Warring Kingdoms: The Tale of the Jade Phoenix and the Dragon Blade

Chapter 13: Morbid Truth

Noon came and Wei Yue's cavalry of his faithful servants along with two newfound good friends spend their good time at Kunwu Peak. The hot springs are gleaming with warm waters and the food served are much better than those that they had tasted.

While the others enjoyed their time playing chess and tug of strength, Luo Na excused herself to go to the hotspring and make some time for herself.

"Sire, if you may... Can I take a short bath to the hotspring?" She asked Wei Yue. Wei Yue nodded and replied... "Yes you may..."

She picked a towel and headed straight into the bath. While she sat at the warm waters, she felt somewhat guilty for she had a dark secret which she kept hidden from her friends...

She was trained as an Emei assassin before.

The pink plum leaves fell gradually as she lifted up her head and endured the smell of fresh plums and flowers all around her. Her guilt seemed to fade as she cast her fears aside.

"I am no longer with Emei now."

She took a glimpse on her shoulder and a tattoo of a lotus which was disfigured brought calmness unto her.

Yes. That was long ago when she cast aside Emei. For when she had learned that her brother was alive and was in the care of the Dragon Blade King, she broke her lotus blade, erased her tattoo with a smoldering hot rod and fled into the night like a cat's shadow.

"What deep thinking."
Her reminiscent memories snapped into reality when she heard a familiar voice.

"General Hua. Why are you here?" Luo Na blushed like plum blossoms in early spring and General Hua laughed blissfully.

General Hua stepped into the hot spring and sank himself into the water beside Luo Na.

"As the King's personal guard and fiercest of them all, are you afraid to see a man naked beside you?"
He tempted her but she just shut her nut and looked away pretending that she was disgusted...

"A.... a... I... I'm still a woman you know?"

"Still a woman? Being the guard of the king, you enjoy the privilege of having extravagant money. If you do so, then have you ever paid men to touch you before?"

Luo Na's thoughts ruptured into small pieces. All of the evil things the Quartermaster of Emei did into her and the others came reprising back into her mind.

The terror, the anguish, the fear... She can hear the cries of innocent women being used as sex slaves for their final ceremony as assassins and that made her held her hands in her chest.

She's catching her breath in anxiety and General Hua looked at her with guilt in his eyes.

"I don't... Want to talk about...... The evil things..."

Luo Na rose up from the water and grabbed her towel then rushed outside the hotspring... Li An saw her walking into the hallway and greeted her...

"Luo Na did you have a nice bat-"
"Not now Li An..."

Li An's happy expression was now turned into doubt and then she was infuriated when she saw General Hua in the women's hotspring bath.

"GET OUT MORON!" She threw a pail into him and General Hua hit his head. He doesn't seem to mind the pain after what he did to Luo Na.

"I told her I love her but I... Insulted her." He clenched his fist and afterwards grabbed his towel and rose up from the water.

"Why?" Li An raised an arm into General Hua before he could exit the bath.