The Unbreakable Sword

■EPISODE-5■

My suggestion was accepted and Lady
Noh asked me to wait in the next room.
The room was filled with wooden yet modern bookshelves and show pieces. The entire floor was carpeted. The carpet felt so soft that I could have walked barefoot on that. After a wait of about ten minutes, the doors of the room swung open, and a face appeared.

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It was Jo Yeong. He glanced towards his right and saw me sitting and waiting. I did not see my own expression but I could not help smiling after seeing him. I tried not to smile. At the end, it turned out to be a mixture of a reluctant smile and confusion. I found myself dumb for doing that but then he approached me. He was wearing a white high collar shirt and black suit.
"Lady Noh said you had some work with me?"
I reached out my hand and said with a smile,
"Give me your phone, unlocked."
He stood still and kept giving me a confused look.
"I think Lady Noh told you to cooperate with me...."
I said quickly, thinking I'd be framed as a fool in no time, for doing nothing.
"Your face...is red...cheeks...Are you okay?"
"Are you that dumb?" I thought in my mind, but what I actually said was,
"Me?....Yeah I'm fine. They're not red....they're always like this...Just give me your phone." I knew if I talked more on that topic I would start stammering out of nervousness.
He swiftly unbuttoned his coat and took out his phone from the inner pocket on his left. He handed it over after unlocking it.
I took it with a smile although I was going crazy inside.
"Do you have an SNS account?"
"No."
"I'm checking your gallery and whether you have any hidden accounts."
He continued giving me the confused look.
There was nothing in this gallery except for photos of birds and dogs etc.
"Did you bring your Father's phone to work?"
"No. It's my phone."
"I know. I was making fun of you." I don't know what caused me to say that looking at his eyes and that too giving a stupid smile.
Right then I found something useful. There was a picture of Lee Gon and him together. They were both wearing the navy uniform. Jo Yeong was in black and His Majesty in white. Unlike in real life, he was smiling in the picture. I had never seen Jo Yeong smile before.
"No matter what you say, this person looks quite good in black!" I thought in my mind.

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I smiled seeing the picture,
"Oh! I'll be using this." and showed it to Jo Yeong.
I created a his new SNS account in front of him and posted that photo. Everyone in the kingdom knew that Jo Yeong and the King were best friends. So I used this opportunity to divert the people's attention.
The captain of royal guards, having an SNS account sure pulled the people's attention for a while. I was surprised to see how this photo got millions of comments and likes within minutes. It was not fully effective though, but for the time being, the work was done.
"Umm can I ask you something?" I asked handing back the phone to him.
"Yes, go ahead." He answerd tucking his phone back in the coat pocket.
"That night you when saved me.....what had happened to me?...."
"As I had told your friend, I found you in the bamboo forest in the outskirts of the kingdom. Me and my team were out to check on the security of that place. I found you lying unconscious, on the ground. "
"Ah....Wasn't I wearing a pale yellow sweater? Was there nothing with me? It was just me?"
"You weren't wearing any sweater. You were wearing a white pant suit as far as I remember. Don't you remember? And there was a wooden kalimba lying next to you on the ground. So I thought it might be yours and gave it to the lady, who accompanied your friend that night, at your place."

I didn't speak for some time. I was lost in thoughts. The old questions came to my mind once again.
I remembered examining the kalimba that night after I got it back. I wanted to see if it was cracked anywhere but it wasn't. It was just as it was in the train, unharmed.
"I was also not injured at all....even after the train accident..." I mumbled.
"Hmm?"
Hearing the response from him, I realised Jo Yeong was still there in the room waiting for me to say something.
"Huh? Nothing....Umm, I've been wanting to thank you since a long time, but I didn't get a chance to. Thank you so much for your help that night. It was very kind of you."
I bowed gently and smiled.
"That's not a problem. It was my duty. I could not leave you there, after seeing you in that condition. Anyone who saw you would have helped.
But, what were you doing there in the outskirts of the kingdom. Your place was quite far away from there. By chance, had....anyone....kidnapped you? If there's still any problem, I believe the royal court will surely help you."
"Umm..I don't remember very well.....I'm sorry but would you excuse me."
Saying that I went out of the room to the garden to get some fresh air. After I spent some time there, one of my colleagues came out seeing me and gave me company.
"You alright? You look off." She asked seeing me stare at the night sky.
"I'm fine. Is the sky the same as there?"
"What?"
"Nothing..." I sighed.
"I heard, His Majesty's back. With a guest."
"Really?" I asked her with disbelief.
"Already....woah the story's going fast." I thought.
"Is Captain Jo Yeong with His Majesty now?"
"Yes. I guess so. I heard they are taking the sea route."