Snow White's Romeo

[13] The Hypothesis

"Jung Hoseok? As in, the oracle? You're the oracle?" Jimin asked, quite confused. Well, why would the oracle, the most trusted person inside the castle, would be in the same place as him?

"Yeah, I'm the oracle." Jung Hoseok flatly but  calmly said, making Jimin scoff. "As if I'd believe you. Stop playing with me. Who really are you?" Jimin told, as he stood up from his stand, facing this lying man. While the latter only smiled, "I really am the oracle." Jimin only rolled his eyes at Hoseok and looked at the wholeness of Hoseok's figure.

'He wears white robes, his voice is kinda calm and collected, and his personality reeks of... something good and nice. He's handsome, too― What the fuck am I talking about?! Sheesh.' Jimin was having an inner war that he doesn't realize that Hoseok knew that he was staring at him for too long.

"Is there something... wrong?" Hoseok suddenly asked as he walked closer to Jimin who immediately squeaked out a, "N-No! There's nothing wrong!" Jimin's face was so red that he immediately looked away, also avoiding an eye contact with Hoseok.

"I see." Hoseok smiled, making Jimin's heart skip a beat, but he shoved those weird feelings away, as he sat on the cold floor again, wearing these heavy shackles on his feet. "What did you do? Why are you locked here with me?" Jimin softly asked, as Hoseok turned to him, and smiled once again.

"I was accused for being the murderer of our Young Prince." He told, as Jimin shot his head up as the surprising news made him tear up. "W-What do you mean 'the murderer of the Young Prince'?!" Jimin was taken aback, as he clenched his fist into a ball.

"Prince Kim Taehyung is... dead."

Those words made Jimin's heart shatter into pieces, as he couldn't utter anymore words, instead his sorrowful feelings we're turned into tears of pure anguish, as he couldn't help but let out a sob.

"Please, t-tell me you're lying." Jimin sobbed, as he wiped his tears away but still, more falls from his eyes. Hoseok felt the sadness that Jimin felt, and he may not know what Jimin's relationship with Young Prince, he knows that he loves the deceased Prince. Well, everyone does love the kind-hearted prince, except that ruthless killer.

"I won't lie to anyone. And he really has departed." Hoseok softly spoke, as he crouched down to level Jimin who's helplessly crying. "You can cry all you want, yeah?" Hoseok gently patted Jimin's pink haired head, as the simple act made him sob more in grief.

"But how can it be?" Jimin asked, and then furrowed his eyebrows at Hoseok. "D-Did you kill him?! Huh?!" Jimin suddenly shouted at Hoseok, before pushing him away, making Hoseok just sigh.

"I was accused and I wouldn't ever try killing the Young Prince." Hoseok said in a calm manner making Jimin guilty for his accusations. "I-I'm sorry." But Hoseok only smiled again, "It's fine."

"But who did kill him?" Jimin asked, wiping away his tears from his chubby cheeks. "It was Lalisa who pinned all accusations to me." Hoseok replied, as Jimin got a clue of what Hoseok tries to say. "That fucking bitch." Jimin gritted his teeth, as he punched the cemented floor.

"I knew it! She's also the person who accused me of kidnapping the prince! That bitch is so fucking smooth." Jimin cursed once again, and Hoseok kinda laughed at his curses, making Jimin look at him with a confused face. "What the hell are you laughing at?" Jimin sassed.

"Cursing doesn't suit your pretty face." Hoseok softly spoke, as his words hugged Jimin's heart that's full of warmth, making Jimin's cheeks heat up. "W-What the fuck are you saying?!" He was so flustered that he shoots bullets of profanities right at Hoseok who couldn't help but laugh and smile at Jimin's cuteness. "A-Anyways, if you knew that Lisa was the perpetrator, why didn't you tell the King and Queen?" Jimin changed the topic making Hoseok looked serious.

"Lisa had all of this planned along. She wanna get away from the immoral act that she did, without even getting suspected. So, she put all of the blame on me. Besides, I still can't accuse her since I do not have a definite proof that could imprison her. We don't have that much of evidence." Hoseok explained, making Jimin sigh.

"I wanna make that bitch pay for her deeds, but no one will ever trust what an imprisoned slave like me would say. And how the fuck can we solve this inside this freaky cell?" Jimin groaned, as Hoseok was put into thinking.

"Do you know what bothers me more?" Hoseok asked Jimin who immediately looked up to Hoseok. "What?"

"Lisa's motive. Why did she kill the Prince? If she did kill the Prince, that wouldn't benefit her. She's not a royalty here in Daegu, so, there wouldn't be a chance for her to become the successor of the kingdom. Besides, this is a very big scheme that she did. She couldn't be the only one who's planning to make these thing happen. There should be someone bigger behind all of this. Someone with so much power that's making Lisa do everything." Hoseok told, as Jimin froze on his spot.

"It could be... It could be the King Of Busan!" Jimin also told, making Hoseok nod in agreement. "Yes, but I know one thing for sure. Lisa's not working under him for free."

"There's a big prize for Lisa once she succeeded." Jimin seconded, but still, he was still stuck to another question. "But what would that big prize be?"

That 'big prize' that Lalisa aims for, is her engagement with Jeongguk. Being the daughter of the duke is not enough to have an engagement with Jeongguk, the Crown Prince of Busan. She has to make a great achievement to be noticed by King Hyuseok, and that is to kill Taehyung, the prince of Daegu. That would give King Hyuseok an opportunity to overthrow the kingdom of Busan, to widen Hyuseok's power. But Lalisa doesn't want to think about Hyuseok's sovereignity nor the submission of King Namjoon's kingdom. She only has one objective in mind.

And that is to be Jeongguk's Queen.