"Your Majesty, who are Your Majesty looking for? I can call them over in an instant"
Hearing that from his royal secretary, the king was quick to turn around, facing the now shocked secretary, "You can do that?"
The question is not very understandable on her part when the king asked that. His Majesty is the king, of course she can do anything for him.
Not hearing a no from the lady, the king grinned widely and took out his phone, seemingly texting someone.
He seems to be in a very good mood as he giggles every minute while texting whoever is on the phone with him.
After about ten minutes, the young king finally look up to her, "I want to have a guest over, his name is Han Jisung", he said.
There's really no reason to go against the king himself but since the royal secretary is practically the one who raised him up after the former king's death, she has a couple of things to say.
"Your Majesty-", she began but was cut off instantly, as if the other know what she's trying to say.
"I have a schedule later in the evening, I know, but I just want to spend time with a friend while I'm still free alright? Don't you pity me Secretary Im?"
There he goes again, with his puppy eyes and the guilt tripping technic.
The secretary named Im Nayeon sighed at the king but did nothing to change his mind. His Majesty do deserve some rest as well.
She nodded in agreement, "Should the guards pick him up from his address or-", again, her sentence was cut off by the king.
It's not always easy to have a young and mischievous but sometimes can be mature person as the king of the nation. But hey, we get what we get.
"I will send his address to you", he said quickly, eager to meet his new friend again after only been chatting online.
The more he texted Jisung, the more he fell in love with the boy's personality. He felt like him and Jisung would be a great duo together by how similar yet different they both are.
But just like Seungsung, Minsung has also been chatting each other for the past week, even go as far as sending each other's selcas almost everyday.
"What are you looking for?"
Hyunjin asked once he walked into his room to find the 19 year old, squirrel looking boy going through his closet, as if he was looking for something.
Jisung turned around and stomped his feet, "Don't you have other clothes??", he whined.
He's literally going to meet the king of Korean Empire in just a few minutes so he needs to be representable but he still haven't found a proper outfit to wear!
Unlike the times when he explored the city and went to multiple new places, he's going to the king's residence for gosh sake.
"Why? Just wear anything in there", Hyunjin said while walking past him, to the bed.
This just made the Joseon prince groaned in annoyance and rushed to go to his other housemate's room. "FELIX!"
One bang on the door and that was enough to send the Australian police officer flying off his bed.
It was supposed to be their day off but it seems like the 19 year old boy wasn't planning to let them rest today.
Felix rubbed his back once he landed on the floor, feeling pain all over. In a second, Jisung came running towards him, a bunch of coherent noises being said when in fact, he was just apologizing to the other.
Glancing at the time now, the prince freak out even more and start to shake his friend's shoulder panickily, "What do I wear?!?", he exclaimed at his now dizzy friend.
The latter slapped his hands away and grabbed onto his own head, trying to calm his extreme dizziness. He had already gotten used to Jisung's sudden outburst to the point where he's not surprised anymore.
"Clothes damn, don't want your naked butt running around in the house do we?"
"Lix! Seungmin invited me to the palace! Now, what do I wear?!"
Felix widened his eyes at the name and place. Just like that, both him and Jisung was running around to find the proper clothes for the prince to wear.
Hearing the loud commotion coming from Felix's room, Hyunjin sighed and got up slowly to check on the boys. He sometimes feels like the father in this household.
"What is going-", he stopped himself from going further into the other's room once he saw the mess that was created by the two of his housemates.
There were bunch of clothes everywhere on the floor and no one was planning to clean it up as the two continue to make a mess.
He saw how Felix ran over to Jisung, turned him around and show him some kind of fancy outfit, "Sung! What about this? I think it's good enough!", he commented nervously.
Now this is why Hyunjin is confused. Why are the two boys look anxious and nervous and why does Jisung need clothes that fancy?
Ignoring the tall officer that's standing in the door way, the Joseon prince snatched the fit out of Felix's hand and ran past him to the bathroom without wasting more time.
There's only a few minutes left before someone come pick him up to where the king is so he needs to figure how to wear the outfit in just five minutes.
Jisung cussed Seungmin mentally for giving him a late notice about the hang out.
Sitting in the luxurious office room was Minho who was having a nice afternoon coffee like the usual.
For the first time in awhile, he didn't have anything that he should stress about. The Prime Minister election was postponed due to one of the candidates was admitted into the hospital for food poisoning.
That news broke the internet and the other candidates had to go under a mass police investigations for attempted murder.
Until now, the poisoned candidate still haven't wake up.
"Chan, what is next on my schedule?", Minho asked his personal assistant after sipping on his coffee.
Chan walked closer to the man's desk and started reading out his schedule for the day, "At 2 you will have a meeting with a SeoNic representative, at 4.30 you will spent the next five hours with the king for an internation pre-"
Minho then stopped Chan from saying much more. He raised his eyebrows in confusion as he wonders why it will be only SeoNic representative instead of the CEO.
And it seems like the personal assistant know what his boss was thinking and explain, "Didn't you hear? The CEO was accused as one of the suspect for an attempted murder last week"
Even thinking about it gave goosebumps to him.
"Attempted murder? Seo Changbin?"
Chan nodded, confirming the other's thoughts. Both of them never expected that Changbin would do that kind of stuff.
But it was an accusation after all so it's not confirm yet if he was really the one to try and murder someone.
This is the first time that the 26 year old man heard about this case and made his assistant tell him more about it.
"One of his man was caught on camera trailing behind the victim a few hours before the attempted murder"
"Where?"
"In Cheong Namdeong sir"
Minho just hummed and dismissed Chan from the office.
Once he saw the other nowhere in sight, he accidentally let out a chuckle that he didn't know he was holding. Seo Changbin..
Now he knows why the latter was so persistent in protecting the nation along with them. No wonder why he wanted to provide so much protection for Minho.
It's because he was keeping an eye on him, far more close than before.
The man already had his suspicion on Changbin because that guy always somehow everywhere whenever he decided to make a dangerous move. It's like a hero saving the day in secret.
And Minho hated it. He wants to get rid off Changbin without him actually knowing how or when it's going to happen.
He baited the latter into a trap that he for sure know can't reject.
Rubbing his neck to relax his strained muscles, Minho's hand touched something that was used as the bait mentioned.
"He should be grateful that I spare him..", he scoffed, thinking about the fact that Changbin will be released sooner or later.
He stood up, deciding that it was time to get his schedule done but before that, he made sure to send a text to Jisung saying he wouldn't be available tonight.
It's because he and Jisung always text each other every night before going to bed. The 19 year old boy was the first one who decided on it so Minho just followed along.
He just thought if he spends more time with the other, he might know the reason why the boy seems so familiar to him.
Jisung have this weird attraction that made Minho feel warm and close to him even though they just met not too long ago. A week after he got into Korean Empire.
The 26 year old man walked out of his office with his hands busy taking off the necklace on him and put it safely in his pocket.
"I felt a bit disappointed that you decided to hang out last minute"
Seungmin laughed at his friend and jokingly bumped into him, almost sending the guards on alert if it wasn't for him who wave it off.
Jisung saw the way those guards look at him and tensed up a little, "Are they always like that?", he whispered to the king's ear.
"Yeah, sorry about that, they're just doing their job, don't worry", the king reassured and turned around to warn those guards with his eyes.
He saw how the guards bow down before walking out of the king's study room. "Where are they going? I thought they're supposed to protect you?", Jisung questioned.
"Protect me from what? From you?"
"I can be a threat, who knows?"
"But you're not"
"How would you know I'm not?", the Joseon prince sassed before turning from the king who suddenly leaned into him, "Wha-"
Seungmin cut his sentence off with a smirk, "How would I know you're not here to seduce me instead?"
Jisung widened his eyes and pushed the king away out of shocked, "How are you so similar to Jeongin?!", he screamed, obiviously taking the other as a joke.
Hearing that name made Seungmin raised his eyebrows and heart twitched in jealousy. It is of course a man's name.
"Who's Jeongin?", he asked with a monotonous voice, trying to hide the fact that he's upset about the mentioned of other guys.
"He's my best friend, a year younger than me though but still a cool person to be around with"
"Oh", is the only thing that came out from the king's mouth as he felt too embarrassed to say anything else.
The two decided to spend the next few hours getting to know each other more and made fun of each other from time to time.
That was of course, before being interrupted by the royal secretary, Nayeon.
She came into the study room with tablet in hand and bow directly at the king, "I'm sorry to interrupt Your Majesty but it's time for your schedule with Acting Prime Minister Lee", she said.
Seungmin almost lost track on time as he was so into his conversation with Jisung. He stood up and gently gesture the boy to do the same so he did.
The Joseon prince know who the person mentioned but made no move to stay in the study room longer.
It's not like he doesn't want to see Minho, he just doesn't want to get in between their works so it's better for him to leave before any of that happen.
The king instructed his royal secretary to escort Jisung to the exit and made sure he gets home safely.
"I'm sorry that it is so sudden Jisung, text me when you get home alright?", Seungmin sighed at the boy, feeling guilty that he had to cut their time together like that,
The 19 year old boy calmed him down, not wanting the king to blame himself then proceed to bid good byes to each other.
As the secretary and the boy was heading out, he turned to a corner where he accidentally bumped into someone. He saw something dropped out of the person's pocket but instead of grabbing it, he quickly apologized for being clumsy.
He keeps bowing multiple times and he even heard a loud gasp from the royal secretary.
That just made him even more anxious and didn't dare to look up to that person, "It's fin- Hannie?"
The nickname used made the Joseon prince recognized the other person completely and let out a sigh of relieve.
"S-Sorry Minho hyung, I didn't know you were there so I-"
"It's fine Hannie, but.. What are you doing here? Have you read my text?", the man asked as he knows that not everyone can get into the palace easily.
Jisung tilted his head, "I.. Was meeting someone and what text hyung?"
"Oh, it's nothing really, I'm going to get really busy tonight so I can't chat you", Minho gave an apologetic smile to the boy.
His heart almost melted at the sight of the other looking upset but in a cute way. How could such a person exist in this ugly world?
He doesn't even know.
He was then left confused when he saw the boy walking away without saying anything else.
The secretary was about to follow him when he crouched down onto the floor, picking something up from the ground.
And it seems like he halted his action a bit to examine whatever thing that he has on his hand before facing Minho, "I-I think you d-dropped this.."
His voice was shaking and his eyes are showing an extreme sign of anxiety that worried the other, "Are you okay Hannie?", he asked softly, afraid of breaking the boy if he was a little harsh.
His eyes went to the other's hand and that's when he suddenly acted harsh on instinct.
Minho snatched the necklace away from Jisung's hand, making the boy flinched.
The man just then realized what he did and apologized almost instantly, "I- I'm sorry Hannie, I didn't mean to scare you- Look, I'm late already, text me once you're home okay?"
And with that, he just walked away without waiting a single respond from the still frozen prince.
He doesn't know what he supposed to do with the new obtained information. Should he tell Jeongin about it?
Of course I should!, He scolded himself.
This is not something that he is fully educated on and need Jeongin to explain about it to him immediately. He doesn't even know if what he saw was real or not.
But seeing how rushed Minho's action when he saw him holding it, it might be real.
Minho might also have the green jade, for time travelling.