Chapter 4: We all have a past

"Do you wanna hear about the story of your m – Mei, then?"

I stare at her. I feel slightly guilty for not using the word 'mother.'

I nod.

She smiles at me gleefully. "You love stories, don't you?"

I smile back at her and nod again. It was true. My interest in stories had grown much more during the past years, especially stories in Xian. Because here, what humans called a fantasy back on Earth was the 'reality.'

"Mhm~ ok, listen closely then…" she begins.

"Ah… where to begin? Let's – let's start with the place me and Xin first met.

As you know, little Xin, this world is filled with magic and cultivators. But because of that very reason, there are more than hundreds of criminal activities here.

Ones with evil ideals use this magic to destroy the things we love. To seek revenge and do as they, please… So, 'Cultivators' are there. Cultivators are humans who dedicate themselves to cultivating these magical arts and evolving, surpassing our human capabilities to obtain much more power.

So, we are the order that protects the world from evil forces.

That was my dream when I was young, and that's why I joined one of the sects to learn the art of Cultivation…"

I listen to all this, mouth slightly agape. This was just like one of those Xianxia stories back on Earth. My friends always read this stuff, though I never had the time to try out those books.

"...the sect is where I met the boy, Bai Xin.

He was a cute young boy then, always so focused on his studies and books. I was a hot mess, acting all bossy and idolized by my colleagues.

Then, Xin and I grew up together, and there was this boy who always messed with me. Ignored me, rather than idolizing me… can you guess who?"

"Xin?"

"Yeah, that bastard," Chao Mei's eyebrows suddenly furrowed and veins drew in her forehead.

I gulp, seeing this fierce face of hers for the first time.

"...however, that is why I needed him to pay me attention.

I tried all sorts of tricks to make him fall in love with me, but that bastard ignored everything. In the end, all I could think of was "Xin." Only Xin. And how to make him love me.

Soon, we went on two or three missions. And in a hotel in the cloud region, we got drunk with our colleagues, and that was when I stood up and confessed my love…

That day, he was drunk too, and he came clean about all the feelings he had for me. That bastard was just too shy to confess. We made love, and became lovers that night…

And suddenly we were 19.

We became higher-ranked Cultivators of the sect and we went on dangerous missions together… and that's where it all started.

I told Xin not to go on any missions anymore, but he didn't listen. He said, "We are the pillar of Xian, we must stand against all evil to protect our people."

So, we continued our missions… until, 3 years ago, in the Min Yo Rainforest, he was killed."

Chao Mei stops, her eyes beginning to water. Tears fill her eyes and slide down her cheeks. "I told him… but he didn't listen. He was my lover, the person who could keep me safe… my only friend. Now, he had left me… but –"

'Poor Chao Mei,' I think, keeping my hand above hers.

"Someday in life, we all have to face such miserable things, Mother of mine. We cannot take back what we lost, but we can only cherish what we have…" I say, my tone getting slightly too serious for a mere child.

A smile draws on Chao Mei's lips amidst the tears.

"How come a child at such a young age give words of wisdom like this?" She asks.

I frown upon hearing this. I feel like I messed up, but I conceal my hesitation.

"Ahahaha~ you know… um um, it's a magical world after all," I reply, laughing awkwardly.

She smirks at me, lifting me by my waist.

"You have that exact same awkward smile, and that habit of reading… and your boob-squeezing addiction."

I blush when I hear this.

"...You two are just the same. That's why – that's why I can't let you die too," Chao Mei kisses me on the forehead and takes me to her embrace, pushing me into her gigantic breasts.

I feel warmth crawling up my body. A refreshing warmth. Something that makes me feel like I'm… home.

'I don't know about me being the previous Bai Xin, but she seems to be lovely enough to be loved by anyone… and – if you're listening from above, Bai Xin of Xian. I will take care of Chao Mei and fill her void… and try to love her as you did.'

I hug her large breasts and squeeze them.

"Gah~ just like him," she giggles.

"Don't worry mother," I tell her.

"Hm?"

"I will be your lover and your best friend. After all… I am your Bai Xin."

She cuddles me harder upon hearing this, and suddenly – I get a hard-on.

'Oh – oh fuck!'

I had no clue you can get hard at this age!

My tiny dick rubs against her giant peaks, and she notices this. Her cheeks flush, and she pouts at me.

"Oh~ why you!" she cuddles me harder and suddenly begins to tickle me. We laugh out loud, and I struggle to break free. Though, she has one hell of a grip for a woman.

She was a cultivator before, after all. She's a strong woman.

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Days fly by, just like that.

Every day, it's me and Chao Mei. She did not have to do a job either, because the government provided her every month with a certain salary for the two years her husband worked as a Cultivator on the Cloudy Sword Sect.

The job of the 'Cultivator' was one with such benefits.

However, she did do some online jobs just for the mere fun of it.

Before I knew it, I was a 5-year-old.

Because Chao Mei had forced me all those days to sleep at 8 pm, I still had no chance of seeing the Moon Goddess. I didn't tell her that my real mother, the Moon Goddess, promised to visit me every full moon.

She did not know that I was conscious from the moment when I was born and had all the memories. So, telling her wasn't an option.

So, I waited and waited, until I was physically capable of staying awake at night.

The day is today…

Through the window of our room, I see the Moon hanging amongst the sea of stars. The alarm clock displays the time [00:16]. It was high time for my real mother to return.

Even though I slept all these months without seeing her, for some reason, I knew she was here next to me every full moon, watching over me.

Sneaking out of Chao Mei's embrace and replacing myself with a pillow, I sneakily step out of bed and make my way across the room to the window. I open it slowly and as silently as possible.

I put my head out of the window and gape outside.

The neighborhood is ominously silent. This cold and strange feeling when you're the only one awake in a neighborhood.

'Haven't felt this feeling in quite a while,' I tell myself.

For a while, I stay there, waiting for that chill feeling to swallow me again. To see that ethereal beauty descend from the skies. However, for quite a while, nothing happens, and I am the only one awake in the neighborhood.

Grrr~

Suddenly, a car slowly pulls into the neighborhood, only to stop right in front of our house. I duck before the person gets out of the car and sees me peeking outside.

A gorgeous whistle cuts through the air.

I am far too familiar with this profound whistling skill. It was the whistle of the busty Mrs. Meiling, Chao Mei's friend who lived right in front of our house.

I instantly snatch the Birdwatcher from under Mei's reading table and slowly lift my head; high enough to get a good look at that woman.

A grin draws across my face.

"Hell yeah, the stuff of legends," I smirk, focusing on the enormous ass of Mrs. Meiling. She is wearing a bikini for some reason, and it only invites me to gaze at her.

She switches on the lights, takes a whisky bottle out of the car, and presses the key to lock it. Then, jiggling her breasts, she walks into her house.

Below, my dragon awakens from its den.

"Damn… what a treat," I grin.

Out of nowhere, that cold feeling envelops me.

"Um, young man… what are you doing exactly, awake so late in the night?" That voice, this feeling. My legs freeze.

The scope of the birdwatcher suddenly blurs with a radiant blue, and something snatches it from my hand.

//Author's Note//

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