Beginning Beyond The Horizon

"Prince Bong has always wanted to prevent us from getting the five keys to enter No Man's Land. Why did he suddenly decide to go with us," Hajime said as he walked towards the bed.

Yul stretched out his hand to help Hajime take off his long cloak and followed Hajime to the bed. "Abrafo may be right, he's trying to sabotage our mission," Yul said. "His ancestors helped the Nine Dragons imprison Huoyan and Eldrys, so he will not let us get the fourth key. Moreover, if Baishui knows about this, he may not let us get the fourth key either."

Hajime sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Yul who had already begun to take off his shoes. "First, we have to know if we can safely remove the key. I wouldn't feel right if we sacrificed others to save us," Hajime said.

Yul put Hajime's shoes next to the bed and said, "We have to see what our options are." He picked up the basin and began to wash Hajime's feet.

Hajime looked down at Yul and he said softly, "I'm sorry."

Yul looked up at Hajime and asked, "What are you sorry for?"

Hajime said, "This morning, I shouldn't have said those words to you."

Yul smiled and said, "Apology accepted."

Yul quickly washed Hajime's feet and then washed his feet. Yul walked to the bed and lay down next to Hajime.

Hajime said, "Shall we set off tomorrow morning?"

Yul said, "Let's get ready before we leave. Today, I went to ask around and met a cosmetics hawker. We chatted for a while, and he suggested that I go to Zans City. There are rumors that Zans City is the city of the gatekeepers. After talking to the cosmetics vendor, I looked at the map again and discovered that Kinigan Island was far away from the mainland, so somewhere in the South Sea. The cosmetics hawker also told me that Zans City is the beginning of Dreake Kingdom, so if we want to find the old records of Dreake Kingdom, we need to look at the libraries in Zans City, so I think if we want a starter point, we should start from Zans City." 

Hajime said, "It does make sense. What do other people think?"

Yul said, "I haven't told them yet. I was going to talk to you all over dinner, but we happened to meet Bong and..."

From Yul's voice, Hajime found that Yul didn't like Bong very much, so he asked, "You don't seem to like Bong very much. Don't you trust him?"

Yul said, "He did a lot of things that made me not want to trust him."

Hajime turned his body to his right side and faced Yul. "I've never told you this before, but Prince Bong helped me a lot when I was down in those lava tubes. Honestly, he didn't have to help me at all, but he chose to," Hajime said. "I find Prince Bong to be quite pitiful. Moreover, I accept him as a friend."

Yul asked, "Did you accept his friendship because you pity him?"

Hajime said, "I don't pity him, I just think he is a reliable person."

Yul said, "Do you know that he is on the opposite side of us?"

Hajime replied, "Yes."

Yul said, "It's not that he wasn't a good friend, but when his personal interests and the interests of his kingdom were intertwined, he would choose to side with the interests of his kingdom and his people."

Hajime asked, "How are you sure he will do this?"

Yul said, "This idea is in the blood of the royal family. It has not changed since ancient times." He sighed. "But as for you, you are not a member of the royal family, and therefore, I want you to do what is best for you, not what is best for others. Do you understand?"

"Hmm..." Hajime whispered. "Yul..."

"Mm..."

"We haven't done that for a long time..." Hajime stammered shyly.

"Done what?" Yul replied, not knowing what Hajime wanted.

Hajime said awkwardly, "That."

"That?" Yul turned to Hajime and asked. Seeing Hajime's rosy cheeks, Yul finally understood what Hajime meant by "that". He chuckled. "I don't understand." He pretended not to know what Hajime wanted.

Hajime bit his lower lip and said shyly, "I want to... do you think we can do it?" He grabbed Yul's belt and pulled it down a little.

 "Oh... do that, but U-ri said we shouldn't do it," Yul teased. "After we did it last time, your waist hurt for several days. Do you remember?"

Hajime looked up at Yul and said shyly, "I've had stomach cramps for several days the last time because you thrust too aggressively, but if you used half the strength... I should... I should be fine."

Yul climbed on top of Hajime and said, "But you know, when I reach climax, I can't control my thrusts."

Hajime looked at Yul's pretended dumbfounded expression and asked annoyingly, "Are you going to do it or not?"

Yul smiled at Hajime and said, "Don't blame me, if you have a sore waist tomorrow." He lowered his head and started to kiss Hajime.

After Bong finished talking with U-ri and Michio, he walked back to his room. Standing outside the room he had reserved, he believed he heard a splash of water, so instead of kicking the door open, he opened it slowly, making as little noise as possible, and then when he entered the room he had reserved, he closed the door slowly. He even grabbed a few stools and placed them in front of the door in case the intruder decided to escape through the door.

Bong found his spear leaning against the headboard. Bong rushed over, grabbed his spear, pushed the screen aside, and thrust the spear forward toward the intruder sitting in the bathtub.

"What the heck!" Abrafo shouted, grabbing the socket of the spear to prevent the oncoming spear from piercing his left shoulder. He felt Bong pushing the spear forward against him, and he was resisting. "Hey, you don't have to be this aggressive just because I used your bathtub."

"Death come to those who dares to enter my room," Bong said through gritted teeth. Bong grabbed the spear with both hands and prepared to use all his strength to deliver the final blow.

Abrafo looked at Bong's angry expression with a proud smile on his face. Abrafo used Bong's momentum to move his body to the right and released his hand holding the spear's socket. Bong fell face first into the bathtub. Seeing Bong's head fall on his lap, Abrafo burst into laughter.

Bong raised his head and saw Abrafo's amusement tone, which made him even more angry. Abrafo looked down at Bong, seeing Bong's expression, he couldn't help but continue to laugh. 

Abrafo lifted Bong's chin with his right index finger, lowered his head slightly, and stared at Bong with a smirking look on his face. "If you want to wash my brother's bald head with your saliva, just say so. There is no need to go to such an extreme," Abrafo said with a joking smile.

"You're dead, ah..." Bong shouted, rushing forward, hitting Abrafo's chest with his body, and biting his teeth deeply into Abrafo's shoulder.

Abrafo wrapped his arms tightly around Bong, smiling and embracing the pain Bong was causing him. Although it was painful, he patted Bong's back gently and said softly, "Alright... alright... I know you are angry with me because I left you in those lava tubes, but I don't know where Kazen plan to take us, so it's safer to leave you than take you with us." When Bong's mouth tightened, he grunted. "Are you really going to bite off my flesh? If you bite off the flesh, you must eat it." He felt Bong's teeth begin to grind his flesh in between Bong's teeth back and forth. Abrafo lowered his head, kissed Bong's left chin, and then used his wet tongue to slowly slide his tongue up to Bong's left earlobe and began to suck gently.

"You..." Bong quickly let go of Abrafo's shoulder.

Abrafo grabbed Bong's hair, pulled Bong's head back, and covered Bong's mouth with his own. Abrafo lifted Bong into the air with his strong arms, then brought Bong to the table and place Bong on the table while his hands began to undo Bong's belt.

The installation in the old inn were not that thick, so the noise from the next room reached the room shared by U-ri and Michio's. The two Tanzanies sitting at the table continued to mind their business.

Michio picked up another piece of rice cake and continued eating while watching U-ri record their journey in the Book of Life.

Michio asked, "How long do you think these two will fight?"

U-ri stopped writing and turned to look at the wall that separated their room from Bongs room. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud noise coming from Bong's room, so he said, "I believe it might be a while before they stop. It seems that the fight is quite fierce this time."

The banning sounds continues. "Who do you think will come out on top?" Michio asked.

U-ri said, "I bet prince Bong."

Michio said, "Bong told us not to call him prince."

U-ri smiled and said, "I guess it will take time before I get used to it." He looked at Michio. "What about you? Who do you think will come out on top?"

Michio said, "Prince Bong." 

The two Tanzanies looked at each other, laughed, and shook their heads.

"We really need to get used to calling him Bong," U-ri said, aware that the noise from next door had died down significantly. "I think we can go to bed now. It looks like their differences have been resolved." U-ri stuffed the Book of Life into his bag and walked to the bed and lay down.

Near midnight, the two Tanzanies, yawning and calmly closing their eyes to fall asleep, when the banging sounds from next door resounded again.

U-ri frowned in annoyance and said, "I swear to heaven, if this old man doesn't get enough sleep, someone is going to get an earful of my opinions tomorrow."