9 Liberated Pas

Sometimes it's not that we are afraid to look into the darkness. What we are afraid of, is it seeing it look back at us and recognize us as it is ours. Admitting your own darkness and accepting it are two completely different things.

Fan Daiyu had entered a deep slumber only to go through a nightmare. She was reliving her past life. The pain, the hate, the loathing, and the darkness.

She felt it.

They were one.

It gave her a thirst for chaos.

It screamed for her and tempted her but instead of accepting it, she ran. It chased and haunted her.

Become one with us. Take us to your world. We can give you power. You can be our queen!

She remembered her past. She remembered the world of greed, power, and suffering.

"NO! I HATE YOUR POWER! I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR QUEEN!"

"I want…"

[I want..]

[What do I want? What have I always yearned for?]

She turned and face the shadows behind her.

They enveloped her and tried to submerge her in her most vulnerable memory. Her worst living nightmare. The night her body was defiled.

She felt the emotions of that night fluctuate and corrupt her.

When she was about to give in she heard the sweetest voice that calmed her raging heart and her mad mind. The sound of the song was familiar. Two beautiful images flashed through her mind and gave her a growing hope.

They were here. They hadn't left her even in her dreams. They helped when she was about to be consumed into her past.

They cared for her.

"Ah"

[That's what I wanted]

"I wanted to be loved and cared for"

She released the last bit of anger and sadness in her heart.

She released her past.

Her tears transformed from pitch black to beautiful crystal like droplets of rain. Inside her body the small shining star had begun to hatch.

She felt her soul tremble and those crystal tears became pure gold.

Before she could realize what had happened she woke up.

Her eyelids opened and revealed the most gorgeous pair of eyes to have ever existed. They were as bright as stars and filled with a new hope, will, and goal.

They were unusual and unique. They were not just one color but multiple in one. They were breath taking.

Those eyes shone at the sight of the two people in front of her.

Fan Ying and Nuwa Yenay had woken up to the sound of small stifled sobs. Their baby jade had been having a nightmare.

"Maybe she feels lonely"

"What should we do?"

"Ill sing her, her song"

Nuwa Yenay sang and the little bundle in their arms calmed down. Her heart leaped with joy at the actions of her child. She was just too cute.

The couple stared at her and were about to put her back down when her eyes fluttered open.

"Oh my. I just fell head over heels in love with her eyes."

Nuwa Yenay was enchanted by her own daughter.

Fan Ying grumbled inside his heart but couldn't say anything because he too was charmed by those eyes.

Their small bundle of love seemed more alive and beautiful than ever. They saw as those round bright eyes gazed at them in a daze.

"My baby what wrong?"

Nuwa Yenay pulled her closer and kissed her forehead. Her husband followed suit and gently caressed her. They were so gentle. It was as if they were touching their most precious but most vulnerable and frail treasure.

She revealed the most beautiful, sweet, and innocent smile she had. No one would be able to realize she had once been such a psychopath.

Nuwa Yenay teared up at her daughters first smile and Fan Ying almost died from a sudden heart attack.

[Oof. My heart can't take so much cuteness at once.

My baby jade have some mercy please!

You're about to kill your own father. (T-T)]

The lovely family was a picture of perfectness.

Their harmony and love could be seen and felt from miles away.

The night passed and Fan Daiyu woke up in pain. Her hatred and loathing had been reaching for her but her new life was different. Her parents' love was gradually purifying her soul but the aftermath was pain from the fire cleansing her.

Nuwa Yenay ran at the sight of her child's pained face.

"YING! YING! HURRY! OUR BABY!"

At the sound of his beloveds distressed voice, Fang Ying practically flew to their little jade's side.

He was sweating.

He saw her pained face and took her in his arms to run to the nearest physician in town.

The couple ran faster than ever before, afraid that their hearts couldn't take seeing her in pain for much longer.

Lilian Dalai opened the door to furious knocks only to see the general and his wife at her door. They had panicked expressions.

She calmly observed the tiny wrapped figure in their arms.

The child had pale, white soft skin. Her delicate baby fat was youthful but her face was drained of color. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her lips were pulled downwards from pain. Her entire face was scrunched up from the agony and her pale lips were trembling. Her eyes were closed tightly. It as if she was keeping herself from crying.

It was strange yet captivating.

It was beautiful yet pitiful.

One look and she had already fallen for the tiny beauty.

"Come in. Come in. Hurry or you'll make her sick."

She completely ignored the couple and took up the baby. She closed the door without realizing that they were still outdoors.

She held the child and smiled.

"Don't worry I'll examine her as quickly as possible."

When she heard no response, she turned and saw that they were still locked outside.

[Ooops.]

The shocked couple stood frozen on the other side of the door, they were completely dumbfounded. That lady just took their daughter and slammed the door on them.

Fan Ying was about to burst into the house and fight for his little jade when suddenly the door was opened again.

The young woman was smiling sheepishly in embarrassment.

"Haha. Sorry, I kind of forgot about you insignificant people. It's just that your baby is just too beautiful.

But, anyways, hurry in. Your little girl seems to be in pain.

No need to pay. I'll do it for free as long as I get to visit her on my free time. I will be leaving the country for some time but the first thing I want to see when I come back is this beautiful baby. What was her name?"

They wanted to cry at her response.

[She called us insignificant people. Nevertheless, we never offended her. She even took our Little Daiyu. How shameless!

Aish. There's nothing we can do.

What a cruel world.]