The Hunt ✓

👑7| Inexperienced hope

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Squeezing his eyes, he stares at me with pleading eyes. For a moment, I can't help but to wonder why it was so important for him to get it back. By asking me that, did he see me to nr one of those thugs.

"Please," he shutters and smiles at me playfully after opening his squeezed eyes. My hands drop from his shoulders before I knack him in the head. "Ya! On Pal...do I look like a thug to you?" He starts to giggle and stares blankly at me for minutes. Just when I could not feel like entertaining his giggles, he retorts.

"Well. We all know you can disguise like a boy. You can even mix up with strangers to get news from the courtesan with ease."

Stepping back, my mind buzzes as to how this little boy got to know so much about me. "Have you been following me around?" He nods without even waiting for a second. I can't even wonder if he cared about being knacked again.

"For how long?"

Tapping his chin playfully, he drops his head after two minutes and retorts, "I think ever since I have known you. I see you whenever you walk into the brothel too."

As my eyes widen in shock, I tend to look back and forth processing whatever I just heard from him. "Not only the brothel but the palace too. Those thugs go there a lot to drink with women."

Looking at the little boy in front of me, I realize he doesn't look as innocent as he looks. Closing my astonished jaw, I squat in front of him and grab his shoulder softly.

"Do the others know?" He shakes his head and returns a quick smile. "How about this. Keep whatever you know to yourself. Make sure you don't tell the others." Shuffling his feet, he sighs and nods.

As I think back to a few days back, I can't help but to sigh heavily. I had to go back to that place again?

Wrapping a white cloth over my nose, I take a deep breath and step into the large storey building just behind the townsquare. It took me an hour to get here without being noticed but the gossipy townspeople.

When I threw a curious gaze around, I lifted a scroll in my hands and glared at the portrait in it for the third time.

"Ga Deok...okay. That's it." Raising a badge in the air, the guards at the door steppex away and allowed me to enter. I quickly dropped the badge in my robe and walked in looking over from the corner of my eyes.

With the noisy atmosphere, I could see a lot of famous courtesan serving both young and elderly men by the tables. A few had settled and moved upstairs for further entertainment. Just the mere smell of the wine stole my nose of breath.

I quickly rushed over and glared at the courtesans one by one in search of the woman in the portrait.

"Have more!" A lovely voice run through my ears. Swiftly turning to that direction, my eyes widened in shock. With a clink, she passed her fingers over a young man.

Her hands dropped when she saw me standing just a few metres from her. She quickly got up from the young man's lap and ascended the stairs. I pursed my lips and followed up from behind.

She banged the door and looked around before talking to me.

"Where's my order?" Throwing a pouch on her table, I returned a pissed off look. She bent over the table and took out a beauty cream from it. Smiling, she lifted her head and smeared it over her cheeks.

"Nice smell. Here's your money." Fuming with anger, I fling another cream at her. "This is the last time I'll stay throughout the night to purchase them for you for just a measly amount!"