User blog:KuraiMAO1993/Inherited Lover: Chapter 3

A bit early before the sunrise, I was already preparing to move out until Hong-san came to me with a few things on both of his hands.

“Wang-dono, you should take these with you.”

He handed to me a map, a seal, and a piece of……rock? I’m quite sure about the family’s seal because grandpa wanted me to inherit the leadership of the Wang family and the treasury but what is this rock thing for?

“Err…. What’s this rock for?”

“Apparently it’s a shard of some kind of a stone tablet. Your grandfather mentioned before that I should handover this to you whenever I had the chance.”

I see, so it’s like a memento from him. I’ll be sure to cherish it with all my heart.

I decided to keep the seal and the memento in my pocket for easier access, leaving aside the map as I will use it for my journey.

“I’ll be on my way then, I’ll make my decision once I return from my visit.”

As I state my honest answer, I bid my farewell to Hong-san and left the residence in order to visit two places for this day. The Wang family’s private cemetery and the location of my family’s treasury.

(Breaths in and out)

“Ah. Nothing beats the cool refreshing air in the morning.”

With a map and all of the essential things provided to me by Hong-san, my first destination would be the Wang family’s private cemetery since it’s relatively closer compared to the other and I wanted to visit grandpa’s grave first. It’s located at the top of the hill just at the west of the town.

“Okay. Here I go.”

It took me an hour before I left the town and two hours wondering the dense forest. Good thing that the mist was thinner than usual or else I might get lost again. As I got out of the forest, I could already see the hill from afar. To sum up all of the hours I’ve spent, I took me a few hours before I reached my destination.

“…….So this is the Wang family’s cemetery.”

Upon seeing it, it was a vast place with beautiful and luxurious monuments everywhere, engraved with my ancestors’ names. Even the floor platform of the whole cemetery is made up of marble. Before witnessing this scenery, I had thought that this place would be a creepy and scary place. If this is what the Wang family’s cemetery looks like, what more for my family’s treasury would be? As I think of this, I went straight in to look for my grandfather’s grave.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“If I remember correctly, he said……”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">I tried to recall Hong-san’s info to grandpa’s grave and followed the directions in my memory until I finally reached grandpa’s grave.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“Grandpa……..It’s been a while.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">I had a moment of silence with him for a few minutes, conveying all of the messages I wanted to say to him. After that, I brought out a bouquet of flowers from my bag and lighted up some incenses as my offering.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“Grandpa………I don’t know if I can answer your last will for now. But I can assure you that on my next visit, I will have my answer.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">After saying my pure thoughts, I made a short prayer as my farewell before leaving the cemetery.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">As I got out of the cemetery, I pulled out the map and continued on my journey to my family’s heirloom. Unlike my journey here, my next destination might take at least a day on foot and it’s a lot closer to the Demon Realm’s vicinity. The chances of encountering monsters in those areas would no doubt be higher.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“How do I get there without getting caught by some random monsters?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">As I was thinking while getting off the hill, I suddenly remember something.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“Right! Mao-san’s note!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">If I were to assume that she wanted me go visit her in one piece, then these routes she had drawn would be the safest routes that I can take.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">I quickly took the note from my pocket and analyzed it with my current map.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">“Now if I just compared these two maps and draw this line………”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">After a few minutes, I had successfully drawn my very own safe route on the map.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Thank you very much, Mao-san. I’ll be sure to visit you and tell my stories.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">As I said this in my mind, I went on to my next destination, my family’s treasury.