A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 254 – You are My Family
Early intention, after discussing the night until noon that day, Sung Han and Sung Hwa planned to tell the princess about the existence of the mountain man who might have taken action in this battle.
At that time, when Sung Hwa had just come out of the territory of the mountain man kingdom, he immediately became a rebel and when he met the princess while disguised as a healer, he became a rebel, he has not yet told me his experience in detail.
For Sung Han himself, although he had never seen the true form of both the kingdom and the people of the mountain man, yet he believed fully in the words of his wife without the slightest hesitation.
But the two had to delay their needs when only a few spears left the courtyard, three people came from a distance.
Sung Han and Sung Hwa already knew him. Who else if not three heirlooms sacred. Gu Ren, Khuang Peng and Nie Chi.
They walk while talking casually. Obviously the goal is to come here because the only path will only be to the house that Sung Han and Sung Hwa inhabit in the fort.
Presumably the three of them instantly regained consciousness some time after Sung Han and Sung Hwa came out of the yard. At the same time they smile. Even Gu Ren waved his hand.
"What's coming at us?" sung Han asked as the three of them arrived close.
"Hahaha, sorry if we are bothering you guys, but I just thought of a good thing," Gu Ren replied with a laugh. "It's a good moment. Let's have a drink."
Sung Han frowned while Sung Hwa blicked his lips.
Sung Han was not anti-cherry or could not drink wine, but he rarely touched alcoholic beverages. Assume if a swordsman gets drunk, it will endanger himself because he is not able to be vigilant.
While Sung Hwa, almost the same as her husband, but she rarely drank wine because she did not like the taste.
"You know I rarely drink. Even if you drink just a little. No better offer?" said Sung Han who blatantly expressed his objection. "Again, it is not good that we who consider ourselves as defenders of the nation even drink at a time like this."
His face looked a little disappointed. Sung Han's words were true, after all.
The three looked at each other and nodded. Gu Ren made an offer. "What if you just sit down and talk? Isn't that a good thing? To strengthen our brotherhood."
Sung Han glanced at his wife. As usual, Sung Hwa made no decision. She looked back at her husband with a look that seemed to say, "i'm just coming along".
"All right, it's not a problem."
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They were sitting in the garden in the fort which was quite beautiful. This is a small park that he said used to be often used by Prince Chang Song Ci to relax. A garden with well-kept lawns and beautiful flowers in some corners.
An artificial pond with natural stones circled right in the middle of the park. The red bridge that connects the two sides of the pond looks more beautiful with carvings of lotus flowers, roses and jasmine along the fence.
Right in the middle of the bridge, there is a kind of open room with a table complete with chairs. It was here that the five of them gathered with a wide variety of dishes and hot tea water. It is very comfortable to take shelter here while the weather outside is quite hot. Staring at the pond with goldfish chasing each other, as well as the slow-moving lotus flower, makes anyone feel calm.
I don't know because of what encouragement, but the five seemed to have agreed. This meeting was not to discuss political issues or even war. It's a brotherly meeting. Peaceful meetings in which the past or the future are not important. What matters is the present.
All five talked about silly and insignificant things whatever came to their heads. Trying hard to create an atmosphere of peace that, even they all know, is nothing but pure. But it is enough to rest the tired body and mind in the midst of this war situation.
"When I was trained, my teacher was very hard and no better than the devil. One wrong time my head got hit. Twice wrong my ribs vibrate. More than five times less true, then one day and one night I can't eat, and it's happened more than three times." Among others Nie Chi told stories. The young man with a happy agile character always showed a smile at the banquet this time.
"My life story is very suitable and very fitting with the phrase 'yesterday the opponent now is not necessarily'. Hahaha, isn't it?" gu Ren said as he glanced at Sung Han's lyrics. And the young man snorted and threw away his face.
Sung Hwa who saw the warmth of this atmosphere, the flowing conversation, Nie Chi's antics and the thunderous laughter of Gu Ren, without feeling he revealed a smile.
As much as possible he did not glance at Khuang Peng who had somehow kept looking at him. His view is so friendly, full of vibrations, full of longing, but full of grief.
Sung Hwa was already aware of this, only he pretended not to know and tried his best to forget it. This is the secret. And if there is something Sung Hwa has hidden from her husband, then this is the only one.
He had known, since at the Dragon Mustika Fortress long ago, that Khuang Peng looked at him with a different gaze. No doubt, the man loved her! Love her not as a sister, but as a woman!
Same with Sung Han. Indeed, he had been conscious since a few days ago when they arrived at this fortress. It was just that he did not want to destroy the warm atmosphere between the five of them, thus taking a feigned stance of not knowing. He believed in Sung Hwa, and Khuang Peng. Those two people would never take action outside the norm!
Without feeling, their conversation had taken hours and it was already afternoon. The sun began to hide itself in the western horizon, and a half moon faintly hung in the sky there.
"I want to meet the princess, it seems that only until here is our meeting. Too bad," Sung Han got up to his feet followed by his wife. "It's so much fun, really. I wish the situation would be different."
"I am too," Gu Ren chimed in and stood up as well. "Hopefully we could meet again in a much different situation. No war, no hostility. There's only love."
"You're just a dream" Sung Hwa said.
"Where is there no enmity and no war? As long as there were greedy people, it would not materialize," Nie Chi agreed, and it was unknown when she had stood up anyway.
"Then" Khuang Peng said and stood up. All eyes were directed at him with curious gazes. "We, five second-generation Silat World Kings, must create peace even if not forever."
"Haha!" suddenly Sung Hwa laughed. "What is peace if at birth praise each other, but his mind full of envy?"
"It doesn't matter whether we can create peace or not. There is history that speaks of true peace. If there is, it will not last long. In this world nothing is eternal" Sung Han continued his wife's words. He looked at the four faces one by one. "Just .. I want the five of us to continue like this."
Nie Chi laughed, then raised his hand forward. "Brother to death!!"
Gu Ren welcomed the helping hand, followed by Khuang Peng who said. "We're family!"
Sung Hwa placed his hand on the hands of the three people. "There will be no one in the world who can break our family ties!"
Lastly, after a few seconds, Sung Han raised his hand and clasped their hands. His eyes without feeling hot, if not held-resistant certainly down tears.
A long time ago, I had no idea when he had not felt this feeling. A warm feeling full of comfort, even for a few minutes before he had hoped that this feeling would never disappear forever.
With a quivering voice, Sung Han was finally able to say. "You're my family ...."
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