beings and their owners are connected.]

Ah…!

Moa gained enlightenment and hurriedly turned her gaze to Imun.

She could see that every time Dowoon’s condition worsened, Imun was also suffering even more.

She had certainly known about the relationship between spiritual beings and their owners, but felt pathetic for forgetting it after being scared by the terrifying sight.

‘When I treated Geumoh, Yeongang oppa got better too.’

So, if you treat one, the other’s condition also becomes fine.

‘It’s a one plus one deal!’

Moa clenched her fist, then touched the emergency kit bracelet.

“Something that can heal Imun! Give me strong medicine!”

Moa prayed earnestly. However, unlike when it had produced the safety glasses, the bracelet was very quiet.

“Is it broken?”

Moa frowned and shook the hand wearing the bracelet.

“Is this disposable?!”

When she soon made a tearful face and shouted, Somi wagged her tail and snorted.

[How can it give you something that doesn’t exist?]

“Huh?”

[It can only give out what’s inside it.]

Only then did Moa realize that her bracelet wasn’t like a magic wand and opened her mouth wide.

A few new tools had been added and the form had changed for easier carrying, but the essence was the same as the original emergency rescue kit.

‘Then what do I do. I wish no one would hurt…’

When saddened Moa pouted her lips, suddenly a small medicine bottle popped out from the bracelet.

“Huh?”

In Moa’s vision wearing the safety glasses, she could see the bottle’s identity. Small letters were written on the medicine bottle.

“Pain… jelly… red flavor?”

After Moa read the letters haltingly, she opened the cap without hesitation and pushed the jelly into Imun’s mouth.

“Imun, swallow!”

-Gulp.

Imun reflexively swallowed the jelly that entered his mouth.

The effect was immediate.

Imun’s eyes, which had been writhing in pain, became dazed and unfocused, and his rough breathing instantly became calm.

And at the same time.

“…Gasp!”

Dowoon, who had been collapsed on the floor like dead, let out a rough breath and opened his eyes wide.

When the spiritual being Imun’s pain was numbed, the pain that had been transmitted to Dowoon through the connected chains was also partially blocked.

“Hyungnim!”

Yeongang, who had been stamping his feet outside the whole time, couldn’t bear it anymore and came rolling over to support his brother.

Dowoon touched his chest with a dazed expression.

The tearing pain he had been feeling was gone like a lie.

“Imun…”

He discovered that Imun was breathing peacefully with a comfortable expression and opened his eyes wide in surprise.

‘Brother’s expression has become gentle for once!’

Moa realized that her pain relief jelly had been effective and was delighted.

However, painkillers were only medicine that temporarily stopped the pain.

If the problem wasn’t solved, the intense pain strong enough to bring down Jin Dowoon and Imun would come rushing back.

“Brother, that won’t last long!”

Moa urgently grabbed Jin Dowoon and Yeongang’s sleeves.

“I gave him medicine that only stops the pain for a little while, so this doesn’t mean he’s better.”

Moa glared at the chain embedded in Jin Dowoon’s chest with a serious expression, still pulsating with each breath he took.

Anyone could see that this chain was the cause.

They needed to check what was at the end of this chain and separate it.

“There’s a black chain in brother’s chest. In Imun too.”

Moa pointed at the chains on Jin Dowoon and Imun with her finger.

Because it was entangled with their souls, Jin Dowoon and Yeongang couldn’t see it at all.

However, Moa described the form in very specific detail. It was beyond what could be dismissed as a young child’s imagination.

“What’s over there? Let’s follow the line.”

Moa suggested, pointing toward the outside.

“…There’s a line connected to me?”

“Yes. It’s really scary. Black and terrifying…”

Moa whispered in a hushed voice with a frightened expression.

“…Alright, let’s go, hyung-nim! We might be able to fix something!”

When Yeongang, who wanted to get back his beloved brother, also clenched his fists and persuaded him with a strong tone, Jin Dowoon slowly nodded.

He hesitated because his heart seemed to be beating ominously—

‘We’re just checking, that’s all.’

Jin Dowoon tried to get up unsteadily, supporting himself on the floor.

Due to insufficient meals, exerting much energy, and experiencing pain, his legs were shaking and cold sweat poured down like rain.

“Ah! Right! I was going to eat this at times like this!”

Suddenly Moa ran to pick up the honey rice cake bundle that had fallen in a corner of the room and clung to Jin Dowoon’s right leg.

“Let’s eat them one by one as we go! I’ll support you, brother!”

Yeongang chuckled in disbelief at seeing Moa taking care of honey rice cakes in the midst of a serious situation.

However, in Jin Dowoon’s vision, who had regained part of his lost emotions after a long time.

He could see the small, round crown of a head below his solar plexus straining to support her big brother.

Somehow, it felt like tears might well up for the first time in a long while.

***

It was a strange procession.

Young Master Jin Dowoon, who somehow had a menacing expression, was crossing Naedan while leaning on his younger sibling and the Cheongbindang guest.

He had completely lost his usual neat appearance and expression as cool as still water.

“Young Master?”

“Are you alright?”

Jongssam and other attendants came running in shock, but Jin Dowoon had to conserve even the energy to answer.

He only looked ahead and walked. As the medicine’s effect began to wear off, chills returned to his body and his strength drained again.

“Over here, this way…”

Moa pursed her lips into a pointed shape like a beak and stopped while following the chain.

“…Over there?”

If they went further, there would only be the depths of Naedan, Jakyeongjeon where the matriarch of Jinryong Clan resided.

The moment he confirmed that direction, Jin Dowoon’s face hardened pale.

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