NOT PROOF READ!!

With a heavy heart I returned to my room. Everything will be alright, Y/N. I consoled my worried self.

As usual I woke early to do the chores. Little did I knew that day I would get a forced lottery. I attended his highness when he came back after completing his morning routine. He was blue since morning. He did not have appetite to have his morning meal. Watching him emotionally drain was not something that I could hold in.

But what could I do. When I visited Prince Taehyung's chamber to check on his condition, the soldiers objected my request. At that moment I realised my actual value. Nothing but only a maid. A maid is lower than the soldiers. I thought to visit General Jin yet when I arrived at his office, I received the news that he left his majesty to the With a broken heart and scheming mind I returned to his highness. Prince Jimin sat there on his bed, weeping for a mistake he did not commit. Even then he had a book in his hands, still reading it when the tears are wet its pages. "Your highness?" I called him. His teary eyes looked up at me and he burst out calling my name.

I walked to him and he hugged my waist, burying his head to my stomach. "Y/n." He cried. Voluntarily my hands embraced him. "prince Taehyung is doing fine now." I lied. Deep down I knew this will make him angry but at the moment he simply wanted to hear something that would have him calm. "Is it true?" His glistering eyes met mine. All I could do was nod to him unwillingly. "But he has not gained his consciousness. He is under the influence of pain relief sedative."

He wiped his tears as he parted, straightening his body as he remain seated on his bed, "I am ready to take any punishments that the court is ready to give." My eyes furrowed at his statement, confused. "Prince Jimin." I called out his name to get a further explanation for such an unreasoning statement he made. "What are you saying your highness? You have done nothing to receive a punitive." I fell on my knees. My hands grasped the bed, begging him to stop this craziness of giving or asking for punishments for unnecessary reason. "Y/n, I am liable for it." He said as he raised a book to my face. My confused eyes stared at the book, its pages had a lot of characters that I had never knew how to read.

"This book has the law of this land. It is specified in this, if a royal member is harmed with the perpetrator happening to be another member of the royal family, shall be banished from performing all the activities under their title and be exiled for a certain period from the kingdom." He explained to me. Well even then you have nothing to worry about. I thought. "And... If I am not the son of his majesty and only adopted" he feebly mumbled. He didn't want it to be true yet he took it in consideration. His hands flipped the pages and stopping at one. "This says the person would be beheaded." His trembling eyes teared up once again.

"Your highness." I snatched the book from him, scowling at him. Since when did you have this book?! "You should not worry about things which would not happen. Once everyone realises that it is not you who attacked Prince Taehyung everything will fall back on its place. The attacker did not have Prince Taehyung as their target instead it was you who was their target. No evidence is found that proves you are the attacker." I blurted out to him, tired from how he worries about small things when they need not to be given care. My thumbs wipe away his tears, cupping his face. "You are never going to get hurt. I will be with you at all times of need. I do not have a life of my own, your highness." My fingers graced his face. "I am here to serve you and will always serve you." I assured him.

"Once Prince Taehyung gains his conscious everyone will know the truth. We have to patiently wait." I consoled and he stopped crying entirely. On the contrary I doubted if any evidence could be found BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS WIPED! There was nothing when we came back from the bath house last night. Everything was back as it was before the incident yet the stench of blood in the air proved the incident.

It was as though someone heard our plan. "The Sub minister of Ministry of Justice has arrived." We heard a soldier announce at the entrance of the chamber. I wondered what they had to do here. "See they have come to punish me." Prince Jimin's voice cracked. I closed my eyes for a while to calm myself first. "Your highness, do not worry I am here with you. I will deal with everything." Prince Jimin stood up from his bed, wiping away his tears as I reached the door.

I carefully opened the door to see the a high rank official standing with a scroll in his hands, at the same time he had this annoying look. "What takes you so long to open up? Do you see yourself above us?" He spat the questions, as an apology I bowed to him and he walked in along with some of his men who looked down on me as well.

"Your highness." He and his minions bowed to Prince Jimin. " I am here to announce the punishment for maltreating Prince Taehyung." our eyes grew wide as we exchanged a glance. "Sub minister." I called him. He turned to face me. "His highness has his claims. How is that the decision has already taken without having any interrogation with him. He is one of the witness along just as Prince Taehyung." He looked at me up and down, "Are you saying you will speak on behalf of his highness?" He asked. Without thinking any further I responded it with a yes and stood with Prince Jimin.

"We have a witness who saw his highness cause injury to Prince Taehyung." He stated. "This is not true." prince Jimin shouted. "I did not attack him." His highness began to tremble soon. "How can I harm my sibling. It is true that I held grudge for him yet a thought never crossed me to the point to kill him." He shouted at us. "His highness does not know how to hold a sword. It is not him." I got along. "His highness as well as Prince Taehyung know this that were attacked by someone. There were no traces or evidence that his highness harmed Prince Taehyung. The attacker aimed at prince Jimin."

"Prince Taehyung has not gained any conscious at the moment. It is said that his condition is very serious. The wound is deep for a beginner to make." He gave an uninterested look to us, as if he knew that the culprit is prince Jimin. "We also have a witness giving us the account." That phrase made my heart skip a beat. This cannot be true. There was no one when this happened. "Your highness, please narrate your half." I nearly shouted at him wanting him speak quickly.

"We do not need that to be heard." Sub minister declared. My eyes furrowed at this injustice. Without hearing the part from Prince Jimin they decided everything. "Who is the witness? His highness expects to meet him." I covered his highness. "Witness?" He scoffed, giving me an irked glare. "The minster of Justice and others in the jury have decided everything. The witness is kept safe from either of your reach for the safety of the prince." His rose his eye brow. "His majesty has headed for a war. Without the involvement of his majesty you cannot decided everything, especially about the punitive announced on his highness." Their impulsive decision was getting on my nerves. This is why Prince Jimin fought for Yubin, huh?

"Even if his majesty is not here, the permission from the minister of all five departments is enough with a involvement of her majesty." He spoke. We could not process that. How? How can she just get involve with them and not want to hear his highness part of incident. "What did mother do?" Prince Jimin's voice broke astound at the statement. "She would never do that."

"The punishment is decided as per the rule of the land, his highness will be sent to exile for three years to the kingdom side. He must hide his identity from everyone. No help will be provided by the palace during the years of exile." My mouth dropped. "His highness will be all alone?" The questioned purred out in the moment. "No. You will accompany him. Taking in the consideration that his highness falls sick quickly, the court has decided that you will take care of his highness. Both of you will stay in the hanok built there. When the exile period is over both of you shall return back." He spoke it like a matter of fact. They were handling this situation so loosely.

"But when his highness is not the one who has committed the crime, why should his highness face the charges?" I questioned the authority again. "Do you have any hope to increases the years for the exile period?" He cocked his brow. "No." I replied boldly. "Then keep quiet and follow as said." He spared a glare and then looked at his highness. His highness sat on the bed holding his head trying to grasp the situation we were in. "By tonight you shall set out. All your necessities is being prepared for the journey. After this nothing will be provided." I took a deep breath in, being helpless in this situation. "The maids will be here to pack all your necessary things." he and his minions walked out.

"She loathes me." Prince murmured. "Your highness, please do not lose your hope, we will prove your innocence. Let us follow as they say and wait till his majesty return. Once he returns we will report everything to him." My hands cupped his face. His eyes were weak, tired, glimmering with tears, a view of hopelessness on his face. "We will overcome this your highness. Every problems that happens in our life makes us stronger as well as there will be something good behind these bad moments. " I tried to cheer him. Even so his highness was in no mind to accept things. I stood up, "I shall prepare everything your highness." and walked out.