23 The Legend Part 5 (1/2)

Shock painted over her face. She knew the day would come where he would have to leave and go back to his place. She had prepared herself emotionally for the same but she hadn't expected him to ask her to go with him. Her face stiffened. She couldn't go with him. She looked in his eyes. ”No, I'll stay here and accompany grandma. You know where we are. You are always welcome to visit us.”

He felt dejected though a part of him knew that it was going to be her answer ;– ;no. He knew that probably, she would not agree for the same but hearing it from her was different. ”You're right. I have to leave soon. I'll go notify Grandma.” He walked towards the hut.

Grandma was bagging dried herbal leaves next to the stove and putting them away. Mua Kong stepped inside the hut and saw her bagging her last bag. He waited for her to finish and called aloud, ”Grandma.”

She turned to face him and knew what he would say just from the look on his face.

She gave a small smile and nodded her head. ”I'll have Hli Ja accompany you out of the mountains.”

”Thank you for taking care of me and letting me stay here. I'll come back to properly thank you. I have some business to go take care of first.” He had a business to go back and find who hired assassins to kill him.

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The scene shifted to the next one.

That morning, Hli Ja accompanied Mua Kong down the mountain.

”Wait a moment. Can you take me to the place where you saw me? I need to scout the nearby area to see if my person is still there,” Mua Kong said to Hli Ja.

He wanted to make sure that his personal bodyguard's body was not there and see if there was any evidence that was left behind. Mua Kong trusted his bodyguard's ability to take care of himself.

”You had important people with you on that day?” Hli Ja's muscles stiffened. Every day, she regretted leaving her sister behind as she was weak and vowed to never leave people dear to her behind. Although, she did not know Mua Kong's person, the thought of leaving a good person behind to die still vexed her heart.

Seeing her pale face, he could tell what was going through her mind. ”My personal bodyguard. Don't worry. He's more skill than I am. He's definitely alive. I just want to make sure that his body isn't there and maybe I could find some clues about the assassins.” He reassured her.

Hearing him relieved her. ”You still owe me. You haven't taught me how to fight yet. Don't forget,” she warned him in her stern voice but both knew what her real intention behind it was. She wanted him to return to her.

”Haha, I'll come back after I take care of some things. I won't forget.” Mua Kong chuckled as he promised her.