The White Tiger Clan’s Baby Cotton Ball - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91

 

The Blue Shark Family was the most powerful family among the various retainers of the Eastern Lands.

 

A few years ago, after the chaos in the Eastern Lands when the Previous Azure Dragon Family Head passed away leaving only a young heir behind.

 

They were confident that at the end of this chaos, the Blue Shark Family would become the ruler of the Eastern Lands.

 

However, when Cheongha returned and settled the chaos, their plans began to go awry.

 

Fortunately, unlike other families that had openly rebelled, they managed to avoid the spear wielded by Cheongha by cunningly hiding their true intentions…

 

[A woman who was already married off to another family once has returned to serve as acting family head. How does this make any sense?]

 

The head of the Blue Shark Family was very displeased with Cheongha performing the duties of acting family head.

 

If someone had to act as proxy for the family head’s vacant position, wouldn’t it be right for the Blue Shark Family, who had long protected the Eastern Lands, to do it?

 

The dissatisfaction that sprouted from such feelings had now transformed into strong rebellious sentiment aimed at bringing down the Azure Dragon Family, constantly watching for an opportunity to seize that position.

 

In fact, it was their doing that formed the public opinion of dissatisfaction toward Cheongha within the Eastern Lands.

 

[Anyway, if we just bring down that woman, the Young Family Head poses no threat to us at all.]

 

Thus, they tried to gradually undermine Cheongha’s prestige to weaken her power and steal her position…

 

Cheongha, who had no contact with the White Tiger Family after her divorce, began to resume exchanges with the White Tiger Family again starting three years ago.

 

Since the White Tiger Family of the west led by Baek Saeon had considerable influence even in these distant Eastern Lands, they couldn’t easily touch her.

 

So while waiting for an opportunity, they recently succeeded in switching the Azure Dragon Spirit enshrined in the Azure Sea Palace Sacred Hall.

 

The Blue Shark Family’s special ability was ‘Mimicry,’ and they created a fake spirit to perfectly deceive the people of Azure Sea Palace.

 

Then they sealed away the real sacred object they had stolen deep within the Blue Shark Family.

 

The reason plants could grow abundantly even in the salt-filled Eastern Lands was all thanks to the life force emitted by the Azure Dragon Spirit.

 

When they lost the spirit, the plants in the Eastern Lands began to wither and lose their vitality, and the Blue Shark Family didn’t miss this opportunity to spread even more dissatisfaction about Cheongha among the people.

 

Since the Azure Dragon Spirit was fake, the ceremonial event during the upcoming Dragon God Festival would also be ruined.

 

Then the trust in Cheongha would plummet even further…

 

‘But that alone isn’t enough for a decisive blow. Simply having the Dragon God’s power weakened won’t be enough to push that woman out.’

 

Just then, they happened to receive news that the Young Lady of the White Tiger Family would visit during this Dragon God Festival.

 

‘Oh ho. If we use that Young Lady to create discord with the Western Lands…!’

 

He ordered his son to meet that Young Lady under the pretext of watching the festival and secretly switch her sea orb with a fake one.

 

Since it was festival season, there were many places to carry out their plan away from people’s eyes. For instance, the Seaweed Maze or the Coral Garden…

 

Without a sea orb containing the Dragon God’s energy, land beast-people cannot breathe underwater.

 

After finishing festival sightseeing today, Soya would return to Azure Sea Palace and die mysteriously before another night passed.

 

After that, they planned to blame all responsibility on Cheongha’s fault as the temporary master of Azure Sea Palace.

 

‘Then that woman will ultimately face people’s criticism for a major diplomatic blunder, and the bond with the White Tiger Family will weaken too.’

 

The white tiger princes weren’t suitable because they were Cheongha’s biological children, but that Young Lady who didn’t share a drop of blood with Cheongha would be perfect for pinning the blame on her.

 

It was a perfect plan.

 

But!

 

“What? The White Tiger Family’s Young Lady disappeared while watching the festival together?”

 

Soya had suddenly vanished.

 

And it happened while she was watching the festival with his own son, of all times.

 

“How on earth did this happen!”

 

“I, I don’t really know either. She disappeared without a trace while I was away for just a moment…”

 

“The sea orb! What about the sea orb!”

 

“Don’t worry, Father. I successfully switched the sea orb.”

 

Ahan reassured his father not to worry and showed him the sea orb he had switched.

 

However, seeing the sea orb his son showed him, the family head’s entire face turned blue and he nearly fainted.

 

“You foolish boy!”

 

“Father…?”

 

“We need to find that Young Lady! We need to find that Young Lady and send her back to Azure Sea Palace safely!”

 

“Yes, yes…?”

 

The family head shook his son’s body while shouting at him as he made a confused expression, unable to understand immediately.

 

“Even if that Young Lady dies, she must die at Azure Sea Palace! If she goes missing and dies mysteriously like this, the responsibility will fall on us, not Azure Sea Palace!”

 

“…!”

 

Only then did Ahan’s face turn blue as he understood his father’s words.

 

“Then, then what should we do?”

 

Belated anxiety struck him.

 

Baek Saeon, the head of the White Tiger Family. Who was he?

 

There were many ominous rumors surrounding that master of the west who inherited the most outstanding physical characteristics among the ancient Death God Beasts.

 

Wasn’t he called the demon of the battlefield who tears apart enemies’ limbs with his bare hands?

 

He heard that due to his fierce nature, even the demonic beasts of the battlefield would tremble and flee when their eyes met his.

 

Thinking of That Man’s blade turning toward the Blue Shark Family instead of Azure Sea Palace made his spine chill.

 

“Mobilize all the family’s manpower to find that Young Lady!”

 

The family head shouted with his neck veins bulging red.

 

“By any means necessary, no matter what it takes, we must find that Young Lady! We must!”

 

“Yes, Family Head!”

 

The Blue Shark Family’s Household Members rushed out in a swarm to search for Soya.

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile, deep in the Inner Courtyard of Blue Shark Mansion where chaos had erupted.

 

There, a small bird was covering its beak with short wings and yawning.

 

“Yaaawn.”

 

With a very bored expression.

 

It was Soya who had used Beast Transformation.

 

And in front of her was the ‘real Azure Dragon Spirit.’

 

Finding the Azure Dragon Spirit was all thanks to Chirpy.

 

Yesterday, while chasing Chirpy who had been distracted by a plump bug, she ended up deep in the Inner Courtyard of Blue Shark Mansion.

 

Discovering plants that were uniquely lush and green unlike other places, Soya found it suspicious and left Chirpy alone at the mansion before coming out.

 

Afterward, Chirpy wandered around the mansion’s Inner Courtyard, found the Azure Dragon Spirit, and informed Soya of its location.

 

Not only that, but Chirpy also eavesdropped on conversations of the Blue Shark Family members and informed her that they intended to harm Soya.

 

Soya was dumbfounded that they thought she would so carelessly let her sea orb be stolen.

 

She was the daughter of the White Tiger Family, after all.

 

‘But the problem is how to let people know that the spirit is there.’

 

The Blue Shark Family was a family with tremendous influence even among the various retainers of the Eastern Lands.

 

They probably couldn’t just send soldiers to ransack the mansion based solely on the testimony of a young girl from another region.

 

And above all, Soya wanted to go beyond simply retrieving the spirit and use this opportunity to teach them a lesson so they would never again covet Mother’s position.

 

‘Making Mother upset. That’s something I can’t forgive.’

 

So the method Soya thought of was to transform into a small bird and hide here.

 

She deliberately showed herself accompanying the Blue Shark Family’s young master in front of countless people on a grand scale, then quietly disappeared.

 

By now, her Elder Brothers who discovered she was missing would be causing a commotion outside, and before long it would reach Mother’s ears, who would be busy with the Dragon God Festival.

 

‘If they can’t find me on the streets, Azure Sea Palace soldiers will come looking even at Blue Shark Mansion.’

 

Then she would hide here and appear with a ‘pop!’ to lead them to find the Azure Dragon Spirit.

 

Moreover, she had the fake sea orb that the Blue Shark Family’s young master had switched.

 

This would serve as good evidence that they had tried to harm her.

 

Soya glanced at the sacred object placed in front of her.

 

Though it was bound and sealed with seaweed, she could still feel the undeniable life force emanating from it.

 

‘Will I be able to wake Azure Dragon?’

 

Soya cautiously extended her wing and lightly tapped the Fire Halberd, but there was no change whatsoever.

 

It was because she didn’t have Direct Lineage blood.

 

‘I guess Mother needs to be here after all.’

 

Soya soon gave up on waking the Azure Dragon and plopped down on the floor with a thud.

 

Hiding in this small bird form reminded her of the times when she used to play hide-and-seek with her Elder Brothers when she was little.

 

Soya’s body after Beast Transformation was very small, which gave her an advantage in hide-and-seek, but she was always discovered in the end.

 

It was because of the White Tiger beast-people’s superior Enhanced Scent.

 

Soya had no doubt that her Elder Brothers would find her this time too.

 

‘I’ll just sleep until Elder Brothers come looking for me.’

 

Soya soon fell into a peaceful slumber.

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