The Little Baby Snake of the Vermilion Bird Family - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82
The little snake was drawn once again into the memories of the Ghost Dragon.
However, this time was not as agonizing and painful as before.
If previously she had felt as though she became the dragon itself, watching all those scenes unfold first-hand, now she felt as if she had taken a step back to observe it all from a distance.
Countless fragments of memories scattered inside Baeksa’s head, only to repeatedly merge back into one.
‘Who was the one that first created this entity?’
Who had brought this into existence and started using it?
The Ghost Dragon itself was not the horrible thing.
The ones who had created such a monstrosity were the horrible ones.
Amidst the surging fragments of memories, Baeksa instinctively knew.
Even if she helped, the souls of these dragons would never be able to ascend to the Celestial Registry.
They had committed far too many sins to attain ascension. Even if it was against their own will, the karma of having blood on their hands could not be erased.
Still, she could at least free them from this bondage.
The malevolent power held by the Ghost Dragon was siphoned into Baeksa’s body.
Like the white lotus that had purified the pond at the Vermilion Bird Family Estate, the little snake’s body was absorbing everything.
The more she absorbed, the blacker her hair became, but she paid it no mind.
‘It’s alright.’
Jangwangshin had told her. It was important not to be afraid.
Baeksa’s Supernatural Ability stretched out in over a dozen streams of light, binding the soul of the Ghost Dragon as if entrapping it.
The child closed her eyes tightly and brought her two hands together, endlessly devouring the energy.
The power that had initially flooded in like a boundless river gradually weakened over time, turning into a small mountain stream.
Fortunately, by that point, she too felt full.
Just when she felt she no longer needed to absorb any more, Baeksa slowly opened her eyes.
“……Ah.”
Hovering before her eyes were several tiny, floating golden lights.
They encircled the child’s bead, staring intently at Baeksa.
‘They’re fragments of the Ghost Dragon.’
The remnants left behind after all the black threads had been cleared away.
She could no longer feel any kind of grudge or malice from them.
“I’ll help you so you won’t commit any more sins.”
Though they were souls unable to achieve ascension due to accumulating countless acts of slaughter, if they could break the cycle of karma, they might get another chance in their next life.
Just like herself.
When the child lightly tapped the golden lights with both hands, they transformed into a handful of pollen in the air and scattered.
Even though not a single breath of wind blew inside the warehouse, the pollen swirled once around the child’s body before completely dispersing.
And that was the end of it.
It was far, far easier than she had imagined.
The young girl sat by herself, looking down at her small hands.
‘Why couldn’t I absorb it before?’
Was it because she had been inside the Ghost Dragon’s belly back then?
The little snake knew that what she had absorbed was not the entirety of the Ghost Dragon.
This was merely a portion of the fragment that Doeui had picked up.
The Ghost Dragon itself must still be alive and well somewhere out there.
‘Maybe I could absorb it because it was only a fraction of its power.’
Baeksa looked down at her own bead.
The bead, which had turned so pitch-black that it could not possibly get any darker, was now so large that she could not even wrap both hands fully around it.
Considering how it had been so tiny at first that she had to carry it in her pocket to avoid losing it, this was an immense growth.
The child cradled the bead with both hands.
Then, at that exact moment.
Whoosh!
A crimson flame erupted around Baeksa. The great flame flared up instantly as if it would swallow the young girl whole.
Startled, Baeksa reflexively pressed one hand against the floor.
However.
‘It’s not hot?’
It wasn’t hot at all.
The flame merely blazed, showing no signs of intending to harm her.
As the child watched the fire blankly, the flames surged and danced, soon taking the shape of a massive vermilion bird.
Filling the entire warehouse, the crimson vermilion bird looked down at the tiny snake.
Baeksa muttered blankly.
“Divine…… Beast?”
It was the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast.
The being who had given her a name and bestowed a blessing upon her.
The great vermilion bird that had allowed her to meet Jangwangshin and had always protected the little snake from afar.
The vermilion bird brought the blunt edge of its beak against the little snake’s forehead and spoke.

Whoosh!
Massive wings of fire tenderly enveloped the little snake, who looked like a small lotus.
Cradling Baeksa as if she were a precious treasure, the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast whispered.

Baeksa could not understand what that meant.
How the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast had descended into this cramped warehouse.
Before she even had time to wonder how long it had been watching over her, everything began to progress at a rapid pace.
It felt as if all the affairs of the world were rushing past her like flowing water.
The massive beak of the vermilion bird gently nudged its way into the embrace of the little snake, whose entire body was stained black.
Reflexively, Baeksa wrapped her arms around that giant beak and warm head.
The beak of the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast felt like a large brazier warming her body.
A brazier that would neither burn her skin nor catch her on fire no matter how tightly she held onto it.
The guardian deity of the South, the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, nestled its body into the young girl’s embrace.

And as it wrapped its wings like a massive wall of fire tightly around the little snake, it whispered.

At that moment.
The flames surrounding Baeksa instantly turned into a white blaze.
The pure white fire enveloped the child like a lotus, blooming like a flower.
As the massive Vermilion Bird Divine Beast kissed the back of the small child’s hand.
Flash!
A brilliant white light instantaneously blanketed the surroundings, illuminating the dark warehouse.
And slowly, very slowly.
“……Ah.”
The child’s bead began to shift back to a bright color, piece by piece.
The same went for Baeksa’s hair.
The fire was burning away the sinister energy, restoring everything to its original color. The child stared at her hair as it gradually turned white again.
Then, the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast looked at Baeksa and spoke.