Journey Into the Knight

Chapter Forty-Four

There was a familiar choking air invading YongSun's lungs. She laid still for a very long time, debating if she was dead or not. She managed to open one eye at a time, fire coloured sky above her, clouds mixing in an impending storm. Her fingers dug into the dead earth. She never thought that she would be in the SinTag again.

YongSun managed to sit herself up, the ring of flames still burning like the first time she came here. She wondered why she had woken up here. YongSun watched as the Lunarous spirit walked through the flames to greet her once again, same emotionless face. "Welcome, Kim YongSun." She said as she approached.

YongSun drew her legs up so her knees were at her chest. "Why am I here, did I die?" She felt a slight surge of panic, she didn't feel dead, but how do you feel dead?

The girl offered her a hand. "You are not dead YongSun, only sleeping." YongSun touched the girl, allowing her to lift her up, which was weird considering she is a child. "Your spirit was sent here to rest after harnessing so much power."

YongSun's mind flashed back to the room, the black eyes of Henry, his body on the ground, everything fractured as if it was not her memories. "I killed him." She said flatly, her heart stabbing.

The Lunarous remained emotionless. "You did what was necessary. It will not be the last life taken before this is all over."

YongSun was taken aback. "What do you mean before this is all over, it didn't end with Henry? Byul is the Lunarous, that will set you free."

The girl started to shake her head. "Nothing is that simple YongSun, this was but the first step, there is more to come."

YongSun clenched her arms to her chest, what could possibly be worse than Henry? "What is to come?"

"That I can not tell you. It is for you to discover, you and the Lunarous, as soon as I am free."

YongSun knew that Byul's powers must be bound like hers was, as soon as they do the unbinding then the Lunarous will be free, that would be easy. There was something that bothered her though. "What about Jin?"

The girl tilted her head. "I do not know this Jin you speak of."

YongSun sighed. "He was one of my guards at the castle, when we touched I saw you. I was so sure he was the Lunarous." She was more than shocked when Henry said it was Byul.

The girl nodded. "He must be the Lunarous' kin, a connection to the spirit."

"So Jin and Byul are related?" Did Byul have a brother that she didn't know about? Perhaps her missing father sired another child if he was still alive.

"They must be." She said matter-of-factly. That was going to be something she was going to have to explore. "Perhaps he is the key to releasing my spirit."

YongSun whipped her head in the girl's direction. "What are you talking about? Byul needs to unbind the spirit as I did, that is how this works."

She shook her head. "It will not be as simple as with the Solarous spirit, I was severed from the last Lunarous, not passed on but ripped out of him. A piece of my soul passes on but the bulk of my power will remain here until that is healed." She watched the Night War beyond them, the time the connection was severed, or so she told YongSun the last time.

"Then how do we heal the rift?" Did that mean Byul wouldn't have powers, or just not full power like YongSun did when she killed Henry?

"That is up to you and the Lunarous to find out."

YongSun grunted with frustration. "You are not much help."

She merely shrugged. "It is not my place to tell you, it is her journey to fix it." YongSun felt a wave of wind wash over her, almost knocking her down. "It seems it is time for you to go." YongSun reached a hand out to grab onto her, she wasn't done talking yet. Her fingers went through her as if YongSun was a ghost. One more gust of wind knocked her off of her feet.