The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79

Countless thoughts flashed through Rin’s mind.

‘Could it be… that the Crown Prince is Goseol’s true master?’

If so, it would explain why Goseol had always been rampaging wildly.

Unable to form a contract with its true master, it must have suffered in an incomplete state.

‘I’ll think about it later.’

Rin quickly shook her head to clear her thoughts.

Now was not the time to dwell on that.

Her gaze turned to the eunuch standing at the doorway.

The eunuch was still standing there, watching everything.

His face showed a strange shock, as if he had realized the same truth as Rin.

‘If that bastard reports this…’

It was obvious how the Emperor would react.

The fact that Goseol had protected Danhwi.

That alone would make the Emperor fly into a rage.

“Moa.”

Rin called Moa in a low voice.

“Yes?”

“It’s dangerous to stay here. That eunuch will report to His Majesty.”

Rin’s gaze pointed to the eunuch at the doorway.

Only then did Moa recognize the eunuch’s presence again.

The person who hadn’t fled when the demon appeared, hadn’t tried to help, and had just watched.

He was definitely on the Emperor’s side.

“Sister, Brother Danhwi is hurt. He’s bleeding too much…”

Moa pointed to Danhwi’s back with tears in her eyes.

His blue clothing was stained red.

“We need to quickly bring someone to treat him!”

“No. All the Imperial Palace physicians are His Majesty’s people.”

Rin shook her head firmly.

Then Moa asked with an even more tearful expression.

“Then what do we do?”

Danhwi had been hurt trying to protect her.

‘What if something happens to him like this?’

At that moment, Goseol raised its head to look at Moa.

Goseol’s blue eyes reflected Moa’s tears.

-Coo.

Goseol cried softly and spread its wings.

As if saying ‘I’ll carry you.’

“Goseol…?”

Moa’s eyes widened.

Goseol extended its talons. It meant it would hold them so they wouldn’t fall.

Rin hesitated for a moment seeing this.

‘Ride that bird? Are you crazy?’

Goseol was a spirit beast in the Emperor’s grasp.

As soon as it could be controlled, it would immediately be introduced as ‘the Emperor’s spirit beast.’

To ride such a Goseol and escape the Imperial Palace would be a clear provocation.

‘But…’

Was there any other choice in this situation?

Rin’s gaze turned to Danhwi.

The Crown Prince, covered in blood and leaning against Moa.

‘…Goseol’s true master.’

The scene she had just witnessed flashed through her mind.

Goseol flying in to protect Danhwi.

Becoming docile at Danhwi’s touch.

Spirit beasts do not lie.

It was Danhwi that Goseol had responded to.

‘Could this child really be…’

Only one person from the Imperial Family who ascends to the throne receives a spirit beast from the Heavenly Deity at the moment of coronation.

So if Goseol was Danhwi’s spirit beast…

Thinking that far, Rin felt a chill down her spine.

‘The Late Emperor must have arranged this…’

Even while being overthrown, he must have somehow abdicated to Danhwi.

Hoping the spirit beast would protect the young emperor.

‘This child must survive.’

If he lived and grew stronger, he could someday bring down that tyrant.

And then, Rin would be on the winner’s side.

She decided to become Danhwi’s backer not because of Moa’s request, but to truly win.

“It probably won’t carry just Moa anyway…”

Rin suddenly felt a headache coming on.

If it was strong enough to break thick restraints and fly up, Goseol surely wouldn’t leave Danhwi behind.

‘Even so, this is my first time taking direct action…’

To help both Danhwi and Moa escape, it seemed she had no choice but to eliminate the witness who would interfere.

Even now, seeing him straining to hear what she and Moa were discussing, she seemed to need to steel her resolve.

“…Ride.”

Rin said through gritted teeth.

“Ride Goseol and escape. Quickly.”

“What about you, Sister…?”

“I’ll stay here and handle things. I have things to report to His Majesty too.”

Rin smiled nonchalantly.

“Don’t worry. Sister will handle it well.”

“…Yes.”

Moa nodded and helped Danhwi between Goseol’s talons.

Goseol gently closed its talons so the two children wouldn’t get hurt.

Danhwi was half-unconscious.

“Brother, stay conscious. Just hold on a little longer.”

“…Moa?”

“Yes, it’s me. Let’s go to our house. You can get better there.”

Moa held Danhwi tightly.

She had to desperately protect Danhwi and stay attached to Goseol no matter what.

“Wait.”

Rin took something from her bosom and handed it to Moa.

It was black seed-shaped remains.

“Take this. It will be evidence.”

“This is from that demon earlier… Thank you, Sister.”

Moa received the remains and put them in her bosom.

Soon Goseol spread its wings wide.

Thud-!

Goseol kicked off the ground and soared up toward the sky visible through the broken roof.

Soon the sound of alarm bells ringing noisily could be heard from somewhere in the Imperial Palace.

Rin, who had been watching the sky where Goseol had disappeared, slowly turned around.

The eunuch had a troubled expression, unsure how to respond to this unexpected situation.

“Y-Young Master Sayeom. What just happened, I must report to His Majesty—”

“You’re insane.”

Rin’s voice turned coldly quiet.

“You saw how Goseol reacted to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“….”

“You live in the palace, so you know what that means, don’t you?”

Rin’s eyes narrowed.

“What do you think His Majesty will do when he learns of this fact?”

The eunuch’s lips trembled violently.

He knew it too.

That the Emperor’s spirit beast had reacted to the Crown Prince.

What that meant.

And that the Emperor would never let anyone who knew this fact live.

“I-I was just—”

“Exactly.”

Rin smiled, lifting only the corners of her lips.

It was an extremely chilling smile.

“You and I both saw nothing today.”

Baeksa slithered smoothly out from her sleeve.

Baeksa always carried an undetectable, colorless, odorless poison in one of its fangs.

This was because Rin was always prepared for emergency situations.

Though it couldn’t be used on demons made of writhing shadows, it posed no problem for humans.

“P-please spare—”

Before the eunuch could finish speaking, Baeksa moved like lightning.

A moment later.

Rin quietly emerged from the pavilion.

Her face showed no expression whatsoever.

The warmth she had felt when linking pinkies with Moa.

To protect the savior who would cure her illness, this much was nothing at all.

She thought that since he would have told the Emperor everything and died painfully anyway, she had given him a peaceful end.

‘I’ll have to make it look like the demon killed the eunuch too.’

Rin dragged the eunuch’s corpse deeper into the pavilion.

Then she began reviewing in her mind the report she would give to the Emperor.

A demon had appeared, the eunuch had died, and the Crown Prince was injured and had fled to Jinryongseoga.

As for how the demon had appeared in the Imperial Palace, she had arrived too late to witness it.

Goseol, who had become friendly with Moa, had carried the child and fled.

‘Good. No one knows how Goseol reacted to the Crown Prince.’

No one.

***

“Ahhh!”

Moa screamed.

Her heart pounded at the sudden feeling of her body floating up.

Wind struck her face fiercely.

“Brother, hold me tight!”

Moa hugged Danhwi even tighter.

Danhwi was leaning weakly against Moa.

‘He can’t die. Please…!’

Anxious about falling, barely managing to take out and feed him one anesthetic jelly was all she could do.

Moa desperately held onto Danhwi while enduring between Goseol’s feet.

How much time had passed?

The wind had calmed down a little.

Moa cautiously opened her eyes.

“…Wow.”

Moa caught her breath at the scenery spread before her eyes.

The streets of the Imperial Capital looked as small as toys, and clouds were right above her head.

The rooftops were the size of matchboxes, and people looked like ants.

It was fascinating to see the commotion below as people spotted the giant bird’s shadow.

“…The world.”

Danhwi opened his eyes with difficulty.

Sky and earth came into his blurry vision.

“Was this vast….”

Danhwi had never once left the Imperial Palace since birth.

He had always been trapped within high walls.

The sky had always been visible only through square-cut windows.

But now.

The sky stretched endlessly.

The clouds seemed close enough to touch.

He shivered from having lost much blood and the cold of the high altitude.

However.

Danhwi saw freedom for the first time.

“Brother, are you okay?”

Moa looked at Danhwi’s face with concern.

“…Yeah.”

Danhwi smiled weakly.

His back hurt as if it were being torn apart. But strangely, his heart felt light.

It felt like he was breaking rules for the first time.

At that moment, having Moa beside him and having properly protected Moa earlier—everything felt satisfying.

“It’s my first time.”

“Huh?”

“Coming up this high, seeing the outside.”

Danhwi’s voice scattered in the wind.

“Beautiful….”

Leaving those words, Danhwi lost consciousness again.

“Brother? Brother!”

Moa called urgently, but Danhwi didn’t respond.

He was breathing, but his face was too pale.

“Goseol, hurry! Please!”

Moa cried out tearfully.

Goseol beat its wings faster.

Black feathers cut through the wind as it raced across the sky.

***

The guards of Jinryongseoga were spending a peaceful afternoon.

Though they were a bit tense since the young lady was visiting the Imperial Palace, they thought she would return without incident.

That’s when it happened.

“Wh-what is that?”

One guard pointed at the sky and shouted.

A giant bird was flying toward them, cutting through the sky.

Black feathers, blue eyes.

They could feel a large and powerful aura.

“Wh-what is that!”

“Take up arms! Ready the bows!”

The guards moved about frantically.

They nocked arrows to bowstrings and aimed their spears.

Just then.

“Don’t shoot! It’s me, Moa!”

A clear, ringing voice shouted from the sky.

“…Miss?”

The guards looked more carefully in confusion.

Between the giant bird’s feet, two small children were nestled.

Moa waved her hand, unharmed by the sharp talons.

“Everyone move aside! Quickly!”

At Moa’s urgent cry, everyone hurriedly stepped back to make room.

Then Goseol landed gently in the middle of the estate.

Dust billowed up with a thud.

“Miss!”

“What happened!”

The guards came running.

Moa supported Danhwi as they got down from Goseol.

“Call a physician! Quickly!”

Moa shouted.

Blood continued flowing down from Danhwi’s back.

His blue clothing was completely soaked, appearing almost red.

“Th-that is…”

The guards froze upon seeing the blood-covered Danhwi.

The dragon pattern carved on his belt.

It was the Crown Prince.

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