Episode 50: Please Help Me

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❏❜ 50 - Please Help Me

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"WHO ARE YOU?" HEESEUNG ASKED with his eyes wide open. A random stranger coming up to the palace? It can't be. She came here in a carriage. A royal? Heeseung tried his best to guess her situation and reason for coming here.

People who usually come here, uninvited are usually those who require a big amount of support from the royal family. Or those who wished to seek advice, apply for new jobs. And, those are usually people from villages. Not people from...

Royalty.

"Y-Your Majesty..." She stuttered as she shivered in coldness. Her pale arms that were covered in bruises were revealed which made Heeseung more appalled. Deep and severe scars, scratches and wounds were all around her face.

Was she tortured?

"H-Help me, please. Please help me." She begged and was about to hold onto his hands but, Heeseung flinched away.

His eyes examined her once again. Her voice felt familiar but, he did not know her at all. Her face was completely stranger-like. Was she from another country? Was there even a royal in Korea that Heeseung never knew?

But, this lady needs my help. As a prince, I have to help out...

"Take her in. Tell the doctors to deal with her wounds." Heeseung told the royal guard and the guard obeyed. "This way, please." The guard showed the way to the injured lady.

Before Heeseung got the time to ask the men on the carriages, the moment he turned back around, the carriages were gone.

"What the..." Heeseung wanted to glare at her when he turned back around but, she was gone as well already.

"Whatever." Heeseung sighed and headed back to look for Mirae.

─────── meanwhile, back at Mirae...

"Ooo, this cake tastes good!" She munched on more slices of cake. "Jinae, can you cut more of this for me?" Mirae asked again and Jinae agreed, cutting another slice of cake for the princess.

"Heeseung should come over now if not, I'm about to finish this cake. Who is making him take so long-"

"Love." The familiar tone made Mirae's head look up instantly and she saw Heeseung open the door again.

"Hai! Gosh, what took you so long?" Mirae whined as she annoyedly shook her legs.

"I'm so sorry, love. I should have not left you here." Heeseung apologised.

"Who was it?" Mirae questioned out of curiosity when Heeseung sat next to her. Her head lying on his shoulder as she asked.

"I-It was..." Heeseung paused, unsure of whether to bring this up to Mirae.

"Hmm?"

"I'm actually not sure of who she is. But, she looked like a royal who needed help. She is injured all over so, I asked the doctors in the place to help her out. Nothing much." Heeseung decided to tell Mirae.

"Oh. Anyways, open your mouth and say aah~" Mirae switched back the topic to the cake and held up a fork of cake for Heeseung, waiting to serve him.

"Aah~" Heeseung ate the cake with a big child-like smile on his face.

"So cute!" Mirae cooed as she fed him the rest of the cake.

─────── after the dinner...

"We should head to bed now, love." Mirae got up from her seat.

"Wait!" Heeseung halted her as he stood up and walked to the front of Mirae. He crouched slightly down in front of her while Mirae curiously pondered on what he was doing.

"Piggyback!" Heeseung tapped his back as a signal for Mirae to get on.

"Really?"

"Of course, love." He reassured her.

Mirae jumped and hugged onto his back.

"Wo-" The sudden impact caused him to jolt and choke on air for a few seconds but, he managed to regain his composure and stood up, carrying Mirae on his back.

"Be careful!" Mirae cautioned him as he walked forward. "Don't drop me onto the floor at the very least!" She added worriedly as she looked at the hard marble floor. Her butt would hurt a lot if she fell onto that.

"Yes, don't worry." Heeseung placed her heart at ease after a few seconds of stable carrying.

All of a sudden, Mirae felt his hands disappear away from her legs. The strong amount of gravity pulled her to the ground as she was still hugging onto Heeseung's neck.

She was going to fall.

"YAH!" She screamed but, she felt his hands go back to support her legs once again, holding her steadily.

When she felt her soul enter back her body again, she heaved a sigh of relief. Heeseung laughed at how scared she was just now which made her frown at him.

"YOU! I'M GOING TO PULL OFF YOUR EAR!" She pulled his ear as hard as she could.

"AHHH! LET GO! LOVE!" He screamed in pain as he struggled to walk up the stairs.

Both of them ended up laughing as they were in a world of their own. Smiles were painted all over their faces as their bright whites were shown to each other.

Little did they know that someone was watching their every move...

"Yoo Mirae." The lady called out the princess's real name. Her eye was filled with anger as she faked out an evil smile. The aura around her was thick and burning hot.

Her injured wounds were all treated professionally but, she did not care about them at all. Coming all over to here just to treat some wounds? That was not what she was planning for.

Her hand was holding onto the silver blade of the sharp knife. Clenching her first together as warm blood trickled down her fingers.

After all the sacrifices she had made just to come here, she would never ever let this off.

"Here we are again."

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Happy 50!
(It's truly a surprise to get this far.)

I'm so lazy to update these days, gosh...
The exams and all, they are really so exhausting. 

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