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CHAPTER 137. ABANDONED.
Zachary had to wave a hand to signal that he was fine and that he just needed a moment to recover from the mental image that had been seared into his brain."I'm—cough—fine," Zachary managed, breathing heavily.He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and glared at Yien, who was watching the scene with an expression of mild amusement. "Master Yien, that was—you can't just—”Yein just shrugged, the bastard. " You wanted to know.”Zachary just scowled, still feeling the urge to bleach his brain, " Not about that!”Meanwhile , Seraphina's expression was more pronounced.Her pale eyes were wide, her lips parted, her cheeks flushed with a color that Zachary had rarely seen on her. She looked at Yien as if seeing him for the first time, as if the old monk had suddenly transformed into someone she did not recognize."Master Yien," she said, her voice carefully neutral, "does that even count? You were breaking one of the most important rules of the monastery. Celibacy is foundational. It
CHAPTER 136. THE WHITE ROOK.
He paused, and a small smile played at the corners of his lips, not the smile of a teacher delivering a lesson, but the smile of a man remembering something precious.Zachary leaned back in his chair, his brow furrowing. He had heard of the White Rook title before.This tile had been mentioned in some of the more obscure scrolls he had read on Sanctuary, usually in passing, usually as a footnote to larger discussions about the monastery's role in the cultivation world. But he had never paid much attention to the details. His spiritual training had been focused on more practical matters: combat forms, energy manipulation, the application of dragon power in real-world situations. The philosophical nuances of monastic titles had seemed irrelevant at the time.Now, sitting in this hospital room with his teacher and his retainer, those details suddenly seemed important."Seraphina," Yien called out suddenly, turning his gaze toward her, "how does one attain such a title?"Seraphina's ex
CHAPTER 135. LOVER.
The room seemed to grow colder at his words."I understood her then," Yien admitted. "For the first time, truly understood her. I marveled at her brilliance. Being in orbit of such a person was intoxicating! I thought she had found a truth that the rest of the monastery was too blind to see."He paused, his jaw tightening."And so I joined her."The words hung in the air, heavy and terrible.Yien was looking down in shame. His shoulders were bowed, his head lowered. The room was quiet for a long time."Obviously," Seraphina said finally, her voice cutting through the silence like a blade, "you found a way to see true light again. Otherwise, you would have been part of her band back there."Yien looked up at her words before he moved back toward the bed where his daughter lay, settling on the edge of the mattress, his bandaged hand reaching out to brush a strand of hair from Li Na's forehead."Yes," he said quietly. "I did break free of her and her cause. But at a great cost." His vo
CHAPTER 134. THE DARKLIGHT.
Seraphina's eye twitched and pinched the bridge of her nose, a gesture that had become habitual whenever Zachary decided to be insufferable.Yien, to his credit, did not laugh. But there was a softening in his expression, a gentleness that had been absent since the attack, a glimmer of the patient, fond teacher that Zachary and Seraphina had known on Sanctuary. His eyes crinkled at the corners, and for a moment, the weight of his confession seemed to lift, replaced by something lighter.He turned slowly on the bed and regarded Zachary with something that looked almost like pride. The bandages on his hand rustled softly as he shifted, and the monitors beeped their steady rhythm in the background."Young Lord," he said, and his voice was gentle now, carrying none of the weight that had burdened it moments before. "The purpose of a teacher is to rid his students of their own shortcomings. Their greatest achievement is to see the students surpass them."He paused, letting the words si
CHAPTER 133. MORWEN.
Seraphina moved and sat on the edge of a vacant bed, her posture rigid, her expression troubled. "Thank you for stepping into your former shoes and giving us a brief class on weapons like old times," she said, and her voice was carefully neutral. "But what I want to know is…what the fuck is going on?"The curse, so stark and unexpected coming from her, made Zachary's eyebrows rise."Why were they after your daughter?" Seraphina continued, pressing forward. "Which, I have to say, is still odd to say out loud, by the way. In all the years I've known you, you never once mentioned that you had a child. That you were capable of having a child."Yien's expression flickered, something that might have been pain or guilt or both, but he did not interrupt."And what kind of energy technique did you teach her?" Seraphina finished, her voice sharp. "Because that wasn't standard obsidian energy manipulation. That wasn't anything I've seen before, and I've seen a lot."Zachary sat down beside Sera
CHAPTER 132. PERSONAL.
The monk was still clearly out of it, his movements sluggish and uncoordinated.It couldn't be helped. He had only recently regained consciousness and was still fighting through the fog of exhaustion and pain. Grunting, he stretched his hand in front of him, reaching for something only he could see, his fingers grasping at empty air. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his eyes were suddenly wide with panic."Where is…. Where is Li Na!" he rasped out, his voice cracking. "My daughter.."He tried to rise from the bed, his body lurching forward, his legs tangling in the sheets. Monitors beeped in alarm, tracking his spiking heart rate, his elevated blood pressure. IV lines tugged at his arm, threatening to pull free.Zachary and Seraphina were on him in an instant."Easy, easy," Zachary said, his hands pressing against Yien's shoulders, guiding him back against the pillows. "She's right here, Master Yien. She's safe. Look."He pointed toward the bed beside Yien's, where Li Na lay sleepi
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