Chapter 148 - Grow numb [2] (1/2)

Moon Jiwoo decided to take a walk at the garden in order to refresh her mind. She had a clue on how dangerous it could get at there, but she could not bring herself to care about that currently.

She felt too stuffed inside the palace, and the more she stayed inside, she would not be able to control her emotions. About the entire thing, she had to work fast.

It was difficult for her to hold in her emotions, but she was willing to close them all off for now. After this was over, she could cry and regret as much as she wanted without anything being ruined.

Her ċhėst beat rapidly within her ċhėst, and anxiousness started to build up within her. Although she was determined, she had few to no ideas on how she should be carrying out her plans.

There was no way she would be able to get Oh Sookyung to let go of her efficiently, and she had to think of something quite effective. Last time around, she failed.

But Moon Jiwoo more or less knew that was because of how half-hearted she was being back then. At that time, it was not as if she wanted to leave him for real. It was merely for satisfying her pride for the most part.

But this time around her motive was different. This was something she had to do, and there was a sense of responsibility within her for it. That was enough to drive her to do it with full force this time around.

Moon Jiwoo's eyes fell one of the flowers on the garden, and she plucked it. Stroking the petals of the flower, she had a small smile forming on her face.

However, she failed to notice her surroundings as her concentration laid on the flower in her hand, and thoughts began to consume her mind completely.

The moment she was driven into realization of someone's presence when she felt a sharp attack to her shoulder, and Moon Jiwoo immediately jumped back due to that.

Both of her eyes widened, and she immediately let go of the flower in her hand. It was obvious to her on how she was attacked by someone right now.

Her eyes fell on the man standing before her, and judging from the intensity of the attack right now, he was quite strong. That was to be expected or else he would have been able to pass through Oh Sookyung's guard.

That's when a strange thought came inside of her mind. Wouldn't things be over if she was killed at that instant? All the troubles of this world would be driven away, and more importantly, there would be no need for her to feel this excruciating pain.

No matter what path she chose, Moon Jiwoo had to go through, and right then, the easiest path to escape from that seemed to be the death.

Shaking her head, she drove away the sucidal thoughts from her mind quickly. This type of thing did not suit her, and although it was her fault for entering into the garden, she knew that she had to escape from the man right now.

Moon Jiwoo's attention was drawn to her shoulder, and she noticed the blood that was starting to stain her clothing red. The dagger had disappeared into the thin air.

Moon Jiwoo's eyes fell on the daggers he held in both of his hand, and without a wanting, the man targeted all of them towards her. Creases appeared between both of her eyes, and her eyes sharpened.

Moon Jiwoo, on the other hand, was slowly starting to slow down due to how exhausted she was going. Over this period of time, she was bȧrėly able to take care of herself due to the anxieties, and coupled with her lack of sleep, she was at a horrible state right now.

Moreover, the wound on her shoulder was quite deep, and it would be taking a while for that to heal completely. No matter how she looked at the situation, Moon Jiwoo was at the disadvantageous side, and she doubted that she would be able to muster enough energy to teleport out of here.

Instead of wasting her energy on attacking the man before her, she was more or less concerned with defending herself. This would be saving her more energy, and she should try to best her postpone this until some of the guards or anyone notices.

That was all she was able to do in this situation.