The Dragon Family’s Beloved Baby Cat - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96

‘Being reborn?’

Moa opened her mouth in shock, not even noticing the tears welling up in her eyes as if there was a fire.

“Snake Grandma, does it really not hurt?!”

Moa asked tearfully.

Her heart was still pounding.

“Isn’t the fire hot!?”

[It doesn’t hurt. It’s not hot either.]

Sasamyeong smiled gently.

[Rather, it’s very warm.]

Tears flowed from Sasamyeong’s eyes as she felt the sensation of not being cold for the first time since birth.

The hot tears immediately evaporated in the flames and didn’t fall to the floor.

Soon, Samyeongrok appeared before Moa’s eyes.

-Main Mission: Attach heart assistance device to ‘Sasamyeong’ (Success)

‧Reward: ‘Eternal Alliance’ acquired

·Special Effect: ‘Cold-blood disease’ disappears from the world

·’Sasamyeong ‘ has evolved into a flame-bearing snake!

‘Evolution? That? Like Pokémon evolution?!’

Moa’s eyes widened as she thought of the animation.

She remembered scenes of a tiny baby Pokémon evolving and growing magnificently to play an active role.

‘How exciting!’

Moa clenched her small fists tightly and her cheeks turned bright red.

Nothing like this had ever happened before.

Moa jumped up and down in place, extremely excited.

And soon Sasamyeong also perfectly noticed her own change.

[This is….]

When the fire first started appearing, Sasamyeong thought it was just a temporary change that occurred as her surgically repaired heart moved for the first time.

[…This is strange.]

“Yes?”

[The fire isn’t disappearing.]

But no matter how long she waited, the fire wouldn’t die down!

[It seems something has changed quite… significantly.]

“Umm… It says you evolved.”

[I… evolved?]

“Uh-huh. Usually when you evolve, your appearance changes too, and you become stronger.”

At Moa’s words, Sasamyeong lowered her head to carefully observe the child’s sparkling face.

Her elongated pupils scrutinized Moa thoroughly.

[Yes, this isn’t simple treatment. You’ve changed my very body.]

“Oh, it was really good treatment, right?”

Moa giggled and blinked her eyes.

[Little baby. You… what exactly are you?]

“Huh…?”

Moa tilted her head.

Her face showed she didn’t understand what was being said.

“Oh my, Snake Grandma. To people you should say ‘Who are you!’ instead.”

After kindly explaining like a kindergarten teacher, Moa answered matter-of-factly.

“I’m just Moa!”

[Just?]

Sasamyeong laughed quietly.

But her eyes weren’t smiling.

[No. You’re not just human.]

Sasamyeong moved closer to Moa.

The flames rippled toward Moa.

But it wasn’t hot, rather it was cozy.

[Your power is a power that defies providence.]

“Provi…?”

[Evolution means one’s status has been elevated. How could a mere human raise the status of a Guardian Spirit?]

“Huh…?”

Moa wiggled her fingers and rolled her eyes at the words she vaguely seemed to understand.

[I can say with certainty. The only one capable of such a thing would be Heavenly Deity.]

“Heavenly Deity?”

Moa finally smiled happily at a name she recognized.

She remembered learning that this was the deity who created this world.

[The one who created this world.]

[The one who brought us Twelve Zodiacs into existence.]

[My master. I can feel That Person’s power within you.]

Soon Sasamyeong spoke in a voice as soft as singing.

Then she gazed intently at Moa with mysterious eyes as if trying to peer into her depths.

[Are you, no, are You the Heavenly Deity?]

“…M-me?!”

Startled, Moa shook her head vigorously.

She shook it so fast that Moa’s eyes soon became blurry with dizziness.

“I don’t really know! I’m just Father and Mother’s daughter!”

At the innocent answer, Sasamyeong looked at Moa for a moment.

The child really seemed to know nothing.

[I see. You don’t know yet.]

Sasamyeong murmured.

[But someday you’ll learn. How special an existence you are.]

At the prophecy-like words, Moa’s brow furrowed slightly.

“Who am I?”

[Hmm?]

“I don’t know but Snake Grandma says she does. Then it would be good if you told me.”

She absolutely hated complicated talk like ‘find out for yourself someday’!

Moa couldn’t understand why she had to take the difficult path when Sasamyeong could just tell her right now and make it easy.

At the bold request, Sasamyeong moved her body in undulating motions.

Moa, who had been flustered, realized this was how Sasamyeong laughed.

[I don’t really know either. I just had the thought that you possess very special power, and perhaps might be connected to Heavenly Deity.]

“If I met such a person… no no, such a deity, there’s no way I wouldn’t remember…?!”

That’s strange, Moa thought as she tilted her head.

Sasamyeong recalled something.

[Jinryongnyeong would know too. Little one, when you return, could you ask Jinryongnyeong to convene the Twelve Families Council? I want to have a conversation with him.]

“Twelve Families Council? Yes, I understand!”

Though she didn’t know much about the Twelve Families Council, Moa nodded for now.

“Come to think of it, doesn’t Snake Grandma’s name change?”

[My name…?]

“Pokémon usually change names when they evolve~ Doesn’t Snake Grandma?”

[A name….]

Sasamyeong chuckled.

Her name was made up of characters meaning snake.

[Since my current name just means snake…a fire-breathing snake….]

Changing the name given by the Heavenly Deity somehow made her feel strange.

[How coincidental.]

‘What’s coincidental?’

While Moa flinched momentarily at the difficult word, Sasamyeong decided on her name.

[From now on, call me Sayeongryeong , dear child.]

As she named herself as a new being, warm waves immediately spread from Sayeongryeong’s body.

Outside the ancestral shrine.

To the garden.

Throughout the entire manor.

The waves enveloped all of Saryeom House.

Exclamations burst out from all over the manor.

“My body is warm…!”

“My hands aren’t cold!”

“It’s hot! What is this… what’s happening?!”

From rooms, corridors, and the garden.

People who had been suffering from cold blood disease came out one by one.

They looked up at the sky and shed tears.

For the first time since birth, they weren’t cold.

Soon the shrine door opened.

Moa ran outside.

“Sister!”

Moa cheerfully called out to Rin, who was standing in the garden with rosy cheeks that had regained their color.

“Something must have changed. How do you feel, sister?”

“The manor is in an uproar. The cold blood disease has disappeared…”

Rin herself had been able to cast off the heavenly curse with Baeksa’s treatment, but the others hadn’t.

However, Moa had truly accomplished it again this time.

“Moa…”

Rin pulled Moa into a tight embrace.

“Whoa!”

Startled Moa screamed and blinked her eyes.

However, realizing that Rin had simply hugged her, she curved her eyes like crescents.

“Thank you, really thank you…”

“Hehe.”

Moa laughed in Rin’s arms.

Then.

-Hiss!

Baeksa trembled on Rin’s wrist.

“Oh! She’s becoming like the snake grandmother!”

Just as Moa exclaimed in admiration, small flames bloomed between Baeksa’s scales.

It wasn’t to the extent of covering her entirely like Sayeongryeong, but flames that bloomed softly on her tail.

The flames that shifted between yellow and white were small but looked intense.

Rin and Moa didn’t know it yet, but this was the influence of Sayeongryeong changing the species of all the spirit creatures in Saryeom House.

“It’s not hot… huh?”

Of course, her clothes didn’t burn.

Moa watched Baeksa flicking her tongue happily and Rin looking amazed, then laughed “ehehe” and hugged them both.

***

“Ah, that was tiring!”

Moa stretched.

She had just returned to the guest room where her family was waiting to go home soon.

“Good work, little one.”

Yeongang, who had rushed over as soon as he spotted Moa, massaged her small shoulders while praising her.

Feeling somehow strange as her older brother massaged her shoulders, Moa laughed “ehehe.”

“Did things go well?”

“…! Yes, Moa accomplished it magnificently.”

Rin was somewhat surprised to hear Jin Saheon ask with formal courtesy.

Then, realizing he was being considerate of Rin who would soon become the head of the manor, she bowed her head and answered.

The debt owed to Moa and the Jinryong Clan seemed like it wouldn’t be enough to repay even with a lifetime.

Jin Saheon and Jaseonghwa looked at the top of Rin’s head with ambiguous expressions.

‘Huh? Why is everyone making those expressions?’

Moa, who was skilled at reading the mood, noticed the strange atmosphere and tilted her head.

‘Oh, could it be.’

Moa, who guessed the reason, narrowed her eyes and looked around.

“Father, did news come from the Imperial Palace by any chance?”

Jin Saheon looked at Moa for a moment.

His daughter’s worried eyes and small hands tightly gripping her decision told him how earnest she was.

Would it be okay to tell such news to his small daughter who had just accomplished a great task and was tired from fatigue?

It was news that had surprised him as well after receiving it from the secret forces surrounding Saryeom House.

He hesitated for a moment, then carefully nodded.

“…Yes.”

“Something bad happened, didn’t it?”

Moa asked with a tearful expression.

To her question asked while leaning forward as if about to rush up to him, Jin Saheon answered honestly.

“There’s a report that massive amounts of blood were discovered at the private meeting between Crown Prince and the Emperor…”

‘Blood?’

[Eek, that’s blood!]

Moa’s face turned pale as she learned the meaning of the word from Somi’s horrified reaction.

“Ah…! Can’t we go to the Imperial Palace right now? We have to save Danhwi!”

“The Imperial Palace has been sealed.”

It was like a bolt from the blue.

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