Path Of Thorns| Vmin Historical AU

T w e n t y T h r e e

Taehyung anxiously diverted his attention at the door, the sudden interruption of Jimin caused a little chaos in the courtyard, as the governors and head governor Kim Namjoon looked at him in utter bewilderment, but Taehyung felt at ease, seeing Jimin walking on his feet after laying unconsciously on the bed for three constant days.

Jimin in the meantime, used his wolf skills for the third time in a row and dashed himself closer to Taehyung's throne. He aggressively snatched the cup of tea from the maiden's hand.

"You can't drink that tea, it's poisoned." Jimin repeated, his gaze fixed at Taehyung, and his child like doe eyes begged to believe on him.

Taehyung wasn't in a position to just show his faith on a hybrid he brought as a guest, he required a legal procedure any evidence. "Who would dare to poison me? " He asked serenely.

Jimin turned back and glared at the elderly men, they all now seemed not just disappointed but flaring their noses in a fit of extreme anger. "One of them." Jimin exclaimed, he looked back to Taehyung, who somehow was confessed as he had already knew the growing hatred for himself, in governors heart.

"You hell born wretch!" One of the old man stood and yelled in a trembling voice, "How could you dare to enter into the courtyard and manipulate his majesty, arrest him and throw him into the prison." He commanded.

The rest of the oldery men also began to curse Jimin. The guards who stood outside of the courtyard appeared into the room, and pointed their swords towards Jimin.

"Arrest him." Few elderly men shouted repetitively.

"Enough!" Taehyung snarled, his voice cutting through the air. The room immediately fell into a deep silence, "Nobody would touch him." He commanded to the guards, and each guard put their swords down and bowed before Taehyung.

Taehyung now diverted his attention to Jimin, "Can you prove it that this cup of tea is poisoned and who dare to kill me?" He asked.

Jimin nodded, "I had a dream about the situation, and you know very well witches' dream never lies neither they're ordinary ones, but I will prove that everything I'm saying is right." He claimed.

The ambiance of the courtyard suddenly became intense, as each governor felt humiliated,. Namjoon in the meantime stood at the corner of the room, observing how attentively Taehyung giving Jimin his time. He equally felt insulted but a part of him new that if Jimin succeeded in his claim then his position could be in a biggest danger.

After mulling over the situation, Namjoon stepped ahead and bowed respectfully, "Your majesty! Why don't you entrust this situation to me?" He suggested, "After all I'm a head governor, and if any governor made such mistake then I'll punish him myself."

Taehyung now realized that the situation was getting further serious, he carved a smirk upon his lips, for some reason having Jimin standing next to him gave him assurance that he was right now secured, even if he was surrounded by the hostiles.

"Why would you handle this situation when it's about my life.?" Taehyung answered, "If this is true then the culprit deserves a cruel punishment and I will punished him by myself." He used the masculine pronoun in order to tell everyone that his doubts had already taken the place.

"And if that hybrid is lying? What would you do with him?" Namjoon asked, suppressing his anger.

"Then I'll take any punishment." Jimin interrupted.

Taehyung's smile widened, "What you requires tell me everything?" He asked looking at Jimin.

"Bring a cat and a bowl." Jimin said.

Taehyung gestured the maiden to arrange the requirements. The next moment the maiden brought a cat and placed a bowl on the floor.

Jimin approached the cat and sat over his heels, at first he softly caressed it's back, "I'm sorry, you have to die, but I promise that the person who poisoned this tea would get a strict punishment."

"Do you think that you can manipulate us by such lame acts?" The same older man who had began to curse Jimin spat venomously.

Jimin poured the tea into the bowl then he stood up, his eyes fixed at the older man, "You're the one who looks anxious the most." He said.

"What do you mean by looking anxious?" The old man growled.

Jimin scoffed, then he shifted his attention back to Taehyung, "We have to wait a bit until this cat drink this tea." He said, "And once I prove that this cup of tea was poisoned, then I'll unravel the person who did this." With his words, Jimin handed the cup back to the maiden.

Everyone in the courtyard anxiously watched as the cat started to take small sips of the tea. Taehyung's heart pounded loudly in his chest, each beat echoing in his ears. He didn't want to lose Jimin, though he couldn't quite understand why he felt so worried about him.