{12} Epilogue

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(A/N: This may be short. However, the story had already come to its end. What have you thought of "Soul Seal" up until this point ?)

"Soul Seal"

5 Years Later

Arthur was king. The kingdom of cherry blossoms shifted with him. It was now the kingdom of rain. As their new king was none other than the bringer of rain, Arthur Pendragon. This new reign ushered in a new era.

Just as the shadows were an issue... witchcraft was a blossoming issue of it's own. Arthur garnered much love from the people of his kingdom. Not because he was named heir, but because he held Excalibur. His sword supposedly being a powerful magical weapon than not just anyone could wield. A true honor.

Ivan, Hwon, & Jahan enjoyed the festivities given as the Sakura Festival was happening. A way the people remembered Mujin ,& his sacrifice for this kingdom. Arthur found Louis by the new sakura tree. The tree seemingly healthy, but dying at the same time. Dim even.

"I knew I'd find you out here, Louis..." Arthur rested a hand on his shoulder in a comforting way as they looked over the tree. "그 사람 어때, 아서 형? 형이 아파요?" (How do you think he is, Arthur hyung ? Do you think hyung is in pain ?) Louis was still thinking of Mujin. Arthur smiled sadly as he rested a hand on the tree in question as a warm breeze passed through the air.

"No, Louis. I don't believe Mujin is in any pain. I think he knew this would be his consequence for a sacrifice of its caliber." Louis looked over the many paper seals that hung from the sakura tree. Not quite like the sakura flowers themselves, but like singular sakura petals barely holding on for life...

*Deep Within The New Sakura Tree*

Mujin smiled as his body was bound by eternal chains & paper seals. The strongest of seals... Blood stained mouth curving into a smile as his eyes burned with tears. He said something he hadn't managed to say in the void he was trapped in as he inhabited the sakura tree.

"꽃은 피고 시들기도 합니다. 내 고통은 단지 방해물일 뿐입니다. 영원히 나는 내가 만든 감옥에서 벗어날 수 없습니다. 제가 다시 같은 결정을 내릴까요? 네, 그럴게요. 저는 그림자를 막기 위해 제 영혼을 봉인하여 잠그는 것을 부끄러워하지 않습니다." (Flowers bloom and they also wither. My pain is just a mere hindrance. Eternally I can never escape from this prison of my own making. Would I make the same decision again ? Yes I would. I bare no shame in locking my soul with a seal in order to keep the shadows at bay.)

A plea he only hoped would reach the world around him from where he was prisoned...

The END.

끝.

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