A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 101 – Mountain Man Kingdom
Sung Hwa packed up, picked up his luggage in the bundle and went out of the room. When he arrived at the door of the village chief's house, there already stood Mi Cang, Yu Nan Sia and Chunglai.
All three showed different expressions.
Yu Nan Sia, a handsome young man who was the same age as him, stood with a radiant face as if impatiently about to set off. A big smile always adorns his lips.
Chunglai, the man who might be only in his thirties, a pretty handsome face with his own distinctive features, a thin beard and mustache, stood up with a relieved face. But it also showed satisfaction and pleasure, though not as bad as Yu Nan Sia.
The most striking one was Mi Cang. The young man who was perhaps two three years older than him was not looking at him at all when he came out. He looked the other way. But his forehead was deep crinkling and pouting. Like a sulking girl.
"Let's go." said Sung Hwa briefly.
Down the stairs, they were already greeted by the village chief with his wife and some servants. Three horses were best reserved for Sung Hwa, Mi Cang and Yu Nan Sia. Changlai rode his own horse.
"Congratulations for the recovery of the lady" said the village chief and bowed respectfully followed by his wife and servants. Because they thought that this Sung Hwa was the famous miss of the mountain people tribe around there.
Sung Hwa simply nodded in response. He lightly jumped up on the back of his horse. His attitude is very strong.
"Chunglai, please lead the way."
"It's with pleasure, miss." the man smiled and looked down. Before actually leaving, he looked back and said to the village chief and the people there.
"Thank you to all of you!! I managed to reunite with my non for your help. Thank you!" he bowed deeply once to pay his respects, his face radiant. Then he got on the back of the horse and ran his horse.
The four men left the village accompanied by cheers of the residents who felt happy and proud to have met the "miss" of the mountain people, even in a state of memory forget.
After their exit from the village, they accelerated the pace of the horse to cut time.
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"Miss.." call Mi Cang while they're resting in the forest. It just so happened that Sung Hwa was slightly separated from the other two people.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you sure? This is dangerous." scolded Mi Cang who was not happy about the decision of the nonanya.
Sung Hwa looked into the distance, he was pensive. "Let's go. I don't know." she muttered.
"But, other than this road, what can I do? True what your juniors say, maybe I can get strength" he said again.
"But lady, you yourself told us to forget the government, as if you wanted us to be free of grudges. But now what? You alone have consumed the flames of vengeance!!" Mi Cang slightly snapped. It was as if slapping Sung Hwa's face.
The girl bit her lips and lowered her face deeply. He raised both knees to hide his face in the folds of his hands.
"Mi Cang, go and don't make my mind dark. I'm tired..."
Mi Cang let out a heavy sigh, his face getting unsightly. With a huff he stepped away, but took the time to turn around and say again.
"I'll keep following you, miss, wherever it is. But this once your decision leaves me a little disappointed."
Sung Hwa was silent.
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"Look who's coming!"
"Is this real?"
"Not a dream!?"
Once there, people immediately focused on Sung Hwa. A beautiful girl who is graceful and behaves very manly.
The men were very modest in clothing, made of animal skin or fur. And only this time it was seen that Chunglai's clothes were the most luxurious.
Chunglai sat with his chest puffed up and braved. He felt very proud and very meritorious to have brought home their missing miss for three years.
There was a little boy who confronted their horse and asked, "Uncle, who is this beautiful sister? I never saw."
From far away came a beautiful young woman, presumably the mother of the child. He pulled his son to the edge and said to Chunglai, "I'm sorry, he's a kid..."
"What's wrong" Chunglai said, then continued, "He's our lady. Miss who has been missing for a few years. Miss Songli!"
After this remark, the residents who were still too shocked and amazed at the return of their miss, immediately knelt down and said in unison.
"Welcome back Miss Songli!!"
Sung Hwa who got such a rapturous reception from all those people became clumsy as well. He just waved his hand in response. Act as if he is an important person here.
The boy looked in awe and took out a picture from under his shirt, "From childhood I wanted to be as beautiful as him. It turns out the guy is real!"
It was probably a picture of Miss Songli that was very similar to Sung Hwa. Too similar as if it were the same person. In the picture, Miss Songli is wearing a coat of white bear fur. His head is covered with a hat on the forehead there are three peacock feathers. Along the hat, neatly knitted a beautiful carvings. It looks like a bird and a dragon. In both ears, earrings appear that are presumably made of precious stones, because in the picture there is a kind of shimmering colors in the earrings.
"It's so pretty.." Sung Hwa's inner. Not aware that now it is arguably he is admiring his own face.
By then, Chunglai was already walking again. Sung Hwa, Mi Cang and Yu Nan Sia followed suit, letting out the cry of the girl who was eager to piggyback on Sung Hwa's horse but was held back by her mother.
Their journey is still far enough. And along the way, they got a huge reception. Sung Hwa only replied with a wave of his hand.
When they arrived at a complex of buildings that were different from the previous buildings, the situation became tense.
The mountain man-man warrior guarding at the front gate stood like a statue. Silence did not move with the long spear in his right hand. When Chunglai passed by after asking permission to meet the king, these people did not look at him at all.
"Did these people not know Miss Songli?" Yu Nan Sia clawed until she giggled
"They are like that. Whoever comes, even the king himself, they will not pay their respects." said Chunglai who heard the clumsiness of Yu Nan Sia.
"Eh, why is that?" Mi Cang asked.
"That's a duty and a direct order from the king. They are like the undead, and I don't like these people very much. The number in the entire mountain man kingdom was not up to a thousand, but those people were the most powerful. Only move if the king sends the word down."
Sung Hwa was quite shocked to hear this as well. Even the one who asked Chunglai, his style of speech was quite stiff. It is as if one is so silent that he forgets how to speak.
The building complex consists of quite luxurious buildings. Still the same as before, in the form of stone domes. But the domes are now formed stacked with each other and the shape is quite diverse. There are half domes, quarter domes, even perfect spherical circles.
Stacked into one strange building but also looks luxurious compared to previous buildings.
Upon arriving at the largest building Chunglai calls the palace, Sung Hwa is even more confused. The palace is magnificent, even if simple. But its shape is like a human house in general, only its size is very large. Not dome-shaped.
Arriving at the palace fence, there were two "sculptures" who guarded and glanced at a glance. Recognizing Chunglai, they just quietly let this group in.
"Now we are facing the king" said Chunglai who made Yu Nan Sia and Mi Cang, as well as "miss Songli" who gulped a rough saliva.
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