PRECIOUS PRINCESS
NINETY SIX
The two of them ended up sleeping with Kuma's supervision as Kuma quietly walked out of Xuan Lan's dimensional space to watch over the two of them. Moreover, he only took the form of a fox so if there were people then he would not be so surprised but it would be different again if Ran were to take care of them.
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The next morning, Xuan Lan woke up first. He looked around, the fire they lit last night was gone. He then woke up Prince Zhan.
"Wake up, gege" Xuan Lan said as she wiggled at Prince Zhan's body.
Prince Zhan then blinked his eyes to receive the sunlight that began to enter the blemishes of the trees that were huddled.
"Emmh" erang prince Zhan while waking up his body.
"I will look for fruit first" said Prince Zhan then climbed one of the trees there. He picked up the fruits on the tree and threw them down.
"This is Lan'er" said Prince Zhan as he offered the fruit he had peeled.
Xuan Lan happily picked it up. He does not know the name of this fruit that clearly tastes sweet and this fruit has a lot of water. Their horses also ate wet grass that was exposed to morning dew.
After eating the fruit they returned to his horse to continue their journey. Before that Prince Zhan reopened the map.
"It looks like we have to walk west" Prince Zhan said.
They began to drive their horses westward. There was not the slightest obstacle as they began the journey from yesterday probably due to the direction to the mountain of hope that people rarely went through but princes Zhan and Xuan were extremely grateful for that. They do not need to spend extra energy to deal with people who will disturb them.
The streets are still flat. Their horses do not need more energy to climb uphill roads. After hours of riding they chose a short break because the horses also needed to rest and drink water so they stopped near the river again.
While waiting for their horses to eat the grass, prince Zhan and Xuan Lan opened the snacks that yesterday were given by the person they helped. After feeling full they then closed the snack again and drank water from the river did not forget they filled their bamboo bottles with water from the river.
Actually inside the dimensional necklace Xuan Lan had already available water and food but he did not want to rely on just their various needs from the dimensional necklace as he was already used to finding food in the forest and he was eager to feel the true sense of wandering even though he still felt that he was too spoiled by Prince Zhan. He will use whatever is in his dimension necklace if the situation is really urgent.
"It looks like our horses are full already" Xuan Lan told prince Zhan.
"Yes, let's continue our journey" said prince Zhan as he extended his hand to Xuan Lan to help her stand up.
"What if we just lead our horse to gege?" xuan Lan asked as she felt sorry for her horse if it was directly raised again.
"Alright, but if you're tired you should get on your horse immediately" prince Zhan said as he pinched Xuan Lan's nose.
They both finally led their horses. Xuan Lan looked at the rabbit that was jumping before her. His hunting instinct became active, he ran to catch the rabbit. It was very difficult to catch a forest rabbit. After a long time he circled around to catch the rabbit, finally the rabbit was caught as well.
"Finally" Xuan Lan said as she brought the rabbit closer towards Prince Zhan who was holding two horses.
They led their horses until they found a place to spend the night. Before the sun disappeared they had already lit a fire and they had also slaughtered the rabbit that Xuan Lan had caught earlier. Now they are burning rabbit meat whose aroma is very appetizing.
Xuan Lan then ate the grilled rabbit meat with the still steaming smoke.
"Be careful hot, blow first" prince Zhan warned Xuan Lan.
Xuan Lan who had already opened her mouth shut it again. He then blew out the grilled meat that was in his hand. After feeling warm he just ate the meat as well as Prince Zhan.
"It's very sad when this meat is not given anything" Xuan Lan said.
They then ate their food up to the toilet. After that they lay down and prepare for sleep.
"Do you feel cold?" prince Zhan asked Xuan Lan.
"No" Xuan Lan said lying.
"We'd better take the blanket that's inside your dimensional necklace. I was cold" prince Zhan said so that Xuan Lan would use her blanket, knowing that Xuan Lan was lying.
Xuan Lan then took out a blanket from the space of her dimension. He then gave it to Prince Zhan and he also wore his own.
"Good night Lan'er" said Prince Zhan.
"Good night gege" Xuan Lan said.
After that, they went to their own dreamland. And again, Kuma came out of the dimensional necklace while the two of them were already sleeping.
"Based on a freak, one man should have kept one more man asleep. Not even they all sleep" said Kuma while staring at the two brothers.
"That's because we knew you'd take care of us, Kuma. You can also sleep during the day while inside the dimensional necklace" Xuan Lan said, still closing her eyes.
Kuma just kept quiet as he looked at Xuan Lan. He thought Xuan Lan had fallen asleep but she hadn't. He then kept them both until morning.
After morning came, Kuma just entered back into the dimensional necklace. He had indeed deliberately not awakened Xuan Lan or Prince Zhan, I don't know what his purpose was.
Prince Zhan woke up first. He patted Xuan Lan's cheeks gently for her owner to wake up from his deep sleep. After Xuan Lan opened her eyes Prince Zhan went back around looking for fruit or anything that could be eaten.
Shortly after that, Prince Zhan returned. He brought a mango this time. He opened it up first for Xuan Lan then he just took care of his own.
"I can peel my own gege" Xuan Lan said as she ate the fruit.
"really? I thought you couldn't peel the fruit so I deliberately peeled it for you" prince Zhan said after he swallowed the mango.
After eating mangoes, they then boarded their horses to continue their journey. In the middle of the road, Prince Zhan heard a groaning. His senses are very sharp. He then took Xuan Lan to turn the other direction for a moment to find out the origin of the voice.
He was even more convinced that there were people whimpering in pain after seeing the traces of the fight around the area.
"Why is it like someone has just fought" whispered Xuan Lan.
"I don't know either, let's look over there" said prince Zhan then pulled Xuan Lan's hand over so that he got closer to her.
They then peeked out from behind the tree. They saw an old man who was injured while holding his stomach. It's like asking for help. After making sure there were no people around there, Xuan Lan and prince Zhan then approached the old man. Prince Zhan asked Xuan Lan to treat the old man. Actually without prince Zhan being asked, Xuan Lan would already be treating that grandfather. He saw the wounds he had on his body before he concocted the herbs he needed to treat this grandfather.
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