As one moves away from the lower town towards the central area, the borders are divided into the lower town attached to the vast ocean in a hemispherical form, with the middle town on the other side sharing its borders. Beyond that lies the Upper town and, finally, the main city.
All three rows appear as rainbow curves with three different arcs, one below another, until they bend away into the main city.
In the heart of the main city, which serves as the central headquarters of the Celestial Phoenix Order, all eyes were drawn to a vast mountain range stretching as far as the eye could see.
Each peak reached towards the sky, creating an awe-inspiring sight that seemed to symbolize ascension.
Below this majestic mountain range lay the lower-ranking disciples and core members, with the main palace situated at the center of a bustling network of activity on a flat land between the mountains.
The moonlight of the night made its way inside one of the highest pagoda’s windows before entering a room where a woman seemed to be sleeping, with a frown forming on her face, evident of bad dreams passing through her mind.
Her twitching of eyebrows revealed the discomfort in her body, which showed visible uneasiness.
“Haah…Haaah.” Suddenly snapped out of her sleep, Jenny’s eyes landed on the wall of her room, which was made of wood with designs showing the vastness of architecture based on traditional style with a flying phoenix devouring a sun.
“Again, this dream?” Jenny rubbed her forehead as memories of her childhood came flooding back, where only two amber-colored eyes seemed to haunt her, again and again coming in her dream while she could only see those eyes avert before whispering something inside the ears of a black silhouette and offering it a jug of healing potion.
Jenny still vividly recalled the same liquid which was given by that boy that kept her alive, as it was a healing potion, yet her hands clasped her head, remembering how instead of just handing over a jar of healing potion, the owner of those amber eyes didn’t save her from that hell.
“Why Ryuk?” Jenny mumbled, clenching her head due to the haunting memories of all the whips which her body bore just because she wanted to live a good life with her family. But now that she finally got one, these memories of pain remained etched in her mind.
Her past life was much better than this, now every night she recalls the beatings and torment she had to bear due to being purchased as a slave to the wrong woman, and all because that boy averted her eyes. “WHY RYUK!”
Gritting her teeth, she cried out before looking towards the ceiling with eyes filled with tears, clenching her head, remembering if he could give her a healing potion then he could have also saved her.
All these torments and nightmares that her mind will play all her remaining life was just because that guy chose to abandon her, yet she can’t even blame someone already dead.
Ting Ting
Suddenly, a sound rang from a talisman lying on her table. She had given it to one of the servants her grandmother had brought from Heindal. Jenny found it confusing, but she didn’t care much since the servant had helped her. Jenny gave him the task of saving slaves like herself from trying to find solace in avoiding those people from having a fate like hers.
Her trembling fingers moved towards the pendant before lifting it to hear the words of the gardener who had gone to the lower town, asking, “How many of the slaves did you save?”
She said as she maneuvered her legs on the floor before waiting to hear the response from the talisman waiting for some moment of not getting lucky again, adding, “Hello, can’t you hear me? Did you get the slaves?”
“It’s ironic how a slave is buying slaves, don’t you think Jenny?” Came a manly voice in an amusing tone with a clear bit of sarcasm laced in those words, sharp enough to reverberate inside the room which was empty except for a woman seated on the bed.
‘!?’
Badump
“Wh-who?” Suddenly, a sound coming from the talisman sent a chill running down her whole being, causing her pupils to tremble as she repeated herself to confirm the owner of the voice, feeling fear all over her body due to the tone and way those words were said.
“Ha, I specifically told Carlien to take it easy on you, but looks like she completely erased me from your memory, huh? Jenny?” This time the voice felt perplexed, thinking that his advice didn’t fit well with Baroness Carlien who slightly overdid it on her slave teachings to make this woman forget everything.
thud
“N-no!” Jenny’s body was suddenly covered in sweat, causing the talisman to slip from her grasp and drop to the floor. This left her seemingly unable to move, as fear paralyzed her body, ‘no, no, he can’t be alive, No!’
Only one thought remained in her mind at this moment, how can someone who was dead come back to life.
“It must be someone doing prank on me” Jenny scanned the room, finally realizing that she was in her own room, not in some cold stable where she had been beaten and left hungry. She tried to gather strength in her hand to stand up, but her legs had already given out.
“S-some-one, is SOMEONE OUTSIDE!” Feeling her body shiver, drenched in sweat and memories, turmoil spread throughout her being, prompting her to cry out for help to the servants outside. She struggled to control her tears, but they eventually broke free, cascading down her cheeks.
“Damn it! Bella!, any servant of please anyone, come inside!” She cried out once again as tried to lean forward before directly falling in the floor with a loud sound, crawling towards the door with her eyes filled with tears falling uncontrollably realizing that those haunting memories are.are again going to occur.
She knew just like previous time, she will again loose her family if that person came into her life once again.
She was already suffering from fear and fighting off the haunting memories given by Carlien, and now, even after finding relief that both of the people who tormented her life were dead, one of them came back to life?
It was hell for her knowing that things would take an ugly turn this way. She needed to warn her grandmother about the arrival of that guy, or else.
“Did you just fall, Jenny? How low can you fall?” Again, the voice from the fallen talisman spoke, hinting at his imminent arrival to meet someone.
“N-no! Go away!” Jenny’s whole body clenched in fear as she covered her ears with both hands to block out the sound.
“Tch, are you seeing this, Lady Yu? How your granddaughter is trembling?” The voice seemed to mock someone inside the room, but those words only caused confusion for Jenny, whose trembling pupils tried to look around only to find the talisman levitating in the air before stopping as the figure of a woman materialized while clenching it.
“Grandma!?”
