The Dragon's Bride
2. Trapped

Just an inch away when the edge of the sharp sword was ready to scratch the skin of the neck, the two lightning bolts in the sky struck each other resulting in a giant black shaded burst of light. The two shadows dived sharply and struck the sword in the hands of General Ryu and General Liu. Throwing the two sharp irons into the air and then disappearing behind the backs of Aran and Reya.

Instantly the atmosphere was silent. Silent.

What the hell just happened?

General Ryu and General Liu looked.

Could it?

But, that's impossible!

Until the next day, General Ryu and General Liu were still thinking about what happened yesterday. The two were silent with their own thoughts in the palace hall, where Queen Sou Ra gathered everyone and waited for the arrival of two people who were allegedly the possessors of the fate of the great spirit. Phoenix and Qirin.

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While it was ...

Aran felt floating and fell in a bunch of soft and warm clouds. Like hugging a fat sheep with a thick roll of fur.

If death feels this good, he is willing to be beheaded many times. But, wait a minute...

Aran touched his neck in his sleep. Still intact? It's freaky.

Aran vibrates his eyelids looking for lighting. And both of his eyes wanted to jump out immediately.

... where?

Everything feels so foreign and. Is it out of date in heaven like this?

And... Where is Reya?

"Aware?!" a familiar voice made Aran look over.

A reya?! Still can't believe the shadow that captured both eyes. Reya stood at the side of the bed wearing white hanfu. His arms crossed at the chest. And his eyes looked at Aran's cynical.

"Yahoo!!!" whining Aran happily, immediately jumped from the mattress and wriggled around Reya's neck like a baby monkey.

"Thank God, even if we're dead, we can still be in the same heaven."

Die-head! Reya cursed in heart. "Did the lash in the dungeon damage the nerves in your brain? How dare you swear we're dead!"

Waitaminute! We're not dead?!

"Aren't we almost at the stake? How did our necks get intact until now?" Aran stroked his neck many times full of affection. Neck, from this second I will always take good care of you.

"Someone..." Reya took a pause and shook her head, "No! Something has helped us." Whatisit? Reya felt she still had to make sure.

"More importantly, how do you feel about this room?" Reya changed the topic. Both of his eyes stared in full disquiet at Aran's expression.

Aran circled the room while weighing. His brown eyes observed one by one all the objects that were there. No one missed one. Ancient mirrors, clearly out-of-date table chairs, black inked brush paintings, antique jars and wooden beds.

"Not much." Finally Aran made a sound. "Only ancient, ancient, ancient and ancient. It really takes a lot of repairs, disposal and wonders IKEA if you want to make this room a five-star hotel room."

Reya patted her jidat. He does not need any interior design advice at this time. Perhaps, his sister's brain is really already short.

"Unless you want to rent it out as a filming place for a colossal drama, everything really meets the criteria. I hear the colossal film business is in high demand right now."

Reya really wanted to strangle his brother, if only Aran did not immediately issue the argument he had been waiting for since.

"The bottom line is that somehow we're stuck in this ancient world."

Reya sighs. Goody! It looks like Aran's brain can still be repaired.

"Good question Aran." Reya continued. "What do you remember before we got stranded in the middle of nowhere?"

Aran muttered while pensively. His forehead is wrinkled, a sign of thinking hard.

"This is the beginning of summer vacation. And you!" Aran flicked one finger at Reya, "how could you finally take the day off from your five odd jobs to accompany me to play on the beach. The weather is sunny and warm, there is absolutely no sign of going down a storm, it is perfect for surfing."

"We surfed and then I got hit by the waves and fell off my surfboard. As I was about to swim to the surface, both of my legs seemed to be pulled by something, perhaps an underwater vortex?" Aran shrugged both shoulders indifferently then continued.

"Whenever I tried to pull my body to the surface, the pull on my feet was stronger until I thought I was going to drown. And. once I open my eyes, we're already stranded on an unfamiliar beach."

"Lantas, we go to the capital and claim to be the descendants of the emperor of this country. And that resulted in us being thrown into the dungeon and receiving five hundred and seventy-three lashes."

"..." - ".He counted? Inner Reya while sighing.

Exactly right! Nothing is missed at all! Inner Reya. Everything Aran said was something he also experienced.

"Oh, I love my million GB brain so much." Aran stroked his spoiled head.

Reya wanted to vomit right now. Where's the wood bat? Whereabouts? Whereabouts?

"But.." this time Aran's face turned serious. "How can we go back to our time?"

That was what Reya was thinking too. If they can be drawn to this ancestral age, there must be a way to return home to the millennial age.

At the moment when the two were thinking hard, that was when something fell onto the floor and broke.

"PRANG!"

"Ma.. forgive me, Pu. the daughter of Phoenix and Princess Qirin." A servant girl, in her teens, prostrated herself until she hit the floor with a "Duk!" voice!" kinda loud.

"..." - ".Ughhhh! Looks like it hurts, inner Aran and Reya. Staring at the somewhat stupefied servant.

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Side Story's'

"Reya, are you sure we're not getting into someone's body?" aran shouted suddenly while inspecting his entire body. Worried something's awkward. But everything seems normal. Remains the body of a sixteen and seventeen year old teenager.

Reya's forehead frowned. "You mean?!"

"Maybe we are possessing the body of a weak princess who was oppressed by her family, betrayed by her best friend and fiance who later died horribly. After that, our spirit possessed her and she came back to life to take revenge on everyone who had hurt her. Then, meet the figure of a prince or knight who is cold and arrogant. And, both of them ended up falling in love."

"..." - ".Aran's brain is completely damaged, Reya's inner self.

"Aran, what did you learn in school?" search Reya.

"Things are boring."

Reya then changed the question. "What books have you read lately?"

"Online manga, online novels, K-Pop magazines, celebrity gossip, ng..." Aran remembered again.

While Reya was wringing the old-fashioned pillow beside her. So, all this time my part-time work money you spent to buy internet quota and those unimportant things?

"What about SPP?" Where your school belongs to the elite school! The monthly fee is quite draining the bag, Inner Reya cried.

"Because I'm brilliant, of course, I've always been a class champion and could get a scholarship. So, my school's monthly fee is free."

"..." - ".Reya was eager to spit out her young blood.

Reya then stroked slowly the top of Aran's head while her other hand stroked a wooden stick that she had somehow gotten from nowhere.

Aran, you're so lucky that our bodies flow the same blood. If not, I've hit your baby's ass a thousand times!

Suddenly Aran felt his body goosebumps indistinctly.

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