Choon-Hee got to the corridor of the Queen's apartment, she climbed the staircase and standing at the entrance of the room. The two guards standing at the entrance held the handles of the doors and opened the doors widely for her; it was anytime that Choon-Hee wanted to enter that they used to open the doors for her even if it was at night and that was the order that had been given to them by the Queen.
Choon-Hee looked at two guards and going inside, the guard closed the door as she entered and she was walking inside. The head of the maids and two maids were in the Queen's living room, setting the table for her and with different meals.
The Queen was sitting on the beautiful iron chair in her room and looking at the maids setting the table, she was wearing a very beautiful long gown which was short hands and with stones design all over it.
"I greet you my Queen!" Choon-Hee said with low voice and standing in a horizontal line with the Queen, she didn't say a word just looking and the Queen too had understand what the silent was for, she had known that she was there to say something.
"My Queen! We are done!" Her maid said with low voice and bow for her. Queen got up, going to the dining table, and with her long gown rolling on the floor with her as she was walking.
"Have your seat my Queen!" One of the maid said as she drew the chair out for her and the Queen sat down on it.
Queen's maid took a spoon on the table, removed the tissue that they used to wrap it and dropped it inside the waste bin beside her. She started tasting the food on the big table round one after the other, and given herself few minutes before tasting another one.
She put the spoon down on the table after finished tasting the food, standing beside the table and looking at the Queen. Few minutes later, she took a plate and started serving the Queen different meals.
"Enjoy your meal, my Queen!" She said with low voice as she put the food down.
"You can go!" Queen said and did a sign with her right hand, the three maids bow and going out. The maids passed beside Choon-Hee as they were going out and looking at her, they always wondered and used to think of Choon-Hee uses to come to the Queen's room to do.
"Come closer, are you not here for something? Even I have a task for you" Queen said and Choon-Hee walked closer to her. She sat down on the chair, carried the kettle and wanted to pour wine for the Queen.
"Thaniya helped the army's master's son to catch a thief at the market side today and this is a big observation about her" She said as she was pouring the wine and put her right hand on the cover.
"Thaniya! And what is that you observed about her?" Queen asked with low voice.
"I seen that she is a very good fighter, it's like she knows how to fight very well and very good in marital art. Don't know maybe she has went to marital art school before or she was trained by someone"
"Are you saying she knows how to fight? If it's so that mean she is not from the jungle because who could have trained her there or maybe all what she said were lies" Rolling the chopping sticks and with the food in it.
"It was the way she caught the thief that make me to say so. Three of us were at where we are buying some foodstuffs when we heard someone shouted 'Thief!' before I would faced back, Thaniya had started running very fast. Jumping on top of the goods and people and running that no one of us could run like that; as we got to a corner we met Thaniya there and with the thief. She had caught him down on the floor and she had injured the guy deeply that there was blood all over him, and without holding any weapon. I know that she didn't want to kill the guy if not she could had killed him"
"It was everybody in market that were so surprised with the way she caught the thief and how was able to injure him like that. Who else could do that except from a fighter, I am saying this my Queen that Thaniya will be deadly so we have to be very careful with her----" Queen shouted at her.
"Be careful with who? I have known that girl has a mission for be in this palace, there is something about her especially the necklace on her neck. There is something about that necklace" She said with low voice, stopped eating and looking at Choon-Hee.
"I want to know more about that girl Thaniya, her real story, the necklace and her mission for be in this palace" She said with loud voice.
"I am trying My Queen, but as I am trying to move closer to her, she doesn't gives me the access just acting suspiciously" Choon-Hee said with low voice.
"I am not telling you to try, work it out and it's a task to carry out by any means" Queen said with loud voice and drank a cup of wine.
"As you said my Queen!" Choon-Hee said with low voice and looking down.
"There is another task for you and you must carry it out tonight. You have to go back to that sorcerer's house, searched the entire house and make sure you find the key. We need the key to open box so makes sure you find the key" She continued eating.
"As you said my Queen!" Choon-Hee said with low voice as she got up.
"Carry it out tonight and try as possible to find the key, this will be the reward for you failing the task from start" She said loudly.
"I heard you my Queen!" She bow and going out.
*****
Sound of the door opened and closed by Thaniya and she entered her room, she was very happy that she had gained her voice back but still surprising that it was Ha-Neul that helped her out. She sat down on the chair with another apples on her hand and looking at the magic book.
"Mom! Why is it that it was when I hissed him that I got my voice back, why?" She asked with loud voice.
"Because you have things in common!" Her mother replied.
"Things in common like what, tell me Mom!" She said with low voice.
"It's your task to find that out, build your power so fast because no much time. The opportunity that you have is that I am here with you"
"Something in common--- and what could that be?" Thaniya was talking when the door opened, and Ha-Neul entered and closed the door.
"Why did you barged in like this, you suppose to knock!" Thaniya said as she got up.
"Are you necked or doing something bad that you know that it's not good" Ha-Neul said as he was walking inside and looking at everywhere.
"I don't like him, not nice like others" Thaniya said to her mother and looking at him.
"I am here to ask you that, what is that kiss for?" He asked with loud voice.
"Doesn't it mean anything because it doesn't mean anything to me" Thaniya said with low voice.
"It means a lot and you know that, because why did you said 'You!!' and ran away as you kissed me, I want to know why you said so?" He was looking at her.
"I just said what came to my mind, so let it go" Thaniya said with low voice.
"I said I want to know, you kissed three of us so why did you said that and it's so suspicious. It has a meaning and I want you to talk now!" He said with loud voice.
"It means nothing to me, so let it go!" Held Thaniya's hand, drew her back and turned her to him with force.
"I said what did you mean by 'You' 'You!' that you said as you kissed me, there is something and I want to know it" Holding her right hand tightly and starring at each other.
"I am asking you!" Thaniya thought of what to do and bit him on the same hand.
"Ah! Ah!!" Ha-Neul shouted with pain and the hand started bleeding.
"Are you a monster? Ah! Who are you?" He said loudly.
"Don't dare me next time!" Thaniya said with loud voice and walking away from that place, Thaniya turned back, took a bandage on the table and walked back to him.
"Give me your hand!" She held Ha-Neul's hand and helping him to wrap the bandage on it, when the door opened and Bon-Haa entered. Stopped walking as he saw two of them starring at each other and Thaniya wrapping the bandage.
"I have to go now!" Ha-Neul cut the bandage from the one in Thaniya's hand, wrapping it by himself and going out. Bon-Haa looked at him still the door closed and walked to Thaniya.