The Scarlet Heart (MarkHyuck)

1. Total Solar Eclipse

Happy reading~

This morning a woman known as Lee Donghyuck was sitting on the edge of the lake on the side of which there is a high cliff. People look happy with their own activities. Some just sit around or talk to their colleagues, there are also some who ride the boat. Everything looks very happy, except for Donghyuck.

He then took the glass from inside his bag, seeing how messy he was now. At the corner of his lips was a wound with blood that had dried up. Donghyuck let out a heavy sigh, picked up the soju bottle that was beside him and gulped it down to the remaining quarter.

Inadvertently his attention turned to his right side, seen a man who is estimated to be over 40 years old is staring at him. Ah no, it seems more pointed towards the corner, the uncle looks like he wants it!

Donghyuck turned his gaze to his soju at a glance then turned again to the uncle, the uncle looked at him with watados. With a heavy heart, Donghyuck thrusting a soju that stayed a quarter. The uncle immediately took it and immediately sipped the alcoholic drink until it stayed a little. Donghyuck sighed again and turned his gaze to the lake.

"Ahjussi...have you ever wanted to sleep for a hundred or a thousand more years?" he asked, but the uncle was reluctant to answer or choose silence because he wanted to hear the complaint about Donghyuck.

"Everything is always wrong and everything will not go according to what is expected. You believe in yourself 'I'm sure things are going well', and then there's trouble again." Donghyuck sighed in despair and continued what he might have listened to.

"I'd rather I fall asleep and never wake up again. I wanted to forget everything, but it didn't work either."

"The son of a bitch left me with a pile of debt. The ****** was the one who tricked me and ran away with him. Oh, my God, I shouldn't trust people so easily." her voice shook like it was holding something in there.

"Ahjussi, you know? I don't think if I change, the people I trust and the people I like won't change either, but I'm wrong."

"Why is my life like this!?" his voice trembled more and more with tears flowing on his lips. Donghyuck hid his face between his knees, spilling everything he kept there.

"Your life hasn't changed as you wish. It might change if you die and live again." said the uncle who had just quietly heard it.

"What?" he asked, but the uncle did not answer, choosing to sleep on a red bag and closed his eyes. Donghyuck sighed while patting his chest gently to calm himself down. He turned his eyes towards the bridge under which there was a boat, on top of which there was a little boy who seemed to want to ride the boat. Donghyuck did not care about choosing to calm his mind, trying to remove for a moment the burden on his life. His essence returned to the bridge again, but did not find the little boy. Where'd it go? He looked around and found the little boy already in the lake. He panicked, calling uncle just now but was already sound asleep.

"No, no. I'm sure someone else saw this, too. If I had gotten into the water as well, there would have been someone else to save her" he muttered trying to be calm, choosing to turn his back on the lake.

"Donghyuck, no need to help him, no need. Even if you don't help him, someone else will - Oh, ****! Why do I have to be again!?" he shouted a little, then ran and entered the lake. There were shouts from some visitors, more precisely the parents of the little boy who called his son's name.

"Eun Yool's! Honey, it's our Eun Yool!" shouted the mother of the child.

"Eun Yool, Eun Yool, Eun Yool, wait!" yell at them again. Uncle who was with Donghyuck was awake because he was disturbed by the visitors who shouted. Then his eyes looked at the light of the sun that was slowly dimming.

The little boy was saved, just Donghyuck who will ride the boat. But suddenly his body felt attracted to something from below. He had tried to get on the boat with the help of the parents of the little boy, but could not! Donghyuck also saw the sun that was beginning to close. With great effort he grabbed the surface of the water, but his body sank even more. Suddenly, something happened last night in his head.

'How could you do this to me?' donghyuck told his best friend. Who wouldn't be angry if they saw their best friend and girlfriend kissing?

'You crazy!?' donghyuck's girlfriend shouted and pushed him, choosing to go with Donghyuck's friend earlier.

Then only the memory of him being pursued by some women, it seems like a lover - that is not his former intent, owes them.

Donghyuck's resigned, letting his body sink to the bottom, maybe? As the sun was disappearing from the moon, Donghyuck's consciousness disappeared.

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The moon slowly left the sun covered by it. Minhyung-the 4th prince of Kwangya-kingdom was riding his horse towards the capital with some people riding behind him. His body was covered in a black robe with a red accent, in his left hand was a sword he always carried everywhere. Don't forget the face of the upper left side is covered in a mask.

He paused for a moment as well as the other young men, seeing the sun returning to shine on the earth. Minhyung's cast continued his journey considering the day was getting colder as snowflakes still fell.

On arrival at the market of course the first thing he heard was a scream of fear. There are many people who try to avoid or rather hide to a safer place, leaving merchandise scattered due to their own carelessness.

"That's a wolf dog! The wolf!" yell at one of them again.

Prince Minhyung rode his horse slowly. There was a little boy trying to see his real face. He did not care and looked coldly at the boy. Her eyes were fixed on the beautiful hair jewelry in one of the shops there.

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While at the palace, some princes were soaking in warm water. The most excited here was the 10th prince-Jaemin-, using his headband he jumped into the bath, followed by the 14th prince-Sungchan-who had undressed his upper half, showing his field chest and perfect abs. Wow

Meanwhile the 3rd prince-Jaehyun-was enjoying the royal tea beside the pond, occasionally he saw his brother who was swimming.

The 13th prince-Kwanhyung-just passed by the edge of the pond, seeing his brother and sister swimming cheerfully.

Then the 9th prince-Wookhei-who was training his muscles, told Prince Jaehyun to hold his very hard muscles.

"Hyungnim, try to hold this. You know what this means?" prince Jaehyun screeched but still did as he was told.

"Sungchan, I'm leaving!" prince Jaemin.

"Jae, wait for me!" prince Sungchan.

"Jae-" prince Sungchan stopped his words when prince Jaemin told him to shut up. The two of them entered the bath that was inside slowly.

A palace lady-in-waiting was pouring tea to the Jaehyun prince, but he accidentally hit the Jaehyun prince's finger. Prince Jaehyun looked angry, his hand was already raised about to slap the palace lady, but the cry from the 8th prince-Jeno-stopped him.

"Hyungnim, is our fourth brother yet to come? He should have taken a bath here if he wanted to attend a religious ritual..."

As prince Jeno spoke, prince Wookhei told the palace lady to leave.

"Did he ever do things like we do? Don't think about him, just make a dizzy." interrupted Prince Jaehyun.

"Aihh, don't you know what Jeno looks like? He's always worried about other people." prince Wookhei's in the running.

"This is the first time Minhyung hyungnim will attend a religious ritual, right? I wonder if His Majesty had any particular reason to tell him to come." Prince Kwanhyung who had just come undressed, revealed a body shape that would leave anyone stunned, plus his very handsome face.

"Make sure that my clothes are washed by steam and do not get wrinkled." ordered prince Kwanhyung, giving his clothes to one of the palace ladies, a little smile at the end of the sentence. Then he went into the bath that contained the flowers.

"Kwanhyung, did you know that our fourth brother slaughtered his family in Shinju? Reportedly it was very brutal, he was like a human killer wolf. Aauuu~" prince Jaemin's story with a wolf howl at the end of the sentence. While the Jaehyun prince raised his eyebrows, like a little interested in hearing it.

"You can't believe such rumors. All the criminals in this country don't even discuss such things"

"All our guests from Shinju said so. The rumor must be true." Prince Jaemin interrupted Prince Kwanhyung's conversation.

"It's just a rumor. How could he defeat the government alone? What about the local army? Even martial arts skills are not necessarily successful. Also, Minhyung hyungnim never had a teacher who taught him martial arts" prince Sungchan denied.

"Also, you and Minhyung hyungnim have the same mother. You never know when you'll turn into a wolf either. Aauuu~." taunted prince Jaemin while howling like a wolf again. Prince Sungchan replied with a playful howl and claw.

"Be quiet you two!" snapped the Jaehyun prince with his anger. Prince Jaemin and Sungchan stared fearfully at prince Jaehyun.

"I was also born from the same womb as our fourth brother. So I'm not human either?" prince Jaehyun added, he felt offended considering that prince Minhyung and Sungchan had the same mother as him. Everyone chose to be quiet and scared.

"The joke was too late. I'll talk to him later, don't take it for granted." said prince Jeno trying to calm the mood.

"Prince Minhyung will return to Shinju after the religious ritual ends. If the King hears this nonsense, I will not be silent. You understand?" prince Jaehyun told his brothers. Everything remained silent until the Jaemin prince tried to shift the topic.

"Hyungnim, do we have to bet who can float the longest in the water? Let's go to the bath outside!" after saying that he ran towards the hot spring outside. Prince Jeno shouted in warning to his sister, but was not ignored at all by the sweet-faced prince.

"Jae, stop. I said stop."

"Hyungnim, if you give me one chance, I can tell him not to look for trouble." prince Sungchan pleaded with his brother.

"That's it." said Prince Jeno.

"Hyungnyim! Hurry here. Sungchan, come quickly." call him to tell his other brother to take a soak. Suddenly behind the Jaemin prince, a girl appeared from the water. No one has realized its existence. It was Lee Donghyuck, dressed in Kwangya-era royal clothes.

'What is this place? I'm still alive, aren't I? Thank goodness, thank goodness.'

Prince Jaemin swam backwards, until he felt he touched something. When facing behind their eyes they meet each other and both scream in shock.

"Hey! You-you, what are you doing here!? Why are there women? Hy-hyung, whoa!" he shouted, that was when the other prince turned his head and found a girl standing in the middle of the bath.

"Young! Hyung! Hyung!" he shouted again as he approached his other brother.

Donghyuck was puzzled, staring around the unknown. Until his gaze stopped seeing a girl hiding behind a boulder.

"Agassi! Agassi!" call the girl.

"Me?" point Donghyuck to himself. Why did the girl call him Agassi?

"Whatis that? There's women! There's women!" show Wookhei to tell his other brother.

"Aren't there people on guard!?" yelled Prince Jaehyun. Seeing Donghyuck leaving, Jaemin yelled again to tell him to stop.

"How dare you spy on the princes?" she screamed again, but the two girls were gone.

"Haechan?" prince Jeno's murmur was not heard by anyone.

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"What are we doing now!? It's critical. Quick Agassi, we have to go." the girl kept dragging him out of the cave in confusion, she herself was also confused.

"You haven't been out in a long time, I'm guessing there must be a problem. The princes have already started to shower eating I can't look for you." he continued without realizing Donghyuck's head was getting dizzy.

"Is it okay now?" ask her with a worried face.

'Agassies? Prince? It's weird, why am I here?' inner Donghyuck.

"Come on!"

"Wait..."

"You..know me?" donghyuck asked, holding his head, his breathing was irregular.

"What?"

"This isn't a park, what am I doing here?" the girl frowned cluelessly, then realized that perhaps her agass was losing her memory

"Agassi! What do you mean you don't know this place? It's the biggest bathhouse in Kwangya." Donghyuck looked around, this bathhouse was big like the girl said. Spreading his gaze, Donghyuck turned to see a lot of people bathing in traditional clothes.

'What's this? I am already dead. So, this place.is the afterlife.' his inner being with a ruckus, right after his body was dazed and lost consciousness.

"Gass!"

...~Tbc~...