The Clandestine (디 클랜데스틴)

The Clandestine: Chapter 5

Our heroine did not show any fear in front of the corrupted merchant. This reckless man menaced everyone with his political power as a merchant. Anhye knew that this man deluded her father in order to protect the Prime Minister, Choe Chungheon.

"I'd like to buy your time. Is this enough?" Toge showed her a box with a two gold bars.

Anhye kicked the box abruptly but before the bars fell down into the ground, a sudden sword swipe the bars into half. It was a sword of Prince Wonjeong.

"If you want to buy her time, then the payment should be your head." Wonjeong blunted, he had those vicious eyes.

Toge laughed under his breath. "You never changed a little bit, Wonjeong."

"Leave!" Wonjeong shouted in anger, pointing the sword to the merchant. "I said, Leave!"

The farewell words of the merchant are, "You too, Anhye. You never changed. You're still pretty."

The merchant left in a blink of an eye. Whatever happened, Anhye had a goals to ged rid of those politicians that made her father to exile especially Chungheon and his allies.

"Oraboni, I told you not to use your sword again!" she complained to her brother to divert the ambiance.

"But I didn't use it to spread a blood." her oraboni said. His hair-raising aura varies into a sweet one. Wonjeong usually became different when it comes to Anhye. Not the usual fearsome warrior.

"Whatever!" Anhye rolled her eyes and left her brother alone. The eldest son blocked her way.

"Prepare yourself for tomorrow." Changwon informed her in a monotone.

"F-For...what?"

"Queen Mother wants to see her future daughter-in-law, and it's you." Changwon responds.

Anhye shows a fake smile. "I'm declining the offer."

"Anhye!" the eldest shouted over the top of his lungs. "How dare you!"

"Anhye has her own decisions." Wonjeong interrupted from the back.

"It's a royal command! How dare you to decline?" Changwon said, clenching his jaw. It will be consider a treason if she declined the command of Her Highness the Queen Mother.

"You don't care at me at all.." Anhye murmurs. "Did you ever tried to cheer me up? Did you ever asked if I'm okay? Well, you never did. And now, you are acting like an old brother to me!"

With those reckless words of her, Changwon had no choice but to slapped her.

"Enough!" their mother shouted. "What's with this nonsense commotion!?"

They all bowed to the former queen as a pay of respect.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness." Anhye and Changwon apologize in chorus.

"I told your brothers to keep quiet from this issue. I'm waiting for you to start the conversation.." their mother explained. "So..don't make a false accusations. Understand?"

"Yes, eomoni." Anhye apologize.

An hour before the sunrise, Anhye was already awaken. Not because of excitement, but some thoughts disturbed her. She had these thoughts after remembering the stories of Yeonhwa; it is a story of A King that killed the Queen. It was a popular story of the storyteller of Baekjong Village.

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It's seven o'clock in the morning in the city of Seoul however Irene were already inside the café with Heesun. Irene called her former classmate to ask some favor.