Fabre in Sacheon’s Tang

Bini’s last thought to me was clear:

"I won’t come back until I’m bigger and prettier than Cho."

She must have thought I was favoring Cho over her now that Cho had grown larger.

[Bini! Bini! Do you know how many dangerous trappers are out there? Come back right now! It’s dangerous outside! Daddy was wrong, okay!?]

I sent my thoughts several more times, but there was no answer.

Things between us had been tense, but I never thought she would actually run away.

Hua-eun, shocked by Bini’s disappearance, stumbled. I quickly helped her to a chair.@@novelbin@@

"Calm down and sit for a moment, Hua-eun."

Then, I had to figure out exactly when Bini had disappeared.

If she hadn’t gone too far, we could still catch up to her.

"When exactly did she vanish?"

"She was with me until right before bed. But then I got a strange feeling, woke up, and she was gone. I called for her, but she didn’t respond…

Then, I noticed the door was slightly open. I asked the guards outside if they had seen anything, and they said they saw her crawling out of my room—heading toward yours."

"My room?"

"Yes, So-ryong."

Hearing that, I turned to the other children.

"Did any of you see Bini come by?"

-Guukgu?

-Tsrrrr.

-Shaaah.

Seol, Bing, Cho, Hyang, and even Yeondu—all nocturnal creatures.

They were always awake while I was sleeping, so if Bini had come to my room, they would have noticed.

But they all shook their heads.

If she had really come here, they wouldn’t have missed it.