"hey, don't tell anyone. Before im ready to come out with our relationship." Lucy the daughter of my father's ally. She is meant to be married off to some lord or something.
"Rurial, I can't bear it. I can't get married to that man. I only love you. If you don't say anything. Then you don't truly love me. " Lucy is a beautiful girl, with a button nose, fair skin, cute voice and many other noble features.
"Don't say that, the reason it should be secret is for you. It would tarnish your reputation. People would think ill of you. Leaving your fiancé for another man. Lucy you know that you are the only girl for me. But I am incapable. You should hate me." I soothe her. The real reason I don't declare a duel and take her as my wife, is that the other girls that I am dating would find out. At that point. The duel would be the least of my worries.
"I can't bring myself to hate you. What should i do, that man will eventually want to marry. Once I marry him. Would you even look at me." She's inside her own head, completely blind to my body language and tone. Seeing everything through rose tinted glass.
"Even, when that happens. My thoughts would be occupied with your image. I only want you to be happy. Although I have lost you." I look down at. Her height is way below mine.
"NO, you haven't lost me. I can beg my father to annul the marriage."she jumps into my arms and cries.
"You can't, doing so will tarnish your father's reputation. You must go through with the marriage." I cant let her, fuck us both. No matter what, the marriage needs to be continued.
"Fine, but promise me that you wouldn't forget me. When I become another man's wife." She weeps on my arms. Conflicted between damaging her clans reputation or following her heart.
I pat her head and let her leave back to her home. I dont know if i diverted the disaster. But hopefully i dont need bother with anymore problems and enjoy myself. I wipe the sweat off my forehead and go to my home.
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"Rurial. You silly man, Hahaha" I coyly squeeze the ass of a maid servant. As we flirt back and forth. I massage her muscles, trying to make her feel special and loved.
"Maybe, i should be charging you for my labour." We lightheartedly chuckle and joke around. I coup her amble breasts and lay her on my lap. Playing around is escalating to my favorite part.
"WHO IS IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BASTARD THAT-" i look out my window. My heart drops, as i hear the screaming. I stand up in a hurry. Dropping the maid to the floor. She yelps as she falls.
I know who it is. Its Lucy's father and i also know the exact reason he is angry. I quickly gather my self and leave the room, Leaving a very confused maid in the room.
I shuffle out and rush to my room. Turning corners and bumping into servants. It was on colliding with the third servant did i realize what i am doing is very suspicious. With that realization i know that i cant just play it off anymore. I have to skip town or i am dead meat. Actually going to be murdered or something worse. Forced into closed door cultivation, for who knows how many years. Until i learned my mistake.
"Sir, is something the matter." My Favorite person in the mansion. The head butler Pullian. He turns a blind eye when i bring girls over and covers for me when i sneak out.
"Pullian. I am going to the markets to buy medicine. If my father asked." I pat him on the shoulder and try to go past him.
"Tell me What" My heart drops, as i hear my father. Also rushing to the direction of my room.
"Dad!, Its great to see you. What luck, i wanted to tell you that i am going out to see this really cute girl. I think shes in the Blood refining stage.
"CUTE MY ASS." He smacks me across the head really hard. "How can you talk about CUTE girls at a time like this." He looks at me, as if he wants to kill me.
"What do you mean a time like th-" 'SMACK' he hits me again.
"Ouch, okay okay. Dad i swear this isnt my fault. She come on to me." I rub my head. Obviously used to being hit as punishment.
"The princess of the Concorda family came on to you." He isnt shouting anymore, his tone is more of a smouldering flame.
"You know me, its not in my nature to turn down beauties" At this point he would have smacked me across the head. But his face is blank and stern.
"Pullian, gather ever servant that saw Rurial. Afterwards. Kill them" My hearts dropped for the third time. ???? KILL THEM. What is he thinking.
"Rurial. This time i really cant bail you out" He looks at me solemnly and Motions for me to come closer,
I hesitated, but eventually got closer. He whispers in my ear and says something that broke my world view.
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POV --- Jeremiah Dulhan
'What will i do" Hes an idiot. But hes my son. I did the only thing that i could do. I exiled him and said he ran away. This will hurt the clan. It will hurt it a lot. But hes my only son.
Oh Margaret. My love. What would you have done if you were still with us. My body is too weak, Old age has ruined me. A tear starts falling as i reminisces and remember all the regrets i have. I wanted to do so much, experience so much. But its time to do what i am forced deal with.
There is still so much to do. My body creaks as i stand up from my chair. Too ill to be the strapping young hero, that i used to be. But life waits for no man. I wear my robes and come out to damage control. To salvage what is left of the Dulhan and Concorda clan's relationship.
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I run to the woods. Tears fall down my face. its all over. I touched the wrong girl and ruined my cushy life. i didnt realize my dad would kick me out. He gave me a backpack with essentials and forced me to live out on my own. He at least didnt give me up as a peace keeping method.
Wait, now that i think about it. This is perfect. All my relationships were destroyed with the scandal and i dont have to deal with clan missions anymore. I can go on adventures and do all the other thing that i wasnt allowed to do.
I can go across the lands and meet every beauty that the world has to offer. you know, i am starting to feel optimistic about this. There used to be so many people that i need to answer to. Now that i am free. I could play around, without some old elder advising me how to be miserable like them.
I have been told to run to the wood and meet a smuggler. he will take me across the ocean and drop me off at port. The problem is, i have no idea where i am supposed to go. The directions that were told to me, were to go to the woods and thats it. How deep and what part of the forest.
"Transport, Transport. Transport" i hear some one screaming transport over and over again, in the distance. I assume thats who i am supposed to meet. I make my way to him. The forest trees are incredibly high and block most sunlight.
'ROAAR' "Ahhh" i start running even faster. There was a roar of strong sounding beast and the scream of the man that was signaling for me. this forest is filled with wild animals. With the occasional magical beast. I am a Qi condensing cultivator. I can fight 90% of the toughest creatures that exist in these parts.
I perk my ears, And close in on the spot. In less than 10 seconds. i show up on a forest path. There is a gigantic bear running after someone that is ducking behind trees and doing sharp turns. Hes trying to hide from it with twigs pulled down from the tree, as if that will actually work.
"HEY LOOK AT ME" i pull out my sword and ready my self. The bear looks behind it and creeps towards me. Gathering energy on my feet. I jump to the tree that it was wrapping around. Turning sharply it tried to snap at me. Like a squirrel, i walk around on the bark and jump on the bears back.
It shakes the earth with its roar and trys to reach behind its back. Pulling my sword sharply into its shoulder. Disabling its right arm, the bear turns its body sharply. Jumping off its back. I do a back flip and land out of its reach.
It looks at me with murderous intent, but is too afraid to approach me. I circle it, Trying to bait it to approach me. 3 steps to the right and it swing its left arm. Clearly afraid to let me on its crippled side. After it extends. I capitalize and cut off its left arm.
Now fully crippled. I walk toward it and cut off its head. The corpse of the Bear topples to the floor. A thud noise signalling the end of the fight.
"Wow, you killed it in less than a minute." A hairy man with a large mustache. A sailor type." He come up to me and pats me on the back. Big jolly smile.
"I assume you are the person that was screaming for every predator to come get them."
"Hahaha, I am no landlover. In the open sea, You have to have a powerful voice."
"Were you, here to get me" i ask directly, if he wasnt. Then i would need to kill him.
"Aye. You the Dulhan kid right."
"Yea. Where are we going." i Crack open the skull of the bear and retrieve its nucleus.
"We going to Dragon Nation's port. you'll go on a merchants freight boat. So dont expect luxury." He looks at the bear. Still surprised that it could be beaten.
"Okay lets go."
"Aye"