On the bank of the river

Chapter 47 : First friend

Midnight .... The darkening sky was filled with bright stars and indigo clouds , covering up the corners of sky . The moon suddenly hides behind those clouds as he started playing hide and seek with the nature .

Just a beautiful night , but Lynn couldn't able to fall in sleep. Her own chamber and bed , its all her familiar still she is unable to falling asleep. She gradually missed her life as scholar . Over those years , she had spend her life in a tight routine . Now she felt like something isn't right. Actually her mind had adapted those daily routines from her master and now she felt uneasy.

It is still early for sleeping now . If she was still in her courtyard of her master's disciple Manor , she could went outside for practising her sword skills , under the open sky of the bright night.

Feeling discomfort, Lynn stood up . She went to search for her sword again and leaved her room with the sword in her hand . She needs to practise more otherwise she will forget everything. In this country, woman were not allowed to touch swords openly . So she could practise her talent secretly at night . Lynn smiled cheekily as she left her room .

Looking at the bright sky , Lynn started her daily practise. Hair slightly covering her eyes, both of her eyes glittering in the night. Looking everywhere, she got no shadow of people. She is actually from a family of low born but by fate ,related with Empress dowager's distance family side . Looking around , walking towards a big old tree , she tied her hair up with a ribbon .

Immediately she took out her sword that she kept with her all the time. She loved her this secret treasure. Removing the sheath , she struck it around and practicing her skills as she enjoyed doing it , when night is in the deepest part.

Her sword swayed with the wind , making falling old tree leaves on the ground to dance around her. It's looks completely magical when her sword dances in the rhythm of wind and the moon light shining at her lightly . Finishing with the final hitting on the tree slowly , her eyes again covered with hair as her ribbon teared down because of her aggressive sword skills .

Suddenly she heard some faint voice like someone whispering secretly . Feeling confused , she searched for the source. Actually Lynn has a unique martial power , if she concentrate her senses more she could hear every single thing happening outside without any problems at night or even in days . It is a shocking fact because woman were known as weak martial artist. But Lynn was able to crossed the stage of adapting powerful martial skills already. Her senses turned a lot sharp.

Meanwhile , Lynn followed those sounds and soon reached her parents courtyard. She searched for their usual door guards but found no one , feeling confused she frowned .

" Hush , keep quite . Do you want to speak loudly now ?" Suddenly she heard her mothers voice . Having a sudden attentiveness , she stood up near the closed door of her parents courtyard.

Are they discussing some secrets right now ? Having a sudden interest , her eyes started shinning like a star .

" Do you really want this ?" Her father, General Song spoke up .

" Why not ? That's why we helped her !" Following her mother's voice sounded .

" I mean she is your distance cousin . So , I don't think we should give our daughters hand for her son and more or else giving her reminder every time." Her father replied again.

Feeling confused , Lynn froze. Is her mother going to sold her somewhere ? She panicked quickly. She knew it . Her mother is quite a devil . Her mother will surely get her revenge from her because whatever she did to her for being mischievous at past , but her mother still make a fuss always and still now she bring back her past incidents every time .