Gao ManorSunrise is near, Gao Lan Mei went back to her courtyard, wanting to have a short rest.
"Clean this." She suddenly blurted out after seeing the blood on the ground.
One of the protectors following her immediately reacted, the one with the dark green Oni mask with a c.o.c.katoo.
Her father arranged for the two protectors to follow wherever she goes. She wants to refuse, but seeing her father"s worried eyes, made her relent.
The one with dark green Oni mask was the noisiest earlier. She does not want for a noisy person to be around her. Blurting this out, the protector stopped talking immediately.
Arriving in front of her room, there is no way for her to sleep comfortably. Her door, that is still broken is directly across her bed. Yes, there is the screen panel to temporarily cover, but the privacy it gives is still not much for her comfort.
Moving near the plum tree instead, "I do not like you following me." stating to the protectors after siting to the chair next to the tree. "You, shadowing my every me does not sit well with me." Her tone is indifferent, but the two protectors felt her hostility.
"Is she mad that we did not help her earlier?" The other protector thought so, he is wearing a blue Oni mask with hawk claw mark on the right cheek.
With respect, "Young miss, we apologize for our mistake earlier. We would like to protect you closely to make amends. Please give us a chance!" he said on a sincere voice.
He is the Zicuìyù Regime vice-captain, but given what happened, redeeming himself is a must. He must prove to the Gao household that he deserves his position.
Raising her brow, "I do not trust anyone that wears mask." She said this with an indifferent tone. With her scarred faced, this sounds so intimidating, dismissing them before they can try to explain further.
The mask is their as part of their rank and their service to the Gao family. Each mask is enchanted with spells that binds to avoid betrayal.
The only one who can remove it is the holder of the Zicuìyù Regime token. Which the young miss rejected when Gao Qi tried to give it to her earlier. Her reason? "Its bothersome."
After what the young miss did last night, most of the Zicuìyù Regime grew some respect for her, but after hearing her two-word reason for rejection, some of the protectors felt insulted.
Their current master Gao Qi nervously laughed it off, "Think about it first, before you reject." his last words before Gao Lan Mei went back to her courtyard.
"Here." Showing her hand where two bright green pills are, "take it if you really want to follow me." She said indefinitely.
Gulping, "Young miss, what is this?" said the one wearing the dark green Oni mask, then bowed his head when he saw her glare. Right. He is supposed to shut up. Always.
Smirking at them, "It will be whatever you want it to be."
Finalizing his decision, the one wearing the blue Oni mask nervously took one of the pills, placed on his mouth an swallowed it.
Then the other followed waiting for the worse, as their punishment on failing to protect her.
They are antic.i.p.ating for pain or the rush of weakness but none came. Instead they felt their senses being more sensitive to the spiritual energy.
Not giving up the chance, immediately doing the lotus position, they gathered the spiritual energy on the courtyard. It evolved them slowly being absorb by their bodies.