...Flower of Evil...

The fate is cruel. Too cruel. Villains are born because of their cruel fate not because they were born villainous. There is a red limit to everything. Once they past it,you can no longer stop the birth of a villain. In every story,Villains posses an anonymous amount of power. Why? Because that is the passion they have. The passion to inflict pain upon others.

Don't blame a villain if you don't know how to understand them.

You have no right to judge.

Because you never went through her life.

Iseul looked at her sick son on the bed. He is almost two years old now. Looking at his sick face,Iseul let out a small sob. She touched his burning forehead. The fever isn't going down.

Xie Ming dashed inside with a bowl of water and placed beside the bed.

"It's been a week now. His fever isn't going down. What should we do?", She asked from her husband.

Xie Ming stroked her shoulders. "Then,there is no way. I'll go to your kingdom. I heard they have spiritual herbs"

This was what Iseul was scared of the most. She never wanted to step her foot on that land. But for her son,she had no choice now. Because those spiritual herbs were made specially by her Kingdom's experts. They had to reach them somehow but they were too expensive. Where in the world could they find such a big amount of money?

"Then I'll go to find them", Iseul said.

"What,no! You stay here with Wangxi. I'll do whatever I can do to find them —"

"You don't know where they sell them. It will take a lot of time for you. I know where they sell. I can come back quickly. Just stay with our son", Iseul pleaded.

"How on the earth are you going to buy them?! Do you have money?"

"I have a friend. I can ask from him. Don't worry. Please,take care of him until I come back"

Xie Ming was against this decision but he couldn't argue about this. Every passing second was important. Thus,he had no choice but to trust his wife on this matter.

Iseul got dressed immediately and put a black cloak covering herself well. Xie Ming summoned a demon wolf from the forest to take his wife out of the lands to her kingdom.

With a beating heart,she left the land to find a cure for her son.

When she got near to her kingdom,she jumped down from the wolf and made him wait in deep inside the forest before running insides the gates of boundaries. Luckily,she had been learning demonic arts as a self defensive technique and knew how to manipulate mortals.

She manipulated the guards and entered inside. She thought about the friend she mentioned. She had no such a friend. During her life inside the Palace,she couldn't build up a trustworthy friendship with anyone. Everyone betrayed her trust so she didn't dare befriend anyone.

She pulled a ring from her pocket. It was the only memorable thing she had in her possession. The ring was from her mother and it was always with her. After marrying Xie Ming,she put the ring in a box and hid it. If Xie Ming knew that she was going to pawn the ring,he wouldn't agree knowing how much it means to her.

She determined to take this back as soon as she found some money. For now,she has to do it for her son. Her mother will always be in her heart. But she has to protect what she has today.

She went to a market and found a good place to pawn the ring. She entered the shop and put her ring on a table. "How much can you give me for this?"

The shop owner was instantly thrilled seeing a valuable item on his table and got up to check.

Iseul covered her face thoroughly and waited. After arguing with the owner to get a good amount of money, she finally took the money feeling satisfied. As she was about to leave with the money, a hand caught her wrist.

Her heart skipped a beat. Who was it?!

She didn't dare to look up. She kept her head hanging low hiding her identity. Her fingers were ready to pull out a talisman.

"Who are you? Where did you find that ring from?!"

Her heart stopped hearing the voice.

His highness Hoseok!

She immediately shook off his grip and ran away.

"Wait!! Hey wait! I said stop!"

She didn't even spare a glance and ran. After running for a while,she hid in an alley and panted.

Just as she was about to  walk,a shadow took over her whole body and in the next second, a man jumped infront of her. He caught her wrist and pressed his fingers on the back of her neck. This was the spell of freezing someone. She couldn't move at all.

She is screwed!

In a second, the hood which covered her face was taken off.

The man was too stunned to speak. He stared at Iseul with wide eyes.

"...Iseul!"

................

Hoseok had been trying to communicate with Iseul for hours now. He hadn't removed the freezing spell fearing she would run away but he let her move her face. She could speak but she didn't. They were still in the same alley without going anywhere.

"Iseul,why don't you speak!please,tell me what happened to you"

"Let me go", that's the only thing she utters.

"I can unfreeze you but I can't let you go! Do you know what happened after you left? We have been trying to find you for all these years! Four years Iseul! Where have you been?!", he was looking desperate and worried. She could see his misty eyes which were ready to cry any time soon.

Iseul looked at the sky. It was getting dark. She needed to leave. Her eyes turned red from anger and sorrow. "I SAID LET ME GO! FUCKING LET ME GO! MY SON IS DYING!PLEASE!"

Hoseok was taken back. Son? He didn't expect something like that.

"Please,I don't want to get involved with you. As you wished,I left. You all wanted it right? I promise, I will never step into this kingdom. Let me go! My son is dying. Please,I beg you!", she cried and begged.

Hoseok didn't know what to do. After hearing what she said,he was at a loss. "Y –You have a son?"

She cried miserably. "I will do anything you ask. Just let me go. He needs medicine. He is sick. Please. I don't want to lose him. Brother,please. I'll accept any punishment or any torture. I'll be the criminal you all wanted. Please,let me go to my son"

Hoseok's eyes shook violently. She didn't know what was he thinking. She didn't even want to know.

"...let's go. I'll buy you the medicines. And the ring too", he mumbled and released her from the spell.

As Hoseok said,he bought her the medicines she wanted. It was more expensive than what she expected. The money she had was not enough but luckily, Hoseok paid for everything. He was silent in this whole time. He was expressionless. He even bought back her ring.

Hoseok brought her to the boundaries. "Where do you live? I can bring you —"

"No need. I can go alone", she immediately cut him off. She was too impatient right now.

Hoseok had a disappointed face but nodded. He smiled bitterly. He didn't say a word afterward. It was like he had so much to say but he had strength to open his mouth. He was tongue tied.

Iseul took few steps forward but halted and looked back. "Thank you,your highness. I'll repay you for this one day"

With that she ran towards the dense forest where she hid her wolf. She didn't look back to see what kind of face her brother had. Right now,the only thing she could think of was her son.

She jumped on her demon wolf's back and rode it towards the demonic island.

When she reached the village, it was almost mid night. But for some reason, she couldn't feel the protective barrier around the village.

Why can't she feel it?

What happened?

She jumped down from the wolf and ran towards the village. She smiled when she saw the light in every house but her smile immediately vanished seeing something on the ground.

"BINGWEN!"

The little boy was lifeless on the ground. She sat next to him and turned him around. She widened her eyes seeing a gruesome hole inside the child's chest. His chest was pierced and his heart not even inside him.

"NO!!BINGWEN!!",  She cried holding the child's body. Her face was ashen as all the blood in her face was drained out. Her chest was rising up and down as she looked at her little brother.

Her eyes swept across the area and her eyes shrank seeing all the dead bodies!

She instantly  stood up and ran to her house. She banged opened the door and screamed. "Xie Ming!! Wangxi!"

No one answered.

Her heart was beating furiously. A foreboding feeling was rising up inside her chest. She screamed their names again and again but she couldn't find them. She was going crazy. Her mind was hazy and messy. She ran out from the house and shouted Xie Ming's name.

She ran from house to house but no one was alive. Everyone had died. What is this? Is this a dream? If it is,then she wished to wake up soon.

"I –Iseul"

She suddenly stopped hearing a voice. She looked at where she heard the voice and saw a middle aged man next to a house. He was still alive!

She immediately approached him. "Uncle! Uncle! Where are they?!", she didn't even have a mindset to check if he was okay. All she could think was her husband and child.

"Iseul, you —you need to hurry! They took the young master and wangxi to th–the demon peak mountains. They told me to tell you that they —", he coughed a mouthful of blood. "They are waiting for you"

It looks like whoever had come deliberately kept this man alive to deliver the message.

Demon mountain was the peak of the demon island. She had been there before. The place where Xie Ming proposed her. It was a mountain with a hellish slop. Though there was a way to go up there,there was also a hellish cliff on the other side.

It was really a threatening place. Beautiful yet dangerous.

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