Chapter 83: The Silver Tiger’s Command

The place I was carried to in Raxy Bora’s arms was a large indoor plaza inside the hospital.

“Wow.”

I hadn’t expected such a place to exist in the hospital.

I looked up at the high ceiling in amazement when suddenly, ding

A bell sound echoed from somewhere.

‘That’s my bell.’

I remembered that Yoon Bora had taken the bell to bring Silver, so why was it ringing here?

I reflexively turned my head toward the sound.

‘That’s…’

In the middle of the plaza, a large white tiger was sitting in a cage.

Next to it stood Yoon Bora, holding a pile of documents.

There were people wearing white coats around, but they weren’t the ones I was focused on.

As soon as I saw Yoon Bora and Silver, my tail began to swing uncontrollably.

It even struck Raxy Bora’s body.

“Harang, over there are Yoon Bora and Silver.”

“Yeah, let’s go quickly.”

I said as I reached my hands out toward Yoon Bora and Silver.

For some reason, I felt a surge of energy within me.

“Oh, Harang.”

Yoon Bora, having noticed us, slowly walked toward us with her characteristic gentle smile.

“Yoon Bora, give me a hug.”

“Okay.”

I stretched out my hands and grabbed both of Yoon Bora’s shoulders, hanging onto her.

To be accurate, she was the one supporting me, though.

“Yoon Bora, it feels like it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other.”

“Yeah, it’s been almost two days, right?”

“Two days?”

I thought it had only been a day, but two days had passed.

I now understood why I’d felt so drained of energy.

It was because I hadn’t been near Yoon Bora for a while.

‘I need to refill quickly.’

The way to refill Yoon Bora’s energy was simple.

We just needed to stay close for a long time.

For some reason, being close to someone made a strange energy rise within me.

Here, Yoon Bora was the one who provided the life force.

“Yoon Bora, today, you’re staying with me all day, okay?”

“Okay, got it.”

“Really? You have to go with me everywhere?”

“Yeah, today, I’ll be with Harang only.”

I was relieved.

Now, I could fill up on energy properly.

I sighed with relief, feeling my chest relax.

‘I’ve made a promise with Bora now.’

There was no need to rush anymore.

I could now talk to Silver calmly.

“Yoon Bora, let’s go to the cage.”

Yoon Bora’s gaze followed the tip of my finger toward the cage where Silver was trapped.

“Okay.”

Yoon Bora nodded and walked toward Silver.

At that point, I looked up at Yoon Bora, feeling a question arise.

“Bora, why is Master Father locked in the cage?”

“Father…?”

Yoon Bora tilted her head, clearly confused by my words.

Of course, that made sense.

She had always treated Silver like a subordinate, so calling him ‘Father’ now might sound strange.

It seemed like I needed to explain.

“Silver is my master and my father. He’s also a loyal subordinate.”

As I said, Silver had taught me many things.

He showed me how to hunt, how to communicate with my tail, and even how to make the most powerful roar.

He’d also protected me from Lee Taesung and monsters.

To sum it up, Silver was my ‘masterfatherloyal subordinate.’

“Gun sabu ilche? Harang, you use difficult words.”

The first to speak up was Delphine.

She had been bored on her own and was now shaking my tail wildly.

“I saw this in a movie the other day.”

“Was it a documentary film?”

No, it wasn’t.

It was an action movie.

There was so much violence that I watched most of it with my eyes half-closed, but it was fun because a lot of cool people appeared.

Of course, it’d be better to say I watched a documentary film instead.

I chuckled and nodded toward Delphine.

“I usually like watching documentaries. I can learn difficult words from them.”

Ahem.

As I raised the corners of my mouth and looked down at Delphine, Yoon Bora, who had been holding me, slowly opened her mouth.

“Harang, if Silver is your dad, then who’s your mom…?”

“Go…?”

I didn’t have a mom yet.

I wanted to tell her that, but for some reason, Yoon Bora’s expression looked strange.

It was the same expression she had when she occasionally seemed to lose her grip on reality.

Seeing that, I unconsciously swallowed.

“Who would Harang call ‘mom’?”

“W-well, I don’t know.”

When Yoon Bora had that look, I had to fulfill whatever she was wishing for.

But I couldn’t figure out what she wanted, so I couldn’t answer right away.

‘Crap, this is bad.’

What should I do?

Should I run to Raxy Bora for help?

I looked back and forth at the twin sisters, trying to assess the situation.

At that moment, Delphine spoke up first.

“Isn’t Yoon Bora unnie the best choice to be mom?”

At Delphine’s words, Yoon Bora flinched and shuddered.

“Delphine, do I seem like Harang’s mom?”

“Yeah. Raxy unnie is your sister, and I’m your friend, so the only one who fits being Harang’s mom here is you, Yoon Bora unnie.”

Hearing Delphine’s words, Yoon Bora let out a little laugh.

Her face turned red, and she kept tapping her lips against the ground, looking like her usual self again.

‘What’s going on?’

I didn’t know why she suddenly went back to normal, but since it was a good thing for me, I didn’t need to think about the reason.

“Bora.”

I nervously tugged at the sleeve of Yoon Bora’s clothes.

Her expression was full of life as she looked at me, and I figured I didn’t need to worry.

“Harang, what’s wrong?”

Yoon Bora gently patted my back with a caring hand.

Just like Delphine said, it felt like a motherly touch, and it put my mind at ease.

Maybe I was just being overly nervous.

“Yoon Bora, I want to go to Silver’s cage.”

“Oh, right.”

At my request, Yoon Bora walked toward Silver’s cage.

“Silver.”

“Grrr.”

At my call, Silver wagged his tail.

There was no mistaking what that meant.

My tail would shake the same way when I met someone I liked.

“Who locked Silver up like this?”

Silver was a wild beast who should be roaming the mountains.

As I reached out toward the cage in frustration, someone suddenly yelled from the side.

“Pull your hand back!”

“Huh?”

I was startled and turned to look.

An orderly wearing a white coat was running toward me.

“Don’t put your hand in! Silver the tiger is extremely dangerous!”

“Silver?”

But Silver was so gentle.

I couldn’t help but look back and forth between Silver and the doctor in confusion.

“You almost had your hand bitten off just now. Be careful.”

The doctor spoke in a rather fierce tone.

I understood what he was trying to say.

He was warning me.

But Silver was my companion.

He would never attack me.

“It’s fine. Our Silver wouldn’t do something like that.”

“Our Silver?”

“Yeah. I named him. Want to see?”

At my words, the doctor seemed speechless, blinking rapidly.

The researchers around me were all staring at me.

‘This might be…!’

It could be the perfect opportunity to show off my dominance as a wild beast to many people.

If they saw Silver obeying me, they’d have no choice but to recognize that I am a fiercer and more dangerous predator than Silver the tiger.

“Phew.”

I let out a light laugh and pressed myself against the cage.

As I wondered what command to give Silver, I decided to start with something simple.

“Silver, paw.”

I stretched my hand through the bars, and Silver brought his face closer.

“What, what are you doing…?!”

A startled researcher rushed over to stop me, but Yoon Bora raised her hand to stop him.

See?

They’ll see Silver the tiger obeying me.

The world will look at me differently now.

‘Hehehe.’

The thrill sent a shiver down my spine.

At that moment, Silver stuck out his tongue and licked my body.

“Ugh.”

His large tongue ran from my feet to my head.

It was rough but soft and wet.

The sticky feeling made me shrink back, but Silver kept licking me.

He licked me twice, three times, and by the fifth time, Yoon Bora, who had been holding me, stepped back.

She moved to a place where Silver’s tongue couldn’t reach.

“Ugh.”

From my outstretched hand to my face, there wasn’t a spot left that wasn’t covered in Silver’s saliva.

Why is his tongue so big?

I glared at Silver with an annoyed look, and Yoon Bora gently rocked my body.

“Harang, are you okay?”

I shook my head firmly at Yoon Bora’s question.

“I hate Silver. I just got cleaned, and now I have to wash again.”

Hmm.

I snorted and sniffed Silver’s saliva.

‘It doesn’t smell.’

I expected it to have a sour odor, but it didn’t.

That was a relief.

I didn’t have to suffer washing it off.

“Silver, you shouldn’t lick people like that.”

I glared at Silver with a stern expression, and before I knew it, the researchers had gathered around me.

“Oh, director, look at this.”

A woman in a white coat pointed at my hand.

My hand, all covered in Silver’s saliva.

“It looks like it has a whitening effect…?!”

“Yeah. The skin is almost white now.”

The researchers started inspecting my body, and I felt uncomfortable.

Their gazes weren’t filled with respect but with curiosity.

“Grrr.”

I let out a roar to intimidate the researchers.

Then I quickly buried my face in Yoon Bora’s arms.

I had to hide my body somehow.

“Ah!”

As I burrowed into her, Yoon Bora let out a light scream.

The saliva from Silver on my body had transferred to her as well.

But right now, I wasn’t concerned about Yoon Bora.

The researchers surrounding me were far scarier.

“May we collect some of the saliva on your body?”

“Grrr…”

I growled menacingly while keeping my eyes shut in Yoon Bora’s arms.

Of course, I nodded.

If they took the saliva, the researchers would leave.

“I never thought Silver Tiger’s saliva would have a whitening effect.”

“Yeah. Usually, you can only see Silver Tigers as corpses.”

“Does the saliva from a corpse not have a whitening effect?”

“We’ll need to experiment with both kinds to find out.”

The researchers started collecting the saliva from my body while chatting among themselves.

They didn’t even seem to care about my current state.

“Eep…”

I just wanted them to finish and leave as quickly as possible.

Without lifting my face, I trembled in Yoon Bora’s arms.