Chapter 4 – The White Dragon
The next day, I was scheduled to have a session with Yun. According from everyone's minds, Yun was a genius. Even though he was young, he knew a lot of things that he somehow seemed like the caretaker of the group.
The two of us were currently inside the library of the castle.
"Do you know how old you are?" he asked and I shook my head. "By the looks of it, you look like you're just a little older than me...nineteen, perhaps?
"I have no idea,"
"There's no use in asking you since you have amnesia after all," Yun sighed. "I will not teach you about medicinal herbs since Avi's more appropriate to teach you about that. So, I'm going to tell you the story of how the people in the castle got together,"
It was hard to read Yun's mind since there were so many thoughts going on inside his head all at once. It would make me dizzy if I continued reading his mind.
"You mean the group?" I corrected.
"That's the same," he nodded. "I'm going to start from the scratch. Let's start with Ancient History since that one is more applicable right now,"
"Okay," the edge of my lips curled upwards.
"There are five dragons. The Red Dragon, Blue Dragon, Green Dragon, Yellow Dragon, and White Dragon,"
"Dragons?"
"Yes," he responded. "One day, the Red Dragon descended to the Earth as a human and his name was King Hiryuu. He served the humans with loyalty but the humans tried to kill him. While he was in the verge of death, his fellow dragon brothers also descended to the Earth in their real forms—the dragon forms,"
"They can't turn into humans like the Red Dragon?"
Yun gave me a look before saying, "I haven't really given it a thought so, let's set aside your question for now. Back to the story, the remaining Four Dragons wanted to kill the humans for what they did to the Red Dragon but the Red Dragon told them that even though that the humans hated him, he still loved them,"
"King Hiryuu was such a martyr,"
"If you put it that way...I could agree," he shrugged. "The remaining Four Dragons respected the Red Dragon's decision so they gave some of their blood to humans to protect King Hiryuu because their blood had some powers. The White Dragon has an arm that is ten times stronger than a human arm. The Blue Dragon has eyes that can see beyond anything. The Green Dragon has a leg that can make him jump really high that sometimes it looks like he's flying and the Yellow Dragon has a body that is untouchable once badly injured. If I could add, the Yellow Dragon is also immortal,"
"Wow," was the only word that escaped my mouth.
But in reality, the dragons are really just a bunch of airheads, one of Yun's thoughts came in out of nowhere.
I stifled a laugh and Yun eyed me like I was insane. "What's so funny?"
I continued to laugh. "Because you think they're just a bunch of airheads."
***
"I guess it's the first time that you've seen me in reason that I was away," a black-haired guy said. "My name is Hak and by default, I made it King because Yona is my wife. My wife gave you a name. Zara, am I correct?"
"Don't scare her, Hak," Yona whispered but it was loud enough for me to hear.
"If she wants to learn how to fight, she shouldn't be intimidated by me," Hak told her. "Tell me, what is the weapon of your choice?"
"I could choose my own weapon?" I asked and he nodded. "I want something like that," I pointed at his weapon.
Hak chuckled harshly. "Do you think you can wield something like this?" after a second, he attempted to slash me—or the air that was in front of me.
"H—Hak!" Yona gasped. "You might have killed her!"
Hak's eyes twitched as he stared at me. S—She didn't even flinch. This girl is frightening, I heard Hak's thought.
"Why am I frightening?" I asked him.
"What?" Hak whispered.
"Hey!" Yona looked at the both of us. "What are you talking about?"
"N—Nothing. Let's move this fighting lesson for tomorrow," Hak started to walk away from us but I somehow managed to hear his whisper to his self. "Maybe it's just my imagination."
***
I woke up in the middle of the night so I decided to go out of my room. I noticed Kija sitting on the edge of the castle.
"Kija?" I called and he turned to look at me. "Why are you awake?"
"I couldn't sleep," he looked up at the sky. "I was thinking of some things,"
"Why?"
"Because some things are bothering me," he admitted. "I envy my fellow dragon brothers. The three of them found ladies that they love,"
"Was that something to envy?" I tilted my head to the right side.
"Probably not,"
Maybe I'm just lonely, Kija thought.
"Why are you lonely?" I asked him.
His head almost snapped when it turned to look at me, T—This girl...he thought but he said something else out loud. "I'm tired. Let's go to sleep, Zara."
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The Definition of Loneliness (Kija Love Story)
Fanfiction"But please...don't tell anyone, okay?" "Don't tell them that you're lonely...?" I guessed. I didn't want to keep reading their minds if it was that unusual. It was a good thing that I could just read their minds if I wanted to. "Yes," he breathed...
