Chapter 165: Wildfire (2)
"Ryong, where are you suddenly running off to?! And why are you carrying Hwayang?! You’ll get poisoned again at this rate! Hwa-eun! Hwa-eun! Look at what So-ryong is doing!"
Behind me, Seol’s scolding struck the back of my head like a flying dagger.
She wasn’t even part of the Tang Clan, yet here she was, reprimanding me like an elder.
To make things worse, she even called out to Hwa-eun, who had been peacefully playing in the cabin with Bini, Seol, and Hyang.
There’s nothing more underhanded than tattling in this world, and it seemed like Seol was about to report me straight to Hwa-eun.
Seol... I trusted you... Why...
A faint sense of betrayal crept in, but I supposed she had a point.
Hwayang’s body was coated in toxins, making it dangerous to touch, yet here I was, holding it tightly while sprinting toward a blazing mountain. Of course, Seol’s nagging was inevitable.
But even if I ended up poisoned again, even if Hwa-eun scolded me later—how could the great Spicy Fabre possibly hold himself back now?
This was my one chance to find out what kind of creature Hwayang really was.
Right now, Hwayang was like an unscratched lottery ticket—I had to scratch it immediately. Who knew when another opportunity like this would come again?
If Hwayang’s diet were something cheap and easy like Cho or Bini, it would’ve been fine.