Chapter 253: No thoughts,head empty HELP ME
[Oh, come off it amigos! We’re made of desires, well our cores are anyways,] Hurricroak defended herself, [is it so wrong to see our lord indulge in some of the world’s more delightfully carnal ones? I mean I re-ad that young love tends to be the most passionate and beautiful.]
[Hurricroak… you’re suggesting that they make the beast with two backs in public under a burning hot sun,] Nepherage pointed out,[not only is that perverse, but it’s also sounds widely uncomfortable.]
[Sand… everywhere…,] Frosttusk added, [sunburns…too…]
[The irony of you complaining about sunburns is immeasurably hilarious,] Hurricroak retorted.
=Wait, isn’t your core, [Resolve]? How does that relate to you wanting to watch our lord do the sideways tango?=
[Pfft! Yeah, and I’m a rockstar! Whyphy, bitches!]
[Did…did you just make a 22 J*mp Street reference?,] Nepherage asked.
Hurricroak couldn’t turn and give Nepherage a shocked look due to their current state, but she that feeling known.
[How do you-]
[Oh shit!]
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*Mwah!* “There. Now we can go,” Jin Fang said with a smile.
Zhen Liu’s brain went blank as it just registered that, after informing Jin Fang that they had to go and see why the former was being called, the latter proceeded to leave a hickey on his neck.
Evidently, in both this life and his previous one, hell even the previous owner of this body, none were used to dealing with women being so forward.
In essence, everybody that was or is in this body, were bottoms.
Thankfully, he managed to get enough braincells back to ask a question after picking himself up from the ground…and detangling himself from Jim Fang’s locked legs.
“Uhh…why?,” he managed to stammer out.
“Just had the feeling I needed to prove a point,” Jin Fang teased with surprising grace and a smile, “now, I do believe those voices belong to Master Zhen Hai and Mistress Zhen Yue. You need to go and properly greet them.”
“Oh…right.”
Zhen Liu made his way in the direction of the called voices, with a slightly stunned expression still on his face… completely forgetting that he had a hockey visible on his neck.
‘I should probably tell him about that…nah.’
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“Are you sure this is the right quarry?,” Zhen Hai asked Zhen Yue for the third time today, “there were like six other ones on the way here and they all looked like some place Zhen Liu allowed his puppets to go wild.”
“I’m fairly certain,” Zhen Yue chided, “none of the others showed signs of electrical, lava or ice damage like the…literal outskirts of this place, good heavens.”
While it was true that the younger generation would occasionally train together, for the most part, they would keep to themselves in regards to practicing their own formulas and arts. It also prevented the possibility of accidental injury…or collateral damage due to sparring.
“Well I don’t see or hear him,” Zhen Hai complained, “so maybe-”
“Hey guys!”
“I stand corrected.”
Zhen Hai and Zhen Yue stopped their search, seeing as the person they were looking for was now running out of the quarry they were about to enter.
As the man they were looking for ran up to them, they couldn’t help but notice a little detail…on Zhen Liu’s neck.
“Hold up…does he have a hickey on his neck?”
“Yup.”
“So that means he was training with Jin Fang.”
“Uh-huh.”
“You think they were ‘training’ or training?”
“Honestly, either or.”
“…He has no idea about either of these letters does he?”
“No.”
“Did…Jin Fang know?”
“Judging by that hickey…maybe.”
As soon as Zhen Liu got within earshot of them, Zhen Yue and Zhen Hai immediately hushed up.
“Hey guys, you were calling for me?,” Zhen Liu asked, unaware that this cousins were still staring at the obvious hickey on his neck.
‘I…honestly forget if he was always this dense,’ Zhen Yue thought to herself.
Zhen Hai on the other hand just handed the two letters to Zhen Liu.
“Huh? What this?”
“Zhen Yue and I went to go drop off some mail for her, post master said that these two letters were for you.”
As soon as Zhen Liu recieved the letters, the first thing he noticed was the obvious smell of perfume coming off of both of them.
One smelled surprisingly refined, like lavender and citrus fruits, while the other was a tad more wild but had this hint of luxury, like a blend of wild and cultivated roses.
The second thing he noticed was the seals on both letters, the former having one in the shape of a ram’s head, the other looking like a clover.
‘Huh…wonder who sent these,’ Zhen Liu thought as he cut open the seal of both letters. The one with the clover on it was on top when he handled it, so he decided to read that one first.
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My Dear Zhen Liu,
I hope that this letter finds you in good health and in good fortune.
It has been quite a few months since we last conversed and part of me wanted to surprise you, but I was advised that it would be more proper to send a notice first, so as to prevent what happened the last time I tried to come to Stone Claw.
By the time you receive this letter, my family and I should be coming to visit.
My father says it’s for a business arrangement, but I couldn’t help but notice a subtle twinkle in his eye when he mentioned it to me.
Regardless of the circumstances, I sincerely hope that this time around, neither of us end up in a wooden box for any reason.
Or become victims of a mad man’s proclivities.
Strange that it happened twice.
I hope to see you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Alicia Goldshire.
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‘Oh shoot, Alicia’s coming? Well that might be fun. Now did this second…oh.’
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Dearest Zhen Liu,
May this letter find you in favorable fortune, and your health be impeccable.
As you are most likely aware, my brother will be coming back to Stone Claw to go on additional outings with your cousin, Zhen Yue, while my father plans to help organize the wedding with your clan’s elders.
That being said, I have also been petitioned to come along as due to our prior interactions.
Father says it’s a good thing that I found someone I can get along with so well and that I should take this opportunity to cement a foundational relationship.
“Downright sus” as your voice would say.
Hopefully by the time this letter reaches you, I’ll be there to see you the day after.
I can’t wait to see you again.
Truly yours,
Bellona Ecaredies.
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After reading both letters, Zhen Hai and Zhen Yue noticed that Zhen Liu looked a bit…off.
“Zhen Liu…you okay?,” Zhen Yue asked in concern.
Instead of responding like a reasonable human being…Zhen Liu fainted, and fell backwards.
Zhen Yue and Zhen Hai stared at their cousin, flabbergasted.
“Huh…I…honestly didn’t see that coming,” Zhen Hai bluntly stated.
