Love is Sweeter than Revenge (Soo-won Love Story)

Chapter 9 - The Sky Tribe's Chief

Chapter 9 – The Sky Tribe's Chief

Silence.

That was all that I got from Soo-won.

My chest was hurting and I somehow found it difficult to breathe.

What did I expect from Soo-won?

I smiled a painful smile at him. "You don't need to answer that," the smile on my face never faltered even though I stood up and walked away from him.

Tears spilled my eyes the minute after and I felt my knees go weak.

Why did I get my hopes up for someone like Soo-won? Why did I fall in love with the chief of the Sky Tribe? Why did I fall in love with someone that I was tasked to be wary of?

This was Soo-won—the one who murdered King Il and the one who almost murdered his cousin and childhood friend.

Why the hell did I fall in love with someone like that?

It could have had been any other person.

It could have had been Hak.

It could have had been Hajime that I saw before.

It could have had been one of the soldiers in the Sky Tribe.

It could have had been anybody...so why him?

Why Soo-won?

I wished that this was just another dreadful dream that I would wake up to—but I would be asking for too much.

I needed to apologize to Hak for not believing him.

I needed to beat myself up for trusting Soo-won.

And I needed to do my job properly from this day on.

I wiped the tears from my eyes and prepared myself for my travel to the Kouka Castle.

***

"S—State your name and business," one of the soldiers asked when I stood in front of the Kouka Castle. I saw the soldier whispered something to his comrade and I guessed he thought that my hearing was impaired for me not to be able to hear him. "She's beautiful!"

"I'm the General of the Sky Tribe," I introduced.

"General Allan?!" the other soldier looked at me with widened eyes. "B—But you're a girl,"

"It's General Allana," I glared at him. "And there's nothing wrong with me being a girl. If you want to, I can beat your ass and end up laughing afterwards without breaking a sweat,"

"You don't need to scare our soldiers away, Allana," Hak came into the view while yawning. "Let her in,"

"As you wish," the soldiers chorused as they bowed to Hak.

"People like them who discriminate people by gender are the worst," I shook my head in dismay as I followed Hak.

"So..." Hak started. "What brings you here?"

"I need to talk to you, Hak," I didn't know how I would start telling him about Soo-won's plan. Should I apologize for walking out on him first?

"Let's take this to the throne room with the others."

***

It wasn't the first time that I had seen the Queen but the last time that I'd seen her personally was back when we were still kids.

"You're really beautiful!" she complimented. "You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life!"

"Err—thanks," I scratched the back of my head. "But it's the fifth time that you've said that today,"

"Don't compliment her ugliness," Hak rolled his eyes. "She came here because there's something important that she wants to say. We're going to waste our time if you keep on complimenting her,"

"But she's really beautiful!" Yona pouted.

The Four Dragons were not around and I was glad for it since I did not want any other people to hear Soo-won's plan.

"Soo-won's planning to attack the castle tomorrow," I reported.

Hak raised an eyebrow at me. I guessed that he knew that I was pained of the fact that I was betrayed by the person that I claimed to love.

"What?!" Yona yelled. "B—But I thought that he's changed,"

I thought so too.

"Just as I thought," Hak closed his eyes like he was thinking of something deeply. "We'll avoid casualties so we'll attack them head on without the Four Dragons,"

"I have a little request to make," I spoke up and the both of them looked at me. "I want to be the one who would kill Soo-won,"

"As you wish," Yona's face was disappointed but I knew that it pained her like it pained me.

I swore to God that I would kill you for hurting me, Soo-won.