Valek Mitsuhide Akechi

Love is something deep and unfathomable. Love can hurt and love can heal. No one has had their fair share of painful love more than Xiao Meng. From birth, his beauty has amazed mortals and immortals alike. Behind the beautiful façade is a heart full of scars. Xiao Meng shuts himself off from love for many reasons. After a terrible relationship with Lingruo, he does something unexpected in order to protect what she left behind. But in order to fully protect them, he must do something he dreads greatly. By request of the flower goddess, Xiao Meng accepts an engagement to her beautiful daughter, Ai.
                                           
Xiao Meng spends his days in his home, never going outside unless upon an urgent matter. His people and his fellow gods bring up such a dreaded topic as marriage every time they speak with him. Xiao Meng may be the god of love and marriage, but that does not mean he must find love for himself. He was born to give others their happiness. Despite accepting the flower goddess' proposal, Xiao Meng still believes that he is not meant to find his own.... or so he thinks...

The Fox Immortal

"What do you mean?" I do not understand what she asks. I would hope she knows events happen that change people. Even then I cannot think of anything in particular she would be upset about. And I don't owe her or anyone an explanation for what I don't desire to speak of. 


"You are the god of love and marriage—the Love Immortal or Fox Immortal as some say," Ai begins, "Everyone in the Flower Pavilion often came to tell us what you have done for mortals and immortals alike. We all believed you to make a beautiful immortal with a loving heart full of warmth and care. But I have come to learn that perhaps you might be more coldhearted than the world has given you credit for." 


I feign hurt because I know it was the world that made me this way. "And why do you think that?" As I say the words I begin to realize something quite unpleasant and vow to never reveal anything to her regarding my childhood. 


VII: Love's Burdens Part 2