by Fat Bread
You saw it? You saw it! White Lotus gazed at Yun Xi with a crying-like pitiful look. She had no more words.
"In fact... I came here first." Yun Xi guiltily raised up his hands. He wasn't a pervert who would peep on girls bathing.
"I... I know... prince..." White Lotus shyly pinched her fingers, not daring to look at Yun Xi's face.
Just now, she gathered all her nerve to kiss her prince.
She didn't expect that the sleeping prince woke up due that, just like the fairy tales said!
It must be decreed by fate!
In her dream, the prince's kiss woke her up. However, in the real world, her kiss woke up the prince.
Right now, what should her expression be?
In fairy tales, after being awakened by the prince's kiss, the princess would fall in love with the prince.
In the real world, after awakened by her kiss, would it be the same for the prince?
Too much anxiety made her heart almost jump out from her chest.
Was this the so-called love?
Shyness, anxiety, excitement, and thrill. Various emotions mixed together, her head almost broke.
She could even measure the orbit of stars, but couldn't even find a date or formula to deduce her current mood.
What should she do? What expression should she show?!
Now, her expression must be very, very ugly. Wee-wee-wee-wee!
"Eh, sorry, I'm not a prince." Yun Xi sighed and shook his head. He felt lucky that it was the younger sister of the twins that found him.
If the terrible elder sister found him, Yun Xi slightly imagined the scene and couldn't stop himself from trembling.
The elder sister Red Lotus hated love and didn't mind anything. If she were to find him, the "turtle"...
After mincing the turtle, would she steam, braise, or stew him?
"No, you're my prince!" White Lotus raised up her head as persistent lights shined inside of her eyes.
"You don't know this, but I have seen you in my dream before. It was you, kissing us to awake us from the infinite darkness."
"Even though I know nothing of true love, I know it's our fate."
"You're the prince of my sister and me."
Yun Xi dumbly looked at the White Lotus Witch, who was so innocent to believe that the dream meant destiny.
He couldn't say the truth. He couldn't force it out of his mouth!
The dream was the trial the stars arranged for him. You, the green hippo, and his childhood sweetheart - Hua Huo - were involved in his dream by the stars. How was it possible to tell her this truth!
Should he tell her, the young sister of the twin witches, one of the apostles' candidate, that he was the starchild who was wanted by the four overlords?
Even if he wanted to die, it wasn't an acceptable choice.
So, he couldn't explain, couldn't say, that the girl's dream of a lover was just a by-product of a trial.
The great stars, why?!?!
"I- I'm just an ordinary person. It's true."
"Look, I live here, a small village. I'm a 3rd-ranked Baker and 1st-ranked Swordsman."
"You must be mistaken. I'm not your prince." Now, Yun Xi had to firmly deny her words.
"Ah, you live in this small village! I knew it was fate!" White Lotus's eyes sparkled as if there were stars shining in them.
They must be the lovely stars named "love".
Chapter 34: Confession
This time, he could never wash himself clean!
Looking at White Lotus's persistent eyes, Yun Xi found that she was serious. She really thought that he was her dreamed prince.
The power of the stars was too fantastic. They could actually draw unrelated people in their trial and cause this misunderstanding.
However, he absolutely couldn't tell her the existence of the stars.
"Prince, what's your name?"
"Nice to meet you. I'm a witch from the sharp end area of the White Lotus Sword Domain, the titled Holy Virgin of the White Lotus Sword Domain."
"Sister and I are a pair of doomed twins. I'm White Lotus, my sister is Red Lotus." White Lotus politely greeted Yun Xi. Her etiquette was so gentle, it's hard to imagine that she was a girl who could wake Yun Xi up with such a fierce kiss.
"Yun Xi. Yun means cloud and Xi meaning silent." Yun Xi didn't know what to do in the face of White Lotus's good manners.
She was a Holy Virgin of the White Lotus Sword Domain and was one of the twin witches, a real Hero Ranked female warrior!
Moreover, she had another hidden identity - she was an apostle candidate of an overlord (his ex-girlfriend).
According to Mei'er's explanation, not everyone was entitled to be an apostle alternate of his ex-girlfriends.
Talent, strength, potential, and even beauty were all there. If you were at the 7th Rank, but were ugly, you still wouldn't qualify to be their candidate.
Anyone who could become an "apostle" of the four overlords was obviously a special person, a genius above geniuses, a special presence who was far stronger than any person at the same rank.
Now, as a dangerous presence to Yun Xi, the unknown apostle who was searching for him in the Sky Sword God's Domain was an apostle of the 7th Rank.
According to Mei'er's judgment, as the weakest among all the apostles, she should have obtained her position not long ago.
Well, less powerful when compared to some more old and stronger apostles. At any rate, a 7th Rank was a horrible presence, it wouldn't be difficult for them to destroy the entire White Lotus Sword Domain.
Even if all the 1st Rank like Yun Xi together reached a billion or tens of billions, in the face of a 7th Rank, they were nothing but just a number.
The presence of a 7th Rank had already reached the level of a master in the starry sky. If it was a small realm, it wouldn't even survive a full attack of someone of this rank.
For the small village, a 3rd-ranked girl like Hua Huo was already the strongest person. As for the twin witches who were at the Hero Rank, they were legendary people!
Now, one of them - White Lotus, was smiling sweetly and shyly in front of him. Her big black eyes were filled with love.
In the end, what went wrong?
"Yun Xi, what a nice name."
"In the end, my prince is beside me, at the place I'm supposed to be at."
"Ah, What a fantastic destiny! Thank fate, it guided me to meet with you."
"So, when can we talk about our wedding?" White Lotus looked at Yun Xi in ecstasy.
No, it wasn't fate! It was the stars' fault! Yun Xi wanted to tell her the truth, but he forced himself to stop.
Weird. It was too weird. He had never met such a girl like White Lotus.
She was so innocent, enthusiastic, and pure, as if she was a princess that came out from a fairy tale.
It seemed that all the darkness and dirty stuff in the world didn't exist in her eyes. She was like the most beautiful flower that bloomed in a greenhouse: snow white and spotless.
How did such a girl grow up?
Didn't she know that the world had a lot of bad, dirty, and dark stuff?
It was just a kiss in a dream, and she'd thought that he was her dreamed prince. She even started to design their wedding!
The process was too fast.
"Cough... Your Honorable Holy Virgin, please stop mocking me. I'm not a guy who deserves your love."
Yun Xi said the truth seriously and nervously.
"Why?" White Lotus looked at Yun Xi with a puzzled and doubtful look.
"Because I'm just a baker, and you're the Holy Virgin of the White Lotus Sword Domain!" Yun Xi tried to point out the differences between their identities by using a simple method.
"Anything wrong?" White Lotus cocked her face with an expression of ‘I don't know what you are talking about!’
"It means that the gap between our identities is too wide. We can't live together." Yun Xi looked at the innocent White Lotus, trying to weep.
What was she taught? Wasn't
she taken care of too well?
"What's the matter? I like prince and prince just needs to marry me." White Lotus didn't understand because she never needed to understand these kinds of things before.
Since her childhood, she could almost get everything she wanted.
Her sister and she were born as the best witches in the White Lotus Sword Domain. From her childhood, she didn't need to worry about food or clothes and everyone took good care of her.
Her fate made her focus on reading books, deduce, and to be her sister's supplementary. She was already the perfect White Lotus Holy Virgin in other people's eyes.
She didn't understand because her life was so perfect.
Under her sister Red Lotus's protection, she grew up innocent and pure. She believed the fantastic fairy tale stories and dreamed of a dreamy love.
In reality, due to her sister Red Lotus, no man dared to reach their hands toward the twin witches.
Because her sister Red Lotus had a slight case of androphobia, she never allowed others to get close to them casually.
Until that day…. her sister and her had the same dream.
It was a fantastic dream, just like her favorite fairy tale story said: 'The prince came from a far away kingdom, broke through brambles and thorns to find the princess who was sleeping in the dark forest, and woke her up with a kiss.'
In the dream, her sister and her were awake the whole time. She even vaguely felt that the prince tore the brambles away from them and finally met with her.
That kiss was the first kiss for White Lotus and Red Lotus both.
Love at first sight, it must be like that. When she opened her eyes, for the first time she stayed in the same body with her sister, she saw her prince.
At that time, she'd understood that this was the so-called destiny.
She finally encountered her prince, as dramatic as the fairy tale stories.
Prince! Her prince!
"Identity, race, circumstances of birth, and strength aren't problems. I believe that we can overcome all difficulties to stay together!"
"My prince, trust me, my heart will link up together with yours forever. No matter whoever comes to stand in our way, my heart will never change."
"Even if that means that I have to fight against the whole world!"
"I love you. Please marry me, prince."
Oh, that was not the problem. Yun Xi wanted to cry.
You are an apostle candidate. You are my enemy, Your Honorable White Lotus Holy Virgin!
Chapter 35: Love Letters
You wanted to marry me just because of a kiss? Your Honorable White Lotus Holy Virgin, how pure and naive you are!
Please don't confuse fairy tale stories with reality!
Let's suppose that you were the pure, innocent, and beautiful princess in the fairy tale story. However, I wasn't the prince who rode on a white horse to greet you!
You and I are natural enemies!
"I... I can't accept your love..." At any rate, Yun Xi had to refuse the exalted White Lotus Holy Virgin's love.
Even though he felt a little regret in his heart, but as a boy who was born in a small village, Yun Xi knew that it was impossible to accept White Lotus's love.
For them, the gap between their identities and strengths made it impossible to go on.
In Yun Xi's dream about his future, maybe he would marry one of those girls in his village. He even slightly imagined the possibility of marrying Hua Huo.
However, a female like White Lotus wasn't within his choice.
An illusion should have its limits. Moreover, the pair of twin witches were two terrible presences. Like his natural enemies.
"You can't? Why?" White Lotus seemed very shocked. Her innocent eyes almost welled up in tears.
"No means no. We are two different people.
"Besides, today I just meet you for the first time."
If before he awakened his blood as the starchild, if such a beautiful, cute, and pure girl said that she liked him, maybe he couldn't wait to accept her.
"Ah... but... you're my prince!" White Lotus's eyes were filled with love. It seemed that even if Yun Xi refused her, she had no intention to give up.
"Tell me, prince. What should I do to stay with you?
"No matter what I have to do, I will try my best."
"Except you, no one can obtain my love."
Pressure. It was a great pressure. Yun Xi's forehead began to drop with big beads of sweat.
She was a perfect girlfriend! She only cared about him; she didn't even want any other male except him. She was like the most tender and beautiful flower in the greenhouse.
Dammit! How nice would it be if she wasn't the White Lotus Holy Virgin and the terrible apostle candidate, but an ordinary girl in the village.
It wasn't easy to meet such a girl who would show her true heart to him, but she was his natural enemy. Stars, are you mocking me?
"Then... then... let's first be friends, ok?"
It was just a plot to gain more time because there was no other way. No matter if it was Hua Huo or White Lotus, soon after they would leave this small village. By that time, the problem would be solved naturally.
"It's too weird to begin with a wedding. You're still young, you need time to teach you what true love is." After wiping the sweat away from his forehead, Yun Xi tried to give her advice by using the best euphemistic method.
"Ah... so that..." White Lotus understood.
"We need time to brew our love and the marriage contract also needs time to be prepared. Prince, you considered our future well."
"So, give me a love token!"
"You don't understand it at all, my Honorable Holy Virgin!"
Yun Xi looked at White Lotus, who smiled innocently, with an expression of "Why are you so naive?".
There was actually a girl who was like the princesses in the fairy tales.
She smiled at him just because of his one kiss. She didn't mind the identity and strength of the person she loved, but reached her hand to him without hesitation.
Compared to her innocence, Yun Xi felt like he was a mortal who had sank into the dirty world. How could he deserve such a fairytale princess!
"Gift... gift..." Yun Xi looked around, but unfortunately, he came here to take a bath. He didn't bring anything that could be used as a gift to the girl.
Luckily, it was a hot springs area. Yun Xi remembered that there was a speciality here. It was the associated product of the volcano, and many people came to pick some to make ornaments.
Yun Xi saw one. He took several steps forward, put his hand into one of the stone wall's corner, and drew out a fiery-red stone.
Yun Xi slightly pinched, then found an irregularly shaped micalex.
It was a very common mineral in the mountain areas, especially at a hot spring. You could find them anywhere on the cliff.
In this hot springs area, there was a kind of beautiful micalex. Yun Xi found them by accident in his childhood while playing here with Hua Huo.
Unlike most of micalexs that looked green, white, or red, the micalexs in this hot spring had a rare golden-red colour. It was a beautiful colour, just like the setting sun ensanguined behind the clouds.
"I hope you are worth of my choice." After carefully wiping off the stone chips from the surface of the micalex, bit by bit, Yun Xi predictably saw the beautiful golden-red colour.
He was so poor that he could only present White Lotus with such a crummy gift.
As the future master of the White Lotus Sword Domain and the highest witch, White Lotus probably wouldn't take a fancy in this kind of common rough stone.
Gold, treasure, pearls, or corals were nothing to her. She was like a beautiful princess in the fairy tale story, naturally having everything.
As an ordinary person, the semitransparent golden-red micalex was the only gift he could find here for her.
"This... I can only find this..." Yun Xi looked at the irregular shaped stone in his hand and felt embarrassed becaus
e it was just a rough stone, good for nothing except for its good-looking colour.
"What a beautiful gem..." White Lotus's eyes sparkled, behaving like she was a little girl who had just first tasted the sweetness of candy.
