#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM_S2
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 73
However, at that moment, the words from his grandfather rang in his head. He deliberated for a while on whether to release them or not. After a long while of thinking, he curled his lips.
‘Sorry, grandfather, I can’t obey you this time,’ he thought.
If he could do what Zucchini wants, not only will the world bow down to him, his grandfather would too, so what’s the essence of obeying his grandfather? Rather he should go out and search for Brian’s pair.
But before then, he asked; “Great Priestess, how do I find his pair?”
The priestess closed her eyes and summoned Zucchini again for a while before she replied in the form of a possessed being;
“She’s a gorgeous jadeite among fine stones. Her light brownish-green color of hazelnut eyes stares deeply into souls and captures them like traps. Her beautiful smile softens the hearts, making Zucchini cry in ecstasy. Her heart was white but is turning black after the thorns of the roses of the world pricked her a few times. Even so, she has a large heart to contain loyal friends.
“Zucchini needs her! That gentle but fierce lady in the midst of h@ťěrs and loved ones, divided in two as she plays a sympathetic and villainous role!
“She is the long-awaited leader of Zucchini’s children!
“Her home is filled with bliss and it stings Zucchini’s heart for Zucchini is bliss and only Zucchini should give her bliss!!
“Zucchini cries in ecstasy! Get Zucchini that lady in love with the dark and fierce lion among the men whom they call unrest!!
“Zucchini cries in ecstasy! Cries in ecstasy!! Cries in ecstasy!!!!!!!”
The priestess fell limply to the floor and fainted.
The people didn’t find it weird because that is how she turns out after her session with Zucchini.
“Thank you, Zucchini!” Oldest brother Feng kowtowed again before he got up to leave. Although he wasn’t clear on whom to look for, he believes that after he has gone through all the qualities of the person, it would be clear.
The most important thing is that he would be searching for a human, the most beautiful lady among ladies. Married to a villain, pretentious, living in a happy home and she’s also the long-awaited leader of the Half-heart organization… Zucchini’s children.
Oldest brother Feng smiled a victorious smile before leaving.
After he left, Brian looked around and saw that the priestess was still lying on the floor and the others were still chanting with their eyes closed. He searched around and spotted the knife for the sacrifice on a stone stool close to him.
Brian quietly wiggled out of the ropes on his wrist and with great difficulty, he bent to take the knife which almost fell off the stool a couple of times.
He cut open the ropes on his ankles and quietly got down from the stone bed. He bent over and went to Piper’s side, then quietly cut her open.
“Can you walk?” he whispered.
Piper looked extremely sick with a pale face, cracked lips, and weak constitution.
She slowly nodded even though it was obvious that she was lying.
Brian stared at her with pity. It was already a miracle that Piper was still holding on and isn’t dead yet. She had been sick for days now. Although, Brian was also very weak, but in the face of death, he has to be strong because their fate relies on him now; they must live!
“Stay right here and don’t move an inch unless I tell you to. If my life is in danger, get out of here even though it means crawling. You mustn’t waste the life I risked my own life for, understand?” he said to her in the most gentle voice he has ever used.
There’s no room to leave the circle of men unless he ki||s some to make a way.
Piper stayed silent. Seeing this, Brian kissed her on the forehead and placed his forehead on hers before finally confessing; “I still love you a lot… so please… don’t die on me, I beg you.”
Brian didn’t wait to hear any reply from her before he hurried quietly into the midst of those people chanting.
Standing in front of one, Brian raised the knife up and unceremoniously stabbed the person in the heart, then twisted the knife before pulling it out.
The person’s hoodie fell back and a beautiful lady with widened eyes came to view. She tried to speak but blood gushed out of her mouth.
Brian curled his lips and gave the lady his body to rest on before quietly carrying her out of the circle they created.
He looked behind him and gestured with his hand for Piper to start coming.
With great difficulty, Piper started to walk forward in little strides, like a baby having difficulty walking.
While Piper was coming over, from behind the people, Brian would grab someone and cover their mouth, then slash their neck, and quietly lay them to rest on the floor without making a sound.
He was quick, fluid in his movement, and tactful.
In no time, more than five people were lying on the floor, dead in silence.
Brian desperately wanted to go for more, but weariness was already getting the better of him. It requires energy to ki|| these strong women in silence and from what he had observed, these people weren’t feeble; they were good martial art experts.
Brian looked from the entrance to Piper who was ahead of him but couldn’t walk anymore. She was bending over with her hands on her knees. His grip on the knife tightened.
He turned and gazed at the Priestess who was still lying down before hurrying to Piper.
Brian picked her up, instinctively, Piper let out a startled low cry.
“Ahh!”
Realizing it was Brian, they both froze for a few seconds before slowly turning to look behind them.
They thought the people were awake but good thing, they were still in the spirit.
Brian let out a soft sigh of relief and picked Piper up. Just as he took a few steps and was about to get to the curtain, the priestess’ drowsy voice sounded;
“f_ck!” Brian cursed as he turned to see the hooded ladies running over. What else could he do? Their lives are over, he thought.
Brian could only watch the hooded people run over to surround them. He was powerless and too weak to fight.
He could reveal his identity but his identity would rather make the priestess and her Zucchini, cucumber, or wh@ťěver she calls that ugly idol, angry even more.
“Zucchini is indeed right. She told me that you and your pair are stubborn and defiant. From what you’ve done, It’s indeed true. Too bad Zucchini h@ťěs men, else, she would have married you like she intends for your chosen pair. But don’t worry, your blood will satiate Zucchini for a while… Tie them up!” the Priestess commanded.
Just when the hooded ladies were about to grab Brian and Piper–
“Bang!”
A gunshot sound came from the entrance and the closest hooded lady to Piper fell as her life left her immediately. She was shot in the skull.
Everyone in the shrine was startled for a long while before the priestess screamed;
“Abomination! Who brings a weapon to Zucchini’s presence!!”
It is forbidden to enter zucchini’s shrine with a weapon, except a knife that the priestess holds for sacrifices.
“I did… what are you going to do about it?”
“Bang!” Another hooded lady standing by Brian was ki||ed.
“Nothing!”
The mouth of a black gun shifted the red curtain out of the way and a blue-haired young man walked into the shrine.
He looked at Piper and said; “Hey, you look dead, tsk, tsk, tsk… you should thank my sister-in-law after this,” with that said, Rex picked up Piper before leaving with Brian.
“Take care of this filthy place,” he commanded the tons of men he brought over.
Few seconds later, the loud sounds of gunshots reverberated in the cave before an outburst of fire shot out from the cave after Rex’s people left; they had set the place on fire.
Outside the place was littered with corpses of hooded ladies that were supposed to be the guadians of the place.
After everyone left, inside the flaming cave, a butterfly flew out of the nose of the statue and flew out through the window.
The gold cup fell from the idol’s hand and the red liquid inside it splashed everywhere. The candles went out but thanks to the flame coming from the burning cave, the place was lit.
Under the blanket of the night with a full moon as the only source of light, A few cars sped out of the forest.
In one of the cars, Piper was resting her head on Rex’s lap as she clutched tightly onto his blue shirt with all the strength she has left. Her eyes were closed.
For the first time, Rex gazed at her with softness in his eyes. His beautiful and proud sister looks like a sick child from the slum. It hurt his heart so much that he planned to ki|| Feng Gu himself.
Memories of how he discovered this place flashed through his mind.
After leaving the Feng house, Maverick called him and sounded very serious while ordering him to go all out in search of Piper and Brian.
Rex understood why he would search for Piper but why add Brian to the search? He didn’t understand until Jeslyn called him and described the place she saw in her dream.
Even though he assured her that he would, Jeslyn refused to stay calm. She would call at almost every interval to know how far he had gone.
Good that he came, else he might have regretted it after Piper died. Rex had no idea that he could be this soft and compassionate towards Piper. He also had no idea that all the h@ťě he had for her would suddenly evaporate like it was never there.
Rex slowly brushed her messy hair out of the side of her face and sighed; “Why did you get yourself into this mess? Why can’t you behave and love yourself? Did you do this just to have your brothers running to save you?” he sighed again.
“Why did you stick to that heartless woman? I h@ťěd you because you loved that woman who h@ťěs your brothers so much. Who doesn’t like to have a beautiful sister like you? I do… Everyday, I wish to come out and tell the world how much I wanted to protect you so no one would dare just you. But every time I saw you, you were always smiling with that witch by your side… why?!” he caressed the side of her face with the back of his fingers.
“Brother doesn’t h@ťě you either, he just doesn’t want to have any relationship with that woman and he believed that acknowledging you would mean accepting your mother… see?
“Us brothers will welcome you if you denounce your mother and come to us.” he lowered his head and hissed her hair.
Unbeknownst to Rex, Piper had long woken up and a stream of tears were running down her eyes.
Never in her life would she know that her brothers never h@ťěd her. Never in her wildest dreams would she knows that they ignored her because of her moth–
Mother? No, she no longer has a mother. Her mother died the very first day she separated her from Brian. All these years, she had been with that woman because she thought her brothers h@ťěd her.
In a country like ‘Paradise in hell’, she needed to be under someone’s protective umbrella, else she would have long died. Her mother was that protective umbrella she needed.
Now that she knows her brothers’ thoughts for her, she can leave that woman now.
Piper couldn’t contain the tears of sorrow and joy that was running down her eyes and wetting Rex’s trousers right now.
Rex was also carried away by the pain he was feeling that he didn’t feel the wetness on his trousers.