Soon, the black horse reached a dense forest and Miso could not help but smile looking at the familier surroundings. "My second home!"
Khufu smiled looking at the girl"s happy face. It was already dark and the girl"s face was glowing in the moon-light. Khufu could not help but look at her captivating beauty. "You are so beautiful." Before Khufu even realised, words had already slipped from his tongue.
"Huh?" Miso turned her head to look at Khufu, nervously. There faces were just a few inches apart and they looked into each other"s eyes constantly.
"You are beautiful." Khufu repeated, looking in her eyes, lovingly.
Miso lowered her gaze and blushed at his words. She turned her head to look in the front again, still blus.h.i.+ng.
Khufu chuckled loudly, looking at her shy face and Miso could not help but feel even more coy due to his laughter. "Why are you laughing?"
"Because, you are more beautiful when you are shying away." Khufu chuckled, making the girl"s cheeks grow even more red. She did not respond or ask him anything further and preferred to remain silent, faning her cheeks with her hands.
Soon they entered a less dense part of the forest at the edge of a pond and in the far end, could be seen a beautiful monastery and its garden, situated on the mountain top.
The horse slowed down, climbing the mountain, while the two people looked around happily, enjoying the beautiful view. The horse stopped near the garden, tapping its foot again and again, as if it can"t wait to explore the pond.
Khufu quickly jumped off from the horse and looked at Miso. Before she could think of jumping down, Khufu held her waist and pulled her down carefully. Miso stood face to face with Khufu, while she was blus.h.i.+ng hard and Khufu grinning ear to ear, still holding her waist.
Soon they entered the beautiful garden, paving its way to the moanstery. The serene and beautiful view was capable enough to lift up any person"s mood. The beautiful brown colored monastery was surrounded by beautiful flowers. They stepped inside the monastery and bowed down before the large Buddha statue.
They went inside the adjoining room, where an extremely old priest, was sitting on the ground and was chanting with his closed eyes. In front of him was a vast pond, full of lotus flowers. As soon as the two entered the room, the priest opened his eyes and smiled looking at the two.
They both bowed down in reverence, while the old priest stood up and blessed the two children with his hands. He did not utter a word, instead went out of the room, with the two following him.
He bowed before the Lord Buddha statue and handed over a small jar, filled with a transparent fluid.
"Declare." The old priest ordered in a single word, which Miso understood.
She firmly held the jar in her hands and looked at Lord Buddha statue. "I declare King Khufu and Brother Cho as the rightful owner of my ashes. I want two protective bands to be made out of my ashes, which will always connect the two of them and it shall be somehow given to them in every birth, whenever their lives are in danger."
Khufu looked at the girl in surprise, overwhelmed by her words. Did she also chose me as the righful owner? She trusts me so much!