NOVPUBAs Eunho said, soon after, the descendant that everyone had been waiting for, Jeho, was born.
Jeho was so beautiful that anyone would think he was the child of Jeokho and Ungnyeo.
Black Tiger, who had never seen a tiger smaller than himself, couldn’t take his eyes off him.
‘Small! So pretty!’
Jeho didn’t cry much and just smiled brightly.
Even though he couldn’t control his body properly, when Jeokho’s friends came, he immediately recognized them and smiled brighter and reached out his hand.
Black Tiger and his friends thought that if they touched the little child with their ignorant power, something might go wrong, so they only put one finger on the child’s hand.
Everyone was happy every time Jeho grabbed his finger.
“Hahaha! He takes after his parents! It’s not good to take after your father in terms of personality... ... No, come to think of it, it’s dangerous to take after your mother.”
“I’ll teach you well.”
“Baekho, you’re bad at teaching. I’ll do it. There are many things I want to teach you besides Taeho Kwon.”
The nobles were eager to give their young son an early education.
Of course, Black Tiger was no exception.
Black Tiger spoke of the things he was best at.
“Then I’ll teach you how to hide your presence and how to play pranks. I’ll even teach you how to play the flute!”
“Hmm, if it’s pranks, I can teach this body well.”
Black Tiger and his friends all cherished Jeho, but not as much as Jeokho.
Jeokho held Jeho in his arms as if hiding him from his enthusiastic friends and said,
“That’s enough. Ungnyeo and I will teach Jeho everything he needs to know.”
Jeokho barely slept because he was busy helping Ungnyeo take care of her body and watching over Jeho.
His close friends, including Heukho, were more than willing to take care of Jeho instead, but Jeokho would not yield.
Jeokho did not hide his love for his son and wife with bloodshot eyes.
Ungnyeo, who occasionally showed up, was the same.
Ungnyeo looked at Jeho and Jeokho with eyes full of affection.
‘Why did Eunho tell me to look after Ungnyeo? Jeokho is always by his side, so why does he need me to be there too?’
He was suspicious, but Heukho followed Eunho’s orders.
Thinking about the death of the leader of the Ung tribe, he could not take his eyes off Ungnyeo.
Lately, Eunho’s eyes were getting shorter and shorter, and his anxiety grew even more.
Heukho used the excuse of coming to see Jeho to hang around Jeokho’s family.
Jeokho did not chase Heukho away, saying that he was annoying, but bragged about his children to his heart’s content.
“Jeho already recognizes me. How can a child who used to laugh so much know and start crying when I try to leave? Isn’t he a genius for already recognizing his parents?”
“Yes, Jeho is a genius!”
“Jeho’s genius is amazing, but his love for his parents is definitely greater. Do you know how lovable Jeho is when Ungnyeo hugs him?”
“Yes, Jeho laughs a lot!”
Heukho nodded his head absentmindedly in agreement to Jeokho’s words.
Jeokho’s heart was so lovable that it was understandable.
Jeokho, who had Jeho as his son, was now the happiest tiger on the Korean ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) peninsula, but there were still things that disturbed his happiness.
‘Who’s here?’
Someone visited the residence.
Heukho couldn’t tell who it was, but he was sure that it wasn’t his close friends.
Eunho was not feeling well enough to go out, Hwangho was busy performing the chief’s duties, and Baekho would have come in without permission and already looked into Jeho’s face, and Cheongho or Shinin would have announced their visit in advance.
Jeokho glared at who had come.
“I don’t know what kind of face those crazy bears have to come here again. Their faces looked like they were covered in trash, but I guess there was rocks underneath instead of bear meat.”
Jeokho’s insults alone were enough to tell him that the Ungjok had come.
Through the curses Jeokho added, Heukho realized that the ones who had come here were Ungjok belonging to the Jinwoong Palseon.
‘Jeokho and Eunho apologized, but I heard that some of them are under quarantine because their crimes were serious.’
After the Ungjok’s chief died, the Ungjok joined hands with the enemy and attacked the Hojok.
There were conflicting opinions within the Ungjok about whether or not to attack Hojok.
Some, like Ungnyeo, opposed and were imprisoned, but others actively supported them.
Those who were at the center of it all died during the war, but there were also those who were lucky enough to avoid death.
The Bear of Hatred, who played the role of the leader of the Jinwoong Palseon, the Bear of Greed who courted Ungnyeo, and the Bear of Anguish who chose to support after much thought.
‘Among the Jinwoong Palseon, the Ungjok who opposed Ungnyeo together were called the Bear of Joy and the Bear of Emotion. That’s why Ungnyeo allowed those two bears to attend the wedding ceremony and come see Jeho.’
Now that Jeho was running wild, it was clear that the Ungjok who had come here were not those two bears.
Before Jeho could run outside, Ungnyeo appeared.
“You, I’m watching Jeho. I’ll deal with them.”
“Ungnyeo, why are you up when you’re still sleeping? There’s no need to give Ungnyeo’s precious time to that teddy bear. I’ll kill them all.”
“Jeho’s education is not good. I’ll kick him out right away.”
“Then how about we go together?”
“Should we?”
Jeokho affectionately held Ungnyeo’s hand.
Ever since she became entangled with Jeokho, Ungnyeo had always worn a red cloth around her body, and she did the same today.
The couple left Jeho with Heukho for a while and headed out to chase away Ungjok.
“Jeho, Jeokho and Ungnyeo will be back soon. In the meantime, come play with me!”
Jeho laughed as if he understood Heukho’s words.
While Heukho was playing with the leaves he used to play the flute, making shadows, loud noises could be heard from outside.
Most of the words were incomprehensible, but there were a few words that lingered in his ears.
‘Scales?’
The visitor was the Bear of Hatred.
The Bear of Hatred said that he needed Ungnyeo’s power to adjust the scales.
Ungnyeo refused, and Jeokho raised his voice to tell him to go away, but the Bear of Hatred would not go away easily.
In the end, Hwangho, who had finally taken the time to visit, dragged the Bear of Hatred away with his authority as the leader, and it was finally quiet.
‘Is the scales that important? He must be a really crazy bear for holding on even though Ungnyeo and Jeokho were so angry.’
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That day, both Jeokho and Ungnyeo were in a bad mood, so Black Tiger decided to leave without disturbing them.
Of course, he had no intention of disobeying Eunho’s orders, so he planned to sneak in later at night.
While Black Tiger was walking around collecting leaves that looked like something Jeho would find strange, he ran into White Tiger.
“Heukho, what are you doing at this hour?”
“I’m on my way back from meeting Jeho.”
“You often go to see Jeho.”
“Yeah! I have nothing else to do now, unlike you guys... ... .”
It was something he said to hide Eunho’s order, but it wasn’t wrong.
Heukho didn’t have the wisdom or strength to help with the aftermath of the war.
At best, he could do chores or clean up, but Heukho often made mistakes and was often a burden.
Baekho looked down at Heukho, who was hesitating, and said.
“You should get stronger too. I’ll train you.”
“What? No! I won’t!”
“Come.”
Heukho was scared and tried to run away, but Baekho grabbed his neck and dragged him to the training ground before he could.
In the end, he ended up training until he cried because it was too hard that day.
In his own way, Baekho thought about what he could do for Heukho and acted, but Heukho was not happy at all.
The warriors of the Ho clan secretly envied Heukho who was trained by Baekho one-on-one, but they also felt sorry for him.
‘Baekho swings his sword like that and his body is fine? It’s strange!’
The sun set while he was being trained by Baekho.
Heukho walked towards his residence, making no sign of movement.
The enemies who had done everything they could to cover the sky with evil darkness disappeared as if they had washed away the water.
However, because of the hellish memories of that time, Heukho unconsciously hid his presence as if he was dead whenever the sun went down.
At that time, Heukho found the Bear of Hatred.
‘That’s the bear that came to Jeokho’s house. Did he get dragged away by Hwangho and now he’s free?’
Heukho planned to avoid getting involved.
The black tiger decided to wait quietly for them to pass by, afraid that they would encounter each other if they moved any further.
However, instead of the mad bears passing by, their number increased.
“Did Ungnyeo decide to cooperate?”
“No.”
“You’re a useless bear!”
The bear of Seongno, one of the eight Jinungseon, got angry at the bear of hatred.
In addition to the bears of hatred and Seongno, there were also the bears of great desire, worry, and greed.
They set up a barrier without noticing the presence of the black tiger.
The black tiger entered the barrier and overheard their conversation.
“We need to improve the scales. We need to adjust them so that we can erase big things at a small price.”
“It would have been quick if Ungnyeo had helped us, but it’s a shame.”
“It was too greedy to erase the heavenly spirit at once. How about starting with the new person?”
“If you erase the new man, the heavenly god’s reaction will be something to see. The son you cherish so much will disappear, and only the shadow that is a thorn in your eye will remain!”
“With the current state of the scales, even the new man cannot be erased. The state of the scales has improved a lot compared to when the enemies failed to erase Baekho and Cheongho before, but the presence of the new man is greater than that of the noble family.”
Black Tiger tensed when the names of the heavenly god and the new man were mentioned following Ungnyeo.
It was clear that they were planning to do something terrible again.
He didn’t understand what the scales were or what erasing them meant, but he understood that there was malice mixed in.
“And erasing only that existence is meaningless. It would only be meaningful if all traces and memories of that existence were erased.”
The Bear of Greed smirked.
The Bear of Hatred coldly accepted those words.
“Then the price will increase.”
“It will be worth the price. It is a very scary thing. Now, let’s persuade Ungnyeo. This time, instead of asking, I will threaten.”
Black Tiger’s heart dropped at the word “threat.”
Jinwoong Palseon had a sense of camaraderie toward Ungnyeo, but that greedy bear was different.
His ugly mind was filled with madness due to his obsession with getting Ungnyeo.
“Ungnyeo and Jeokho’s son, Jeho, will be hung on a scale.
Hey. She’s still a child, so she has little history and a weak presence. Ungnyeo will understand that we have the power to get rid of Jeho!”
“You want me to threaten Ungnyeo?”
“Just threaten and don’t do it. Ungnyeo will understand!”
The speed of the greedy bear’s speech became faster and faster, and his excitement grew.
The black tiger had to suppress his nausea because of the ugly aura that the bear was emitting.
“If you don’t like threats, then give me a plausible reason. I want the Hojok and Ungjok to live on equal terms. For the sake of Jeho’s future, who was born with Ungjok’s bloodline, she’ll listen to us!”
“What on earth do you plan to make Ungnyeo do?” 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
“If the target’s power and presence are too heavy to pay a price that’s appropriate for it, and it’s hard to adjust the scale, then you can make the target lighter.”
Jinwoong Palseon glared at the Bear of Greed and waited for his next words.
The other bears also knew that the Bear of Greed was crazy, but they seemed to think his words made sense.
“Let’s trick the enemy into destroying the Hosin Tomb. It’s for the sake of erasing the grace of the gods from this land and for the sake of a future where the nobles and the bears can live fairly on the Korean peninsula.”
