Chapter 52 Hee
I bit Baek Yeonyeong’s finger with determination.
Is this really okay?
I have poison in my teeth too.
Crunch.
Naturally, my teeth didn’t penetrate Baek Yeonyeong’s skin.
I felt a bit defiant.
I had surpassed the Crocodile King Lizard and reached the level of the Komodo Dragon, yet I still couldn’t penetrate a single finger?
Grr.
Special move: biting two fingers.
Snap.
The effect was minimal.
[“Tang So-yeong’s”] faith has greatly increased.
Huh?
Why did that happen?
I released Baek Yeonyeong’s finger and turned to look at Tang So-yeong.
She was trembling.
With her spider friends on her shoulders, she was staring at me.
“Who told you to stop?”
Baek Yeonyeong was acting strange too.
Maybe she needed my poison?
I could produce it if necessary.
Still, the sensation of biting a finger wasn’t bad.
How should I put it, it satisfied my hidden desires.
It was like biting into a large chunk of meat, providing a similar satisfaction.
Of course, there was the difference that my teeth didn’t sink in.
Should I try biting Tang So-yeong?
Her skin might be easier to bite through.
Being from the Tang family, she should be fine with poison, right?
Just as I was thinking of biting Baek Yeonyeong’s finger again.
“Ko, Ko Dae-hyeop!”
Tang So-yeong, whose faith had become intense, ran towards me.
Because of her short legs, she wasn’t very fast.
A scampering pace would be the right description.
Tang So-yeong, who ran towards me like a chick, puffed out her chest.
Was she trying to appear bigger? But her chest wasn’t that large, so the effect seemed minimal.
Tang So-yeong wedged herself between Baek Yeonyeong and me.
Are you happy to see another human after a long time?
Let me introduce you,
“Gek, gek, gek.”
This is Baek Yeonyeong.
She is my master.
That’s the kind of conversation I was thinking about.
But what came out of Tang So-yeong’s mouth was completely opposite of my expectation.
“Hurry, run away!”
Tang So-yeong was trembling.
In her hand was a small bead.
It was evident that it was related to poison.
But why was she holding it and shaking?
“Hoo.”
Apparently, Tang So-yeong considered the Baek Yeonyeongsaurus before her an enemy.
Well, considering she had sent that giant flying with one hand, it made sense to think she was dangerous.
She had come running thinking I was being attacked.
Though a bit annoyed, it was somewhat touching.
But that’s a huge misunderstanding.
Baek Yeonyeong was my master.
Though she could be quite aggressive, she was inherently kind.
“Gek, gek, gek.”
I had to introduce them.
In my opinion, you two would get along well.
After all, you’re the only humans who talk to a lizard.
“Ko Dae-hyeop! Hurry, run away! I’ll handle this somehow….”
“Ko Dae-hyeop? How strange. I have not yet named you, so how are you being called by such a bizarre title?”
You usually call me little lizard.
Ko Dae-hyeop is better.
Ignoring Tang So-yeong, Baek Yeonyeong seemed to be lost in thought.
“The power of the sun. The one who controls it.”
Baek Yeonyeong spouted some poetic nonsense.
“How about Heeraksoo(爔烙率)?”
What is Heeraksoo?
Did she just name me that?
I’ll just stick with Komodo.
“Gek, gek.”
I made a rejection sound.
“Hmm….”
She rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought again.
“Dae, Dae-hyeop…. We need to go quickly….”
No.
Whatever it is, it’s pointless.
Even if you run, you’ll get caught immediately.
And there’s no reason to run.
“Your claws are like flames that tear through enemies, your body like a shield that withstands anything.”
Has she written poetry before?
She’s spouting some pretty cool lines.
“Heyrano(爔攞櫓). How about that? Do you like it?”
No.
“Gek, gek, gek!”
I made a vehement rejection sound.
“Yeah. It must be hard to choose. I’m sorry.”
She had no naming sense but seemed to have a conscience.
“Both are such excellent names, it’s understandable to be conflicted.”
So, no conscience either!
“Gek, gek, gek, gek!”
“Heerano. Heeraksoo. They have good meanings, but they’re hard to pronounce.”
Then why name me that?
Komodo is much better.
An old death with a tail.
How cool is that?
“Hee.”
Huh?
“You are Hee.”
Hee….
It’s better than Heeraksoo or Heerano.
Wait, did she intentionally suggest weird names to lower my expectations?
So I’d accept the name Hee?
“Do not use strange names like Ko Dae-hyeop. You will be called Hee.”
Tang So-yeong.
Say something.
Or I’ll lose my title as Ko Dae-hyeop.
I nudged Tang So-yeong with a gek, gek.
“U… uuh….”
Tang So-yeong was trembling like a leaf.
She had come confidently, but why was she like this now?
First, put down that thing in your hand.
Whatever it is, it looks like it could explode at any moment.
“Hee.”
Baek Yeonyeong called me.
She slightly turned her head to look at Tang So-yeong’s face.
Tang So-yeong trembled even more.
“This small creature standing between you and me, what is it?”
Her expression was arrogant.
Before Tang So-yeong intervened, she showed no interest, but now she seemed to be curious about her presence.
No wonder she was scared.
Tang So-yeong.
Don’t worry too much.
Baek Yeonyeong might talk like that, but she’s quite kind.
She even looks kind, doesn’t she?
Though her personality might be a bit odd.
“Gek, gek.”
There was no other choice.
I had to mediate.
“Gek, gek, gek.”
Since communication was a bit difficult, I would assist Tang So-yeong by standing by her side.
Come on, explain quickly.
I’ll nod my head.
“Ko, Ko Dae-hyeop… This poison is dangerous, so quickly….”
Tang So-yeong was crying.
…Something felt wrong.
No matter how scared she was, should she be this terrified?
Could it be that Tang So-yeong knew who Baek Yeonyeong really was?
“Heeya.”
Baek Yeonyeong turned to look at me again.
Suddenly, a piece of information came to mind.
The place where I was, this was the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was the base of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Unless someone was in a special situation like Tang So-yeong, ordinary people couldn’t come near here.
Baek Yeonyeong roamed this place as if it were her own home.
Baek Yeonyeong was a person of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
And quite a high-ranking one at that.
“No matter how I look at it, this girl seems to be a daughter of the Tang family. Is that correct?”
I realized my mistake.
Tang So-yeong was from the Sichuan Tang Clan.
So to speak, a person from a prestigious family.
Baek Yeonyeong was from the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
A phrase she had once told me came to mind.
‘The kid next door died for meddling with the Five Great Families.’
Would Baek Yeonyeong view Tang So-yeong from the Sichuan Tang Clan favorably?
No, she wouldn’t.
“How bold. How dare someone from the Five Great Families meddle with whom?”
Even if Baek Yeonyeong viewed me favorably, she wouldn’t view Tang So-yeong the same way.
A paralyzing killing intent emanated from her.
“Ko, Ko Dae-hyeop….”
Tang So-yeong’s arm hung limply.
The bead in her hand was likely her last resort.
But it was meaningless in front of Baek Yeonyeong.
She controlled everything with just her aura.
I had to stop this.
At this rate, Tang So-yeong would be killed by her.
“Grrrrr….”
I made the lowest, most threatening sound I could.
Baek Yeonyeong had a favorable view of me.
I had to use that to my advantage.
“Heeya. Who are you baring your teeth at?”
Baek Yeonyeong’s emotionless face seemed even more eerie.
But it had an effect.
“Fine.”
The oppressive aura slightly weakened.
“Why should I spare this girl?”
There were many reasons.
Countless reasons.
But I had no way to convey them right now.
I needed Tang So-yeong to come to her senses so I could explain how we ended up together.
To do that, I had to get through this situation safely.
It was a critical moment.
I needed something to temporarily quell Baek Yeonyeong’s anger.
“Kieeek!”
At that moment, the spider on Tang So-yeong’s back started to crawl forward.
It was Nephila Jurassica.
Tus and Pus also made noises, jumping around on her shoulders.
It was dangerous.
At this rate, they might disappear along with Tang So-yeong.
Nephila Jurassica seemed to have made a decision.
Tap, tap.
Surprisingly, she walked calmly in this oppressive atmosphere.
No, it was more accurate to say that Baek Yeonyeong wasn’t emanating the oppressive aura towards the spiders.
The only thing I could do now was to growl and draw Baek Yeonyeong’s attention.
I had to trust the spiders.
Nephila Jurassica crawled right up to Baek Yeonyeong.
And handed her something.
A gecko’s molted skin.
Baek Yeonyeong stared at the skin with her expressionless face.
One second, two seconds.
And then three seconds.
A small smile curved at the corner of her lips.
She seemed to recognize what it was.
And then.
“Ahahahaha!”
She laughed so loudly, it was unlike her usual self.
She laughed so hard that tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
Her dead expression began to come alive with color.
After laughing for a while, Baek Yeonyeong took the skin that Nephila Jurassica had handed her.
“This is quite interesting.”
The killing intent that had been pressing down on us disappeared instantly.
“There were things I didn’t know about. If it weren’t for the spiders, I would have never known.”
Was receiving my molted skin such a good thing?
Baek Yeonyeong was truly something else.
“More than anything, it’s intriguing that the spiders protected the daughter of the Tang family.”
So it wasn’t because of my skin.
How embarrassing.
“Knowing full well that she was almost used as a poison ingredient.”
Tang So-yeong collapsed to the ground.
“Hah… Hah….”
It seemed she relaxed as Baek Yeonyeong withdrew her power.
“There’s some value in having a conversation.”
Baek Yeonyeong naturally sat on a nearby lizard.
She was referring to my back.
“Daughter of the Tang family. Tell me what’s happened so far.”