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An excruciating pain spiked your body but it was nothing compared to the thought of reuniting Jihoon in the other end of the world came. A pleasant scene, his left hand firmly locked by your fingers, walking through the rice fields under the evening bright rays. His pleasant smile brought a smile to your lips.

Prince Jimin's eyes shot wide and shouted as the dagger edge him, struggling to free your hold with his strength but you didn't let him. The soldiers rushed to his aid and his majesty came running when heard the chaos that took place beside him. One of the soldier released your hold and what everyone saw were confused yet expected. The crowd below the platform were shocked and worried as to what was happening up there.

Prince Jimin didn't let go of his support on you. Your unstable body collapsed into his arms. Eyes heavy, slowly losing senses, blood soaking your hanbok, his highness's alert peaked, "Y/n! No, no, no, no!" his bewildered shout, fingers aggressively tapping your cheeks hard to keep you conscious. Panic instilled in him, doubt clouding his mind whether to pull the dagger or not from your stomach to save you. It didn't take much time for you to lose conscious entirely. His majesty was furious to see your attempt and contemplated it as an attack from you. "How dare she-" but prince Jimin interrupted him, "Father, please don't do anything. I beg you." he pleaded, tears running down his face, scared if were to lose you too; someone he cared and adored very much.

"No, prince Jimin!" His majesty brutally denied. "Father, please. She didn't attack me. She needs to be attended immediately, the bleeding is heavy." he complained for an immediate action. "Soldier, help me bring her to the physician." He commanded his guards to take your fragile body to the physician as soon as possible. His majesty was taken aback with his son's actions. He was angry and confused at the same time that his son ignored his command to save his assassin, which in the previous cases prince Jimin always repeated. He was very much disappointed in you. The trust that he had build on you all crumbled to the ground with this moment, it was like he had trusted his son in your hands but you chose to bite the hand that fed you.

"Jimin!" His majesty's voice sterned, strongly holding him back while the guards rushed to the physician with your limp body. With fear and distraught evident on his face, "Father, I cannot lose her too. Let me go." His panicked self tried to free. His majesty's jaw clenched, viewing the childish behaviour his son displayed, "She tried to attack you just like all your previous maids." his grip tightened, "Don't think she is any special. Don't fall for people just because they show their good side-" but prince Jimin had enough. "She did NOT attack me. She lost the man she loved. She was going to kill herself but it was I who hugged her without knowing her PLAN! I don't want to lose her no matter WHAT, your majesty! I am very much pleased to give my life to HER if she WANTS!" The prince didn't hesitate to lie or express his emotions against his father.

"She is very important to me just like how you are important for mother." For a moment, his majesty saw a slight resemblance of his Misuk's anger with the prince, his hold loosened which the prince took an opportunity to sprint off. His majesty stared at his hand that had clutched the prince once. Mind wavering off to another world with his beloved one. "Damn it." He cursed under his breath when snapped back.

"Your majesty." came a feared call from eunuch Shin. "Where were you? Weren't you assigned to stay with the prince all times? What would have happened if she stabbed my son instead?!" He lashed out at the eunuch. "Your majesty, this was not how it was supposed to happen. She told me that someone had tipped her about an attack on prince Jimin today. She is not someone to carry a weapon with her.-" His majesty's dark aura was spread, which had eunuch Shin fall on his knees, "An attack on him? She doesn't carry any weapon? Then what was it today? She clearly tried to attack my son, you imbecile."

The strong and mighty king was losing his sanity on his son, the boy had grown up yet he was still unable to take rational decisions. Attacks coming one after another. What he never understood was why was an outsider sending assassin one after another after his son who held no power but a dear place in his heart. To find the anonymous sender had he been waging wars one after the other, resulting in the expansion of his empire. But then the boy who was under his wing for so long had began to stand for himself, it was appalling. There weren't many instances where his son had ever talked back to him, in actuality they never spoke much to each other. But that moment, he saw an unusual emotion in those eyes, the desperation ones to protect and live. Unlike his kingdom, he was not able to control his son now. Everything around him was changing and his majesty had only hoped that the prince would remain the same, just like the sand slipping from his palms, the prince has slipped. Alas that didn't happen.

Anger scathed him as his hands latched on the rails of the platform, looking for minister Insu. "Your majesty." he heard the familiar voice, "Dispose her." His voice cold as ice, commanded the minister.

One of the royal eunuchs, made his way to prince Taehyung's chamber, the chamber curtains all shut, prince Taehyung sat on the fluffy futon placed at the left side of the chamber, no rays of light except for a small candle lit beside him. "Your highness." he bowed to the prince who stared at the sword as his hand cleaned the sword with a cloth. The prince didn't say a word, the eunuch took that as his que and informed him, "The maid stabbed herself, your highness. The guards and Prince Jimin immediately took her to the medical department for treatment. His cleaning hand stopped at the edge, "It was better if she had killed my brother." he voice in a ice chilled tone. "His majesty has said to dispose her as soon as possible when prince Jimin is away from her." A scoff escaped his throat, "Well, either way she will unite with Jihoon."

He was done with how everything was taken care as his brother's wish. His friends lost their life all because his brother. A deep wound festered his heart and mind, the day their execution was decided, he would take what is important from his brother; you. Hate had blinded his rational mind, his only aim was steal your life just like his brother who stole his friends'. As per him, nothing could compensate the agony he was going through. For now he maintained his cool for his wife's sake, who was peacefully sleeping on the bed.

Meanwhile, at the physician's, prince Jimin and the guards were told to wait outside. The hours passed very slowly. His steps paced in the room, fear and guilt engulfed every step he took. When you stood next to him, watching the execution, he had only expected a faint but this was beyond his imagination. He couldn't think of a life without his dear companion anymore. The impact you had on him was huge and losing your meant it would cost his life. His hand supported his light head, losing his sanity, his urge to smash and throw things were rising. Confinement often lead to imagination and imagination leads to overthinking, his excellence in that matter matched none.

An hour passed, nothing was heard. Another hour passed, just when he was planning to barge in, the curtain moved aside and finally stepped out Physician Kim from the inner chamber. Physician's entrance was a life saver for prince, for he immediately rushed to him, "How is she?" his eyes pleaded Mr. Kim to give a good news, his hand tightly gripped the man's sleeve. Physician Kim eyes didn't display any hope, "Your highness, her wound is fatal. Although it barely missed wounding her vital organ majorly, there is a nick on the stomach by the weapon used. Along with it, the dagger she used, traces of poison were found on its surface." His heart skipped a beat, his eyes wavered. "She is alright?" Physician Kim wanted to deny it but lying to his highness could cause his grave misery, so he chose to say the truth, shook his head in his defeat. "She is still unconscious. Nothing could be said. For now I have covered her wound and given a common antidote. Further something can only be done once she is awake." He saw prince's hands shake violently.

His hands took the quivering pale hands of the prince. "I am doing everything I can. If I was able to save his highness from the fever, I am sure I can save her." His hand patted the upper hand of prince, comforting, "Do not lose your hope, your highness. She is a fighter." Prince Jimin was not in the state to even give a reply, "First I need to find the poison's kind and then get the medicine for its proper antidote." His words assured the prince that everything will be fine. Yet deep down neither he was sure about your chances for survival. He too was taking his chances to save you. He had hoped that your friendship proceed further, but for it to end up like this, stung him as well. For the first time he had seen the prince's bubbly side run around, leave the palace and stay far away from the palace. His highness's health had always been in his prayers. What a cruel destiny did the prince have, for him to lose someone close to him again.

Physician Kim had the prince settle on a chair, proceeded for his work to save your life. Not long into his thoughts, the prince began to feel his insides temperature rising. His body was starting to burn, sweat beads slowly forming on forehead, breath shortened. His black hanbok robe seemed to act like a heater suddenly even so he didn't want to leave without hearing a word of improvement. At the same time, eunuch Shin entered the chamber, "Your highness." He saw his highness on a chair, his head supported with his right hand.

"Your highness." The eunuch rushed to him. "Eunuch Shin, what happened?" He asked, his throat parching, eyes unable to focus. "Your highness, you don't seem alright!" his voice rose, worried seeing his condition. "I am alright." prince waved his hand. From eunuch Shin's view, he could see his highness having difficulty in breathing, sweating, shivering, losing his balance, it was known if his highness would collapse anytime.

"Eunuch Shin, she -" before he could complete his sentence, his body collapsed in the seat as Shin had predicted. "Your highness." he caught him before he hit the ground. With the help of the guards, prince Jimin was carried to his chamber. Eunuch Shin in the meantime had other soldiers search for physician Kim who had to report to the prince, leaving your care to some of his subordinates. For the past six years, he was never once bedridden and this was the sudden appearance. Like the usuals in his past treatments, greater dose medicines were administered to his irresponsive body. Whilst caring for prince Jimin, Mr. Kim's subordinates reported to him that your pulses had dropped dangerously low and that the poison was taking over your body, turning blue. He had never felt this worried, the simultaneous health decline in you and his highness.

This news soon reached his majesty for him to fume in great wrath and marched off to finish you for having even the mere thought to hurt his dear son. His red royal hanbok flowed in the wind with his fast pace, anger flaring his mind. As the physician department appeared he drew out his sword from his bodyguard and stormed to the inner medical chamber with long and sharp sword that could slice through anything in one stroke, the subordinates of Mr. Seo who were also there, paved the way for his majesty to the examining bed you were laid on. He saw the pale girl slightly turning blue, half naked, laid on the wooden examining bed. Your condition couldn't even draw sympathy from him for he had lost the thought of sympathy long back. His brown orbs stared at your figure, hot air exhaling from his body due to the anger. Each passing moment his distaste for you only grew as the your memories replayed in his mind. For the last time, he had thought that this outsider would be at least able to serve him and his son with all loyalty but it had only crumbled. "Impudent girl, death is served as you deserved."

The grip on the sword only tightened, his arms raised the sword, before he could make a strike, in rushed physician Kim, "No, your majesty." dropped on his knees. "I beg your majesty for mercy." His head bowed till it touched the ground that his majesty was standing. "Physician Kim!" his voice roared in the chamber, sending chills down everyone there and brought down the sword. "Your majesty, prince Jimin was not affected by this girl. His highness's fever had triggered, thus leading him to collapse." He tried to reason, "Your majesty, it is not ethical to kill someone when they are unconscious without realizing their mistake, it will be a futile attempt if your majesty proceeds with the decision."

"His majesty's jaw clenched, everyone present there anticipated a lash out. Dead silence in the chamber, his majesty contemplated the situation. "I am to be the first one informed when she gains her conscious." He declared before storming off the chamber. "Yes, your majesty." he bowed again. Physician Kim rose up and looked at the subordinates, "Did you find what kind of poison it is?" Mr. Seo's subordinates bowed the head in defeat. "Out! Get out!" Mr.Kim lashed out at them, "Attend the prince." they walked to the door when they also heard, "At least be useful there." Mr. Kim saw your blue body and realized that he needed to act quickly to save your life.

"Don't give up yet girl." He softly whispered before getting back to creating the antidote for the poison. For some reason, his mind had some dots that he wanted to try connect. It was a sudden analysis from the events before and after your entry to the prince's life, he noticed that before you even stepped in the palace, the prince was sick almost every day, unconscious for days, unable to step out of his chambers much, sometimes his fevers rise or drop, so on but after you came, he barely ever heard the prince fall sick. So either you did some witch craft on the prince or maybe he started to feel better with your presence in his life. Now for some reason that he looked at you and the prince, it felt that the prince would regain his health only if you are saved and he wanted to bet his chances on this attempt.

He analysed how your condition was further going down. Your pulses were dropping, body turning blue from the poison, short breaths and slowly nearing your death. Mr.Kim continued to feed you the antidote that he made for the next days.

Three days passed, it was a miracle to see prince Jimin get back on his feet. As soon as he heard that you were doing fine, he began to spend his time as your guardian at the physician's chamber. It was also great news for everyone worried about you to be out of danger, but still unconscious. Hwayoung had a hard time to take in your news with her sister's death. She cried her eyes out, praying for your life, for she had no one else beside you and Ms.Youngji.

Mr.Kim was over the moon when he realized that the risk he took gave a better result. The antidote, that he had made for some of the strong common poison helped to reverse the poison's effect. He couldn't believe that a simple antidote could reverse the effect of the poison that is quite dangerous. In actuality, the antidote that he fed you, gave a kick to your immune system that rejuvenated the effect of Sweet Sapel essence in your blood whose effects got paused by the poison. It was due to the sudden absence of the golden aura from you, prince Jimin got hit by the fever again.

Prince Jimin was having his meal in his chambers when eunuch Shin took this opportunity to tell him about you. "Your highness," he called his attention, "his majesty has given the orders to execute Y/n once she recovers." prince Jimin stopped chewing his food, eyes shot wide staring at the eunuch. The eunuch only bowed, "yes, your highness. His majesty is still under the perception that Y/n had tried to attack you. The day you succumbed to your fever, he rushed to take her life but with physician Kim's intervene his majesty had given her the time for recovery."

Prince spat the food on the table, unbelievably gapping at the eunuch. He thought he had cleared it for his father that you never intended to kill him yet it was perceived in the given manner. "I will talk to father again. Wait. Will he listen to what I have to say?" his mind brainstormed for a solution. He wanted to save you from his father's clutches. As far his memory went, he knew his father well enough how that man could go nuts to anyone who tried to harm him. He could still recollect how the first maid out of his caretakers had tried to kill him in his sickness at the age of seven, especially his father's seething expression.

That night, his highness's fever had reduced after a long time and was given the the meal by his caretaker. After the meal, she had laid him to his bed and sung him a lullaby which was he never heard. Initially the new words and the tune felt uncomfortable for him, a fright that brewed in his stomach. His heavy eyes stared at her, the sleep he wanted never came. Only his eyes were tired but he could feel energy in his body. He simply closed his eyes not wanting to attract the ghosts that lurked at night to kidnap the sleepless kids though the lullaby was ineffective. The maid who had thought the prince was asleep, moved to the table drawer at the other end of the room and pulled the dagger from it. Prince Jimin had peaked at her and when she turned around with the dagger, his body sat up, frozen from the fear of the dagger.

The maid had the expression of pure disgust on her face. He had never seen her in that expression. She was a loving and caring woman, who always helped him read books, feed him, bath him, sleep him and when he had thought that she was his second mother he couldn't unsee the difference between that maid and this scary woman. She lunged on him, he screamed at the top of lungs for his father, someone to save him from this unbeknown lady. His majesty heard the cries of his son, earlier he had the hunch to check on his son and acted on it, and rushed to his son's chamber to find the maid holding a dagger on the wailing afraid prince who laid on the bed, holding the maid's hand. When the maid tried to run away from the window, his majesty took his dagger from his hand pockets and flung at her. The force pushed her to fall down, and his majesty didn't hesitate to slice off her head, her blood splattered the chamber walls and his majesty's robe and face. His highness cried his eyes out, dropping his bloody sword immediately, he scooped the prince to cradle in his arms. "It is alright my dear. Father is here." his majesty tried to sooth the wailing prince. As his majesty walked out the chamber, the soldiers rushed in.

"Dispose the body." he heard his father shout at the guards, his highness saw his majesty's small blood splattered face, the lips twist in anger, jaw clench and eyes flaming as a fire.

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This took longer than I thought. Thank you so much for waiting patiently.

With Love, 

Anny.