royal blood

51 | you will end up in my hands.

" dear princess yeri,

god, it has been quite the time since i sat and wrote you a letter. right before my leave, we did not get to talk a lot, as you were caught up in the fight you had with miss. park sooyoung.

i am here to officially, and when i mean officially, i mean that i have connected all of the dots, tell you who the one behind your brother's brutal murder is. this might come as shocking, but i was able to put the pieces together, and it made sense.

when i first took into consideration who the killer might be, i honestly thought that it was one of my brothers. one reason to that was that it was likely they would think that doyoung was useless in this life, or that they wanted to be higher in their title.

however, as the time passed, as i found the note in the library and jungwoo was discovered as mr. lee taeyong's killer, everything changed for me. first, i thought it could be miss. kang seulgi, hearing from your nightmares.

it is clear now that your brother was not an innocent man. it is clear that, while on earth, he was not a nice man. he had his evil side, that included his fantasy towards women from a poor backround and alcoholism. however, i do not think that this was the reason for the murder.

the person who murdered your brother wanted to win from his death. i went back to my original theory, and i stumbled across something. it was the fact that a man was so obsessed with everything doyoung did. he wanted to morph into doyoung, by becoming just like him.

you might be thinking who this man is, and i am here to tell you that it is prince jaehyun. i know, that sounds so stupid. prince jaehyun, the charming gentleman. the man who had a forbidden romance with a low maid, the man who always smiled at apperances that took place around the people, the man that was always nice to everyone. well, that man hides a dark side.

sounds quite familiar, right ? well, after i spent my time explaining to you how i figured out the killer, then i hope you will be able to realise that jaehyun wanted to become doyoung. he did everything to become doyoung, and when he succesfully got to it, he needed to get rid of doyoung.

he was probably aware that doyoung was not well. that doyoung was struggling mentally, and that was in jaehyun's advantage. furthermore, he probably knew that doyoung loved ouverport and the idea of living forever in the city. where else would it seem like the perfect suicide ?

then, it was clear that he found mr. lee taeyong's intentions to figure out everything behind the killing, and decided it would be a threat to him. however, he did not want to do it, as his hands were already full of blood.

with that, he promised jungwoo that, if they worked together, they would get rid of any threats and get higher titles together. therefore, they would look out for me and taeil to get rid of next, as we are both threats to their titles.

please, princess, take care of miss. park, you, seulgi and wendy. god only knows that jaehyun is about to do, and i doubt that he will be nice to. if miss. park will give birth to a son, then he will surely target her. there is a letter in which she guesses that they will have a son, and i am glad to tell you that i have it.

again, take care. i will rest for another day in fetin, then i will have to come back to ceham. have a great time, until then.

with much love,
baron sicheng. "

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seulgi and jaehyun sat on the bench together. their held eachother's hands, smiling as they watched eachother. jaehyun brought his other hand, playing with seulgi's hair. he placed a soft kiss on her cheek, as seulgi's cheek immediately started burning.

" oh, my dear seulgi, how much do i have to wait until i will be able to marry you and live the best years of my life ? " jaehyun asked, as he was met with silence from seulgi. " i know that you are still scared of what others will think of us, but you should honestly stop. let others think whatever they want, and let's just be happy. "

" i would love to be married with you. " seulgi replied, as she looked at their locked hands. she started smiling again, as she rested her head on jaehyun's shoulder. " i pray every night that, in two days, you are going to be the one that will walk on that balcony and wave to the people of hlorrendin. "

" that is exactly how it will go down, my love. " jaehyun whispered into seulgi's ear, as he looked up to the window of the palace. from there, he could see the entrance of the balcony, the place he always dreamt of walking into. " however, if i need to walk on that balcony, then you will too. we will hold hands like we do now, as we walk on the balcony. "

seulgi widened her eyes. she did not want to believe jaehyun's words, she wished that it would be a lie, or a bad joke. she would never be allowed to join the royal family near the balcony, and jaehyun thought of holding her hand and announcing her as his wife. it was something she was always curious about, and now, she was able to live it.

" you know, something i do not understand is why this meeting is even happening. after all, as the protocol read before, the one who will take the throne of hlorrendin if the crown prince dies or runs away is the direct heir to the pelerian throne. " jaehyun rolled his eyes, clearly unhappy with how the meeting was going to take place. " i do not know why they are taking into consideration baron taeil or sicheng. "

" i do not think it is about the barons, dear. " seulgi replied, as she started to play with the buttons of jaehyun's blazer. " rather, it might be that, because miss. park sooyoung is giving birth in may, what if she gives birth to a son ? the other protocol would read that, if a crown prince is to die and leave a minor as the heir, then no one will take the throne officially. " she looked up to jaehyun, who was now surprised to hear that she knew such thing.

" a son, you say ? " jaehyun replied with a laugh, " i am rather shocked to hear that you are aware of such things. i suppose it is because you were always near doyoung. he knew of every protocol, and he always prepared himself for everything. " he looked up to the sky, " he probably prays from up there that he will have a son. "

seulgi continued to avoid jaehyun's looks. she remembered how doyoung used to tell her about it, that if he was ever to leave the earth, then he wanted to have a child or at least, a woman who would carry his child. seulgi remembered his disturbing jokes about seulgi being the one to secure the continuation of the dynasty.

" sometimes, i sit and remember his highness. he was such a .. changing man. he went into maniac episodes, throwing things and threatning to murder everyone, then he would bring me flowers and tell me how precious i was to him. " she let out a small sigh, as jaehyun wrapped his arm around seulgi. " sometimes, i wonder if he was still alive .. what would have he done to me ? "

" do not think about that. " jaehyun replied, as seulgi nodded. " he must have been terrible to you, if we think about it that away. he was always weird around young women .. " he scoffed, as he suddently turned around.

princess yeri was standing infront of him, holding a letter.

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