I was about to talk when 3 men entered the house.
"What is this all about?" I asked while looking at Bok A who was now different as yesterday.
"Too bad, you came here just to be killed." then she laughed.
I looked at Min Yun and Ji han who were just silent.
I stood up and confronted Bok A. "I never thought that this is a trap. How could you do this to us?"
I gasped when Min Yun grabbed my hand using his left hand and on his right hand he grabbed the sword.
Min Yun smirked. "What an innocent lady!"
Bok A give her signal to her men and they tried to attacked us. Ji han and Min Yun were in front while I was at the back.
"You shouldn't came here." I heard Min Yun whispered to Ji han.
"We will talk later after we have finished this!" And they started fighting . 3 vs 2 is no match. But watching how Min Yun and Ji han fought, we can surely win.
I saw Bok- A went outside that's why I followed her. She ran fast and I followed her faster.
I stopped when she stopped and she laughed.
She turned around to confront me. " You really followed me."
"I was very concern to you yesterday, what happened now?"
"It's none of your business" I could see the rage in her eyes.
"None of our business? You approached us first that's why we offered help."
"And that's what I thought you will do. Aren't you a superhero who helped people who's in need?" she laughed again.
"I don't understand why you are doing this." she said.
"You will understand this!"
I saw her hand grabbing a knife on her clothes. Instead of getting nervous, I faced her.
"That little thing wouldn't scared me."
I expect to be wounded again just like last time. Surely, Min Yun and the king won't allow me to go anywhere.
She smirked. " Let's see."
She slowly move calculating my move. I was focus on the knife she was holding. I planned to grab it as much as I could to turn the table.
Being on the scene like this is not knew to me. As a fiction reader, main characters have more serious and danger scenario than this. After all, I was curious as well if I will die here, will I go back to my real world?
She started moving his hand while holding the knife. She tried to attack me but luckily I avoided it.
"You are just a lady who is weak and naive." she said.
"Aren't you pertaining to yourself?" I replied back.
"Watch your mouth if you don't want me to rip it." she said furiously.
"Watch yours too. It's getting dirty." I intentionally mocked her.
She attacked me without a warning but I ready myself. She tried to punch me but I still avoided it. When the chance arrive, I grabbed her hands tightly and tried to get the knife.
"Get off of me!!!" she shouted.
I didn't listen to her and I still tried getting the knife but her hand didn't let me.
My eyes widen when she kicked my stomach. That leads me to fall in the ground.
"Such a weak. You are no match to me." she exclaimed claiming her victory.
I didn't move an inch. I just waited for her next move. She walked towards me pointing her knife.
"Too bad, this is your last day." she laughed.
I laughed too. " Too bad I'm not afraid to die. This is the way to go back to my world. You are just a fictional character."
"What did you just say?"
"You are not real." I insulted her.
She got furious again then attack me. This time I ready myself to kick her stomach too. She was caught of guard and dropped the knife. It was my chance to get the knife.
I threw it far away to make our fight even.
"You threw a weapon? What an idiot."
She tried to stand while holding her stomach but I didn't let her move then kick her again but this time on the face.
"What the------ You are ruining my face!!!" she shouted.
I didn't replied. I grabbed her hair and pulled her as if I was pulling my baggage.
"My hair!!!!!!" she exclaimed.
"You deserved this." I said and still pulling her. I wanted to go back to the house to see if Min Yun and Ji han are okay.
I thought she will not fought back but she grabbed my hand and buried her nails on my arm. I saw blood dripping from my arm.
I felt furious on what she did. This is the third time someone hurt me and gave me wound. My killer instinct grew inside me. I wanted to kill her.
I regret throwing the knife a while ago. I wanted to put it in her heart.
I saw a stone beside me. I secretly get it for her not to notice.
She attacked me again but she didn't even touch me because I already hit the stone on her head. That would lead her to lost her consciousness.
"I-jun!" Ji han shouted. I turned my back to look at him. Beside him is Min Yun.
They went towards me and stared at Bok A who was now bleeding.
"Will she die?" I asked without remorse on what I did.
"I-jun. " Min Yun called my name. I can sense that he was worried about me.
"Ji han, please clean up this mess. The soldiers will be coming here as well to help us. "
"Yes, captain. "
I was still standing there without thinking anything.
"Your arm has blood." Min Yun looked concern.
"She attacked me."
"Teresita...."
When Min Yun held my hand, my senses got back.
***
Min Yun's pov
While fighting with these 3 men, I couldn't help but to be worried about I-jun because I couldn't see her anywhere. I couldn't even let Ji han fought these men because I know he couldn't do it.
We exchanged attacks through our swords. They were good in using their weapons that's why we experienced difficulty in beating them.
But too bad, they don't know what strategies are. We beat them not by sword but by punches and kicks. They don't know how martial arts worked and that was our advantage.
We defeated the three men. I picked up their swords and carried it outside.
"Ji han stay here. I need to find I-jun."
"Yes, captain."
I was about to walked to look for her but I saw her pulling Bok A's hair. I wanted to help her when I saw Bok A's buried her nails to her arm.
The scene fastforwarded and the last thing I saw, together with Ji han, she grabbed a stone and then hit it in Bok A's head.
"I-jun!" I called her. She didn't even flinch. She was still staring at the unconscious body of Bok A.
"I-jun!" Ji han shouted, this time she glanced at us but her eyes seemed different. She was not the I-jun I first met. What I am staring now is far from I-jun I know. Right now, she looked like a trained killer, her eyes are full of rage as if wanting to kill more.
"I-jun..." I called her again.
I looked at Ji han and instructed to clean the mess.
I stared at her again. She looked like she was not on her self.
"Your arm has blood..." I said with a concern voice.
"She attacked me." I couldn't see in her eyes that she regret doing that to Bok A. The rage in her eyes were not fading. It was scary and cold.
"Teresita..." I tried calling her real name and that was when she go back to her senses.
"What?" She asked and inspecting her body.
"Oh no, another wound!"
"Are you alright?" I asked.
She nodded. "How about you?"
"Did you know what happened?" I asked again.
***
I-jun's pov
Min Yun talked to me weirdly. He looked concern about me.
"Yes, where is Ji han?"
"He cleaned up the mess."
I nodded and looked on my arms again. "This is the third time someone hurt me." I sarcastically laughed.
"Did you know what you did to Bok A?"
I looked at Min Yun. Eye to eye.
"Where is she?"
"You just hit her head."
"I did?" maybe I got furious that's why I did it. She provoked us. We pitied her, help her find her new place, we didn't even sleep just to help her but she did it to us as if we didn't help her?
"Are you going to interrogate her?" I asked.
Min Yun nodded.
"Can I come?"
"You want to?"
"I want to know the reasons why she did that. "
"Can we talked after this? I have something to ask. "
I nodded.
After a while, the soldier arrived and help us clean the mess. They've carried the bodies who were still unconscious.
Min Yun treated my wound.
We stayed inside the house while Ji han and the others were busy.
"Captain, let's go."
"Just go without us."
Ji han hesitated but he followed Min Yun's order.
"The wound is not too big. We cannot stay longer here." I said.
Min Yun was busy wiping the blood in my arm.
"This wound is not just little. " he stared at me. " Are you okay to get involve in this mess?"
"The moment I stepped in your world, I knew this would happened."
"What if you will die?"
I smiled. "I'm not afraid to die. Maybe it is a way for me to go back home."
"Is that why you followed Bok A even though it was dangerous to be with her?"
"I followed her because I want to get an answer. I couldn't believe that she is a villain. "
"I actually want to ask you something."
"What is that?"
"I saw you hit her head. "
"I have no choice."
"You didn't even flinch when you do that. It looked like you are used to it."
I nodded. "I agree. My mind went black and all I need to do was to protect myself. I never felt this feeling when that ninja and Kim Man Shik's daughter hurted me. Maybe because I thought Bok A was real? Everything she said , the way she cried and cared for her siblings, everything was real to me."
"You're hurt."
"Aren't you?"
He sighed. " I knew."
"Knew what?"
"That she was just pretending."
"Since when?"
"When we went back home. That's why I told Ji han to take the day off. I intentionally leave the office so that you cannot see me. "
"How did...." I felt dizzy knowing about this things.
"Bok A's letter accidentally fell. She didn't notice it. "
"We didn't notice it too."
"It says that Bok A needs to kill us. "
"Is that the reason why you went alone?"
"I have back up. I didn't expect that you will come here. "
"Why didn't you tell us? Especially to Ji han?"
"Because I don't want you to get hurt. Especially you. I regret not telling it to Ji han. If I just told him, maybe he wouldn't let you come here. "
"Did we ruin your plan?"
He shrugged his head. " You didn't. You even help me. But I just don't like the fact that you keep hurting yourself just because of the people you don't even know."
"Promise me not to keep secret again. I trusted you in my secret, you should trust me too."
"I trust you, I just don't want you to get hurt. "
"We need each other. The king, Ji han and I. You need us, same with the king."
"Are you sure you want to come with us to interrogate Bok A? You seemed attach to her in just a short span of time."
"I want to know the truth. Why did she do it? Is the kids really her siblings? Why did she try to hurt us?"