The Devil's Kingdom

The Angel behind the Devil's Mask

Three of us quietly pass through the secret dungeons without anyone noticing us. I'd asked Jungkook about the construction of these secret dungeons, he said, " These are already built probably by one of the previous King and I just happened to found it! "

Giyu's feets are rarely touching the ground. He's eager to get out in the fresh air. And I do understand his eagerness afterall it's his first time going out of the walls in many years. And he probably doesn't even remembers the time when he used to live out of the palace, with master as he was too young & soon after which his freedom was confined.

After crossing the palace boundaries and crossing the forest pathway, we finally reach, the port town. The town already used to be lively and crowded but today it seems to be have increased a little too much than regular.

" Is it any festival today? " Giyu asks looking around in curiosity. People seems to be dressed in their best clothes, laughter and gossips filled the whole atmosphere. The shops built lined up on the edges of the harbour road on one side were overflowing with lively customers.

" What's the occasion today? " I ask wondering about the same thing.

" Today is the harvesting festival. A day people celebrate the prosperous harvest of the Kingdom! " Jungkook states proudly looking at the happy faces of his people.

We may not have talked about it but just recently I'd realized that coincidentally or not, Jungkook and I had the same picture of a Kingdom that we intend to build in near future. A Kingdom where everyone will enjoy life equally based on their actions. A Kingdom free from poverty, inequality, misery & illiteracy. A serene & prosperous Kingdom.

Three of us stopped moving when a sound of few instruments creating a jolly music entered our ear. All the heads in the bustling crowd snaps towards the direction in which the music was coming from.

At a place, a mini stage was built and three people sat behind it narrating a story by creating shadows on the white screen with their hands, in the middle of that mini stage.

Giyu runs towards it. A crowd was forming bigger and bigger around it. I was about to rush behind him when Jungkook holds my wrist stopping me. I look at him with questioning gaze when he speaks looking at the direction Giyu just ran away, " Let him. Don't worry, he'll be fine on his own. And even if he don't, he has to learn and.. " he looks at me, " We are here if he needs us! "

I take everything he said and gave a smile & a nod to him. He's right.

Jungkook looks around all the shops as many as his eyes could see, wondering. Before, his head halts at one. " Come with me! " he says and grasps my hand and takes me with him.

He takes us to a flower shop. So, many varieties of flowers were displayed beautifully that attracted most of the eyes passing by the shop. " Which one? " Jungkook asks me.

I look around all the flowers while staring at each one of them for a long time. While doing so, my eyes got stuck on a bunch of white roses. They looked beautiful.

" Can I have those white roses? " i ask turning to Jungkook. He smiles. " Of course you can Water Princess. "

He walks to the shopkeeper and asks him for flowers and exchanges him few silver coins in return of those beautiful roses.

Jungkook returns holding a bunch of white roses in his hand before he hands them over to me. I look at the beautiful flowers in my hand. They resembled soft pearly cotton clouds. The stems has their thorns clipped.

Some kind of tranquility fills up all through my body and I couldn't stop my lips from arching into a smile. I look up at Jungkook who's standing there looking at me, waiting for my reaction patiently and when he saw my face, he knew what I'm feeling. Happy.