Chronicle of the Silver Dragon
Episode 62
Smack!
Crack!
Hong Yuhwa's fist struck Baek Ah square in the face.
Thud, thud! Smack! Thud, thud, thud!
“This is insane! This damn tiger is trying to get itself killed!”
Rawr!
Soon, Hong Yuhwa and Baek Ah began beating each other, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Then, at that moment, Jehwa clapped his hands and smiled brightly as he spoke.
“Wow, you two became friendly in an instant~”
Does that look like they've become friendly to your eyes?
“That’s not it! This damn tiger is....... Agh!”
Hong Yuhwa, who had been arguing against Jehwa's words, let out another scream as Baek Ah's front paw swiped at her head.
“Then I'll go catch a rabbit or something nearby. It's been a while, so I should eat something with Baek Ah.”
Jehwa disappeared from the spot, still smiling brightly.
Hong Yuhwa, who had been watching him with a scowl, felt a vein bulge on her forehead as Baek Ah bit her arm.
Twitch!
“You damn tiger.......”
Growwwwwl!
Terrifying demonic qi, fiery qi, and demonic power began erupting from her body.
Startled by that momentum, Baek Ah hesitated and retreated from Hong Yuhwa.
But only for a moment. Baek Ah let out a roar right away.
Kuaaaaa!
“.......”
Hong Yuhwa fell silent, dumbstruck by the roar.
“Kek!”
Then, a moment later, she pointed at Baek Ah with a look of shock.
“Hah? What kind of tiger is this strong?!”
Wham!
“Agh!”
Once again, Baek Ah's front paw struck Hong Yuhwa's face.
“This is insane!”
Just as the fallen Hong Yuhwa was about to grit her teeth and lunge at Baek Ah…….
Whoosh—
The wind blew. A wind that was both cold and warm.
“Huh?”
Flash!
“Urk?”
Light suddenly burst forth from Baek Ah's body.
The moment the flustered Hong Yuhwa tried to scowl, the light vanished and a small girl appeared.
She looked to be in her early to mid-teens? The girl had snow-white skin that went perfectly with her silvery-white hair and eyes, and she wore fluffy clothes that looked incredibly warm just to look at.
To the point that one would want to steal that outfit and wear it in this cold weather.
“What?”
While Hong Yuhwa was staring blankly at Baek Ah, who had suddenly transformed from a tiger into a girl, the girl pointed her small, pretty hand at Hong Yuhwa and shouted,
“You wicked wench! How dare you try to seduce my Jehwa oppa! I shall punish you today! Prepare yourself, you vile wretch!”
What is she blabbering about?
“Hah?”
At that sight, Hong Yuhwa also looked at the girl with a dumbfounded expression.
“Prepare yourself! Hyah!”
The girl clenched her fist tight and began charging at Hong Yuhwa. Hong Yuhwa raised her palm and smacked the girl's cheek.
Slap!
“Agh!”
Since the girl possessed arms much shorter than Hong Yuhwa's, she was knocked away upon being hit and could not counterattack.
“Eek! Vicious!”
“Shut up!”
Flinch!
The girl, who had been shouting and pointing again, was overwhelmed by Hong Yuhwa's fierce aura.
The girl's own momentum was impressive, but it was still a level below Hong Yuhwa's.
“You....... Could you be the successor of Baihu?”
“Huh?”
The girl's eyes went wide at Hong Yuhwa's question.
“How did you....... You wench, you're an assassin who came after me!”
At the girl's cry, Hong Yuhwa's face began to twist savagely, and the girl, seeing that appearance, flinched once more and stepped back.
“What is this brat with no common sense?”
“I'm not a brat! I'm 308 years old! I'm older than you!”
The girl proudly spread three fingers and shouted at Hong Yuhwa.
“I'm 574 years old, brat.”
“.......”
The girl made a blank expression at Hong Yuhwa's words, then shouted once more,
“Hag!”
Twitch!
Whether her learning ability was remarkably poor or not, the girl continued to provoke Hong Yuhwa, and in the end……
“Aaagh!”
She was beaten black and blue by Hong Yuhwa.
“What is this?”
Jehwa, who had returned after catching a rabbit, muttered blankly at the scene before his eyes.
“Waaaaah! Jehwa oppa!”
And the girl, who had been caught and beaten by Hong Yuhwa, shook off her hand and dashed into Jehwa's embrace.
“Who are you?”
“I'm Baek Ah! Oppa's cute Baek Ah!”
The girl, Baek Ah, who seemed to have forgotten she was crying, looked at the puzzled Jehwa and answered with a bright smile.
“You're a person. Baek Ah is a tiger.”
When Jehwa frowned, Hong Yuhwa let out a deep sigh.
“She's a divine beast. One of the Four Divine Beasts....... The successor of Baihu among them.”
“Huh? So she's like that bird-brained Yeom Johwi or that water snake Seo Ryongseon who only thrashes around in water?”
It was Jehwa, saying things that would make the two of them foam at the mouth and charge at him if they heard.
“Yeah.”
Hong Yuhwa let out a snicker, as if finding the words used to refer to the two absurd, and nodded.
“So you were a divine beast.”
“How does oppa know about the divine beasts?”
Baek Ah's eyes went wide as she made a puzzled expression.
“I've met Auntie Zhuque and Uncle Qinglong before.”
“Really? You've met the two of them? Wow, to meet them as a human! Amazing!”
“Who said I was human?”
Hong Yuhwa frowned as she looked at the admiring Baek Ah.
“That guy isn't human. He's a Silver Dragon.”
“Silver Dragon? What's that?”
At Hong Yuhwa's words, Baek Ah also scrunched up her face.
“Hmph! A little kid doesn't need to know.”
“What?”
As the two began growling at each other, Jehwa let out a deep sigh.
“You damn wench! You flirt with oppa, and now you ignore me?”
“What are you to Jehwa!”
As Hong Yuhwa shrieked, Baek Ah put on a scornful expression and spoke.
“Hmph! I am Jehwa oppa's future bride!”
“.......”
Hong Yuhwa, who had been silent for a moment at those words, struck her palm with her fist and said,
“I see! So she was a crazy wench.”
“What!”
Baek Ah glared with fury at Hong Yuhwa's words.
“Let me introduce myself properly. I am the successor of Baihu who protects the West among the Four Divine Beasts, Baek Horan.”
Baek Horan spoke politely to Jehwa.
“Yeah. Hi there.”
Jehwa nodded his head at that and spoke.
“By the way.......”
Hong Yuhwa, who had been watching with her arms crossed, opened her mouth.
“Could you get off him now?”
She said this with a rather displeased expression on her face.
“.......”
At those words, Baek Horan, who had been clinging to Jehwa while looking at Hong Yuhwa, clung to him even more and stuck her tongue right out.
“Bleh~”
Smack!
“Aaagh! My tongue!”
Hong Yuhwa smiled a smile brimming with malice as she looked at Baek Horan sticking her tongue out at her. Without hesitation, she smacked Baek Horan square on the head, sending her tumbling away from Jehwa and rolling on the ground.
“Pathetic!”
At that, Hong Yuhwa curled up the corners of her mouth.
“You wicked wench!”
Baek Horan glared at Hong Yuhwa with teary eyes and shouted.
“Hmph!”
To a demon, being called bad was praise. And the highest form of praise at that.
At Baek Horan's words, Hong Yuhwa smiled sweetly.
“Eek!”
Looking at Baek Horan flaring up again at that sight, Jehwa stroked her head.
“There, good girl.”
“Ehehehehe!”
At Jehwa's action, Baek Horan's face quickly relaxed.
“.......”
At the sight of the affectionate Jehwa, it was Hong Yuhwa's face that hardened this time.
“Wow, Jehwa oppa!”
Baek Horan smiled brightly and clung to Jehwa.
“What do you think of that brat?”
Hong Yuhwa reacted quite sensitively.
“What do I think of her?”
“Of course he likes me!”
While Jehwa tilted his head at Hong Yuhwa's words, Baek Horan spoke with an expression asking why she even asked.
“Yeah, of course I like her.”
“See.”
Moreover, when Jehwa affirmed it right after, Baek Horan became triumphant.
“What kind of 'like' is it?”
“Hmm.......”
At Hong Yuhwa's words, Jehwa began thinking again.
And just as Baek Horan was about to say something with another “of course” expression, Jehwa sank her.
“A pet.”
“.......”
Baek Horan froze solid, turning to stone.
“Uwahahahahahaha!”
Meanwhile, Hong Yuhwa clutched her stomach and collapsed, laughing like a maniac.
Reading the atmosphere, it seemed Hong Yuhwa had already known that such words would come out of Jehwa's mouth.
A short while later.
“Buu.”
Baek Horan, her cheeks puffed out, had turned her head sharply away from Jehwa as if thoroughly sulking.
“What's with her?”
Looking at Jehwa asking with his head tilted, Hong Yuhwa felt a bit sorry for Baek Horan.
“Baek Ah....... No, Horan-ah.”
Swish!
Even though Jehwa called out to Baek Horan to cheer her up, she merely turned her head sharply away once more.
“Good girl?”
Flinch!
At those words, Baek Horan tried to turn back to Jehwa, but she suppressed her urge to look at him with the mighty mental strength given to the successor of the powerful Baihu of the Four Divine Beasts.
What a waste of mental strength on something so pointless. Still, since she was holding out firmly, she deserved praise.
“Our cute little Horan.”
“Yes~”
Cancel that! Instead of praising her, I should curse her.
At Jehwa's words, Baek Horan turned to him with a bright smile. At that sight, Hong Yuhwa's expression changed subtly.
‘That guy....... He seems to be getting more and more cunning.’
Indeed, Jehwa was becoming more and more cunning.
‘Could it be that as he's becoming aware he's a Silver Dragon, his head is getting better like that Eun Jehwa guy?’
Though weak in strength, the Silver Dragon Prince Eun Jehwa was so renowned academically throughout the world that his intellect was incredible.
It seemed that such intellect was gradually awakening in Jehwa as he became aware he was a Silver Dragon.
‘Tch! That'll be troublesome.’
If a strong kid is a bit stupid, they're easy to handle, but if they're strong and smart too, it's a real headache.
Moreover, unlike the previous Eun Jehwa, this Jehwa was someone who used his good head not for good, but for bad, for his own convenience, and more.
“Huh? Is some crazy bastard cursing me? My ears are itching.”
‘.......’
Watching Jehwa pick his ear, Hong Yuhwa began breaking out in a cold sweat.
Even his animal instincts were getting sharper!
“Sigh.......”
Hong Yuhwa let out a deep sigh.
“Shouldn't we get going now?”
“Hmm....... You're right.”
Jehwa nodded at Hong Yuhwa's words.
“Huh? Where are you going again? We just met after so long, so stay and play a little more.......”
When Baek Horan made a dissatisfied expression, Jehwa smiled and spoke.
“We have important business.”
“Then I'll come with you. I can be of help to oppa.”
Hong Yuhwa frowned and objected at Baek Horan's words.
“No! You stand out too much.”
“What does that have to do with me!”
At the atmosphere that suggested Baek Horan would follow them no matter what, Hong Yuhwa let out a deep sigh.
“And! What about me stands out? I'm totally normal!”
“Your hair and eyes.”
“Changing those to black is nothing at all!”
Baek Horan shouted triumphantly at Hong Yuhwa's words and focused her mind.
Then, the color of her hair and eyes changed to black.
“See.”
“Yeah, yeah....... Aren't you something.”
Hong Yuhwa looked at Baek Horan with a headache-inducing expression.