Soulmasters.

Soulmasters are known to be the well-trained warriors who managed to use their own soul as energy to enhance their own weapons, and sometimes they would specialize into elements they were related to.

Using the own vital energy to fight can lead to great power but also a big risk of corruption if the chosen ones do not manage well their own ancient energy.

Soulmasters, as magic wielders, were part of different clans, who had nothing but a pact of tolerance between other parts like Lords, Kings or Emperors. They were mostly keeping good rapports in the Yinyué region as the capital had the most important academy to train at best the young children.

But not all the Clans were happy to send their children to train there. 

I was a Soulmaster back in my... previous life? Before my long sleep? I do not even know how to call whatever happened to me.

I used to live in the Eternal Breeze, the biggest mountain of the Yinyué region. My clan wasn't in the best rapports with the Alliance; the actual management of the Yinyué city. 

As Soulmasters were warriors trained since childhood from the generals of the Yinyué Alliance, my family never dared to send me in training, actually, all they did was making me live in isolation in the mountains.

This made me surely more into talking to things than humans, but that's how I decided to train my soul energy.

I was just a child when I got lost in the forest during my own training. I didn't notice myself walking towards a cavern that looked like a secret passage to Hell.

I remember myself slipping on the ice and falling inside this never-ending slide... then a light... a breeze of cold wind kind of cuddle my cheeks, making me feel shivers all over my body. I felt like I was floating in an invisible frozen ocean...

"The audience with the Head General, will be tomorrow"

The spoken words of the chief of the commerce row woke me from my thoughts. As soon as we entered the city, I could notice all the people of the town making the street almost a desert to let the carriages move fast.

My eyes could see the sadness in their eyes, like they were somehow showing us a worried stare of the way we were dressed and accomodated.

I smiled gently, feeling relieved by the fact the city looked as always as beautiful as I remember along with the people; most of them kind hearted and peaceful.

If the city hasn't changed for five years, why is Ming Yuan accepting slaves from Arthos territories? That prick, I swear to Lords I am gonna make him my needle shooting target.

Probably my little evil laugh and stare with flames around was cought by the little Alysia, who looked at me "Are you okay Bibi?" she called me and I looked at her surprised, she smiled "That's your nickname! Isn't it cute?" she asked and I smiled.

She looked surprised when she noticed my hand on her brown long hair, rubbing it a little bit, making her a bit embarassed "It is, do you want a nickname too?" I asked making her surprised of my gesture.

Honestly she was the cute one of the situation. She was tiny, green big eyes, a cute face and lovely curly brown hair, a little bit messed up but lovely anyway.

"Of course! Which one? I wanna know I wanna know!" she exclaimed, making me laugh a little bit. She looked at me surprised "You know Bibi" she said while getting closer to me holding a little bit my brown tunic "You're the only one who has treated me well so far" she said with some tears in her eyes making me worried "If we end up serving the same house, can I call you mum?" she asked. I could probably feel my cheeks getting red from her calm request.

"Huh?" I asked surprised, now that excalated quickly.

Some men started to laugh "Child, do you know you can't just ask to a woman you just met that?"

"Yea, she's so much in need of a family she never had"

The girl looked embarassed, she held tight a little piece of my tunic, probably feeling a little bit frustrated by adults always judging her.

The situation inside the wagon was embarassing, no one was talking anymore. Some kept looking at me, others were just laying against the bars to find some rest.

I could feel Alysia was feeling like someone pushed a big rock towards her brave wall. She's just a child after all. She was keeping her head down like she was feeling the punishment of being scolded by adults, making my mummy heart feel the panic.

How can people be so harsh to a cute little baby?!

I laughed gently and the people looked at me surprised while I was pinching Alysia's cheeks. She did raise a little bit her head looking at me with teared eyes while I was laughing "Bao Bao" I kept laughing "Your cheeks are soft like the dough and it's one of my favourite food of the Yinyué region, you're one of my favourite people Alysia" I said making her surprised, while I was actually imagining in my head the food that I really used to love "it's so cute outside and inside it has a perfect mix and I..."

From being surprised she started crying even more, making people who were walking next to our carriage worried and whispering. Bao hugged me while crying, to probably also hide her face, I smiled while cuddling her. My blue eyes then switched target to look at the people staring at us with probably the most evil and annoyed stare.

They stopped whispering and tried to look somewhere else, except one of the soldiers of the carriage row. He was the same one who saw me naked.

That thought made me a little bit blush honestly.

So embarassing and so shameful.

I should stab myself

I was seen naked by a man and wasn't my husband.

I'd need to be punished and probably die again.

"We will stop here" said the chief. He pointed at the tavern that made my heart skip a beat.

Li's Tavern

It was one of the biggest and loved taverns of the city, the best noodles and teriyaki pork in the region.

I almost teared up as I did smell the flavour of the just cooked meal.

"I want real food" I said without even thinking and BaoBao laughed while trying to wipe off her tears

"Me too!" she said, we laughed together but then my focus got taken by the men of the carriage leaving the two wagons of slaves there, and just enter in the tavern.

"Wait, are they gonna leave us here?" I asked and the men of my wagon looked me with an obvious face.

"Slaves will stay in the wagon till the Head General will get their custody, therefore you will sleep here" said the man who saw me naked.

I seriously need to ask his name.

"What's your name sir?" I asked grumpy, he blushed a little bit while looking at me and cleared his throat before replying.

"Argos" he replied "I doesn't matter after all"

Well for me yes, it does, since my nickname for you was "the man who makes me feel like I need to kill myself as punishment of letting a man who's not my husband seeing my naked body" and honestly it's too long to write, it would ruin the whole novel narration!

"Yes, right" I said ironically.

I could see with the corner of my eye the chief with a malicious smile while he was entering in the tavern.

I do not feel anything good in this whole situation.

Slowly the night came. Alysia was sleeping on my lap while I was just lost in my thought.

Tomorrow I would have seen again my husband, but he would never recognised me, because I do not look like the way I was back then. My energies are not align, looks like my body has lost all the power I had back then. I can't even fight properly as something is missing.

Did I really die five years ago?

How much did he suffer... Lin... my child.

I did sigh a bit thinking how he probably felt like I did leave him alone without even saying a proper goodbye.

Who would believe I am Fen Yuan? I might have all my memories, but my hair, my energy... I can't just let myself present myself as her for now, I have no proofs to give.

Plus, if I got killed, it means someone maybe was pointing at the head of the city; my husband.

If I manage to stay by his side and hide my true identity, I could get to my assassin and understand how I got killed, and the purpose of that.

If I let people know I am Fen Yuan, the notice of the "lost queen" would reach Arthos and this means also the group of people who planned my assassination.

I can't let myself be exposed now that I have definitely less power than I had back to when I fought and got killed, I would sign my death sentence.

Also, as far as I understood, Ming made a sorta of warning not to talk about me since my death, if I exposed myself in front of him, he would probably see it as a threat and wouldn't believe me.

I am definitely in a big mess.

Well, the first thing to do is to actually find a way to be in Yinyué.

I must wait for tomorrow's audience.