Under Noirwood | Vminkook ✓

Forty Eight: Magical

A/N: hellloo.

hope you're staying healthy, keeping active despite being locked inside--

do some crunches, sit-ups--jog in place, punch the wall-

yeah, don't punch the wall XD

but get your blood moving, okay? it's good for you. trust me.

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IZzy

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"N-no...it c-can't be..."

Eonjin curled further into herself on the chair. She faced the wall, away from the man that had just spoken aloud the news she was most afraid to hear. 

"Oh, but it's true. Jungkook killed Florian with his own hands."

No emotion in Mr. Park's voice. It was as if he was describing the fleeting importance of the weather. As if mentioning Florian's death was merely a nicety. 

"I d-don't..." Eonjin willed the lump forming in the back of her throat away. "...believe you. You said you wouldn't let him get hurt. J-Jungkook wouldn't d-do...such a thing. He's n-not a murderer."

Her voice quieted down on those last words. Maybe she was second-guessing the Oak Prince's nature after all. But her brother wouldn't marry a murderer. She knew that. 

Did she?

Mr. Park snickered. "You'd be surprised, Eonjin...surprised at his true level of ignorance, believing that he's the true heir of Noirwood. Take the murd--cleaning of the kingdom's citizens as an opportunity to bask in revenge over what he did to your Florian."

Eonjin shivered, clutching her thighs with trembling hands. Tears leaked from her eyes. She refused to look at Jimin's father. "No. No, I never wanted this. If Florian t-truly is d-dead..."

She trailed off. If Florian was dead, then...how was she supposed to stop Mr. Park?

From the start, she understood the risk in Florian's silly plan, trying to figure out the old demon's weak point and use it against him. Even if Florian never specified anything he was planning to do, it was obvious. 

Florian wasn't a killer. He didn't join Mr. Park to take revenge on the crown. Sure, he had his dark moments, but he would never agree to genocide. Eonjin knew that. 

Jimin didn't trust Florian to run the kingdom for no reason. 

But now...she couldn't even stomach the words. Florian...dead...? By Jungkook's own hand? Her brother-in-law?

Something wasn't right. Mr. Park was lying to her...perhaps to gauge her reaction? Or maybe...

Maybe there was something Mr. Park didn't know. Maybe Jungkook wanted Mr. Park to believe that he was a killer. 

Or...Florian really was dead. If that was the case, then she would be crushed. But she couldn't fail him--couldn't miss the opportunity to stop the horrible things happening around the kingdom. 

Mr. Park stared her down as she finally cleared her throat. She wiped a few stray tears off onto the crumpled sleeve of the gown she wore. If what her intuition was telling her, Taehyung and Jungkook were on to something.

"Jungkook...I hate that man! How c-could he...kill...my precious Flor..."

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mr. Park grinning to himself. It made her disgusted--her animosity towards him only expanded. Mr. Park pursed his lips.