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33.33% I Love A King / Chapter 2: 2

Chapter 2: 2

The royal family was now on the royal chariot. The King, prince and the Queen in one. And the Queen mother in another. The people were bowing the royal family. At reaching the public square they got down and walked upto the aisle. The royal announcer began his speech, "As we all have gathered here to hear the name of our prince and celebrate his birthday with all us, I invite our Queen mother to began the ceremony." And stood aside.

She smiled and took the prince in her arms. She raised him in the air. "This is Prince Jimin. The next heir of Park dynasty." Hearing it the crowd cheered, "Long Live The Prince Jimin." which made the prince to cry. The Queen mother chuckled and began to soothe him. His wailes came to a stop.

Suddenly for everyones notice the sky became dark. Thunder rumbled. Wind breezed heavily. "It's a bad omen." The royal priest murmured loud enough which caught the King's attention. The Queen mother hugged the prince close to her. The gurads covered the royal family immediately.

A woman appeared on one of the royal chariots when a lightning bolt hit it. The weather calmed down still the sky was dark. All turned to her. Her hoodie covered her face. She removed it and let out a villainous laugh. "Oh poor king." She left a fake concerned sigh. "Oooh my nephew is pretty handsome boy." She fake drooled. "At last I am able to see the whole family." She got down the chariot. "Well, you sent your guards to capture me. Capture Park Kira! Oh king you have got the wrong person." She laughed.

"Your mother or should I say Queen mother." She scoffed. "Approached me for help. Asking for a heir." She fake weeped and stopped. "She promised me a bundle of gold coins and that she do never inform you. But look here she kept one and broke the other." She replied walking through the path that the crowd made with surprise on seeing her. The King couldn't believe his ears. He gave a disappointed look to his mother.

She stood infront of them. "Now, do I look like a fool, that I would have helped you even after what you did to me and my parents." She asked. The guards raised their swords but with just one glare their hands twisted and all the swords fell down. They cried out due to the pain. She went straight to Queen mother. She smirked. Queen mother turned to keep the prince from her.

Kira caressed the prince's head. "Well, this son of yours is the one who is going to take the curse. Since he is very special to you all." She smiled at the prince who was smiling at her. Hearing the words from her, everyone was shocked. The King couldn't take it anymore. He kneeled infront of her. "What can I do for you to stop?" He asked looking at his knees. "You can't do anything my sweet  brother. Your mother should have thought about the consequences. But she didn't." She caressed the King's hair.

"What about your mother killing my lord?" The Queen mother fummed in anger. Kira got furious. "After uncle married you, she didn't get any attention from him. Eventually my mother started a relationship with my  father, she did that to show how it felt to get cheated on his wife by someone close. But still your lord cared least about my mother. She  couldn't take anymore, she tried to kill him. So that my father could become the King. Although you saved your lord, you pushed my father to death."

"So I curse on Prince Jimin that he shall remain ill for his entire life."

She swore. "Noooooo." The Queen shouted. "Oh Yes, now that you have showed up, Misuk. I will love to tell a teribble truth to the king." Her laugh filled with devilment.

"My brother, you were in an attempt to catch me because I am witch. Yet you didn't know that the person whom you loved was one of the witches." She smirked as he looked up to see her. The Queen was weeping. "Oh, well, I will leave this kingdom now because I have done my job. Now you should banish your Queen from this kingdom." She said walking dowm the platform. "Bye my dear nephew. Hope that you won't live long." She laughed wickedly and disappeared in the air.

The Queen and Queen mother looked at their prince. It seemed that he was having difficulty in breathing. He was breathing heavily and was his skin was burning.The King still sat there downcasted. He rose from his position. The people were down hearted for the king. The King had  tears in his eyes. He looked at his citizen and spoke with anger in his voice. "I, Park Sungjin, King of Jung, banish Byeon Misuk from this Kingdom." Cooherenting, the Queen fell on her knees and grabbed her husband's hand. "Your Majesty please do not do that. I was a witch before our marriage." She begged. The King continued, "As for the Queen mother she shall be locked in the prison. The gathering is over." He said and tried to walk but couldn't because the Queen had her hold on his leg begging for forgiveness. He looked at her, "Your betrayal shall her be forgiven." He tried pushing her but then her grip only tightened.

"Your Majesty, I-I can't live without  you and m-my son. Our son needs me now the most. Please forgive me for not letting you know about my past. I did not use bl-black magic after our marriage." She cried out loud. "You were not loyal to me and I do not want a person like you as my Queen. You deceive me. And as for the prince, he shall stay with me." "Guards!" He shouted. "Take her away from the Kingdom." He ordered. The guards came and pulled her off the King. "No, please your majesty." She cried.

The Queen mother and the maid walked away with the prince not sparing a sorry glance at her. Misuk squirmed in their grips but she was not let free. She looked at the guards who were dragging her on her feet. "Please, please let me go. My son needs me." She begged them. "Sorry your Highness." They said with hopelessness. She saw the royal chariots driving away and the crowd moving away with heavy heart. She lets the guards to drop her in a nearby forest.

Meanwhile at the palace.

It seemed that the moment the chariots came to halt, his majesty ordered his guards to imprison the Queen mother. She didn't want her son to deceive her, but she did such a thing that made him ashame to call her the Queen mother.

The guards came to her. Handing the baby to the maids, the guards cuffed her hands with rope and pulled her to the prison. Saddness, disgraceful, and all the negative points attacked her.

The King walked into his Chamber s not able to take in the situation. He ordered the guards not to let anyone in. The minute he sat on the bed tears errupted his eyes. He just couldn't control them. The scenes of the public square events kept haunting him. "Why? Why Misuk? I loved you so much and is this how you repay me. You could have told me what you were. Instead you kept it in silence." He sobbed. "Why!" He roared with pain. "Why to me?"

The King was consumed in his grief that did not spare a glance to his sick son. The maids carried him to the royal physicians, they tried everything to make the prince feel better. But was of no avail. He tried more medicines. Luckily the prince's fever came down, but it wear off completely. The physician said to the maids to bring the prince everyday for checkup.


Chapter 3: 3

She dragged herself in the forest. It was night now. So she stayed in a cave that she found. She kept crying for loosing her husband and her son. She was angry for what Kira did because she never had a thought of hurting Kira. She was a white witch. She spent a week in the trauma not eating anything. One day suddenly she threw away the thoughts of missing her husband and son.

She began to meditate. She was in using her witchcraft way to find a way to save her son from the so said curse. She spent 2 days in concentration not getting up from position. Promptly she got a vision of a flower purple in colour found on a mountain. A voice inside her said, "This flower is known as sweet saple. It is said to cure all kind of diseases. It blooms once in a hundred years. This year is said for it. It is rarely known by people. Before it is too late head to the hill close to the forest where you are staying. Hurry sister." She opened her eyes and mumbled, "Thank you Yuko."

It was dawn. Not spending a single moment she walked out of the forest as fast as she could. She reached at the base of the hill. She couldn't believe what she saw. It was a beautiful greenery place. She began to walk up. There were many flowers and plants. The image of the flower appeared. She began searching for it among the other flowers. It was dusk now, it was a beautiful scenerio for a person searching for peace. 😉

She searched the whole place but she just couldn't find it. It was hard for her. She began to loose her hope. She sat on the grass with hopelessness. She kept thinking about the happy moments with her highness and her baby.

She felt a tap on her shoulder. Pushing away her thoughts she looked up. A small boy stood in front of her. She smiled at him, he did return one. "Ma'am it is not safe to sit here on the hill at night." He replied. "Oh, I didn't know that." She stood off the grass brushing away the dust off her dress. "Umm." The boy hesitated. "Are you lost ma'am?"

"I think so." She replied smiling. "Oh, come with me may be my father can help you." He smiled widely. They began to walk down the hill. "So what is your name, son?" She asked. "My name is Namjoon." He replied. "What is your name, ma'am?"

"Oh, my name is mi-" she paused. She didn't want to reveal her identity. "My name is Minseo." Reaching the base of the hill, Misuk regained the memory  about the flower. "Namjoon?" She called. "Hmm?" He looked up. "What were you doing up there?"

"Oh, my family have sheeps so I was bringing them back to there sheds. Inorder to know whether I left any I take a round again to find the missing one." He replied with proud.

"Oh." "And what about you ma'am?" "I lost the way back to my home. When I saw the hill it looked beautiful, so I thought to see. I was so consumed by its beauty that I forgot about the time passing."

"What does consumed mean?" He asked not having heard of the word before.

"Consumed means to eat." She replied. "So you mean, you were about to eat this hill?" She chuckled at the boy's question. "No, it looked beautiful, so I thought to sit and watch it. That's all." She giggled.

"Alright. It is dangerous here at night. Father says that there are ghosts on the trees at night. So he warns others from going to the hills at night. But I am not scared of ghosts. I can fight them with this stick." He said as he raised the the stick which was in his hand. Misuk chuckled at the boy's cuteness.

"Okay, well have you ever seen a purple flower?"

"Purple flower? Well, there are a lot purple flower here. Due you mean the one with white sticks in it?"

"No."

"Then yellow sticks in it?"

"No. I think it has blue sticks."

"The blue one?" He raised his brow, pouting his lips; in a thinking manner.

"Oh, you mean the one with blue sticks?" She nodded eagerly. For a moment she was happy for getting a clue about it.

"That one. It was only a single flower. And- Oh, there's father." He waved his hand to man standing outside a hut.

Namjoon took her hand and began to run. They stopped close to the man. "Namjoon, you shouldn't make a guest run." He demande. "Sorry father." He mumbled. His father ruffled his hair. "May I help you ma'am?" His father asked concerned.

"Father I am going to play with my sister." He said and ran in the hut. The man looked at Misuk. "Umm? I don't have anywhere else to go. Do you mind giving me a room." "Yes, of course. Please come in. Feel it as your home." She smiled.

"Choonhee-ah, we have a guest here." He called. A lady came out of the hut. She bowed to Misuk. "Choonhee-ah, make our guest comfortable." He said. "Yes my lord." She replied and gestured Misuk to follow her. "You can sleep here, ma'am." She was shown a futon. "Mother! She is crying." She heard Namjoon's voice and baby crying loud.

The lady walked to the direction of voice. "It's her feeding time." Misuk heard the lady sigh. Namjoon came to her. "Ma'am would you like to play." He asked her. "You don't have to call me ma'am. Call me aunt Minseo." She said smiling at him. She was beinging very careful in saying her name. Because the outer divisions of her kingdom rarely saw her. If she do tell her name then they would come to know. Her clothes were little dirty here and there. She had thrown away her jewelleries so that she could hide her identity.

"Okay, aunt Minseo." He bloomed showing his dimples.

"Namjoon let her rest. She must be tired." His father complained. The boy nodded lightly and ran to his mother. "Ma'am, do you mind if I know the reason you are here because your accent sounds a lot familiar to the royalty."  He asked looking at his feet as he stood infront of her.

"Yes, after all I think so." Hearing her he looked up curious to hear her. She began to make up a story. "I ran from my house with my lover who was a servant. My father cursed me and said never to return to him. I believed my lover but in the end he cheated and looted all my things and ran away. I was luring everywhere without a proper shelter to sleep. Just at the dusk your son found me and brought me here. I am really thankful to you and your family." She got up and bowed to him. "Oh! no! what is this ma'am you don't have to bow to me." He was surprised by Misuk's gestures.

"But how did you recognize my accent? Do people from city come here?" She asked.

"No, I was a gardener at the royal palace of King Park Sungjin and my wife was a maid there. When my wife was pregnant with Namjoon. She wanted to stay with her parents. Her parents lived here so we left our jobs and came here. After she gave birth to our son, she didn't feel to return. Just 3 years back her parents passed away and so we thought we should just settle here." He smiled at her.

The lady came with a baby in her arms. The baby was staring at Misuk as though she saw something fascinating. Meanwhile Namjoon was playing with her feet. (The baby's feet)

"Let me introduce." He said and took his daughter from his wife's hand. "This is Y/N. My sweet duaghter." He said looking at his daughter. "And this is my wife Choonhee." He said. "And myself Jongdong. And my son Namjoon."

Misuk spent three days with family and it seemed that Namjoon and Y/N become close to her. While Misuk took care of the their household, the couple were building a hut for her.

It has been 1 month and Misuk still couldn't find the flower. Namjoon do always accompany her to the hills. "I think they are finished aunt." Namjoon sighed as he sat on the ground. "Well, I do want that flower sweety."

"The one with blue sticks was plucked by father." He collasped on the ground. She stopped searching and looked at him. "How?" "When Y/N was born, she was ill. Father and mother, didn't know what medicine should be given. So they called a physician. He said that Y/N was going to die. To save her he told father to pluck a flower with blue sticks. He plucked it and gave it to the physician. He tore the beautiful flower to put it in the boiling water. And gave that water to Y/N to drink so that her disease goes away. Half of it was given to me. The water had bad taste." He completed.

Misuk collapsed on her knee. She couldn't believe it. The only one which was left was given to these siblings. A tear rolled down her face. Luckily Namjoon didn't see her. It was getting late they headed back. She lost the hope of saving her son.

Right now she felt her world shatter. She walked in to her hut, closed the door and fell on the futon. She cried her heart out silently. "Misuk, don't cry." A voice said to her in her mind. "How cannot I, Yuko?" She sobbed. "Take care of the baby and the boy who are with you now. For now this is your duty of protecting the siblings. Teach them all that you have learned. A time will come when you shall be repaid. Sleep my dear." With that she slept.


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