The Story of White Dragon
Ch. 8 [Slave II]

"Uhukk..."

'Uhh.'

Yu Bai hugged himself tightly. He shivered in the cold inside a dirty cell filled with coarse straw.

Yu Bai then recalled his home. A small house but feels warm.

Yu Bai shook his head. He'll never be able to feel that again. Never will, he thought.

"Open..uhuukk..."

Yu Bai started coughing again. This was the fourth time he had coughed in the middle of this extremely cold night.

"Buck! Can't you just shut up!"

There was definitely someone who was bothered by Yu Bai's coughing voice.

Yu Bai was somewhat surprised to hear the snapping tone of the other cell dwellers.

"Sorry."

"Huh... You useless boy."

Yu Bai sighed softly as he watched the person go back to sleep.

He wanted to sleep, but he could not close his eyes due to the cold air and the air filled with dust.

In the end Yu Bai only leaned against the worn wooden wall that was filled with moss and mold.

Through the walls, he saw a full moon shining silvery. Yu Bai's eyes instantly widened looking at the beauty of the night.

'Dad, Mom, sorry.'

Yu Bai closed both eyes. Trying to try to fall asleep. And it finally worked. Yu Bai fell asleep with the moonlight that illuminated him.

But Yu Bai was unaware. There was someone who kept watching him from afar. His golden-yellow eyes looked at Yu Bai calmly, until finally someone also closed their eyes.

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TAK.... TAK....

"Wake up! Wake up all of you!"

Yu Bai opened his eyes. Surprised by the sound of screaming very close to his cell. Yu Bai rubbed his eyes and yawned widely afterwards.

"I'm asleep?" muttered.

PLUKKIS...

"That's your food."

Yu Bai looked towards the dried bread that was rolling towards him. The bread looks dirty because it rolls on dirty straw.

But Yu Bai still took it. Yu Bai cleaned it first before eating the bread voraciously.

At least he should be grateful to be fed. If not, he would have died today.

Yu Bai looked to the left and right. His mouth was full of dried bread. Actually, he was looking for water.

Wait, how do I request water here?

"It."

Yu Bai turned his head towards his left. He saw a man wearing a shabby white robe and his face was also nowhere to be seen. But the man thrust out a bamboo that was water.

"Isn't this yours?"

"Would you want to or not?" he said it coldly.

"Can?"

The man did not reply, but thrusting the bamboo closer to Yu Bai. Yu Bai happily accepted it. Before that he cradled first, how much water was in the bamboo. After about, Yu Bai drank the water for only half of it.

"Bright... Fresh," Yu Bai said with a smile.

"This is uncle, thank you."

The stranger took the bamboo back and drank it too.

Yu Bai turned his head back towards the foreign man.

"you..... New occupant?"

It was seen that the man glanced at Yu Bai for a while before returning to face the front. "No, I've been a long time."

Yu Bai ria-oh and nodded in understanding.

"How old are you?"

"Hm? I'm 10 years old."

The man nodded. After that, there was no more conversation.

Yu Bai tried to lean back comfortably. The sound of chains rubbing against each other sounded. Yu Bai looked at the chains that bound his legs.

"Absolutely uncomfortable?"

Flinched, Yu Bai immediately turned his head to the foreign man. This time he looked at Yu Bai's face.

'Yellow?' thought Yu Bai.

"If the absence of freedom makes me comfortable, it means that I am no longer sane in this world" Yu Bai said with a slanted smile on his lips.

The man smiled faintly behind the hood of his robe. "Want out?"

Yu Bai chuckled, "You kidding? You are also a slave here."

The stranger was silent. As if struck by his words, Yu Bai nimbly covered his mouth using a palm.

"I-that's bu-not what I mean, uncle hehehe.." said Yu Bai with a ringing at the end.

"You're right."

"Eh?"

"You're right, boy. I am now just a slave. Thank you for reminding me."

"Yes... You welcome?" reply Yu Bai with a little hesitation.

Yu Bai was a little strange or confused by the nature of this 'friend' of his fellow slave.

But come on, at least Yu Bai has 'friends' here. That was what Yu Bai had been born with.

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Yu Bai coughed again at midnight. He woke up again with a feeling of shortness of breath and also his body felt cold hot.

"Cold" he muttered.

Yu Bai hugged himself. Try to feel your own body heat and keep the warmth in the middle of this cold air.

"You're cold?"

Shaken in surprise, Yu Bai opened his previously closed eyes. He looked towards the foreign man who was still loyal to be in the same place.

"I'm sorry, I seem to bother you."

The foreign man glanced at Yu Bai. "Do you have a disease?"

Heard a question from a stranger. Yu Bai got up from his lying position. He leaned against the wooden wall and bent both his legs. Then his head he piled on his knees.

"Yes. I have a disease."

Silent.

"How bad?"

Yu Bai was silent. How severe? Nor does he know. How bad the illness he suffered.

All he knew was that as long as he was sick. Both parents will try to find a cure. Both of his parents never told him how severe the disease he suffered.

In the end Yu Bai shrugged his shoulders upwards. Signs he doesn't know. "I don't know."

There was the sound of straw rubbing. Yu Bai turned his head and looked at the foreign man sitting cross-legged facing his cell.

"Close to."

Actually Yu Bai hesitated a little to get close. But Yu Bai tried to vent.

Now Yu Bai was already dealing with a foreign man. The foreign man took out his hand from under his shabby robe.

"Your hand."

"Eh?"

"Put your hand on my palm."

"O-oh, fine."

Quickly, Yu Bai placed his right hand on the foreign man's palm.

Yu Bai was slightly surprised by how delicate the foreign man's palm was. In Yu Bai's mind, he became doubtful that this man before him was a slave.

Which slave is this smooth and white hand? There should be dirty, black hands, and a lot of injuries.

While Yu Bai was wrestling with his thoughts. The foreign man secretly examined Yu Bai with spirit energy. The foreign man drained it slowly so that Yu Bai would not feel it.

"Uhukkp.... Uhuukkk...!"

The stranger was shocked. He looked at the fallen Yu Bai bowing with his left hand covering his mouth. Yu Bai's cough did not stop after five minutes. And even worse, the cough was also accompanied by blood.

The stranger froze.

"You... Have it" the stranger muttered.

Yu Bai did not reply. He kept coughing hard. In fact, he's already got some protection from other cell dwellers.

Feeling pity, the foreign man pulled Yu Bai's body closer to him. In one blow, he hit Yu Bai's nape hard.

Instantly Yu Bai fell unconscious.

Slowly the foreign man put Yu Bai on the straw.

Afterwards the foreign man looked at Yu Bai's face which occasionally shriveled in coldness.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had a body like this."

The stranger apologized from the bottom of his heart. He's very sorry. If previously he had directly channeled so much spirit energy, it was certain that Yu Bai was just a name left.

The foreign man touched Yu Bai's forehead with his index finger.

"It's gonna help you a little bit."

From the tip of his index finger, there was a dim silver ray. The light enveloped Yu Bai's body for a while which then disappeared.

Afterwards, Yu Bai became calmer. His face looked peaceful and his breathing was back in order.

"Well, you got my attention."

In the end the foreign man remained seated cross-legged before Yu Bai who was peacefully asleep. Keep staring in the silence of the night and the moonlight that shone on the two of them.

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Note Author:

Yosh... Nih story Author peain only:v

The author mostly writes in the next story, so forget the one novel.

Oh yeah, don't forget.

Go to the author's novel. It's called "The Another Soul"

There are 60 more chapters.

Okay.

Adios!

Sweet greeting

Raiy.

1,280 words

march 03, 2021