The White Tiger Clan’s Baby Cotton Ball - Chapter 276

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Part 2, Chapter 68

“I see you’re returning from enjoying a night stroll.”

Han Seol smiled warmly as he looked at the pale pink flower petals clinging to Soya’s hair.

“It seems Elder Brother is also returning from an enjoyable occasion.”

He was dressed more splendidly than usual, as if he had attended some feast, and the sharp scent of alcohol wafted from him.

“Jiwang held a banquet to celebrate the Year of the Golden Dragon. Even when I said I was busy, he wouldn’t listen and kept sending invitations.”

‘Jiwang’ was a title referring to the Imperial Dragon, the master of the earth.

“I was returning from meeting him when I thought of you and stopped by.”

“How is the Imperial Dragon doing?”

Soya asked with a bright smile.

“He’s doing well. Very excited and flying around.”

He answered with a slight frown.

For the past thousand years, the evil energy floating throughout the earth had been a tremendous headache for the Imperial Dragon.

He was quite displeased with the evil energy contaminating the earth, but even with his power, there was nothing he could do about it.

However, three years ago, when Evil was destroyed, the evil energy also lost its power.

The Imperial Dragon, as if he had been waiting, instantly devoured all the demon beasts on earth and the floating evil energy.

“I heard that after swallowing all of them at once, his belly became so full that he hasn’t eaten anything for the past three years.”

The story Han Seol told while shaking his head was so amusing that Soya burst into laughter.

“Oh, what’s that supposed to mean?”

“It’s true, Hwaon. If you had seen Jiwang’s protruding lower belly, you would have been shocked too.”

Seeing Soya laugh, Han Seol also smiled gently and said.

“But recently, he’s had one very small problem.”

“What’s that?”

To Soya, who showed interest and asked, Han Seol explained.

On earth, there were some fragments of evil that the Imperial Dragon hadn’t been able to swallow.

These were the evil energies dwelling in the bodies of a very small number of young beasts caught up in demonification.

Since Evil was dead anyway, the powerless evil energy would naturally disappear within the young beasts’ bodies.

Therefore, the Imperial Dragon left the innocent young beasts caught up in evil’s power alone and watched over them without devouring them.

However, recently someone killed one of the young beasts the Imperial Dragon was watching and stole the evil energy.

“They stole the evil energy?”

“Yes. What a bold fellow, to do such a thing while Jiwang was excitedly drinking and sleeping drunk.”

“….”

“Calling it the Year of the Golden Dragon and holding drinking parties every single day since the beginning of the year, tsk.”

Han Seol clicked his tongue lightly.

“To do such a thing even committing murder, how vicious.”

Soya muttered with a furrowed brow.

Now that Evil had been destroyed, even if evil energy remained, it wouldn’t be able to threaten the continent.

But there was still the possibility it could be used for evil magic.

“When Jiwang chased that energy, it recently moved from the Northern Lands to the Central Region. More precisely, it seems to be hiding somewhere within this Imperial Palace.”

“Then I think I can help the Imperial Dragon.”

“That’s a good idea. If you help, we can put Jiwang in an enormous debt.”

Han Seol smiled brightly at Soya’s words.

“Oh, a debt? Of course I should help.”

“I can’t let it pass as a favor when my precious sister lends her hand to solve a troublesome matter. I’ll speak firmly about it, so think carefully about what compensation to receive.”

Soya replied with a laugh, but Han Seol was serious.

“For instance, something like the lost memories of the young Imperial Dragon on earth.”

She froze.

In an instant, Soya’s face hardened.

“You keep crying because of that.”

Han Seol looked at Soya’s eyes with a pained expression.

Even though there were no more tears left, he could tell his sister had been crying.

“…But that can’t be helped. Those memories were too vast to hold in a human body.”

“No. There is a way.”

Han Seol spoke to Soya, who was calmly shaking her head.

“There is one way for the young Imperial Dragon on earth to live carrying those enormous memories even in a human body.”

“…!”

At those words, Soya’s eyes widened.

* * *

The woman hurriedly returned to her quarters.

Thump, thump, thump, thump…!

Recalling the chilling aura from the Emperor who had noticed her presence and turned around earlier, her heart pounded.

The woman barely calmed her wildly beating chest and looked into the mirror.

There, a woman with luscious red hair appeared before her eyes.

Everyone knew her as a young lady from the Northern Lands’ Flower Snake tribe, but in reality, this woman was a Thread Snake beastman, said to be the weakest among snake beastmen.

Until three years ago, she had lived in the Sorcerer’s Village, running errands for them and learning evil magic by watching over their shoulders.

But on the day she was running an errand for the Village Chief, the village fell overnight.

Unable to return anywhere and wandering afterward, she was taken in by the daughter of the Flower Snake tribe chief.

While doing menial work under her, accidentally discovering a beast harboring evil energy was truly heaven’s luck.

After killing the beast and stealing the evil fragment, she combined the evil energy with the Thread Snake beastman’s unique special ability of ‘molting’ to complete evil magic that changed her appearance.

Of course, evil magic always required a sacrifice, as usual.

That was precisely the daughter of the Flower Snake tribe chief who had taken her in.

The woman killed the chief’s daughter and used her blood to cast evil magic, becoming the Flower Snake tribe’s young lady.

Though only her appearance had changed, that alone instantly transformed her life.

She could wear silk clothes, eat warm meals, and live commanding others, even coming to the Imperial Palace as a candidate for the Dragon Emperor’s Bride.

This Imperial Palace was so wonderful that her eyes widened even though she had only come as a guest.

Wanting to continue staying in the Imperial Palace, she investigated here and there and came across rumors related to the Emperor.

The Emperor had been delaying marriage to take the woman he loved as his bride.

‘The Emperor has a woman he likes, but seeing that he hasn’t found her until now, it must be a situation where she can’t come forward.’

Expectations swelled that if she played her cards right, she might become Empress, beating out the Baek Family’s Daughter, a strong candidate.

‘If I can just capture the Emperor’s heart, I can continue staying in the Imperial Palace without returning to the Northern Lands.’

However, unfortunately, the Emperor’s attitude was very cold.

Recently, he had looked back at her feigned accidental encounter, but upon suddenly discovering the appearance of a young woman, he ran away without looking back.

Since then, there had been no opportunity to get close to the Emperor.

And today, she had accidentally discovered the Emperor with the Maiden of the Baek Ho Clan and secretly watched.

The Emperor was courting the Maiden of the Baek Ho Clan.

She didn’t know what method was used, but the Baek Family’s Daughter, who had been the most likely candidate for the Dragon Emperor’s Bride, had finally captured even the Emperor’s heart.

“What should I do? If the festival period ends like this, I’ll have to return to the Northern Lands….”

The woman became anxious but there was nothing she could do.

“If only I knew evil magic to capture a man’s heart….”

Anger suddenly surged toward Soya, who was born as direct lineage of one of the Four Great Families, had everything, and now wanted to have the Emperor too.

But the only ability the woman possessed was the single evil magic of changing her appearance.

There was no way someone like her could do anything to the Maiden of the Baek Ho Clan, who was said to use the power of Divine Beasts.

“If only I could find out that woman’s weakness….”

The woman was muttering while gnawing at her fingernail tips.

―Shall I help you?

“Wh-who’s there!”

Startled by the sudden voice, the woman looked around.

―Keke, you don’t need to know who I am. Is the ‘woman’ you mentioned the maiden of the White Tiger Family?

The voice asked with an unpleasantly giggling tone.

“H-how do you know that…?”

Toward the woman who muttered in surprise, the voice whispered wickedly.

―I know that woman’s weakness. How about it, do you want to know?

“…”

Gulp.

The woman swallowed and nodded her head.

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