‘What… exactly are you?’

I wasn’t asking because I genuinely didn’t know.

I was just stunned.

No matter how much variation there was in size or color, there was no way I wouldn’t recognize this creature.

But this thing that the monks of Botaarm had introduced as a Fire Carp…

Its color.

Its sheer size.

It was unlike anything I had ever seen before.

Even Hwa-eun and Seol, who were just as bewildered, sent me a telepathic message in disbelief.

[So-ryong, that’s not a Fire Carp, no matter how you look at it. That thing looks more like a…]

[So-ryong, I don’t know if I’m seeing this wrong because of its size, but… isn’t that just a tadpole?]

So it wasn’t just me thinking that.

Even Hwa-eun and Seol, who knew more about animals than the average person, were staring at it like they’d just seen a monster.

And they weren’t wrong.

What lay before us was not a koi carp.

It was a tadpole—no doubt about it.

‘It’s definitely a tadpole. Its color is peachy-pink, and while it’s huge, if you look closely, it just resembles a fat carp at first glance. But the fact that it has no pectoral or dorsal fins, combined with that tiny, adorable mouth… It’s 100% an amphibian’s offspring.’@@novelbin@@

Tadpoles are the larval stage of amphibians—frogs, toads, and other species.

And as I looked at it…

I felt my heart pounding.

It had a soft, peach-colored glow.

Even at this early stage, it already had such a vibrant color, making it look like a promising candidate for a poisonous frog or toad.

Snakes, centipedes, scorpions, and moths were all great venomous creatures…

But toads?

Toads were legendary venomous creatures.

They were adorable, and their slow, lazy movements had a way of calming people just by watching them.

Was this what they meant by a blessing in disguise?

Yeondu might be disappointed, but the Neidan didn’t even matter anymore.

A giant tadpole?

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