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As Lulubell feels her view of the Duke changing, she encounters a new mystery with her brother on their way to the garden.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 16 of The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger follows a relieved Lulubell as Hokan falls into a deep sleep and she learns why the Duke moved to the capital. What she hears from the people of Blandus reveals that Hokan is highly likely to be chosen as the imperial heir because the imperial couple has no successor, and that the Duke moved his seat to protect him. As Lulubell feels her view of the Duke changing, she encounters a new mystery with her brother on their way to the garden.","key_events":["Hokan falls into deep sleep and appears more relaxed with improved complexion after honoring his late father.","Glittering lights floating in the garden are realized to be fireflies, not stars.","It is revealed the imperial throne has no heir and a Blantiger child will likely be chosen, with Hokan highly favored.","Lulubell and Chirpie visit the castle winter garden while Hokan sleeps and encounter a mysterious dancing woman.","It is explained the Duke moved his seat to the capital to help Hokan adjust and protect him from danger.","Lina drinks an accelerator potion that rapidly speeds up her slow speech and movements.","Chirpie mistakes the sacred holly for a tiger tree and looks for acorns before being corrected.","The woman introduces herself as Lina Sloth, sacred holly elementalist from the Imperial Temple.","Chirpie wants to visit the garden to smell flowers because his nose tickles."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"BIG BROTHER HOKAN IS FAST ASLEEP...!!\nTHE YOUNG MASTER'S COMPLEXION LOOKS MUCH BETTER.\nIT SEEMS HE FINALLY RELAXED AFTER PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO HIS LATE FATHER.\n\nIT MUST BE THANKS TO YOU, TEACHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.\nI DID NOT REALLY DO MUCH AT ALL.\nSTILL, WHAT A RELIEF THAT HOKAN FEELS AT EASE.\nIF ONLY WE COULD STAY HERE A BIT LONGER....\n\nYOU MENTIONED YOU WERE RETURNING TO THE CAPITAL TO- MORROW, RIGHT?\nTHE DUKE MUST BE BUSY, SO IT CAN'T BE HELPED.\n\n...TO BE HONEST, WE PEOPLE OF BLANDUS...\n...HAD EXPECTED HIS GRACE THE DUKE TO REMAIN HERE EVEN AFTER BEING GRANTED AN ESTATE IN THE CAPITAL.\nHOWEVER, IT SEEMS HE RELOCATED HIS SEAT TO THE CAPITAL ENTIRELY FOR THE YOUNG MASTER'S SAKE.\nFOR HOKAN?\n\nCURRENTLY, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL HEIR TO THE IMPERIAL THRONE.\nAFTER A LONG COURTSHIP, THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS MARRIED AND DEARLY WISHED FOR A CHILD, BUT...\n\n...DUE TO FREQUENT SOLAR ECLIPSES, BOTH THEIR MAJESTIES' FERTILI- TY DIMINISHED DRASTICALLY.\nFURTHERMORE, HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR EVEN SUFFERED ADVERSE EFFECTS FROM MEDICATION TAKEN DURING THE WAR.\nBECAUSE OF THAT, IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FULLY RECOVER HIS HEALTH.\nULTIMATELY, THE IMPERIAL COUPLE COULD NOT PRODUCE AN HEIR.\nTHUS, THEY DECIDED TO APPOINT A CHILD FROM THE BLANTIGER FAMILY AS THE IMPERIAL SUCCESSOR.\n\nTHEREFORE, AT PRESENT, THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOUNG MASTER HOKAN BEING CHOSEN AS THE IMPERIAL HEIR IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH.\nIN FACT, THE IMPERIAL COURT HAS ITS EYES SET SOLELY ON THE YOUNG MASTER.\nIF THAT TRULY HAPPENS...\n\n...IT WILL ONLY BE HARDER ON YOUNG MASTER HOKAN, WHO HAS ALREADY LOST HIS PARENTS.\nHE WISHED FOR THE YOUNG MASTER TO ACCLIMATE TO THAT STATION QUICKLY, WHICH IS WHY HE RELOCATED THEIR SEAT TO THE CAPITAL SO EARLY ON.\nTHE DUKE ALSO STEPPED UP HIMSELF TO FEND OFF ANY DANGERS APPROACHING THE YOUNG MASTER.\n\nTO THINK HE HAD SUCH PROFOUND INTENTIONS....\nUNLIKE THIS CASTLE, THE CAPITAL IS BOUND TO BE TEEMING WITH PEOPLE SEEKING TO EXPLOIT HOKAN POLITICALLY.\nEVEN IF HE APPEARS COLD-HEARTED ON THE SURFACE,\nHIS CHOICE WAS ROOTED IN GENUINE CARE FOR HIS NEPHEW.\n\nI'M STARTING TO VIEW HIM IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFE- RENT LIGHT.\nSISTER. SISTER LULU~.\nBIG BROTHER IS FAST ASLEEP, SO I'M BORED.\n\nAND MY NOSE FEELS ALL TINGLY, SO I WANT TO GO SNIFF SOME NICE FLOWERS!\nYOUR NOSE FEELS TINGLY?\nPREDATORS MIGHT KEEP THEIR PHEROMONES IN CHECK,\nYET THE FAINT TRACE LINGERING IN THE AIR MUST BE IRRITATING HIS NOSE.\n\nTHERE ARE SPACIOUS GARDENS THROUGHOUT THIS CASTLE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT THEM?\nA GARDEN?!\nI LOVE GARDENS! I WANT TO GO!\nCHIRPIE, SHH! IF YOU'RE TOO LOUD, YOU'LL WAKE HOKAN UP...!!\n\nTHEN I WILL GUIDE YOU. PLEASE FOLLOW ME.\n\nWOW! IT IS SO PRETTY! IT IS SPARKLING!\n\nINDEED, IT IS A TRULY LOVELY INDOOR GARDEN.\nNOW I SEE WHY THE BUTLER WHO ESCORTED US WAS BRIMMING WITH PRIDE.\nPlease look around to your heart's content. I shall take my leave now.\nI THOUGHT SO BACK WHEN I SAW THE ESTATE GARDEN IN THE CAPITAL AS WELL, BUT...\n...THEY CULTIVATE AN ABUNDANCE OF RARE PLANTS.\n\nSmells so good!\nI CAN TELL THE BLANTIGER FAMILY TAKES GREAT CARE OF ITS PLANTS AS WELL.\nSISTER, SISTER! LOOK, THERE'S A HUGE TREE OVER THERE!\n\nCOULD THERE BE ACORNS TOO?\nWAIT, ISN'T THAT A HOLLY TREE?\n\nA TIGER TREE?\nIS IT BIG BROTHER HOKAN'S TREE?\nIT IS NOT A TIGER TREE, SILLY. IT'S A HOLLY TREE.\nIT'S THE DEFINING TREE OF THE NORTH.\n\nHOLLY TREES HOLD SACRED SIGNIFICANCE TO TIGER BEASTFOLK,\nRENOWNED FOR THEIR FIERCE VITALITY, EVEN FLOURISHING IN THE FREEZING WINTER!\nI HAD ONLY EVER READ ABOUT IT IN BOOKS, YET BEHOLDING IT IN PERSON FILLS ME WITH AN INDES- CRIBABLE SENSE OF AWE.\nIT'S JUST LIKE THE DUKE STANDING GUARDIAN OVER THE NORTH.\n\nAW, THAT MEANS THERE AREN'T ANY ACORNS...\n\nHUH?\nWHOA! WHAT IS THIS?\nTAKE THAT!\nCHIRPIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?\nSISTER, LOOK AT THIS! SPARKLES ARE FLUTTERING EVERYWHERE!\n\nHUH, YOU ARE RIGHT. WHAT COULD THIS BE?\nWHERE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME FROM...?\n\nSUCH A BREATHTAKING DANCE...\nSISTER! LOOK, THE STARS ARE DANCING!\n\nTHOSE SHIMMERING LIGHTS FLUTTERING AROUND AREN'T STARS— THEY LOOK LIKE FIREFLIES.\nF-FIWEWIES?\nJUDGING BY HOW SHE DANCES BEFORE THE TREE, ALMOST LIKE SHE'S OFFERING A PRAYER...\nSHE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A SERVANT OF THE HOUSEHOLD OR A NOBLE LADY.\n\nWHO IN THE WORLD COULD SHE BE?\n\nHM...?\nWHO... MIGHT YOU BE?\nOH NO, WE'VE BEEN SPOTTED!\nHELLO, PARDON US IF WE INTERRUPTED YOU.\nMY NAME IS LULUBELL DURHAMS. This little one beside me is my younger brother.\nI'M CHIRPIE!\nI WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS YOUNG MASTER HOKAN'S TUTOR.\n\nTHE YOUNG MASTER'S...?\nAH... THE GUEST WHO ARRIVED FROM THE CAPITAL...\nA PLEASURE... TO MEET YOU.... I AM...\nDISPATCHED FROM THE IMPERIAL TEMPLE...\nTHE ELEMENTALIST OF THE SACRED HOLLY TREE...\n\nI AM... LINA... SLOTH...\nI SENSED AN UNUSUAL AURA, BUT TO THINK SHE IS AN ELEMENTALIST!\nWHAT'S MORE, BELONGING TO THE SLOTH FAMILY MEANS SHE'S A SLOTH BEASTFOLK.\n\nNO WONDER BOTH HER SPEECH AND MOVEMENTS ARE SO LETHARGIC.\nI HEARD... THAT YOU ARRIVED... HERE... YESTERDAY...\nI INTENDED... TO GREET YOU... FIRST... BUT...\n...OUR SCHEDULES... DID NOT ALIGN....\nTIGER ELEMENTALIST, YOU ARE TOO SLOW!\nIF YOU ARE THAT SLOW, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SWOOP IN AND SNATCH UP THE ACORNS WHEN THEY FALL!\n\nHUSH NOW, JEOKHYEOK! THAT IS NO WAY TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE!\nAND SHE ISN'T A TIGER ELEMENTALIST; SHE'S A HOLLY TREE ELEMENTALIST!\nI APOLOGIZE SINCERELY, ELE- MENTALIST.\nIT IS... QUITE ALL RIGHT....\nI UNDERSTAND... HOW FRUSTRATING IT MUST BE....\nHOWEVER...\n\nFRET NOT! I JUST CHUGGED A POTION THAT QUICKENS MY SPEECH AND MOVEMENTS!\n\nPARDON ME FOR MAKING YOU ENDURE MY AGONI- ZINGLY SLUGGISH GREETING!\nALLOW ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF PROPERLY. I AM AN ELEMEN- TALIST DISPATCHED FROM THE TEMPLE, CURRENTLY STATIONED AT CASTLE BLANDUS.\nTHEN AGAIN, I MIGHT END UP ACCOMPANYING YOU ALL BACK TO THE CAPITAL TOMORROW! MY SUCCESSOR ARRIVED HERE JUST TODAY, YOU SEE!\n?!\nSHE TURNED LIGHTNING FAST ALL OF A SUDDEN!\n\nPEOPLE ALWAYS FIND MY PACE MADDENING, SO I CONCOCT AND DRINK AN ELIXIR TO MAKE ME TALK FAST!\nWAIT, HOLD ON...\nTHOUGH IF I AM SPEAKING TOO SWIFTLY FOR YOU TO FOLLOW, PLEASE SPEAK UP! I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO SLOW DOWN MY CADENCE!\nWELL... UM...\nAH, COULD YOU PERHAPS BE INTRIGUED BY POTIONS?\nIN THAT CASE, SIMPLY SAY THE WORD AND I CAN...\n\nIT HIT SO FAST I BARELY CAUGHT HALF OF IT! PLUS, THERE ISN'T EVEN AN OPEN- ING TO CUT IN!\nWHY DID SHE TURN INTO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSON SO SUDDENLY...?!\nPlease calm down~!\nCHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER GABBLE GABBLE","bubble_count":119,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 16 of The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger follows a relieved Lulubell as Hokan falls into a deep sleep and she learns why the Duke moved to the capital.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 16 of The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger follows a relieved Lulubell as Hokan falls into a deep sleep and she learns why the Duke moved to the capital. What she hears from the people of Blandus reveals that Hokan is highly likely to be chosen as the imperial heir because the imperial couple has no successor, and that the Duke moved his seat to protect him. 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