The Song of Inquiry | The Untamed 陈情令

Prologue

❝ A girl who slipped time ❞

COLD WIND BRUSHED AGAINST HER SKIN - long strand of black hair flow almost in front of over oval shaped face. She let out a deep sigh with her left hand move downward while her right arm rose not far from the left. She stood in front of the terrace, facing the moon whose glowing far away in front of her.

The object that her both hands grasped is a handmade flute made of a bamboo stick she found far from school, she point the hole through her lip whilst her three fingers point in the other holes downward from the object she is holding, and let out a sound that soothes not just her ears, but the cold scenery on the last floor of her house.

With the flute in her grasp and the music plays, slowly soothes her whole being. She felt peace that she never felt in her entire life, you may wondering what music she is playing - the song she always knew. In her childhood days, she hummed a music that her heart only knew what it was and suddey felt the sting of sadness that confuse her.

And as she turn 17, she learned to play a flute with no reason and find it fascinating - she consider it as her hobby. The silence of the area and the music she is playing excites her and yet, something is missing - something she longed for but doesn't know what it were or was.

Both eyes closed while repeating the melody she once played a long time ago, flashes of unfamiliar images appear inside her head of what it seemed a man - cloaked in white and little blue straps attached to it, the strand of the man's hair is long and her eyes began to teared up for no reason.

The image changed and a scene of a volcanic area disturbed her, a cacophony of echoes of countless man suddenly stopped her from playing. She knelled down as the pain in her head didn't ease - covering her both ears while the sound didn't stop.

Tears continuously flow down in her both cheeks while the image of a man whose life is endangered - his hand was grabbed by a mysterious hand where she saw a hint of white fabric, she widen her eyes when the man fall down of what it seemed a cliff, and a voice echoed throughout her mind,

"Wei Ying!"

Suddenly, a countless image appeared before her and she sat down - sighing in defeat. Where the man cloaked in white walking towards her looped in her head, she blinked once more and the sound is gone. She sighed for a moment while grabbing her flute - wiping her tears away, her head became dizzy.

Lightweight she felt, her world began to circle around - a melody began to play around her...but this time it was different...not the music she is playing but familiar which to her surprise, she tried to resist the feeling, but fail as her body and soul gave up. Her body slowly fall down - falling in a deep slumber, before she can heard the voice saying;

"Miss?!"