Hwarang: A Different Kind Of Halfbreed.

17.

The prince stood up and smiled.
He walked towards Sun woo "Are you really the king of Silla, how can you prove that?" He asked.

"You are the one that asked me to step forward, if you weren't going to believe me then you should not have asked" the prince said. 

The hwarang and the other prisoners were taken back to their cells while Sun woo went with the prince into the palace.

When they got to the cell, Mei sat in a corner and stared at the blood on her hands and uniform, they all just stood there and let those innocent people die.  Ban ryu and Soo ho got into an argument that Mei couldn't be bothered about she was waiting for Sun woo to come back.

He finally came back and Mei stood up but remained in her corner.

"Are you okay your majesty?" Soo ho asked.  Ban ryu scoffed

"Are you really the king?" Ban ryu asked.  Sun woo sighed  "Yes I am the King , at least until we get out of here " Sun woo said.

"So you're saying afterwards you will not be king?" Ban ryu asked.

"I will tell you once we get out of here, if the king stays alive then you stay alive as well" Sun woo said.

"So what do plan on..... it's so strange talking to you with respect all of a sudden. What is your plan?" Soo ho asked.

"I will fight the crown prince " Sun woo said and then he stood beside Mei "Maknae are you alright?" He asked.  Mei turned to face him and punched his jaw as hard as she possibly could.  Sun woo stumbled back and rubbed his jaw, the girl hit like a man.

"Yah maknae are you crazy?" Soo ho asked.  Mei hissed and moved to the front of the cell, she glared at Sun woo and Jinheung.

"Why did you let those innocent people die?" She asked no one in particular.  Sun woo didn't answer her and Jinheung looked away.

"Look I-"

"Is her life more important than the other people? Why didn't you step out the moment that the prince made that threat?" She held her hands out in front of her "I have blood on my hands and all because I've devoted myself to a pitiful king!"

"Yah! You can't speak that way to him" Soo ho said.

"And why not, what wil he do to me that he hasn't already done. I'm tired of all this and as soon as we get out of here I'm denouncing my place in hwarang.  I will not serve an incompetent king " Mei said and went back to her corner, she turned her back to the others so that they wouldn't see her cry.

After a while  a guard came into the cell and pulled Mei to her feet.

"What's going on?" Sun woo asked.

"The crown prince asked for him" the guard said and Mei was pulled out of the cell. She stared at Sun woo with wide eyes. What did the prince want with her. 

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Mei stood in front of the crown prince and stared at the ground. He was staring at her curiously.   He stood up and walked around her twice.  "I honestly couldn't believe it when I was told that there was a woman in hwarang but here you are" the prince said.