Chapter 32: Dragon's Death & Near Miss!
UNKNOWN POV:
Tomorrow was a very important day. Taehyung was suppose to meet all the leaders of various mafia gangs. The day was important but there was a very high potential for a fight to be the next Supreme Lord of the Mafias. As it is, many of them will be eyeing the position, now that the announcement was done of the Dragon not surviving the night.
"Taehyung, the JEONS will be here. Along with them, JK and Jungkook will also be there. You have to make sure you don't give yourself away. You must remember how important this secret is." Jimin reminded his best friend.
"My Lord, have an early rest today. Tomorrow is an important day and we want you in your best health. Also I will order the men to toll the bell, which will indicate that the Dragon Lord is no more. Don't worry, just two days back, an elder from my hometown died. We will dress him up as the Dragon Lord. And you will address him as your father and we already have the previous Lord's will, that the position will be passed on to his son, if anything happens to him." Elijah assured Taehyung who was very nervous right.
"Hyung, he is right. You have to rest now. Please. I will get some warm milk for you." Soobin told Taehyung and stepped out.
After everybody left, it was only Jimin and Soobin in the room with Taehyung. He drank the milk and was about to sleep, when he heard the bell tolling. The sound of the bell, made his head ache. He held his head and groaned.
Jimin and Soobin who heard him, went to his room. They looked at each other and then at Taehyung. Jimin went and sat besides Taehyung.
"Taehyung-ah, are you alright?" Jimin asked him and he shook his head.
"The sound of the bell is making my me feel dizzy." Taehyung said and Soobin immediately ran out to tell the people to stop.
And five minutes later, the bell stopped tolling. And Taehyung finally felt asleep. Jimin got up and tucked him in before leaving.
TAEHYUNG'S POV:
We all woke up probably before everyone. I checked my watch, it was 3 hours past midnight. I saw Jimin and Soobin discussing something. It seemed like they either didn't sleep or maybe got up before me.
I went upto them and saw they weren't the only ones in the room.
My aunt saw me and came upto me. She made me sit besides her and then signalled something to Elijah.
"Taehyung, I know he's not your father. But he's somebody's father. So we will make it look real and genuine about the death. Of course, from today onwards you don't have to wear the extras to look like the previous Lord. You can be yourself, we will give you a specific perfume, made especially for the Dragon Lord. That hides your identity and also gives out a powerful vibe to those around you. Your clothes will be different and you will wear lenses, because the JEONS who are close to you are coming." Elijah explained to me.
"Yeah good point. I was about to say that I will wear lenses. Soobin get my blue lenses." I told my assistant and ran to get them.
Fifteen minutes later, I came out dressed as the Dragon Lord as Elijah mentioned. The perfume indeed made me feel majestic. I wore my blue lenses.
What I wore was a matte black suit with a black shirt since I was mourning for the fake Dragon. And I had a mask on. That mask somehow changed my voice and nobody would know it's me.
I just prayed that my love, Jungkook shouldn't recognise me at any cost. It's going to be a danger for me and for him too.
After all the elders and the members were gathered in, Elijah called me in the hall where the fake Dragon's body was kept.
For some reason the environment gave off dangerous vibes. Of course there were present all the dangerous, ruthless people in the entire Korea and some from other parts of Asia.
As I entered in the hall, everybody went down on their knees with heads bowed low and hands across their hearts.
"Condolences, to the new Dragon Lord!"
"Long Live the new Dragon!"
"May the soul of Dragon rest in peace!"
On hearing them all, I just raised my hand and all stood up. I felt a gush of emotion go through me as I once again realised how powerful my father was. I felt proud and at the same time, my heart hurt, because I missed him.
I hope you are happy and at peace, Mom and Dad. I hope I have made you both proud!!
I offered incense and kow towed 3 times. The priest said their prayers and then everybody started to queue in line for paying their last respects.
I stood at the side and Jimin and Soobin stood behind me. My aunt was at a far end. Elijah was besides me. he introduced all the people as they came to offer condolences to me.
"My Lord, this is Mr. Jeon and his wife. They are your father's most trusted ones and allies of the Kims." Elijah tried to explain and I nodded.
"Sorry for your loss, and we promise to be as loyal and dedicated as we were to your father." Mr & Mrs. Jeon said while shaking hands with me and I just nodded.
"Where is your son, Mr. Jeon?" Elijah asked him and they looked at each other.
"Well, he is out for some business deals. So we thought we come here first and he can visit and pay respects later." Mrs. Jeon replied.
I realised at once, Jungkook was here as JK. My eyes searched for him and finally rested on the figure which was in line besides my Aunt. They were talking. Perhaps, my aunt is in line as the representative of Kims.
"Oh! Well, there's Ms. Kim. Who's that with her though?" Elijah exclaimed.
My aunt came and shook hands with me with a small bow.
"Condolences, My Lord. And sorry for your loss. I am sorry again, the only heir to the Kims is not here today. There was this important consignment to be shipped off and its a very VIP person. Also one of your father's friends so he will visit later." My aunt said and I looked at Elijah.
"Well, how is it that both of your sons are not here? Isn't that disrespectful?" Elijah said in a very rough voice.
"It's alright, Elijah. I don't want any scene at my father's funeral. Let him go in peace. Work is important. But still it's the Dragon Lord. This should have been their first priority. How dare they put work first while chosing not to attend my father's last rites?!" I said just to make sure they don't doubt the capabilities of the new Dragon Lord.
"Forgive me, Lord. I didn't mention to them that everybody was strictly required." Elijah said in a low voice.
"Sorry for your loss, My Lord." And my whole world stopped.
It was Jungkook. He came with JK's identity.
"And you are...?" I said very carefully.
Thanks to the mask that had a voice changer system and my eyes that had blue lenses on. Also I had black gloves on. So no chance of him knowing it was me.
"I am JK. Ally of the Jeons. Hopefully with the Kims very soon. I was called here on a short notice." Jungkook explained.
"My Lord, he is the one whom I discussed with you. The person who is feared in the entire Korea.. He got all those who were impossible to find for years in few days and finished them." Elijah explained.
"Good work, boy. Keep up. It's good if you become allies with the Kims too. Jeons and Kims are the ones very close to me so, yes. We will have a conversation with all later. Thanks for coming." I said very steadily.
"My pleasure, My lord." He said and went and stood with my aunt and the Jeons.
I heaved a sigh of relief and Elijah patted on my back.
"Good job, my son. We almost faltered. It was a very near miss... I am proud of you. Your parents will be too. And nice choice. Your boyfriend does know how to hide his identity. He is here as JK, while also being here as Jungkook and hiding the fact. Great." Elijah gave a smile which disappeared very quickly and I wouldn't believe that he ever smiled if I didn't see it for myself...
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