His eyes narrowed to slits when he heard the news.

You, his precious apprentice, had been asked to go to Cloudford on a scouting patrol by Madam Yukong. But Cloudford was brimming with monsters and Mara-struck Cloud Knights, which would not waste a single moment to rip a young apprentice like yourself into shreds.

He paced back and forth in his office, praying to the Aeons for any sign, be it a hologram, a phone call, maybe even a text message. Eventually, his wait ended as his secretary walked in.*

"General, we have news from Cloudford-" She started, but Jing Yuan waited no more to hear the rest and quickly dashed out of his office and towards the Infirmary.

Please be alright, please be alright, please...

The sight of you all bloodied up in a bed made his stomach churn. You weren't in a critical condition anymore...but you were barely getting by.