Timeline: Before chapter 16.
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Zhang Li was starring at the sky full of stars that were covering the entire city of Ebis.
Sudenly, it reminded him of the night, when he last saw the stone statue that he witnessed. Tears were slowly falling down his cheeks, the moonlight making them sparkle. Footsteps were able to be heard. He quickly wiped the tears from his face, trying to look normal, like he didn't cry, but little did he know, his eyes were red from crying. The one coming towards him was Kaba, with his bow in his right hand, and the arrows on his back. "Why are you up soo late?" Kaba asked. "Oh, I just wanted to relax a little after all that training today. So I just came here and stare at the sky."
Kaba noticed his red eyes and asked:
"Did you cry? What happened? Did someone do something to you? I'm gonna kill them!!". He sounded like a worried overprotective mom that won't let anyone smell, touch, talk, look nor think about her baby. "A-ah, this? I-I just splashed some water on my face and some came in my eyes, that all!","Hmm ok.".
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦
It was time for breakfast, and all the soldiers and guards of the palace woke up, like always, at 5A.M. They have time to eat and talk 1hour, and then they start training at 6A.M. Zhang Li, instead of eating was training. This means he was training all day long.
𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. Zhang li is around the king everyday, and he can only train on sunday. Every soldier and royale guard, train till 9:30p.m., but Zhang Li trained till he almost fell asleep. This means he's training till 11:45p.m. He bearly even eats or sleeps, and it's not like nobody told him to rest/relax more and stop training at least for one day. Even at 12p.m he doesn't rest. 12p.m - 1p.m [𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘].
The same day, a guard came running towards Zhang Li screaming his name. "ZHANG LI!!, ooh my dear Zhang Li. Please hurry up to his majesty's bedroom! That crazy tyran is gonna kill the new maid that makes his hair, just because she brushed his hair too hard, and it made him hurt! Please hurry!!". Hearing this, he ran quickly to the tyrant's bedroom.
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When he arrived there, he saw the new maid laying on the floor with a deep injury/cut on her shoulder, three servants kneeling down [𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐔. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧.], and the king, standing, saying dirty words to the new maid. You could see how cold and cruel the king was by just looking in his eyes. Fierce eyes. Eyes full of anger. Bet his soul is not rainbow. "Your majesty! Please, calm down!", Zhang Li said kneeling down "P-please"...after about 2 minutes of silence, a "tch" was heared from Mimi [𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠]. AhLi [𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢] was trembling from fear, that the king may do something to anyone, but he just sat down on his bed. AhLi started to slowly get up, and took out of his pocket a bandage for the maid [𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐚]. He always had with him some bandages, cause he trains soo much on sundays, that he can start get cuts and bruises on his hands. And sometimes happens that you forget about them, and when you wake up, they're with you ["--𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩--" 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 {𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐚} 𝐞𝐱: 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥, "𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩" 2 + 2 = 4; 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐭𝐰. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬]. He wraped it around the maid's shoulder, and told her to get out, "Thank you really much young man!", and she burst out of the room almost crying. Same did the other three servants, they ran out of the room.
AhLi, instead of going, grabbed the comb and asked: " May I... May I brush your hair instead of her?". The king at first made wide eyes, but then agreed by nodding. AhLi sat on the bed, behind Mimi, and started brushing his hair, gently. Brown, long strands of hair, on a pale and fragile skin. A snow - white hand wandering on a king's head's back. A cold touch that gave shivers. But lovable ones. At this moment, Mimi couldn't do anything, except enjoying the moment, and the gentle moves the short, blonde male did.
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Time passed by, and AhLi started doing the ponytails. When he finished, he said: "Your majesty, I'm done. This one will excuse himself." and bowed down. Hearing this, the king snapped out of his thoughts, and when he looked up, the yellow haired male was already gone, to train more, because tomorrow, he needs to go back to his usual work. When he left, he left behind him a empty, and silent room.
Mimi couldn't do anything else, than waiting for tomorrow, to see him again.
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