Cui Xinya laughed to herself as she heard the confrontation from outside. She was most pleased with her student so far, but she couldn't let her know that. Also, there was the problem of her deity. She looked up at the ceiling imagining what a serpent god would be like. She had never heard of a god known as Vasu-Jin the serpent god of venom and she doubted very much that he was a benevolent god. Cui needed to find out more about this god so she knew tonight she needed to commune with him at his shrine and she would find it tonight, even if she had to keep up all night from her sleep.
“So annoying.”
With a small frown to herself, she whispered out loud. "A serpent god...that could bring me a bit of bad luck if I don't play my hands correctly...at least this will be fun and interesting." She smiled as she got out of the spring and looked towards the east with a fond and loving expression on her face.
"Something interesting is happening Mofeyr and I need your guidance...won't you speak to me?" There was no response, only a slight breeze entered the hot spring blowing gently across her face. Reminding her of her time in the southern coastal city of Jeyu in the empire. The clear sea green ocean rolling onto the white sand shores was something that she had grown even more fond of as she had been away from there for far too long.
As she dwelled on the image of the ocean she smiled at the feeling of the cool air that contrasted with the hot steam that drifted slowly into the air..
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Seito Mei didn't like that boy. Something about him seemed familiar and off about him. She wasn't one to ignore her instincts and she learned today even more to trust him. While she wasn’t certain if he was just a spoiled noble’s kid or some military leader’s kid. It didn’t matter to her his entire persona just rubbed her the wrong way and whether he deserved it or not she didn’t like him.
The fact that he was so perverted that he would make excuses for what he did jumbled up her mind. Of course, she knew that it was most likely an accident, but his defensive reaction to what happened pissed her off and therefore he is a pervert. Rationality out the window take no risks!
She entered her room and threw the towel over the hanging rack. Looking at her bare back she looked at his block serpent tattoo. If she were honest with herself she thought it looked pretty cool, but it was not appropriate in the empire for a woman to taint her skin with ink; it was even frowned upon by males of nobility.
"Guess that kills my shot at being part of the nobility." She snickered to herself not that Mei ever had any hope of herself getting past the prejudice of her eye color.
The moon was high in the sky now and Mei threw on her sleepwear and climbed under her covers. It was better to get sleep now. Tomorrow was going to be long if today was any indicator. The inner court was far more intense than she had originally hoped.
Mei’s last thought was someone whom she had not seen in a long time. Her mother who currently worked with Mr. Itakura at his shop in the city. Mei didn’t hate her mother, but all she ever tried to do was talk about her father and Mei didn’t have any interest in talking about her father. Not now and not for a very long time.