Suspended

"What? Evil spirits!!!"

 "Yes evil spirits and it's quite unfortunate that you did not inform us about this. When one makes contact with an evil spirit they become unclean, you as Deungdae students should know that" Lady Yoonah (ruler of the forest) who had been observing silently, snapped at them.

 "But now it has been over theree days since the end of the competition, there must be so much evil energy surrounding all of you" Master Seojun added confirming Lady Yoonah's earlier words.

 The group stared at them quizzically with mouths open and creased eyebrows still confused by what was being said.

 "Had it been you earlier informed us about this, a special ritual would have been done to cleanse you as soon as possible".

 "Now that it has come to this, the Sai court has decided that all of you will be suspended from Deungdae."

 "Suspended??" They uttered in unison.

 "We are not expelling you from Deungdae but we are just separating other students from you until a date is set for the cleansing ritual to be held and until then no one else must know about this" He replied easing their tension.

 "But.... But.... We defeated them"Little Hari's small voice chimed in.

 "Master, we will come back to Deungdae, won't we?"Yoorim's shaky voice asked.

 "Yes Yoorim you will, but for now, head to your dorms and pack up few essential things. Two guards will be waiting for you. Follow them out when you are through"Master Seojun cold voice instructed while looking each of them in the eye like he was warning them not to do otherwise.

 At the dorm Ji-soo was too stunned to speak, she just kept packing her things quietly.

 "Don't overthink it, we will be back before we know it"Yoorim's words of encouragement sounded in her ears while being in contrast with the look on her face.

 She had a smile on her face that looked forced while her eyes and shoulders were drooping, Ji-soo could see she was also struggling.

 Outside the dorm, the other four were already outside with the guards. Ji-soo still couldn't believe it, why was all this happening, lately a day didn't pass by without any problems and she was sick of it.

 Yoorim o6n ther hand looked relaxed like she wasn't worried but her mind couldn't stop wandering, it all felt like a dream, she had trained in Deungdae all her teens, to think she may not be able to return to Deungdae again gave her chills.

 She glanced at the faces of the other members and she could see they were equally worried.

 ' You have to be strong,you have to make them see that it'll be okay ' she encouraged herself. "Shall we"Her flat voice spoke up after after staring at them silently.

 "You first" she said signaling forward with her hands.

 When they arrived at the big gate, master Seojun was already standing there with five palanquin and five able bodied men standing beside each palanquin.

 "We are six aren't we? Why are there only five palanquin master?" Yoorim soft curious voice noted.

 "Only five of you will be heading to the designated place where you will be staying for the mean time" Master Seojun revealed.