JunHe Yun? Would the Yun family let me use their clan name? Maybe I should make up a surname for myself as well? JunHe Mo. JunHe Yi. JunHe Rong. JunHe Li... Well. I'll think about it later.
It's been 5 days since I collapsed. No one came to check up on me within those 5 days and now I'm severely sick. RaiYa is probably angry with me for not showing up.
I painfully get up to get some water and as I do I noticed the poor condition of my room. Dust everywhere, rotting wooden floors and walls, and old basic utensils. It's not a place anyone should be living in and yet I've been living here for years. No wonder it was always so cold during the winters and hot in the summers.
I don't even have a table or chairs, just a little night stand where I usually eat my food, a bed, and a closet. The servants usually leave me food at my door steps every 2 days. Today, they brought me a tray, but everything looked old and smelled weird. Moldy bread, left over soup that's almost solidified, and yellow rice. Is this normal food? Do I always eat this? Does everyone else eat this too? I ate the food despite its smell and it tasted normal. I guess it really is food.
As time pass I began to think if I should I leave the Yun family, but I don't have any money and I probably wouldn't be able to make a living without any connections. I'll probably live like a beggar on the streets for years. Not only that, but I don't know how to awaken my elemental powers or if I have any. I probably wouldn't be able to defend myself either. Well, at least here I'll have a roof over my head and food to eat from time to time.
I looked around for some clothes in the closet and noticed how tattered and worn down they were. They're all the same style with a dirty white color. All the edges of my clothing were grayish brown from collected dirt and poorly washed. I grab a set to put on and a roll of bandages to cover my eyes. It was hard wrapping my bandages myself. My fingers could barely move and they ached a little when bent.
The main house was in chaos. Servants ran around in terror as they tried to please RaiYa. He's been on edge for several days and punished many servants for the tiniest mistake. After I recovered a little from my sickness, I wanted to sneak into the small library that the Yun children used to study in. Since I can see now then maybe I could learn to read and write.
My hands touch the corridor walls as they guide me. Having been blind for such a long time and getting lost was beneficial. I knew my way around just by touching the bumps and dents on the walls and floors. As I kept walking, someone knocks me over and steps on top of my hand. I couldn't feel anything, but I knew it was stepped on because I couldn't move it.
"What's this? The leech is still here. How shameless. Still living off of us. Disgusting." The man scoffed.
It was RaiYa. He's been in a terrible mood, but never has he physically hurt me before. He kicked me against the wall and held me down with his other foot. I could feel an intense pain in my shoulder. I could hear him pull out his sword and place it near my neck slicing my skin as blood starts to drip down.
"Should I just dispose of you myself?" RaiYa said coldly.
"RaiYa~!" NaiWei shouted with joy. "I heard you got stood up by a lady. Is that why you've been so upset? Why don't you just search for her?"
"If I could find her, I would have found her by now." RaiYa replied calmly yet coldly.
"Ehhh~ all you need to do is ask around for her family name."
"She didn't give me her family name nor her real name. She looked so timid that I didn't think she'd refuse."
NaiWei laughed historically as he pulls RaiYa off me and they chatted as they walked off. I could feel my blood and sweat run cold and my body trembled. I retreated back into my room to tend to my wound, but it didn't stop bleeding. My trembling fingers only made it worse and by the time I was done, the bandage was messily wrapped around my neck. Is this also how the bandages on my eyes look? Looking down on my hand and shoulder were bruises that RaiYa had inflicted on me. The thought of teaching myself how to read and write disappeared. Although the younger Yun siblings bullied me, they have never attempted to kill me like RaiYa.
Remembering the conversation RaiYa and NaiWei had, RaiYa thinks I'm a woman that set him up, but I was a boy and I was unconscious at the time. What if he finds out that it was me though? Wouldn't he kill me on the spot? What about my eyes? Will he take them from me if he finds out I can see?