red haired herbalist.

01

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chapter one
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walking through a path of grass, he comes across a herb he was looking for, spellamiso. "there you are" he muttered before crouching to pluck the fragile plant. putting it into his basket, he gets back up on his feet walking through the green path. humming a song and enjoying the cool morning breeze and birds chirping, he was alarmed hearing the nearby town tower clock ring. he put on the hood of his cloak completely covering his head except his face, he hopped his way back to the town. knowing that hopping his way back he wouldn't be on time, he started running through the rocks and sliding down the grassy hill, his hood flying off every now and then. to prevent that, he used a hand to hold onto it constantly and had the basket in his other hand.

the morning view from the hill was breathtaking. in his case, literally; as he was running in full speed to reach the town. he took a minute to catch his breath, enjoy the sight, and continue running his way back.

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"mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most good looking of them all?"

the two men cringed but didn't show it on their faces as they saw the man in front of them talk to the mirror.

"that's right, you are!" the man said before laughing loudly making the men standing behind him cover their faces in embarrassment. they couldn't believe the crown prince of their kingdom would be so crazy and delusional to be talking like this in front of a mirror. or he was probably just over confident about his not so great looks.

"anyways, you two..." the prince trailed off, the two men getting tensed. "did you find anyone?" he asked, not looking at them.

the two men nudged each other, wanting the other to talk to the prince. "w-well, not really s-sir.." one of them finally gave in, and spoke in fear.

"what do you mean by 'not really'? it's a yes or no question" the prince said, getting annoyed.

the man gulped before replying, "you asked us t-to find a suitor sir.."

"yes i did"

"a-and we couldn't really find any girl a-as pretty as you wanted..."

the prince unwillingly pryed his attention away from the mirror before turning to them. "so it's a no" he said, glaring at the men. they swore they could have peed their pants seeing the future king mad.

"u-uh.. we did find a p-pretty person, b-but..."

"but what!" he raised his voice getting angrier by the second

"i-its not a w-woman"

the room was quiet for a minute before the prince opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by the loud entrance of one of his informant.

"prince yeojin! we could find a suitable concubine, but－"

"i know, it's not a woman. whats so good about them to be my concubine anyway? i can't a have a male as my concubine how is he gonna carry children" the prince asked, a stupid question.

"he is one of the most good looking person in the kingdom, even prettier than some girls. but there's something about him above all that" the informant said, fully gaining the prince's attention.