# WebtoonLib — The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger #16 ## Series - title: The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger - slug: the-squirrel-will-raise-the-baby-tiger-ttacz865 ## Chapter - number: 16 - chapter_key: 16-jygqfw - release_date: 2026-11-08 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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. ## 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. As Lulubell feels her view of the Duke changing, she encounters a new mystery with her brother on their way to the garden. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 119 ### Content BIG BROTHER HOKAN IS FAST ASLEEP...!! THE YOUNG MASTER'S COMPLEXION LOOKS MUCH BETTER. IT SEEMS HE FINALLY RELAXED AFTER PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO HIS LATE FATHER. IT MUST BE THANKS TO YOU, TEACHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID NOT REALLY DO MUCH AT ALL. STILL, WHAT A RELIEF THAT HOKAN FEELS AT EASE. IF ONLY WE COULD STAY HERE A BIT LONGER.... YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE RETURNING TO THE CAPITAL TO- MORROW, RIGHT? THE DUKE MUST BE BUSY, SO IT CAN'T BE HELPED. ...TO BE HONEST, WE PEOPLE OF BLANDUS... ...HAD EXPECTED HIS GRACE THE DUKE TO REMAIN HERE EVEN AFTER BEING GRANTED AN ESTATE IN THE CAPITAL. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS HE RELOCATED HIS SEAT TO THE CAPITAL ENTIRELY FOR THE YOUNG MASTER'S SAKE. FOR HOKAN? CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL HEIR TO THE IMPERIAL THRONE. AFTER A LONG COURTSHIP, THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS MARRIED AND DEARLY WISHED FOR A CHILD, BUT... ...DUE TO FREQUENT SOLAR ECLIPSES, BOTH THEIR MAJESTIES' FERTILI- TY DIMINISHED DRASTICALLY. FURTHERMORE, HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR EVEN SUFFERED ADVERSE EFFECTS FROM MEDICATION TAKEN DURING THE WAR. BECAUSE OF THAT, IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FULLY RECOVER HIS HEALTH. ULTIMATELY, THE IMPERIAL COUPLE COULD NOT PRODUCE AN HEIR. THUS, THEY DECIDED TO APPOINT A CHILD FROM THE BLANTIGER FAMILY AS THE IMPERIAL SUCCESSOR. THEREFORE, AT PRESENT, THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOUNG MASTER HOKAN BEING CHOSEN AS THE IMPERIAL HEIR IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. IN FACT, THE IMPERIAL COURT HAS ITS EYES SET SOLELY ON THE YOUNG MASTER. IF THAT TRULY HAPPENS... ...IT WILL ONLY BE HARDER ON YOUNG MASTER HOKAN, WHO HAS ALREADY LOST HIS PARENTS. HE WISHED FOR THE YOUNG MASTER TO ACCLIMATE TO THAT STATION QUICKLY, WHICH IS WHY HE RELOCATED THEIR SEAT TO THE CAPITAL SO EARLY ON. THE DUKE ALSO STEPPED UP HIMSELF TO FEND OFF ANY DANGERS APPROACHING THE YOUNG MASTER. TO THINK HE HAD SUCH PROFOUND INTENTIONS.... UNLIKE THIS CASTLE, THE CAPITAL IS BOUND TO BE TEEMING WITH PEOPLE SEEKING TO EXPLOIT HOKAN POLITICALLY. EVEN IF HE APPEARS COLD-HEARTED ON THE SURFACE, HIS CHOICE WAS ROOTED IN GENUINE CARE FOR HIS NEPHEW. I'M STARTING TO VIEW HIM IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFE- RENT LIGHT. SISTER. SISTER LULU~. BIG BROTHER IS FAST ASLEEP, SO I'M BORED. AND MY NOSE FEELS ALL TINGLY, SO I WANT TO GO SNIFF SOME NICE FLOWERS! YOUR NOSE FEELS TINGLY? PREDATORS MIGHT KEEP THEIR PHEROMONES IN CHECK, YET THE FAINT TRACE LINGERING IN THE AIR MUST BE IRRITATING HIS NOSE. THERE ARE SPACIOUS GARDENS THROUGHOUT THIS CASTLE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT THEM? A GARDEN?! I LOVE GARDENS! I WANT TO GO! CHIRPIE, SHH! IF YOU'RE TOO LOUD, YOU'LL WAKE HOKAN UP...!! THEN I WILL GUIDE YOU. PLEASE FOLLOW ME. WOW! IT IS SO PRETTY! IT IS SPARKLING! INDEED, IT IS A TRULY LOVELY INDOOR GARDEN. NOW I SEE WHY THE BUTLER WHO ESCORTED US WAS BRIMMING WITH PRIDE. Please look around to your heart's content. I shall take my leave now. I THOUGHT SO BACK WHEN I SAW THE ESTATE GARDEN IN THE CAPITAL AS WELL, BUT... ...THEY CULTIVATE AN ABUNDANCE OF RARE PLANTS. Smells so good! I CAN TELL THE BLANTIGER FAMILY TAKES GREAT CARE OF ITS PLANTS AS WELL. SISTER, SISTER! LOOK, THERE'S A HUGE TREE OVER THERE! COULD THERE BE ACORNS TOO? WAIT, ISN'T THAT A HOLLY TREE? A TIGER TREE? IS IT BIG BROTHER HOKAN'S TREE? IT IS NOT A TIGER TREE, SILLY. IT'S A HOLLY TREE. IT'S THE DEFINING TREE OF THE NORTH. HOLLY TREES HOLD SACRED SIGNIFICANCE TO TIGER BEASTFOLK, RENOWNED FOR THEIR FIERCE VITALITY, EVEN FLOURISHING IN THE FREEZING WINTER! I HAD ONLY EVER READ ABOUT IT IN BOOKS, YET BEHOLDING IT IN PERSON FILLS ME WITH AN INDES- CRIBABLE SENSE OF AWE. IT'S JUST LIKE THE DUKE STANDING GUARDIAN OVER THE NORTH. AW, THAT MEANS THERE AREN'T ANY ACORNS... HUH? WHOA! WHAT IS THIS? TAKE THAT! CHIRPIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SISTER, LOOK AT THIS! SPARKLES ARE FLUTTERING EVERYWHERE! HUH, YOU ARE RIGHT. WHAT COULD THIS BE? WHERE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME FROM...? SUCH A BREATHTAKING DANCE... SISTER! LOOK, THE STARS ARE DANCING! THOSE SHIMMERING LIGHTS FLUTTERING AROUND AREN'T STARS— THEY LOOK LIKE FIREFLIES. F-FIWEWIES? JUDGING BY HOW SHE DANCES BEFORE THE TREE, ALMOST LIKE SHE'S OFFERING A PRAYER... SHE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A SERVANT OF THE HOUSEHOLD OR A NOBLE LADY. WHO IN THE WORLD COULD SHE BE? HM...? WHO... MIGHT YOU BE? OH NO, WE'VE BEEN SPOTTED! HELLO, PARDON US IF WE INTERRUPTED YOU. MY NAME IS LULUBELL DURHAMS. This little one beside me is my younger brother. I'M CHIRPIE! I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS YOUNG MASTER HOKAN'S TUTOR. THE YOUNG MASTER'S...? AH... THE GUEST WHO ARRIVED FROM THE CAPITAL... A PLEASURE... TO MEET YOU.... I AM... DISPATCHED FROM THE IMPERIAL TEMPLE... THE ELEMENTALIST OF THE SACRED HOLLY TREE... I AM... LINA... SLOTH... I SENSED AN UNUSUAL AURA, BUT TO THINK SHE IS AN ELEMENTALIST! WHAT'S MORE, BELONGING TO THE SLOTH FAMILY MEANS SHE'S A SLOTH BEASTFOLK. NO WONDER BOTH HER SPEECH AND MOVEMENTS ARE SO LETHARGIC. I HEARD... THAT YOU ARRIVED... HERE... YESTERDAY... I INTENDED... TO GREET YOU... FIRST... BUT... ...OUR SCHEDULES... DID NOT ALIGN.... TIGER ELEMENTALIST, YOU ARE TOO SLOW! IF YOU ARE THAT SLOW, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SWOOP IN AND SNATCH UP THE ACORNS WHEN THEY FALL! HUSH NOW, JEOKHYEOK! THAT IS NO WAY TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE! AND SHE ISN'T A TIGER ELEMENTALIST; SHE'S A HOLLY TREE ELEMENTALIST! I APOLOGIZE SINCERELY, ELE- MENTALIST. IT IS... QUITE ALL RIGHT.... I UNDERSTAND... HOW FRUSTRATING IT MUST BE.... HOWEVER... FRET NOT! I JUST CHUGGED A POTION THAT QUICKENS MY SPEECH AND MOVEMENTS! PARDON ME FOR MAKING YOU ENDURE MY AGONI- ZINGLY SLUGGISH GREETING! ALLOW ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF PROPERLY. I AM AN ELEMEN- TALIST DISPATCHED FROM THE TEMPLE, CURRENTLY STATIONED AT CASTLE BLANDUS. THEN AGAIN, I MIGHT END UP ACCOMPANYING YOU ALL BACK TO THE CAPITAL TOMORROW! MY SUCCESSOR ARRIVED HERE JUST TODAY, YOU SEE! ?! SHE TURNED LIGHTNING FAST ALL OF A SUDDEN! PEOPLE ALWAYS FIND MY PACE MADDENING, SO I CONCOCT AND DRINK AN ELIXIR TO MAKE ME TALK FAST! WAIT, HOLD ON... THOUGH IF I AM SPEAKING TOO SWIFTLY FOR YOU TO FOLLOW, PLEASE SPEAK UP! I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO SLOW DOWN MY CADENCE! WELL... UM... AH, COULD YOU PERHAPS BE INTRIGUED BY POTIONS? IN THAT CASE, SIMPLY SAY THE WORD AND I CAN... IT HIT SO FAST I BARELY CAUGHT HALF OF IT! PLUS, THERE ISN'T EVEN AN OPEN- ING TO CUT IN! 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