Venus ( completed)

Sleeping in Eden (iv)

The guards dragged Krist down to the dark stairs after they arrested him by Prince Ohm's order. As Krist walks down there, he felt warm air coming up from the bottom with the smell of molding and manure. Krist needs to cover his mouth before a cough starts even it might be in vain, but he couldn't. Two durable guards are holding both arms from the side.

"Let go of me! I won't go anywhere. I need to cover my mouth before more cough comes out."
Krist begged the guards.

"Shut up! Keep walking!"
One of them yelled at him.

"P...Please.."
Soon Krist started coughing.

"Stop it! Don't fake it!"
Another one yelled at Krist and shook him hard, but Krist kept coughing. When the two guards dragged him to the bottom of the dungeon, Krist's coughs didn't stop, and he felt as though he is going to suffocate.

Krist's face is getting lost color.

"...hey, this is not good..."
One of them said by looking at Krist.

"We're in trouble.."
The other one said.

"but, he will be executed, what's the difference?"
The first one said again.

"Idiot! We have to keep him alive until tomorrow. That was an order."

The second one sounded upset.

"B..but...he would die soon if you don't take care of him now.hehehehe."
One of the prisoners said behind the bar.

"Oh yeah, the pretty one will die heehehhehehe. It's all your fault!"
Other prisoners all laughed at two guards.

"Shut up, all!"
The first guard banged the iron bar with his billy club.

"Hey! his breath is getting short! What should we do?"

The second one yelled at the first one.

"....why are you making noise?"
The guards tuned sound and gasped.

"C...Crown prince...Lee?"
The first one said hesitantly.

"Yes? Why are you looking at me like that?
Lee sounded very annoying.

"W..when did you come back to the imperial?"

One of the guards asked.

"...since when this country became so disrespectful? How come the guard can talk to me like that? It's important to know where you stand, do you know?"

Lee said coldly.

Two guards threw themselves on the ground in front of a monarch, the crown prince Lee.

"Forgive us."
They are shaking in their boots.

They know the Crown Prince can be a ruthless dictator. Lee would kill them before Krist's execution.

"... what's happened this one?"
Lee asked.

"W..we do not know, your highness, he started coughing all of a sudden."

One guard answered with a kiss on the ground.

"....huh.."

Crown prince Lee checked Krist and tore off his long skirt. Then he picked something from his pocket and shot on his thigh.

In a few seconds, Krist hissed and came to life again.

He coughed several times and sighed for relief.

"....you came back. Huh, the New Medicine in North, works very well. Indeed Medicine is more advanced in over there. Flower, show me your face, I need to examine."
Lee ordered Krist.