It had been four days and Seokjin had heard nothing from the youngest prince of Nahae and it made him want to hold the latter at sword point once again. Whenever he would approach the man, he would take a turn and disappear into the maze of corridors. The bare minimum interaction they had was during meals at the royal Banquet Hall.
Seokjin must not feel upset with the prince's shift in behaivour but something was pulling at his heart strings and it irked him beyond measure. Next time if Prince Taehyung approached him, Seokjin would make Kimchi stomp on his royal face.
On the bright side, Prince Jimin had been giving him company. They had ventured around Nahae for quite a bit and Seokjin must admire its beauty and innovative ways of living by the people. Not only did they have wolves for pulling their vehicles, they even trained them to deliver letters and packages. At first, Seokjin was worried about the creatures being over-laboured and mistreated but Prince Jimin assured him that four treatment of wolves was a rule for every dweller in Nahae and anyone who broke it received penalties for their cruelty.
The Prince of Nahae gave Seokjin a tour of the greenhouses where their cultivation was done. Seokjin was amazed to hear how effective of a process it was to grow plants inside the glasshouses. He was also impressed by Prince Jimin's vast knowledge about the crops and plants.
They also visited the local market, arriving upon which the villagers started to salute them. Their show of respect was different than what it was back in Gyeongsong. In Gyeongsong, one must bow a full ninety degrees to pay their respects but here in Nahae, the people held their right hand over their heart and bowed their head. They were all respectful enough to give the princes personal space instead of mobbing them (ahem). The shopkeepers were delighted to have two princes visiting their shops. Seokjin took his time to pay attention to each and every shop so that none of them felt left out; thank Heavens, Prince Jimin was a patient man. A little boy had come up to them and shyly handed them bright blue feathers, saying that it was a gift for them from a bird he had caught the day before. Seokjin received it with a smile but he made the boy promise not to imprison any wild bird and pluck out their feathers. From the corner of his eyes, Seokjin saw Prince Jimin smile in approval.
When Seokjin was not exploring Nahae with Prince Jimin, he was with his sisters (minus Jisoo who was always somewhere with that Prince Taehyung). After Prince Namjoon had shown them the frozen lack, the children of the rulers of both kingdoms have been playing ice hockey like their fate depended on it. Gyeongsong's winters weren't that cold for lakes to freeze for more than two weeks or so. Nevertheless, the Princess and Prince of Gyeongsong loved ice hockey and would often find themselves at each other's throats during the sport.
Similarly, the princesses had challenged the princes of Nahae to a game of ice hockey. To play it fair, Seokjin decided to replace of one of his three noonas later on. The princes of Nahae, excluding that scoundrel of a prince aka Kim Taehyung, were excellent players. Seokjin was surprised when he saw Prince Yoongi gracefully and swiftly slid the puck to the net and scored a point, causing Jennie to pout at not being able to cover. Prince Namjoon was the goalkeeper of the opponent team since, according to his brothers, he always hit the puck too hard and sent it flying to the other side of Nahae.
Well Seokjin shouldn't have laughed at Namjoon when his siblings said that because karma got him. After three matches, Lisa swapped with Seokjin; she was still bursting with energy but she wanted her little brother to play as well. Seokjin was doing fine for the first twenty minutes or so, passing the puck to Rose and dodging the opponents and scoring a few goals, much to Prince Yoongi's frustration. However, Seokjin got way too exhilarated after his third consecutive goal and hit the puck way too hard, causing it to hit the metal rods of the goalpost and fly into another direction. Jimin, having and advantage of being short, dodged the flying piece of rubber easily as it zoomed over his head and hit someone behind him.
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A Royal Mess || Taejin
Fanfiction"Do you see that star, Prince?" "Which one? There are thousands, love." "The one on the East sky. The brightest one." "What about it?" "My Halmeoni used to tell me to name the brightest star after that one thing that I hold closest to my heart, so t...
