From a cherished daughter to the family's disgrace, suffering cold treatment and persecution. <Baby Fluffball of the White Tiger Family>
Hello!
The webtoon I'll be introducing today is currently serializing on KakaoPage:
<Baby Fluffball of the White Tiger Family>.
The protagonist, the precious youngest daughter of the Vermilion Bird family,
undergoes her first beastification. However, instead of the red feathers
that every direct descendant of the Vermilion Bird possesses, she sprouts snow-white fluff.
Since that day, she falls from being a beloved youngest daughter to suffering cold treatment and persecution,
becoming the family's disgrace.
To make matters worse, when the real daughter of the Vermilion Bird family returns,
she is literally abandoned. At the moment she faces death,
she encounters the pure white Head of the White Tiger family.
Let's begin the review.
There is a country called Taehwa, where beastmen live.
In the Taehwa Empire, there was the Imperial Family that ruled the nation,
and the four great families that protected it.
The Azure Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Vermilion Bird of the South, and the Black Tortoise of the North.
Inheriting the blood of the ancient divine beasts,
they each ruled over their designated lands and the beastmen
living upon them.
Among them, the Head of the Vermilion Bird family, the divine beast of the South,
never let his youngest daughter out of his arms for even a moment.
She was the family's precious youngest daughter, Jeok Soya.
On the day of her first beastification,
the Family Head and Soya's father asked:
"Soya, are you ready?"
"Yes, Father! Soya will do a great job!"
Undergoing her first beastification, Soya prayed earnestly.
'Just like Father... Please let me become
a magnificent Vermilion Bird with red feathers.'
And finally, Jeok Soya beastified.
The family members were shocked and whispered:
"White feathers..."
"Shouldn't a Vermilion Bird naturally have red feathers?!"
"Come to think of it, when the youngest daughter was born,
there was a certain rumor."
The incident goes back 7 years.
At the moment the child of the Vermilion Bird family was born,
the mother passed away, and the only person who witnessed the scene
was the midwife.
The servants gossiped.
"Did you see the baby? Her hair is white."
"That can't be... Neither of them has white hair."
"Could it be... that the Madam had a child out of wedlock?
Or maybe the baby was swapped?!"
At that time, the Family Head strictly scolded them.
"My late wife was a woman as pure as snow,
so let no one doubt her chastity!!"
The reason beastman society placed such importance on bloodlines
was because power was inherited through them.
Among them, the blood of the direct descendants who inherited the blood of the Four Divine Beasts
was exceptionally strong and distinct.
That is why, in order to preserve the purity of the direct descendant's power,
one spouse's bloodline was always sealed upon marriage.
The Family Head, Jeok Ayun, simply believed that there must have been
someone with white hair among his wife's ancestors.
Therefore, he thought that there would be absolutely no problem
with the child being born with pure white hair.
That day, Jeok Ayun held the child and spoke with tears in his eyes.
"On the day of her first beastification, it will be revealed
that this child has the blood of the Vermilion Bird.
With brilliantly burning red feathers."
However, the Family Head Jeok Ayun's expectations completely missed the mark.
Jeok Soya, who had beastified into a bird with white feathers,
gladly ran to her father in that state.
But Jeok Ayun coldly threw away the white-feathered Jeok Soya.
As the family members started to whisper,
Jeok Ayun coldly commanded.
"Extract the child's spirit core and lock her in the Cold Palace.
If anyone leaks a word of what happened today, they will not be forgiven."
Panicked, Jeok Soya looked at her father desperately.
'Father is angry. Why is he looking at Soya with those eyes...'
Looking down at her own feathers, Jeok Soya
finally realized the situation.
'White feathers...? Why aren't they red feathers
like Father and my brothers... Did I fail my beastification?
Is that why Father is disappointed?'
Just then, her eldest brother, Jeok Hwayu,
approached Jeok Soya.
'Brother Hwayu!!
He might be able to solve this problem for me!'
Approaching Jeok Soya who was crying out desperately in her beast form,
Jeok Hwayu ruthlessly extracted her spirit core.
Her beastification undone, Jeok Soya returned to her original form and asked.
"Brother, why on earth..."
Then, with a contemptuous look,
Jeok Hwayu answered coldly.
"Who is your brother?"
Jeok Soya knelt and begged Jeok Hwayu.
"If I do it again, I'll definitely succeed this time...
Brother...?"
Jeok Hwayu placed a hand on Jeok Soya's shoulder and said.
"How deceitful of you to fool us all.
Never appear before my eyes again.
If I catch sight of you one more time, I might just cut off
those pathetic white wings."
Just like that, Jeok Soya was locked away in the Cold Palace overnight.
Holding the white feather that had fallen from her in her hand,
Jeok Soya quietly murmured.
"It's because I have this pathetic white fluff."
'If I succeed in my beastification...
Then Father and my brothers will smile at Soya
once again.'
Jeok Soya endlessly tried to beastify again,
but all that returned was her coughing up blood.
It was all because of the spirit core
that Jeok Hwayu had taken from her.
To use a beastman's power, a spirit core
was absolutely necessary.
Young as she was, Jeok Soya also knew this fact.
However, the only thing she could do to turn back
her father's and brother's hearts was to repeatedly attempt
beastification, even as it chipped away at her own body.
The servants whispered as they passed by the Cold Palace
where Jeok Soya was imprisoned.
"That rumor must have been true. Her feather color was white too."
"Then does that mean she really is a child the late Madam had
with someone else?"
"What else could it be?"
"Why is she still living in the palace?
If it were me, I'd be so disgusted I'd kick her out right away!!"
"That kid is the disgrace of the Vermilion Bird family."
Moaning in pain as if her body were breaking,
Jeok Soya heard all of the servants' gossip.
She thought to herself.
'...I see. I was never Father's real daughter after all.'
And so, 3 years passed.
Jeok Soya continued a destitute and miserable life,
to the point where she could barely finish her laundry once a month.
By the time everyone had completely forgotten the fact
that the Vermilion Bird family ever had a beloved young lady,
the real daughter of the Vermilion Bird family finally returned.
Handing her red feather to the Family Head, she spoke.
"My name is Riri.
I am nine years old this year, and I recently had my first beastification.
People who saw this feather told me that I could meet
my real family here."
Looking at Riri, the Family Head asked, feigning reproach.
"If this feather is truly yours, why did you bring it instead of
beastifying yourself? How on earth am I supposed to believe your words?"
Riri panicked at the sudden question, but
she soon managed to beastify right there on the spot.
Seeing this, the Family Head inwardly confirmed.
'There is no doubt; she is a direct descendant of the Vermilion Bird!'
From a beloved youngest daughter
to the persecuted disgrace of the family, Jeok Soya.
In a situation where the real daughter of the Vermilion Bird family, Riri, has even appeared,
what kind of future will unfold for Jeok Soya,
who has lost all power and trust and been abandoned in the Cold Palace?
If you're curious about what happens next,
check out <Baby Fluffball of the White Tiger Family>, currently serializing on KakaoPage!
Thank you :)
