Soul Seal | THE KINGDOM FF ✅

10

"The Beginning Is The End"

The council meeting was called immediately. Shadows were causing havoc on the kingdom & Mujin was at his wits end. "그림자를 어떻게 처리해야 할까요? 그림자가 왜 여기 있는지도 몰라요." (What do you propose we do about the shadows ? We don't even know why they are here.) Mujin asked of his King's Guard. Jahan spoke up first. "Hwon & I can lead some of the citizens out using tunnels, My King." 

Hwon nodded interjecting, "Or we can set up a wing in the palace of those who refuse to leave the kingdom while the shadows are dealt with." Ivan spoke up next. A bit skeptical of it all. "We have no idea of what the shadows want, Your Majesty. How are we to deal with them ?"

As singular knock sounded on the door before Iseul let herself in. "Care to talk a walk with me, Your Majesty ?" Mujin smiled in her direction before indicating that Louis oversee the meeting while he was gone.

Once the King's Guard was alone this is when things were beginning to unravel completely. Arthur stared at the now closed door Mujin had left through with Iseul. "What is it Arthur ? You look angry," Dann asked resting a hand on his sworn brother' shoulder. Arthur brushed his hand off which did catch the attention of the others still in the room.

"다들 날 미친놈이라고 부를걸요... 이슬이를 못 믿겠어요. 저는 그녀를 조금도 믿지 않습니다. 그녀가 우리 왕국에 오자마자 그림자가 나타난 것은 지나친 우연이 아닌가요?" (You are all going to call me crazy... I don't trust Iseul. I don't trust her one bit. Is it not too much of a coincidence that as soon as she comes to our kingdom that the shadows appeared ?) Ivan immediately called Arthur out. "What you're saying is wrong, hyung. His Majesty would have your head for that." Louis backed this up, "Ivan is right. He loves Iseul. Our King would not take kindly to accusing the future Queen this way, Arthur hyung."

Time seemed to go by faster while they continued to debate what Arthur had said. It was late before anyone knew it. Iseul soon bounded into the room happily, given that Mujin had already went to bed. "What's with that look ?" She asked as she noticed Arthur glaring at her. His glare seeming causing the rain to start outside. They don't call him the bringer of rain for nothing. 

Arthur strengthened his grip on Excalibur & charged at Iseul screaming, "죽으라! 죽여버리겠다! 엑스칼리버가 당신을 뚫고 나가 당신을 본래의 모습으로 되돌려 줄 것이오!" (Die ! I will kill you ! Excalibur will cut through you and hopefully return you to your true form !) War within the room started. However, this couldn't be heard from outside. Neither could anyone else hear the rain.

Iseul backed away as the others began to fight Arthur in order to protect them both. Protect Iseul because she was their King' love. Arthur because he was their sworn brother & a member of the King's Guard. "Hyung ! Stop this !", Jahan yelled as his sword clashed with Excalibur at the same time as Dann'. Ivan & Hwon taking a defensive stance to keep Arthur from Iseul if he managed to get past the others.

Arthur however exceptionally took Jahan & Hwon down. This left Louis to deal with Arthur. The fight between these two was the harshest to come out the room. Unfortunately, it ended with Arthur stabbed with Louis' sword... Excalibur laid next to him. To anyone here, Arthur was dead. 

*A Little Forward In Time*

Iseul' lips curled up as her eyes filled with what would be mania. Her dark chuckling seeming to echo off the walls of the room they were in. "그가 알아냈어, 여보. 아서가 당신보다 먼저 알아냈어요." (He figured it out, honey. Arthur figured it out before you did.) She had yet to say what exactly Arthur figured out & it was beginning to anger Mujin even more. "Say it ! What had Arthur figured out ?!"

Iseul answered as soon as she managed to end her laughter. She honestly was very much entertained by the situation at hand. "I brought the shadows into the kingdom, Oppa." Mujin quickly stepped back from her in complete shock. This couldn't be true. Could it ?

Was he so blinded by his affections that he didn't see the signs ?

Uh, Arthur wasn't dead yet. He had full faith in that he was correct, & that this wasn't really the end...

Mujin couldn't believe what he was seeing. The woman he loved never really loved him. She only wanted to destroy what was his to care for... In a puff of smoke Iseul was gone.

However, she would appear again soon...