A Thousand Years | 𝐆𝐮𝐆𝐮

Chapter 23ᴘᴀʀᴛ4|ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ

"Uhmm-"

Guinevere have been stuttering for the past few minutes now. Unbeknownst to her, Gusion have a satisfied look on his face. She followed him meekly as he guided her back to the stream where her towel resides.

She just realized she is actually cold from the occasional blow of the breeze in the forest. The canopy hindered her sight though it was a welcome feeling. She let herself drift to his side as she looked at him once in a while.

Gusion let her do so.

When they returned, the sight was unwelcome to Gusion's eyes once again. He felt a twitch on his forehead as an annoyed glare immediately glimmered on his cerulean orbs.

"What the fuck—"

"I'm really sorry, my lady."

Zilong bowed to her once again as the lady before with him a while ago pushed his head more downwards making the man wince from the feeling of it.

"My Zilong-nii was being stupid a while ago. Please do understand that his brain is not on the right place sometimes." The cat-like woman added as Guinevere swiftly hid behind Gusion's back.

Zilong looks at her with serious eyes now as his gaze then drifted off to the man she is currently hiding herself to.

Gusion merely leveled his gaze with a challenging gaze. Zilong's eyes slitted at such look as an uncomfortable tense silence enveloped their surroundings.

"And he is?" Zilong asked Guinevere, pertaining to her Sonata-nii— uhhm, Sonata only. She have to get used to that.

She was supposed to answer him when Sonata beats her to it.

"A fellow suitor." Gusion answered for her with cold icy blue eyes.

Zilong tilted his head to the side, genuine curiosity in his muddy orbs. "You weren't in the line last day."

"I have always been the first one in the line before you even existed." Gusion answered him with annoyance.

"What?" Guinevere is startled at that.

That's kind of an exaggeration of him to say. She looks at him with furrowed brows as Zilong observed their interaction. He returned his gaze to Gusion.

"I'm Zilong, may the best man wins." He challenged him.

Gusion smirked at him mockingly as the two girls watched their argument back and forth.

"No." Gusion stepped towards his direction and Guinevere was about to pull him back to her side when her Sonata-nii merely leaned to Zilong's space and whispered to his ears:

"May the best man lives."

The words were only heard by them as the two man stared at one another with slitted eyes. It came out as a threat... because it literally is. It was a declaration of war and Gusion can taste his victory on the tip of his tongue. He smirked at the thought making Zilong look at him incredulously once again.

"Uhmm, enough of this boys."

Their attention drifted to the brown-haired cute beauty who is looking at them worriedly.

"I can smell bloodlust from you." She directly commented to Gusion who coldly and blankly looks at her. "I hope you will fight for Lady Guinevere's hands fair and square."