Chương 23: Chapter twenty-three:You are worthy of the Phoenix robe

"Miss! I am tired, how can you tell me that any of this dress doesn't catch your fancy?" Seohwa berated her miss for being picky that morning.

For the last two hours after waking up, Yoona has been selecting the dress she wants to wear for her date.

All the dress she brought significantly looked below the standard and no matter how she wants to compromise on it , she can't find the one that seems to suit her taste that morning.

Seohwa gave up on her miss from the moment she rejected about ten dresses even the 'butterfly dress' she made herself the day before, Seohwa mocked her miss

"Miss , you should just put on a sack cloth , who knows maybe it will give you the taste you want."

Seohwa dimmed her eyes, nodded her head and with a smile told Seohwa to get the sack cloth. Evident horror in Seohwa's eyes, she begged her miss not to tease her and Yoona laughed at her while looking at the purple dress she might consider putting on.

After finally selecting the dress, she put on a white shoes designed with purple flower her mother bought her last 4 months and put on a light makeup but not without allowing Seohwa to style her hair in a very fashionable style.

Done with everything, she bade goodbye to her teacher and left with Seohwa but not without letting her know the location of the place she was going to for security reasons but skipping out the purpose of going there. She couldn't bring herself to tell her that she was going to meet a young master.

At the door of the abandoned warehouse, she sent Seohwa away with some money to buy something for herself and told her to come back every two hours to check on her, nodding her head in agreement Seohwa told her miss to be careful and left the place .

Yoona used her hands to retouch her make-up and dust off imaginary dust from her dress, feeling satisfied with herself peeped inside the warehouse to ascertain whether the young master had come but was disappointed to see that he hadn't arrived yet.

Feeling a little disappointed , she sat down at the same place as last time and brought out the small bronze mirror she came with to look at herself one last time.

Looking into the mirror , she raised her hand to clean off some eye pencil that looked out of place from her brows , making to re-apply her lipstick, someone touched her from behind and said

"You are already very beautiful"

Jerking up out of fright, Yoona turned abruptly to see the owner of the voice but blushed because of embarrassment of being caught by the same person she has been and is still making herself up for.

Regaining her composure she greeted him but blushed more evidently because just like a couple they adorned the same colour of cloth ' purple'.

Prince Soon laughed nervously because he had been imagining how they would start off the conversation but never did it occur to him that the girl would be blushing from the very first discussion they would make.

Feeling that the situation has turned awkward, Prince Soon nervously grabbed her hands and led her to the most elevated part and made her sit down opposite him.

He started telling stories of how he came here but missed out on the part of him being a prince and coming from the palace too.

Yoona listening attentively as if her life depended on it laughed occasionally whenever he said something funny. After telling his stories, he asked Yoona how she has been from the last time they saw ,and if she had caught a cold because of the rain that fell on them the day before ,but Yoona replied that she has been and is still OK.

Trying to change the topic and lighten the mood, he asked her what her ambition was , he was expecting her to tell him ' get married , maybe drop a bunch of kids and take care of both the husband and children' but Yoona surprised him when she answered.

"My ambition is to be the best cook, I am already receiving tutorials on it but my ambition doesn't stop there, I will learn fashion when I have mastered the art of cookery and also learn martial arts from the best swordsman in the country.

"Why do you want to learn all this things?" he asked feeling surprised that a girl her age has so many ambitions not centered on marriage.

"I want to be the most powerful woman in this country probably in the continent also" was her reply.

Happy that he found her kind of person he thanked his stars for leading such a beautiful and talented young girl to him , he swore that as long as he lives he would fulfill all her ambition.

"I can make you the most powerful woman in this country if you adorn the robe l give you" Prince Soon told her.

Feeling doubtful, she asked him a question that stupefied him

"How can there be a cloth that makes a woman the most powerful?... if there is, why is it that there aren't many powerful women in our country?"

He thought to himself # stupid, the Phoenix robe can make you the most powerful woman but there are no powerful women in the country because only one woman is worthy of the robe at a time, there can't be two moons under one sky#

"There is a cloth like that my dear, it can wash away any dent on a status of a woman, it can exalt a woman and make many people both nobles and commoners bow before you, even royalty is not exempted" he told her.

Shocked beyond comprehension, she asked him if such a robe existed and he answered affirmatively.

"Can l make the cloth by myself? In fact, no need to ask, tell me how the cloth looks like so that I can make one , l also know how to sew cloth" she said but he told her that it cannot be made by her because he was the only one that can give it to her .

She asked when he would give her the robe and he told her it would be only when she proves herself worthy and feels that she is worthy too.

Trying to convince herself, she asked him

"Can a lowborn wear the robe?"

"Even the lowliest of slave can wear it and she will be exalted" he patiently explained.

Yoona for the first time in her life felt that she really would work very hard to prove herself worthy before the young master so that he can give her the robe ,but what she didn't know was that she had already been found worthy if not she won't be there with him .

Remembering that he was injured, she rushed towards him to check on the injury, folding the sleeves of his robe, she inspected the wound only to find out that it's already fast healing.

Surprised but happy, she suddenly hugged him. She has been anxious that he was wounded because of her but seeing the already healing wound she relaxed.

Prince Soon on the other hand was so shocked that he left his mouth agape without uttering any word, for the first time in his life someone has surprised him to the point of stupefaction.

Holding her back to peer closely at her face, he felt that he is in the midst of an angel . He muttered to himself ' she's a beauty that can bring the fall of a nation'

Using one hand to trace her brows, he used the other to bring her to sit on his laps. Yoona was surprised at the turn of event but she found out she has turned weak as her brain is too slow to process the command her body is giving it 'Run'.

Tracing down to her nose, he lightly tapped on it and commented on how beautiful they were, reaching down her lips they both froze.

Yoona kept shouting to herself to run but it seems some part of her was anticipating the young master's next move .

Seeing that she wasn't running, he circled the lips with his fingers and drew closer to her face , mouthing" can l ?" without waiting for her answer, met her lips to lips .

*clang* they broke out of the reverie and looked towards the origin of the sound, there stood Seohwa with a flaming red face looking like someone that just witnessed a scene written' made for adult' and was caught by her mother.

"I... I di ...didn't see anything!" she shouted and ran away blushing tomato red.

The duo on their part jolted back to reality and realized what had just transpired between them, being caught up in the moment they forgot about their moral code, feeling very embarrassed Yoona ran out of the warehouse but stopped Soon from following her , she told him to give her sometime to gather her emotions together.

Prince Soon relented on following her and sat down to wait for her, feeling a little bit uncomfortable he looked down to find a bulging hillock below his bellybutton. Covering the area with his hands he became so embarrassed that he wanted to run home but remembering the red flushed face of the girl, he used all his willpower to calm himself down before her arrival.

Coming back to the place where she left the young master, she walked carefully as if fearing she might fall down if she walks too fast.

Seeing her return, he made to explain that he didn't even know when he got carried away but Yoona shut him up abruptly with her next words,

" My name is Yoona"

Seeing that she wasn't angry , he exhaled deeply and replied' the most beautiful name l have ever heard'

"Yoona as in ' gift of god?'" he asked and she nodded in affirmation.

"Yoona, you really are a gift of god for me "..." I will like to take responsibility for that kiss, will you let me adorn you with the robe that will make you exalted above every other persons?" he asked feeling nervous that she might reject him.

"Young master Soon, I will allow you adorn me with that robe but l have to prove myself worthy to you"

"Yoona, right from the first day I laid my eyes on you, you were already worthy of the robe"

Happy to be found worthy, Yoona bowed down her head before him and thanked him in gratitude.