5 Biocomputer Part 1

It was 6.00 am in the morning.

The sound of alarm blaring loudly into Meifang ears jolted her awake.

"Goodness! Cut it off already!" She threw her pillow to the owner of the alarm. The culprit was still snoring soundly with froth leaking from the corner of her mouth.

"Just..a lil bit..a lil bit more..bird beak mushroom.." She heard the culprit murmured sleepily.

"Yue-er(1), if you don't stop it from ringing, I will pour water over your head!" Meifang's head was still beeping following the rhythm of the alarm clock.

She knew she shouldn't be angry at Yingyue.

The three of them went to bed at 4.00 am this morning. There was so much to do.

After a moment of internal struggle, the girl finally wore her skeletal glove and pressed on something in mid-air in front of her wearily. Then she slumped back to sleep.

Watching Yingyue struggled with that little bit of effort made Meifang sighed. She glanced at another corner; Luojien didn't even twitch in her sleep. She looked so tired.

She needed to show a good example as the eldest in the Wang clan. Her grandpa reminded her again and again not to bring shame to the family name.

Both Luojien and Yingyue were not her real sisters; they were more like cousins. Luojien was the outgoing daughter of her father's cousin, while the naughty Yingyue was the daughter of a branch family. Hence it was up to the calm Meifang to lead the three of them in the empire's royal capital.

They had been scouted by an elder witch dispatched from the Witch Union after an event happening during the last year's clan gathering in Searing Flame Island. The three of them touched each other coincidentally in a four-legged race match and accidentally awakened their combined magic powers. Their magic powers were very special, even amongst witches.

Reminiscing her past in the clan, Meifang felt a sense of longing. She never knew growing up was tough. Especially when one got instant irresponsible 'sisters' to take care of.

Both girls finished off their pocket money of the year on the first day in Neverwinter. A shiver run through her body when she remembered their naive (and idiotic) smiling faces. At that time, she was in a real dilemma to disown them or to save them.

She rolled off her comfortable bed, wishing she could marry it and stay with it forever in bitterness. Nobody knew that Meifang was actually a sleepyhead. She just loved to sleep. It's her favorite pastime.

However, seeing the uselessness of these two cheeky little girls, she needed to step up.If not, everyone will just lie in bed all day long. She knew, especially she and her sisters didn't have such luxury. They were just newcomers compared to the other witches, still susceptible to criticism and scrutinizing. She could not loose her job here.

A call came through when she was brushing her teeth. She verbally accepted the notification appearing in her vision through the cerebral connector.

Yesterday, she muted all connections to her mobile phone using her cerebral connector to focus on her work. They were in the final moments of an important juncture. No distractions allowed. She even forced her two sisters to do the same. It then automatically turned back to daily mode after being refreshed when she woke up today. Their connectors were slightly advanced then others; not many people were willing to upgrade their cerebral connector to this level since the level of intrusion was significantly higher.

"Miss Fang, Princess Linneia tried to contact you since yesterday but you were busy. Please call her back. It seemed important."

"Alright. Thank you, Judy." Her assistant, Judy was much more disciplined then her sisters.

Using her cerebral connector, she called the empire's princess nervously.

[Why is the big shot calling me repeatedly yesterday? Please don't let me hear that the girls ate something and ran again. I will really spank their butt to kingdom come if they shamed the clan again!]

Meifang felt suspicious especially towards that glutton's spoken dream of bird-beak mushroom just now.

"Finally connected! Morning, Sister Fang!" A melodious voice entered her ears.

With mouth full of bubbles, Meifang spoke apologetically, "Morning Princess. I'm so sorry I couldn't contact you sooner. Is there a problem?"

"I told you to call me Sister Linneia right? We have an ad-hoc meeting at 9.00 am today."

Meifang let off a relieved sigh. Bubbles floated out of her mouth. "Can we skip? We're at a critical juncture right now with the field testing of the independent space." Meifang started rinsing her mouth and re-brush again.

"No, you can't. The Ancestor King is taking over the projects. It's him who wanted the meeting you know."

"Whatttt!!!" She was so shocked until she swallowed all the bubbles and choked.

"Cough! Cough!"

"Are you alright?!" Linneia's slightly alarmed voice sounded.

After a minute of coughing, she rinsed her mouth and continued, "Fine, fine. We will be there."

She glanced at the time at the left corner of her vision.

"Damn! It's already 8.00 am!" She only got one hour drag their sorry ass to get ready! They even needed twenty minutes to reach the castle!

She dragged a floating shower head and signaled her cerebral connector to switch it on. "Wake up Jien-er, Yue-er!!! Wake up now or your favorite bed will be soaking wet!"

"Wahhhh!! Stop it Sis Fang!" Two soaking wet girls pleaded unhappily. Meifang persisted with the artificial rain until both of them ran into the shower to take a bath.

...

Maifang was really nervous when she faced the famed Immortal King when their turn to be introduced came. He looked young and refined like a gentleman. The notable gray hair, the symbol of a Graycastle royalty, was flowing to his shoulder carelessly.

[Wasn't he at least a thousand years old? Who told me he looks like a wizened grandpa?]

While she was staring at the ancestor king timidly, the ancestor king was scrutinizing them back while pondering about something. Although the sovereign looked pleasing to the eyes, she could not view him as such. He was the only human able to break the limit and lived so long. In her eyes, he was not a human anymore; very intimidating and monstrous.

Luojien and Yingyue were nervous too. She was glad they didn't show their cheekiness in front of the legendary immortal king. If things went south, she won't know how to help them.

When they reached the backyard, Princess Linneia encouraged them to walk to the center.

As usual, Meifang initiated the formation by linking her hands with the two jittery girls, forming a triangle. Once all three of them held hands, all their troubles went away; peace and calmness overtook everything else. Meifang reveled on this sensation every single time. They felt the familiar out-of-body sensation where they could feel the universe with all the cells of their being. Simultaneously, they closed their eyes.

Author's note:

(1)Yue-er/Jien-er = "-er" functions similar to '-chan'. Usually used to address a junior or younger sibling intimately. The real meaning was "little". You could find this term almost anywhere in wuxia/xianxia novels.