Through Time

XV

Imperial Palace

"Your Majesty, are you aware of the situation?!" One of the officials said to the King who was sitting on his throne. He seemed to be calm.

"Of course, I am. Baekje has played low and tried to assassinate my mother." The King replied, but he still showed no emotion.

"We suggest that Silla declare war on Baekje, it is your longtime wish anyway; to conquer Baekje, Your Majesty." The Minister of War replied.

"Please consider!" And all of the ministers said in unison as if they were just copying each other.

A small period of silence happened as the king thought of declaring war, but he was interrupted as he heard the door slam open.

"The Queen has arrived!"

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After a few days, Tae-suk finally woke up.

He slowly opened his eyes and realized he was lying on a bed. The first thing he saw was Jin-suk who was sitting at the opposite side of the room. He was sleeping.

"H-hyung?" Tae-suk weakly said.

When Jin-suk heard this, he woke up and immediately went beside Tae-suk to check if he was fine. Tae-suk tried to sit, but Jin stopped him.

"Don't. Your wound might get worse." He said and he assisted Tae back into lying down.

"What happened, hyung? Where's Ji-ahn?" Tae asked, worried about her being not by his side.

"It has been 3 days, Tae. 3 days. We were all worried about you." Jin said as he hit the arm of Tae, causing him to groan in pain.

"But hyung, you haven't answered my question yet." Tae replied.

"Aish. You must be so in love to find Ji-ahn right after you woke up. Anyway, she went out to get some medicine. Silla is in chaos now, after that man tried to assassinate the Queen. There has been rumours that the king might declare war.." Jin replied.

Suddenly, someone opened the door. It was Ji-ahn, carrying a few herbal herbs. After seeing Tae awake, she immediately closed the door and went to the other room.

"Alright, since your love, I mean, the doctor is here, I'll leave. By the way, the headmaster wants everyone to attend the afternoon class later. He'll be announcing something he said." Jin teased and he got up and went out of the room.

Tae was confused on why Ji-ahn didn't enter the room where he stayed. But since he definitely wanted to rest, he closed his eyes and slept once more, until..

"Tae-suk, wake up!" A high pitched voice said. Tae-suk opened his eyes, and saw Min-ji literally in front of his face.

"Aish! Get off!" Tae annoyingly pushed him. When he got Min-ji out of his sight, he saw all 6 of his friends in the room.

"I see you're fine now. Here, wear this. I'm pretty sure you didn't forget the afternoon class, right?" Suk-Ho gave him his Hwarang outfit and they all went out to allow Tae to change.

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While walking towards the hall where they normally do classes, Tae-suk and his hyungs happened to pass by the headmaster. They all greeted him in unison, but he looked like he was only looking at one person - Tae Suk.

"You, follow me." The headmaster said, his face was serious which made Tae and his hyungs nervous. Immediately, Tae followed him as the headmaster walked in to his office.