King of Hearts | K.HJ

『01 / Confidence is A Killer』

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How hard can it be killing an old grandpa? Right?

Getting access to the palace was certainly complicated, but in Jieun's case, she was not a hitman at that moment. Jisung had helped her enter as one of the bodyguards. Better yet, one of the closest bodyguards to the king.

The palace was humongous. Anyone could get lost inside in a second. Her plan was not going to be easy, but it would be easier than facing time in prison by that "stupid jerk" who was watching over her, hoping that she failed in her mission so he could pay another hitman for way less than what he deserved.

"YJ!" A person called. Jieun decided to not give it much thought while she stood in the hallway, guarding the palace against herself. She had a plan, but she had to see how it was going to unfold. All she knew was a name.

"YJ?" The name was called again only for her to realize that they were talking to her. It was the bodyguard in front of her on the other side of the wall. "Are you the new bodyguard? I have never seen you around."

"Yes, sir," she replied with confidence. He certainly was handsome as she thought, Welcome, number 57 - to my simp list.

"Oh! You didn't answer me when I first called you." He chuckled. "I'm Seonghwa, I heard you were YJ, but I never heard your name. May I know it?"

She looked up at him, giving him a basic warning look. She wasn't dumb. A face like his could betray you in a second, and she was not going to fall for it. If she was able to easily infiltrate herself in the palace, that meant any other psycho could do the same.

"Yang Jina," she lied through her teeth. Why would she mention her real name? Only dumb people do that. Like, come on. She was a hitman — well woman.

"Well, Jina, the king is on his way here, and we're about to make the switch," he said. Jieun furrowed her eyebrows confused, eager to ask but still, he saw her expression and explained it all. "The switch is when we switch bodyguards for the night. Since it's almost daytime, we get to take a break, so the other group joins. Our time is nighttime."

"Wait- is there a way to stay the entire time?" she asked, but he shook his head. Yeah, of course, her plan went to waste for the first night. Her only shot at killing the king was at nighttime, but even better. No wandering eyes would be around.

"We should get going," he smiled, showing her the way out. She stood there for a bit, thinking about her plan and whether it was going to work. Suddenly, a noise was heard. Seonghwa grabbed her hand, surprising her and taking her with him to another long hallway. It meant only one thing: the king was coming.

"Shit," Seonghwa cursed, turning to face her. "Since our night watch is over, we need to make it out of here. Hopefully, the king won't get mad. He hates it when things are out of place."

A door suddenly opened to the hallway and Seonghwa signaled at her to lower her head as he warned, "Don't look up, or you'll become dead meat by the end of today."

Dead meat? Me? Gosh, you must be going nuts.

Still, she lowered her head. She heard some footsteps and they were getting closer. Seonghwa held her hand tightly when she heard someone's voice in front. She expected the voice to sound somewhat old and hoarse, but she was wrong. It sounded like a young man but she knew it couldn't be so she thought she was hallucinating.