The True Gods || Kim Taehyung ||

Hatred

“Heavenly Mother, no. If he doesn’t have the dragon pellet, he will die…” Ji-woo knelt to the ground, her eyes full of panic. She understood the Heavenly Empress’s care for her. If Tae-hyun irritates her because of this, he’ll find it difficult to live in the Three Realms in the future.

“Ji-woo! If you lose your dragon pellet, your cultivation will be greatly damaged in the future. Do you know how serious the consequences are?” Seeing Ji-woo so stubborn, the voice in the air suddenly became serious and even held some deep disappointment.

“Heavenly Mother, I don’t regret my decision. I hope you can fulfill me.” Ji-woo suddenly raised her head, her lips pressed into a fragile arc, but her expression was extraordinarily stubborn.

The floating shadow in the air fell silent, and after a while said, “Forget it, has he ever asked your Heavenly Father for your hand in marriage?”

As soon as this remark came out, Jungkook slightly frowned and silently said “not good”. From what his Heavenly Mother thought, if Ji-woo was willing to save someone with her dragon pellet, the two were both in love with each other. If she knew that…

“What?” Ji-woo looked up in amazement. Her face suddenly paled after she understood what the Heavenly Empress meant, and she bit her lip tightly, “Heavenly Mother, he doesn’t know that I saved him…”

“What did you say? Explain, what exactly is going on?”

“Heavenly Mother, he likes someone else…If he knows that I saved him with my dragon pellet, he won’t agree.”

“Oh? Who is that woman?”

The expected anger did not come, but the Heavenly Empress’s voice suddenly cooled. Jungkook sighed inside. In his Heavenly Mother, there was probably no person in the Three Realms that was comparable to Ji-woo. Has she forgotten…Ha-eun in Qingchi Palace that was left outside the Three Realms?”

“She’s…Ha-eun.” As if it was extremely difficult, Ji-woo let out a sigh of relief, and finally said these two words.

Juxian Pond suddenly fell into silence, and the air instantly condensed. After a while, the two people heard the Heavenly Empress’s voice that was a little surprised.

“Is that so?” The voice stopped and suddenly lightened, “Ji-woo, go back to the Heavenly Palace to recuperate. I’ll explain to your father. Jungkook, have her see me tomorrow.”

Although the Heavenly Empress didn’t explain, everyone knew who the ‘her’ she was talking about was.

Leaving this sentence, the faint shadow in the sky slowly disappeared. The face of Jungkook, who was standing beside Juxian Pond, darkened. He turned around and helped Ji-woo from the ground with a complicated expression, “Third sister, you…”

“Second brother, I won’t retrieve the dragon pellet in Tae-hyun’s body.”

“But you know that if Heavenly Mother intervenes, he will know the truth sooner or later!”

“I want to gamble.” Ji-woo lowered her eyes, her fingertips pushing into her palm, “I’m not satisfied to lose to her like this.”

Jungkook slightly frowned, lightly sighed, and looked into the depths of the Heavenly Palace with an inexplicable expression.

Dawn in the Heavenly Palace was as peaceful as before. Sitting in Zizhu Courtyard, Ha-eun listened to the immortal boy called ‘Tan Yao’ talk about the interesting things in the Mortal Realm with a smile on her face. From time to time, a few pine nuts were thrown to him as a reward. These two people whose horse’s mouth did not match up to the bull’s head also created a somewhat harmonious atmosphere. 

When Jungkook walked into Zisong Courtyard, what he saw was exactly this scene. Ha-eun was smiling, and the entire courtyard became soft and peaceful because of her presence. It was also this scene that made the few short steps across the courtyard seem as difficult as crossing the sky.

“Jungkook?” Jungkook’s footsteps in the courtyard weren’t soft. Ha-eun patted Tan Yao’s shoulder and gestured for him to retreat. She turned her head, the coldness between her brows fading, and said, “Are you here to see us off?”

Jungkook hesitated for a moment, the hands behind his back slightly clenching. Only after a while, under Ha-eun’s increasingly weird expression, he said slowly, “Ha-eun, Heavenly Mother wants to see you.”

This time, he didn’t use High God for Ha-eun but directly said her name.

It was only a light sentence, but it suddenly cooled down the peaceful atmosphere just now. Ha-eun lowered her eyes and rested her chin on one hand, tapping her fingertips in a semicircle on the stone table to the side, making a crisp sound. There was a distant look in her eyes, and she said indifferently, “The Heavenly Empress…wants to see me? No need, the Heavenly Empress is the leader of the Three Realms. She has a noble status. How is she someone I can meet casually?”

Even though she said this, there was no hint of sincerity or fear in Ha-eun’s voice. A light sigh flashed across Jungkook’s eyes and he gave a wry smile, “Even if you’re unwilling, you can at least pretend for a minute”

Ha-eun squinted her eyes, her eyes suddenly darkening. There was a bit of bitterness in her expression, “Second Highness, in this heaven and earth, I only recognize my God Father. Other people have nothing to do with me.”

“Ha-eun …” Jungkook slightly froze, sighed, and said, “Heavenly Mother is after all your…”

“Such a joke. When I was still in the dragon egg and it was unknown whether I would die or live, she wasn’t there…When I was young and weak and unable to transform, she wasn’t there…When my spiritual veins were cut off and I withstood the Three Realms’ ridicule, she wasn’t there. At that time, when she was sitting high in the clouds, being admired by everyone, being worshipped by all spiritual beings, did she ever remember me? Can such a person be called the mother of me, Ha-eun?” Ha-eun straightened her eyebrows, her eyes burning. Every word and every sentence was careless but extremely serious.

This voice was too cold. If spoken by someone else, Jungkook would have thought that they were expressions of grief and indignation. But when said by Ha-eun, he could not feel the slightest anger, as if she was stating a fact very seriously.

Until now, Jungkook really felt that the Heavenly Mother the four siblings were proud about, the high god that was respected by the Three Realms…might be…really minor in Ha-eun’s eyes.

Perhaps, how much Ha-eun cared about High God Yoongi was how much she hated their Heavenly Mother.

The purple shadow in the courtyard seemed to be suddenly tinged with a strong scent. Jungkook’s breathing was stagnant, and he couldn’t say any words of excuse.

After a while, his eyes finally flashes a touch of relief, and he said, “Ha-eun, you should leave with Tae-hyun. Leave now. Go back to Qingchi Palace or Sobongwang Mountain.”

The whole thing started because of him, so he should be the one responsible for it. Ji-woo lost her dragon pellet. No matter what method he would use, he would try his best to compensate, but if Tae-hyun and Ha-eun stay in the Heavenly Palace…

Ha-eun looked suspiciously at the turned-serious Jungkook. Hearing that there was another meaning to his words, she frowned and said, “Jungkook, what happened? Are you hiding something from me?”

The expression in Ha-eun’s eyes was too thorough. Jungkook’s heart sank. He made his expression look more natural, and said, “No, but if you don’t want to see Heavenly Mother, it’s best to leave as soon as possible.”

Right after Jungkook finished saying this and Ha-eun didn’t have any time to react, Zisong Courtyard was suddenly enveloped in a burst of colorful light. 

“Ha-eun, you walk through the door but never enter. Has your God Father taught you to be this way…these ten thousand years?”

An indifferent voice resounded above Zisong Courtyard, floating like an illusion and with a touch of careless coercion and unwillingness. Ha-eun slightly squinted and suddenly laughed.