Path Of Thorns| Vmin Historical AU

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Jimin approached Tiara, his eyes twinkling with the tears. The few inches distance seemed heavy, he felt embarrassed to face Tiara as now he realized how carelessly he avoided her warning she had given to him.
But his embarrassment couldn't change the fact that he terribly failed to protect his mother.

"You're finally able to control your magic." Tiara said joyfully, it was clear on her face that she felt so glad to see her friend.

"It's because mother sacrificed herself for awakening my powers fully." Jimin replied solemnly, "What a terrible son I am."

"No you're not." Tiara denied, "Whatever happened was already fated." She said.

"Still if only I heard you earlier then perhaps I would be able to protect mother." Jimin said.

Tiara looked at him, pale face and eyes contorted with the agony and regret, something she already saw much before than all the unfortunate incident took it's place, yet she tried her best to warn Jimin, but the truth was, nobody had been able to win against the fate.

"How is your healing process?" Tiara asked.

"Humans medicines are quite slower, they don't effect on me and you know very well I was poisoned." Jimin answered, a sigh escaped his lips and he felt so helpless.

"You remember that seven herbs you were supposed to bring that day." Tiara reminded.

Jimin nodded, "Yes I remember" He said.

"You need to make a tea with those herbs, a tea spoon of all the herbs, and take one cup a day." Tiara explained.

" It will be hard to arrange those herbs in Velaris, but I'll try." Jimin replied.

"You have that king, what's his name, Yes Taehyung." Said Tiara, "Right now he requires your help but to survive in that brutal city you have to make him love you. Make yourself his biggest strength and weakness at the same time." She explained everything, each word Jimin heard with concentration, this time he refused to be careless, although the price he had paid was unable to forget, to realized that the world he lived in was nothing like he thought.

Suddenly a sharp shooting pain jolted through in Jimin's stomach, and he groaned agonizingly, "Why the pain suddenly increased?" He muttered, clutching his wounded stomach, Jimin heard the same melody, he heard that night.

Tiara looked concern, she turned back and saw the witches who were burned by Jimin that night stood in a crowd, a malicious smile carved upon their faces as they used their magic to inflict pain upon Jimin.

"You shouldn't come here." Tiara said, "Those witches have grudge against you."

Now Jimin's head began to ache as well, he looked at the witches in a fit of anger, his violet eyes blazing, "How they can do magic? You once told me that witches' magic disappeared when they dies." He said curiously, breathing heavily.

"But it takes time, sometimes years and sometimes century." Tiara replied.

"You should have not come here." One of the witches said in a growling voice, "Because this is what we all wanted, so that we could bind you with a curse." She said.

"No, you will not curse him!" Tiara growled, her voice filled with fury. "He've already suffered enough because of all of you."

"We lost our life because of him." The oldest witches said, "He burned us alive, so he will suffer from pain."

"No please forgive him." Tiara begged.

"Let them do what they desires, I'll face any consequences, but let me tell you one thing, whatever occured with you, was the fruit of your own deed." Jimin answered, his violet eyes glinted as he glared at the witches angrily.

The oldest witch smiled maliciously, as she began to speak, "The poison in your blood would never allow him to heal your wound, it would make you writhed from pain, messed up your mind and you will be the wildest of your kind." She cursed, the rest of the witches continue to play the haunting melody using their voices instead of flute.

Jimin stood helpless, he couldn't do anything neither he had strength to endure the further pain, "I shall leave," He said.

"Yes, you have to, you need to recover, remember drink that tea and make king fall in love with you, and yes about the curse." Tiara said in a breath, but when she thought about the curse, she couldn't think any solution.

"Don't worry about me, I will take care of everything." Jimin answered, "I will find the way to break the curse." He said, turning back, Jimin sat on the cold ground and squeezed his eyes.

Tiara was worried for him, knowing that Roohyang had entered the dark world. This meant she could no longer stay in the living world, as she had willingly sacrificed her life for Jimin. Now, he was left alone in a world he barely understood.