Chapter 4

"The Shao god's treasure? Hahahaha... that book was written by a quack. None of it is real. As pirates, we are naturally addicted to treasure but some treasures are just figments of someone's overactive imagination... and that is one of them," said Ji Wen casually leaning back into his chair.

"Says the guy who believes in outer space aliens," said Ji Yao almost rolling his eyes in annoyance.

"Wow, today you are extremely talkative... Say something else, your voice sounds nice," he earnestly beckoned him but was soon disappointed as Ji Yao rose to his feet exiting the room while slamming the door with a loud bang.

"Yep, he took after his mother, not me."In the dead of night, a group of men dressed in grey robes walked across a grand courtyard carrying a four feet cage with a black cloth covering it.

This series of actions would have been considered inconspicuous that is if they weren't doing it in the middle of the night. The only thing that should be active at that godforsaken hour should be owls and... maybe witches but this group of six were toiling around like it was 10 fuckin a.m. in the morning.

Let's not misunderstand them because if it were up to them, they would rather be in the comfort of their beds dreaming about winning the jackpot one day and make a scene when they quit. But until the day they win the lottery they had no choice but to accept these weird working hours.

The servant at the back stubbed his toe on a rock causing the cage to tilt one side as it came crashing down. "Argh! Shit... mhm mmmm," he grimaced in pain followed by muffled grunts.

He didn't dare yelp aloud anymore lest prince Rui hears him. The steward leading the way walked back to where the youth was.

PA!

This was the loud sound of the handle of a horsewhip hitting the back of the youth's head. It hurt. It hurt so much but he didn't have the guts to yelp out. He hurriedly picked up the end of the cage he had dropped only to be met by the most mesmerizing pink peach blossom eyes staring at him from the exposed part of the cage.

He would have hurriedly covered up the cage but he was drawn to those eyes like he was under an enchantment. The longer he looked into those dim misty eyes the more he was pulled into them. Those eyes were like a key evoking the deepest part of his soul.

Intense protective instincts stirred up within him as he moved even closer to the cage. He wanted to break it and save the person inside. He wanted to protect them from all harm and wipe their tears away. If it weren't for the little rationality he had he would have freed them by now.That little rationality that he had was already stretched

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