Chapter 85 - Come up [1]

"That's why, I have told you to not get attached to her."

Oh Sookyung was standing on the balcony while his eyes observed the starless sky. A frown sat on his face, and regardless of how hard he tried, he was not capable of dimming down the anxiety that rose within him.

Something about this caused an ominous to be left within him, and he wanted to go and rescue her. However, the only problem to this was that he was not aware of where she was held captive.

Hearing the voice, Sookyung turned his head to look back and saw Min Hyungwon entering into the balcony. A serious expression clouded his face.

"You have been restless throughout the entire day, and this was bound to happen sooner or later. She will die because of you, and that's unavoidable, Sookyung," Hyungwon said, "You have been distracted due to this for two days, and by now, you have to move on from it. This is sad, but it was bound to happen."

"You are talking quite pessimistically, Hyungwon, as if you believe she will not be making out it alive. But I don't think so. Although I am worried, I think she will come out alive, and she won't die that soon," Sookyung spoke out, "I will make sure of that."

Creases appeared between both of his eyebrows as Hyungwon questioned, "What do you mean? Don't tell me that you are thinking to do something foolish?"

"I have just come into a realization that the position of a king doesn't mean much to me when compared to Shin Daerin. I don't know whether or not the reason is that I treasure Daerin greatly or that the throne holds little value to me. 

But if it is necessary, I might even hide her away in order to protect her. This is how I feel about the entire matter," Sookyung confessed as a deep look settled in his eyes.

Although Moon Jiwoo's personality was not likeable, he did not understand from when had he started to feel so deeply about her or the reason behind it.

His words caused Min Hyungwon's eyes to widen, and holding Oh Sookyung's shoulder, Hyungwon pulled it to make Sookyung face him.

Staring at Sookyung sternly, Hyungwon spoke out, "At first, although Daerin was disrespectful, I thought it was a good idea to have her as your protector; you will not grow attached to her. But it seems that I was wrong! I have always warned you about it.

No matter what type of feelings you grow towards her, you can't prevent her from dying, Your Majesty. Please drive away these useless thoughts for they would be a hassle for you later on. Maybe she will be surviving this, but there is no saying that she would not die in the future."

Sookyung said, "Although there are huge chances of her sacrificing her life for me, there is a small chance that she would not be dying. About a thousand year ago, a protector of the king survived to an old age, and I think that will be possible this time as well. I will make sure of that!"

Watching Oh Sookyung's determined gaze, Hyungwon let out a sigh and stated, "These emotions you are carrying are unnecessary. The protector is not supposed to be your weakness; Shin Daerin is your shield. Remember that. Only after she is broken will you get harmed. That's why, think clearly and drive away all that emotions, or maybe I need to take care of the entire thing."

Hearing those words caused rage to rise within Oh Sookyung, and it managed to surprise himself on how protective he was over Moon Jiwoo

Extending his hand towards Hyungwon, Sookyung grabbed on to his collar.

Glaring at him, Sookyung questioned, "What do you mean by take care?"

"I will ȧssume you know what that clearly means, Your Majesty. Other than your fated one, you should not be carrying these unnecessary emotions towards anyone, and since I can't do anything to remove those feelings within you, I might as well make the people disappear."

Those words managed to aggravate Oh Sookyung, and Sookyung pushed the man backward after releasing his grip on his collar. As Min Hyungwon stumbled a few steps backward, Sookyung glowered upon the male before him.

"If you do anything like that, I will be giving up my position as the King. I will make sure to ruin all of your plans, so don't meddle," Sookyung threatened.

After a one last glance at Min Hyungwon, Oh Sookyung strode outside of the room, and his words caused a chill to go down on Hyungwon's spine. The tone indicated that Sookyung meant each one of those words of his.

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Three days had passed since Jiwoo had been released from that prison, and over this period of time, she was ȧssigned with cooking the food and doing the laundry.

Despite the scorns and hatred she was given, Jiwoo was fine. She had not met with any kind of abuse, and there was no mistreatment. Other than the meal time, she was treated like thin air.

Unfortunately enough, she was not able to gather any clues over this period of time, and knowing that she bȧrėly had time in her hands, she knew that she had to speed this up.

Moon Jiwoo thought about sneaking about the place, but she had not found any instant to stay alone at their house. The handcuffs and the shackles made things much more difficult for her.

After Moon Jiwoo placed the last cherry on top of the cake, she was done with baking the cake. Although strange, she had learned on how the men at here had a sweet tooth, and therefore, occasionally she made desserts after the meal.

After that, she cut the cake into couple of slices, and placing the slices on top of the plates, she put the plates on the tray.

Gripping on to the tray tightly, she raised it up, and carefully, she balanced it. With that, she began to walk towards the dining room.

Curving her lips to form a polite smile, Jiwoo walked into the dining room, and her eyes fell on how the men were dining. Rolling her eyes subtly at how they lacked manners while eating, she placed the plates in front of each of them.

Fortunately for her, none of these men possessed any perverted thoughts or else, considering how helpless she was, this could have turned out to be horrible for her.

After she was done with handing over the cakes, she hugged the tray close to her ċhėst and proceeded to walk out of the room. However, before she could walk into the kitchen, something caught her ears, and she halted in her steps instantly while hiding behind the wall.

"That Prince will be departing for the Underworld tomorrow, and I found the details of the portal they will be traveling through. Even though there is a barrier around it, his Majesty had found a way to break through that without alerting anyone. Hyunbin, tomorrow, you will be going there with Jaemin, and place the bomb at there. This is bound to destroy the Prince," one of the men spoke out.

"I feel quite bad for the Prince. Due to the King's greediness, he has to go through this, and it's not like we can do anything against it."

"Shut up! What are you talking about? Don't you know that it forbidden to talk negative about the King? You would have had your tongue cut if someone else was here!"

A subtle gasp escaped from Moon Jiwoo's mouth after she had processed what she had just heard, and understanding that Sookyung's life was in danger, Jiwoo knew that she had to do something.

Her heart was starting to beat rapidly within her ċhėst, and pursing her lips together, she tried to calm herself down. Panicking at this situation will not be doing any good to her.

Turning her back on the kitchen, she proceeded to walk towards the main door in order to collect her thoughts and come up with a plan. Luckily, she was able to know on the entire matter before it was too late. There was still a day worth of time left, and she would be able to do something.

Extending her hand towards the main door, she turned the knob and opened the door. After making sure that there was no one around her, Jiwoo took a step outside. Since they have guessed on how Jiwoo had no idea on where she was, they did not care much about her going outside.

After being confident that her path was clear, Jiwoo closed the door behind her, and taking a deep breath, she walked towards a corner.