The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 34

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Chapter 34

 

‘Dad must be worried…’

 

As she regained her composure, Jin Saheon’s despairing voice came to mind, but she couldn’t bring herself to leave Danhwi in such a miserable state.

 

The thought that Jin Saheon wouldn’t accept this situation still remained.

 

‘That’s… a strange color.’

 

What caught Moa’s eye was the dark-colored thread stuck in Danhwi’s chest.

 

A thread close to dark brown.

 

It was the first color thread Moa had ever seen, having witnessed black, silver, gray, pink, gold, and all sorts of colors.

 

“Are you hungry?”

 

Danhwi brought over a small bowl from the table.

 

Inside was a piece of rice cake that had cooled and hardened, and a bowl containing water.

 

He broke the rice cake into small pieces and held it near Moa’s mouth.

 

“This is all I have to eat. Don’t worry, there’s no poison in it.”

 

No poison, he said. What does he usually eat to live?

 

Moa’s nose tingled with a bitter feeling.

 

Moa’s pink nose turned bright pink and twitched slightly.

 

Though she wasn’t hungry, she couldn’t ignore the boy’s sincerity and licked at the broken rice cake pieces.

 

“Eat a lot. Your belly looks hollow.”

 

“Nyaaa, awoong, eungnyaa.” (Our oppa called me a pig, you know?)

 

When Moa retorted sharply, Danhwi chuckled and tried to grasp Moa’s cotton ball-like paws.

 

“Haak!” (Where do you think you’re touching!)

 

As he tried to carelessly touch her sensitive paw pads, Moa slammed her fluffy tail down on the floor with a thwack.

 

Then.

 

-Woof! Woof woof!

 

Sharp barking sounds came from somewhere. There were clearly only Danhwi and Moa in the room!

 

‘A gh-ghost?’

 

Startled, Moa turned her head to look toward where the sound came from.

 

Behind Danhwi’s back, in the dark corner of the room. There, a small form glowing faintly was floating.

 

-Kyaooo!

 

Moa and the ghost’s gazes met directly in mid-air.

 

‘A puppy?’

 

Moa looked at the puppy ghost without fear.

 

Though they were similar in size now, if she were in her original human body, it would be just a baby that wouldn’t even reach her knees.

 

Having seen even flying Somi, Moa was already well-trained not to be surprised by a puppy ghost, not even a big dog.

 

“Meow.” (Hello.)

 

Moa wagged her tail gently and greeted warmly.

 

The puppy’s barking, which had been trembling with large eyes and a shaking body as if frightened, gradually subsided.

 

-Woof… huh?

 

Soon the crying sounds changed into words Moa could understand.

 

-Hyung, hyung! Hyung! Don’t bully my hyung-meong!

 

“Yaooooaong!” (Your hyung was the one bullying me!)

 

Moa, sulking at the puppy who immediately took Danhwi’s side, quickly retorted.

 

-People always bully hyung-meong!

 

The puppy howled, blocking Danhwi with its small body.

 

‘That oppa must be its owner.’

 

Moa looked at the thoroughly angry puppy with pity.

 

“Nyawoong.” (Such a little thing.)

 

Then she walked over steadily and poked the puppy’s transparent head with her front paw.

 

As the puppy tumbled backward,

 

Along with a tingling sensation, the puppy’s memories flowed into Moa’s mind.

 

The Imperial Palace Garden bathed in warm sunlight.

 

A much younger Danhwi than now was giggling and reaching out his hand.

 

Beside him were a middle-aged couple and a small puppy.

 

The couple’s eyes overflowed with affection, as if they didn’t know what to do with their adorable late-born child Danhwi.

 

Danhwi’s eyes shone with delight as he saw the wriggling baby puppy.

 

“Hwi-ya, please protect each other from now on with this child.”

 

“Yes! It’s my friend! The name… I’ll call it Kkabuyi!”

 

A perfect family connected by golden threads.

 

To Danhwi, Kkabuyi was both a gift from his parents and his most precious companion in the world.

 

‘Earlier there… it looks like the same place?’

 

It had become so shabby that she almost didn’t recognize it for a moment.

 

Moa realized that the place in the memory looked exactly the same as the pavilion where she had met Danhwi earlier.

 

Soon the next scene that followed had a completely changed atmosphere.

 

“Imperial family members must not create weaknesses.”

 

Bloodshot eyes. Red blood across pale cheeks.

 

Danhwi wanted to run away backward, but couldn’t because his hostage was caught in the hands of his brother who had rudely trampled into his room with muddy feet.

 

“Hyung, hyung-nim. Please. Please. I was wrong, please. Let Kkabuyi go.”

 

“Everyone says so, don’t they? That you might dare to push me aside and inherit the throne in the future. Should such promising material be so infatuated with this mongrel dog?”

 

“I never once had such presumptuous thoughts. Please, okay?”

 

Young Danhwi clasped his hands together and begged desperately in terror.

 

But his brother, Dan Hyeonwoo.

 

“No, aaaaaaah!”

 

As if enjoying his younger brother’s screams, who was nearly twenty years younger, like sweet music.

 

“Thanks to hyung, you’ve taken a step closer to being a good imperial family member. Right?”

 

He snapped Kkabuyi’s neck with a crack.

 

His most beloved friend.

 

And the betrayal of the brother he had trusted to protect him.

 

At that moment, the golden thread connecting Danhwi and Dan Hyeonwoo became mixed with a terribly sticky black curse.

 

The color of the thread mixed that way was murky brown.

 

‘…Too much. I hate it, I hate it!’

 

Moa’s eyes were damply wet as she awakened from the memory.

 

Danhwi was panicking at the cat’s suddenly changed condition and dreamy, limp appearance, rubbing near Moa’s heart.

 

“Did you get indigestion? There really wasn’t any poison in it…”

 

As transparent teardrops formed in Moa’s eyes, Danhwi muttered worriedly.

 

Seeing Danhwi’s face worrying about her made Moa’s heart ache.

 

Though he was a boy she had just met, knowing how lonely and cruelly he had been victimized made her unable to bear not wanting to comfort him.

 

She wanted to pull out that brown thread from his chest, which she had found curious because it was the first color she’d seen.

 

-Our hyung is pitiful-meong. I have to protect him.

 

Kkabuyi barked with sad eyes.

 

Only then did Moa discover the brutal purple marks remaining on Kkabuyi’s neck and sniffled.

 

She felt sorry for Kkabuyi, who had been unjustly killed without living long.

 

It was also heartbreaking that he couldn’t cross the rainbow bridge comfortably, saying he would protect his owner, and was hovering nearby even though Danhwi couldn’t see him.

 

‘I miss Somi… Somi would know how to help.’

 

Like Kkabuyi and Danhwi, Moa also had a precious friend.

 

For some reason, she couldn’t hear Somi’s voice as soon as she transformed into a cat…

 

‘I guess it’s because I can’t use the healing tools in this form.’

 

Moa already knew from trying that no matter how hard she tried, the bracelet wouldn’t respond in this form.

 

Since Somi was inside the bracelet, she could only hope that she was still there safely.

 

“Yaong.” (I’ll help too.)

 

Moa answered Kkabuyi and licked Danhwi’s hand as a token of her promise.

 

When the suddenly rough cat tongue touched him, Danhwi was momentarily startled, then showed a joyful expression thinking she had regained her energy.

 

‘Oh my.’

 

After seeing such heavy memories, Moa was mentally exhausted and lying limply for a moment.

 

Bang, bang, bang!

 

Without even a moment to catch her breath, rough sounds approached.

 

Sensing danger, Moa’s fur stood on end.

 

Because of her fur standing up like she’d been struck by lightning, Moa looked like a white sea urchin.

 

“Imperial Guards! Open the door!”

 

Danhwi’s expression hardened instantly.

 

They were the Emperor’s lackeys.

 

They knew that the public rumors about the Emperor cherishing Danhwi were false.

 

Because of this, they sometimes maliciously tormented Danhwi in front of the Emperor.

 

Naturally, they wouldn’t treat him as the next Emperor.

 

“No, no.”

 

He reflexively checked on Moa first, then jumped up and opened the window so she could escape.

 

“If you get caught, they might torment you. Run away quickly!”

 

The deep wound rooted in Danhwi’s heart from being unable to save the young puppy.

 

Moa nodded as she looked into his eyes that were painfully shaking as that wound resurfaced.

 

“His Majesty’s precious guest has disappeared. Orders are to search everywhere!”

 

Crack!

 

When the sound of the old door handle being torn off was heard, Moa leaped through the open window without hesitation.

 

‘I’ll definitely, definitely come to save you someday!’

 

Small claws emerged from under the white fluffball and climbed the wall.

 

Moa ran without looking back.

 

***

 

“Haa, haa…”

 

The place Moa arrived at after running frantically was where Goseol was.

 

She didn’t know why things had suddenly changed, but she planned to return to the place where the problem occurred to find the reason.

 

“This crazy beast! Stay still!”

 

“Aim for the legs! Make it unable to move!”

 

The situation was worse than before.

 

After the Emperor left, soldiers who had been called were stabbing with long spears to subdue the rampaging Goseol.

 

-Kieeeeek!

 

Goseol cried out in pain.

 

The metal sealing device embedded in its body rattled, and red blood seeped from its wounds.

 

Seeing this, sparks flew from Moa’s eyes.

 

The same cruelty that had killed Kkabuyi was being repeated here.

 

‘Absolutely not!’

 

Moa leaped into the barrier without hesitation.

 

A small baby kitten had stood in front of a giant beast.

 

“Haak! Kyaooooo!”(Don’t! Go away!)

 

Moa bristled her fur and hissed at the soldiers.

 

The soldiers paused as if dumbfounded.

 

“What’s with this cat? Get out of the way!”

 

A soldier raised his spear high as if annoyed.

 

The sharp blue spear tip came down toward Moa’s small head.

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