𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗦, Go Won

𝟬𝟰𝟱. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗸

All of a sudden, it got stormy and there was lightening. There was no way that the weather could change that fast. It was just sunny a second ago. Yul and Da-hye looked at each other. What was going on?

The group went outside to check it out. Yul, Da-hye, the Crown Prince, and Uk stood surrounding a bush that blue cloth had fell on.  Surrounding them were Jeongjingak mages who had also been here. There was fog everywhere. Uk picked up the blue cloth.

"Lighting , thunder, and now fog in broad daylight?" The Crown Prince asked.

"That is not all." Yul said.

"Something has gone awry." Uk said.

"There is flowers everywhere." Da-hye said looking around. Da-hye noticed something about the cloth that Uk was holding. "Wait, is that not the cloth that was covering the ice stone?" Da-hye pointed at the cloth.

"Yes." Uk said. "Could something have happened to it?"

"Is this a dream or something?" Gu Hyo asked. "This feels surreal. Are we dead?"

"How can we be dead?" Da-hye asked. Gu-hyo was so ignorant.

"Then are we an a utopia?" Gu Hyo asked.

"Hey." The Crown Prince said. "Do not speak nonsense. Then that would make me the Jade Emperor, and him a fairy?"  The Crown Prince pointed at Yul. In Da-hye's opinion, Yul was a fairy.

"Oh." Gu Hyo pointed at a fairy. "A fairy." Gu-hyo said with shocked expression. There was someone there, someone who did look like a fairy. But Da-hye could not see who it was because of the fog.

The Crown Prince hid behind Uk and Da-hye. "What is that?"

"I do not think it is a fairy." Uk said.

"Then is it a ghost?" The Crown Prince asked. Da-hye stepped forward to see who it was. "Young Lady Heo?" Da-hye asked.

"Are you mages?" Young Lady Heo asked.

"Yes, we are from Jeongjingak." Yul said. Young Lady Heo walked closer. "You were here too, Young Lady Heo." Yul said.

"Jang Uk, remain here and stand guard." The Crown Prince said. "You three," The Crown Prince pointed at Han Yeol, Gu Hyo, and Cha Beom. "Patrol the area. I will head to the Training Center."

"Your Royal Highness, we will escort you." The other mages said.

"What is going on?" Young Lady Heo asked. "I heard deafening thunder."

"We do not know either." Da-hye responded.

"We will find out soon once this fog lifts." Yul said.

"If we are not in utopia or the afterlife, where did all these flowers come from?" Uk asked. 

"Is this even real fog?" Da-hye asked as she looked around. Uk grabbed a flower and threw it up into the sky, it bounced back. They were trapped. They needed to stop the Crown Prince from trying to leave.

Fortunately, they got there on time, just as the Crown Prince was about to leave, Da-hye grabbed his arm to stop him.  She held onto his arm tightly.  "Stop." Da-hye said. "There is a barrier surrounding us that we cannot see." Da-hye explained

"What in the world is going on?" The Crown Prince asked.

"I believe there is a barrier around Jeongjingak." Yul said.

"A barrier." The Crown Prince said. "Who would place a barrier here?" The Crown Prince asked.

"Your Royal Highness." Cha Beom said. "Your Royal Highness. A priestess from Jinyowon is inside Jeongjingak. Jin Bu-yeon who had brought the ice stone, was found collapsed in the building." Cha Beom explained. Han Yeol and Gu Hyo were guiding Jin Bu-yeon or So-i. But what was she doing here? Mu-deok was also walking behind them.