The Past In The Present - JIKOOK

Chapter 19

(*it's still flashback, the flashback will continue for next chapters, I will write when it's back at present)

Third person's POV

The next day of the boys being on this new planet. Taehyung, Jungkook, Yoongi and Namjoon on the sunny morning decided to roam around this place, and they were very hungry. All four of them while walking through the village, their eyes were roaming around, looking at everything, the people, how they were dressed, and they didn't miss people's gazes, I mean four handsome young men, dresses differently. Everything looked different, even simple and just less of what they are used to. No robots, no drones flying to deliver packages, no technology what so ever. They reached the part where on the side there were stands where there was everything from food to things, like jewelry, wooden or iron things and clothes. It was fascinating to this four young men.

They stopped when they reached the food stand, old lady with the big smile behind it. 

"What would you have young gentleman's? We have fresh baked bread, rice, some veggies, you can make a nice soup." She was very polite and kind, it made boys smile. 

They picked things to eat, but soon realized they can't pay the lady. They don't have the money, the boys looked at each other, being embarrassed by this situation. The lady read them, and understood the situation just by looking at the boys faces. 

"You don't have to pay, it's okay." The lady breaks their silence, and they all now look at her. 

"No, no, no." All of them at same time say, not wanting to use the lady's kindness.

"We can't madam, we apologize for taking your time. We can't accept it for free, but thank you for the offer." Yoongi says to the lady, the boys agreeing with him. 

"It's no problem, boys. Come on, I can't let you stay hungry. You know what, why don't you come inside with me, there's my hide out spot when I am on the break or hiding from the sun or rain, it's right there behind me. So you can eat peacefully your food. I insist." The lady said determinedly. 

The boys were about to turn her offer again, but she stopped them before they could say anything saying "And it's disrespectful to turn down elders offering." and the boys chuckled. 

They brought the food with them and with the lady walked towards the hide out spot, it was really specious, there was a small wooden table with two chairs. The boys again argued with the lady who will sit on the chair. The boys one, so the lady sat on one chair, and they offered Yoongi to sit on the other one, while they were eating their food while standing. 

Somehow their conversation started little by little, first by introducing each other. They found out that kind lady is called Hee-Young Lim. They couldn't say to the lady that they were from the other planet, it would sound so weird, and tough to explain, so they just agreed when Hee-Young said "You must've are from the neighboring village".

They found out by asking subtle questions not to sound suspicious, what is the country called they are now in, it's South Korea, in the place called Joseon. They also found out that a little bit further, following the marketplace straight path and there's a king's palace. The boys couldn't believe there was king, they thought it was just fiction when they watched movies, series. 

Hee-Young told them the story of how king's Seongjong beloved wife Ara died from disease of just two years after she birthed their son Park Jimin. She told them how everyone was sad when their beloved queen died, and king never remarried again, raising his son alone. She talked about how prince Jimin inherited his mom's kind heart and his father's lion heart. The prince is kind, fierce, smart, confident, skilled fighter...it was everything nice that existed she had to say about the prince.