The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 52

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Chapter 52

“Oh my, you have to show everything to the doctor.”

Moa pushed away Danhwi’s modest hand and lifted her clothes.

Then she placed the pump’s cup against his bare skin and pulled the trigger.

Pssh, pssh.

The toy made its characteristic wheezing sound, but the effect was definite.

As pressure was applied, Danhwi’s skin bulged up into the cup.

“Ugh…”

Danhwi let out a groan at the unfamiliar sensation.

Soon, Danhwi’s overflowing golden divine power was rapidly sucked out into the previously transparent cup.

It was the stagnant divine power that had been destroying his body, unable to flow for so long.

‘Wow, so much is really coming out.’

Moa stared intently at the golden divine power filling the cup with what seemed like a sloshing sound.

She had remembered the Headmaster applying cupping therapy alone to painful spots at the orphanage, and it was a very good idea.

“Haah…”

As the power that had been so accumulated it was destroying his body gushed out, Danhwi’s expression gradually became comfortable.

Like a blocked drainage tunnel being cleared, the stuffiness pressing on his chest disappeared.

“Now that I’ve extracted it all, this…”

Moa tilted her head, wondering what to do with the divine power filling the cup.

[Don’t throw it away! Take out an empty medicine bottle and store it there!]

Worried that Moa might just dump it on the ground, Somi cried out urgently in alarm.

‘Mm…’

Not understanding why, Moa did as Somi instructed and stored the divine power in a medicine bottle.

“Mm-hmm, now I need to fix the broken parts.”

Moa put away the pump and this time picked up the tube.

She planned to reconnect the broken circuits.

Moa found the cracks visible through her safety goggles.

She could see passages that had burned out or broken from divine power overload.

‘I just need to apply it, right?’

Moa squeezed out the ointment completely over the spot where she had extracted the power.

Then, the ointment that automatically entered the power passage made the tattered passage move.

The writhing passage gradually reconnected smoothly!

“Ah…!”

An exclamation burst from Danhwi’s mouth.

Each time the ointment circulated through the circuits and automatically repaired them, a refreshing coolness like applied mint spread throughout his entire body.

The burning pain washed away completely.

‘It worked! Everything’s connected!’

Moa carefully checked even the last crack, then satisfyingly removed her gloves.

“How is it? Feel cooler?”

“…Yeah. This feeling, it’s my first time.”

Danhwi’s expression became noticeably comfortable.

Since he was a baby, his body had often suffered from excessively overflowing divine power.

His body, which had always been tormented by burning pain, had become light as a feather for the first time in his life.

Danhwi looked at Moa with wonder in his eyes.

“Oh no! I’ve been here too long!”

If Yehui came looking for her with people, it might cause problems in Danhwi’s daily life.

“I should go.”

Just as Moa was about to get up from her spot.

Danhwi urgently grabbed Moa’s clothes.

“Wait a moment.”

“Hm?”

Danhwi hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from deep within his clothes.

It was paper whose edges were all worn from how much he had handled it.

“This… it’s you, right?”

The paper contained a portrait of a young child drawn with a brush.

It was a black and white portrait, so Danhwi hadn’t immediately recognized it at first, but the features were exactly Moa’s.

“Huh? That’s my face! Are you my fan, oppa? Why do you have this?”

When Moa asked brightly, Danhwi’s expression grew heavy.

“You… you’re connected to the Jinryong Clan, aren’t you?”

“Huh? Did I tell you? How did you know? That’s right, I’m Jin Moa, the Youngest Child of the Jinryong Clan!”

Moa spoke proudly and boastfully.

Then Danhwi’s face darkened even more.

“I saw my older brother conducting various background investigations on your clan.”

The portrait of Moa that the Emperor had treated carelessly while stealing Danhwi’s divine power.

He thought this small child who had entered the Jinryong Clan would eventually be crushed miserably in his brother’s grasp, just like himself.

So he had hidden this portrait in his clothes, worried it might catch the Emperor’s eye even more.

“That villain uncle should mind his own business instead of being interested in other people’s family affairs!”

Moa frowned and showed her irritation.

“Don’t stand out. And don’t die.”

Danhwi looked straight into Moa’s eyes and whispered.

“Oppa…”

“If you get caught by my older brother… you’ll become like me. I don’t want that to happen to you.”

That was the best warning Danhwi could give, and his clumsy expression of affection.

Moa felt his sincerity and smiled brightly.

“Don’t worry! I won’t lose. And I’ll protect you too, oppa.”

“…You will?”

“Yeah! We’re accomplices, aren’t we.”

Moa rummaged through her pocket and pulled out the ointment tube left over from what she had applied earlier, pressing it firmly into Danhwi’s hand.

“When you finish using this, I’ll come again!”

Moa waved to Danhwi and quickly disappeared into the bushes.

Left alone, Danhwi gazed for a long time at the forest path where Moa had disappeared.

In his hand was the ointment tube, and in his chest remained a peacefulness he had never felt before.

And by his legs, though invisible, was Kkabuyi wagging his tail.

‘I want to protect her.’

Such a thought suddenly occurred to him.

A life whose only goal had been to kill his brother and die with him.

But now he had developed greed.

Not just praying that Moa would never be discovered by his brother.

He wanted to protect that child who had saved him.

‘For that… I need power.’

Not a single blade to assassinate his brother.

But absolute power to bring down his brother and ensure no one could touch his precious people.

For the first time, life appeared in Danhwi’s empty eyes.

It was the first ambition the young boy had harbored.

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Meanwhile, Moa retraced her path at full speed.

Every time branches brushed against her, her silk clothes made ripping sounds, but she had no time to care.

“Huff, huff…”

When her breath had risen to her chin, she saw a wall of black feathers.

It was the wall Goseol had made.

Moa crawled through the bushes and jumped to the back side of the wall, into the inner area.

“Phew, safe!”

Moa roughly combed through her disheveled hair with her hands and brushed off the leaves that had stuck to her clothes.

When she stood next to Goseol’s leg, pretending nothing had happened, Goseol’s large eyes narrowed.

It was a look asking where she had been.

“Goseol, please move your wings now! It’s stuffy!”

When Moa whispered, Goseol slowly spread its crouched wings wide.

As the black curtain lifted, Yehui’s figure was revealed, stamping her feet impatiently outside.

“Miss!”

As soon as the wings were lifted, Yehui rushed over like lightning and examined Moa’s body.

“Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Did that beast harm you?”

“Mm-hmm, I’m fine. Goseol just wanted to play with me alone.”

Surprised by Moa’s boldness in treating the giant spirit beast like a child, Yehui sighed in relief.

“Good heavens, what happened to your clothes? You look like someone who rolled around in a forest.”

Yehui made a stern expression as she looked at Moa’s clothes, which were torn by branches and covered in dirt.

Moa felt guilty and avoided her gaze.

“Oh, well, Goseol hugged me too tightly with its wings… The feathers were rough.”

When she blamed the innocent Goseol, Goseol cried softly as if feeling wronged.

Yehui took out a silk cloth from her bosom with a heartbroken expression and wiped Moa’s cheek.

“Master would be shocked if he knew. To think you were treated so roughly in the Imperial Palace. Next time we must bring more guards.”

“No! It’s a secret from Dad! Goseol is nice. I’m not hurt, see.”

“Sigh, I’m just glad you’re safe, Miss. The spirit beast must have good eyes to recognize your steamed bun-like cuteness. To hide you away so quickly.”

Yehui’s usually proper speech was gradually becoming rougher.

Moa tilted her head thinking ‘Steamed bun…?’ and smiled brightly at Yehui.

“Let’s go back for now. If we stay in the Imperial Palace any longer looking like this, who knows what fault they’ll find.”

“Aww… but when I leave, Goseol has to wear heavy things again…”

Moa looked back with a worried face, then quickly cut a few strands binding Goseol’s body.

‘I feel sorry for Goseol, so I should at least do this much.’

She had come to care for both Danhwi and Goseol, but unexpectedly spent too much time only on Danhwi.

Moa was dragged away by Yehui’s hand while looking at Goseol’s slightly more comfortable face.

‘I’ll bring you snacks later!’

It seemed she would have to bring very generous snacks.

Judging by how Goseol was sending her a disappointed look as she appeared briefly then disappeared, and was now leaving entirely.

So in the carriage on the way back.

Even while being severely scolded by Yehui about not approaching dangerous spirit beasts recklessly, continuing all the way back in the carriage.

Moa was extremely excited thinking about the reward she gained from saving Danhwi – the upgrade ticket.

‘Wait for me, Grandfather.’

Your granddaughter has obtained the best hint to save Grandfather!

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