Chapter 19 - One mistake and you could die (1/2)
The girl is frightened to the core. She can bȧrėly beg for mercy. Li Jun is ready to cut her down in half. The girl is at the wrong place at the wrong time.
”Li Jun.” She calls out his name. He stops halfway and ċȯċks his head as if asking why he should stop. He bȧrėly ever talks. She doesn't blame him. His past is full of blood and sorrows.
She gets off the horse. She realizes that something is odd with the girl. Her hair is dyed brown. Her facial features are different. Her clothes are instant give away. She doesn't belong to this time.
Kwon Yoori has no idea whether this girl is a time-traveler or someone who has been thrown back in time. The girl is frightened. The girl crawls back when she sees her approaching. Kwon Yoori bends down on one knee and takes off her mask.
”What is this new general doing?”
”We should just kill the girl.”
”Not before we can spend some time with this pretty face.”
”The new general doesn't know how things go around here.”
Kwon Yoori sighs and turns to the girl who is looking back at her with big round eyes. She doesn't look like she understands any word they are speaking. Yoo Ri decides to speak in another language to check something.
”Calm down,” She tells her in the language of her home country. It's been a while since she used it.
”One mistake and you could die.”
”Aunt Yoori!!!” She exclaims loudly. Kwon Yoori covers her mouth right away. Her facade can't be broken. Who is this girl? When did she have a niece?
Unless...
”What is she speaking?” A soldier yells. ”We should kill her.”
Kwon Yoori knows that there is no respect for her among them. The emperor has basically sent her here to die. She isn't someone who will give up easily.
”I will kill you if you approach her,” She yells back at them fiercely. ”I have chosen her to be my woman for this season. Do you want to challenge me?”
The soldiers back away when they see the bloodthirsty look in her eyes. Luckily, the stupid girl is frozen. She is not uttering any other necessary word. She whispers to her, ”Go along nicely. We will talk later.”
The girl gives her a stiff nod. It doesn't go unnoticed by Li Jun and other soldiers. So, the famous third son of General Yu is interested in women too. Taking a foreign woman like this? Tch!
Kwon Yoori ties her wrists and ankles. She throws the girl over the horse without any shred of kindness. The girl whimpers, but she doesn't cry. Yoori climbs the horse and goes away to the camp.
Li Jun stares at the fleeing figures darkly.
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”Aunt, where are we?” I ask her when we are alone in her quarter. The bed is hard and cold. She covers me with her coat. Then, she proceeds to cut away the rope.
”Border,” She tells me curtly. ”Don't call me aunt.”
”Ah!” I take a good look at her. She looks like a man in every way. Her face gives it away slightly, but her expression makes it for her.