「fireflies.」
@xxsiying
Life was hard but sleep had always been sweet. That was one of the reasons that once Sijun’s head hit the pillow, he wouldn’t wake up even if the roof was burning down. Thankfully, he had his trusty bird guardians to take turns and keep watch throughout the night, alerting him of any strange occurrences. Tonight, something urgent must be happening because he had four birds on him at the same time and they were pecking hard.
“Owwwwwwie!” He whined loudly, shooing the birds off.
Sure enough, there was a low growl in the distance. Sounded like some sort of demonic creature, but too far to actually be of concern to him. You see, when he nearly died a few years ago after getting attacked, he was brought back to life by his brother and a wandering cultivator. That cultivator put talisman on his cottage and in the surrounding area so low levelled demons would not come to bother him. Every once so often, a more powerful creature would get past the talisman, and that was when Sijun would relocate for a few days until the danger passed.
“There is a girl fighting the demon?” No way, what a pleasant surprise! Hardly any travellers ever came by this forest and Sijun haven’t gotten to speak to a girl for over a year now.
The birds did not lie and when Sijun arrived at the scene of commotion, he saw a low level creature chasing after a young woman. She was teeny tiny and super pretty! Sijun really wanted to help her, but knew he shouldn’t risk wielding his sword again after having just pushed his luck a few days ago. So, leaping on a branch, he did the next best thing.
“Jia you,” he clapped rhythmically with a smile. “Jia you!”
The ugly looking demon turned to look at him, clearly displeased by his interruption. Sijun continued cheering, seeming unfazed by the staring contest. The truth was, he’d seen this kind before and after getting clawed a few times, found its weakness. “It has sensitive ears and poor attention span, I am distracting it for you right now.”
