Lee Kwon sat at a distance holding a piece of cloth that Seugh min had given him while he had taken his last breath, it was a crocheted blanket and oy was stained with blood, he clenched it tightly, the feeling of Seugh mins cold hands on his while he was dying was something he knew he could never forget. Eun Chen sat close to him as he clenched the napkin more tightly, " why was I born?", asked Lee Kwon, Eun Chen looked at him , " is that what my father meant !, is this why he didn't want me to enter the palace , is it because....., just like what the Queen said that I am a cursed mistake, one with dark fate , is that why everyone around me is getting hurt?", asked Lee Kwon , his voice full of emotion yet it was distant and cold , Eun Chen tilted her head while moving her gaze from his face as she rested her head on the wall, " you shouldn't be asking me that, I don't really have a purpose on earth, everyone wants me dead but...., I believe people are born for a special purpose and you are not an exception", she said with a small smile on her face , " it is not your fault, it is not because you were born that bad things happen , remember what I said , all my good memories were of you...., good things happened to me when I was with you , all my good memories are because of you", she said sincerely, Lee Kwon looked at her, he still felt guilty and hurt but he found a little solace in her words , he heaved as a tear fell from his eyes as he slowly opened the blanket and saw something written on it, " take my body and bury it with my beloved where the sun sets in the east ridge of Gwengochans forest, the fresh cherry blossoms will keep falling , bury me with her so she won't be alone in the afterlife, so that she won't feel like I had abandoned her", it was like he knew that Lee Kwon will be at the assembly , just anyone who would help him fufil his last wish. He never knew Seugh min had a lover ,he didn't know that his lover was Ina and he didn't know that she was pregnant, he was too focused on himself that he never wondered how Seugh min was , all he did was ask him to do things for him but he never wondered how Seugh min was , all he did was to ask him to do things for him but he never wondered how he was doing , he clutched the blanket tighter but as he did that he felt something sharp at the edge of the crocheted napkin. He immediately unraveled the napkin again, in the midst of blood stained parts he saw something like a pin, Eun Chen looked at the napkin curiously as Lee Kwon stretched the crocheted blanket a little more to reveal the pin that looked like it had been embodied into the napkin.
He looked at Eun Chen quizzically as Eun Chen looked at him he managed to get the pin out of the crocheted , even in his last moments Seugh min still thought of him , so that means he knew he was imprisoned, he felt his eyes well up once again he thought of him till the end, he felt disgusted with himself. Eun Chen took hold of his hand in hers as tears began streaming from his eyes then he buried his head in their entwined hands as he sobbed helplessly.
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Nightfall came, the Queen had not come out from her room , the whole palace was quiet and the throne room was empty but at that moment the throne room doors flew open, a bunch of masked men stormed in, " go to the basement of the castle where the dungeon is located, get Eun Chen and bring her alive commands from the dark lord , as for the bastard son ..... kill him, he is not needed", said the one that looked like he was the leader, they all bowed their heads low before rushing to where they were assigned to.
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By the time they reached the dungeon they saw traits of blood in their path and dead bodies lying helplessly, they quickly darted down to the dungeon but they discovered that the dungeon was empty and the gate was open. They had escaped.
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They went over to the Queens quarters and the same thing her door. Han jum the leading commander found it suspicious as he flung the door open, the palace felt too quiet, Han jum slowly walked into the room, his hand clutching his sword as he slowly made his way towards the Queens bed and there he saw her lifeless body in the pool of her own blood, Han jum eyes went wide , a bloodied dagger was on her hand and you could tell her chest had been stabbed , at that moment some of his men who had been asked to check the dungeon rushed to the room panting heavily as they bowed their heads immediately, " my Lord..... Eun Chen and the bastard son has escaped.....", " THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR , LOOK FOR THEM, FIND THEM , THEY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THAT FAR.....GO NOW", he yelled in a commanding voice , nobody was in the palace , Min yu had been shipped to Deakju for better medical attention, if he ascends the throne now even the first prince will have no say in his position, he will get rid of Min yu after his succession but for now he had to take care of the rats in the palace and Eun Chen was needed for the phoenix stone , loud thunder was heard once again and then aggressive streaks of lightning flashed across the sky, blue, red, gold and silver, there was going to be a heavy downpour, Han jum smirked drawing out his sword, both Eun Chen and Lee Kwon destinies will be fulfilled today.
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Before Han jum came to the palace.
After freeing themselves from prison and killing almost every guard that got in their way they were finally out of the basement, there were only a few guards guarding the dungeon so they could easily kill them off, with Lee kwon new found skills and Eun Chen by his side it wasn't quite a hassle, at the end finally they were out, their hands bloodied and the instruments used to inflict injury , the dagger and the pin drenched of human blood, Lee Kwon held Eun Chen's hand, " once we go outside more guards will be there , just don't let go of my hand till I say so", said Lee Kwon seriously but his voice was calm, Eun Chen nodded with the panging pain in her chest, she nodded not making it obvious that she was in pain, she didn't want Lee Kwon to worry and she didn't want to slow them down.
At that moment they heard footsteps, it was only one person, Eun Chen strained her ear a little as sge clutched her dagger, she looked up at Lee Kwon, " it's a woman , I think it is the Queen , her steps are majestic", said Eun Chen, Lee Kwon looked at Eun Chen pushing her a little to the basement, his hands gently laid on her shoulder , Lee Kwon gave her a soft smile, Eun Chen looked at him confused, " don't come out till I come get you okay", said Lee Kwon , " what do you want to do ...", asked Eun Chen quizzically, " I want to face the Queen, she.....she needs to pay for the amount of atrocities she had commited.....", said Lee Kwon , Eun Chen eyes grew soft , lifting her hand up she touched his face , " I will wait for you here", she said, Lee Kwon nodded before leaving her , as soon as he did he saw the Queen , staring not at him but her throne but she knew Lee Kwon was there , her face was pale, she was dressed in all black, " I put my greed in the expense of my son's happiness, why?, are you here to kill me, you can go ahead besides everything I did were for my son's yet I still failed as their mother", said the Queen coldly as tears streamed down her face, Lee Kwon also ft as the tears fell from his eyes, " you have done too much, too much blood shed is in your hands, eventhough I don't kill you.... the guilt will eventually kill you", said Lee Kwon as more tears streamed down from his eyes, Go young slowly turned and was face to face with Lee Kwon, " you also have a lot of blood in your hands...., I am not the only one who should be burdened by guilt", she said with a sinister smile as more tears fell from her eyes, Lee Kwon looked confused, what was she saying, the Queen stepped close to him, she darted her eyes to the entrance of the basement like she knew that Eun Chen was there , she stepped on her tiptoes and then whispered in his ear, " will she ever forgive you if she finds out that your birth was the cause of her mother's death and the extinction of her tribe", she whispered, she sounded delighted, when she pulled away she saw Lee kwon eyes widen with shock, confusing and hurt, " you are ly...", "why do you think you are still alive then?, when you were born the King requested for you to live and I have him one condition,.....the son of a woman from a forbidden tribe shall live in the exchange of the extinction of the tribe, unfortunately.....that forbidden tribe was that of the masked assasin".