Chapter 176 Mystery In Stone Valley Part 6

Hajime found himself walking into a celebration party. As he looked at the people sitting on either side of the aisle, to his left were people wearing beautiful colorful clothes. He remembered that this type of clothing was worn by Tanzanies. He remembered because these are the clothes people wore on his wedding night to Yul. To Hajime's right, he saw people wearing black suits and plain dresses. Hajime walked through the crowd and the flying rose petals; he saw four people standing in front of him. The couple to his left wore traditional Tanzanie black clothing with gold patterns. The couple on the right wore modern wedding dress of black suit and white dress. 

When Hajime approached the four people, the four people turned around to face Hajime. Hajime was surprised. To his right he saw Kenji and his wife standing in front of him and to his left he saw Yul and Kexin smiling at him. 

Hajime shook his head and whispered, "This is not real." 

Kenji smiled and said, "It's real." 

Hajime took a deep breath and said, "I know this isn't real. You two can't be in the same world." 

Yul said, "It's real." 

Hajime looked at Yul and said, "You said it yourself that no matter what happens, you will never break your promise. Does this mean that your conversation with U-ri was a lie?" 

Yul held Kexin's hand and said, "What I told U-ri is not a lie, but my parents want to have grandchildren. This is what I have to do for my parents." He looked at Kexin with a smile. "She can give me a child, but you can't. If you want to stay, our relationship is still the same, but if you want to leave..." He smiled. "No one is stopping you." 

Kenji smiled, and the chapel echoed with his laughter. After laughing enough, he looked at Hajime and smiled proudly. "That's why I never wanted to be with you in the first place. You can't give me a child," he said with a smile. 

At this time, both Yul and Kenji were laughing and pointed at Hajime. Hajime turned around and wanted to run away, but as soon as he turned around, he found that the people sitting on the seats on both sides of the aisle were also laughing and pointing at Hajime. 

Kenji's mother laughed and said, "That's why my son wants a woman instead of a man." 

Kazan shouted happily, "Who do you think you are? My son agreed to marry you only because you can help him save our kingdom." 

Madam Bayarmaa laughed and said, "If you still have any shame, you should run away and never come back." 

"Run away!" 

"Run away!" 

"Run away!" 

People in the chapel began to chant, and as the voices got louder and louder, Hajime felt himself getting smaller and smaller. 

Hajime covered his ears. He screamed, "STOP!" 

Hajime suddenly woke up from his dream and sat up from the bed. 

"Hajime...." Yul asked worriedly. "Are you alright?" 

The uneasiness lingering in Hajime's heart caused the food in Hajime's stomach to quickly rise from his lower abdomen to his esophagus. He quickly got up, jumped out of bed, opened the door, rushed out, and went behind the stone house to vomit. 

"Hajime!" Yul shouted worriedly, chasing Hajime wearing only pants. As Hajime spit out the last of his vomit, Yul quickly walked over to Hajime. "Are you okay? What's wrong with you?" 

Hajime wiped his mouth and said, "I... I had a nightmare." 

Yul chuckled and wiped the tears from Hajime's eyes. "You are no longer a child, why do you still have nightmares?" Yul said with a smile. 

Yul was about to pull Hajime into his arms to comfort him, when a dark shadow flew to the roof of the stone house where U-ri was sleeping. Yul was worried that U-ri would be in trouble, so he quickly pushed Hajime aside and chased the black figure. Yul flew to the roof and started attacking the person in black. 

Hajime ran towards the stone house where U-ri was sleeping just as U-ri ran out. "Hajime! There's a fight on the roof," U-ri yelled, running towards Hajime. "Behind you!" 

Hajime turned around and kicked aside the sword that came from behind. Another man in black kicked Hajime on the right shoulder, and Hajime stumbled towards U-ri. 

When Yul saw Hajime being hit, he grabbed his belt with his right hand, his pants with his left hand and sent the belt over hitting the person on the right side, causing the box the person was holding to fall to the roof. Yul jumped forward, still holding the top of his pants with his left hand and struck the man in the chest with his knee, causing the man to stagger off the roof. 

Yul quickly tied the belt around his waist, grabbed the box, jumped off the roof, and stood next to Hajime and U-ri. He gave the box to U-ri. 

"What is this?" U-ri said and quickly opened the box. "The pure phoenix egg." 

As soon as U-ri finished speaking, twenty men in black quickly jumped out of the night and surrounded the three Tanzanies. 

Hajime looked around at the people holding swords and knew that they were outnumbered. His crafts were in a stone house that he couldn't reach now, and while Yul can fight, fighting against twenty men, Yul was far outnumbered. 

"Lord Lixin has announced that each of you will compete equally for the pure phoenix egg, so why break the rules and steal?" Yul said, looking around at the people blocking his way in to get his sword. 

The twenty people in black did not answer but rushed towards the three Tanzanies. 

U-ri quickly took out the red talisman from his robe and sent it into the sky. The red flare soon spread into the dark night, causing twenty people to stop their progress, look at each other, and then quickly escape in different directions. 

Bong grabbed Abrafo by the collar and shouted angry, "Where do you think you are going?" 

Abrafo could smell the strong smell of alcohol on Bong's breath. "What the hell is wrong with you? You get drunk as soon as you know you're safe. If I knew you were this kind of person, I wouldn't have wasted my time trying to save you," Abrafo pushed away angrily. "Get out of my way, my friends are in trouble." 

Bong shouted, "You are not allowed to leave. I know you want to go see that Shi. Therefore, you are not allowed to leave." 

Abrafo pushed Bong aside and because Bong was drunk and unable to stand, he fell backwards towards the table, hitting the side of the table with his right hip and falling to the ground. 

Abrafo and Michio rushed out the door together, and Bi rushed forward to help Bong. 

"Your Highness," Bi said, and the guards jumped up to help Bong. 

Bong tried to get up, but he felt a sharp pain in his right hip. "Help me up... help me up," Bong groaned in pain. 

Bi and the guard helped Bong to his feet. 

Bong said, "Help me follow that bastard." 

Bi said, "You two, help His Highness." 

The guards supported Bong from both sides as they chased Abrafo and Michio. 

When Abrafo and Michio approached their camp, they saw Shi running towards them with an injured right shoulder. 

"Shi..." Abrafo shouted. 

Shi looked up and saw Abrafo and Michio. "Sir Abrafo," Shi said as he fell to the ground. 

Abrafo and Michio rushed over quickly and found that Shi was seriously injured. His right shoulder was stabbed with a knife and his left calf was also injured. 

"What happened?" Abrafo asked. 

"Somone tried to steal the pure phoenix egg," Shi snorted in pain. 

Michio said, "Abrafo, you stay here with Shi, I will return to the camp." 

Abrafo said, "Let me check your wounds." Abrafo quickly examined the stabbing knife and the long gash on Shi's left leg. "I can't see how deep the wound is. I need to roll up your pants." Abrafo quickly rolled up Shi's left pants to his knees. "It's too dark, I can't see clearly. We need to get back so U-ri can check your wounds." 

Abrafo felt something hit Abrafo in the head. Abrafo turned around and found Bong and two guards standing not far from Abrafo. Abrafo was more worried about Shi's wounds than the unreasonable drunken Bong, so he chose to ignore Bong. 

Abrafo asked softly, "Can you still walk?" 

Shi said, "I think so." 

Abrafo lifted Shi up into his arms, and another rock hit Abrafo on the head again. This time, the rock hit Abrafo in the corner of his eye. 

Shi looked at Abrafo and said, "Sir Abrafo, you are bleeding." 

Abrafo sighed and said, "Let's go. I will take you back to U-ri." 

As Abrafo began to walk away, Bong shouted angrily, "If you take another step with him, I will never forgive you, even if you kneel down and beg for forgiveness." 

"This is the best for both of us," Abrafo said, continuing to walk away with Shi in his arms, leaving Bong behind with the two guards. 

Bong watched Abrafo and Shi disappear into the night. He chuckled, feeling like he was being laughed at. He bit his lowered lip to hold back tears. "I'm a prince and I can have anyone I want, so why should I care about you two lowlifes," Bong muttered. 

The two guards standing on either side of Bong suddenly fell to the ground dead. Bong turned around to check, but the moment he turned around, a sword was pressed against his neck in the middle of his throat. 

"You..." Bong looked at the person looking at him in surprise. "Pointing your sword at me could lead to the demise of your entire clan." 

"Shh...make a sound and Your Highness will speak no more."