100 Peaceful Days: Side Bai Tianfei (1/2)
”So...how was the trip?”
”It...was...okay...”
Tianfei sat by the bookshelf reading a book. A cute girl around the age of 14 was looking at the sorry state of her cloths and was interrogating her. Tianfei buried her head inside the book avoiding eye contact. She felt a tug on her face as her tattered robes was shoved into her face.
”So explain this...!”
”I...I'm sorry sis...”
The girl shook her head while sighing. She tried to sew together the ripped portions in hopes of saving even a bit of it.
”Mother is going to be pissed...”
The girl took out a meatbun from the table and took a bite out of it. As she did so, a beautiful woman entered the room. The first thing she saw was the tattered clothing that was lying around on the table. Her eyes widened as she grabbed hold of it to see the tattered state it was in. She looked to the girl who was buried in her books.
”How did this happen...”
”I...I'm sorry mother...”
”I didn't ask for your apology. I just asked how?”
”You know...a few tussles with a beast or two.”
The woman glared at her child, walking up to the girl taking away her book. She had quite the annoyed expression on her face.
”A tussle or two does not result in this. I would know. I made it.”
Tianfei's eyes started to shake. If there was one person she knew not to piss off, it was her mother. Once her pranks went overboard, her mother gave her the harshest scolding ever. Ever since then, defiance against her was not in her dictionary. Her mother stared silently at her waiting for an answer.
”I...fought grade 2 beasts during the training program...not just one either...multiple.”
Tianfei talked about the different things she had encountered. The bat, the snake and even the abyss walkers were things she had mentioned. However there was one thing she left out. She left out her encounter with old bones. She didn't know why but she simply felt like it was the right thing to do. Her mother listened on never interrupting. As Tianfei finished her story, Tianfei felt her mother's arms wrapped around her neck.
”Y...You're not angry?”
”Why would I be...As long as you are fine...that is all I can ask for.”
Her mother rubbed the spot under her eye. Even now, there was a faint red line that went from her left cheek past her left eye. It seems that even the herbal balm could not heal this wound. To others, this was something life changing as if is a permanent disfigurement however to Tianfei, she saw it as a badge of honor, A proof that she had fought with her team. Why cry over a small wound when she could be happy to be of use to her teammates, her friends. As her mother released her, her eyes scanned across the rifle that was resting next to Tianfei. Her expression changed to that of curiosity.
”Tianfei...did you go into our clan's storeroom?”
Tianfei shook her head in confusion.
”No why? I found it on a corpse in the abyss.”
”Oh it's nothing. It's just that, that rifle resembles a lot like our clan's weapons, the memento.”
”Is that so? How strong is it?”