ᅳ    𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾, 𝗂𝗍'𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 .
𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗌𝖾𝗈 𝗒𝘶𝗅

SOMETHING about late nights hits differently to Seo Yul who has always found comfort in the dark. With Yeongran besides him, he feels estatic and it made him feel warm and comfortable ─── like she was her safe place.

Yeongran bid farewell to the spirit before offering to play a beautiful song for Seo Yul. Her slender fingers plucked the strings from time to time and the notes made Seo Yul feel more comfortable as if the song had a magic in it that could calm someone. He doesn't really understand whether it's the music or the girl beside him, who was playing the instrument.

His eyes lingered around her, scanning every part of her face. Despite the darkness, he seems to find it impossible to see any flaw or imperfections in her. They say that everyone was born with an imperfection ─── no one is perfect but, he felt the urge to argue with that because the lady beside him exist.

Or is his conscience playing with him?

Seo Yul shrugged off his thoughts as Yeongran finished the song and kept her zither away. "You really live up to your name, the Musical Goddess"

Yeongran felt a little embarrassed being called by that nickname "It's a matter of time and the hardwork given to it. I don't think I deserve the title, there are many other cultivators who deserve better"

"But as for my opinion, you're still the best"

She was used with the compliments but from her first-love , it's still making her hurt flutter and heart beat faster than it should be. She looked away from Yul to hide her embarrassment though she highly doubt that he could see her flushed face.

They were surrounded with a comfortable silence as they looked up to the sky, lost in it's beauty.

Seo Yul has always loved stargazing and searching for the various constellations but today, he couldn't focus on the constellations at all. His mind keeps on drifting to the girl beside him, his own wife .

Yeongran slightly lean a little closer and shifted her hands but it accidentally touched Yul's hand that was on the ground. Her eyes went wide and immediately pulled her hands away but it was stopped midway.

"Since we're husband and wife, can't we hold hands?"

Yeongran was someone who rarely speaks and the one to listen but never speechless ─── until today. She never expected Seo Yul to have that much of courage and take the initiative. It felt like a dream, a dream where she has been dreaming for the past years yet never fulfilled.

Seo Yul moved closer as he interwined their hands together and his cold palm made contact with the soft warm hands. He could feel the nervousness of the girl which made him chuckle "Yeongran-ah, no need to be nervous or shy"

"W-who... who said I was nervous?"

Seo Yul wanted to tease her more and blow her cover up but he restrained himself to do that and just placed a kiss on her forehead. "No one said. My bad"

If the stars were able to speak and write, they probably would have started writing about the two young lovers who were sitting together under the million stars holding hands, a confident chivalrous young man with his shy wife while their beauty could outshine the gods and goddesses that exists in every realms.

They looked lovely under the stars, they would have been compared to a young human coming towards an enchanted forest to meet his beloved fairy whom he fell in love with after accidentally being saved by the fairy. The soft and delicate look on the lady were like those on the kid's fairytale story books while the man, was like those from those handsome young prince from a romance novel who was skilled in everything.

A perfect match made from heaven ; a pair of young lovers under the stars !

The duo decided to go back home as they're a little far away from home. Seo Yul summoned the sparkle of butterflies and they started making their way back home while discussing about their works and mainly about the King's wife.

"I think we can start searching from neighbouring countries too ─── "

Yeongran was abruptly cut off when a sudden butterfly appeared in front of her which was glowing brightly clearly looking different from the normal butterfly. Her eyebrows furrowed as she closed her eyes and bringing the butterfly close to her.

"What happened?"

"My friends are here, we need to head towards the lake in South"

Yeongran didn't give time Yul for answering before holding his hand and using the teleportation talisman which they immediately reached the lake shore. Yul felt deja vu because it was unexpected and before he could blink, he was suddenly in front of the shore while a second ago they were still in the forest.

Seeing Yeongran's concerned expression, Yul didn't mention anything about it and just stood beside her while he focused on the lake where he could see three boats moving towards them with a bunch of people in white dresses.

Yeongran let go of Yul's hand as the people approached the couple which he didn't bother to complain because he isn't that petty over little things and he is sure that he shouldn't be worried about these small things.

Soon the three boats stopped near the shore and a tall man who was dressed in a white robe with fine sky blue cloud patterns around the chest area while a small ribbon with a symbol tied on his head holding a sword came down with a man dressed in black and red followed him.

The two stood in front of Yeongran with a smile as they both brought up their hands in front together and gave a bow

" Greetings, Lady Shin"

"Hanguang-Jun, Young Master Wei"

───  ⊹⠀ֹ⠀ ⠀ 𖹭⠀ ⠀⠀˚ ───

ⵌ ˖  LEE'S CORNER :
well well well ..... yes, you read that right.
hanguang-Jun and young master wei ✶_< !
time for a little collaboration between the
two universe right ??
i hope you all liked the chapter and i
will try to update properly and finish it up
soon <3 take care and be safe !!