Fabre in Sacheon’s Tang

Bini let out a series of furious chittering noises.

—Tsrurrrt! Tsrrrurrrt!

"You must have been really upset with Dad, huh? Alright, alright. That’s enough. Let’s go with Mom now. It’s already getting dark—time to sleep."

[So-ryong, let me handle this. If you try talking to him now, it won’t work no matter what you say.]

Hua-eun arrived after hearing about the situation from Yang Seong-hu and gently picked Bini up.

Since he was too furious at me, he had completely forgotten that he was supposed to be mad at Hua-eun too.

—Tsst!@@novelbin@@

With a final hmph! that screamed ‘You’re dead to me!’, Bini turned his head sharply away and climbed onto Mom’s shoulder.

Then, without so much as a backward glance, he disappeared into the distance.

And so, the storm named Bini had passed.

In its wake, it left behind only one mentally shattered man.

Or rather…

One mentally shattered man and six venomous creatures.

Since Cho was still drying his body after molting, and Hyang had followed Hua-eun along with Seol and Bing, the only ones left were Yo-hwa, the newly named Yeondu, and me.

As the moon rose high, I stared at it blankly for a moment before turning toward Yeondu and cautiously asking,

"Uh… Yeondu, not that I don’t trust you, but… you’re not hiding anything else, right?"

—Shaaa?

"I’m talking about Neidans."

—Shaaaa!

The reaction was instant.

Yeondu flinched like she had been struck by lightning, violently shaking her head.

I could practically feel her saying, ‘I swear, I don’t have any more! I wouldn’t even if I wanted to!’

And I hadn’t even formally registered her as mine yet.

"I mean, I do believe you, but… you saw how mad Bini was, right? I’m desperate here. I’m just grasping at straws."

—Shaaa. Shaa.