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luminouslumity · 3 years ago

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I've already talked about our heroes, so now let's talk about the villains. For the sake of convenience, I'll only be discussing the ones who have appeared on the show so far as well as the order in which they'd appeared in according to the book, unless the villains in question are connected in some way.

NIÚ MÓWÁNG (牛魔王), TIĚSHÀN GŌNGZHǓ (鐵扇公主) and HÓNG HÁI'ÉR (紅孩兒)

Consisting of three of Sūn Wùkōng's more well-known enemies, each of them has a story to tell.

Starting with NIÚ MÓWÁNG—Bull Demon King, or Demon Bull King on the show—this powerful character was the eldest of seven demons who had sworn loyalty to each other—Sūn Wùkōng among them—and had styled himself Píngtiān Dàshèng (平天大圣), or Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, after the Monkey King had picked his own title. Sometime during Sūn Wùkōng's imprisonment, he ends up starting a family, becomes the owner of a BÌSHUǏ JĪNJĪNG SHÒU (避水金晶獸), or Water-Repellent Golden-Eyed Beast, becomes an ally to a family of dragons, learned seventy-two transformations, and it's also mentioned that he'd met Zhū Bājiè and Shā Wùjìng before they became Buddhists.

HÓNG HÁI'ÉR—Red Boy, or Red Son as he's called on the show��is the next member of the family to meet Sūn Wùkōng. I kind of already talked a little about him here, but to go into more detail on his role in the novel, he's also known by the title Shèngyīng Dàwáng (聖嬰大王), or Great King Holy Child, and after spending three hundred years self-cultivating on Huǒyànshān (火燄山), the Flaming Mountains, to the point of being able to wield Sānmèi Zhēn (三昧真火), the True Fire of Samādhi, he was eventually sent by his father to guard Liùbǎi Lǐ Zuàntóu Hàoshān (六百里鑽頭號山), or the Roaring Mountain of the Six-Hundred-Mile Awl-Head Peak, where he then proceeds to bully the local gods and spirits.

He first encounters the Pilgrims under the guise of an innocent boy stuck in a tree in order to get close to Tripiṭaka in order to—as is the case with most demons in this story—kidnap him and then eat his flesh in hopes of gaining immortality. Naturally Monkey tries to warn Sānzàng, and naturally the latter doesn't listen, and naturally Red Boy manages to make off with the monk afterwards!

Fortunately, thanks to that old sworn brotherhood with Red's father, this technically makes Sūn Wùkōng the boy's uncle—more specifically his shū (叔), or the younger brother of one's father. So of course Red Boy would have to listen him, even though they'd never met before, Sūn Wùkōng didn't even know of his existence until now, and—from Red's perspective, at least—the monkey had absolutely everything to gain by lying.

So really, what could possibly go wrong?

Everything. The answer is everything.

Creating a fire that not even the Dragon Kings are able to extinguish thanks to it being samādhi and rendering Sūn Wùkōng immobile in the process, Zhū Bājiè is sent to ask the Bodhisattva Guānyīn, the Goddess of Mercy, for help, but then he gets captured by Red Boy as well. Despite his pain, Sūn Wùkōng soon decides to confront Red Boy again, this time transforming into the Bull Demon King himself, but the younger demon soon grows suspicious after "Bull Demon King" says he's been keeping a vegetarian diet and then gets these suspicions confirmed after the disguised Monkey King fails to remember when his "son" was born.

Afterwards, the real Guānyīn comes along and after Monkey tells her what happened, to say that she gets upset at Red Boy disguising himself as her would be an... understatement, let's just put it that way. Eventually, the samādhi fire is put out with help from the water inside Guānyīn's vase and after that's dealt with, the Goddess of Mercy then decides to have Red Boy sit on a lotus throne, impale him with an entire set of swords, and—when he fails to genuinely surrender—envelopes the demon's body with five golden hoops, similar to the gold fillet Sūn Wùkōng himself had to wear during the journey, before finally taking him away.

Afterwards, Red Boy becomes her disciple and is given the name Shàncái Tóngzǐ (五個箍兒), Boy Skilled in Wealth, which is also the name of one of the Bodhisattva's actual disciples in Buddhist iconography. And as a fun little detail, I should also point out that red is traditionally considered to be the color of good luck in China!

Later, while crossing a stream, Táng Sānzàng and Zhū Bājiè drink from the water, only to discover afterwards that it's pregnancy water from Xīliáng Nǚguó (西梁女國), the Woman State of Western Liang. And as the name implies, it's a kingdom populated by only women. After teasing Sānzàng and Bājiè for a bit, the Pilgrims learn of that the kingdom houses an Abortion Spring—Luòtāi Quánshuǐ (落胎泉水)—but it's since been taken over by an immortal who's holding the entire land's reproductive rights hostage by blocking the spring unless he's payed in offerings.

Yes, really.

Anyway! This immortal goes by the name of RÚYÌ ZHĒNXIĀN (如意真仙), or True Immortal Compliant, the younger brother of the Bull Demon King. As a result, he has a score to settle with Sūn Wùkōng over what happened to Red Boy, so a fight ensues, True Compliant causes Wùkōng to drop the water and so Monkey asks Shā Wùjìng for help getting more while he distracts this latest adversary, and they soon succeed! Out of the old alliance he has with the Bull Demon King, Wùkōng decides to spare his life.

Much later on, the Pilgrims come across the perpetually hot region of Huǒyànshān (and as we find out later, the reason it's like this turns out to accidentally be Monkey's fault), which the Pilgrims can't cross without getting hurt because of how extreme the climate is. Wùkōng soon learns from the locals that there's an immortal by the name of Tiěshàn Xiān (鐵扇仙), Iron Fan Immortal, who owns a bājiāoshàn (芭蕉扇), a palf-leaf fan, that would be able to do away with the heat altogether. After traveling to her home on Cuìyúnshān (翠雲山), Jade Cloud Mountain, he not only learns that her name is actually TIĚSHÀN GŌNGZHǓ (鐵扇公主)—Iron Fan Princess, or Princess Iron Fan—and is also called Rākṣasī (羅剎)—in reference to a type of evil female spirit in Hinduism and Buddhism—by those living on Cuìyúnshān, but that she's also the wife of the Bull Demon King.

Much like with Red Boy, Sūn Wùkōng didn't know about her at all until now, but also like with Red Boy, he's quick to acknowledge her as family, calling her sǎosǎo (嫂嫂), sister-in-law in the context of her being the wife of his older brother, when first meeting her in person. And also much like Red Boy, Iron Fan isn't happy to see him at all, precisely because of what happened to her son!

So of course he doesn't get the fan. But Monkey is nothing if not persistent, so he then transforms into a mole cricket, flies into Iron Fan's mouth, and gets the palm-leaf fan that way.

Except not really, because the fan he got actually turns out to be a fake.

So what's a poor monkey to do? Go to his eldest sworn brother directly, of course! Or as he's known these days, Dàlì Wáng (大力王), Vigorous King.

Which brings us to our final member of the Demon Bull Family!

Well, sort of.

Because at least two years before the start of the Palm-Leaf Arc, the Bull Demon King took a concubine.

Meet YÙMIÀN GŌNGZHǓ (玉面公主), Jade-Faced Princess, nicknamed Měirén (美人), Pretty Lady, by the Bull Demon King. The daughter of a fox king, who'd passed away after ten thousand years, she was left with a vast fortune and, after learning how powerful the Bull Demon King was, sold it all as a dowry in order to make the Bull Demon King her consort, leading to him abandoning Iron Fan in the process, though it's noted he still provides for her despite this, something the fox princess thinks she should be grateful for.

When Sūn Wùkōng meets her after arriving at Jīléishān (積雷山), Hoard-Thunder Mountain, he scolds her for her actions and later attacks her, she complains to the Bull Demon King about it, even insulting him at one point while he does his best to comfort her before going to see Sūn Wùkōng, and unfortunately for Monkey, the reunion isn't a happy one due to the Pilgrim not only hurting his son, but insulting both of his wives as well. So a fight breaks out between them, but before a winner can be decided, the Bull Demon King literally calls for a time-out because he has a banquet to attend first!

So Monkey follows him, steals his Bìshuǐ Jīnjīng Shòu while his eldest brother is feasting with that family of dragons I mentioned earlier, disguises himself as the Bull Demon King himself, and tricks Iron Fan into giving it to him this way. Naturally, the real Bull Demon King is enraged when he learns about what had happened, and after comforting Iron Fan over it, he goes to confront Sūn Wùkōng once and for all by giving him a taste of his own medicine and disguising himself as Zhū Bājiè, which soon leads to the two fighting. Even after the Bull Demon King gets outnumbered when the real Bājiè joins in, he's no closer to either winning or losing and Jade-Faced quickly sends her own captains to assist him when she finds out what's going on, giving the Bull Demon King enough time to escape, until it's time for another round and he and Monkey engage in a shapeshifter duel while Jade-Faced and her soldiers get killed by Bājiè.

Before another fight can commence, several Buddhist warriors and celestial generals arrive at the scene to arrest the Bull Demon King, who is soon captured by Nezha and taken to see Buddha, while Iron Fan finally surrenders her fan willingly in exchange for her life and promises to never misbehave again.

Say what you will about this family, but at least they're loyal (or mostly loyal) to each other till the end, especially where Red Boy is concerned.

BÁIGǓFŪRÉN (白骨夫人)

For as powerful as she appears to be, BÁIGǓFŪRÉN—White Bone Lady—also called BÁIGǓJĪNG (白骨精), or White Bone Spirit (Lady Bone Demon on the show) in the novel is essentially the exact opposite. She, like so many other demons, had heard that eating a monk's flesh would grant the eater immortality and as soon as she sees the Pilgrims passing by prior to them coming across Red Boy, she decides to make her move and, after disguising herself as a young girl (whom Bājiè becomes attracted to), an old woman, and then an old man—all quickly attacked by Sūn Wùkōng—she's finally killed.

What should've been a minor inconvenience at best, however, actually serves to have massive consequences for the next few chapters, as Táng Sānzàng—with some convincing from Zhū Bājiè—comes to believe that Sūn Wùkōng actually just killed three innocent people, leading the monk to perform the Tight-Fillet spell, banish his eldest disciple from the group after Monkey's third attack, and eventually get captured once again in Sūn Wùkōng's absence while the other three Pilgrims become otherwise too indisposed to save him (an incident I already brought up in my post discussing the Pilgrims).

After defeating the Monster of the Week, Wùkōng and Tripiṭaka make amends.

JĪNJIǍO DÀWÁNG (金角大王) and YÍNJIǍO DÀWÁNG (銀角大王)

Sometime after Sūn Wùkōng rejoins the group, the next demons the Pilgrims encounter are a pair of brothers named JĪNJIǍO DÀWÁNG and YÍNJIǍO DÀWÁNG, or the Gold and Silver Horn Kings, who live on Píngdǐngshān (平頂山), Level-Top Mountain, in Liánhuā Dòng (蓮花洞), Lotus-Flower Cave.

Of the the two, Jīn is apparently the eldest and is the one who suggests going after Tripiṭaka to eat him, and while Yín is at first reluctant to capture what he initially assumes to just be some ordinary monks, he immediately changes his mind once Jīn says that eating one—specifically one who had once been Buddha's own disciple—would be a much quicker way to prolong their lifespan rather than the usual way. Despite this, Jīn still suggests that they be cautious.

While patrolling Píngdǐngshān (and falling asleep at one point), Zhū Bājiè gets captured after being mistaken for Tripiṭaka, one of the brothers disguises himself as a Daoist and then proceeds to trap Monkey under three mountains—Sumeru/Xūmíshān (須彌山), Emei/Éméishān (峨嵋山), and Tai/Tàishān (泰山).

Working with the brothers are two other demons named LÍNGLÌ CHÓNGDÀO (伶俐蟲道) and JĪNGXÌ GUǏDÀO (精細鬼道), Wiley Worm and Sly Devil respectively, and it's noted that Yīn has a soft spot for the former. They plan to catch Sūn Wùkōng using the Purple Gold Red Gourd/Zǐjīn Hónghúlu (紫金紅葫蘆) and the Pure Mutton-Jade Vase/Yáng Zhīyù Jìngpíng (羊脂玉淨瓶), which are able to trap anyone inside if their name is said aloud.

Monkey, meanwhile, manages to get out from being trapped beneath the mountains with the help of the local mountain deities, but rather than go and rescue his friends first, Sūn Wùkōng decides to make stealing demon treasure his first priority, the gourd and vase among them. To do so, he disguises himself as a Daoist, tricks Línglì and Jīngxì into exchanging their treasures for his normal gourd after Monkey "proves" to them that it can capture Heaven itself.

Línglì and Jīngxì are spared, but when Jīn and Yīn decide to invite their mother JIǓWĚI HÚLÍ (九尾狐狸), Nine-Tailed Fox, to dinner, they send for two other demons called BĀSHĀNHǓ (巴山虎), Hill-Pawing Tiger, and YǏ HǍILÓNG (倚海龍), Sea-Lolling Dragon, to fetch her instead.

Overhearing this, Sūn Wùkōng learns that the one in possession of the third treasure, the Yellow-Gold Rope/Huǎngjīn Shéng (幌金繩), is none other than Jiǔwěi Húlí herself. So Monkey does as Monkey does and eventually kills the tiger and dragon, kills the mother and her attendants, and then ends up disguising himself as Jiǔwěi before meeting with Jīn and Yīn.

And then Bājiè blows his cover.

A fight ensues and the demon brothers eventually manage to catch Sūn Wùkōng, except not really, because the one they've captured turns out to be a fake. Meanwhile, the real Sūn Wùkōng pretends to be his own younger brother and gets sucked into into the gourd even after using a fake name, tries the same trick once more under a different name after switching the gourds again, and kills Yīn by sucking him inside it.

With his little brother dead and after being told by Zhū Bājiè of Sūn Wùkōng's trickery, Jīn then decides that the next best course of action is vengeance! So another fight ensues and Jīn eventually flees, leading to Monkey to soon obtain the next treasure, the Palm Leaf Fan/Bājiāoshàn (芭蕉扇), as well as free the other Pilgrims without issue.

But it's not over yet, because as it turns out, Jīn actually started to form an entire army to use against Sūn Wùkōng! Joining him is his maternal uncle HÚĀQĪ (狐阿七), Great King Fox Number Seven, but the demons are soon beaten and Jīn faces his brother's fate by being sucked inside the vase. Afterwards, Wùkōng finally acquires the final treasure, the Seven Stars Sword/Qīxīngjiàn (七星劍).

Unfortunately for Wùkōng, he's not able to keep any of his new toys, because as it turns out, they all belong to the immortal founder of Taoism Tàishàng Lǐ Lǎojūn (太上李老君), otherwise known as Laozi, who explains to the Pilgrims that the demon brothers were actually two Taoists who worked for him and that they not only stole the treasures from their master, but also got turned into demons by Guānyīn herself in order to test the group; Jīn and Yīn are then both restored to life and taken back to Heaven afterwards.

LÍNGGǍN DÀWÁNG (靈感大王)

Granted, this demon is never actually stated to be the exact same one the Pilgrims encountered, but the name's the same, so I'm counting it!

So, one day, the Pilgrims come across Tōngtiānhé (通天河), Heaven-Reaching River, but due to being unable to cross it, they end up taking shelter with two brothers from Chénjiāzhuāng (陳家莊) named Chén Qīng (陳清) and Chén Chéng (陳澄), who both share the exact same secular surname as Táng Sānzàng himself (Chén as in 陳).

After the Pilgrims notice funeral arrangements being prepared, the brothers explain that their village has a tradition of sacrificing one boy and one girl to the local river demon called the LÍNGGǍN DÀWÁNG, Great King of Numinous Power, in exchange for wind and rain, and this time, it's their children's turn: Chéng's daughter Yīchèngjīn (一秤金) and Qīng's son Guānbǎo (關保).

Agreeing to help, Wùkōng and Bājiè (much to the latter's dismay) disguise themselves as the year's sacrificial lambs in order to lure the Great King out. Once they're confronted by him, the two Pilgrims begin to attack, but he manages to escape and later devises a plan with another water demon to, of course, kidnap Tripiṭaka, which works. Shā Wùjìng and Zhū Bājiè try to fight him, but because he's in hiding, Wùkōng decides to go to Guānyīn to find out the demon's origins.

Unfortunately for him, Guānyīn isn't in the mood to see anyone right now, but Monkey being Monkey, goes to see her anyway. After he tells her what had happened, she travels with him to Tōngtiānhé and quickly captures the so-called Great King herself... who actually turns out to be her pet goldfish, who'd self-cultivated after listening to her lectures. He then leaves with Guānyīn and Tripiṭaka is rescued afterwards.

It's also here where he meets a giant turtle who'd self-cultivated for three hundred years and only asks in return for safe passage across the river is for Tripiṭaka to ask Buddha to make him human.

DÚJIǍO SÌ DÀWÁNG (獨角兕大王)

He's only appeared in video game form so far, but yeah, I'm counting him too.

Following the goldfish incident, we get to my favorite of Sūn Wùkōng's enemies, DÚ JIǍO SÌ DÀWÁNG, the One-Horned Rhinoceros King!

So what happens is that the Pilgrims begin traveling through another mountain range, Golden Pocket Mountain/Jīndōushān (金兜山), when—in Sūn Wùkōng's absence after the others leave a circle he explicitly told them not to leave while he searched for food—Tripiṭaka, Bājiè, Wùjìng, and Liè all soon get captured by the Rhino King here.

After Monkey finds out where the others has been taken to this time, he finds the demon's lair, but rather than getting scared or trying to avoid the Great Sage altogether, Rhino is instead excited!

So the two have a battle and even start praising each other's abilities, but they can't fight forever, so Rhino eventually ends up stealing Wùkōng's staff by sucking it into a white fillet, rendering the Monkey King without a weapon of his own. However, due to a comment the enemy made during their fight, Sūn Wùkōng quickly comes to the conclusion that Rhino came from Heaven and immediately goes to the Celestials to investigate.

After explaining the situation, the Jade Emperor soon agrees to send Devarāja Lǐ Jìng, his son Prince Nézhā, several Heavenly soldiers, as well as the thunder squires Dèng Huà (鄧化) and Zhāng Fān (張蕃) to subdue the Rhino King, but then most their weapons get sucked into the white fillet too and Monkey is so distressed that he actually ends up laughing at the situation afterwards. Lǐ Jìng then brings up that only fire and water can resist being sucked away, so Sūn Wùkōng decides to go to Huǒ Dé Xīngjūn (火德星君), Star of Fiery Virtue, and then to Shuǐ Dé Xīngjūn (水德星君), Star of Watery Virtue.

I'll give you three guesses as to what happens with both of them.

So Monkey and Rhino duke it out again as Jìng and Huǒ Dé look in in awe while both the thunder squires and Nézhā try to help out. After Sūn Wùkōng gets praised for his efforts when Rhino and his minions flee, one of the thunder squires suggests that they steal the white fillet and who better to do it than the Great Sage himself?

After taking the compliment, Monkey changes himself into a fly, and though he doesn't get the white fillet, he does at least manage to find his staff. Afterwards, he goes in a second time and duplicates himself to retrieve the Heavenly weapons, mounts one of Fiery Virtue's captured fire dragons, and then charges out of there with all the awesomeness that riding a literal fire dragon entails!

Have I mentioned I loved this arc yet?

Unfortunately, Sūn Wùkōng has yet to steal the white fillet.

Again, three guesses as to what happens.

Soon enough, most of the Celestials start arguing with each other while Watery Virtue stands off the side to sulk, so Monkey tries to cheer them all up, and after being asked by Nézhā where he could find information on this latest enemy since Heaven couldn't find anything on him, Sūn Wùkōng decides to go directly to Buddha himself, who refuses to reveal the Rhino King's true identity, but does still offer his assistance by having his arhats release eighteen grains of golden cinnabar sand.

Good thing Buddha had a backup plan! And that's to go to Laozi!

So after Monkey gets done being annoyed over why Tathāgata couldn't have just told him that in the first place, he does just that. And it's from Laozi he not only finally finds out about the true identity of the Rhino King, but the origin of the white fillet as well, because they both belong to Laozi himself: the former is actually an escaped buffalo while the latter is a diamond snare.

Hearing what the buffalo has done, Laozi decides to go the mountain himself and uses his fan to change the creature back into his true form before apprehending him, everyone gets their weapons back, and the rest of the Pilgrims are finally freed!

XIĒZI JĪNG (蠍子精)

Xiēzi Jīng, or Scorpion Spirit—Scorpion Queen on the show—appears following the Kingdom of Women arc, specifically right after Táng Sānzàng rejects the queen, who had wanted him for a husband. Overhearing this, a disguised Scorpion decides that if the queen can't marry him, then she certainly will, and then proceeds to kidnap him. She does however make sure that he's treated well and even tries to lighten the mood with puns, but Tripiṭaka is having none of it and just wants to leave.

Soon, Sūn Wùkōng and Bājiè confront her, but neither of them can manage to actually beat her. Eventually, they're approached by Guānyīn, who informs them that what appears to be a strange maiden is actually a scorpion spirit who'd listened in on Buddha's lectures. Buddha however tried to get her to leave, but was instead stung by her, hence an earlier statement made by Scorpion about how even Tathāgata is afraid of her, and she then fled afterwards.

Guānyīn then directs Sūn Wùkōng to speak with an old friend of hers named Mǎorì Xīngguān (昴日星官), Star Lord Orionis, who agrees to help by literally turning himself into a giant rooster and just crushing Scorpion to death.

LIÙ ĚR MÍHÓU (六耳獼猴)

The show did a pretty good job at covering the basics of the origins of Sūn Wùkōng, but Liù Ěr Míhóu, or the Six-Eared Macaque, is a different story entirely.

So in the original book, Sūn Wùkōng—not for the first time—has been banished from the group for killing the thieving son of a couple who'd been kind to the Pilgrims. Taking advantage of the Monkey King's absence in order to obtain the scriptures and gain all the fame and glory that would come with it for himself, Macaque disguises himself as Sūn Wùkōng, attacks Tripiṭaka to the point of knocking the monk unconscious, steals the luggage, and then makes his way to Huāguǒshān, where he then proceeds to order the other monkeys to apprehend Shā Wùjìng after finding out that he had followed him before revealing to the disciple that he's already made copies of the others.

Horrified, Wùjìng manages to kill the copy of himself, which turns out to be just another monkey, and decides to go inform Guānyīn about what's happened. The imposter doesn't give chase, however, and instead orders the other monkeys to skin and fry the dead one before simply having another monkey change into Shā Wùjìng, showing that he views his "subjects" as expendable.

Meanwhile, Wùjìng soon makes it to Guānyīn's home, only to find that Sūn Wùkōng—the real Sūn Wùkōng—is already there. After realizing Monkey had indeed been replaced by an imposter, the two disciples return to Huāguǒshān to try and stop him, but as soon as Sūn Wùkōng and his double engage in battle, they turn out to be evenly matched, nor can anyone tell the difference between the two no matter what they do.

Eventually, Buddha gets involved again, and it's from him that we learn there are actually four spiritual primates: the Intelligent Stone Monkey (靈明石猴) Sūn Wùkōng, the Red Bottomed Horse Monkey (赤尻馬猴), the Long Armed Ape Monkey (通臂猿猴), and the Six-Eared Macaque. Also according to Buddha, each monkey has their own specialty, with Macaque in particular having, to quote Yu:

A sensitive ear,

Discernment of fundamental principles,

Knowledge of past and future,

And comprehension of all things.

Afterwards, Buddha manages to capture Macaque himself in an almsbowl and Wùkōng strikes him dead.

Fun fact, Macaque's name may also be derived from the old Buddhist saying, "the dharma is not to be transmitted to the sixth ear (法不传六耳)," referring to a secret that can't be known by a third party. Sūn Wùkōng previously referenced this while he was still under the tutelage of Patriarch Subodhi.

ZHĪZHŪJĪNG (蜘蛛精)

Unlike on the show, the Zhīzhūjīng, Spider Spirits, are actually comprised of seven sisters and no queen. They reside in Cobweb Cave/Pánsīdòng (盤絲洞) at Cobweb Ridge/Pánsīlǐng (盤絲嶺).

The Pilgrims encounter them sometime after the Bull Demon King's arrest, and after seeing their house, Tripiṭaka decides to go to the homeowners and beg for food, though his disciples remain weary. Even Bājiè insists on approaching the house himself, but Tripiṭaka is adamant on going on his own. While at the house, he's greeted by seven young maidens, who attempt to feed him human flesh. Sensing that something is off, Tripiṭaka tries to leave the house, only to be held hostage. Following this, the maidens reveal their true forms as spider spirits and cover the entire nearby village in silk.

Sūn Wùkōng of course goes to investigate and finds out from the local deity that the sisters have taken over a spring known as Purgation Spring/Zhuógòuquán (濯垢泉), which once belonged to the Qī Xiāngū (七仙姑), Seven Immortal Dames, and that the spider spirits go there frequently. Monkey ends up following them there, but due to an old proverb that states a man shouldn't fight a woman, stays his hand and just steals their clothes instead so they'll be too embarrassed to come out.

After returning to the other disciples, Zhū Bājiè decides it would be best to just kill them instead and Wùkōng doesn't even try to stop him, but Bājiè is eventually tied up in silk as well. After running home to put on their other clothes, the Spider Spirits call upon their adopted sons to get rid of the disciples: Bee/Mì (蜜), Hornet/Mǎ (螞), Cockroach/Lú (蠦) Catharsis/Bān (班), Grasshopper/Měng (蜢), Maggot/Là, (蜡) and Dragonfly/Qīng (蜻).

Of course, it doesn't end well for them, with Sūn Wùkōng transforming seven of his hairs to transform into seven hawks to devour the insects. The disciples manage to find Sānzàng afterwards and burn the cave to the ground, but the Spider Spirits are nowhere to be found.

Later, the Pilgrims come across Huánghuāguān (黃花观), Yellow Flower Abbey, where they are then greeted by a Daoist, who actually turns out to be the elder sworn brother of the Spider Spirits. After finding out what had happened earlier, he agrees to help them seek revenge against the Pilgrims by serving them poisoned tea, which only Sūn Wùkōng doesn't drink. Monkey is then attacked by the Spider Spirits, but he manages to escape and is eventually able to capture the sisters and kill them after the Daoist refuses to exchange their lives for Táng Sānzàng's.

Feeling remorse, the Daoist then attempts to avenge his fallen sisters and eventually defeats Sūn Wùkōng after emitting golden beams from his thousand eyes. Afterwards Monkey comes across a Bodhisattva who has recently lost her husband to the very same Daoist and it's from her Sūn Wùkōng learns the poisoner is actually called DEMON LORD OF A HUNDRED EYES/BǍIYǍN MÓJŪN (百眼魔君) as well as MANY-EYED FIEND/DUŌMÙGUÀI (多目怪).

After promising to avenge her husband, the woman suggests Sūn Wùkōng seek the help of Orionis' mother Pralambā (毘藍婆), who resides on Purple Cloud Mountain/Zǐyúnshān (紫雲山). Afterwards, the woman reveals herself to actually be the Old Dame of Li Mountain/Líshān Lǎomǔ (黎山老姆). So Monkey goes to Pralambā, who helps him free the other Pilgrims, gives them the antidote to the poison, and defeats the so-called Daoist—who actually turns out to be a giant centipede—herself.

YÙTÙJĪNG (玉兔精)

Yes, I'm counting the bunnies!

Last but not least, we have the Jade Rabbit Spirit, Yùtùjīng, the final adversary the Pilgrims meet on the journey before finally reaching Buddha at last.

Upon finally reaching Tiānzhú (India), the Pilgrims travel to the palace to get their papers certified, unbeknownst that the Princess of Tiānzhú is going to choose a husband at that moment using a ball, and whoever it lands on is to become her husband.

So guess who it lands on.

Funnily enough, this also happens to be how Sānzàng's own parents met!

Afterwards, Wùkōng senses that something is amiss and quickly discovers that the princess is actually a fake, so to save Sānzàng from yet another female adversary who wishes to marry and/or sleep with him and absorb his yang energy, Monkey eventually battles her, until she flees to Hairbrush Mountain/Máoyǐngshān (毛穎山) and he follows her there, where he learns from the Star Lord of Supreme Yīn/Tàiyīn Xīngjūn (太陰星君) that the False Princess is actually the Jade Rabbit, who held a grudge against another immortal who'd slapped her eighteen years prior called Sùé (素娥), the reincarnation of the real Princess. Jade Rabbit later kidnapped her and assumed the princess' identity for herself as vengeance.

Jade Rabbit is then apprehended by the lunar deities while the real Princess is eventually reunited with her family afterwards.

#journey to the west #jttw #monkie kid #lego monkie kid #lmk #sun wukong #monkey king #the monkey king #tang sanzang #tripitaka #zhu bajie #sha wujing #white dragon horse

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yuta-senpai · 4 years ago

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Deceit Epilogue | Hendery

This story is fully finished now. I really hope all of you enjoyed it! Thank you for supporting it and I hope you readers will continue to support my future stories. ❤️

- Pairing: Kun x reader, Hendery x reader

- Warnings: Character death and afterlife (No specified religion)

- Word count: 1.9 k

Three years after Hendery’s death

You sat on the grass in front of Hendery’s grave. You placed flowers down, the same kind he had sent you with his ‘goodbye’ note.

“Hi, my Prince. How are you?”

You waited for a moment, part of you pretending he was answering.

“I am doing well. My life is good, and I am starting to do things we had planned to do together. I still miss you, you know I will always miss you.”

Kun sat down beside you, rubbing your back.

“I have some exciting news though. Kun and I got married! I wish you could have been there, it was a beautiful reception and we had an amazing honeymoon. Kun even flew me and it was a lot of fun. I wish I could have seen you get married again. I just hope that wherever you are, you are happier. I hope you can see that I am living my life happily, and even though I miss you, I am happy.”

You sighed and laid your head against Kun’s shoulder.

“Hendery, I wish we could have reconciled better as friends. I know I said that the past two years but I mean it. I know you approved of me marrying her, but I still question if it’s because you knew I would love her or if we were okay. I miss you, everybody at the company does, especially Lucas. When we tried to clean up your office, he stopped us begging us not to change it. He didn’t want it to change because he missed you and felt that putting your stuff away was like forgetting you. We still have your office set up just like you used to have it. We also dedicated the new office building in your name. I know it doesn’t bring you back, but we don’t want to forget you.”

Kun and you sat in silence for a while as you both just listened to the breeze rustle the tree leaves. Neither of you wanted to leave, both of you wished Hendery was still here. You loved Kun for being understanding every time you wanted to come to do this. He knew that you still loved Hendery and he understood that you weren’t given the time to get over him because of his death. Kun also knew that you loved him too so he wasn’t worried.

Six years after Hendery’s death

You sat in the same spot that you did every year and laid the same flowers down.

“I am doing good this year. I have a big surprise to share with you though. I have to introduce you to somebody.” Kun was standing behind you and he leaned over, handing you your baby daughter.

“This is Zhǔ, short for Gōngzhǔ, or Princess. We wanted to honor you with our first child and since she wasn’t a little boy we couldn’t name her after you so we went with the nickname you called me for years.”

You held her close as you rocked her in your arms. She was only a few months old, and you didn’t like taking her out yet but you wanted Hendery to meet her.

It hurt your heart that Hendery would never be able to hold her or truly meet her. Kun placed his hand on your shoulder and looked down over you.

“I can already imagine that Kun is gonna spoil her and she is going to be a little spoiled princess.”

The two of you laughed and sat there in comfortable silence just staring at the beautiful baby girl you two had brought into this world.

“Hendery, you would have made an amazing father.”

You sighed, knowing you needed to go. You didn’t want to keep little Zhǔ out for too long.

“We will see you next year Hendery.”

Eight years after Hendery’s death

You held Zhǔ’s hand as you walked up to Hendery’s grave, she didn’t fully understand what was happening but you just explained that you were visiting “Uncle Hendery’s” grave and that he passed away before she was born. She didn’t understand the concept of death yet but she still went with you. She called all of the other CEO’s uncle so you figured using that for Hendery was best.

You sat down and pulled Zhǔ onto your lap as you talked to Hendery like you did every year.

“I have somebody else I want you to meet Hendery.”

Kun sat down beside you, cradling a small baby in his arms.

“This is Guanheng, we both agreed that if we had a boy this time we would name him after you. He is just barely a month old.”

Zhǔ stared at you as you talked, noticing the sadness in your voice.

“Are you happy to be an older sister Zhǔ?”

She smiled and laughed, “Yes he is cute.”

You smiled and pinched her cheeks. Then a sigh left your lips. Hendery and you used to lay around and discuss how many children you wanted and the gender. He was adamant that he wanted two, one boy and one girl. When you would ask him which he wanted to be older he said he had enjoyed having older sisters so he hoped the girl would be born first and then the boy. A little ironic that it was the exact future you had planned with Hendery…. But it wasn’t with Hendery.

Twenty four years after Hendery’s death

You and Kun were getting older, both in your 50’s. Zhǔ had just moved out to go to college and Guanheng was 16 now and would be moving out soon. Zhǔ wanted to take over her father’s spot in the company so Kun said once she finished her degree he would pass it on to her and teach her. Then he would retire and you two could spend the rest of your time together.

Kun no matter how busy he was always went with you to visit Hendery.

The two of you stood over the grave arm in arm.

“Zhǔ is wanting to take after her father, majoring in business and even wanting to take over his spot in the company.”

Kun smiled proudly, “She is such a smart girl, I can’t wait to see what great things she achieves. I am going to give the job over to her and going to retire soon. You know I am a workaholic but we talked and agreed that retiring early would be nice, that way Angel and I can travel and do some fun things together before we get too old.”

Kun kissed your forehead.

“I am happy that I was given the chance to spend my life with this amazing woman and have two beautiful children.”

Kun and you just continued to fall more and more in love with each other. You loved everything about each other and never wanted to be away from each other for long.

Kun set something down on the grave and you eyed him.

“What’s that?”

“A secret. Hendery and I had agreed years ago that when we were 50 we would do something and I kept my promise.”

You rubbed Kun’s arm and he smiled at you. Kun’s hair had gotten grey, he had crow’s feet around his eyes, and he had strong smile lines but he was still the most handsome man you had ever seen…. He was your man.

Fifty-five years after Hendery’s death

You used your cane to help you walk over to the grave. Your children had offered to help you, but you insisted you were fine to go.

“Hi, Hendery. Getting old fucking sucks.”

You laughed to yourself.

“I’m sure you already knew this, but as you can see this is my first time coming alone. Kun passed away this year. I miss him very much, but we had a good life together. The kids we had are successful and doing well, and we had a lot of fun up until the end. As I get older I wonder what happens after death, I guess I will find out soon.”

You stared over the grave, it had been so long yet you still found comfort in standing here talking to the piece of stone in front of you. Some might find it macabre especially doing it for so long, but you wanted Hendery to know you lived a happy life, you lived it for him and for you. You hoped, wherever he was, he was proud of you.

A few tears slipped down your face, and it hurt to know you couldn’t go to Kun for comfort. The two men you loved were gone and you were all alone. You hated it.

Six months later

Your children stood by your side as you laid in the hospital bed. You listened to the slow hum of the fan in the room and the beep of your heart monitor. You knew this was the end, and honestly, you were happy to go. You hated to leave your children behind, but Kun and you gave them a good life and they were old enough now. You didn’t want to spend years living without Kun, so when your health had started to decline you accepted it, not wanting to be alone.

“I love you two.”

You smiled weakly at your children. Tears filled their eyes, “We love you too mom.”

That night you peacefully fell asleep, only to never wake up in the living world again.

When you opened your eyes Hendery stood above you smiling, “Hi Princess”

“Hendery?”

You leaned up and hugged him.

“Where am I? Why are you here?”

“Well, you died princess.”

You took in the surroundings and then him. He looked the same as he did the day you last saw him.

“I missed you.”

You placed your hand on his cheek and he leaned into your touch.

“I missed you too. I watched your life and I want to thank you for visiting my grave each year. It really meant a lot.”

You hugged him again.

“Princess…. I have a question for you. I know that I fucked up in life, and I lost you. Kun got you through your life, but can I please have my chance for eternity? I promise to be the man you needed and love you for the rest of time.”

“I- Hendery.”

Tears filled your eyes as you thought about it all.

“Is eternity in this room?”

“No, eternity starts when we leave this room. I never left because I didn’t know what would happen if I did. I don’t even know what is out there. I wanted to stay here and see you live your life, because if I went out there, what if I was reincarnated or what if you have to be with somebody to see them. I didn’t want to risk it. I have spent fifty-five years here and I know nothing about what it is.”

“I would hate to leave Kun though.”

“Kun already went. He said if you two were meant to see each other again you would. He gave you the option to go with me or go alone.”

“Hendery…. Let’s try this eternity together. Please, don’t hurt me again.”

He pulled you up to stand, hugging you.

“I will never hurt you again, I promise that.”

He held your hand as you walked towards the door leading to your future, what would happen neither of you knew but you would do it together. You both took in a deep breath.

“I love you princess.”

“I love you Hendery.”

You pushed the door open together and saw nothing but bright light. Your eternity together started now.

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carodrugficrecs · 4 years ago

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Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū, Original Luò Bīnghé/Original Shěn Qīngqiū, Mòběi-jūn/Shàng Qīnghuá, Original Shěn Qīngqiū/Yuè Qīngyuán, Sū Xīyán/Tiānláng-jūn, Xiao Gongzhu/Gongyi Xiao, x - Relationship

Characters: Luò Bīnghé, Original Luò Bīnghé, Original Shěn Qīngqiū, Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū, Shàng Qīnghuá, Mòběi-jūn, Tiānláng-jūn, Sū Xīyán, Zhúzhī-láng, Shā Huálíng, Liǔ Míngyān, Níng Yīngyīng, Original Luò Bīnghé's Harem, Xiǎo Gōngzhǔ | Little Palace Mistress

Additional Tags: Does it count as Bingge if there's a harem?, Don't wave your harem around if you don't want Shen Yuan to lowkey steal it, subtext subtext subtext

Summary:

For the past ten years, Crown Prince Luo Binghe has grown up parading women in front of his fiancé, Shen Yuan, and saying to him, “Shen Yuan, I’ve found someone more exquisite than you. I wish to end our engagement!”

Although Shen Yuan expected it, even Buddha would get tired of getting his face slapped!

Fine, if you want to cancel our engagement, then let's cancel it! You ungrateful brat!

But after breaking it off...who could have expected that the spoilt crown prince would resist!?

Based on the manga oneshot of the same name. A ridiculous, silly one shot.

#scum villian's self saving system fic rec #shen yuan fic #luo binghe fic #bingqiu fic #already read #Avescor

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bloodysweetnightmare · 5 years ago

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"AH," (for the Pinning Meme.)

Pin My Muse: Accepting!

> The randomizer chose “NO” - Pin my muse against the wall to PROTECT THEM

It had taken a little while to gain proper control of Longg’s powers, but by now the dragon-themed heroine was flying over the rooftops of Cestrelle. Combining it with her own abilities proved useful - she could get around the city in the blink of an eye! Even if it did leave her all covered in glitter. Worth it for mobility.

Landing in a seemingly abandoned back alley, she called the de-transformation phase to let her Kwami rest. The little dragon had taken up residence in one of her skirt pockets; kept stocked with spicy peppers for him to munch on. “You’re far too kind, Gōngzhǔ,” he murmurs, ducking into his hiding spot. Larkspur couldn’t help but smile softly. The tiny god truly was adorable.

Sudden honking brings her right out of her thoughts, turning to see a motorcyclist tearing through the alley. Before she has a chance to react, a body collides into her, pinning her to the wall as the cyclist passes by. Larkspur groans, the impact having more force than was probably intended. Looking up, she locks eyes with - … A… monkey themed hero? Ah, must be one of the other Miraculous holders.

“Ah, thank you for saving me, dear. It’s unlike me to blank like that…”

#( ♛ Bloody Red Princess )#( ♛ mutewondergal )#{ minako back at it saving the pretty women!! }#mutewondergal

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outofthefires · 3 years ago

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Never Let Fear Guide You – Solo by Cinder

❝ 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳…❞

The evening air in New Beijing Market was still hot and stuffy, even after the sun had gone down. Working in a place like the main city market meant that I was always busy, and work was never hard for me to find, or more so that work always seemed to find me. But as the sun started to go down, was when I managed to complete most of my tasks. With little to no people walking around the market other than to find their way home, there was finally nobody to disturb me, or distract me with questions or requests. Or so I thought.

‘Are you going to make sure that rubbish is gone before the morning?’ #ZhangWei stood with a frown on his brows and his arms crossed across his chest. He always found a reason to fight with me most days, and there was no getting away from it for me as he was the Netscreen dealer whose booth was situated to the right of mine.

Tonight, of all nights I was not in the mood for a fight. So, with a huff and a roll of my eyes. I moved to finally face him.

“Dà yé ( elder), You already know the answer to your question. The rubbish is collected at midnight tonight as it is every night. The boxes will be gone.” I wasn’t sure what it was that he saw in my eyes, but for once he didn’t push the matter and went off on his way home.

As I stood here brushing my hair back off my forehead, the heat was starting to set its claws into me. I was dreaming of a cool shower, some hot dumplings and a relaxing evening of reading the new manual for the new tutor androids set to come to market later in the month.

There was a com waiting to be read, so I opened up my comm link to see who it was from and what it said. The text scrolled past my retina display;

From Gōngzhǔ (Princess) Peony : 𝚂𝙾𝚂! 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚙. 𝙼𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎!

The communication had been sent by my younger step sister #LihnPeony as a warning to me. This meant only one thing. My stepmother #LihnAdri must of have had a bad day and was looking for reasons to fight and take her anger out on somebody. One glance at me would make me her target for the night, and after the full-on day I’d lived today.

“Nope, No thank you.”

I sent #Peony a quick reply comm.

To Gōngzhǔ (Princess) Peony : 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙳𝚛𝚘𝚙. 𝚁𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚞𝚗!

As I hit send I couldn’t help the smile, even if #Peony had sent the com as a ‘SOS’ 𝙎𝙊𝙎 we both knew that it really was just a ‘heads up’ 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 for me so that I wasn’t blind sighted upon arriving home to find #Adri on a war path.

I instantly sent a second com to her too.

To Gōngzhǔ (Princess) Peony : 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝙸𝚔𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

Once the Comm was sent, I stepped out from behind the table at the front of my booth, pulling the shutters down. The flash of a reply com was back, and I read it.

From Gōngzhǔ (Princess) Peony : 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗

I laughed a little at her reply, and I knew that #Iko would be in safe hands for tonight. Throwing my bag over my head and across my body, I tugged on my gloves and started to make my way over to the Dumpling vendor. If there was no chance for me to go home yet for the shower, the least I could do was eat some good dumplings and read the manual in peace somewhere that #Adri couldn’t get her claws into me.

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I didn’t realise where my feet were taking me until I was stood before the New Beijing Palace Garden. The small square of grass, flowers, and trees with a small koi pond was situated at the foot of the entrance to the Palace itself. Looking up I could see the lights shining through the windows up at the top of the hill. And I could only imagine what was taking place in the halls and rooms up there. With the so-called guests our Emperor was hosting here from Luna, I could only hope and pray for his safety with such people in his vicinity.

Finding an empty bench, I sat myself down and opened my bag to take out the dumplings and the manual I had been dreaming about all day long. Learning new things was something I could do at any time. And I knew that I could download this information to my mainframe in a blink of an eye. But there was some joy to be had from looking at the diagrams and read the words from the pages in my hands. Most companies didn’t bother with such things anymore. So, when I found that a company had gone to the trouble of printing manuals, mostly to hype up the launch of their androids, I jump to the chance to get myself a copy. Besides being known as the ‘Best rated mechanic’ 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 had to come with some perks.

I had gotten to page six of the manual, and only eaten three dumplings when the cries of a young girl caught my attention. Looking up from the book in my hands I frowned, stretching my neck over the foliage before me to look to see who it was. There was a conversation I’d managed to miss, due to setting my hearing down to minimum for, some peace after the hustle of the market all day long.

‘What is that? Eww, can you even see what it looks like?’ The voice of one young boy said.

‘She’s not meant to be here. God she shouldn’t even be alive.’ Another followed.

‘Please, I did nothing to you. Please leave me alone.’ The girls voice cried out.

This was all I needed to hear, standing up and setting my things down on the bench making my way across the garden.

“Hey, what’s going on here?” I asked coming to a stop at the sight which lay before me.

The young girl was not more than Fourteen years old and she had fallen ( or had been pushed ) to the ground. Her dark brown ringlet hair tumbled across her face as she whimpered. There was a graze on her leg just below her knee and she was rocking back and forth. Two boys who were close to my age, fifteen or sixteen stood over her. One poking her with a stick. It wasn’t until the girl looked up and back towards me did, I see the reason for what was taking place.

The side of her face which until she turned to look at me had been covered by the shadows and her hair, showed me a metal plate covering her cheek and up to her temple and then into and under her hair. Her retina display was shining a shocking blue, and she was holding her eye in her hand.

“What—” The shock of what I saw made me take a few steps back and then I stilled.

‘Right? She’s a freak. She should be dead.’ The first boy said.

‘She isn’t even human anymore.’ The other laughed and I fisted my cyborg hand tightly.

“Move away from her! How dare you! What did you do to her? I’m going to report you!!” I exclaimed rushing over to stand between them and the girl.

“If you cut her, she bleeds just like you!” I pointed to the cut on her leg and the blood covering it.

“She is alive, and she deserves to be treated no differently to anybody else!” I was mad, warning lights and messages flashing before my own retina display informing me that I was experiencing elevated levels of adrenaline. I blinked the warnings away so that I could concentrate on the boys who were backing away from me.

My voice was getting louder at them until they turned and ran away. “Learn some RESPECT!” I shouted after them and then I turned to bend down and help the girl up to her feet.

‘Thank you Xiǎojiě – (Miss)’ She said looking up at me, she was shorter than me as well as younger.

“Please call me Cinder, and I’m so sorry for what they did to you. Can I walk you home? Take you wherever it was you were going to?” I asked, trying to curb my own anger at what had happened to her.

‘Oh no Cinder, I couldn’t—’ She began to say, and I held my hand up to stop her.

“No, please let me just go grab my things and I will walk with you.” She finally agreed and we set off to pick up my belongings and then walked out of the garden.

My mind reeling with the fact that I too could have been attacked like this poor girl had been, the only difference was that I could hide the cyborg parts of me, and she couldn’t.

“It doesn’t take a lot to show some kindness.” I whispered to myself.

#TheLunarChronicles #LinhCinder #Cinder #Solo #StoryTime

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