Emperor Hoseok was sitting on the Royal elephant. As it was his first time to visit Hope city after long time, plus visiting without any announcement surprised the people. They surrounded Hoseok and kept praising and cheering him.
As they hear all these commotions, Daejun swiftly made his way out from the scene. Jimin moved to a corner to get escaped from Hoseok's suspicion. He kept his gaze locked on the ground. But his determination crumbled when the Royal elephant crossed him. Eventhough, Hoseok is his enemy, we can't just ignore the fact that he is a brave soldier, intelligent King and a charming administrator. Even without his permission, his eyes darted on the man sitting on the Royal elephant.
He kept looking at Hoseok. The Emperor who was waving towards the crowd saw Jimin. Their eyes met only for a second. That's all. There is no kind of emotion are any change was there in Hoseok's face.
As the Royal elephant got away from the sight, Jimin heaved a relieved sigh that Emperor Hoseok didn't recognize him.
He kept thinking about all the incidents happend now. He thought how he met Daejun. 'Hmm.... Now he is the commander of Silla troop? Finally he got the reward for his backstab. Why did he talked to me like that? Maybe he is doubting about me? Did he found my true colour? Is the boy truly Emperor Hoseok's son? Then why did he lied to me? Why did he called me to the Palace?'
All these thoughts fierd the danger alarm in his mind. He now know that litreally anything can happen to him. The thought of what might have happened to his Momma Jin worried him so much. He decided to first head to Seoul to see his Papa Jin and look after the other things later.
He first thought about buying a horse for his journey towards Seoul. Bit he dropped it. He cannot wait and waste time in searching for some good horse. If he was seen again in Daejun's eye, then he will be dead meat. He also doubted that, maybe Daejun said about Jin just to conform his suspicions? Did he got fooled easily? Did Emperor also got to know about my presence now? This made Jimin to feel uneasy.
Anyways, now everything is good in Seoul. Emperor Hoseok and Daejun both are here in Hope city. That means there is no danger in Seoul. Jimin decided to meet his Papa Jin sooner and leave this place once as final.
He carefully made to the place he rented to stay these 3 days. He packed all his things and took the short man for carrying his luggage. What he failed to notice is, when he entered his rented place, the deaf and dumb short man was speaking with someone in sign language.
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When Jimin started his journey towards Seoul with the short man, it was evening.
In those days, many royal roads ran from Hope city to Gwangju and Gwangju to Seoul. The road from Hope city to Gwangju was also crowded. People kept walking on the road. It was always busy.
Many short routes also divided from these Royal roads. A similar short cut was divided in this royal road. If one go through this short cut, he can reach Seoul. But he has to go through forest.
Many people avoided using this way. There are many reasons. But let me state the 2 important reasons.
1 - Many wild animals attacked the people who are walking through this route. Many were dead because of this.
2 - this is the most important reason. There is a famous Cult temple in the middle of the forest and this road goes closer by the temple. Emperor Hoseok ordered a ban against this cult group. But still, many were following this Cult group. They used to give humans as sacrifice for their god.
Jimin who is oblivious to these things, followed the short man who was leading him into the dark woods. At first Jimin hesitated to follow the short man. But he shrugged his hesitation off and went behind him.
He wanted to reach Seoul sooner and he also saw 4 men walking at a distance in a turning. He thought, he can get some company from them if he walk a little faster. But the short man kept walking slowly than usual. So Jimin missed the 4.
As they kept walking, the forest got denser and denser. The darkness also started to grow more dark.
As the time passed, Jimin started to feel little fear. He felt spooked. He slightly flinched whenever he felt the bushes rustling or even a little sound. He wanted to ask the short man about their night stay. But due to the darkness it was hard to speak in sign language.
This kept going on for a hour. But now Jimin got tierd and also his senses were warning him about something. An unknown danger. He wanted to go back. He decided it was enough and tried to call the short man. He tapped his shoulder.
When the short man turned around, in the silent amphibians they heard a horse sounding far. What surprised Jimin the most is, the deaf and dumb short man was listening it intently. 'What the hell? If he is deaf, how can he hear that small sound clearly and focus on it?'
Now Jimin was surely in danger. He took his sword which he secured in his belt just in a snap of time, and hharshly grabbed the hair of the short man. "You bastard, say who you are and what you are planning about. Say the truth or else you are going to be a victim for my sword. " Jimin said with gritted teeth.
It was just the start for the horror.
The short man started to laugh with a very deep voice. His face scrunched up and the way his teeth looked greyish in the dark night, made him look like a ghost from hell. The laugh sent a very sharp shiver down Jimin's spine and his face gone pale in horror. When Jimin got distracted, the short man managed to escape from the hold of Jimin.
He stood a ten feet distance from Jimin and made a sound with squeezing his mouth. It was nothing anywhere near the sounds that can be made by Human. It was more like a ugly hynea's cry. If someone heard it, surely they will pee their pants.
Jimin was horrfied to witness this. He got confused and terroized but mostly alarmed, so he decided to kill that short man in instance. But he was surrounded by 4 men with swords. Now, he know very well that, he is tricked. The horrified heart of Jimin became brave once he saw the swords. He now know that they all are Humans not some mystical creatures.
He started to fight. He made 1 out of three to fall. But he still needed a little support because he still didn't get full rest in the past days. The horse which he heard from afar was now got near them. One of the man shouted, "Master, please come fast." Jimin thought that the man in horse must be their leader. He was getting tired. But he still had hope.
Jimin felt bad that he managed to reach his country, but will he die even without meeting his Papa Jin? He thought about the calm and sweet boy he saw in the carriage. His mind soon traveled to the face of King and he mentally scoffed. "Very well. Is this how Emperor rule this country? Litrally they are here to steal from me!" By this time 2 out of 4 fell down.
With his remaining strength, Jimin swinged his sword and brought down another man. The person who came on the horse took his sword and stabbed the remaining person.
Jimin was surprised at this act. He thought maybe this man wrongly stabbed his own man instead of me? But again, I'm wearing a whole different cloth from them. So who is this man? And what is he doing?
The man on the horse got down swiftly and asked, "Sir what are you doing in the middle of this forest? Who are you?".
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Heather_violet💜
02.09.2021
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