A Tale of Chase and Love s1

“Please stop this,” the emperor said in a pleading tone stunning the others.

“Stop this fight.” the emperor added almost in tears.

“Well, you should ask my mistress.”Long Ren said as he lashed at Theresa again.

“Long Ren, I hope you can withstand my final shot”

“Err… I’m unharmed after all the fireballs you wasted at me,” said Long Ren as he yawned.

“Just hurry up, mistress.” he added.

“You asked for this!” Theresa then let out a roar as she gathered yellow fireballs of supreme grade.

“Healer-destroyer?” Long Ren muttered in shock.

Others especially the emperor was shocked too. Whoever owned this kind of fire was capable of destroying a whole kingdom. To think he thought of taking her as consort because she’s a legendary heaven furnace.

“Die!” Theresa shouted as she shoots 12 yellow fireballs at him from different angles, leaving no room for him to dodge.

When the fireballs were 7 meters away from him, he gathered the green fire with his right hand and the mermaid fire with his left hand. When the 12 fireballs were 2 meters away from him he fused his mermaid fire and green fire and shot the combination with both hands towards the 12 fireballs.

The 12 yellow fireballs merged into one and collided with Long Ren’s merged fire. This resulted in a big explosion. With the exception of Long Ren, everyone including the king and Theresa was in sorry states.

“I win. So dark qi… it’s time for you to depart.” Long Ren said before disappearing and appearing behind her.

He shot seven 2-inch needles into her shoulders and then took them out one by one. They were covered in black blood. Theresa fell to the ground.

She had fainted.

*******

“Ptui!” Theresa opened her eyes and spat out blood.

“Mistress, focus. The dark qi is almost out. The illusion served as a medium to get most of it out. I mean most of the dark qi in your body. You need persistence to be able to get out the rest of the dark qi in your body. Please don’t stop.” Long Ren urged her.

“That illusion was too powerful. Long Ren, don’t ever use such technique on me again.” she warned though weakly.

“That depends on your willpower. We must get rid of the dark qi tonight.” said Long Ren.

Ju Wei appeared behind them.

“There’s someone strange in great mistress room. She’s unconscious. I didn’t touch her. I told you I only like men.” said Ju Wei.

“Let’s go check,” Theresa said to Long Ren.

“But mistress…”

“Enough! Ju Wei, take me there.” she said after rising from the floor.

“Yes, great mistress,” Ju Wei said with a smile as she held Theresa’s hands. He then stuck out his tongue at Long Ren before vanishing with Theresa.

“Damned spirit! If I don’t teach you a lesson, then I’m not Long Ren,” he swore as he rose up from the floor. He patted the creases on his clothes and disappeared.

Theresa’s room.

She walked to the bed and touched the face of the girl lying on her bed unconscious. Her eyes became teary and her lips quivered.

“Marabelle,” she called out softly and began crying.

“Marabelle, you are here. Marabelle?” Theresa called amidst tears, stunning Long Ren and Ju Wei.

“Mistress, are you alright?”

“Great mistress, are you alright?”

Long Ren and Ju Wei asked at the same time.

“Marabelle. My best buddy, Marabelle,” she muttered in German as she hugged her bestie tightly.

“Mistress…” Long Ren called softly.

Theresa sat on a chair beside the bed and wiped her tears. Marabelle slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Theresa.

“Theresa, is that you?” she asked softly.

“Yes, it’s me your best buddy. It’s me. It’s me!” Theresa said as she held Marabelle’s left hand.

Marabelle started crying.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

“I thought I was gonna die. I thought it was over for me. Theresa, did you save me?” she asked.

Theresa wiped off Marabella’s tears with her sleeves.

“My beautiful buddy, don’t you cry without my permission. You are safe now. There are no monsters here.” said Theresa.

“And you aren’t allowed to cry before me either,” Marabelle said with a weak smile. “Theresa, I thought you were gone. When I heard the news that the plane crashed, I was so…”

“Ssh! I’m fine. That’s the vital thing.” Theresa said to Marabelle softly.

“Who saved you from the crash?” Marabelle asked.

“That… I think we shouldn’t discuss that now. Tell me, how did you come here?” Theresa asked.

“I think… a strong wind lifted me and threw me down our school bridge. I don’t recall anything from there,” Marabelle said.

“It’s ok. You are safe now. Tell me, how are my parents doing? They must be missing me right?” Theresa asked with a bitter smile.

Her mother and father, how much she missed them!

“That… I… that” Marabelle stammered.

“They’re fine!” Marabelle forced herself to reply but Theresa knew her very well.

“You are lying. Tell me. How are they, especially my mother? Is she fine? Don’t you dare lie to me!” Theresa yelled with worry in her eyes.

Marabelle sighed.

“Your mother couldn’t take it anymore. She fainted the day she saw it on news that the plane crashed. And then…”

“Tell me, how is she now?” Theresa asked impatiently.

“She has gone the worms,” Marabelle said in a whisper.

“What did you say?” Theresa asked, not wanting to believe what she was hearing.

“She’s… she’s dead Theresa. I’m so sorry,” Marabelle said teary-eyed.

“No, no! This is a joke, right? It’s a joke.” Theresa shook her head.

“Mistress, are you okay? Mistress!” Long Ren walked closer to her.

“Mistress…” he called out to her again.

“Long Ren, take me to the secluded room,”

“Mistress… are you…”

“I SAID NOW” Theresa yelled, shocking all of them.

“Yes mistress,” Long Ren nodded obediently and took her left hand.

They both disappeared, shocking Marabelle.

“That… they…” Marabelle stammered. Her eyes had become as big as saucers.

“You’ll get used to it. For now, just rest. Don’t try to escape.” Ju Wei said casually before disappearing, stunning Marabelle again.

“What… what just happened? This is a dream, right? But that was Theresa. I know her well. No, this is crazy. This is crazy.” Marabelle sat up and pulled her hair.

“Wait, I’m wearing a Hanfu? Forget it! I need to find Theresa and if that’s a fake Theresa, then I’ll have to escape. This… what to do?” her mind was in chaos.

She got off the bed and ran out of the room, along the passageway and got to the living room. She opened the entrance door but hit an invisible barrier which sent her back inside the house.

She fell close to the table and lost consciousness.