The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70

Moa pretended to be surprised and stepped back upon receiving Saem Lin’s casual greeting.

“…Sister Rin?”

Yehui immediately blocked Moa’s path. Killing intent blazed from her eyes.

“What business does Lady Saryeom have here?”

Rin chuckled at that question and gestured with her hand.

Then the shop employees who had been hiding behind the curtain inside came out trembling.

“Since everything I sent to your house was returned.”

Rin slowly rose from her seat.

“So I bought this shop.”

“Eh…?”

Moa’s mouth fell wide open.

“How did you know I would come out?”

“When you said you were preparing to go out, all your family members begged to follow you, and even the gatekeepers were laughing about how harmonious it was, right?”

Indeed, when Moa declared she would go out today, all her family members whined about wanting to follow her.

It had been quite difficult to ward off Grandfather, her parents, and all her older brothers.

Yehui ground her teeth inwardly.

‘How can they leak information like that!’

She resolved to immediately report this and sound the alarm once she returned.

In any case, it was a big problem that Rin had mobilized tremendous wealth to meet without interference from Jinryong Clan.

“To specifically target and approach a young lady. Lady Saryeom House is truly going too far!”

As Yehui fumed, Rin’s eyes turned fierce.

“The maid of Jinryong Clan is truly rude. I was just here, and Moa came on her own feet, didn’t she?”

Rin said this while keeping to herself the method by which she had figured out Moa’s destination.

‘Hehe. I rented all the shops in this area.’

Saryeom House, which had become the Emperor’s limbs, had plenty of money, and it wasn’t difficult to rent all the marketplace near Jinryong Clan and force them to close.

Since all the shops in this area were in Rin’s palm, it was simple to enter while Jinryong Clan’s carriage stopped warily in front of the fabric shop for a long time.

“So what’s the reason you waited for me?”

Moa pouted and asked.

“I wanted to… talk with you a bit.”

When Rin shook her sleeve, a small white snake raised its head from within.

Looking down at Baeksa, who raised his head and swayed his body steadily upon seeing Moa, Rin muttered.

“He seems to have lovesickness. He’s not interested in anything and only looks for you.”

Rin took a step toward Moa.

Her gaze was stickier and more desperate than the snake’s.

Yehui opened her mouth with an expression of disbelief.

“…Lady Saryeom, are you joking right now?”

“Joking? I’m being very serious right now.”

“Miss, let’s go back. This doesn’t seem like a proper place to be.”

Yehui tried to lead Moa out, taking her hand with displeasure.

But Rin laughed leisurely.

“Are you going to leave empty-handed? Didn’t you come to the fabric shop for some reason?”

“We can come back another day, Miss.”

“Hmm, what if I buy all the fabric shops in the area?”

Yehui hesitated at Rin’s laughing words.

“Sister Yehui, wait a moment.”

Moa tugged at Yehui’s skirt.

If they returned empty-handed like this, she wouldn’t be able to give Danhwi a gift again.

More importantly, Moa had a mission to fulfill.

“I… want to talk with that sister.”

“Miss! It’s dangerous.”

“It’s okay. She came to apologize, right?”

Moa spoke lightly and looked at Rin.

Rin’s eyes sparkled.

“Right, so maid, go over there. Does Jinryong Clan just let servants interfere in their master’s private conversations?”

“Sister, don’t talk like that. If you treat Sister Yehui carelessly, I’ll just leave.”

Moa frowned at Rin’s attitude.

Then Rin cleanly bowed her head and apologized.

Even her bowing looked leisurely and relaxed, so Moa had to clench her fists to avoid being drawn in.

“Sister Yehui, ask the employees over there if they have any good pillows. I’ll talk and go straight home.”

“Miss…”

Yehui tried to stop Moa.

But thinking that constantly objecting to her master’s decisions as a mere maid would give grounds for insulting Jinryong Clan, she had no choice but to reluctantly step back while glancing around.

‘I must find out what secret the Miss is hiding today.’

Yehui resolved to gently coax Moa as soon as they got home to find out why she kept disappearing or acting while avoiding the adults.

“So Sister, if you have something to say, say it now.”

Moa spoke to Rin while feeling Yehui’s gaze constantly fixed on her from that corner.

“Just once more… let me touch him. Then I’ll send you home. I’ll give you all the pillows you want to buy too. You can take everything in the shop.”

Moa deliberately pretended to be scared and contemplative, taking her time.

“Mmm… but snakes are scary…”

“He won’t bite. He absolutely won’t bite. He doesn’t bite people and even when he puts something in his mouth, he only eats a little fruit.”

“But why do I have to touch him?”

Moa asked as if bouncing back once.

Then Rin answered with a pitiful face.

“I told you Baeksa has lovesickness, didn’t I?”

“Hmm.”

Moa pretended to be unable to refuse and hesitantly approached Rin.

Yehui watched anxiously, but Moa sent her a look that said it was okay.

When Moa extended her small hand, Baeksa wrapped around Moa’s wrist as if he had been waiting.

After wrapping around her wrist for a moment, Baeksa soon fell away and returned at Rin’s instruction.

Rin’s eyes trembled slightly as she touched Baeksa’s body.

‘It’s lukewarm because of body temperature, but… it’s not the same feeling as last time!’

She didn’t feel the warm sensation like being bathed in sunlight.

Rin stared at Moa with a shocked face.

[Aren’t you going to use your divine power?]

Somi also seemed to find Moa’s behavior unexpected as she asked from within the watch.

‘If I give her what she wants right away, she’ll take it for granted.’

So she was just holding back once more.

Last time, she had just lost proper control due to the flower fragrance and flustered emotions, causing a little power to leak out.

This time she deliberately hid her power.

As Moa expected, Rin’s face, with her hopes crushed, became miserable as she momentarily lost control of her expression.

“Why, why…?”

“Hm?”

“Last time, didn’t you do something… a bit different?”

Rin, who didn’t know exactly that Moa’s power was divine power, subtly requested that Moa use her power.

“Huh? Answer me.”

Rin, who had lost control, was breathing heavily.

She pushed Baeksa’s body closer to Moa.

Because thinking that she was just a powerless ordinary child and last time was just a coincidence made her want to bite her tongue right away.

“Ah~ Last time Baeksa was too cold, wasn’t he.”

Moa nodded her head.

Then she extended her arm and placed her palm on Baeksa’s body, slowly infusing divine power little by little just like last time.

[Come to think of it, Moa… you’ve become able to control it to this extent!]

The toys were merely tools to assist Moa’s divine power.

Even so, Moa had been unable to directly manifest her divine power until now.

But the experience of using divine power directly, even if by mistake, had been good practice.

‘I probably can’t use major abilities without tools though.’

[Still, you’ve grown! If we had catnip, I’d throw a celebration party!]

Somi excitedly shouted, expressing her congratulations in cat-like fashion.

Meanwhile, Rin was equally excited.

‘Really, she’s actually improving Baeksa’s condition!’

If she continued using her power like this, it seemed Baeksa’s cold blood disease would be cured.

Then, since spiritual beasts and their masters are connected, her own cold blood disease would also be healed.

But contrary to her expectations.

“Why, why… how come? Why are you stopping? Do you need more pillows? I have plenty of money!”

When Moa withdrew her hand, Rin’s face, which had been filled with hope, turned ashen.

“Do more. Right now.”

Rin’s voice cracked.

Moa shook her head.

“Sister, the snake is frozen too solid.”

“That’s why I’m asking you to melt it!”

“Sister, don’t you know about glass cups?”

Moa asked while looking straight at the warning from her watch AI that only she could see.

Beyond her field of vision, Rin flinched as if struck by an arrow.

-Warning: Excessive divine power injection will cause ‘thermal shock’ leading to blood vessel rupture. Instant death predicted.

The watch’s warning was clear.

It was the same logic as with Jaseonghwa when frost flowers had bloomed, making it easy to understand.

If you consider that Baeksa was always in a state of frostbite, injecting strong heat or power would make him shatter.

“What happens when you suddenly pour boiling water into a cold glass cup?”

“…What?”

“It cracks and breaks, doesn’t it?”

Rin’s pupils shook.

‘And I can’t show my healing tools in a place like this.’

Moa thought of the hidden reason and shook her head back and forth.

She couldn’t expose important healing tools to someone she couldn’t trust.

If she was going to emit power little by little with her bare hands, this was unavoidable.

“Baeksa is the same. If I give him all my power at once with a ‘whoosh,’ his body will explode and he’ll die. Just like a glass cup.”

Rin’s pupils shook.

It was something she had never thought about.

The ‘Fire Pill’ that the Emperor gave her was a powerful elixir containing intense heat.

When she took it, the cold energy would immediately disappear.

However, hellish pain would still come after a little while.

It was like a drug.

“Then… what should I do?”

“What do you think we should do?”

Moa asked with a grin, as if telling her to find the answer herself.

Rin’s pupils shook greatly once.

“…Tell me what method you want. What are your conditions?”

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