"But king, giving so much gold for the princesses birthday is too hard for us, My family is barely surviving, we don't have money for food, and the gold is our last saving as I myself am the father of 2 daughters" the old man kept on pleading but the king paid no heed to it.

One of the most ruthless kings of history he truly was, King Lee Min-Sung.

"It the kingdom only princesses birthday, my heart my only daughters birthday, she was born with the fate of the kingdom, you was the people who earned the benefit when she was born, I showered the whole kingdom with gold, the gold you are holding right now is hers, and you cant pay us for her birthday, such greedy bastard you are" the king tsk at the end, with a smirk on his face.

"N-no M-m-my King, I-" before he could speak anything a soft voice called out.

"Dad!" came in the young princess in an angry manner.

(her face was hidden)

"Daddy, I am so angry at everyone!" the young princess came in, stomping her feet, the guards quickly hid the man.

The King chuckled before getting up from his throne and kneeling before his 9-year-old, he kept his crown aside on the tray the maid was holding already, and cupper her face.

"What happened to my little princess? Hmm why is she so red like a tomato?" the king asked in a childish voice, not caring if he was looking stupid like this, for him the little girl in front of him was more than his own life, more than anything for him, she was his most precious creation, and that's the exact reason she is behind that cover right now.

He doesn't want people to see her until she has someone beside her to protect her, and the people who have seen her beside her family or her very close maids are dead, the people who have seen her are truly blessed because she is a gem, the most beautiful and prettiest gem of the existence, nobody can beat her beauty, she is what everybody would want to be.

"Nobody is playing with me and nobody is my friend, I want to go outside and make friends!" she spoke in her authoritative tone which made her father and brothers slightly giggle at her, they all adored her.

"Hmm, my princess wants to go out but didn't I tell you before

"You have such beauty which cant be exposed" they both ended in unison, while the king smiled and the princess frowned behind her veil.

"But everybody has friends and  I  want friends too" her eyes turned teary as she remembered sneaking to the window and seeing kids of her age run around and have fun while she was stuck with maids who were definitely older than her and sometimes plays with her brothers, her mom was too busy in herself too even look at the little girl, although the younger queen Jinhae is pretty nice to her.

"Princess please don't cry, you want to go you will get to go so wipe these pearls away," he said hurriedly before the waterwork and his guilt would start flowing from her eyes, he has killed people for making her accidentally cry, he killed one of his queens because she made the young girl cry by telling her that her dad is a bad man, she saw him as a hero and the best king of the world, the person she admired the most was him and she couldn't bear a word for him.

"Really you will allow me to make friends like other kids?" she asked with her does eyes shining and he nodded at her with a light smile, she hurriedly hugged him while giggling slightly.

'I am going to have a friend!' the little Princess Lee Hye-Jin, thought to herself while doing her little happy dance.

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"Jungkook-ah go give Poco a bath in the backyard, I have to take care of your sister" the young lad sighed at his mother's request who was probably taking care of his older sisters hair, which have grown long enough to be braided and all she does all day is braid her hair while talking to her, while Jungkook has been doing the farm work nowadays.

His father was a vegetable seller while his mother did the farm work for the vegetables, they all barely had money to eat but being together they survived through it all.

Jungkook went with his sheep Poco while giving him a bath, suddenly he felt something see him through the woods, picking his sheep and wrapping him in a piece of cloth, he went towards the noise, he thought it would be a peacock as they live in a very rural area, but he saw a little girl around his wandering around with a basket in her hand.

"HEY! Those are our apples"Jungkook shouted leaving Poco on the ground and tying him to the nearest thing hurriedly and running behind her to take his hard-grown apples.

"Hey, if you want the apple you have to pay for it!" Jungkook said and turned the girl around, judging by her dressing she looked like someone from her noble family, and her face was covered with a veil.

"Pay? Okay here" she thought and gave him a golden coin, Jungkook's eyes widened, the apples were bare, three silver coins but she paid them a whole big golden coin, now Jungkook was sure she was from a big family.

"How do you have this? Did you steal?" 

"No stealing is bad, my dad gave it to me!" she spoke and Jungkook could feel the annoyance in her voice and her eyebrows were furrowed, Jungkook wanted to see her face, but held the urge although her eyes were very beautiful, inside was a light yellow color and they were outlined with dark green color, she definitely had double eyelids and her hair was nicely done, she had hair longer than his sister as it looked like she took care of them very well.

They also had some flowers and a very beautiful looking pin in them, she looked like a traditional Korean girl with that hair.

"Do you want more of these?" she asked with curiosity, she thought everybody must have them as she did.

"Yes of course-"

"Then be my friend and play with me every day," she said excitedly, Jungkook got confused at that why would she want to pay and have friends when she can have friends without any of these.

"But cant you have friends without giving money?"

"But nobody wants to be my friend until they can't see my face"

"Hmm I will be your friend then but without the money because my father says friendship itself is the most precious thing, so if you give me your friendship, I will keep it as the most precious thing to me"

'The two kids who were learning how to love since their first meet'

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...END OF CHAPTER...