*before the birthday of the prince*
* sila's village *
A man in black with a wooden hat, walking down the street, the he enters a random shop, " you are welcome how can I help you" a shop keeper said to the man, but a man didn't say much words instead he handed him a paper with a drawing " I need to find this person" the man said, the shop keeper grabbed the paper, looking at the person while rubbing his chin " that'll be 300 money,,,, he looks noble"( that's a lot of money), the man grabbed the paper back and then he folded it to keep it, but the shop keeper insisted " hey,, maybe I mentioned a lot, I can reduce", the man turned to go but some men blocked him
" hey I told you, at least give me 200, I will search for that guy", the shop keeper said to a man, but the man sighed and he said " I don't have much time I need to go", referring to the fact that he's being blocked
" haha! a man with a sword, will you kill us? "the shop keeper said laughing, they suddenly surrounded him and got his sword, he didn't say much, but the way they were laughing annoyed him, when one started searching him, he got his arm and broke it, when others attacked, he got one of them and banged the heads together, and he got he sword back, when they wanted to fight more, he was hitting them with a back of a sword, then he got shop keeper's collar then he punched him on the nose, after that he went
" eish!! You fools,,, how can you be defeated by one man" the shop keeper said while covering his bleeding nose
( the paper drawing, had seff's face,, why is he looking for seff?)
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* the palace *
After the party, everyone went home, her highness sala grabbed prince Ahn and they approached sir mun and his daughter
" thank you for coming my dear maybe, you should pay me a visit another time," sala said to iris while smiling at her, then sir mun" we should be the one thanking you your highness,,,", prince Ahn was just standing there looking at them and listening, then they left after saying their good bye.
*king's chambers *
Her highness sala went to see the king at his chambers, but she found the king was already sleeping, she turned to go back, while moving she sensed a shadow of someone" did you hear that" she asked the maids, but they seemed confused, so she didn't mind, she went to her chambers.
During middle of the night while everyone was asleep, some guards dozed off, someone broke in the king's room silently and slowly holding a sword and approaching the king,
the king suddenly woke up, he had a knife with him, wanting to defend himself, but when he looked closer he was shocked to see the person
( the king always sleeps with a small knife)
The man knelt down before the king " your majesty ", the king was still in shock " guard shik ,,,,I thought you were dead "
( shik, was a close guard of the king before he left the palace for many years, and also he's the man searching for seff)
Prince Ahn and haru went to sir mun's household, with gifts too,sir mun, Iris and maid calla came out to welcome the Prince,
" am so grateful you came your highness " sir mun said
" it's nothing, also mother sent some gifts for you, and some books for lady Iris" Ahn said, Sir mun and iris were so grateful and sir mun kept thanking the prince, after some time sir mun went out and left Iris and the prince, when he walked out he met haru who was standing out, they locked eyes, but sir mun continued his way. After the visit, prince Ahn decided to move around the village,( he looked normal, he wasn't wearing like a prince)
He walked with haru, the prince was so brightened, and kept looking around while amazed, he entered a fabric shop, while haru was about to enter, someone came from behind and touched his arm, he quickly turned like he was going to hit the person while folding the person's arm from behind but then he stopped
" caas!,,," he quickly let go of her
" eiy!!,,, now that you are a guard you want to hit everyone " caas said while stretching her arm in pain , " am sorry I thought you are a thug,,,, why are you here?" haru said
" I should be the one asking, why are you not in the palace,,,," caas asked haru, suddenly while they were talking the prince came out and saw haru standing with a girl,
" what are you doing,,," Ahn asked haru, haru turned and he saw the prince " ahh! you are finished, let's go", caas was looking at the prince up and down and asked haru " is this your new friend, you always talk about " referring to guard Kai
The prince and haru looked at her in awe, when haru was about to explain, prince interrupted " yes am his friend ", caas smiled and she looked at haru who couldn't speak " oh! right, since we are all here, we can go to eat something" and then she winked to the prince.
They went to a nearby restaurant, caas was lively and talking also making jokes, the king was laughing, but haru was so stiff, and trying to fake smile,
" so what's you relationship with guard dan" the prince asked caas, when caas was about to talk "he,,," haru immediately said" she's my sister ", caas rolled her eyes • why is he like this today •
" wah! I didn't know you have a sister " prince said, in that moment they were served food, when the prince saw the food, his facial expressions changed like it was new to him ( disgusted)
" rice, watery soup, vegetables no chicken, what is this food " prince said to them while they were enjoying their first taste, they suddenly looked at him, caas looked at the food, while stirring the food like she was looking for something, then haru said to the prince" if you don't like it, we can,,,"while he was in the middle of saying," this is the most famous food here, no chicken?,,,, what is this,,, this is chicken,,, " caas was saying to the prince more like scolding him, because he was looking down on food, haru closed his eyes in embarrassment, but the prince went on and ate the food.
After that, while they were going back" am sorry for my sister " haru said to the prince, but the prince smiled and looked at haru" I haven't been out in a long time, I think it's fine"
* at the palace *
After the meeting at the palace, the king went back to his chambers, and told the maid no one should disturb him he'll be taking his lessons , he entered his room and closed the door, " come out", guard shik came out where he was hiding in the king's reading room, he bowed to great the king and they had a conversation,
" so what happened to you" the king asked
" your majesty,,,"
*flash back 7 years ago*
When the attack of the queen happened, guard shik came and found everyone was killed, when he looked around he saw the queen on the ground dead,
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" when I searched for the prince I couldn't find him, I discovered he might have escaped,", shik handed the king a drawing of seff, and a jade necklace but it was cut in half
" that is what I found " , the king grabbed the necklace and he was teary eyed " I remember this i gave it to the queen,,,,, what about this man, is he the one "
the man continued talking " no, he's my half brother,when it was announced that the prince died I went to search for his body, so I suspected he ran away with my brother , I went to search in different places, someone demonstrated him,that's why I took this picture to find him, maybe he's knows where prince haru is" shik explained to the king
King got emotional, he cried one eye while holding the jade " it's my fault,,, I hope my son Is still alive,,,,"
Haru went home after a long day, while walking he heard some people when he looked closely,he saw caas," drink,,,drink,,,,", the men hyping her up " eiy! I lost again " caas said while grabbing a bottle of alcohol " since I keep loosing it's better I drink all of this wine"
Haru grabbed her wrist and took the bottle and put it down " game over,,, let's go " he took drunk caas from there" what's,,, what's with you, am not done yet,,,, the game has just started,,,, I need to show them",
He squatted down " get on my back, I'll take you home, if you don't I'll pull your ears", she went on his back, she was so drunk and she started singing and talking a lot, haru was just smiling and talking back to her, they reached home, haru put her down, he started removing her shoes, In that moment she grabbed his face and stared at him" it must be hard for you,,, look,,,those sad eyes,,,, it's alright you can cry sometimes", haru tried to laugh it off, but she continued talking " am sorry haru,,,, I wish I could be by your side even at the palace,,,, but you are doing well and have a friend too", haru carried her into where she sleeps " are you jealous of my friend, and besides he's the prince", caas was drunk shocked " the prince,,,, but,,, why didn't you tell me,,,and you told he's ugly,", haru laughed " sleep you are drunk", he put a blanket on her, when haru was about to leave, she grabbed him again" thank you haru, thank you seff, I will always be grateful your highn,,,ss", then she fell asleep. Haru returned to his room and he was lost in thoughts• yah it's hard•and he closed his eyes to sleep and tears fell on his face
* dangali village *
* Nim's household*
Harlim enters the room" ma'm sir Nim is here to see you, he goes back to allow sir Nim to enter, he entered while holding a present wrapped in a cloth," your highness, have you been sleeping well" he bows for respect and greetings, she turns to look at him, ( she has red lips, her hair is brushed back, her necklace is a jewelry half jade)
" it's all thanks to you sir Nim" she said in a soft elegant voice
While they were sitting sir Nim handed her a present " here,,, I think you should have this" the lady opened and found a book " a book,,,,"
" yes your highness, it always belonged to the late queen, she cherished it a lot so I thought I should give it to you", sir Nim said to the lady, in that moment someone came running fast " sir,, sir,," sir Nim came out" what's wrong,," the man cries " sir,,, I think there's a problem in the village, a lot of people are fainting, and some of them are near to die " sir Nim was shocked and approached the man " quickly pull yourself together, tell others, get the medicine in the store, we need to go help "
Harlim entered and informed the lady.
Around the streets of dangali village, seff was walking by, and then he saw some people rushing, he tried to ask one person, the woman replied " it's an outbreak, people are fainting and some might die", the woman went after explaining.
*People moving and horses carrying the cart of medicine and food*
They got attacked, and some were killed, others managed to escape )
" doctor, all the medicine is finished, what do we do", the doctor looked around and saw a lot people crying in pain.