Chapter 71 - Which era [2] (1/2)

Both of them walked through the streets of the Seoul. A small smile sat on Moon Jiwoo's face while Oh Sookyung had a nonchalant expression upon his features.

”What are you thinking so hard about?” Moon Jiwoo questioned, turning her to face him.

”When did you get perceptive enough to notice that?” Sookyung retorted— his lips curving to form a smirk— and his eyes had a teasing glint.

”Are you trying to pick a fight with me here? Don't think that I would not be beating you up outside. I have no problem in doing so,” Moon Jiwoo warned while staring at him sternly.

Raising both of his hands to together, he spoke out, ”Woah! Woah! Calm down! I have no interest in picking a fight with you outside! It was just that I was thinking about that Minhyun guy.”

”About him? What is there to think about him?” Jiwoo asked, raising one of her eyebrows.

”Rather than him, it's the things he had discussed about. I will be going with him in a few days, and I don't even know what type of things I will be encountering,” Sookyung spoke out, ”I guess my life feels more of a fantasy at this moment.”

”Heol! You have such thoughts as well,” Jiwoo commented, ”Well, just accept the reality. There is no reason in mulling over it. There is nothing you can do about it, and it's not like you have to protect some jerk.”

Oh Sookyung scoffed and vocalised, ”Your job is more or less easier than mine. At least you know what to do. But in the future, I have to maintain and entire nation. Are you aware of how difficult that is going to be for me?”

Anger rose within Moon Jiwoo after hearing his words, and it was unlike the other times. This time around she felt more or less upset.

Curving her lips to form a smirk, she scoffed at him and vocalised, ”My job is easy? That's funny! And why are you thinking about the things to do as a king when you are not even one yet? Aren't you being too confident?

At least learn skills to conquer the current King instead of studying on how to manage a nation. You don't know even know if you will be a king yet you pretend like you are one.”

Her sudden outburst of words caused Oh Sookyung's eyes to widen, and turning his back on her, Jiwoo began to walk towards the other direction. Seeing him at this moment made her feel unsettled.

”Shin Daerin,” he called out after her, but Daerin did not respond to his call.

Hearing him call her job easy caused her to feel enraged. Moon Jiwoo was risking her life for someone yet he considered it to be a simple task. At least he would be reassured, knowing that there was someone on his back, but the same could not be said for her.

Moon Jiwoo was completely alone. Although she had been alone her entire life and learned to cope with it, it was a different story at here. At this unknown situation, she wanted for someone to support and comfort her.

Chewing on her bottom lips, she walked forward while glaring at the street. Tears burned at her eyes, wanting to come out, but she did not let them fall. It would be too humiliating if she cried at the middle of the street over Sookyung's words.

'Stupid, Oh Sookyung! Why can't that bastard just die!? Everything would be better if he had just disappeared! He is so infuriating! That son of an ȧsshole! That—'

Before she was able to continue cursing at him inside her head, Moon Jiwoo felt someone grab at her shoulder, and as that person pulled her back, a gasp escaped from her mouth.

Raising her head, she realized that Oh Sookyung stood in front of her, and a gentle expression sat upon his face. Knowing that this might be another act of his, she did not let herself to moved by that.

”Are you crying?” Oh Sookyung questioned.

Irked— that was what his question made her feel like. Although she was shocked by his abilities to read her emotions at this moment, this was way too much humiliating for her. Out of all the people, he was someone she did not want to show her true emotions to at this moment.