Chapter 298: Prince Kang of Fire Kingdom
Xing got out of the tub as she realised that person getting closer and she snuffed out all the lamps inside the tent at the same time. The light inside the tent considerably reduced startling the intruder and Xing grabbed a sheer white robe hanging on the wooden partition and covered herself.. Actually it covered nothing, more like it made her look more alluring.
"Don’t move!", she commanded to the one who almost reached the partition.
She expected defiance but she could hear him getting startled and he immediately tried to flee.
Oookay... Didn’t he come here for me? Why is he trying to run away?
" I told you not to move! Now, Turn around", she said as she emerged from behind the screens putting a hold on him and he compiled.
"I came for the Divine Ruler.... You... You are.. A woman..?", he spoke in the Wind language with his voice trembling and guilt seeping from him as he turned around raising his hands expressing his intent of complying to her words.
"Ah...! So you didn’t expect the Divine Ruler of the Wind Kingdom to be a woman, huh? Your royalness... From, the Fire Kingdom I presume? ", Xing said shaking her head in a mocking tone at the back view of the man she saw in that small ship who is having the same blood as the Lus.
" I... I... Didn’t... ", he stuttered as he seemed to be truly perplexed, " I’m Prince Kang, brother of the current Emperor Shengshi of the Fire Kingdom", he introduced himself standing in a straight posture as if he was frozen stiff. He had the elegance of a royal to him and his deep voice carried a bit of arrogance to it even though he tried to be humble. The way he dressed resembled theirs and he spoke their language fluently and Xing remembered they speak the same language as the fire Kingdom.
He could be categorised with Chenglei, Xing thought as she got reminded of the twelve year old Chenglie she met. Their aura seemed to be the same... Dark and cold!
She also felt a deep connection towards him that she cannot express how.... The same way she feels about... It skipped her as she tried to figure it out... In the end she could not bear to hurt this man who caught her in an vulnerable position while bathing. Even her maids won’t be allowed to intrude her bathing time without facing repercussions.