Here's something important: Your death won't be revealed in Arc 2.
Trigger warning: your death isnt the typical "Oh i blocked an attack to save him" its more unexpected. Like i said i love to make my readers traumatized after fun
Arc 2 will PROBABLY end on Xie Lian's flower crowned martial god days. The Arc where he stands on his own statue is also when the whole Shuai Chen Vs Xie Lian will occure at the same time.
Due to school updates won't be smooth, but I'm trying to update at any given vacant time. I'm planning to end Arc 2 with a cliffhanger
Next to Arc 2 is Arc 3, where the saga continues. At the moment I finished reading Book 6 and I need to reread book 2 and 3 for making chapters in this fanfic
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Chapter 19: You are my Home
Set on Present time....
"Wanna see somethin?"
Your voice echoed inside the Palace of Wind and Water. Around this time, Xie Lian was out adventuring and you wanted to tour the entire heavenly palace this time
It was straight out of a fantasy movie you think "This entire place reminds of the Xianxia genre i used to see alot, and those historical c-dramas" as you said before
Inside the palace was only you and Shi Qingxuan. You got curious and want to see the other palaces of other gods. Qingxuan was not shocked, it's common for gods to have such power
With a snap you turned into your male form, your clothes had the same color of black and purple, but it was a more extravagant male hanfu. An exquisite hanfu worn by princes and nobility
Your facial features stayed the same except your bosoms and curves disappeared to fully show your male form.
You and your brother's height doesn't change when you transform into a different form. It's something that can't be changed.
"Ah what a shame" you coughed a little "I don't have the ability to make my voice change like the rest of you guys. I have to practice voice acting in order to make my pitch lower"
Let's do a contrast and similarity: Your past self knows why your voice can't change. Your current self don't know. Memory loss hits in the feels.
Qingxuan's eyes lit up and twinkled, a big grin on his face "You look so...." His voice went from slow to an entire yell "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!"
"Ahahaha, you flatter me too much blud" you twirled a string of your hair with a pink blush on your cheeks
"But it's true! Ahem" He closed his fan "Your grace i've been wondering, what language does blud come from?"
"Eh?"
"Like..." His voice trailed off "You've been saying these unknown words since our mission to ghost city. Cap, bro, rizz and blud, what language is it?"
Oh right, it's the Gen Z slangs
"Okay so it's just slangs of the legendary generation of my world called Gen Z" you put on your glasses that came out of nowhere and explained to him
"Blud is a jamaican slang which is similar to bro, and bro is a short cut for brother, these two are informal ways to call friends. At first it's only for men but in the recent years it's also used on women. Cap means lying and Rizz is flirting. I call everyone my bro"
Qingxuan blinked more than thrice "Ahh so i will have to call my gege blud or bro now...hmm" He let his thoughts wander while opening his fan and fanning himself, an idea popped on his head
"So basically if Pei Ming is off sleeping with women he's rizzing those women?"
"Pei Ming who?"
Oh yeah you lost your memories, Shi Qingxuan told you about Pei Ming and his background.
"Oh man...he's definitely the rizzler" you took away your glasses and let it disperse "I haven't seen what he looks like yet but judging by his name...He's prolly only in Ohio"
You laughed walking away them sitting on one of the long couch/chair with a comfy pillow. You laid down like it was a bed and made your smartphone appear
"Now time to finish the next level" then a few sounds of an average rpg game erupted from your phone (Think of any game, it's either Genshin, COD, ML or anything)
"Aha...haha..." Qingxuan awkwardly laughed continuing to fan himself while watching you sprawled on that couch, the device unfamiliar to him
"Ahem your grace, pardon me for asking so many questions, may i ask what is that?" He closed his fan, pointing it to the smartphone in your hands
"Wait...wait lemme just finish this- Fuck-" your fingers were tapping wildly on the screen, a loud voice erupted on the screen saying Game over or defeat. You stared at the screen dumbfounded
"AHHH YATI GAGO PISTE!!" You screamed at the top of your lungs (Translation: Yati, gago and piste in bisayan language can mean both shit and fuck, im a bisaya and trust me the swear words in my language are multiuse)
Qingxuan stopped in his tracks hearing you swear in another unfamiliar language, he stopped fanning himself midair
Another sound of footsteps familiar to him "Now who's yelling at this hour..." The same familiar voice spoke out
"Ge...gege?" Qingxuan looked over to the Water master, Shi Wudu himself, standing on the entrance of the palace's lounge. The water master fan on his hands
He smiled seeing his Didi then his eyes trailed over to the figure lazing on the couch "Oh it's the Prin-" He squint his eyes and continued "-cess...Ahem" He was about to say Prince but he just had to make sure
Qingxuan went over to you and tapped you on the shoulder "Your grace, my gege is here" "Huh?" You paused midgame and saw Shi Wudu fanning himself, staring at you with curious eyes
"Oh!" You threw your phone to the couch and stood up, dusting yourself and straightening your hair, flattening the crease on your robes and bowed with your hand on your chest
But after that formal greeting you straightened your posture "Yo, i'm (Name), nice to meetcha bro" you waved your hand
Shi Wudu stared at you intently, slowly fanning himself "Yes your grace, i already know you. I'm the Water Master, Shi Wudu, the older brother of Shi Qingxuan. I have heard many great deeds of you"
You scratched the back of your neck "Well geez thanks, so that means i won't have to do extra intro. Your palace is so cool btw, it's giving...aestethic"
Shi Wudu didn't know what to say
Instead he continued to stare at you "Welp if you don't mind i'll be chillin on that couch, ttyl" you walked back to the couch and did the same as usual, gaming.
Once Shi Wudu collected his thoughts he spoke to his brother "Qingxuan, the princess is truly...eccentric"
"But he's the most cheerful girl i have known. And yes you're right, gege" Qingxuan couldnt deny that your behavior was a tad weird for them
"But she's also, pretty handsome" Shi Wudu fanned himself, letting his hair do a dramatic effect on his face "Wow....blud you should know her grace has a popular fiance and you know who"
Wait, pause "Blud...what?" Wudu quirked an eyebrow "It means brother, his grace taught me that" Qingxuan happily said, and Wudu's eyes trailed to you on the couch, focusing on the game
With a sigh he said "Tell me, did the prince gave up on the engagement?" Qingxuan put a finger under his chin "I don't really know, but gege..." this time he addressed him the way he used to
"Gege, we don't know, it's not best to interfere. And besides her grace is busy to care about marriages anymore, she's a happy single-"
"Single but ready to mingle?"
"Ge! She's not like Pei Ming!"
Qingxuan realized he raised his tone and immediately calmed down "Gege...please..." He looked at his eyes, worry coating his face
"Alright alright, i won't put on any moves on him" To be fair Shi Wudu did a bit of reading on your history, you're addressed as she or he in any form you take in.
"Good because i have a feeling there's already two men courting him...." a small silence followed Qingxuan's voice until "TAKE THE L BITCH! AHAHAHAHA!" you cackled
"There he goes again" Qingxuan was used to addressing gods on their specific pronouns on a form they take in, like if Ling Wen was in her male form, he addressed Ling Wen as he. Although it was fine to call you she in your male form, he still went with his principles.
"Did the Heavenly Emperor went to search for the scrolls?" Qingxuan asked "Why yes, his majesty is keen on returning her memories"
In the past time...
Hong'er was accidentally sent to Yingyue, long story short, he was doing his stray kid routine of finding food and surviving the difficulties of an abandoned child.
While he was escaping a group of men whom he stole a bowl of rice from, he rode a small carriage carrying haystacks, he jumped on it without letting the driver on the horse know who his new passenger is
As he happily munched on the rice, he fell asleep when he got a meal after 7 days of starvation. Especially the events after the Shangyuan Heavenly Procession.
He couldn't help but close his eyes, remembering the brutality as he whimpered, but then a smile returning to his face when he remembered Xie Lian and You
Before the Mid-autumn festival...
The events of Qi Rong ordering a group of men, who were the same men Hong'er stole a rice bowl from. Those men were told to beat up poor Hong'er leaving him with severe injuries
Qi Rong riding a damn carriage and destroyed many establishments and stalls in the capital. It was a timing when Xie Lian was with you, he was brewing you tea while you were visiting him, Mei Nianqing at your side
That damned poison was a huge blow to you, again if only you were a martial god...but alas we have to learn how to accept fates. So you had a special visit that day with the permission from your fathers. Except you only stayed inside the Xianle Palace or transported with the carriage to Mount Taicang, not allowed to go out of these two locations
When Hong'er was being checked by the doctors, he was left alone with Xie Lian, then you came in.
Hong'er held on, or clung to Xie Lian, not speaking any word, when he saw you his eyes twinkled
"Hong'er...you're bloody, what happened?" Despite being sick you still have your beauty with that messy hair and regular robes. To others your appearance was distasteful for a princess, but to Hong'er and Xie Lian your beauty will never fade.
Hong'er allowed himself to get swayed and carried on your arms, resting his head on your bosoms, finally closing his eyes in peace
"Little guy is sleepy huh?" Xie Lian bend down a bit to your height to pat Hong'er's head.
He walked by your side to meet your other father, Mei Nianqing. He said Hong'er had bad luck, but he was confident his bad luck won't affect you, so he never told you to put Hong'er away.
In the garden with cherry blossoms, a pond with koi fish and gazebo, Hong'er allowed you to remove the bandage covering his other eye
His bright red eye, stared at you with longing, he stared for a few moments before covering his face, not allowing you to see his insecurity
Xie Lian was chatting with Mei Nianqing, you were alone with Hong'er as you brush his dusty black hair and pat his head, comforting him and saying "If your red eye is pretty, you are pretty, because it's a part of you, and you are beautiful. Your beauty never scared me, Hong'er"
Hong'er felt like crying from joy, outside the Xianle Palace he was mistreated and suffered, inside the palace he was being cared for by you and the crown prince.
He was homeless, yet he already found his new home. You and Xie Lian.
"Home is wherever we are together...gege...jiejie..." Hong'er mumbled, when suddenly he was jolted awake with a horse screeching
"Alright this is our stop" the man said to the horse knowing he can't speak back. With a huff he went down from the horse
Hong'er sat up then went over to edge and saw a huge crowd of lanterns hanging, a plaque saying "Welcome to Yingyue, the kingdom of Moon"
Surely Hong'er will go explore the capital, because the man's destination was the capital of Yingyue itself.