— Chapter 2둘 : A Disastrous Trip

Everyone was completely bewildered by the sudden arrival of the leaders, but what was even more bewildering was the conditions in which they had appeared, the elegance that characterized them had completely vanished.

They had arrived so unrecognizable that the only way they were recognized from the watchtowers was by their clan banners.

What had happened, so that the leaders of the 4 most powerful clans in the martial world had arrived in this way? Empress Yí ordered us to keep our distance and better finish preparing the west wing.

It seems that the ceremony was going to be postponed, because with the weather and the conditions in which the leaders had arrived, it would be very unwise of us.

— Hyung, what do you think happened? I asked Haesuk suddenly.

— I'm not sure, but Samchun seemed I don't know how to say surprised? —Hasuk said.

— Do you... think it was... the beasts from the abyss? —I questioned whispering under my breath.

— You freaked out!? the founding leaders locked them up in the Bimil valley —Haesuk answered somewhat upset

Before Samchun and Empress Yi ran the pier, this place was not known as such. It was a place where my race came to leave the bodies of those who had fallen in battle, but when the clans were formed, the founding leaders turned that place into what it is now, giving command to my father, who then in the same The night I was born, he died without having the chance to meet me. From then on, Haesuk and I were raised by our uncles.

— Young Masters, General Lee is looking for you. —In Sung came towards us.

— Since when so much formality? —I asked confused.

— Empress Yí may be listening to me — he admitted somewhat nervously — the last time she told me to call them that.

— Oh, my Hyung is very obedient —Haesuk said jokingly.

— He only appreciated my life —In Sung whispered.

— I think we'd better hurry up —I said starting to walk.

Empress Yí is not a patient person, so everything had to be as she ordered. What was Samchum thinking when he decided to marry her? Does love really blind you? I wasn't sure about that, but this is how I've been told by all those masters that Empress Yí has put on me "you're too young to understand life", to what extent was that true?

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Once we arrived at Yong Hall, everyone was gathered, however when I received Leader Jeong's unexpected look, I froze and it was worse than facing Empress Yi who soon gave us a serious look.

Samchun on the other hand smiled at us, we all fell silent, for the clan leader Gyeonju Rhee, who stood up and cleared her throat to get our attention.

— I fear that we have failed, in the protection of the dock —announced leaving us stunned—I apologize for our incompetence.

— What do you mean, young lady? —asked Samchun confused— What is the reason for all this?

— In the surroundings there were some bodies with the banners of the dock —said the leader of the Gojoseon Bahk clan— in one of the bodies there was a note that said that you, Empress Yi, had sent them to meet us.

— But when we pressed the bodies, they simply disintegrated in the air —he explained— they had lost all their energy.

— We think it was the Replicators —said clan leader Uiseong Kim— according to our informants, there have been sightings, so we sent some of our cultivators there.

— Replicators? —I asked a little confused.

— They are demons that change shape by absorbing the spiritual energy of their victim —the leader Rhee answered me— they haven't been known about for 10 years.

In the end they got us out of there, because it was none of our business, with Haesuk we were investigating a little more than what they had talked about, in the parchments that were in Samchun's office, but there was nothing to help us, we ended up giving up and went back to put everything in its place.

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— What do you think Hyung? I asked Haesuk suddenly.

— Opinion of what? —I answered a little confused— now what nonsense are you going to tell me?

— It's not nonsense, it's just that, do you think I'll survive? —I asked looking at him— I think I'm now in the sights of leader Jeong.

— Don't worry, I'm sure you're being paranoid —he replied calmly, "but here I am, okay?

— Okay, I'll trust you —I finally said.

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I decided to take a walk, so I started walking in silence without paying much attention to my surroundings, it wasn't until I ended up bumping into someone that I stopped walking.

— Is it your habit to stumble wherever you go? —he said mockingly— you should pay more attention.

For a moment I thought it was Haesuk playing a prank on me, but after hearing that voice, my body immediately shuddered.

— I apologize. —I bowed apologetically, but in the dim light the moon provided, did I see what appeared to be blood?

— What are you looking at? —he told me suddenly.

— His leg appears to be injured —I replied.

I'm not sure if he noticed, but I dared to take him by the arm and take him to a place where I could heal him... of course he resisted a bit, but in the end I reluctantly accept.

That's when I realized that I had completely forgotten that... his race allows him to heal wounds in a matter of minutes, I turned to see him and he gave me a look along with a smile that told me "idiot" I'm a vampire.

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—Sunniepark97