After it miraculously ended, not many were injured, there were some very slight injuries, the next day after resting Churan went to visit Mimi and sat beside her bed, waiting for her to wake up. It turns out that not only her leg was injured, but that she was seriously injured all over her body
Churan called her maid to tell her as soon as Mimi wakes up
Churan came out of the room to go to her aunt, "aunt: don't worry Lexin will be fine, he was not badly hurt."
" What about Mimi?"
"My brother took care of her quickly, so it didn't get too bad. She must wake up soon, so don't worry."
Nana: "It turns out you're good at fighting, it's impossible to learn all those skills in such a short time."
"You must be very interested in me, even though your brother was injured you still asked about me, thank you very much." Then she smiled a provocative smile
Aunt Mo:" Are you okay? Didn't you get hurt?"
"do not worry. I'm perfectly fine, just focus on your health, you and lexin, I have to go now"
When Churan turned, Nano was in front of her and they accidentally bumped into each other
"Miss, something bad happened, you're probably in trouble."
Churan grabbed her heart trying to comprehend things: "Is there anything worse? Don't you have good news? Why are you really doing this to me?"
"It doesn't matter now. The king asked the four who participated in his accident today to go to the palace. The guards are waiting for you outside."
(So our first meeting will happen this way, I waited so long)
After everyone arrived as ordered by the king, they bowed in respect to the king and stood up. There were many important politicians, generals and even the royal family.
King: "So let's see who you are. Zenzen and Lingjie are among the best generals in the capital, and Minghao is one of the most ancient families in traditional medicine, then he pointed to Churan: So who are you?"
Churan steeped forward: "I am Zhuo Churan".
The king laughed happily and said, "Oh, so you're the sick daughter of the Zhuo family, aren't you? Turns out you're good at fighting! Are you thinking of becoming a general too? Or maybe a soldier! Your father is in his hometown now, he would be proud to see you now."
"No, no, of course, I'm not that skilled or strong to become any of these either. I'm still young and I have a lot to learn, my friends are the ones who fought those bad guys."
The king was silent for a while and then said: "But I heard that this criminal wanted to kill you, this must not be the first time you have met!"
Minghao stepped forward and bowed. "King, she has nothing to do with anything, but they tried to kill me so she tried to help me."
"If that happened then you should have told the royal palace, don't you think!? It is dangerous and forbidden to interfere with these people. You have to be careful and stay in your own world, why go to a forest when you know it will happen! you even went alone!"
The prince got up and spoke: "Father, I should have met Minghao that day, but some things happened and I couldn't go. We heard that medicinal herbs grow there and we just wanted to pick them. It's my fault. Please don't punish them."
Churan looked at him in confusion, it seemed that there was something strange in her features, but soon their eyes met, she moved her eyes away and looked at the ground.
(I feel like I've met this person before, but thinking of how long I've been here, I think I know the secret of what's going on around me, I know the secret I've been looking for. )
The king nodded: "Well, well. No need to explain haoran, i Forgive her and him, now you all go "
As they were about to leave, a servant came, shouting, "king. It seems that those from the city of Ho became traitors! They are planning bad things! If we don't stop them now, those witches will wipe out the city and all the cities beside it!"
"What exactly happened!"
THE SERVANT: "I heard from our informant who went with the generals. Everything about the corruption of the rulers there was a lie, it was a trap to get some hostages, he ran away to tell us this. It looks like wizard. They captured the minds of the rulers, the whole city"
The king looked worried, then Zenzen said in a loud voice, "king, please let me and my soldiers go, I'll make sure everyone is safe, please."
Lingjie looked at ZenZen: "I will also go with my soldiers".
Haoran the prince said "So, father, you can count on me to go with them to instruct the army."
Minghao, " I may not have enough experience but I will also go to treat any injuries "
"There is no need for all this, but if you insist, each one of you can take a few. If it turns out that the matter is worse than we expected, we will send more."
(Damn why is everyone like this? Did they finally go crazy? I don't have to go with them anyway so I don't care)
"So you are, Shushun? Xue? Ahh Churan! go with them"
Churan replied:" Well... okay.. Wait what? Why me? I'm still young and sick, why should I go?"
"Your father is in danger, and your uncle, and your sister, and also your friends you love most, and the Crown Prince haoran! Don't you care about the future king!"
(Damn why should I even care? Am I a babysitter or what!Or maybe I gave birth to them and abandoned them and now I pay the price )
Churan was about to talk until Minghao and Lingjie pulled her back while she was just trying to run away and complain
Because the situation was very tense, they had to pack up immediately and leave on the same day, since Ho City was not very far and could be reached quickly if they hurried So they mounted their horses and packed their luggage, not knowing when they might return, or if they would return safely.
Churan wore black clothes with a red line in the middle, and raised her long black hair, leaving her bangs on her face.
She was ready to leave when a man's voice stopped her. Lexin came to say goodbye to her, he said sadly: "Mimi woke up, I thought you'd want to know this.."
She looked at him and smiled:" After I'm gone, Stop loving things that are far away like the moon, you can start loving the things closer, very close, by your side "
He said, "after you're gone, the girl I love won't be around"
"Whenever I read a romance novel, I wanted the girl to come back and tell him I love you too, I loved you from the beginning" She said
Then she continued : "But we're not the main characters, and this isn't a romantic novel, it's not any of us's fault, we're not meant for each other, you'll stop loving me soon, don't worry. When you realize that there is another wonderful person by your side, please keep Mimi feelings, I'm not sure this time, if I'll survive, there aren't many opportunities like this, right?"
"I will pray for you, to come back safely, then I will drink wine for you"
"You should drink wine for someone else instead of me"
Lexin said seriously: "She is very good at drinking wine, I will drink wine for you and she will drink wine for me", then the two laughed.
She looked at him for the last time and smiled, "I wish you happiness."
He said sadly: "Don't make it look like goodbye."
She rode the horse and did not look behind her.
...
When they all arrived, they decided to sit in a camp between the city of Hu and the capital, to plan what they would do
The Crown Prince summoned a soldier to ask him about the situation. The soldier said: One of the people we sent said that it is strange, that the gates of the city are open to people, but no one goes out and nothing strange happens. As if there are no problems at all"
Haoran:" What about the type of magic?"
"Well, we don't know..."
Churan said to the soldier: " Is there a black shadow surrounding the city? I think I saw something like this "
The soldier looked at the crown prince, who indicated to him in response to her, : "Yes, he said that there is a black cover outside the city."
Churan smiled, "It must be the 'King' magic."
Everyone looked at her in amazement, so she spoke quickly and explained herself, "I was so bored so I was reading some magic books, I didn't really learn it I just read for fun."
"what do you mean?"
"Alright. I read that this magic is called the king, because he controls everyone in the city, the owner of this magic sets some laws that the magic implements himself. People do things outside their will but they don't even know it, it's like they're dead only their body moves, they eat and sleep and live like a normal person but magic controls them, we can't stop it, and if we go in maybe we will be like them"
"Is there a way to stop the magic? Doesn't that mean the magician himself must come and put a curse on us, if he doesn't, we will be normal"
"Logically, even if there is a secret to stop this magic. It would be another magic, would you do some meditation to make it disappear or what, even if I knew how I wouldn't do it I don't want to die for using magic."
Haoran:" If you have a solution, even if you use magic. I will protect you. So do it"
"This is the king's decision, you can't easily break it. Even you can't save her." Zenzen Said.
" Don't you want to save your father? Also everyone can be silent who will tell my father then!"
" Shut up, everyone, If we entered, he could control us. The informant could go and say in front of everyone, "The Crown Prince has rebelled and become a traitor." You know, the informant is from within the city, we lost from the start, we were deceived. "
Lingjie: "Right! They must have just decided to make him say that to us, not that he's smarter, but that he's in their hands."
"Right. So we must not let anyone get out of there and go to the capital. Whatever happens, we must send them and tell them that we will spend this period in secret and they must wait without sending anyone."
Haoran went and ordered some of the guards to go and tell the king not to send anything
"Actually, this is also a trap. There is another magic called the magic of dolls, whoever enters his feet into the city will become a human puppet, aware of everything around him, hear and see, but cannot move, he moves but is trapped, if his body is cut into pieces he will not die, he will feel all that pain! It makes sense to use something like that if he really wanted to destroy the city, but instead choose something that would not harm anyone, whatever happens to those people now. They will feel nothing. But on the other hand, there is one benefit, which is that if you were a puppet, no magic would apply to you, but at the moment if we entered, any kind of magic. it will hit us."
Haoran: " So let's go in and try our luck. We're doing it for the country "
"I'm sorry but that's just stupid. It is courage to run away from danger, Not to go inside a lion's cage and say I'm brave!"
Everyone was standing at a loss, which option is correct? Minghao broke the silence of their thoughts
: "So what do you think?"
"Of course we should just go back! We can't use magic, but they know fighting and magic! They are far ahead of us. If we enter our skill will be of no use, because there is no war inside! There is a Crazy sick villain who wants to kill one of us!"
Despite everything she said, she could never stop Hao Ran. It seemed as if since he heard the news, he had already decided to enter no matter what the outcome was. Is this kindness too much? Or what is the secret that makes him sacrifice everything?
They stood in front of the gate, the time of truth had come for them, death or life
"I warned you. I don't know much about this black shadow magic, but I heard it's dangerous, puppet magic is just a small part of it, I can't even imagine what they're planning to do for us"
Churan looked up at the sky, it was morning, but she could see the shining stars again, they had become five stars in a vertical line. "I must know why I'm here," she said in her mind. then she smiled
When they entered through the gate, everything seemed normal, even the governor of the city came to welcome them and told them that he had allotted a small palace for them.
They all stood up after they arrived and arranged their things around the map, they were trying to find a way to find a solution, it all seemed like a puzzle
Churan felt her brain was going to explode, she kept hearing voices of someone talking, when the Haoran tried to talk to her, she was able to hear him but she couldn't speak, as if she was in another world.
Lingjie : "What happened to her? She was with us all day, It is impossible for magic to affect her alone."
Suddenly it seemed like Churan woke up, She said "Don't worry, I'm fine." Then she grabbed her head: "Damn, my brain is going to explode. I told you not to come in"
Zenzen approached Churan and asked: "What happened to you? Couldn't you hear us?"
" No, it's not like that, I heard you guys, but that voice told me not to move or talk. "
Hao Ran approached her ": Is this the king's magic?"
Churan looked at the ground, then raised her head and said in a sharp voice: "This.. this is shadow magic. She told me she would come again. Guys, we have to be careful."
Churan went out to get some air while looking up at the rainy sky: "How fast, the clear sky turns to rain"
Minghao: "You must love the sky so much, you keep looking at it"
She consulted on the sky and said to him: " Do you see those stars? "
"Oh there are two stars, they are very bright "
"Yes, you're right, looks like this person will finally visit us soon."
"do you mean?"
Churan laughed and didn't reply, leaving him confused and just walked away..