Pegasus’s Little One Wants to Be Carefree!
Chapter 79…………………………………………………
If one looked closely, they would have noticed that the clouds were supporting her hooves—but at this moment, Theodore didn’t have the luxury to observe such details.
He had noticed a subtle tremor in Lin’s humanoid beast form, which otherwise seemed to float in midair.
Her tiny mouth opened, trembling as if goosebumps had risen from the cold, her soft fur shivering.
Theodore’s crimson eyes widened.
“Lin!”
Cough! The black blood spewed from the small giraffe, quickly staining the white fur around its mouth.
The black blood poured from the tiny giraffe’s mouth like rain.
Lin, having coughed up an unusual amount of blood, flailed her front legs as if trying to move forward, wobbled sideways, and collapsed.
Theodore, who had pushed off the ground with enough force to leave a dent beneath his feet, caught the falling baby giraffe just in time.
Thump.
Using the cloak hastily released from his shoulder to absorb the impact as much as possible, Theodore carefully cradled his unconscious niece, scrutinizing her condition with his eyes.
Her face, touched by his large, outstretched hand, was hot.
Especially near the forehead where her horn protruded, Theodore’s expression contorted in pain as he confirmed the feverish heat.
“Lin… what kind of power did you use to make your body… like this?!”
Unlike Theodore, whose attention was entirely on Lin’s safety, those who witnessed the miraculous event around them looked at the fallen heir with awe.
“That was the power… Lin Pegasus used, wasn’t it?”
“I saw it! Just before she was enveloped in light, when she looked up at the sky, the light began from the heir’s forehead!”
“Insane…! All the monsters are gone.”
The Pegasus children gazed at Lin with reverence.
As if approaching an untouchable figure, they began to slowly move toward Lin in Theodore’s arms.
Suddenly, the sound of branches being torn through grew louder, and knights emerged.
“Huh, here too…!”
“As expected. All the monsters are gone.”
Turning their heads rapidly, the knights confirmed the empty clearing, only traces of a fierce battle left behind. Shocked, they exchanged questions.
“Did everyone see that light earlier?”
“What on earth was that?”
“I—I saw it!”
A child approached the murmuring knights and raised their hand.
The Pegasus child’s face shone with pride at having witnessed the moment up close.
With eyes full of joy, the child spoke:
“That was all done by our clan’s heir, Lin!”
All eyes filled with awe turned toward her.
Everyone in the forest had witnessed the monsters being erased in an instant.
Even the Pegasus knights, experienced in battling monsters for years, had never seen such a miraculous sight.
The humanoid beast form, quietly with closed eyes, glowed with a sacred-colored light.
As everyone stared at Lin’s giraffe form in astonishment, Theodore, his brow furrowed deeply, shouted to the knights:
“Medic! Bring a doctor immediately!”
Lin Pegasus.
The sole direct heir of the Pegasus family awakened a power she had never used before and defeated the monsters.
Everyone shivered at the sheer force of her power, but immediately afterward, the precious heir vomited blood, fainted, and fell into a comatose state, throwing the family into turmoil once again.
Above all, Theodore’s response as acting head of the family was extraordinary.
“Anyone who contributed to putting the heir in danger this time will not be forgiven.”
Lin lying on the bed as if asleep struck at Theodore’s most vulnerable point.
A ‘family member in a comatose state as if asleep’ caused him trauma-like pain.
Seeing Lin unable to open her eyes for days, Theodore, filled with rage, poured all his efforts into tracking down the culprit responsible for the incident.
No one who had participated in the hunting festival could escape his investigation.
Someone had tampered with the Pegasus hunting festival, causing monsters to appear in the forest where the children were.
Though such an investigation might usually stir dissatisfaction within the family, no one dared speak against the wrath of the acting head.
Moreover, as members of the Pegasus clan, the children in the forest were all related by blood, so even with an extremely thorough investigation, those being investigated had little complaint.
“Acting Head Theodore, there was someone in the forest behaving suspiciously that day.”
A crucial testimony had also come in.
Kaiden reported to Theodore the suspicious figure he had witnessed during the hunting festival.
On the Day of the Hunting Festival.
Looking up at Lin flying across the sky, Kaiden ran swiftly with his tiger humanoid legs, thinking:
‘This is strange. The timing is different from what I remember.’
According to the memories he had received, the incident hadn’t happened during the day.
Another knight who had served Theodore long ago recounted that the fight with the thorned-horn monsters occurred near dusk.
Theodore had been heavily injured while defeating the monsters, and it was already dark.
Because of attacks from monsters hidden in the darkness, the damage had been greater. The testimony was so detailed that it was unlikely Kaiden had mistaken the timing.
‘But it’s still broad daylight.’
Glancing up, the sun was still high in the sky.
Why had things changed?
‘The monsters appeared far too quickly.’
His plan to be near Acting Head Theodore in advance and respond had been thrown off.
While constantly considering multiple hypotheses and running swiftly on all four legs, Kaiden noticed an unnatural sight.
‘A servant?’
Growl.
Kaiden’s tiger humanoid form let out a puzzled growl.
During the Pegasus hunting festival, the only people who should have been in the forest were Pegasus children or knights entering to save them.
“Uh… hic…!”
But a figure in servant attire ran in as if being chased, belonging to neither group.
‘Non-combat personnel should be waiting outside the forest.’
Kaiden was puzzled at the servant’s presence in the forest and almost had them eaten by a monster before intervening.
“Gasp! Hah! Th-thank you! Thank you for saving me…!”
The servant, tears streaming, expressed gratitude.
Though rushing, Kaiden saved them due to the life-threatening situation.
‘I need to get to the monsters now.’
During a brief pause, Kaiden glanced up and saw that Lin was no longer flying in the sky.
‘I have to get there in time too.’
Panicked at losing sight of Lin, Kaiden turned toward the massive monsters that had appeared near Acting Head Theodore.
At that moment, a weight clutched at his thick tiger paw.
“Please… don’t abandon me! Take me with you!”
Growl?
In a rush, Kaiden shook his paw with a low growl, telling the servant to let go.
Knights would arrive soon, and if they hid well, new monsters were unlikely to appear where the old ones had been defeated.
But the servant, chased and terrified for their life, clung desperately.
“Y-you’re the black tiger humanoid, right? Sir Tigris from the north! Miss Lin’s betrothed!”
“!”
“I—I have important information that can help Miss Lin! Please save me and I’ll tell you! Please, save me!”
Hearing Miss Lin’s name, the tiger paused for a moment. The servant, sensing this, clung even more desperately, emphasizing the point.
