ɬɧɛ ɱąɖ ƙıŋɠ//℘ʝɱʄʄ

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Weeks had passed since the messed up war between Inferno and Fern which had claimed to be a classified information to the rest of the world. Both the enemies silently agreed to not enclose anything details as both were guilty for dirty works and unfulfilled law of war when fighting even though Inferno's had the darkest secret among them.

The Ferns couldn't risk exposing the young king of Inferno without getting backfired for having a demolished military after being slaughtered by their enemy so they decided to keep themselves in the shadow instead but that didn't work out either when their neighboring kingdom of Lightning found out and immediately conquered them, leaving the royalties of the Ferns to have absolutely no say in anything and became a monarchy statues instead.

As for the victorious allies, Inferno and Arak bonded stronger than ever and their ties were sealed til death as both friends promised to have each other's backs. The victory also secured both kingdoms a throne in the short list of "The Most Dangerous Kingdoms" and became an untouchable land with few to zero enemies.

It was indeed a prideful war that spiked Inferno to be one of the greatest kingdom and still raising as the young king continued to build it. However, it was also a stressful for Jimin personally as he drained himself on work and duties as a king, a well-respected and idolized king at that.

Yes, the news of their Psychotelesis king had widely spread across the mighty land of Inferno but not beyond the walls as they all agreed to keep their powerful king as a secret which Jimin was more than grateful for even though his mother had secretly organized a protest campaign against him.

That mother of him surely had no love or adoration for him especially when the news reached his parents' ears. His father was shocked and quite disappointed for his years of lies but soon came to accept that knowing that his son could've been in grief dangerous if revealed. Nonetheless, the former king was still proud of his son while his wife masked a joy for him which their General gladly tore it down with her snarky comments and bashing words.

Xena was the only one who dared to put the queen in place since she was considered an immigrant and had only one man authorizing her which was also the same man the queen called son. The General never backed down when threatened by the queen because she knew she had the entire military under her finger and even if she doesn't, she could still take her down with solely her primal strength but her king always stops her before she could scare the living soul out of the old woman. "Stand down, tiger", is the only command she obeys to spare the queen.

The General had been busy too especially after recovering from that awful burnt and went straight back to rebuilding the military and getting them back in shape. Even with those painfully injuries and distorted emotions, Xena could only remember one thing vividly and that was Jimin's utter care and tenderness towards her when they returned to Inferno. It honestly shocked her seeing how compassionate he was when she could only lay in bed wrapped in bandages with red puffy eyes void of emotions but he managed to bring life back to them with the restless nights he spent comforting her and even babying her which she first found weird and uncomfortable and soon got used to it seeing as it actually healed her.

Xena was able to get back onto her feet all thanks for Jimin's sudden change in character and pouring attention upon her. She would still go to work with him as his bodyguard but truthfully he was protecting her instead and she felt bad that he often got distracted because of her unvolunteer wincings and cries whenever her burnt stings. She tried shooing him off but only ended up being commanded to let him take care of her with that damn commanding voice of his. Not to mention the increase usage of pet names from him which she always failed to respond equally unlike how she did it effortlessly back in the war.