Dragon and Phoenix
Chapter 49: Once Again

As Cio San was taking his leisurely journey, the night was approaching and he decided to take a rest at a temple ruin. He caught a rabbit. After making a bonfire, the rabbit was then roasted. Smells fragrant. It was raining then. Enjoy any food, so it feels good when it rains.

Shortly after, we heard footsteps. Cio San was silent hearing these footsteps. The steps are slowly walking. Even outside the rain, the man's steps were still slow. Like there was nothing in the world that made him want to run.

He passed through the front door whose door had been lost somewhere. The flame of the bonfire had delivered its shadow to the old walls. Cio San knows whose shadow it is. In this world, the only one with such a shadow was him. ‘Dia’.

He stopped in front of Cio San. Didn't say anything. Just staring at the full of joy. Cio San just looked at him.

If there is a woman who does this in front of you, of course you will immediately come to her, hug her, and say, “All will be well.”

Especially the most beautiful woman in the world.

Then he stepped again. Approaching Cio San who was sitting enjoying his grilled rabbit.

Closer.

And closer.

Until the woman now fell on the lap of Cio San. Putting his head on Cio San's chest. And then crying. No noise. Only warm tears come down.

Outside the rain is getting heavier.

Have you ever thought, if it turns out that rain comes from human tears? That much water....

But you might be wrong. Because if you add rain to rivers, and rivers to the sea, the amount will never equal human tears.

What makes people suffer so much?

Is it because of love?

Love will not make people cry. Man cries for himself. Man only cries because of himself.

Cio San let her cry. Although he shuddered too, if he imagined, if he knew this woman stabbed him with a dagger.

Dagger as sharp as anything, after all will not hurt humans as badly as the wounds caused by love.

But Cio San chose to be quiet. For if a woman chooses your breast as the place where she shed her tears, it is like she entrusts her whole life to you.

“You're not angry, are you?” he raised his head. Her face is so beautiful.

Not pretty. Because beauty is only for humans.

Cio San didn't know what to answer.

Who said that swords are the best weapons? The greatest weapon under heaven is the tears of women. He can break your heart, change your attitude, and sometimes even bring you to your knees under his feet. Only with his tears.

“You might accuse me of being the most despicable person. I know all this time my actions have troubled many people. But you can't possibly understand,” he said.

Her tears are still dripping. Sometimes, tears can make a woman look so beautiful.

Is that why men often make women cry?

“Do you know why I became like this? People can only accuse and scorn. They never knew my pain. Never knew my suffering.”

Her eyes are so beautiful. Is it because the light in his eyes was taken from the stars?

His lips were shaking with sadness. No man can look at the lips without thinking that the lips were indeed created to be kissed.

Sometimes, a man will feel himself as the most powerful man in the world, if there is a woman sitting on his lap, and crying on his chest.

But sometimes, men will feel so weak because they can do nothing to help them.

”Will you hear my story?”

He asked with his eyes. If you have eyes like her, you don't need a mouth to speak.

Cio San nodded.

His sobs were not heard. But you can see his tears welling up, even in a blind night.

“Since then, my life has been lost. I raped people. Kidnapped by robbers, and made slaves of their lust. Ah, many things I can't tell you anymore..”.

Her voice choked.

“Then I was helped by a woman. He took me north. Living in the Ice Palace I learned a lot from him. How to take care of the body. How to conquer men. I. I just want to show the world that we women are not weak people.”

“You.... Can you understand?”

Cio San nodded.

“Eh, can I have a little meat?”

Without waiting for Cio San's reply, the woman then bit off a bit of rabbit meat in Cio San's hand.

“Ehm..., very good.”

If Cio San were to cook, the stones would taste good.

Unabashedly, the rabbit meat had already been drained from Cio San's hands. Even the remnants of the spice on Cio San's fingers were licked.

One by one.

As if a woman did this to your fingers, you would expect that she would do it in another part of your body.

“Your fingers are more savory than that rabbit meat,” he said with a smile.

They stayed silent for a long time and looked at each other.

“I.. I. will not force you to understand me. It won't hold you if you kill me. I.. I just want you to know, of all the men who have ever hugged me, only your embrace is the most comfortable and makes me calm.”

“Tonight, whatever you ask of me, I will give you everything. You just have to ask.” He leaned his head against Cio San's chest.

If a woman says she will give everything, she will give her body.

Rained out. His clothes were wet, now warmed back because of the warmth of Cio San's body.

This close. Semesra.

This handsome guy, and this beautiful girl. Sometimes, even with a little envy, you still hope they continue to be lovers until the end.

“Can I sleep here? Just last night. Before tomorrow. Because tomorrow, you'll come back against me.”

Cio San nodded again.

He hugged the woman even tighter. He put it on his chest. And warms his heart. Women only need this from men. But why does it all feel so difficult and hard to understand?

Sometimes, the man understood. If this woman is in his arms, one day he will leave her. One day he will betray her. Therefore, sometimes, he will be cruel and uncaring. Just so that his heart doesn't become too loving and too affectionate. Because if a man is too loving and too affectionate to someone, then his own life becomes meaningless again. Because of all the meaning in his life, he has given to the woman he loves.

And women understand this too. That's why they so often ask for attention and outpouring of affection from her lover. Just to make them feel truly loved.

They love each other, but in different ways. This is probably why men and women can never understand each other.

Isn't this a very sad thing? Both have the same desire. The same meaning. But it becomes so different, when both show love, in different ways.

Cio San and the lady hugged tightly. It was as if nothing in this world would be able to separate them.

The lady knew what was on Cio San's mind. He is too experienced in men, so it is impossible that he does not pay attention. How Cio San's entire body seemed to want to swallow him alive.

But Cio San kept him in check.

He must restrain himself.

And the lady knew, men usually can't hold back too long.