Time froze at that moment. Nobody moved or said anything as they continued to stare at where the physician once stood. A few minutes later, the sky brightened up. The moon has passed. The eclipse has ended.
Princess Lingchen was the first to speak up, "Mingyue!" she scrambled to stand up. Her eyes went wide as she stared at the tree. Not long ago, Mingyue stood there. Lingchen heard how excited her voice was as she talked to Yang Yun. But now, her cousin, her best friend was no longer there.
"Yang Yun!" the Princess crouched down next to him with both hands on his shoulders. The Princess did not even address him as Captain as she usually does. Princess Lingchen shook his body back and forth and spoke, "Snap out of it! Where's Mingyue? What happened to her?"
