9 Star Dou Fores (1/2)
He turned towards Tang Hao and said, ”I shall wait outside till you both have your talk.” Now, Tang Hao wasn't an idiot, he understood that his son wanted to talk about something and obviously didn't trust Ryusei so he was a bit hesitant to speak.
He said to Ryusei, ”Wait, you don't have to go outside. Stay here.” He then turned towards Tang San and said, ”Son, you can trust him. Don't worry, he won't say anything about what you talk here.”
Tang San was still a bit sceptical but he nodded and asked in a soft voice, ”Father, can a person only have one spirit?” Tang Hao was a bit confused and didn't really understood the significance of his question but Ryusei did, he smiled and said, ”So, you have awakened twin spirits, Am I right, Tang San?”
Tang San didn't expect him to answer and was a bit shocked, he then turned towards Tang Hao and said, ”Yes, that is correct father. I have awakened twin spirits.” Tang Hao was delighted when he heard this, he was happy that his son awakened twin spirits.
He asked in a curious tone, ”So, what are your spirits?” Tang San raised his right hand and a Pale blue radiance appearing at the palm of his hand, in an instant, a blue delicate little grass appeared on top of his hand.
Staring dazedly at the blue silver grass in Tang San's hand, Tang Hao was in a spell of absent mindedness, for a long time until he gradually recovered. Bright eyes and swallowing hard, he murmured in a low voice, ”Blue silver grass; it really is blue silver grass. And the same as hers.”
He then heard his son saying, ”This is my first spirit, Blue silver grass, a trash spirit. And this is my second…” This time, instead of a blue light, faint black light bubbled out from the centre of his palm, in a brilliant flash condensing, as a bizarre thing appeared in his hand.
That was an entirely pitch-black hammer. The hammer handle was about half a chi in length, with a cylindrical hammerhead. It would appear to resemble a smaller version of the forging hammer, yet that hammer's pitch-black surface had a peculiar light, and on the cylindrical hammerhead coiled a faint circle of a decorative pattern.
For some reason, just as the hammer appeared on the middle of Tang San's hand, all the air in the room seemed somewhat heavy, and Tang San just as if unable to bear the weight of that little hammer could only hold it, his arm slowly drooping. His facial expression had already become somewhat pale.
Abruptly, Tang Hao spread his strong arms, and tightly hugged Tang San to his chest. Ryusei watched this scene and smiled a bit as he knew that Tang Hao must have remembered about his wife. He already guessed that she must have the Blue river grass as her spirit while this hammer in Tang San's hand was the spirit from Tang Hao.
”Dad.” Tang San stopped, rather dumbfounded. As far as he could remember, this was the first time Tang Hao had hugged him in this way.
The hammer in his hand seemed to become heavier and heavier, and even though Tang San very much liked the warmth from this paternal love, he even more did not want the iron hammer to slip out of his hand and smash his father.
Ryusei heard Tang San say, ”Dad, I can't hold on.” Tang Hao released his arms, ”Withdraw it.” Dispersing in black light, the weight disappeared.
Tang Hao was now smiling as he said to him, ”Son, this Blue silver grass is the spirit from your mother. Remember to always protect your Blue silver grass with your hammer. Forever!”
Tang San nodded as he smiled while thinking about the spirit that he got from his mother. He then heard Ryusei speak, ”Tang San, you said that your Blue silver grass is a trash spirit, well I tend to disagree. There are no trash spirits only trash people.”