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...Flower of Evil...

Iseul looked at her hands as she was sitting on the deck of ship. She could only see the blood of the people she killed. She had sinned and they can't be forgiven. For the first time in her life,she felt guilty and regretful. Beomgyu, Yeonjun and Soobin are victims of her cruelty. But they are not the only ones to fall victim.

When she was the Queen, people rebelled and tried to defeat her and bring justice.

But why didn't anyone stand up for her when she was the victim? How unfair.

She brought her knees to her chest and hugged them,keeping her chin on her knees. Her eyes were dim and sorrowful. She trembled when the cold wind hit her skin.

Why should I apologise? What about me? Do I not deserve an apology?

She smiled bitterly. What can a mere word of apology do? It can't bring back what we all lost.

Everyone was a victim. Who is righteous? Who is evil? Who can say? Was Iseul evil and monstrous when she was born? No. She was forced to turn like that. She was just too weak to be righteous.

Not everyone is capable of staying righteous. Not everyone can stay sane when they lost everything. Maybe,there are people like that. There might be real righteous people who will never lose their clear and pure path. But not everyone is strong as them.

Iseul tried to stay strong. Didn't she? She tried. But she crossed her red limit.

She felt a warm cloth over her shoulders. It was a coat. The person who put a coat over her sat down next to her. Iseul side glanced at him and looked away.

It was Hoseok.

He didn't say anything for the first thirty minutes and stayed silent.

"Iseul"

This was the first time she heard her name from him after she was reborn. She neither said anything nor looked at him.

Hoseok sighed seeing her unwillingness to talk. What should they even talk now? They had revealed themselves already now. It will be embarrassing to continue the act.

They are a bunch of people who are tangled up in the thing called fate. A cruel fate. Though Hoseok had so many things to say, he couldn't.

"You'll catch a cold. Let's go inside"

No reply.

"I know you hate us. But right now, you have to listen to us"

Iseul clenched her fists. She laughed as her shoulders shook. She looked at him. "Why do I have to?", her eyes were blood shot red. "Oh brother,did you have fun seeing me act as Danbi? You must have laughed seeing my weak state right?"

Hoseok, "You got it wrong. We didn't want to do this either. Okay?"

Iseul laughed hard and pushed Hoseok and got on top of him before grabbing him by his collars. She raised her fist and punched him as hard as she could.

Hoseok didn't bleed from her punch but it sure hurt him. Instead of him,it was her who got her knuckles bruised. She punched him again and again until her knuckles were bleeding.

Hoseok accepted her every punch without a complain. When she had enough, she stood up and looked down. "Tell others to not come infront of me. My knuckles hurt but I won't hesitate to punch them of they show themselves infront of me"

Hoseok also stood up with a bruised face. "You can't avoid us forever, Iseul"

"It's not like I want to avoid you. I just can't help but to feel this urge to kill you all when I see you. Specially the mother of yours. I tolerated you guys and her because of Mr.Cheon. But not anymore. I'd rather kill that bitch and get myself choke to death by the shackle. It's better than living like this", she turned around to leave.

Hoseok,"Then what about Mr.Cheon?"

Iseul paused for a moment. "...It's time to tell him the truth. His daughter died. He should know it"

Hoseok, "And you are going to leave him? With us? Are you sure?"

Iseul clenched her fists. She really wanted to leave them. She didn't want to live in this nightmare. Their faces tortured her every day.

"Mr.Cheon is a weak man. Do you think he'll be able to bare the truth?"

"....I don't care"

Hoseok,"Lies",..."Look there!"

Iseul immediately turned her head and saw Mr.Cheon leaning against the railing — wait no. He wasn't leaning. He was falling over the railing to the sea!

Iseul widened her eyes and without even thinking she dashed towards him and tried to catch him but he disappeared.

Her chest was heaving up and down still not knowing it was just an illusion Hoseok created. Her chest was still beating furiously.

"Can you really see him in pain? Can you hurt him?", Hoseok asked as he walked like the King he is.

Iseul looked at him in disbelief. "You..."

Hoseok smiled. "Do you think this won't happen if you go and tell him the truth? Danbi is his daughter. The person he loves the most in this world. Do you think he won't jump off this ship if you tell him the truth?"

He was emotionally blackmailing her.

Her body trembled from anger. Her wide red eyes glared at him. "You damn bastard"

"Don't look at me like that. I just said something which is possible. I didn't harm him"

Iseul tried to punch him again out of fury but this time he caught her fist with a blank expression.

Iseul glared at him. "Fine. But I got few more ways to stay away from you bastards", she kicked him on the groin.

Hoseok groaned in pain and bent over to cover the place he just got a deadly hit.

Iseul walked away without looking back.

As she was walking in, she saw Mr.Cheon enjoying the party with Mrs.Kim. She covered her injured neck with the coat Hoseok gave her and walked to the bar.

The bartender didn't suspect her age since she was looking a lof matured with her dress and make up,so he gave her a bottle of strong liquor.

She asked a servant to show her room and went to the private room she got. She put bottle on her lips and gulped down everything without a stop. As she was drinking away her pain,tears rolled down yet she didn't cry.

She put down the bottle and wiped her lips, smashing her lipsticks all over her face. She slowly became tipsy and drunk.

"Why can't I just die in peace? Isn't there a place I can rest? Why can't you let me rest?", she mumbled as she lied down on the bed with the empty bottle in her hands. She hugged the bottle to her chest and closed her eyes.

"Mother", she mumbled. "Mother, I am hurt. It hurts"

She felt someone stroking her hair.

"What sh –should I do? "

She is trapped. She didn't have anywhere to go. If she dies,her sould will be dragged to the hell and she will never have a reincarnation. She wasn't scared of hell. But if she were to go there,then she won't be able to see her mother again in her reincarnated life. And her son,wangxi. She wanted to see them. Again.

Her eyes slowly opened and for a second,she thought she saw her mother. But when she blinked, it was not her. It was someone else. But she couldn't see clearly.

"Sleep", the person whispered ever so gently.

Namjoon heaved a sigh when she finally fell asleep. He stroked her hair. He slowly leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry"

...........

Beomgyu was staring at the night sky as he was standing in the balcony. He looked at the large screen on the building infront of his apartment. It showed a picture of Soobin. Beomgyu had seen Soobin's pictures before since he was a famous celebrity but he had no idea who was Soobin.

He remembered how he slashed across Soobin's chest. Yeonjun asked him to attend Soobin's engagement party but he refused. He didn't have a courage to look into his eyes.

"I am sorry", he whispered. "Brother, I'm sorry", he lowered his head as he gripped harder onto the fence. He sniffled.

He didn't know what to do.

He was lost.

He couldn't see any path now.

Beomgyu suddenly opened his eyes feeling a chill on his back. He widened his eyes because of the dense demonic aura.

He slowly turned back.

A woman with a black cloak covering her face stood there with a creepy smile.

The woman removed her hood.

Beomgyu's went pale from head to toe.

"W – What", he mumbled in disbelief.

The woman had the exact same of the evil Queen Iseul. No,it was her. It was Iseul. The Queen Iseul.

Her highness.

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