A Tale About A: Forgotten Princess [Part 2]

Chapter 7: First

"Eun ah...Eun...!"

The nanny scrambled to her feet when she saw Prince Wang Eun. Her face was even paler from before, she must have got extremely worried. The nanny grabbed on to Prince Wang Eun's arms and he yelped in pain at the slightest touch.

"Omo! B-blood...Eun ah!" She gasped in exaggeration as she looked at the sleeve with blood stain. "What happened to you?!"

To be honest, it didn't looked THAT BAD to me.

The other servant directed her attention towards me and I debated if I should just spill the truth or make up a valid story. I haven't really thought of one yet as I was too caught up with chasing after Prince Wang Eun.

"W-well..." I stuttered as I got stuck. Prince Wang Eun was already staring daggers at me; threatening me to not say the truth or he would slice off my tongue in an instant.

"M-master Eun...h-he fell down in to the drain when I found him." My voice trembled. I doubt they would even believe my story since we're in the town area.

However, Prince Wang Eun seemed to have accepted my lame excuse and he quickly agreed to it. "Right! Oh Nanny...it hurts so much..." He whined like a baby dramatically towards his Nanny and she coo-ed him down as we brought him home before any other incidents happened again.

Back in the palace, the atmosphere was nerve wrecking as everybody was shook after finding out Prince Wang Eun had fell down in the drain while we were out in town. MiRa and Wonhee's questionings made me even more anxious while we stood outside the quarters waiting.

"Didn't you follow him everywhere? How could a person just disappeared like that?" Wonhee asked in disbelief.

"I heard that Prince Wang Eun is very precious. Even a tiny small cut could get us punished! And now...he fell into the drain! What will happen to us?!" MiRa exclaimed frighteningly and I got real scared.

W-what if I really got punished on my first day?

"Ah!" The crying from inside the house startled us and we all jumped with our face cringed.

"Eottoke! He seemed to be in much pain!" MiRa shrieked as she grabbed on to my arm.

Aish...this girl...she's making me even more flurried!

One of the servants came out with a basin of red and I supposed that was the amount of blood Prince Wang Eun shed. It looked gruesome to me even though I have seen lots of animals blood.

"I think I'm going to faint..." MiRa declared while her legs wobbled in fear.

"Kim A-Yeon." Court Lady Park called me from the entrance and I straightened my posture while I awaited for the worse. I dragged myself in to the house reluctantly and I thought I was about to die at that moment.

Prince Wang Eun was being treated by his bed with a physician while his Nanny stood by the side anxiously. The servant that accompanied us outside was kneeling on the ground, trembling. I took a glance towards Court Lady Park but instantly directed my gaze to the ground. She had a fierce expression on while she stood firmly in front of the table.

"A-Yeon, kneel down." She ordered and my legs automatically gave in.

What's going to happen to me?

"Tell me what happened just now." Court Lady Park interrogated.

"I...I was searching for Prince Wang Eun...and I heard someone shouting for help." I managed to lie despite my shaking voice.

"How could you lost His Highness like that? What more led danger to him?" She raised her voice and I instantly felt guilty.

I knew I was at fault too, considering I only let his nanny looked out for him while I followed blindly.