Queen of Hwarang

The Truths

I walked up to her directly and stood in front of her.

"Gwenchanya?"(are you ok?)

She simply nodded. However, she was looking down. At that moment, Ban Ryu walked out, nodded at me then looked at her and walked away.

She immediately broke down again. She was watching Ban Ryu.

So that is the girl with Ban Ryu. Did something happen?

"Who are you?"

She wiped her tears and introduced herself.

"I am Kim SooYeon, may I ask who you are?"

"Ah, I am Jihyun."

She immediately freezes and bows her head.

"Don't do that. I need to keep my identity to be more secret than it is."

"Still--"

I placed my fingers on her lips. "Shush"

I then immediately ran after BanRyu.

"Yah! BanRyu! BanRyu!"

He ignored me and kept walking.

"BanRyu!" I finally caught up to him and grabbed his arm.

"BanRyu! How dare you ignore her!"

He simply just looked at me.

"I have my reasons."

"Reasons. That's a plain excuse. I know you regret it."

He turned away.

"No I don't. She is just another girl."

I chuckled.

"If she is just another girl. Why did you pause to look at her before continuing to walk on?"

He hesitated and gulped.

"She.... well... um."

"You like her don't you. Well more of love her. I think you two are a strange pair, but opposites attract, sometimes."

He sighed and looked at me.

"Stay out of others business."

"No, I have never listened to orders as a child and I won't now."

He was going to walk away but then I yelled at him.

"You're scared of loving her! You don't want to be discarded and will do anything for your step-father! And most likely, Suho told you not to love her."

BanRyu turned around again and stared at me. Mixed emotions in his eyes.

Sadness. Fear. Confusion. Anger.

His voice trembled.

"How do you know this?"

I walked toward him.

"You can look at a person. Watch their movements, where they are going, coming from, and their eyes can tell full stories of their lives. Seeing your connection between her, and she is Suho's sister, you went into Master Youngshil's house, however he has never had a spouse or relationship, showing you are a step son. And, you're scared, that is something evident in your eyes."

"You are wise for someone your age, gongju jeonha."

I chuckled and replied.

"I know."

He turned away.

"How do I know what to do. Everything seems to contradict one another and my choices seem to lead to consequences instead of rewards."