How He Fall

Since then the two of them have often talked together and slowly eliminated the awkwardness between the two. Once Woon accidentally saw that Pysche was learning to shoot in the courtyard area of the palace. He saw that the girl was seriously pulling her rope bow with all her might. She is trying to focus on her target. But when the girl fired her arrow it turned out that the arrow was instead off the mark far from her target. Woon chuckled at the girl, he approached the girl and walked towards her.

"It seems that you have absolutely no foundation in archery," said the prince who had stood behind Pysche. The girl immediately turned her body around and instantly seemed embarrassed because Woon had witnessed her awkwardness in doing an archery.

" ah... I'm sorry," Pysche said, putting a bow and arrow in its place and walking away. Because the prince didn't want the girl to just leave him alone, he was reflexly holding her hand to prevent her from leaving.

Pysche turned her head and saw that the prince had held her hand. The sudden physical contact made the girl instantly feel embarrassed and her cheeks blushes red. Woon who saw the shy attitude of the girl immediately felt embarrassed by his actions that tended to be aggressive. He immediately took off his hand and rubbed the nape of his neck because it felt awkward.

"I'm sorry..." The prince said quietly. Pysche didn't answer and just lowered her face. Trying to hide her embarrassed expression.

"Actually... I just wanted to offer to help you to learn archery... That's all...." Obviously Woon was nervous.

"Are you willing to teach me?" Pysche suddenly became excited. She showed her twinkling eyes. Woon couldn't help but smile when he saw the girl's expression. She's so beautiful. The prince nodded slowly and made the girl even happier. From then on prince Woon would always take his time to teach Pysche about archery techniques.

One day, while Pysche was doing her archery routine with Woon, Siera who was walking with Gwi accidentally saw them. The princess had just left the palace with her loyal bodyguards. When she saw that her brother was become closer with her uncle's daughter, Siera was not pleased. She decided to approach her brother immediately.

"Woon" called Siera in a firm voice to her brother. Woon was holding Pysche's hand which clutching a bow. The younger brothe immediately removed his handrail from Pysche in an awkward manner.

"Oh sister. Are you back?" asked Woon to Siera. The prince observed his sister's expression and captured something else from Siera's eyes. The princess didn't look happy. Woon turned his face to Gwi who was standing behind Siera to find out what might bother his sister through her loyal bodyguards, but Gwi also didn't show any expression and looked serious as usual.

"Can we just talk now? Just the two of us" asked Siera. It was not a request, but an order shown to Gwi especially Pysche to leave the two siblings to be alone. Pysche nodded slowly and looked at Woon for his approval. Woon simply nodded with a smile to Pysche. Gwi and Pysche bowed to them and walked away to give the two siblings the freedom to talk.

After confirming that Pysche had left them and would not be able to listen to the conversation between the two. Siera began to open a conversation with her brother.

"Woon, don't get too close to that girl. After all she was Binju's daughter" the princess gave a stern warning to her brother.

Siera is always wary of everything that concerns Binju. Although for many years he has long shown no suspicious movements, Siera is convinced that the uncle must not have given up on seizing the throne of Hwon kingdom. Pysche's sudden appearance in this palace was definitely not without a reason. She was convinced that Binju and his adopted daughter were planning something evil together.

"My Sister... I don't think that Pysche is the same as uncle, she's a good girl. Don't worry..." Woon said with a smile to calm his sister's worries.

"How can you be so sure that she's different from Binju? How can you be sure if the girl won't get involved in whatever evil plan Binju is planning?" Siera didn't want to stop being vigilant.

"I don't have any concrete data to prove that Pysche is different... But... I don't know why... I can feel it" Woon looked towards Pysche who was secretly observing him from a distance. A smile had just rolled up on his face.

"Do you like that girl?" asked Siera looking for confirmation. Woon turned his eyes to his sister and was unable to answer the question. He put his hands in his hair and thoughts about it hardly.

" I...." Woon was unable to find any words to answer the princess' question.

"Woon! You're crazy!" Siera seemed angry and unable to believe him. Woon's facial expression softened and looked at his sister with a smile. He held both of her shoulders and looked fixed at Siera's face.

"My sister.... I know you're saying all of this because you're worried about me... And I'm very grateful to you for that, but... Please, trust me... Everything will be fine...". The prince said without answering Siera's question and instead tried to convince her not to worry about what had not even happened yet.

Siera let out a long sigh, she was still unable to accept all of this. But she also couldn't force her little brother to do things he didn't want to do. She held the back of Woon's hand on her shoulder and patted him gently.

"All right," said the princess ending the discussion

The next day, Woon takes Pysche for the first time to go for a walk to see the area around the capital. Pysche was excited about it. This was the first time she had gone to an outside world where many humans gathered without any fear. The girl is no longer afraid of humans because she knows, Woon will protect her.

After touring around the capital, Woon invites Pysche to rest somewhere quieter near the lake. Woon invites Pysche to sit together on a wooden chair and enjoy a soothing breeze. Woon picked up a large package that he had since carried on his back and gave it to Pysche.

"This is a gift for you," Woon said of giving the package to Pysche.

"A gift?" asked Pysche, she doesn't understand. The girl slowly opened the parcel she received and found there was an extremely beautiful bow inside. The bow was the result of being made by an extremely rare forest fairy. Pysche couldn't believe her own eyes. She looked towards Woon with a gaze filled with question marks.

"my gift because you have been able to mastering archery techniques very well. Congratulation" Woon smiled sincerely and looked at the girl with a gentle look. Pysche was able to feel the sincerity emanating from Woon's facial expression. His kindness made the girl start tearing up and crying in silence.

"Thank you..." Pysche hugged the bow into her arms. Woon felt touched by the way she received the gift. At that moment Siera's question came back in his memory.

"You know Pysche... Yesterday my sister asked me something very serious," Woon said later.

"Hmm... What question is that?" Pysche wiped her tears away.

"Do I like you?" Woon looked into Pysche's eyes as if he wanted to read her mind. The girl was caught on hearing the question. Imagining the answer Woon gave made her feel pounding, instantly hee cheeks were red. But it seemed that the prince wouldn't immediately tell her about the answer he gave to Siera.

"Th.... Then?" asked Pysche nervously. Woon smiled meaningfully.

"Yes... I like you... Hmm... Maybe I love you too?" the prince expressed his true feelings with a red face.

In an instant, Pysche immediately felt guilty, on the other hand she felt happy with Woon's feelings towards her. But when she remembered about her agreement with her father, Pysche couldn't help but feel a big dilemma. There were tears that instantly fell on her cheeks. Woon brought his face closer to Pysche and observed her response. The girl didn't show an expression of rejection. The prince kissed her lips gently to express his affection.

When Pysche had returned to the palace and entered her room, Pysche was unable to stop crying. Her heart is broken. She didn't know what to do at the time. She feels in such a big dilemma between accepting Woon's sincerity wholeheartedly or keeping her promise to her adoptive father. Pysche didn't want to betray both of them. But how could she?

On the moment, Binju appeared and found that Pysche looked so messy with swollen red eyes. Instantly he frowned. Binju walked slowly and sat next to his adopted daughter's.

" What makes you look so messy like this Pysche?" asked Binju in a flat tone. With a stammer the girl told him that, on that day Woon had just expressed his feelings to Pysche. This made Binju immediately develop his smile. His prediction about Woon turned out to be correct. The prince had indeed fallen in love with his adopted daughter.

" That's a good news. Then why are you crying?" asked Binju, can not understanding her. Pysche paused for a moment to catch her breath before being able to answer Binju's question.

"I think... I can't hurt him father... I'm sorry, but really... I can't afford to betray prince Woon...". Pysche replied in a soft voice. The girl lowered her face unable to look towards her adoptive father. She was too embarrassed and felt guilty.