Blue Moon Hall (5/5)
Indeed. It wasn't the sect master nor any males I know but rather, it was Arpen behind me.
He was casually looking at me, waiting for me to respond back.
And yes, Arpen is quite taller than me. I think his height is above a hundred and eighty? Err…
I don't know…
Also, his long black hair didn't change either. His cool and domineering face also didn't change and still stayed the same the last time I saw him back then.
In short, he was similar to those domineering rich and young masters I wanted to see from some novels I read back then at the mortal world.
After looking at his face, I began looking at his outfit.
His outfit was the same as mine, but with decorated golden dragon as his patterns instead of a flower and his coat being pure dark with red color on it instead of being pure white.
He is wearing the same coat as my coat.
Err…
Did the goddess perhaps gave Arpen the same coat like my coat? Err…
That's not true isn— wait a second.
Hmm….
I see…
Those spies the goddess told me earlier.
I see now.
Ehem.
I look at his coat which is quite similar to my coat. It's weird, you know?
Although his long coat was suited for males instead of females due to the fact that the shoulder part of his coat was broad than mine. Also, his waist was thicker than my waist.
So yeah, technically, his coat isn't the same as my coat but it is still the same as my coat is some ways…
Please forgive me for my poor words, okay? I'm being serious right now.
"Xiare." I hear Arpen calling out my name.
"Why are you here?" I ask. There's no way that you accidentally saw me.
"I just accidentally saw you earlier haha…" Arpen said as he scratches his long hair.
"I have some issues I need to handle right now." I said to Arpen. Please go away, will ya?
"Can I come?" Arpen said as he heard my words, telling me if he can come with me. Please.
I don't need your help, okay?
"There's no need, senior." I said to Arpen while smiling. Please, there's really no need for you to go with me.
After hearing those words, Arpen finally becomes silent and did not respond to my words. Thank god.
Quietly, I turn around and began walking to my destination as I search Eumi and the others, err…
While walking around to search for Eumi and the others, I look around, revealing multiple buildings filled with cultivators as I look at the insides of some buildings.
Err…
Judging from this current scenario, how can I even find Eumi and the others across the endless waves of cultivators bustling around?
Sigh…
Poor me…
"Xiare!" I hear Arpen shouting my name.
Quickly, I turn my head once again and see Arpen standing, waiting for me to go back.
Err…
Why do I need to go back?
Hmm…
Nah, that's not happening.
Right?
After looking at Arpen, I retract my gaze from him and continue walking to the place where elder Hyuxia and the emperor will be wed. Hopefully that should be the place where Eumi will go, right?
"Stupid Xiare." I hear another voice. Err…
Quickly, I look above me, seeing Yue Shin floating above me.
Err…
Because he was floating above everyone, many of the cultivators stopped talking with each other as they look at the unique Yue Shin.
Indeed. Yue Shin was wearing the same black robe outfit he was using earlier. Also, there were six katanas on his back, making him peculiar with the other cultivators walking around.
Also, at his face lies a fox mask which nearly covers half of his face except his mouth. Err…
Oh right, I forgot to mention that his hair is somewhat different from the usual long hair right?
Ehem. Let's see…
His hair is like those of the main character from some beta novels that have spiky black hair. That's about it.
Really.
"Eidenweiss and the others are waiting for you, stupid lady Xiare." Yue Shin said while smiling. Err…
Did the goddess' shamelessness also affected you in some way?
Hmm…
Weird.
"What do you me— ah?!" Just as I was going to ask Yue Shin about something, he suddenly grab me from below and began hugging me as we fly off to northeast.
Eh?!
F*ck!
I look at Yue Shin who's tightly hugging me as we fly off. Err…
You can just summon a gigantic sword and let me sit on that sword, right?
Err…
"Please let me sit on a flying sword, senior Yue Shin." I said to Yue Shin, asking for his permission to let me sit on a flying sword.
Well, my feet are tired from endless walking, ya know? Haa….
"Call." Yue Shin mutters, implying that he is going to use a spell.
After muttering, a gigantic sword appears below us, following Yue Shin as if the sword was a loyal pet.
Err…
"Lady Xiare." Yue Shin calls my name.
As soon as he calls my name out, he suddenly let go of me, causing me to fall on the sword.
Though I didn't get hurt or anything as I fall down.
"That should be enough, right?" Yue Shin said as he sees me fixing my sitting position of the gigantic sword.
"Yes. Thank you, senior." I thanked Yue Shin as I find the best position to sit on the sword. Haa… Finally…
After sitting on the sword, I quickly glance at the endless waves of cultivators looking at us as if we are a peculiarity. Err…
Ask Yue Shin about his gigantic sword, not me.
Okay?
Sigh…
"Where are we heading off to, senior?" I ask Yue Shin who is flying above me. Well yeah, I don't know anything about this place, okay?
"Uncle Hanbai's sister." Yue Shin immediately responds back, telling me that we are going to meet elder Hyuxia.
I see.
"How did you find me earlier, senior?" I once again ask Yue Shin. Well, Yue Shin found me out of nowhere earlier, right?
"Because of your profession badge and the symbol of the Hidden Order." Yue Shin once again, replies back immediately.
Eh?
After my question had been answered by Yue Shin, I once again take a look at the surroundings, revealing multiple white towers and gigantic statues of Moonlight Knights guarding them.
Hmm…
Is this the territory of the Moonlight Knights perhaps?
As I ask myself about this place being the territory of the Moonlight Knight, I subconsciously look above, revealing a gigantic piece of floating lands.
F*ck me…
How did I not see that earlier?
Indeed. These floating lands were invisible earlier.
How?
Hmm…
Although I can ask Yue Shin, I don't want to trouble him any further so yeah, I might as well ask myself about it…
Or not.
Who knows?
"The moonlight goddess isn't with you, lady Xiare?" Yue Shin asked me about the goddess.
"She said she have some things to do back to the hidden temple, senior." I replied, answering his question.
"I see…" Yue Shin said under his breath. "It looks like things are about to get worse…" He continued, making me wonder what Yue Shin is talking about.
"What do you mean?" I ask Yue Shin. Well yeah, I don't know about anything okay?
I'm just a normal cultivator dragged by crazy events and scenarios.
"I told you back then at the forbidden mountains that we are sealing off the goddess from that dimension, right?" Yue Shin said, reminding me of what he had said earlier.
Err…
In truth, I already forgot it haha…
I'm sorry.
"The goddess of that dimension is also the moonlight goddess' sister." Yue Shin continued, telling me about the shameless goddess having a sister.
But what's with having a sister gotta do with the story? I mean… that doesn't connect everything, right?
Hmm…
"Although the goddess of moonlight is capable of destroying everything from her grasp, she controls her power very carefully." Yue Shin said, telling facts about the goddess.
Err…
I don't get what you mean by that, Yue Shin. Can you clarify your sentences?
Well, this lady's brain is kinda poor okay?
"And as for the goddess' sister…" Yue Shin stops as he bits his lip. "The other goddess can't fully control her powers carefully and thus, she randomly destroys everything from her path, making worlds befall down to eternal snow." Yue Shin continued solemnly.
Err…
"And thus, the goddess had no choice but to seal herself with her sister to the other dimension where the two can live freely without any worries." Yue Shin said, telling me more facts.
I'm told that someone sealed up the goddess though? How come the story's been changed to something different?
"We're here, lady Xiare." Yue Shin drops his past topic as he looks at the ground below us.
Although I do want to press the topic further, since Yue Shin decided to drop it, I had no choice but to accept it before looking at the ground below us.
It was a mansion with a garden in front of it. Also, at the middle of the garden lies a pavilion with clear roof.
Yep, this lady is not kidding.
In the pavilion lies the figure of the sect master, Fira, the fox girl, Lux, Hanbai, and Eidenweiss talking with each other.
Err…
"Where's Eumi?" I said to Yue Shin, asking about Eumi.
"She's inside the mansion playing board games with other cultivators." Yue Shin said, telling me where Eumi is.
I look at the mansion and see a couple of young cultivators running around within. Yes, I can see the insides of the mansion since the windows are open.
After that, both Yue Shin and the sword I'm sitting on slows down as they prepare to land on the ground. Err…
"Sect master." Yue Shin calls out the sect master.
"Yes?" The sect master said as he looks at the descending Yue Shin.
"Lady Xiare is now here." Yue Shin said as he points out this lady.
"I see…" The sect master nods in return. "Where's the goddess?" He continued, asking about the goddess.
"Currently helping the Blue Moon Goddess stabilize her powers." Yue Shin said to the sect master.
"I see…" The sect master nods in return before taking another cup of tea.
Sect master, when will you stop drinking tea?! Are you kidding with me perhaps?!
Sigh…
I can't understand what the sect master is thinking…
Anyways!
As soon as the ground touches the ground, I stand up from my position and began bowing to Yue Shin. Yue Shin, in turn, nods at me before heading to where the hidden masters are.
"Lux." Yue Shin calls out Eumi's master.
Lux, who was initially reading a book with the fox girl, stops reading as he looks at Yue Shin.
"Prepare yourself." Yue Shin said as he smiles over Lux.
Lux, on the other hand, did not get the meaning of Yue Shin's words and instead tilts his head to Yue Shin.
"The Blue Moon Goddess is going to get you, little fox." Yue Shin said, making the fox girl pout at Yue Shin in anger while Lux in wonders.
Err..
Shouldn't be Lux is angry at Yue Shin while the fox girl is wondering about Yue Shin's words? How come it's reversed?
Weird.
Very weird.
I look at the hidden masters and the sect master talking with each other in the pavilion. Since there's nothing for me to ask about or talk about with them, might as well see Eumi, right?
Silently, I walk across the garden before finally reaching the doors of the mansion. By the time I enter the mansion, I see little kids playing tag while their mothers and fathers chat around with each other.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that even thought the Moonlight Sword Sect is a sect, the sect also acts as a society or even a country to the cultivators.
So yeah, you can see stable jobs, economy, education and human interaction within the sect.
Though nobility and such cowardly honorary titles are instead replaced as a higher-up within the sect.
But still, being a higher-up doesn't mean that you control everything. Being a higher-up basically means stronger and can govern the society within the sect as a whole.
But really…
Who cares about that, right?
After looking around across the first floor of the mansion, I head to the second floor to search for Eumi.
Room by room, I opened them all until I finally see Eumi playing card games on the bed….
With herself…
Err…
"Eumi." I call out Eumi who is alone in the room.
Immediately, Eumi's face blush as she remembers the scene where the goddess calls us out as lovers. Err..
Though I want to be embarrassed about it, I did not find any fault there as the goddess is just being shameless.
Sigh…
Poor Eumi…
"Let's play Eumi." I said to Eumi as I sit on the bed.
"But…" Eumi, who was continuously blushing, mutters under her breath.
"You still have my card deck, right?" I said to Eumi, asking if she still have my card deck.
Indeed. We used to play card games in the past.
Well, yesterday, we played card games one another so yeah, it could be said that we played card games in the past, right?
"Y-yes." Eumi said as she take out something from her pocket.
Slowly, I see one of my cards, revealing a portrait of a gigantic spider crushing down humans.
Well, it's just a portrait, okay?
"Here." Eumi said as she hands me my cards.
I nod at her before taking my cards from her hand. After taking the cards from her hand, I gently count them one by one until I finally reach the last card.
Forty cards.
Indeed. I have forty cards at my arsenal.
"Let's play, shall we?" I said to Eumi as I take out my shoes before heading onto the bed as I face Eumi.
"Un!" Eumi actively responds back with a smile, implying that she wants to play against me.
Heh, you'll never beat me, personification of hell.
This lady is an intellectual, ya know that?
Hehe…
Be prepared to lose, Eumi.