wolfgang • hyunchan ✓

5.

In about thirty minutes they were in front of the city gates. The young prince stared at the snowy city, through the gates, thinking how much the city has changed.

"Before you go in, hide your face." Chan warned the boy in a harsh tone, securing his knife around his waist, and started to walk through the gates with Changbin.

Hyunjin gulped and covered his head with his cape, suddenly feeling someone's arm around his shoulder. "Don't worry, little prince, you'll be fine." The silver haired boy spoke with a smile.

The young prince sighed nervously but still held a smile on his lips. He was excited to see the city once again although if the king's men or anyone recognized him, it could end up terribly.

They walked through the narrowed streets and Hyunjin watched the worned color houses and the people that passed by them. His chestnut like eyes began to eye everyone with confusion, as they walked by him because they were dressed poorly and the look on their faces wasn't very happy.

When the boys passed through a snowy alley, that's when the prince's heart sank. He caught a glimpse of a few kids, with barely any clothes on, that were sitting on the cold stone ground and begging for coins.

"Don't look, just continue walking." Minho said quietly, making Hyunjin lower his head.

Chan noticed the prince's saddened face and clenched his teeth. This is all because of you. He thought to himself as he walked ahead of the other men.

As they continue walking through the streets, they finally saw the market, where people were selling all kinds of stuff, clothes, food, jewelry, and much more.

Felix was next to the prince and in a bolt he let out a scream, making him and everyone around him surprised. He turned to Hyunjin with the biggest smile possible, which healed the prince's heart a bit. "They're selling some spices I've never heard of!" The freckled boy squeaked, grabbing the prince's hand and pushing him to the shed.

"Hello gentlemen, here we have tasty spices that came all over from Haven's country!" An old man in white beards spoke, pointing to a few brown spices that made Felix's eyes illuminate even more.

"We should go. Felix will take a while." Jisung said in a chuckle and Hyunjin nodded, following the older to another shed.

"Hello! We buy any gold or diamonds you might have and give you coins in return! How may I help you?" When they arrived, they were greeted by a woman with curly brown hair that openly smiled at them.

"We would like to exchange this..." Jisung said, extending his hand to the prince so he could give him the diamond, which Hyunjin rushly gave him. The older then gave it to the lady and she began to stare deeply at the small blue diamond.

Then she proceeded to take out some glasses of a small wooden box, putting them on, and gaze at the diamond, as her life depended on that.

As she watched the piece of diamond her face slowly began to shift, from a doubtful one to a bright one. "T-This is a royal diamond, how do you have this?" The lady asked, taking her glasses off and Hyunjin just lowered, even more, his head.

"Hum, we just do. Keep it or not?" Jisung snorted and crossed his arms.

"A-Ah! Of course." She loudly said, placing the diamond on a velvet bag and grabbing another bag, taking a few coins from it.

"Here you go. I only have 400 skz, this diamond is worth 500. I hope you'll accept."

"Sure." The squirrel like boy said in a smile and quickly grasped the coins, putting them in a small bag. "Thanks. Let's go, Jin."