Son couldn’t sleep.
His nightmares were too horrid, and it would bring him back to that day. But he also couldn’t stay awake either as he would see hallucinations of them cursing at him.
So, he could only drink until he was so drunk he couldn’t see them while staying awake and forcefully keep himself from falling asleep.
As long as he didn’t have to see their pale and bloody faces, he would do anything.
Sol glanced at Son’s wrist which was revealed when he went to pour wine into the two cups once again, and he froze when he saw scars on it.
For a scar to be left on a cultivator’s body ant the cut was extrely deep.
Son poured two cups of wine and down the first one. It looked like he wasn’t drunk enough to be seeing them again.
Sol looked at the cup of wine in front of him.
’This must be wine cultivators’ drink, which was brewed using dicinal plants rich in Aether Energy.’
That was the only way a cultivator could get drunk.
Sol had never tasted regular wine before, much less wine made for cultivators. So, it was safe to say when he grabbed the second cup and down the whole thing, his throat wasn’t just on fire, it was set ablaze. He went into a massive coughing fit that sounded like he was about to die.
He shouldn’t have done that.
Son paused and looked at the empty cup Sol had just put down. He thought the person in front of him was another hallucination, but clearly, it wasn’t.
Son finally looked up and saw Sol. His expression was first filled with confusion, but when Sol recovered from his coughing fit and turned to him, Son’s eyes visibly lit up.
"Brother Sol?"
"Cough... Cough... Brother Son, as promised, I ca to visit you. I hope I’m not intruding."
Son wanted to smile, but the muscles in his face were so stiff he physically couldn’t. He also wanted to stand up to hug Sol, but he could forget about moving this tired body.
"B-Brother Sol, I’m glad you ca to see . But I really don’t want you to see like this, I am too ashad."
Son’s voice cracked as he said that, and he lowered his head.
Sol wiped his lips and then looked at Son.
"Brother Son, can I ask you what happened when we parted ways?"
Sol saw Son’s shoulders and his hand holding the wine jar started trembling, so he hurriedly said.
"But if it’s too much then you don’t have to tell , let’s just drink this wine. I think if I drink a few more cups, I might get used to it."
Sol took the wine jug from Son and personally poured both of them a cup full. Being smart this ti so he only took small sips. anwhile, Son held the cup and didn’t drink the wine.
He remained silent, but Sol didn’t try to fill the silence. Maybe the thing Son needed at the mont was soone to keep him company. Sol would gladly be that person.
Ti went by as the silence persisted between the two.
Sol was about four cups of wine in when Little Zeel suddenly leaped onto the table. He tried to taste the wine in the cup, but Sol pulled it away from him.
"No, I don’t know how your body will react to this so much concentration of Aether Energy. It might not be good for you."
Little Zeel seed to frown, but he got up and walked over to the side of the table.
After so ti, he glanced at Sol to see that he was too busy drinking to pay attention to him. So, he got up and walked over to Son who hadn’t drunk his cup of wine yet.
As he slowly approached, he looked at Son to see if he would react. When Son remained still, Little Zeel leaned down and licked the wine in his cup. However, after only three licks he pulled his mouth away and scrunched up his face. As if he couldn’t take the taste of the wine, Little Zeel stuck out his tongue and began using his paws to wipe the taste off.
He really didn’t like the taste!
Because of his actions, Sol finally caught Little Zeel in the act. After glaring at his pet, he was about to reprimand him for his actions, but Son suddenly raised his hand and gently rubbed his fingers through Little Zeel’s green fur.
Little Zeel didn’t mind Son’s actions and even drew closer.
Sol smiled at this and decided to just continue sipping his wine.
Little Zeel shifted his body to dictate where Son scratched his fur, however, he suddenly felt sothing wet fell onto him. He looked up and saw that it was tears.
Son was crying.
Son quickly raised his sleeve and wiped his eyes.
Sol was about to take another sip, but upon seeing this he placed his cup down.
Little Zeel tilted his head as he looked at Son. He only had a connection with Sol so this was his first ti realizing sothing might be wrong with Son.
"Awoo... Awoo..."
Little Zeel used his palm to pat Son’s hand that was holding the cup of wine. After which, he got up and walked over to Sol.
"Is he trying to comfort ?"
Son looked up shocked to see Sol nod.
"Really? Doesn’t that show it has intelligence? Not many Spirit Beasts are that smart to understand us humans."
"Little Zeel is really special."
Sol said and Little Zeel proudly puffed out his chest.
Son saw Little Zeel’s human-like reaction and was further shocked.
"So, his na is Little Zeel? I rember I saw him back then when I first t Brother Sol, what type of Spirit Beast is he?"
Sol smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I’m not too sure myself."
"Oh, then he’s a new species from the Demonic Forest?"
Sol nodded.
"I see, I’ve heard from my sister that more and more people are finding beast companions from the Demonic Forest. So of the Spirit Beasts there are violent, but so are surprisingly calm and make great pets."
"Have you ever left your room to see the outside world?"
Son shook his head.
"I’m too afraid to leave. Everywhere I go I see their faces. That’s why I had to leave the Huashan Sect, it’s too much for to stay there."
After a few seconds of silence, Son lowered his head and said while picking at his fingers.
"You know Brother Sol, Seon and Song-Oh were together?"
Sol didn’t respond, it wasn’t what Son needed. He just wanted soone to listen to him, so he remained silent and just let him talk.
"They thought I didn’t know and tried to hide it from , but of course, I found out. I think they were just embarrassed about telling . They had never gotten along when all of us first t when we entered the Huashan Branch Sect, but I guess they found more things in common with each other than the things they argue about."
Son suddenly stopped talking, and his head dipped even more. Soft sobs echoed out before he croaked out.
"I was about to die but he took the blow for . I held him in my arms as he told to save the girl he loved. But... But I failed. He trusted to save Seon, but I just let her die. I regret it every day that I didn’t die with them, but no matter how much I regret it, Song-Oh will... he’ll never forgive ...*sobs*"
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