Chapter 56.3- And so the Dragons Danced
Added 2025-05-03 00:02:23 +0000 UTC“And what is that?” I challenged, unwilling to back down, but very willing to admit that she was ‘hot af’. The makeup covered most of her face and obscured a good portion of the finer details of her features but it did little to hide the charm that she possessed. It was not the soft, feminine beauty that Zhufu wore so easily.. Nay, it was colder, rougher, and somehow not the lesser for either of those things. Maybe I had a fetish for mommy dommy women, but I could not deny that part of me was stirred by the close quarters.
“That you are like me. You might have been born a noble or whatever, but you’re as greedy a shit as any street urchin I’ve ever known. You’d never let go of something after taking it— even if it mattered so little that you wouldn’t notice its absence.” She said, and I hated that she was right. Not because I thought there was anything wrong with the way I lived, but because I just didn’t like the idea of being read so easily.
I scoffed, and turned my head to the side.
“What we decided to ask you for doesn’t require you giving up anything you’ve taken, don’t worry” Wan said, stepping in. I tilted my head in his direction in lieu of asking the question I had. Maybe this would get a straight answer out of him.
“You’ve brought the four nations together under your umbrella, but we need you to make sure that they remain four.”
“What do I gain from that?” I asked instantly.
“Why do you think there are four nations?”
“Okay, I’ve had enough of the lessons in disguise. If you want to say something, Wan, say it” I pushed. He sighed, before beginning.
“We call them four nations, but there are more than four— there were four air temples, and two different water tribes. In truth, it was never about the geography of the thing. It was more about the conceptual nature of the Nations. The Nations exist because people believe they do, and the belief in the balance between those nations helps to maintain the boundary.”
“What?”
“The boundary that separates your world from the spirit world, dummy” Kuruk stepped in now, smile on his face. He was clearly one of those who didn’t have much of a problem with me.
