Step Twenty Four : Black Swan


Fanyin Village


The King of Fanyin Village has been ambush by his own brother who try to take over not only the Throne but also woman. He already madly in love with The Queen, so he take a change to overthrow the Kingdom. With the death of the King, automatically he will be the next King of Fanyin Kingdom.


But not just the throne, he also made an offer for the queen to keep her status by being his queen, if she agree he will spare the life of child that she is conceived right now and will treat her child as royal family.


To avoid being killed the Queen agree with the offering, but deep down inside she hate his brother in law but as a woman without power there is nothing she can do. All the army was not on her side, even there is she is outnumber. So she will surrender for the moment to plan a perfect revenge for her late husband.


Time flies, she can’t gather any army by her side so she change her tactic, she pretend to love him back and willing to have his child, hearing of this news the King feeling jovial. But when the Queen find out she is pregnant while she is still hate her husband she try so many way to kill her baby in the womb. But none of them are work so she has to give birth to her second daughter. As soon as the baby born she take the baby with her and throw her away to a snake pit that guided by four pythons. She not feeling any regret for doing that.


The baby not knowing anything since she just born she just keep crying. The pythons are spirit animal even though they don’t have physical body they still try to care for the little baby that being throw into their home. The pythons try to provide her with fruit and water. Just enough to make the baby growth


When the baby reach five years old, a boy around 15 years old come to forest for cultivate since he will the next archmage of Fanyin Village. He bump into her at the snake pit, he come to her when the python leaving for spiritual moonlight bless. Seeing her injure he bite his finger and drink her his blood, since the blood of archmage is the best medicine to heal. He also use his magic to create a fruit tree and channel the mountain water to pass through her place, Since the girl doesn’t know how to talk , he give her name A’lanruo and remind her that she call A’lanruo. With the magic he place her name in the back of her arm.


He can’t stay with her since he must go to seclusion for training but he promise her he would come back, and wish she will survive when she come back.


Past another five years, the Queen give born again to Third Princess, with the care personally of the King that is nothing she can do to accept the born into Royal family. The king spoil his new born so much.


When A’lanruo is ten years old, Su mo ye the second prince of west sea come to Fanyin Village and saw her. Feeling pity he took her under his protection by being her teacher. He starts to teach her how to talk, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. They spend time together in his mansion. When he finally realize the girl he save was actually the second princess of Fanyin Village. After around ten years he took her to enter the Kingdom to introduce her as a second princess who long lost.


The king was found surprise hearing the information but after the queen admitted what she done long time ago, the king melt and accept his long lost daughter. But the queen doesn’t want her in the Kingdom, so she give her a mansion outside the palace so she can stay there. And only come to the palace when invite.


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Meanwhile at Taichen Palace ten days after the deep sleep, Donghua found his cultivation back 70% which is enough for him to protect his love. He then go the Fanyin palace under invisible magic. He feeling sad seeing her wife being treat so bad. But when he saw a man come to rescue her, he recognize the man, he is Su moye and one of Liansong friend. He follow her, to see how she is.


Su moye treat her quite good, he teach her a lot and able to make her shining. With Donghua help he inform Sumoye and give him evidence that the girl was second princess so with that he make a move to introduce her to the king.   


One day she getting an invitation to come to her cousin birthday party, which is Shen Ye, his mother married with the Queen’s brother which make them become cousin. She come not knowing what to give, she give him a present. But just for being humiliated since he throw her present away and saying something like her dirty blood since she was raise by a snake. This is frustrating her so she left the party and never dare to come to another after.


When the wheather is warm and sunny, Chang di and Juno challenge A’lanruo for horse competition. And when the race start A’lanruo who never learn how to horse riding before jump in scare when Chang di horse was run near her horse, by doing that the horse that a’lanruo ride was running so fast and she can’t control it. When it seem to almost happen accident suddenly the horse stop and was so calm like nothing is happen. Donghua who is on his invisible spell swash a magic to make the horse in ease. Donghua realize her two sister was capable in harming his love so he must be with her all the time.


He also sleep with the same bed with her but she never know, it just everytime she fell a sleep he would get on her bed and lay with her, while she is sleeping he caress her hair and give her rub at back to make her sleep deeper. She unnoticed will take his hair and hug him. Sometimes she even dream and make a funny pout face.


One day when she reach 25years her mother want her to marry Xize the former archmage since Shen Ye had been archmage now. When the wedding proposal come to her she just nod since she know she doesn’t have any choices. Her teacher Su moye come and go since he has his duty as the second prince and missing the news about her wedding.


DOnghua know that she gonna married Xize feeling jeolous he find a way not letting his love get married other man. Since he acknowledge Xize was in seclusion so he used this chance to act like Xize and lock the real Xize away, and use a spell to switch all village mind about how Xize look like. With that donghua as Xize start to take involve in her  trial.


Xize accept the wedding proposal since he want her to have at least a decent life without being bullied. With her as his wife he want to make sure she can pass a normal life, but A’lanruo life is never been easy.


A’lanruo look stunning in her red wedding dress, meanwhile Xize wear a purple white robe, in front of their parents they took a bow and sign the wedding agreement and their become husband and wife. Little did they know Shen Ye also put a feeling towards A’lanruo, he is also the boy who give her name and save her life when she was little. But when he came out from seclusion and go find her, she already under Sumoye protection and since he think this will be for her good he just calmly accept.


Donghua in other hand as Xize found his wife as shimmering as she is, and he just fall in love with her again. Even their married Xize never try to consummate his wedding, they just lay in the same bed but as far as he do is hug her and kiss her forehead. He respect her and just stay around her to protect her.


A’lanruo even though she doesn’t know anything about Xize but slowly she build trust and respect him as her husband. Xize treat her very nice and show much affection to her. When they go to the market Xize will hold her hand and keep her close to him so she doesn’t get sway by the crowd. When they visit their parents Xize will stay by her side all the time. He also plan on a date with her to watch a fulling flower. They seat on the grass and wait for the flower to bloom.


“ Xize do you ever fall in love “ she asked while enjoying the bloom of fulling flower


“ I have once “


“ Really, how is she look like?”


“ She is my sunshine, i love her with all my heart, she is  a brave , strong, capable, outstanding and most of all the mischievous one. She always dare to pull a joke to everyone, even me. But I can’t never get angry with her, all the things she do is just look so cute in my eyes. But I failed her so many times, and hurt her so many times, but she always forgave me. She never once blame me for what I’ve done to her. She always find the way to back to me”


“ You love her so much, but why is it you’re not being with her ?”


Xize look at her doe brown eyes and feel the warm from her eyes


“ I’m “


“ What?”


“ I’m with her now”


“ But you are with me now Xize”


“ If I tell you the truth will you believe me “


“ What is it?”


Donghua clear the spell from her mind, and make her see who he really are. And she was in surprise that make her gasp while covering her mouth with both of her hand


“ Who are you” A’lanruo said


“ My name is Donghua Dijun, I am your husband from your previous life”


“ You what? Am I not hearing it right, you just said you are my husband in my previous life?”


“ Yes, you hearing exactly right”


“ And how can it be ?”


“You are Bai Feng Jiu granddaughter of Qing Qiu and you are immortal. When facing your Ascending to become High Goddess, your body disappears into the light, After spending a while searching for you, I finally found out you are reincarnate in this fanyin village. I’m not supposed to interfere your trial but I can’t let them harm you since you are my wife”


“ I’m confused. If that is right what are we supposed to do now?”


“ Just follow the trial, I’ll be by your side. So you don’t have to feel miserable all your life even though you must live your life as A’lanruo until the trial is over. Let me ask you, don’t you ever see me?”


“ Since I was a kid I always have the same dream, a white silver hair deity, he always told me to wait for him that he will find away to find me, I thought is just a dream, but looking at you now I now it’s not a dream. You look like the same man in my dream. Super good looking one”


“ Xiao bai I miss you so much “ Donghua hug her and kiss her like he doesn’t want to let go her lips. She just reply his kiss and kiss him even more just like found a water spring in the middle of desert.


Donghua keep himself as Xize, only A’lanruo can see his true self. He keep showering her with love and affection that make many other envy their relationship and he also be her archery teacher. As a student she is very diligent, and Donghua now how persistent his wife was.


When they sit at the yard drinking tea together, Cha cha her maid rush in and bring the news that her sister Juno is going to be execute because she is being pregnant with her teacher while she actually bethroted with Shen Ye. The execution will be held in two weeks


A’lanruo jump in surprise hearing the news, and look at her husband but Xize doesn’t give any reaction to the news. His face remain calm without expression.


When the day of the execute come, their gather in a arena, while Juno wrist being tight and on her knee. The King with no emotion throw a death sentence to what her did. Since what she done put a shame on royal family.


The Queen already try many other thing to change his mind, to forgive her daughter but nothing is work. She just can’t do anything to save her child.


When the time is up the executor cut her wrist and load her blood and feed it to the tiger blade. Once the blood drop into the center of the saber, the spiritual white tiger with giant wings and big fang flying out from the saber and attack Juno who is now looking pale.


Suddenly the light from the sword attack the white tiger and make the appearance of Shen Ye. As he told her to hide he fight the White tiger spirit alone. When he look exhausted without thinking A’lanruo materialized her arc and aim at the beast. While the beast diverted, she fly down the arena and stand beside Shen Ye



Xize stood up seeing her act but can’t do anything he sit back in worry


“ Why are you helping her, she already betray you”


“ I have to, I was in debt with her father, after all she is my fiancé and my family too”


“ She and I was a family, doesn’t that mean I’m your family too?”


“ Stop the talking, I must defeat the spirit tiger, you go back upstairs. “


“ Do you know how to seal it back?”


“ I don’t”


She materialized a dagger, and get his hand in between her hand and dagger, without saying anything she withdraw the dagger, and their blood drops to the floor. With this the target change from Juno to them, while the spirit tiger attack them Shen ye build a shield to protect her.
But she take a fast jump and fly towards the tiger sabre and put her hand in top of the swords and drag her hand down to the bottom of the swords. Her blood was drops into the sword, when the sword eat half of her blood the spirit tiger push back into the sword and she seal it with her blood.


Xize in hurry fly to her and catch her weak body and hurry give her his blood to save her spirit.
"Why would you do that?"
"She is my sister after all, i can't just let her die"

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