Ashes of Time Page #2

Because I'm the women

Huang Yaoshi loves.

Don't let them kill me.

Yin refused to leave that evening.

To calm her down,

I treated her to a few drinks.

Afterwards she fell asleep.

Where are you hiding my sister?

What makes you think that?

I know she was here. You're the last

person she saw before she disappeared.

She came one evening, said someone

was after her life and asked for shelter.

But she left the next morning.

I thought she must have gone home.

My sister doesn't have any enemies.

Why should people be after her?

She said... it's because

she's Huang Yaoshi's beloved.

Bullshit! If Huang loves her,

why did he leave her alone?

Sometimes you won't realise how

deeply you're in love...

with someone until you're

separated from her.

Maybe that's the case with

Huang and Yin.

No!

Why are you so sure?

Because he's in love with another woman.

One always finds an excuse for failure.

I finally reckoned that.

Yin and Yang are actually two persons in one.

Behind these two identities was

hidden someone with a wounded soul.

You're drunk, Mr. Murong.

Mister?

You've made a mistake.

I'm not Mr. Murong,

but the first daughter of the

famous Murong clan.

My name is Yin.

Who are you anyway?

Don't you remember me?

You once promised to marry me.

Of course I remember you!

Did I?

You passed by Gosu City the

other day.

We drank together.

You touched my face...

And said you'd marry my

sister if I had one.

You knew I'm a woman in disguise.

Why did you still say that?

A man can't be serious when he's drunk.

Because of your promise,

I've been waiting for you.

I asked you to take me along...

but you refused.

You said you couldn't love two

persons at the same time.

Surely you loved Yin.

Why did you fall in love

with another woman?

Do you know I went to look

for that woman?

Someone told me that you

loved her most.

I had wanted to kill her!

But I didn't in the end.

Because I didn't want

to prove that she's...

I asked you if I was the

woman you loved most...

I don't want to know

the answer anymore!

If I ever ask you the

same question again...

Please don't tell me the truth.

Although it may not be the truth...

Please tell me you love me.

Time passed very slowly that night.

I seemed to be talking

to two persons simultaneously.

In the end...

I couldn't tell Yin from Yang.

Yin?

Yang?

Tell me...

Who do you love most?

Is it you?

Someone once asked me the same question.

I didn't answer.

Acting as Huang Yaoshi, however...

I found it's not so hard

to utter those three words.

That night...

I felt someone touch me

in my sleep.

I knew very well I wasn't the

person she wanted to touch.

She was just imagining

I was someone else.

It's the same for me.

Her hands were very soft...

Just like those of my brother's wife...

From that day onwards,

no one had ever seen Yin or Yang.

A few years later, a legend about

a swordsman with a mysterious history...

Started to spread in the martial

arts world.

People said he likes to practise his

swordplay on his own reflection.

He called himself the

"Defeat-Seeking Loner".

What do you want?

I want to avenge

my younger brother.

What happened to him?

A group of swordsmen

passed by a few days ago.

My brother unknowingly offended

one of them.

They slaughtered him.

You can go to the local magistrate.

They're in the militia.

The magistrate wouldn't dare

do a thing.

How much money do you have?

We are a poor family.

All I got are these eggs and my mule.

I'll give it to anyone

who'd avenge my brother.

If you're serious...

you must pay.

No one is going to take on

those swordsmen for a mule.

There's a price for vengeance.

If you weren't attractive,

I'd have told you to forget it.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not implying anything.

You should know...

That you're worth much more then a mule.

I hope you'll understand.

I'll never do that.

If money's all you want...

I'll wait here until someone

who'll help me comes.

I don't know if she really wanted

to avenge her brother...

or that she had nothing better to do.

Everyone holds onto something special,

which may look like a waste to

other people.

But it's life and death to her.

Looking down from here,

she reminds me of another person.

In the following nights,

I had the same dream.

I dreamed I saw the peach

blossoms in my hometown.

I suddenly remembered,

I hadn't been back for a long time.

Something wrong with your eyes?

I've had bad eyesight

ever since I was small.

The doctor said that I'd turn

blind after 30.

How old are you?

Almost 30.

What do you want?

The peach blossoms bloom beautifully

every spring in my home town.

I want to see them once

more before I go blind.

But I'm almost penniless now.

They said you specialise in

solving problems for others.

Could you lend me a hand?

One of my friends killed some

horse thieves a few months ago.

Their gang will soon be

here to avenge them.

My friend has left.

The villagers here are

ready to put up a fee.

To hire some swordsman to fight them.

They say there's a samurai around

here famous for his swordplay.

Where is he?

Why?

I want to find out how good he is.

I shouldn't fight you at all.

It's too late for regrets.

How about saving an arm?

No. I want your life.

You've mistaken me.

I shouldn't fight you because you're

not worthy of being my opponent.

I wanted to save you an arm,

but you didn't even want your life.

Can you help me?

Although down-and-out,

he leads a very regular life.

Everyday he'd come here to drink

and eat his meals...

and he'd live at sunset.

Why are you staring at the girl?

She reminds me of another woman.

Your wife?

Why don't you stay at her

side if you love her that much?

Because she's in love with

my best friend.

Wonder when those horse thieves

will be here?

Must be within the next few days.

The sooner the better.

Don't want to be late for

the peach blossoms.

There's a time for flowers to bloom.

But nobody knows when

those thieves will arrive.

He waited at the village's

entrance every day.

The wait lasted longer and longer.

Though he lit a lamp every night...

I knew he couldn't see anymore at night.

You don't like me, do you?

You really want to go home?

Yes.

Are you married?

Why?

You must love you wife very much.

I suppose you could say that.

Then why did you leave her alone?

Do you mind treating me to

another drink?

You seem to be in a good mood tonight.

I'm afraid, I won't be

able to drink here tomorrow.

They may be here...

just before dawn.

Do you want me to get you a lantern?

It doesn't matter to me anymore.

You can't see anymore, can you?

I can still see in the sunlight.

I hope tomorrow will

be a fine day.

If I don't return by sunset,

please take a message to someone for me.

He is called Huang Yaoshi.

Tell him a woman is waiting for him

in my hometown.

I had no idea why I did that.

I couldn't control myself.

As I left, I felt the tears

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