8 years ago
Hong Guibao was sitting in the around the unconscious man who was lying drunken, he was thinking deeply about the favor that was requested Madam Beltz. He sighed looking at Fleche who was sleeping the ground with a swollen face with lots of bruises on it. He was a scholar as well as they were healer who always concerned the well beingness of other people. He held other's hand slowly, he put it over the shoulder gradually lifting up other man wrapping his hand around other man's waist. He slowly led drunk man to the bed in the unconscious condition, after approaching to the bed, he made other to sit on the bed adjusting the pillow making other lying the on there, he stood up keeping other's hanging legs on the bed properly adjusting for a comfort and back he kept other's hands on bed properly
Hong Guibao walked to bring oil that can reduce the swell. He brought medicine and hot water keeping them on a tray dragged a stool sat next to the bed that other was sleeping on, he kept tray on the table near to the bed, pour the hot water into a bowl and took a tidy clean cloth. He soaked it on the hot water bowl after it got little cool, he squeezed the excess water out of the clothing rubbed carefully other's face
Fleche whimpered in pain even he was unconscious, he was in a state of semi consciousness. He breathed a little murmuring something a cough came out from him because of he was in deep drunk stage still had halfway consciousness.
"I…I…I'm a useless punk, no one likes me, I'm a burden to my mother, even girls don't like me, I can't even read"
Hong Guibao narrowed his brows a little, he checked the temperature of other as well as pulse, after realizing he was fine, he applied some oil to other's face, after he unbuttoned other's shirt then he can feel comfort. He spread a blanket over him, after gazing at the man for a while, Hong Guibao walked out.
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Fleche woke up with severe headache, his head was paining like a tantrum running around his head much more that he was dizzy like whole room was running around his head. He sighed and he witnessed a glass of water on the table near to his bed, without thinking twice he grabbed it and finished the glass, after he was looking around trying to remembering what was that place and how he ended up being there, looked down and noticed he was unbuttoned , that lead him to a button up.
"What happened last night? Did I have…?" he mumbled himself while trying to remember himself in last night. He suddenly gained the memories of punches and slaps
"Nothing happened, just…" he sighed and he looked at himself in a mirror that was in his room. He felt so mad about himself for getting punches and slaps.
"Did I deserve it?"
He mumbled with a deep gasp holding an acute remorse in his heart, agonizing over the shameful incident he experienced last night due to negligence and careless behaviors. The door was opened he overheard a conversation between two parties a man & a woman talking in outside, it was very precise , there were Hong citizen, the girl was talking with the looking down avoiding eye contact with the man since it was something prohibited in patriarchal society like Hong had, women and men not allowed to talk with each other looking directly making direct eye contact.
The maiden , " ㅅे ㄹ ㅁा ㄹ् ㅁीㅁा ㅌाㄱाㅊा 두ीㅅे िㅇ오ाㅈ्"
"Semar meema Thakacha dwise iwaj"
("Scholar, I took these medicine")
Hong Guibao , "िㅅㅇे िㅅㅇे िㅁㅎा िㄷㄹाㄴा"
"sie sie mihadhirana"
("Thank You miss")
He took his medicine bag to his hand carefully without making any accidental touch with her. The bowed towards to her to show his gratitude
The maiden, "두ीㅅा िㅇㄴ्ㅆाㄴ् ㅅ ू ㄴा ㄷ ा ?"
"doisa inshan suuka dha ?"
("is that guy okay")
Hong Guibao nodded his head and hummed to respond since there wasn't much talk between men and women in HongZheZhu.
Fleche saw these everything with stunned expression "These people are incomprehensive" he mumbled.
Hong Guibao was coming to inside the strawberry pavilion with the medicine bag. He looked at Fleche trying to not look at other man directly because what occurred last night was extremely shameful, even he tried to show up as it was fine, it wasn't. he was about to talk but he didn't since Fleche was looking at something very fiercely. He gritted with frowning, he picked an arrow and a bow which was hanging in pavilion wall, he was pointing that toward to other. Hong Guibao frowned in next second he shut his eyes tightly seeing an arrow coming towards to him,
Fleche shot an arrow that flew away touching the right ear of Hong Guibao's outside and stabbed a dreadful bird who was flying towards to Hong Guibao.
"Mutant's killer falcon"
Fleche mumbled , after few minutes the bird burnt to ashes and disappeared. Hong Guibao got little panic, he tuned aside and witnessing the bird was flaming and became ashes, he stumbled his leg in a stool making him fall the top of Fleche
Fleche couldn't understand what was happening, he stunned when he fell on the ground with a weight of other man, finally he made an eye contact with other who was on his top widened eyes looking at him giving panic expression.
Hong Guibao couldn't understand what just happened. He felt like something on his waist leading him to next seconds it was Fleche's hand which was holding his wrist.
Fleche was looking at the man on his top for few second without any expression, it was tolerable up to few seconds, in next minute he couldn't bear a person whom he disliked was on his top, it was a man made him more uncomfortable
"I hate to be in this position with a man, I would like to have a beautiful moment like this with a pretty girl, get out from me"
Fleche said it mildly, he shoved the man away from him, Hong Guibao stood moved away and stood up with a regretful expression.
"Thank you for saving me as well as I'm sorry" Hong Guibao said , he looked down because he couldn't look at other directly
Fleche sighed "It's okay, and finally arrogant scholar like you apologizing" he said with pouting in a scornful way. He looked outside back then he looked at other man
"Killer Falcons are a murder strategy of mutant, they sent these tricks to kill someone whom they wanted to kill, but you were not the target of them, I guess the owner of this bag you are holding was their target"
Fleche said with picking up the bow which was on the ground and hanging back it properly in the same place he took it from. He sighed looking at the back then man
"This bag has the symbol of royal military, that means they wanted to attack a royal militant in higher status, also royal militant want to deceive the bird and that's why it arrived to your hands, Scholar Hong , please next time be careful when you are taking something from someone, the Westland is a dangerous place" he said while he was trying to step out from the strawberry pavilion.
"Please wait, Young Master Noir" Hong Guibao said to stop Fleche from leaving there for a while
Fleche turned back directly facing his face to the young scholar. The whole environment was little silent at that time after the arrival of the dreadful bird. The place wasn't that noisy since rarely people have a visit to Strawberry pavilion.