Chapter 84: Is She the One?
"Fine then. I like the name Kouki", the Emperor accepted. He knew she called Lord Ming by another name. So he didn’t think much of it.
Xing was happy that he escaped another problem thrown by the Emperor and just when the Emperor was distracted pouring himself a cup of tea, she just turned to her side and tried to pull out the black sword out from it’s sheath. The Emperor shouted "No" but Xing had already touched the hilt of the sword.
And...
Xing pulled the sword and turned to look at the Emperor pale with his hand stretched towards her shouting ’No’ and laughed,
"Your Majesty! Finally you have realised your life’s worth! You shouldn’t be leaving your swords like this for anyone to grab", she traced her fingers through the sharp blade that was maintained well for a weapon almost a millennium old. It does seem magical but that should be because it is old right?
The Emperor stood frozen for sometime looking at her touching that enchanted sword like it was a pet cat. He had read somewhere that the one who accidentally touched this sword had lost the use of his hand in the past. He even doubted if this was the original sword for a moment seeing her playing with it.
Xing pulled the other sword and had a good look at it too. The Emperor took a deep breath gazing at the unbelievable and recondite person in front of him who was happy like a child who had found their favourite toy and slowly composed himself and sat back and drank his tea.
At least you proved I can trust you!
Xing after examining the sword, looked at the Emperor who was calmly sitting and
drinking tea,
"Your Majesty!", she pointed the sword at him and walked towards him with her eyes serious and placed one of the swords close to his neck.
The Emperor spared a sideway glance at her and pushed the sword away with his forefinger, "I thought you were going to call me Kouki", he took another sip of his tea.