Back at the house, Princess Yona regained consciousness and met the boy Yoon, along with an incredibly dirty Ik-Su.
After he introduced himself as Yoon's guardian, Ik-Su burst into tears while staring at her. "You've been through such a difficult time."
Not understanding his meaning, Yona thought he was referring to the horrible cliff incident. "No, I-I'm fine. Hak protected me when I fell."
"No, not that." He corrected while sniffling. "I'm impressed that you undertook your journey."
"Huh?" She was even more confused. "My journey?"
"I mean, you're Princess Yona. It's quite admirable."
But she'd never told them her name. "Wait...how do you know...about me?" Yona stared at Ik-Su.
"A message from God..." He gave a sheepish smile.
That was when Yoon pushed himself into the conversation. "Are you stupid?" He glared at Ik-Su. "If you just blurt that out, what's the point in living in hiding?"
That was when Yona put the pieces together. Ik-Su was...the priest.
They found the priest? Already? Really??
Then another person entered the room. A young woman wearing a veiled hat and shabby gray clothes. "Ah, you're back." The boy named Yoon pointed to a vacant space. The girl went to place the hat there.
Ik-Su turned to her, his smile growing more cheerful. "Well this is certainly unexpected! What brings you here?"
The girl held up her hands in greeting, her smile calm and unsurprised.
"Another person lives here too?" Yona asked, not really sure what else to say.
Yoon furrowed his brows between her and the girl who just came in. "Isn't she with you? I found her around the two of you." He directed to Hak.
"You did?" Ik-Su practically glowed towards Yoon. "This can't have been chance. Saving both a priestess and a princess!" After casually dropping what Yona considered an important piece of information, he hummed. "That reminds me...I was really hoping to dress up in front of her highness...if only I hadn't tripped."
She wasn't the only one who wanted the priest to elaborate. She could see Yoon's eye twitch once, twice, three times.
"Wait, she's a what?!" Yoon shook the priest so fast Ik-Su's upper body wobbled back and forth in a worrying speed. "Explain, you big idiot!"
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Awaiting The Dawn
FanfictionPriestess Hisa spent nearly three months wandering the Kingdom of Kouka by herself, mourning the loss of her travel companion. On the day she decides to let go of the only item he left her, intending to toss it into a ravine, she encounters a group...
