🌗 Fifty Fifty
Part 2
Life in two pieces! The curse I wouldn't trade for any fancy blessing...Reading Time: about 2-4 minutes
Ever since the armless girl hugged Gu's waist and divided his body in two halves, his magical life under the new curse has been incredibly taxing as he had to spend a lot of energy on keeping his upper body floating just above the pelvis to fake its integrity.
Nothing a monk of his age couldn't handle. Yan Feng Gu has lived a life only comparable to a nine-tailed fox, being born back in 1401 (converted from Chinese calendar).
His body rejuvenates every 100 years because of another lucky curse he gained. His body becomes fresh and young, still his magical powers do not decrease but magic overall is still way more taxing in his younger physical form.
In his oldman form he's miles ahead in terms of magic but the young form is still his favorite, as a big fan of contortion he enjoys the limitless flexibility of this form, comparable to the top-tier contortionists, and he couldn't complain about his beauty.
Gu is cute, refined and well-mannered as a young man, but also has some fleeting touch that a fellow poet once described as an unspoken promise of a sweet kiss between the lines. There's no minister, no merchant and no military man whom Gu couldn't charm in seconds to get whatever he wants.
The only downside of this charismatic form is having to take refreshing naps every once in a while, even more after getting this separation curse that keeps draining his powers like crazy because of having to constantly sustain his integrity to hide his state in public.
Sometimes he'd wear some impossibly shaped corset just to have fun going around people who couldn't comprehend how this young fella can shrink his waist that tight! Well, the truth is, he doesn't have a waist at all, the corset just helps to lower the magical expenses, else he'd have to take twice as many naps!
Luckily, the separation improved his sleep a lot, nothing like sleeping in your own loin, using your own thigh as a cushion and the other as a comforter. Gu sleeps like a baby with a thumb in his mouth, or maybe it's not a thumb... Either way!! It's highly revitalizing and he could fully recharge his energy in less than an hour!