During the business trip abroad, he went to meet his nephew and then he saw Lufan for the first time. He couldn't think of anything when his elder child suddenly showed up in front of him.
That face… that mature attitude… was the same, but his hope shattered when he came to know that Lufan is studying medicine with his nephew. He then realized that Lufan is not his son even if they have the same faces. But still, due to his paternal instincts, he kept meeting him whenever possible.
Master Song came out of his thoughts, kept hands in his pockets and went towards the window. He asked in a serious tone, "Did you interrogated them nicely?" Gon replied, "Yes sir. I realized that they were still immature and can be easily tricked, so I used the psychological tricks over them instead of torturing them."
Master Song smirked and commented, "It seems that your Crown Prince trained you very well that time!" When he didn't get any reply, he turned around and looked at Gon. Sorrow was written all over his face when he mentioned Crown Prince aka his young master Lufan.
Gon blinked few times and continued, "They were first uncertain about my intention of interfering but later believed when I sound indifferent while talking about Miss and offered them a helping hand." He took out his laptop and showed the whole interrogation.
Master Song felt proud of Gon. He watched the whole interrogation and said, "BlackJack… it was founded by Prime Min… Director Kim. Hmm, I remember that this Song Dae Hyun and Director Kim were close enough so he told his secret to Dae Hyun about his own clan. At that time, he was indeed powerful and became a rival of The Lion.
So, their clan was destroyed by a kid named Demon Lord who was the follower of The Lion. Apparently, they believe that Lufan is that Silver masked Demon Lord and wanted to check. Ahh… my notorious little dumpling and fearless son! I am sure that they have mistaken Lufan for him."
Gon agreed and added, "The description of Demon Lord and our Young Master doesn't match at all. I heard that the Demon Lord was a ruthless teenager who almost ruled the underworld in the two years of his working…"
Master Song interrupted, "What! That ruthless Demon Lord was just a teenager?..." and thought of something or rather… about someone.
Gon said, "Yes master, the main thing is our young master was also a part of the underworld when he was a teenager. The day they mentioned, after that day, young master neither joined the underworld again nor contacted our Miss. After the interrogation, I knocked them out and left them in that factory."
Master Song forgot about the earlier thought and listened to Gon. He appreciated, "You did well."
He realized that Gon's face was started getting pale and his eyes turned red. He quickly came forward and sat next to him, "What happened? Are you ok? Are you running a fever again?"
Gon took a deep breath and calmed himself first. Looking at Gon's this worse state, master Song started getting panic, "What happened Gon? Tell me…"
Gon kept his head down and started talking about last night, "Master, when I first saw our young master in person, I subconsciously apologized to him. Even I didn't know why I did it. Last night, when I slept, I regained my memories through dream.
I remembered how we met at the first time, how royal highness allowed me to be the shadow guard of miss, how he trained me and other memories of us with Miss.
Master, do you remember that even if all of us were opposing the marriage alliance of our Miss, only Young Master insisted on it?"
Master Song thought about it and nodded, "Of course I remember! At that time, I was shocked that he wanted his only little sister to marry that Tyrant! Why did he do that? Do you know?"
Gon nodded, "Royal highness agreed on the marriage alliance because he knew Emperor Jun personally. One day, before announcing the acceptance of this alliance, he told me the reason behind it…" Gon told the conversation that happened between him and the Crown Prince.
Master Song couldn't believe what he heard.
Gon continued, "At first, I thought that Emperor Jun was… an ill-mannered emperor with many concubines. But Royal highness assured me and asked me to follow Miss as her shadow guard. We tricked Miss that Prime Minister Kim has told me to follow her so that she won't be in danger. Miss believed us that time and agreed to marry with this condition."
Master Song got up from his chair and objected, "No matter what, I can't believe that my little dumpling was well secured in that Tyrant's Palace. What… that tyrant loved her unconditionally?? Hehhh… if it was like this, why did he used those dirty political methods and then offered a marriage alliance! I can't believe this!"
Gon said, "I know master, even Royal Highness himself didn't know why Emperor Jun was behaving like this with our Miss. Royal Highness kept it secret from all because he couldn't trust anyone at that time. He knew that Prime Minister Kim was not the real traitor and was under the strong influence of someone…" and stopped.
Master Song got confused and asked, "What happened? Why did you stop just now?" He saw that Gon's forehead was covered in sweat. He hesitantly asked, "Did… did you again have that nightmare?" His heart sank when Gon nodded. He slumped on the chair.
Gon once again took a deep breath and said, "After that memory, once again I had a dream about that night… but this time I saw what happened after that.
When I was trying to wake up our Miss, some guards came, separated both of us and held me captive. Later, they snatched the thing which our Miss was holding tightly in her hands…" and just like that he narrated his conversation with that old man.
This information was too much for Master Song. For the whole time till now, he believed that it was Prime Minister Kim who committed the treason. In the end, whatever happened between him and his other two best friends, Prime Minister Kim and Duke Li was just… a misunderstanding!
In this whole misunderstanding between the elders, the ones who suffered the most were the kids… his two children and that Tyrant Jun. He closed his eyes and a teardrop fell from it. He said in a shaken voice, "My children… they were handling almost everything and… and I didn't even have a slight idea about it…"
Gon tried to comfort his master, "Master, it was not your fault. Royal Highness didn't tell you because he was not sure about his assumptions and he wanted a solid proof for this misunderstanding."
Master Song sighed, "My Lufan… he was fighting alone with everything. It must have been difficult to protect both the Kingdom and our little dumpling… just like me, she was also influenced by that old man…
At first, after someone wanted to poison me, Lufan came to me and asked for the decision rights… At that time I should have realized that my kid must be doing something big on my behalf… but why did he think that marrying our little dumpling will be the safest option? How did it destroy that old man's plan?"
Gon told, "Royal Highness guessed that their another target besides our kingdom was our Miss. If Miss would have married Prime Minister Kim's son, she would have fallen directly into their trap.
Also, even if Emperor Jun was behaving rudely with Miss, Royal Highness somehow knew that Emperor Jun loves our miss and no one else, and can be the perfect partner for her.
Most importantly, that old man couldn't approach our Miss once she will be with Emperor Jun. That is why the old man got angry… our Royal Highness were playing the correct moves.
About that Sacred Flute… I think only Miss knew about it. She didn't know from the beginning… but must have found it later. I remember that one day when I was waiting for her outside a manor, she came out with a heartbroken face. I don't remember where we went… but she had found something… she was clenching a parchment."
Master Song said in a sad voice, "So that time, she must have found about the old man's plan… how he fooled both Crown Prince and Emperor Jun… My little dumpling…" and buried his face in his palms. He then realized something and said, "Gon ah… don't blame yourself… he was just playing with your mind so that you will surrender to him… you were like a pillar who supported your young master and your Miss…"
Gon nodded and said with determination, "Although there are many gaps in my memories… I will soon regain them. This time, I won't let anything happen again."
Master Song stood up and once again started pacing in the room, "Gon ah, did you realize that what happened that time… might happen again this time. Same people, same problem… since we both reincarnated here, I am sure that… the old man also must have come here and planning his next move… just that, the situation here is bit different but the main problem remains the same."
Gon nodded and said, "Master, now we know that Prime Minister Kim who is now Director Kim is not the main culprit." Master Song shook his head and said, "But he will be used again in this life…"
Knock knock…
They both heard a knock on the door…