The Cursed Bloodline
Prepare for the Worst Possibilities

The breeze swept across the long mane of Mirai. While his lavender bead was staring straight at the village below. The village of Sora is completely empty, the order to evacuate the civilians has dropped Mirai. After the agreement between the two neighboring countries, Sora's civil society was evacuated to the Hoshi Country and the Tsuki border, to avoid unwanted advances.

At the highest peak of Sora Village, Mirai and Ten were still busy discussing some matters. As the Military commander, naturally Ten prepared some things for the battle this time.

"The people of the village of Sora, have completely left this country. Several military departments have also devised plans to defend our position. As many as 20,000 troops have been deployed at some point. You could say, We're fully prepared, Mirai. "

Ten reported all developments. Regarding Sora's preparedness, Ten felt that he was fully prepared to reach all possibilities.

" I think this is more than enough. Ten you can be the main commander in all those military divisions. I trust you all! " said Mirai

" B-but why should I? Are there still Yora and the two leaders of Tsuki and Hoshi? "

" Yora won't be able to focus on a direct fight. The duty of the pillar is to guard the three stones we have. Yora and I also have to make sure Kurasu doesn't touch our defenses.

While Hisui and Hotaru, they could not know the battlefield well because they were outsiders! "

Mirai noticed Ten's appearance. It's been the last few days since the funeral of chairman Zen ended. But, the man still wrapped around his wrist white scarf (a sign of grieving). Ten still hasn't completely forgotten his 'father' figure. Although she is professional, Mirai can tell that Ten is hiding her heart wound.

"Hey! You all right? Your face looks pale! "

" Don't mind me. Now listen, I'll read you a few things about our preparations. This.... "

Ten was busy reading the pile of reports in his hand. However, the thing Mirai did was just dumbfounded without responding to what Ten described. Realizing the girl in front of him daydreaming and looking fixedly at his face, Ten tried to wake Mirai up

"Hey! Mirai, do you hear me? "

" I heard you! Continue. " said Mirai lying while turning her eyes. Ten seemed upset, he felt the loss of raving was unclear while Mirai did not listen to his words. He decided to close the document, and asked something much more important.

" And so is Mirai, to this day. We don't even know where Nue's temple is located. What are we supposed to do? "

Mirai only fell silent, while still staring blankly at the scene in front of her. Sora looked so quiet from up there. The village that was always crowded, was now only filled with a handful of magic military troops patrolling.

" You remember, Chairman Zen left me a letter before his departure. Even in his lifetime, Chairman Zen is still trying to protect the village he loves so much. "

Mirai gave the letter she received to Ten. The brown-haired man simply furrowed his brows-overwhelmed. What is written in the letter is just a line of words that form a sentence that has a meaning.

" It's like a puzzle. What exactly did Second Zen mean by writing such complicated words like this? "

" When the Light meets the darkness, a shadow is created. The sun is the leader, the moon is the shade, while the snow falls as the savior. When the three equilibrium essays touch the earth, that is when darkness can be suppressed and the sky regains its light. "

Mirai read the sentence written by the chairman of Zen, while pointing to the view of Sora Village in front of him.

" The leader (sun) will appear in the eastern horizon, while the shady (moon) will keep watch in the west. You see, the sun and the moon are in line at this time. "

Mirai refers to two objects that adorn the sky of Sora. Ten was still furrowing his brows, what did all these puzzles mean?

" You still don't understand? Aish! Ten you're our military commander! "

" I-I'm sorry Mirai, I honestly don't understand what you mean! "

Mirai only sighed softly, she again pointed at the blue sky above.

Then in the words written by the Zen master, mentioning 'when the three essences meet, they will be able to suppress the darkness' then where will the three essences meet in one container?

Simply put, where can the Sun, Snow and Bull meet? "

Ten was silent for a moment, he accidentally saw the small buildings in front of him.

" Sora (sky) " murmured Ten slowly. Mirai smiled faintly.

" You're right, we don't need any maps to find the temple. That temple, right in this village. Something that our predecessors protected, something that the Zen chief kept until the end of his life. It was Sora! "

Mirai pointed at a small hill in the middle of Sora Village. The hill is surrounded by houses and is in a straight line with the Sora government office. The hill at a glance is only a forest with a few small temple buildings to honor the Earth. No one would have guessed, something important was hidden inside there.

"So where is the holy temple right next to us? How could we not realize it?! "

Mirai and Ten compactly looked at the small hill ahead there. Looking from the balcony of Sora's office, the hill looked like a small bowl holding something big inside. Mirai would never have realized that to this day.

"Without us knowing it, we and the rest of the villagers have been guarding the Nue temple for a long time.

No map or exact coordinate print should address the existence of the temple so far. Because basically, Soralah Village is guarding Nue temple so as not to be touched by evil hands! "

Mirai starts activating her snow gyoku. Thin snow grains began to slither through his body

" You know what, Ten? Why did I tell you about this? The fact that the Zen master left something this important to you, shows that he trusts you very much.

Even if you're Tanuki's son, that's not a reason you don't fit in at Sora. You, me and all Sora's troops are assigned to guard this country. Chairman Zen entrusted that to us.

You must foresee the departure of the Chairman. Something bad is waiting for us out there. And one of them, is the fact that you might be going up against your own real father. Ask yourself, are you ready to face all that? "

Mirai is notoriously cold, but she knows what is happening to the people around her. He knew that even though Ten had worked hard, the man was still overwhelmed with guilt about Zen's death. The fact that Tanuki killed Zen, made the bright smile on the brown-haired man's face disappear. Ten always wronged himself.

"That's... " Ten could not immediately answer Mirai's question.

" The answer you chose, will determine that you are different from Tanuki. Not out of revenge or ambition. You still have hope of keeping Sora.

And also Ten, in addition to preparing against Tanuki. You also have to prepare yourself to fight with someone you're not supposed to face. Including your closest friends! "

Honestly the statement was not just for a Ten but for Mirai himself. The question Mirai always asked her. In this situation, can he fight the man he loves?

" My Nearest friend? Whatchu mean? "

" You'll know when the time comes. I hope you prepare yourself too! "

Ten had not yet asked who Mirai was referring to. The girl suddenly disappeared, her body breaking into small snowflakes and drifting in the wind.

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Forgive the author for this time. Honestly, the big picture of the story already exists, but writing it is a hindrance. How to put together a story is difficult to ask for forgiveness... It was a bit of a gaje chapter this time...

Sorry if this chapter is not good or not suitable....... 🙏🙏🙏