Awakened Bonds

"Longzhuó..."

"The demi-human you're referring to? That man? The man who is very popular with women."

"Is he Longzhuó?"

(Point of view is on Longzhuó)

Longzhuó was reading a book that had long been kept in her house, which was in the middle of a forest that was rarely reached by anyone. This is because the place is filled with wild animals such as bears, lions, tigers, and others.

He was reading with his body relaxed in a big tree, a tree surrounded by a very clear and hygienic lake. The wind was blowing freshly, making Longzhuó's white hair move around.

"Is this what I'm going to do?" said Longzhuó while reading a book.

A crow flew over and rested on Longzhuó's shoulder, then said, "Yes, you'd better keep quiet for a while. I'm sure someone important will be looking for you here."

Then Longzhuó closed his book and said with his eyes sharpened, "well, be sure to have a good time in the future."

(point of view back to the meeting table)

The four of them began to wonder what the karaahk would do next? It would be scary if it did appear in a human dimension like ours. Not only will the human dimension be affected, it looks like the demon world will be affected too. Including the demon king, will be eager to fight Kharahk.

"It's like a multi-party fight?" Zhu Yǔfāng said with a frown.

"Well, I guess it's like that, where A is us, B is Karahk's side, and C is the Demon realm" Zhao Yùxiān explained.

"Ah, I as the great general feel confused. What do we use to fight those nonsensical creatures? Even as it is, the human side is the lowest!" General Han complained.

"Ahahah, that's so, we can only hope in Him" Zhao Yùxiān replied with a confident face.

"Let's end this conversation, you should all take a break" said Zhao Yùxiān.

"Ah, right, I'm hungry" Han & Zhu Yǔfāng said simultaneously.

Then, they laughed together and the scene moved to XiaoYan who was in her bedroom.

XiaoYan is in her bed and is knitting a scarf for herself. She thought that the night in Chang'an was almost -13°C cold. This was absurd. However, even though XiaoYan is a woman, she still has physical endurance beyond the average human. She can endure temperatures of -13°C without extra warmth.

"I'm going to make two beautiful scarves" XiaoYan said with a beautiful smile.

The sky was already dark, and the sound of crows could be heard from XiaoYan's bedroom window. XiaoYan put down her knitting, and began to take off her thick clothes and change into nightwear.

(I'm going to rest, and the day after tomorrow is the time to leave)

The light has illuminated XiaoYan's entire body, signaling that morning has come. The birds chirping around XiaoYan's house seemed to be giving XiaoYan a "Good Morning" greeting.

"Good morning world-beautiful" As she fully opened the window in her room.

She began to make a concoction of Rìchū Chá (日出茶) Tea or "Sunrise Tea" where, the ingredients are made from Green Tea, as the base of the tea, green tea is known to provide energy with its mild caffeine content and rich antioxidants. Ginger, to provide warmth and boost metabolism, ginger can provide a mild spicy flavor. Orange Peel, provides a fresh aroma and sweet and sour flavor that helps to lift the spirits. Honey, adds a hint of sweetness and provides health and energy benefits. And last but not least, Jasmine Flower, adds a gentle aroma that is soothing yet refreshing, jasmine flower can enhance the flavor of green tea.

Rìchū Chá, designed by XiaoYan herself to provide a balanced taste of warmth, freshness, and energy, is perfect for drinking in the morning to start the day with vigor. One day before she set out on her 'adventure' she would seek out Longzhuó for a request.

(2 empty days have passed, the viewpoint changes to Longzhuó's past)

"Hey! It's me, it hurts!" Longzhuó shouted with a deep wound on his chest, pierced with a katana sword from a Japanese samurai.

"You are not a proper Samurai to hold a katana!" The Japanese samurai shouted in Japanese as well.

Longzhuó understood the Japanese he was saying, because Longzhuó himself learned sword techniques at the Heian period college (平安時代, Heian jidai). Where the strongest Japanese samurai of the Heian period himself, the master samurai, stepped in to teach Longzhuó swordsmanship. He was Kazuma Tadanori (一馬忠徳). "Kazuma" means harmony and tranquility, while "Tadanori" means loyalty and virtue. However, his demeanor is 180° opposite to his name, he is fierce and strict. However, it paid off, and Longzhuó was able to 100% master Kazuma's sword techniques.

Until, a few years after Longzhuó had been studying there.

"Master!" Longzhuó shouted in the drizzling rain that touched Longzhuó and Kazuma's skin.

"Hey, why are you shouting so loud, kid?"

"P-my hearing is still normal (Coughing up blood)" Kazuma spoke to Longzhuó in a dragging tone, with a puncture wound the size of a dragon's hoof.

Longzhuó at that time, lost consciousness due to a relapse of her dragon crystal, where her dragon form returned fully and began to rampage. However, that state was clearly unconscious. In which case, Longzhuó wouldn't realize what he was doing.

However, after Longzhuó regained consciousness, he lay on the ground and saw the training dojo in flames. Immediately Longzhuó looked around, and saw Kazuma lying covered in blood and getting a very serious wound in his abdomen. The hole was so large that Kazuma's intestines, liver, heart, and half of his lungs had been destroyed. However, the legendary Samurai was quite strong. Able to speak, and still be able to breathe with some time around 45 minutes.

"No, Master, it's...." Longzhuó's hysterical face broke out, and began to shed a great deal of tears. Longzhuó's eyes began to turn red, unable to hold back her tears.

"Hey fool, didn't we make a deal? That samurai are not fit to shed tears?"

"So, just like before, you've angered me again and again, but this time it's my last anger for you kiddo."

"I say again, you are not a worthy samurai!"

"But, you are a worthy dragon, to protect your enemies in the future!"

"Go, and here-take my katana, it's your 17th birthday present!"

"Already, I've sealed your dragon crystal, so you don't have to worry"

"Live side by side with humans, that will make you bah- (coughs and starts to exhale one last time)"

Longzhuó's heart skipped a beat, unable to say more, Longzhuó's eyes bulged and began to blame himself.

"Why! Why should this damn crystal kill him? Let at least a worthy enemy kill this crazy samurai!" Longzhuó shouted towards the sky.

"Arghhhhh!"

"woahhh!!!" Longzhuó woke up from his sleep, where Longzhuó had fallen asleep on a gingkgo tree.

"Ah, damn, I dreamed of her again-huhh" Longzhuó smiled a little and was a little moved and shed tears at the edges of her eyes.

Longzhuó began to wipe her eyes with her palms.

"Sir, are you alright?" said the crow. The crow that always accompanied Longzhuó in the very lonely forest.

"Ah, it's okay, Zhēncháo (真啸). I just had a little dream of Kazuma in my sleep."

The crow was named, Zhēncháo (真啸) Zhēnchá, the crow that Longzhuó had found in one of the corpse piles on the battlefield. At that time, Longzhuó was the only survivor of the great battle. The war was sparked by a conflict between Japanese samurai and Wǔshì (武士) or trained warriors from China. All killed each other, slashing with their respective swords. The arena was littered with blood. But when the battle was over, there was only Longzhuó kneeling amidst the corpses lying on the ground. Their intestines were being eaten by the wild crows on the battlefield. However, there was one crow that was 'different' in Longzhuó's eyes. Here Longzhuó sided with the Samurai camp, as he himself wanted to lower Kazuma's samurai resolve.

The strange crow looked at Longzhuó with a strange look and tilted its head.

"Huh? Why, do I look pathetic?" Longzhuó said with a crow, but at that moment, Longzhuó did not realize the superiority of the crow. So, she thought that she was just talking to an ordinary crow.

"Why, aren't you hungry?" Longzhuó took one of the enemy's hearts by breaking one of the opponent's bodies and started taking the enemy's heart.

Then Longzhuó threw it at the crow, "Here, eat it, aren't you hungry?"

However, the crow just stayed near the heart that Longzhuó threw. However, strangely, a voice came out from nowhere.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"You think I'm a vulture?"

Then Longzhuó was startled, and began to look behind her. But she found no one.

"F*CK! What the hell was that?"

"Woy, it's me, the crow in front of you" the voice started to clear that it came from the crow.

"Huh?!!!" Longzhuó's eyes began to turn white from the shock of what had just happened.

"G-crow speak? Seriously!" Longzhuó then slashed with his sword, strangely, Longzhuó's sword was broken by the crow's beak.

"Huh, don't be arrogant with your equipment. Even you use it, that thick armor-that sharp katana won't surpass me," said the crow.

"oi-oi, is this really the real world? Am I already in another multiverse?" Longzhuó said in a hoarse tone.

"oy, what are you saying, you are in the battlefield. You know? And right now you are the only one in this field. Congratulations on the victory Samurai" said the crow.

Then, Longzhuó got up from the bloodied ground, looked around with the wind blowing strongly, while blocking his eyes with a gust of dust.

"Ahh, this scene . . ." Longzhuó said in a weak tone.

"It seems I'm really too tired, I want to sleep, I want to relax for a while, I want to eat some good and delicious food" Longzhuó fell down and started to fall to the ground.

(Longzhuó glances with blurry eyes)

"Ah? Where's this-sticky?" Longzhuó woke up from his long sleep. "Ah? Are you awake?"

Longzhuó's gaze began to clear as he looked up, seeing only the large breasts of a woman.

"Huhhh?!" Longzhuó's cheeks began to turn red. "What the hell is this?"

"Huh? I saw you lying here earlier, so I'd better give you a lap?" XiaoYan said.

"Down?" Longzhuó paused for a moment, remembering what he had just done.

"Ah!" Longzhuó began to remember that she had just fallen from the top of the gingkgo tree, where her foot slipped and she fell down, and she fainted from the impact on her head.

"Aahahah-I just fell like that..." Longzhuó said, scratching her head.

"Haha, you're cute" XiaoYan gave Longzhuó a sweet smile.

"ugh-!" Longzhuó's face turned even redder.

In his heart, Longzhuó thought that she was the cutest woman he had ever seen (!).

"ah, who are you? But first, let me thank you."

"What are you thanking me for?"

"Akh?! Mass said?" (Longzhuó inwardly)

"Huhh?" XiaoYan tilted her head to the side.

"Ahh, it's okay. I thank you for helping me..."

"Ahh, I didn't even do anything special. I just helped give you a little soft lap. So that you can sleep better." XiaoYan said.

"Ahh no, she seems like a reliable woman" (Longzhuó thought to herself).

"Ah, by the way, why are you here? This is the forest inside the optical barrier I made-but why did you enter it?" said Longzhuó with a puzzled face.

"Ah, that's-secret isn't it?"

"I have a need with you, nothing is impossible to achieve, right?" XiaoYan said with a beautiful smile. And that made Longzhuó's chest twitch and face turn red.

Longzhuó started thinking, is this what 'First Love' is? And also, is this called first sight love?

"This is crazy," Longzhuó said with a stunned look on her face.

"Mas? Hello? Are you okay?" XiaoYan waved her hand in front of Longzhuó's face.

Longzhuó was startled out of her stupor, "Ahh! It's okay!"

"Huh? Is that so? Shouldn't you just rest, mas?" XiaoYan.

"It's okay, after all, I've been sleeping for a while-before I fainted from falling down, I'd been sleeping on top of that gingkgo tree for quite some time." Longzhuó pointed his finger in the direction of the tree.

A gust of wind began to carry XiaoYan and Longzhuó's hair flying to the right side, right where the wind was. It made Longzhuó temporarily lose consciousness, seeing XiaoYan's face was very alluring to her. It made Longzhuó's expression 'waw' quite profound.

"Am I going to die from overexcitement now?"

Longzhuó started saying strange things, and it made Longzhuó's face emit hot smoke and a completely flushed face.

Continued....