𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍― Kingdom

❝ you are not just a mere villager, are you? ❞ lee chang asks, his eyes narrowing at the woman in front of him.

❝ what i do in my life is not as important as the problems that will soon arise in this kingdom, you're highness. it's better if you remain ignorant this one time and channel that curiosity to finding the solution of this plague instead. ❞ yoon ji-won says with a straight tone, setting aside the consequences of speaking in such way to the royalty.

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the infamous assassin, yoon ji-won, or what the people call her, the 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵, limps on her way to a remote village after receiving a strike of a blade across her arm. the gash continues to leave a trail of blood deep in the forest, a thick knitted scarf wrapped around securely around her neck and face, leaving only the pair of eyes to be visible.

-𝙟𝙞𝙮𝙪𝙡𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙣-

she stumbles upon what is called a small clinic, located in a deserted land, run-down shacks and filled with poorly treated sick patients with two nurses rushing in and out to find the right medicine.

she had only planned to stay for a bandage and leave once she has her bloodied arm wrapped, but a turn of event forces her to stay and her remaining humanity was challenged in the anonymous plague.

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Ⓒ 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘𝐘𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐒