The palace

*on the day of the feast *

At the palace everything seems to be warm as they were preparing for the feast, with the help of prince Jon Ahn, everything seems to be perfect .

" This look good on you, your highness " maid says. Prince Jon Ahn look so handsome in his royal costume

( white long sleeve top, green and golden vest, white leggings, long white jacket with some gold, and he tied his hair high in a small bun)

" you think so, am sure today is gonna be the first in history , am sure father will like it" prince Jon Ahn says while being proud of himself

*The feast *

The palace is full of brightness with good white,pink,yellow decorations with different kinds of foods and a lot of kinds of people, young ladies and gentlemen from different clans, only the sound of laughter and wine glasses at the palace

" The king is entering " as the maid shouts for the presence of the king and the royal concubine, they went approaching their royal sits, the royal concubine with a smiley face and the king with is his cold face.

*Man make people quite while giving a speech*

" Everybody I need your attention, today we gather here, at the feast which was prepared by the prince, it's such an honor, in the presence of the king and her highness and also the audience, we will present what we've been preparing for a long time", as they enjoyed the night, the king seemed to be lost in his thoughts like he couldn't wait to leave, people showed what they prepared, and finally the fun part was when the martial arts started haru as dan came as martial art fighter fighting a giant man, they both had swords of their own* no killing, but have to defeat "

*Martial fights*

Haru grabbed his sword hard, so did the other man, in haru's thoughts It was only • I have to do this, this will be my chance to meet the king•

In his thoughts it was a voice of anger and grudge. So they started fighting, but the giant man was too strong,haru didn't give up, he continued fighting,

On the other hand everyone was concerned and interested in the two men fighting

* people talking *

" oh poor boy, how can he risk to fight a giant like him"

"Ts ts ts that boy is so strong, he's really a fighter"

" wah , I bet he wins"

As people continued talking, the king was also focused ,

When the man became strong for haru, haru started getting angrier and angrier, he could see illusion of the king without a face laughing at him• you will never reach me, you are not my son, you are a disgrace, I killed your mother• his low lazy voice while he was on the ground laying on his back, blood coming out of his nose' mother help me' when the giant man came to see if haru lost, haru gathered strength and stood up, and punched the man in his face and grabbed his neck with his arm, all his anger and tears, but when he saw the man was being out of breath, he let go of him, and the man was coughing hard, and they announced who won, but haru couldn't take anymore and he fainted.

When the party ended, people started leaving the palace and thanking prince Ahn.

* at the village doctor *

Haru was laying, he was shaking due to the bad dream he was having ' no,,,no,,,' and he suddenly woke up, he was sweating, he went out, his body was in pain " your highness you woke up" bodyguard seff said while trying to hold him not to fall, " I told you not to call me that "

" you fool, how could you cause trouble like that, I was worried you will not wake up" crying caas said to haru while hugging him, " ahhh! It's painful, and am not dying I told you am stronger and I won" haru said while faking his smile to make them feel better.

the doctor came, he was holding a basket of dried medicine " young boy you haven't recovered yet, you are just lucky you are young and your body is strong, but you need to take medicine ",he said to haru in an old voice more like scolding him, and not to be out until he's fine

While they were standing there, a royal guard came" are you dan, you are summoned by the king tomorrow" and he handed him a letter from the palace. Caas looked haru and smiled.

That night haru couldn't sleep, he was lost in his thoughts • mother wait i will revenge for you, i will meet the king•

After the death of queen Lola, haru always thought the king might have killed his mother, even though he was not sure, but his resentful against the king. That night people who attacked them seemed to be from the palace and the fact that the queen was exiled, it all stayed in his mind and wonder a lot about it . He sighed and closed his eyes to sleep .

The next morning haru had to go to the palace to be granted a wish, when he reached the gate of the conference room where king is and sitting on his royal chair, he immediately kneel down to bow to the king and greeting the king, his heart was beating fast, his eyes were shaking,

" how much money do you want " the king said to him

( during the feast they were martial competition, and 3 men won including haru, but all of them choose money and health)

Haru swallow hard trying to talk but he was shaking, the king noticed

" you'll be given money and everything you want,,," while king was talking making the decision haru spoke out" I,,, don,,, I don't need money your majesty" the king looked at him with a shock stare

" I heard that you grant wishes your majesty, so I don't want money,,, I ,,, I want to work at the palace " while he spoke his heart out, the king looked at him and smirked,from a smirk to a laugh, more like a fake laugh, in haru's thoughts when he heard the king laughing • I screamed, I screamed • then the king was like " alright " haru was so shocked how easy it was for the king to accept " am so grateful your majesty, thank you" , when haru went out, he was wondering how the king easily accepted him to work at the palace, while he was walking, on his way he met prince Ahn , he bowed for him for greetings " a filthy man at the palace?,,,are you here for food,money " looking him up and down"ts ts ts", his maid quickly explained the situation " aaah, the man who fights giants, am sure you got a lot from the king, anyways good luck" he tapped his shoulder as he was leaving, haru shook his head• what a nonsense guy•

Haru went home and explain for seff and caas while they were sitting discussing " now that I'll be at the palace, things will change from now, I'll be looking into everything, from now on I'll be informing you about the situation, and seff how about the other issue did you managed to find about it"

they were both serious , seff handed him a paper with a mask drawing

" i tried to look into it and I found this mask looks exactly the same as that of 7 years ago and the man said, it's expensive, not everyone buys it and when i tried to find the last person to buy it, apparently he no longer live in this village, so I need some time to find him" as they were talking about the situation, the night went long,

When haru was sitting outside watching the moon and the stars in the night sky

" you must be enjoying the view your highness"caas said to haru while also sitting down beside him

" I would be enjoying it if you stop calling me that " he said while sighing and smiling at her "today is so bright even when it's at night, it reminds me of hanya river, we used to play a lot ' he sighs and he continues talking to caas'while am gone please take care of yourself I won't be here every time " he said to caas in a concerned voice

" I should be the one saying that, I feel bad that am not there with you, I don't know how to protect you there" she turned to look at haru, haru grabbed her head wrapped his arm at her neck jokingly teasing her" you don't have to say that other wise I won't let go of you,,," they both laughed and joked too.