Can I See You Again
It's Arriving
Still firmly the Crown Prince's hand held his wife, showing no fatigue at all. Lee Young stood behind them, only able to look at the pitiful couple. "Youra, why are you quiet?" The Crown Prince was confused because the wife no longer spoke and no longer bothered him.
"Youra?" once again the Crown Prince called. Youra's chin was still resting on the Crown Prince's fragrant shoulders, with her arms still crossed there. "Your Majesty, it seems that he's asleep." Young checked on the sleeping sister.
"Your Majesty, how about we take turns? Let me carry it now." Young showed his sympathy when he saw the Crown Prince's face begin to pale. "No, no need. I'm happy like this."
Suddenly,
"Akh ... " The Crown Prince almost fell. "Your Majesty!" Kaget Young restrains the body of the heir to the throne. Young tries to take Youra from the Crown Prince's back. They paused for a moment in an uninhabited hut that had already been destroyed. Just rest for a while before continuing their long journey.
Young helped the Crown Prince lower Youra and lay her down on a pile of wood. The exhausted girl, did not even wake up despite moving a lot. Afterwards, Young immediately drew closer to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince rests his body on the remains of a sturdy pole. He took off his clothes which were getting wet. Blood poured out profusely, coming out from the deep wounds on his stomach.
"Your Majesty, you shouldn't be holding my sister. You can't move much, let alone lift such a weight." Young deeply regrets the Crown Prince's actions, who insisted on holding his sister. The Crown Prince closed his eyes, sighing his weight which looked extremely agonized.
"Your Majesty, should not ... You said about your true condition to Youra?" Young laid all that hope. Touching the Crown Prince's shoulder out of pity. "You can't keep pretending to be healthy, Your Majesty. You need to rest a lot to get well soon."
"Are you sure I'll get well?" The Crown Prince's reply instead shattered Young's feelings. "Your Majesty, you must not despair. You will definitely be healed. You can't leave my sister when she's crazy about you, right?"
The Crown Prince turned to his sleeping woman. "Is that true? I'm afraid, he's like that .. just out of pity for me."
"Your Majesty, Youra is not that kind of woman. He loves you very much. He even forced us to bring him here. She lied to the public that she was pregnant with your son, no matter what would happen if she was caught lying. She still hopes, will actually conceive your son. Do you have the heart, to leave her when she falls in love with you like this?" Young tried to raise the Crown Prince's spirit, even though he himself knew how dangerous the poison was.
"Then, when he was with Teacher Jun, he was never like that." Young again added, as if knowing what the Crown Prince had in mind.
The Crown Prince turned his head, hinting at how pleased he was to hear the reality. "You're right. I don't want him to be owned by anyone else."
***
The two young men continued their journey. While Youra was half-conscious again being carried by her husband.
"Lee Young, I'm actually suspicious of other people. Not to Queen Kim." While walking, the two young men began to talk about the facts. They stopped, and looked at each other. "What do you mean ... is Prime Minister Han, Your Majesty?" Young dismisses.
The Crown Prince nodded. "For a long time, I didn't like Prime Minister Han. Not just him, but all the ministers except the Minister of Apparatus and the Secretary of State. They are like kings. They've been running my father for years. And Dad always followed their wishes. What else, since your father's death. Everything has changed." The Crown Prince began to bring out all his tangled thoughts.
"Your Majesty, there's something I've been wanting to say for a long time." Young looked at his sleeping sister before continuing. "Something's weird, when my sister wants to meet Teacher Jun." Young kept glancing at Youra, afraid that the younger brother would hear their conversation.
"What's so weird about Teacher Jun?" The Crown Prince scrunched his forehead. "What do you mean?" he added. "Teacher Jun promised my sister a meeting, but she didn't come at all. Nor did he send a letter to Youra. That same day, someone shot an arrow at me. All I thought about, what was the reason Master Jun was absent that day? Though I know clearly she likes my sister a lot." Young tried to keep pace with his thoughts that began to be directed wide.
"You mean ... Teacher Jun is the key to evil? The only witness?" The Crown Prince assured. Young nodded, as if agreeing to the question.
Their serious conversation ended quietly. Unaware of the raging mind that leads them to their destination. An old hut, which is still worth living in. The place where Young and Youra once hid.
The Crown Prince placed Youra on a straw that was piled up on the porch. Then go inside to tidy up the bedding and wipe the floor clean. With Young, he checked every corner of the hut that was still very decent.
***
The old hut has finally been cleaned up. Inside there were many old dresses of Youra that she had no time to bring to the village. Packed well in a small old closet. Not only that, there is still a lot of dry wood that they used to often set aside to make a fireplace next to the hut. The Crown Prince came out to approach Youra and carried her into the room. Before coming out to catch Young, he kissed her forehead first.
Out there, Young was sitting facing the top of the mountain. Lamenting the miserable fate that made him reluctant to laugh. The Crown Prince sat down next to him, lamenting the misaligned destiny. "Lee Young, I think this place is very well maintained. Is there anyone other than you who lives here after?" ask the Crown Prince.
"Yes, Your Majesty. A girl with her uncle. He used to live with us. Nana, the personal servant of Youra whom you ordered to hide. And also, there was once a married couple who lived happily here with 3 children."
"She, that girl named Nana was really taking good care of this hut. Where is he and his uncle now?" Once again the Crown Prince asked.
"He fled to the Eastern village to steal information, Your Majesty. He's the one who's been helping me get information to send to you" Young replied.
The Crown Prince touched Lee Young's shoulder, smiling at him. "Thank you ... Sister-in-law." Lee Young replied with a smile anyway. Show me how lucky he is to be a family.
"Your Majesty, since we have arrived, I think .. it is time for me to return to the village. We can't be three here. They'll suspect I'm suddenly out of work. This place will not be reached by them. If it is affordable, they will not check because they think this place is indeed inhabited by married couples for a long time. The people here, have never seen Youra's face. And also, no one knows with your face. They will not be suspicious at all. And thought you guys were living here. Forgive me, for having to put you undercover in such a small place, Your Majesty."
"I'd rather live here than live in a palace." The Crown Prince looked excited as he was about to live a temporary life in the middle of the forest. For him it doesn't matter, youa's origin is with him.
"I have my brother, Your Majesty. Take good care of yourself. I'll be back as soon as the task you gave me is done. Later, the guards will be monitoring from across there. The first step to prevent the palace guards from touching the foot of the mountain. After I checked, there were no residents living here. They chose to live near the village. There used to be some families living here, but it seems they've moved on."
Young stood pointing at the other side of the mountain foot. "There's a spring down there, Your Majesty. You can shower and drink with the water there. I'm sorry you had to go through all this without a waiter." For some reason, Young's words turned the Crown Prince's happy look into a banishment.
"Your Majesty .. If you need a servant, you can call one servant to serve you and your wife." Young was stunned to see the change in look on that face.
"No, it's not that. I only remember Kasim Cho. He must have missed me by now." The Crown Prince smiled faintly, as the face of his loyal servant was engraved inside there.
Neither the Crown Prince nor Lee Young, both did not know that the Crown Prince's beloved servant would soon be put to death for being accused of being a traitor by the palace.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Cho will definitely be patiently waiting for you. I think he'll be fine at the palace. Now, enjoy some solitude with Youra before I return. Nothing will bother you both. Didn't you want it for a long time?" Young tried to comfort the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince lowered his blushing face. He's really very happy. Just the two, he thought.
