Chapter 28 (1/2)

Ice Fantasy Chapter 28 – Nightmare . Li Jing . Tale of A Fish

I stood at the cliff, watching the soaring fire below me. I could see nothing but sorrows and despair.

I could vaguely hear the rumbling of thunder in the sky; I could feel the ground trembling under my feet. I wasn’t sure if it were the flame gus.h.i.+ng up underneath the ground.

When I turned around, I saw Li Jing standing behind me with a red lantern in her hand. She was looking at me like she was telling me, “My king, I’m here to bring you home…”

That moment I cried, maybe I could finally behave like a kid in front of Li Luo because she would always give in to me and give me warmth.

The wind was blowing Li Jing’s hair and in the wind, I could see the purest blue strand within them. I walked over to hold her hand. “Let’s go back.”

“My king, I hope you can go back to Ren Xue Cheng. Li Jing and I will stay to guard this place because the city and you are the lifelines for the entire Ice Kingdom but not us.” Jian Tong said softly, looking at me.

“How can you say that?” I walked towards Jian Tong. “I have already lost many important people in my life. Jian Tong and you are my everything. The two of you are the most important persons in my life so I will not go back.”

“My king, you have to go back because you have to defend the city and it is also the safest place.”

“Since it’s safe, the two of you should go back with me.”

“It’s impossible, my king. If we were to retreat back, it will give the enemy a chance to catch up with us. Li Jing and I will stay here to defend so that you can go back safely.”

“No way! If we want to go back, we will go back together.”

“My king…”

“Don’t need to say anymore.” I turned around, wanted to leave when I saw Li Jing.

“Li Jing, I will not leave the two of you here. I will stay by your side. Okay?”

And then I saw Li Jing’s gentle smile, and she nodded head.

I left the place with her; I could hear Jian Tong’s sigh behind me.

Just when I walked past Li Jing, I felt someone hitting my right shoulder. I felt a sharp pain before losing my consciousness. Right before I fell to the ground, I saw the tear in Li Jing’s eyes.

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By the time I woke up, I found myself being sent back to Ren Xue Cheng.

I stood at the highest city wall and saw the fire glowing not faraway from the city. I knew that Li Tian Jin had already led his fire elves over. But where would Li Jing and Jian Tong be?

I walked back to the grand hall and saw several people there. A young sorcerer told me that many people had escaped. None of them would think that this war was be victorious. Even I didn’t think that it would be a victory. I could see Li Tian Jin’s skills from many dreams; they were something that I could never fight against.

The sound of footstep could be heard from outside, and then I saw a soldier full of blood running into the grand hall. I saw the sad expression on his young face. He opened his hands and I saw two dreams on his palms.

Giddiness. .h.i.t me and I fell to my throne.

I knew that Li Jing and Jian Tong were gone.

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Nightmare.Li Jing.Yu Yuan

“My king, I thought I could never see you again but when I saw you at the snow fog forest, I almost cried. Those past memories came rus.h.i.+ng at me like flying snow and I had forgotten the speech. I remembered the flying starlight in the sky; I liked hiding at the sh.o.r.e of the Ice Sea, watching your lonely figure on the roof, watching the starlight dancing on your hair like silk laces. I liked seeing your long robe flying in the wind like a beautiful lotus.”

“But my king, the name that you called me was actually Li Luo. I am Lan Sang, the Lan Sang who committed suicide because of you.”

“At that moment, I was so upset so my tear couldn’t stop flowing down.

But I know this is all my fault because I cannot become the woman that you loves the most in the past life.”

“My king, when I was still Lan Sang, I kept thinking about your face when I commit suicide; I wanted to become the woman that you love the most in life but I know you met Li Luo first and she’s kind and beautiful. I feel so sad everytime I thought of her being buried at the deepest part of Ice Sea. She is such a kind person.”

“I don’t blame Ying Kong s.h.i.+ because I know he love you just like I did because his love had surpa.s.sed simple kins.h.i.+p love and it was so strong and desperate. Just like how his favourite cherry blossoms wither at the end of spring.”

“After my reincarnation, I knew that my wish had been fulfilled - I have become the woman that you loved the most in the past life. I looked exactly like Li Luo but I wasn’t sure if I was lucky or unlucky. I only knew that I was very sad when you called me Li Luo.”

“Every night I would always wait for your return, I like waiting for you in the night. When I saw you appearing out of the darkest night, I felt so blissful and happy because I made you feel that there’s someone waiting for you.”

“And it is a kind of happiness when you know that there’s someone waiting for you.”

“I always have this silly thought that this is happiness because Ka Suo has been waiting for me for several hundreds year and he was still waiting for me to grow up in this new life. I am such a blissful person.”

“You may think this it is funny but I hope that you can be happy because you are such a kind and faithful person but you are always surrounded by sadness and sorrows. My king, do you still remember what your brother told you? ‘Ge, please be free.’”

“My king, when you were asleep, I could always hear your low breathing sound but your brows were always knitted together. It made one feel that you were a child being hurt.”

“You are always so strong and determined in front of others but before me, I could see your soft side. I would always see your teary eyes and it made me feel sad.”

“This is why I can only wait for you to be back, waiting for your warmth.”

“My king, my past life may be the mermaid from the deep sea palace and my ability to manipulate water may be strong but I never like any of them. Instead, I think being a half-blood woman like Li Luo is able to give you the warmest love. This is why I rather become a woman like Li Luo than a powerful illusionist because I can give you the warmest love.”

“My king, I was unable to talk this life so I was unable to tell you that I am the little Lan Sang that has been waiting for you for several hundreds. years; I was unable to tell you how sad was I when you call me Li Luo. But even if I were able to talk, I wouldn’t tell you that I am Lan Sang. If I had done so many things and given you so many hints, you still wouldn’t know who was I. Hence I see no point in telling you.”