Liar Liar; K.TH ✔️

Chapter 16

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Taehyung sat in front of the shaman, head lowered in guilt and grief. A huge bombshell had just been dropped on him, one that would affect his love life forever.

"You've encountered an enchantress that had a thirst for revenge and it seems that she didn't go easy on you. What did you do to make this girl so mad hm?" The wrinkly, wise man asked Taehyung as his hands explored Taehyung's face. Taehyung froze and bit his lip, not knowing how to tell the shaman that he didn't even know which girl he was talking about as he had gotten that many girls angry.

"That's the thing, I don't know who did this to me. I don't exactly have a great history with...girls." Taehyung tried to explain in the best way possible, not wanting to make himself look worse than he already did.

The shaman chuckled and removed his hands, rubbing them together as if he were warming them up. Slowly, he rose from the floor and walked over to a shelf that was covered with herbs and powders. One of his large fingers pointed to the labels on the bottles which was positioned directly in the middle of the shelf, prominently shining as if it wanted to be noticed.

"I see Mr Kim. So there's never been a really... strange ending with a girl? This is why I moved out here, keep away from women." The shaman chuckled while retrieving the bottle and returning to sit in front of Taehyung. Suddenly, a memory Taehyung had forgotten about powered through from the deep archives of his brain right to the front.

"sin fallax mendacium, mendacium dolosus, aurum et lapis cor faciem, Verum nec amantis ex hoc nunc et usque in aeternum." A language that Taehyung did not understand began to tumble from her pouty lips in slow chants.

The words were whispered quietly but just loud enough for Taehyung to hear. The boy looked around the cafe to see if anyone else could hear it but everyone seemed to have frozen.

The coffee being poured into a cup by the barista was suspended in mid air and a frisbee that had been thrown in the nearby park was stopped in its tracks, hovering over a woman and her baby which was frozen mid-cry.

Suddenly, she snapped out of it and her eyes returned to their normal beautiful colour and the people around them went back to what they had been doing. If it weren't for the feeling of panic rushing through his chest, Taehyung would've thought that he had dreamt it.

"There was one girl that comes to mind but she's not the type of person that i'd connect with an evil witch if that makes any sense. I cheated on her and didn't care, probably broke her heart in the process now that I think of it," Taehyung explained thoughtfully, trying to remember everything he could about the girl in the cafe," I'm not proud of who I was but it helped me on the course to finding the girl who I want to be with for the rest of my life."

"Well if you're speaking nothing but the truth then this little trinket that i'm making for you should help. It's an ancient amulet, very old I must say, and it will help with the little problem that you're having." The shaman said while pouring what seemed to be liquid gold into a tiny bottle inside of an amulet.

Taehyung was mesmerised and grateful for what the shaman was doing for him. No payment was required which had shocked Taehyung at first. Thought he was prepared to do anything to be able to be with Mina, minus any problems or interferences.

"It was a pleasure helping you Mr Kim, I hope everything goes well with Mina. Don't take the amulet off." The shaman said while ushering Taehyung our of his tipi, leaving him with hope and happiness blooming in his chest.