A Tale of Chase and Love s1

Luo Ye kingdom.

It is currently 30 minutes left before midnight. Theresa has been pacing up and down in the living room. Also, Long Ren has been meditating to kill time.

He was no longer as strong as before but he didn’t want to let his mistress know. He ought to do what is needed by midnight but only if his mistress parent’s casket arrived here in time.

Ju Wei seemed to be the unconcerned one amongst them because he was eating strawberries with eyes closed.

“Hmmn! How delicious,” he mumbled.

“For the 13th time, don’t say anything Ju Wei” Theresa turned to him and barked. Then she continued pacing.

“Please be here on time, please” she prayed.

15 minutes left before midnight.

Theresa had begun to sweat. She’s no longer pacing up and down but she still couldn’t bring herself to sit down.

Ju Wei had already fallen asleep while Long Ren had stopped meditating. His hair has also changed to green 4 minutes ago. He stared at his mistress with worry.

“Mistress, please calm down. If it’s fate… they will be here on time. You…” he didn’t get to finish his words because a portal appeared and at once Theresa’s eyes shone.

The first person to be thrown outta the portal was Marabelle whose clothes had changed- not to a Han Fu but a denim jean bum shorts with fishnet trousers underneath, a yellow crop top and jean jacket that reached her thighs.

Her hair is in two side ponytails and she’s wearing 6-inch high heels and her make-up is still the same as the one she wore to Delhi, India.

“Marabelle, where is she?” Theresa asked eagerly.

“I…” she couldn’t finish her words because the casket came out and landed safely on the floor.

“My mom…” Theresa muttered as she walked to the casket and touched its lid.Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

She could see through the transparent lid, her mother. The one who worked hard to make her see the earth. The one who never let her get bullied by anyone. The one who loves her the most, she’s here. She’s finally here. But she isn’t breathing.

Theresa began to weep and hugged the casket’s lid.

“Mother… mother. I’m sorry. I should have listened to you that day. You wouldn’t have been this way. Mother… please open your eyes. My beautiful mother…” she cried.

Long Ren got up from his seat and walked to her.

“Mistress, it’s okay. We need to perform the rituals soon,” he said as he patted her back gently.

“Yes! We need to.” Theresa agreed and wiped her tears with her sleeves and then she walked to her bestie.

Long Ren turned to Marabelle.

“Where is the chest?” he asked.

“What? The chest… it was right atop it when…” Marabelle was cut off once again by the portal throwing out Clark who was holding tightly to the gold chest.

He fell on the floor on his belly but he still held tightly to the chest. From his gritted teeth, it was clear that he’d worked hard to make sure that he didn’t lose the chest.

“Father?” Theresa called out in surprise.

She ran to him and took the chest from his hand. Long Ren collected it from her and walked back to the casket.

“Father… are you alright?” she asked in worry. A tear slid down her cheeks.

Clark had heard that his precious daughter was alive but hadn’t seen any solid proof other than her silky hair. Now that he could see her… he couldn’t really believe his eyes. She was squatting right here in front of him!

“Theresa…” he whispered “I love you Theresa.” he whispered again and closed his eyes.

“Father? Father! Long Ren, what’s going on? My dad isn’t opening his eyes.” she cried out in worry and fear.

“Don’t worry mistress. He’s safe. Let me take him to your room and rest assured I will respectfully not peek at his privates.” said Ju Wei who had awoken about a minute ago.

“JU WEI, GET YOUR ASS OUTTA HERE NOW!” she barked.

“Yes, great mistress. But can I still…”

“OUT!” she barked at him again.

“Okay! I’m heading to the excluded room. If you need anything… ow!” Ju Wei’s hand had been hit by Long Ren’s fireball.

“Master… you…”

“GET OUT, YOU PEST!” Long Ren thundered.

“Yes, yes. I’ll leave. I’ll leave now.” he finally said before disappearing.

Marabelle wasn’t shocked to see this. She was worried about uncle Clark. She didn’t want anything to happen to him.

“Don’t worry, mistress. He’ll be fine. He’s just exhausted. By the time we’re back, he’ll be alright.” said Long Ren.

“Okay!” Theresa nodded. They don’t have much time left. They needed to leave and do the ritual exactly at midnight.

Long Ren put the casket into his ring and then held Marabelle and Theresa.

The trio then vanished from the living room leaving only Ju Wei and Clark in the house.

*******

Cherry land (Luo Ye’s neighboring country).

The imperial palace,

Jasmine courtyard.

This courtyard is surrounded by jasmine flowers and a few other rare flowers.

Whenever one goes to this courtyard, he/she is greeted by the wonderful fragrance. In this courtyard, lived the princess of Cherry land. This nation is known for beauties and perfume. The cultivators are either nature or wind-based and it is like a paradise for first-timers.

The people in this land do not eat meat or fish nor cereals. What they eat are fruits, seeds and special leaves that are edible. Occasionally, they’d eat lotus soup and cakes which are always fragrant.

The women here are known for their hourglass figure too. It’s only when they get pregnant and give birth that they lose it though not completely.

This nation however, compared to Luo Ye, is small in size and population. Their cultivation schools that are well recognized are only 8. Their names are; Love sect, Crystal clear sect, Kissy sect, Sky sect, Blue coral, Excuses sect, Farming sect, Indigo immortals and finally Dreamy sect which is the most powerful.

The love sect in contrast with their name uses the things that are precious to people against them. It could be a child, heirloom anything vital to them. They only know how to defend against attacks until they find the opponent’s weakness or something he values most and then they show their prowess.

Some of them would deliberately spray on some perfume not to show off but to anger the opponent. This perfume contains an ingredient that would make the opponent blurry for 7 seconds. But it only happens when they are at a disadvantage.

The Crystal clear sect is good at controlling water to a certain degree but it is supported by air.

The Kissy sect disciples go about dressing like beggars in the first year of school and receive various assignments like provoking rich men and escaping unharmed, kissing little children of noble after stealing bread from a bakery for which the sect will eventually pay for.

And of course, they can also kiss the faces of grandmas that are known to be quick-tempered and escaping without being harmed by the elder lady especially if she’s alone cultivator.

The Dreamy sect accepts the best students from these other 8 sects after 5 years of training from their various sects.

When these students are enrolled in the Dreamy sect, they are given tests that seem impossible even though they are possible.

For example, they could be told to find two tigers that were mating, shoot both mates and let them die still in their mating position.

It could come off as easy but the tigers they are told to find are a species that have zero to 1 probability of being seen in twos.

A student could find one tiger that is male but cannot find a female. Also, these tigers are very fierce and powerful. They hate being seen when they are mating as they’d feel ashamed just like any human.

This shame eventually turns into anger and they chase their opponent. Their skin is also thick; making it hard for sharp weapons to pierce through and they run insanely fast when chasing their opponent.

Their nose and ears are capable of detecting intruders from a mile away so this mission is never easy. Often those who pass into the school could number 50 or maybe 65.

Then, they are told to train and cultivate by themselves for three months before their official training will begin. Those who don’t meet the required cultivation level will be kicked out or become school servants if they don’t wanna leave.

The imperial household of Cherry land consists of the king, 3 concubines, two empresses, one consort, and 17 courtesans.

The children of the king amount to 40 since most of the women in the harem are fertile and there is less scheming since it is prohibited by the king.

The crown prince is from one of the two empresses who wasn’t favored for 3 years. Now she enjoys the favor. There are 8 other sons, but they cannot compete for the throne until the emperor dies or abdicates.

The other 31 princesses are taught etiquette and some martial arts.

15 of them will marry soon once they hit 15 or 16.

The oldest princess is currently 15 and so she will marry soon to a prince. It’s not like she cares anyway.

The Jasmine courtyard mentioned above, once belonged to a courtesan named Li Ying. She died when her daughter was just seven years old and the king gave her a grand burial. The courtyard now belongs to her daughter named Wang Jiao.

She likes to go out to play outside the palace with her servants. Now she’s all grown up. She’s currently 15 years old but everyone thinks that she’s 14. Her mother gave birth to her in a village and hid her for a year.

At that time, Jiao didn’t grow toowell and at the age of two, she looked like a one-year-old so her mother lied when she came into the king’s harem.

This princess always wears a veil when she goes out. Not long ago, she was kidnapped by some men when she wandered off on her own and since she didn’t carry her royal identity token, she couldn’t prove her self and was sold to a brothel after they made her unable to use her powers which are teleporting and fragrance accompanied by air.

Yeah! This girl is the same girl that our Theresa saved with three refined pearls from the hands of lecherous evil men. She is a student of Dreamy sect and is known to be the most beautiful princess in all of Cherry land.

Tonight, she plans to sneak out of the palace to practice a technique she found in an old scroll near the river that is in the forbidden forest as it is rich in qi there.

Right now, all she is doing is being mean and nasty to her servants to tire them out so she can sneak out at the perfect time.

*****

10 minutes later.

Wang Jiao sprayed a perfume she made personally in the courtyard and all her servants fell asleep and then she ran out, scanned the surroundings and teleported.