The Demon King's heir
[S2] CHAPPIE. 80 - FU ZHENGYANG'S
In the Houyuan mountain range, Xiu Huan stood before a huge golden-coloured tree. Under the tree are two tombs of a woman and her son. These people, were the ones who had made Shin Furong a priest.
”It turns out you two are still faithfully waiting for him, huh? This tree is still standing upright even though it was hundreds of years ago.” Xiu Huan said as he touched the tree and looked at the leaves that grew bushy on it. ”... Furong, do you want to show yourself one last time?”
No answer came from the tree. Then, a few minutes later, when one leaf fell and landed on the ground, the surroundings suddenly turned dark and black. There was only a golden tree growing there along with the two tombs that were still in place. At that moment, he felt someone standing behind him.
”Thank you for fulfilling my request.” said Xiu Huan who immediately turned and looked towards Shin Furong who was already standing there.
Shin Furong continued to distract him. He was confused whether he should be angry or sad because of his own death. ”... My time is not much! Just tell me what you want right now?” said Shin Furong who was not also staring at Xiu Huan's face. While Xiu Huan himself did not seem so concerned about it.
”Sorry, it scared you and sorry for leaving you. I never recognized myself as your teacher nor the person who saved you back then. You can think of me as a criminal and a person who has killed you.” Xiu Huan said as he looked down.
”... Meeting you is like meeting the old me. You're so lonely and no one wants to think of you. Every day was showered with stones and the whispers of all who guessed. I've always been in such a position and when the previous King killed me, I felt all this was unfair even though he brought me back to life.”.
”Is this all you want to tell me?” asked Shin Furong while looking at him seriously.
”There are many things I want to say. There's a lot of vocabulary I want to show you. In the end, I'll just say two words that might be quite the opposite. 'Sorry' and 'Thank you.' I'm happy to see you again.” Xiu Huan said as he pulled out his dagger again.
Shin Furong looked surprised after hearing and saw him pull out a dagger that was directly aimed at his own neck. ”... What are you gonna do?” asked Shin Furong who sounded trying to warn him.
Xiu Huan smiled faintly as he pressed his dagger to make his neck bleed. ”... I can't leave you alone. I will accompany you in exchange for my mistake.” Xiu Huan said as he showed his frightened smile at Shin Furong before finally, he completely slit his own throat.
Shin Furong was speechless as he looked at Xiu Huan who had fallen to the ground with his neck that was emitting blood. ”... You don't have to accompany me anymore. I'm not gonna be alone. From the beginning, I told you that I did not want this life.” Shin Furong said slowly. ”... Thank you for saving my life over and over again.”
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”About a millennium ago, when the war between demons and humans was still going on, I met a human girl. If not mistaken, his name was Luo Xiyun. He's a general from the Southern Palace. I was not involved in the war because I considered it the most troublesome and troublesome thing. I always chose to sit sweetly by the side of the room and watch the war as a spectacle every day.” Fu Zhengyang explained to Yun Weixian who kept asking him.
”Then, how did you meet him? So, all this time your son was a half-demon man?” yun Weixian asked back.
Fu Zhengyang thought for a while before replying, ”... When I choke on food!”
”What are you saying? I am still an ordinary creature. Not an extraordinary creature.” replied Fu Zhengyang who seemed to not accept. ”... At that time, I was curious about the food humans ate. How does grilled yam taste and how mushy glutinous rice is cooked because of the large amount of water. However, I choked after feeling the food was unusually bad. That was when, Luo Xiyun came to my aid and for the first time, there was a human child who wanted to worry about a Demon King like me.”
”He is easily carried away feeling.” Inner Yun Weixian who then asked, ”Then, what happened to the extent that you have a Son?”
”Luo Xiyun was accused of treason then, he was immediately put to death in public. However, I took him out of his palace and took him away to the Xieyu hill which was very far from where he lived. It was then that I started to get close to her and even did a marriage secretly. However, since I am purely from the demon clan, the heavens are punishing me for marrying a human. I purposely did not tell Luo Xiyun because she was pregnant at the time and I did not want to make her anxious.
However, Luo Xiyun died after giving birth to Luo Hein. At that time his condition was really bad. Luo Xiyun is gone and my condition is also dying ever since that sentence was handed down to me. In the end I realized that my age could not last much longer. In front of Luo Xiyun's corpse still lying on top of her bed, I plucked out Luo Hein's heart and replaced it with my crystal. She had her second life while Luo Xiyun and I were lying nearby. That was when, the female healer who helped Luo Xiyun came and she did not expect that I had already killed myself then, making my newborn Son the seventh Demon King.”
”Is that what Xuan-Ge had experienced when he was still a human?” inner Yun Weixian who listened to him.
”Yes, that's what I can say right now. Pretty clear isn't it?” fu Zhengyang said as he shrugged both of his shoulders.
”Who said? Very convoluted and I did not understand at all.” Yun Weixian chirped while looking at him indifferently. ”... Then, what should I do right now to stop the rampaging Xuan-Ge there?”
Fu Zhengyang was silent for a while. ”... Right now, Yixuan was fighting Yin Chu. This huge monster that is next to me.” he said as he stroked Yin Chu's head next to it. ”... Normally Yin Chu I would just leave it in the border valley and eat anyone who dared to come to his place. However, the current Yin Chu was starving because no one came to his place plus, when he found out that I was dead. He's getting wild and will eat whoever gets in his way.”
Yun Weixian fell silent and waited for an answer from him.
”You just kill Yin Chu who was there.” continued Fu Zhengyang who managed to surprise Yun Weixian.
”Why are you so easy to say? Don't you want it anymore?” yun Weixian asked.
Fu Zhengyang smiled faintly and replied, ”What I want is just a calm. I don't care what's going on out there.”
”How can you say this? From the beginning you were the one who had made this big of trouble by involving your own descendants and now, you want to implicate me?” yun Weixian.
”Oh? You don't want to get involved in this?” fu Zhengyang asked who immediately got out of his chair and looked at Yun Weixian coldly. ”... Youre right. Perhaps, I should take responsibility with all this mess I made though, Luo Hein will be mad at me for already interfering with his reincarnation.”
Yun Weixian looked on guard after seeing Fu Zhengyang continue to walk over to her. And just as the two had crossed paths with Fu Zhengyang who directly patted him on the shoulder, Fu Zhengyang whispered, ”... Give your body to me and I will solve my problem until it's done.”