CHAPTER 1: The Man

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       Myung Ha-Neul is the niece of the queen in the palace of Goguryeo. She is the daughter of a physician Myung An-wol who has a royal blood from the kingdom in the west and the sister of the queen, Han Seol-ha. She was trained to be warrior and is known for being best at sword fighting and gakgung (archery). She was sent to Silla by the Queen to do a mission of protecting the king and saving Silla, doing the same thing of what Silla has done before, to save Goguryeo.


SILLA
Myung Ha-Neul POV
“You have arrived.” The queen welcomed. “Greetings your Majesty!” I bowed.

“You are the best they have got in Goguryeo. I didn’t expect it to be a girl.” she said.

“Well Pe Ha, I-“
“Do not worry….” She stared at me.
“Oh! Forgive me for I was being rude. The name is Ha-neul. Myung Ha-neul” I said with a smile.

“Ha-neul, do not worry, I trust your Queen. I’m sure you will do well in teaching the Hwarang. It will be in a week, please settle yourself. You will be staying in the Palace for now. Please help her, Mi -Sun” she said in a gentle voice and smiled at me. She was about to leave when I said something.

“Pe Ha, would it be too much if I wish to stay outside the palace?” Hah! Silly me, I shouldn’t have said that.
She turned around and said “Why do you wish to stay outside? When I can provide your necessities? Is there anyone you know in the capital?”

“I would like to wander around Pe Ha and I was planning on visiting my friend” I said politely.

She looked at me one more time and said “Well if that’s the case then you may go. I’ll send someone with you to help you find a decent place to stay. Please be safe.”

“Thank you much, your Majesty!” I said and bowed as she took her leave.

Heol, I thought the queen is bad. Am I given a special treatment? I never felt so important. This is nice for my first day here.
And soon I was escorted out of the palace with some maid, I think, to help me find a place to stay.

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“Soo-yeon!” I shouted as I saw her familiar figure.
She searched for the voice and looked at my way.
Her eyes widen. “Ha-neul? Ha-neul! Myung Ha-neul!!”
I ran to her and hugged her.
“It’s been 4 years Ha-neul, why did it took so long for you to come back. You said you’ll come back in 4 months” she cried.
I pull away from the hug and looked at her. “Haven’t you received my letters?”
I sent letters to her, like a couple of times. Did she not receive those?
“No, I have. It’s just I’m wondering, are you really a warrior now and a physician too?” she asked.
“Yeah, we were trained, me and the crown prince” I said proudly.
“You must be so skilled now. I wish I could learn that too.” She pouted.
“Aigoo, Soo-yeon. Why don’t you ask your brother to teach you? You mentioned many times that he is good at sword fighting.”
“Well, he is busy dating around.”
Eh, I guess people never change.
“I should show you around later at okta” she beamed.
“I have to find a place to stay first before I start to have fun.”
“Oh! Do you want me to go with you?” she asked.
“No, I’ll be fine. See you later, Soo-yeon.”

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“You can stay here, Lady Myung.” The maid said.
“You can call me Ha-neul. What’s your name?” I said with a smile.
“I’m Hwa-young, my lady.” She said while looking at the ground.
“It’s Ha-neul, Hwa-young. Ha.Neul.”
“Sorry, Ha-neul.” She smiled.
“Are you going to stay here with me?” “Yes, Ha-neul, until you move to the hwarang house.”
“Hmm… Okay. Then Let’s Have fun!” I walked away from her.  “Huh, Ha-neul, I-.“ Hwa-young asked confused.
I turned around. “Come on, Hwa-young! I’m going to buy us clothes.”

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“Soo-yeon! Come out. Let’s Go!” I shouted. Soon a man came out.
“What can I do for you, my lovely lady?” He asked as he winked at me while smiling like an idiot.  I smacked his head.
“You haven’t really change, like not at all. Your smile still look stupid” I said in disbelief.
He glared at me and soon Soo-yeon interrupted us.
“Do not listen to him, Ha-neul. He has a brain injury actually-“.
“Ha-neul? You are Ha-neul? Like MYUNG Ha-neul?” Soo-ho asked. I nodded at him and he suddenly hugged me.
Now, I’m starting to believe that he has a brain injury.
“Aish! Get off of her” Soo-yeon said as she pulled his brother away from me.
“We have somewhere else to be, I’ll see you around Soo-ho oppa”. Then we headed to the capital to catch up.

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“Ah! I forgot. Ha-neul, can I go to my friend’s house first? I have to drop something off. I promise it will be very quick. It’s along the way.” Soo-yeon said. “Sure.” I smiled at her and we continued our journey.

And there he stood, that man. He stared deeply at me, as if he is asking me if I kept his promise. I only nod at him and think about our agreement. Then I felt Soo-yeon pulling me closer to her.

“A-ro, this is Ha-neul. Ha-neul, this is A-ro, my friend. She is a daughter of a physician too.” Soo-yeon happily said.

“It’s nice too finally meet you, Ha-neul. I heard a lot of good things about you.” She said smiling at me.
“You too. I hope we can be friends too, only if you won’t mind.” I said.

“Ofcourse, I won’t.”
“Oh, this is Hwa-young, my friend.” Hwa-young looked at me with her eyebrow raised. I nudge her to greet them too, not letting my true mission slip out from her mouth. Hwa-young greeted her politely.

“Would you like to join us in the capitol? We are about to head there.” I asked.
“I would like to join, but I must help my father gather some herbs he’ll need.”
“Well, if that’s the case, we’ll be going now. I hope you’ll be able to join us the next time”
We bid our goodbyes and headed to the capitol.



THE NEXT DAY IN SILLA

Narrator POV

         The Queen finally announced about the hwarang, and it earned different reaction from the people of silla. Due to the stupidness of Ban-Ryu, Soo-Ho and their group, the Queen was able to hold them on their necks, participating in hwarang against their will. ‘Cause who the hell starts a fuss in a sacred place?! (It’s a set up tho HAHAHAHAH)

Ha-neul POV

       I’m now at the market finding something interesting that I would like to bring as I stay in the hwarang house. I start looking for the beautiful hairpins. There so many of them, but I won’t be able to use it while I stay in hwarang.
The sky is really blue today. My lords please be nice to me. I was pulled out of my thoughts when I bumped in to someone, more like someone bumped in to me.
“Oh! I’m sorr-“
“Watch where you are going.” a man said with a stern voice as I felt his glare.
I looked at his face and yeah. What did I even expect to him? He’s always been like this, soooooo cold. It’s annoying sometimes. He treats himself like he is one of the gods.
“I’m sorry, but you won’t bump into me if you used your eyes too.” I said.
“Yah! Who do you think you are?! Do you not know Who I am?” He said arrogantly.
“Oh, me? Well, I can kill you if I want too. I know you Ban-ryu and I think you won’t like to know who I am and the things that I can do to you.” I said and left him alone.
That one did not went well. I should’ve been more calm.


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I don't even know why I write this in 2024.
Well, I just tried to do my own version and tried to do a Story Cover. Surprisingly, I like how it went. I tried to create this story in wattpad. No one is gonna read it anyways. This is just for memories and my delulu ass.

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