Chapter 5

263 13 5
                                        

Her eyes was staring at the withered branches of the Ambrosial Arbor, dulled by the familiar sight, she wondered what her other half was doing

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

Her eyes was staring at the withered branches of the Ambrosial Arbor, dulled by the familiar sight, she wondered what her other half was doing. Closing her eyes, she used her connection with nature to find the familiar trace of cloudhymn magic, it only took mere moments to find it at the pavilion as he lately has been for the reason of meeting his friends. It seems that her beloved and his friends were once again playing xiangqi[1] quietly outside of the Artisanship Commission.

Away from his side, she was happy that he was beginning to branch out from the isolating existence that they came to know. To have people to treat him as an equal instead of the revered position they had taken on. She dearly hoped one day he would be able to take care of himself better like he had taken care of their people.

S̸̟̹̜̖̪͖̓̒̐̉̾̅͐̚͜õ̴̠͖̝̲̿̐̇̈̉͘ ̶̨̝̯͔͖̣̤͛̊̿͋̆t̷̡͖̰̥̻͚̰̿̇̓̎͌̀͒̔̚ḧ̶̳͓̗́̓̿̐͘͜ą̸͚͕̙̒͐̀̑̑̎t̶͙̅̌̎̚ ̶̧̛̦́̒̋͝h̸̢̞̠̱̺̦̠̣̳̬̄̈́̓̓̉̉ę̶͍͉͓̫̭͉͍̲͕̍̋̎̏̑͝ ̴̯̀̃w̵̠͕͉͉̩̜̫̣̲͌͒̒̓̆́͑̋͝͝o̴̧͉̲̳̱̪͗ư̸͒́̈́͂́̈̎́̎ͅḽ̸̗͕͍̕ḑ̵̥̟̜̟̬͕̟͉̆̒̔̉̊͛͌̆̾͑ ̴͓̘͚̞̃̆̔̉͜b̶̥͖̺͊̽͘͜e̵͕̭̘̬̟̋̓̾ ̷͔̙̋̀̍̑͊̓̐͂a̸̝̦̯͔͍̥̲̫͌̋̋̋̒b̶̨̖̣̳̤͈͛́̓̄́l̶̞̭̺͔̮͍͓̚e̵̗͓͑̽̐ͅ ̵̛̮̓͂̓̂̋̂͛͘t̴̰̅̾̓̐͐͊̾o̶̰͎̣̱̖̰͕͗͐͛̒͛̂̑̆ ̴̡͇̞̏̀́̓͆͒̕̕c̵͔̗͓̖̔̏̓̈͂͊̚̚͝͠o̷̯̬̻̥̳̼̖͒͆̃̇̽͊͂͘͜ù̷̬͉͖p̵̨̧͓͙̹͙͆̓̐͊̃͠ ̴̜̼̅̍̇̚w̸̥͚̺̥͊̂̂ḩ̸̦͉̖̪͙̺̹̘̆e̸͚̮͔͓͖͇̭̗̖̺̅̑̋̓̀̚̚ņ̴̘̩̻͖̼̺̗̭̇̍́͘ͅ ̵̣̺̩̋͜š̶̲̬̯̭̝͈͓̄̋̓̕h̴̘̃̾̂̈̐̄̕ͅę̷̳́̓͋̄͌̀̒̕̕̕ ̸̫̫̀͆̋w̴͍͓̣̟͈͍̲̹̅͘ḁ̶̠̻̱͚͉͗́͂̂͘͝s̷͙̅̀͐͒̍̽ ̷̫̦͈͔̩̞̲̪̲̎̀̄͠ǹ̵̡̤͚̳͉͈͖̞̈́̏͊̈́ò̵̼͚̮̝̱̰͚͛̑͐̓̚͝ ̸͖̦̰̬̥̓͗͒̎̂̾͝ḽ̶̗͓̾̏̾͌̑̎̏̑͒͊o̶̥̺̲̅̋̾̏̅̏͋ͅn̷̳͖̐̾g̶̮͚̠̙̞̗̺͇̜̑ͅẻ̸̯̖͈̮̥̹̎̏͜ͅr̵̺͕͉̠̮͒͝ ̶̛͖͈̼͉̉̋̒͑͋̈́̕͝ḃ̴̢̩͉̺̰͔̹̒͝y̷̞̻̣͔͂̐̄ͅ ̸̡͇̩͕͎̟̞̗̔̀͛̕̚h̷͕͈͉͈̹͑͒͌͠į̷̗̱̗̋̽̇́̈́̔́s̶̤̫̝̣̖̱̖̩͖̄̉̎̈̑̈́̓̓͝ ̷̫͚͇̻͎̥͕̀̄̂̿͝s̵͙͌͆̐į̷̨̧͎̺̩̬̬̮̖̍̎́̽d̶̥͂̔̈́͜e̴̫̱̟̾͒.̷͙̜̍̊̅̒

For Dan Feng, it was a typical day with his comrades. Playing Xiangqi quietly outside of the Artisanship Commission against Yingxing while Jing Yuan, an silvery white haired teen was sitting nearby watching the match with his white kitten Mimi. Yingxing, the faded white haired man hummed, gazing intently at the tiled board as his mind raced with possibilities and strategies. His blue eyes darted back and forth, analyzing the board from every angle, searching for the perfect tactic to outsmart his opponent, but it was already too late as Dan Feng had already won the game. "Dan Feng, you really are a skillful tactician..." the man said, unable to believe he lost.

"I appreciate your words, Yingxing" Dan Feng replied, crossing his arms in both triumph and thought, "You did well in fact." It was true, while Xin Ying, his mate didn't mind playing,, she was a poor player and often lost within the first few moves. The teen who sat between them entertaining his pet looked at both of them smugly, cutting his face between them. "Yingxing is a poor player! If it were I, my strategy would surely win!" He smirked proudly as if he was better than the two older men, "Isn't that right, Mimi!"

ETERNAL LAMENTATION --★彡 Dan HengWhere stories live. Discover now