The White Tiger Clan’s Baby Cotton Ball - Chapter 272

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Part 2, Chapter 64

For a very brief moment, a chilling murderous intent spread through the air.

“…Who is that man, Soya?”

Ga Hyeon asked gently while narrowing his eyes.

“That’s right. I’m really curious too, Somsom.”

Gaya also asked while raising the corner of his mouth crookedly.

“Elder Brothers don’t know this man, but why is that…?”

It was when Soya was flustered by the somehow eerily felt atmosphere of her two Elder Brothers and trailed off her words.

“Cotton Ball, if it’s your friend, it must be Arang! Did that stupid brown tiger meet a playboy?”

Gayul broke the eerie atmosphere and shouted while jumping up with an excited voice.

“No. It’s not Arang but another friend. A friend that Elder Brother doesn’t know.”

Thanks to that, the strangely chilling air dispersed, but Soya quickly made excuses in case Arang might be misunderstood because of her.

“Where do you have a friend that I don’t know?”

“I have many friends too.”

“Your friends are obvious, the brown tiger and Seolyeo and Chirpy and…”

“Anyway, that’s not what’s important right now. How can someone like another woman at the same time while having Jeong-in!”

With Gayul’s investigation net narrowing, feeling like her lie would be exposed at this rate, Soya hastily changed the subject.

“He must be a playboy like your second Elder Brother.”

Gaya spat out with a sharp voice while frowning.

“There’s nothing more to see, Somsom. Tell your friend not to even deal with such a guy. He’s not even human.”

“Wait a moment, Elder Brother. Did you just call me a playboy?”

Ga Hyeon, who had been quietly listening and then got blamed, looked at Gaya in disbelief.

“On the way to the Imperial Palace, I heard that the romantic scandals you’ve spread with the young ladies of the capital aren’t just one or two?”

“Romantic scandals, you say. That’s unfair.”

Ga Hyeon protested while frowning around his eyes.

“I merely had meetings to personally confirm which family’s young lady might be helpful to our clan.”

“Not a young lady who would help the clan, but a young lady who would help your advancement. You think I don’t know your black heart.”

Gaya snorted and firmly advised Soya.

“Somsom. Your second Elder Brother is blinded by advancement. He’s a playboy who spreads romantic scandals with this woman and that woman, plus he’s a greedy tiger full of desires.”

“Yes…?”

“It’s better than forgetting one’s duty as the clan’s heir and constantly postponing marriage like Elder Brother.”

Ga Hyeon also countered without backing down.

“Soya, your First Elder Brother will grow old as a bachelor without ever getting married. Let’s pity him and take good care of him.”

Unlike his affectionate and gentle tone, the content was firmly mocking Gaya.

“W-wait a moment, Elder Brothers.”

The conversation that started with Soya’s relationship consultation had somehow turned into a deadly confrontation between Gaya and Ga Hyeon.

The flustered Soya tried to stop them, but sadly it didn’t seem to reach their ears.

It was when Gaya and Ga Hyeon were glaring at each other crookedly.

“Sister, I came flying flap-flap with Seolyeo Elder Brother… Huh?”

Just then, Cheongya appeared holding Seolyeo’s hand and blinked his eyes seeing Gaya and Ga Hyeon bickering.

“Why are the Elder Brothers like that?”

“…Are they fighting?”

When Cheongya and Seolyeo asked in puzzled voices, Soya became very embarrassed.

“Please stop fighting, both of you. Seolyeo and Cheongya are watching and getting surprised.”

“That’s right, why are the Elder Brothers fighting so childishly. How embarrassing.”

When Soya said something to her two Elder Brothers, Gayul also sided with Soya.

“We’re not fighting. The second tiger won’t acknowledge it.”

“I can’t acknowledge it because it’s not the truth. And Elder Brother was the one who started the quarrel first.”

At the sight of the two people still adding a word each, Cheongya shook his head and let out a deep sigh.

“Geez, this is why tigers are no good.”

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Today was the day Cheongya had been counting down to for several days – going to float lanterns on the river.

Cheongya had played a flight game with Seolyeo – though called a game, it was actually Seolyeo carrying Cheongya on his back and flying around the sky once – and had returned without being late.

―Oh my, that wicked young dragon is making the great black dragon who will raise the Northern Lands…

Heuksa sighed deeply in lamentation.

On the way back, he had played so wildly that dirt was stuck here and there on Cheongya’s clothes.

While Gaya went in to change Cheongya’s clothes, Ga Hyeon continued the earlier conversation.

“Anyway Soya, I also agree with Elder Brother’s words that the man is not even human. You absolutely must not meet such a guy.”

“It’s not my story but my friend’s story.”

“Right, so you must tell that friend. If that man pulls any more nonsense, don’t hesitate and kick him in the vital spot.”

Ga Hyeon looked at Soya with a very serious face and advised her.

“And if necessary, this Elder Brother can silently eliminate that playboy.”

“Eliminate, you say. When you put it that way, you sound just like a villain.”

When Soya burst into laughter, Ga Hyeon also smiled affectionately following her.

“Elder Brother can become a villain for our Soya’s… well, for our Soya’s friend’s sake. As much as needed.”

“Those are truly cool and reassuring words.”

“Just tell me his name and where he lives.”

“That’s right, Cotton Ball. Tell me too! I can’t silently eliminate like Elder Brother, but I can noisily scold him!”

“I can’t make Elder Brothers into villains.”

Soya answered while giggling.

Of course, even if her Elder Brothers didn’t become villains, she had no intention of telling them who that man was.

Soya pretended to sip her tea water while glancing at the tree in the front courtyard.

Looking at that tree kept bringing back memories of that day.

It was a distance close enough to count each strand of those dense and long platinum-colored eyelashes.

‘If I hadn’t pushed him away at that moment, His Majesty would have…’

As she imagined what came next, heat rose to her face again, so Soya just gulped down the cold tea water.

Seolyeo, who had been quietly watching her, soon followed her gaze to look at the tree in the front courtyard.

It was when Seolyeo’s eyes hardened slightly.

“Sister!”

Cheongya, who had changed into new clothes and finished getting ready, came running out.

“How is it? Is Cheongya pretty?”

Cheongya spun around in front of Soya and asked.

Each time, the sound of jewels rang out clearly.

“Wow, our Cheongya is really pretty.”

“That wicked little snake took all my jewels.”

Gaya, who followed behind, looked at Cheongya with a sulky expression and said.

“Cheongya is not a little snake! Cheongya is an azure dragon!”

“You can’t even do Beast Transformation yet.”

“A tiger who can’t even fly.”

Cheongya, who was heading toward Soya while sticking out his tongue defiantly at the snorting Gaya, immediately had his scruff grabbed.

“Bad tiger, let this go…!”

“Says the one caught by a tiger who can’t even fly.”

Gaya hummed with a serves-you-right expression and lifted Cheongya up to piggyback him on his shoulders.

Soya’s group, having finished preparations, headed outside the Imperial Palace.

When they arrived at the riverside, people were crowded together.

While Ga Hyeon went to buy lanterns, Cheongya spoke in a deliberately serious voice.

“Cheongya will pray to become a cool dragon like Seolyeo Elder Brother. Not a tiger who can’t even fly.”

Cheongya firmly believed that if you lit lanterns and floated them on the flowing river, your wishes would come true.

“Then I should pray for Elder Brother Gaya to find a wonderful partner.”

When Soya replied with a smile, Gaya made a troubled expression.

“Your elder brother doesn’t need a wonderful partner or anything like that, Somsom. Save that kind of wish for your second elder brother who’s a playboy.”

“Playboy? What’s that?”

Cheongya, who was riding piggyback on Gaya’s shoulders, tilted his head and asked.

“A man who likes multiple women with one heart is called a womanizing playboy. Don’t become like that, baby snake.”

“Elder Brother, what are you teaching our young sibling again?”

Ga Hyeon, who had just returned, gave Gaya a sharp look while distributing lanterns to everyone.

“Mmm, but Cheongya likes two people… Does that make Cheongya a playboy too?”

“Our Cheongya, you have two people you like?”

Surprised by Cheongya’s words, Soya asked with wide eyes.

“Yes yes!”

Cheongya nodded vigorously and giggled.

“Cheongya likes both Mother and Sister! So later I’m going to marry both Mother and Sister!”

“Huh…?”

Gayul blinked at Cheongya’s declaration.

“My. This baby snake who’s still wet behind the ears is already a complete playboy.”

Unlike the confused Gayul, Gaya burst into laughter and lifted Cheongya down while ruffling his hair.

After everyone floated their lanterns together on the river water, they temporarily scattered due to their respective duties.

Meanwhile, Soya and Seolyeo sat by the riverside watching the lanterns floating on the dark river water.

“You were surprised earlier, weren’t you Seol Yoya. The elder brothers fought so childishly.”

Tiger beast-people naturally had strong independence, so when tigers of the same kind encountered each other, they often fought.

Even the three White Tiger brothers, who pretended to be gentle in front of Soya, sometimes quarreled while burning with competitive spirit, and when that happened, they wouldn’t listen well even when Soya tried to stop them.

“No, it was nice being all together after so long.”

Seolyeo shook her head and said.

It was true.

Although Soya was embarrassed by her elder brothers’ quarrel, Seolyeo felt good as if she had returned to the White Tiger Palace.

“That’s right. It’s really been a long time since all the elder brothers and even you, Seolyeo, gathered together like this.”

Soya and Seolyeo continued their gentle conversation.

“But what wish did you make earlier, Seol Yoya?”

“I…”

Seolyeo hesitated for a moment without answering, then looked intently at Soya’s face before opening her mouth.

“I wished that you would smile a lot…”

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