Chapter 106 (1/2)

As the old man said so many things in one sentence, the subtle differences in accents and facial expressions made Ruhae and Kyosul feel as if he were speaking to someone else.

Who was it?

“Hill… . ”

Kyosul murmured, trembling unconsciously.

Hill.

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That was the only subject that the fortune teller mentioned in that sentence.

That fortune teller called Ruhae and Kyosul a bird and rain respectively.

If that was the case, the hill was clearly not referring to them.

How could he talk about somebody else when he was trying to tell their fortunes?

He seemed to announce someone’s existence that was inseparable from their lives.

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When Kyosul was trying to ponder over it more, Ruhae embraced her tightly.

When she was wrapped in his arms, she could shake off the anxiety that filled her whole body.

“We stayed outside too long. Aren’t you tired? Let’s go back,” Ruhae whispered gently.

When she heard his kind and comforting voice, all the distracting thoughts in her mind disappeared. She nodded silently.

As the night drew on, the fever of the festival became hotter.

Leaving the festival behind, however, they walked back with a heavy heart. There was silence when they entered a secluded alley nearby. Their short deviation at the festival was over. They had to end it.

They were not supposed to look like lovers anymore.

Kyosul had to go back to her original place as the Crown Princess while Ruhae returned to being another prince.

***

Though they returned to the palace and their original positions, the festival continued. During this festival period, even the Imperial Palace was also in the thick of pleasure and excitement. While the Central Place was somewhat noisy and disorderly with the festival, other palaces were rather quiet. As a result, it was easy for the lovers to meet privately during the festival because there were fewer people that had to avoid and watch out. As they couldn’t miss this golden opportunity, Kyosul and Ruhae met and spent time together almost daily, but Ruhae became strange for the past several days.

Since he returned after enjoying the festival on the market street and after he met that strange fortune teller, he often looked at Kyosul with sad eyes. When they met secretly, he was particularly worried and anxious.

‘Obviously, he is bothered by that fortune-teller’s prediction.’

Today, Kyosul returned to the Dongbi Palace at sunset after spending all day with Ruhae. After dinner, she spent the evening leisurely, but she stood up abruptly as she couldn’t stand it anymore.

She quickly looked around her room. The court ladies at the Dongbi Palace were reduced by half as it was dark. After dinner, her nanny did not keep an eye on her.

She carefully walked out of her room. Muffling her steps, she quickly left the palace and headed for the south, bathed in the moonlight.

The Namchon Palace was as familiar to Kyosul as the Dongbi Palace.

Without looking around, she immediately knocked on the window of Ruhae’s room.

Knock, knock, knock.

There was no light lit in the room. It was impossible that Ruhae had already gone to bed and didn’t hear her knock. She began to feel cold in her fingertips, when a dim shadow came over the window.

When she knocked on the window strongly, he opened window wide.

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“Kyosul!”

Ruhae, who found Kyosul outside the window, shouted in surprise and looked around, muffling his voice.

“How come you came here all of a sudden? At this time? It’s dangerous! ”

“Don’t worry. Even my nanny didn’t know I came here. I came to see you today because I have something to tell you right now. ”

“Now… ?”

Ruhae thought deeply, while Kyosul acted quickly. Of course, it was very rare that she came at this time. As he was so surprised, he just looked at her blankly, she reached out through the window.

“Are you going to keep me standing outside?”

Ruhae pulled her with both hands through the window. As she crossed the window into the room, she got to the point even before she closed the window.

“Tell me honestly.”

“What?”

Ruhae turned back to her after closing the window with a latch. Unlike him who kept looking around and expressing concern about her sudden visit, she focused on the topic, looking only at him.

“You are still bothered by that ridiculous fortune-teller’s prediction, right?”

His eyes widened with surprise.

“… Did you notice it? ”