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It was October 10th when the elders of Mount Hua opened their doors to find a small child with dark hair and bright pink eyes.
It was a bright clear day, hence giving the child the name Chung Myung (清明).
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When elder Baek Oh first laid his eyes on the child, a hallucination of his late "lover's" face overlayed Chung Myung's.
He Jolted, but his face quickly turned dark as a quiet rage simmered under his skin.
"Baek Oh, is everything alright?"
"Y-yes sect leader, it seem my emotions got the better. I couldn't help but feel upset for this child's poor situation."
"It is indeed quit upsetting, but this child needs a guardian. Baek Oh, would you mind looking for someone to take care of this poor child."
"Would it be alright if I took him in sect leader?"
Both the sect leader and elder Baek Oh turned there face to see Chung Mun, the senior disciple among the Baek generation.
"May I ask why disciple? You do acknowledge that you're the senior among the Chung disciples, right? Taking in this child will only increase your responsibilities as a senior disciple."
"I understand sect leader, but..." Chung Mun's face shifts to determination with tinge of desperation in his eyes, "Both my parents died a long time ago a-and I've alway wanted a brother. I'm willing to take on the responsibility if thats the price for taking in this child as my little brother."
The sect leader was about to give in when Baek Oh suddenly jumped in.
"Sect leader! How about I take guardianship over Chung Myung? After all, Chung Mun is clearly has other things to focus on and he's also way too inexperienced to be taking care of a child."
The sect leader nodded a bit in contemplation
"Elder Baek Oh, may I at least be involved in Chung Myung caretaking?"
In elder Baek Oh hesitation, sect leader sighed.
"Alright, lets settle this then. Baek Oh, you'll be Chung Myung's temporary guardian with Chung Mun assists you until he becomes more experienced in to take care of the child himself."
"But sect lea-"
"Yes I understand you're worries about Chung Mun, but this is more for the sake of this child. You as an elder should know that if you were to becoming Chung Myung's official guardian, may come off as favoritism to the other orphan disciples in our sect," he shifted his gaze towards the child in his arms, "this child will be able to fit in more easily among the other disciples if we put him in Chung Mun's care."
Sect leader then looked up to meet Chung Mun's eyes that still hold a tint of determination.
"For now, I'd like Baek Oh to teach you child caretaking skills until you can handle it yourself."
"Understood sect leader!"
Both Baek Oh and Chung Mun bowed in and were dismissed once sect leader handed the child to elder Baek Oh.
As they both left sect leader's presents, Baek Oh turned towards Chung Mun.
"Meet me at my pavilion in the morning before training"
"Understood Elder!"
Baek Oh then pivoted at his feet and sent brief chilling glare towards Chung Mun as he departed to the inner court of the sect with Chung Myung in his arms.
Chung Mun only stared back in confusion
'I must have been mistaken.'
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As Baek Oh entered his private pavilion, he laid the child on the bed.
"To think you'd abandon this child here... Did you really think you could keep me way from this child of yours."
He fixated his vision on the child's bright pink eyes that stared back at him.
"Did you truly think that I was telling the true when I stated that I was from the Jongnam Sect?"
He continued to murmur to himself.
"To think you're actually alive all these year my love, oh what a beautiful bright clear sky it is today."