𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐇𝐔 ๑ xiao [✓]

第二十六章

500 years before the Archon War

Alatus stood by the lonely shore with his sword beside him. He looked at the engraved name and smiled fondly at the sight. 

"Alatus!!!" A familiar female shouted from a distance. Alatus rolled his eyes and stared at the empty sea until the female reached him.

"How dare you ignore me!" she playfully pouted before sitting down beside the teal-haired man. Alatus shook his head and showed a small smile.

"Ling. What are you doing here?" Alatus questioned the royal beside him. Ling smiled, "I wanted to see you, of course." Alatus chuckled, then flicked the woman by her head, "The truth."

"Well, I told them I'll practice my hunting, but I got distracted when I saw a lonely man by the shore." Ling poked his arm. Alatus looked at her in disbelief, "Go back. We're not allowed to see each other. You're a royal, and I am a criminal."

Ling looked at the skies, "Moments like these are meant to be treasured. We'll never know what comes; I can feel big wars coming."

Ling looked at Alatus with a hopeful glint in her eyes. Alatus side-eyed her before looking back at the sea once again. "Say, Alatus, if a war breaks out, will you defend the land of rock, or will you continue to stray?"

Alatus sighed before looking at the woman beside him, "I'd protect you."

Ling chuckled nervously, obviously flustered. "Oh shut up, then that  means the land of rock since I'm its princess."

Blood. Dead bodies. That's all a (h/c) woman sees as she walks through the streets of Mingyun village. She examined the dead bodies, and sure enough, some flesh still emitted heat yet had no pulse. They were just killed recently.

Pulling out her sword, she jumped roof to roof until she reached the middle of the kingdom. There stood more dead bodies. "They're all dead..." She muttered before entering the palace. 

There, she saw the princess, Ling, smiling peacefully with blood all over her. The princess' breathing was unstable as the woman ran to her. 'She must be the last one here', the (h/c) haired woman said to her thoughts.

She grabbed the princess' upper body unto her. "Save... Him... Alatus." The princess managed to say before taking her last breath by the stranger's arm. "Whoever he is, I'll find and save him..." 

The (h/c) haired woman stood by the boundary of a tall mountain and the kingdom of Mingyun. There, she saw the glimpse of a teal-haired man on a white horse fighting off some of the Mileliths. 

She watched as the guy skillfully dodged and attacked his opponents, making her amused at the sight. The fight finished, and she saw the man take off , making it an opportunity to move closer to the almost dying mileliths.

"Help us! Kill him! Kill Alatus!" One managed to say before all of them collapsed to death. Her eyes widened as she looked at the trail the young man had taken. 

2020 years after Rex Lapis has died

"Foolish. Selfless. Idiotic."

"I suggest you shouldn't take her as that, my dear Adeptus." Zhongli grabbed his tea drink before blowing it and drinking it. He looked at the stressed-out Adeptus, who was walking back and forth by his living room.

A certain braided man with aqua-green eyes chuckled before leaning on his hand. "I agree with Morax. This woman just saved you from having an eternal sin that cannot be forgiven by Gods." He leaned back in his chair as he pointed to the Adeptus. "You're the foolish one."