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" uk, you are not going to give up are
you?.. "

Na-ra questioned her sibling already knowing the answer as uk stayed silent.

He watched his sister slowly turning her footsteps closer to the sword of thier father and took it on her hands as she stared at and spared a glance to him as she walked back to him placing the sword on his hands which makes the boy to startled by her actions.

" Do not give up.... And if you want to , tell me....I can still help you . "

" By marrying off to the crown prince?? "

Even though the boy was startled at his sister's odd behavior at a sudden ,the words she saving him again with several consequences for her made the boy to grit his teeth in annoyance.

" Why should I?....... Why should I do that when you are the one who made this mess from the start??.. I'll just try to hide you that's all, don't hope I'm going to do something idiotic like that again!! "

Na-ra answered uk with annoyed tone lacing her words as uk tries to hide his proud smile which he fails to do so miserably.

" You two!! Look outside what's happening right now!! "

Park dang-gu with bewildered look came running towards the twins which makes the twins to jump up startled with a confusion passing through their faces as they glance to each other and peep outside through the window only to have the same feeling in two of their hearts.

Seo-yul and mu-deok was cooking.

Together.

To park dang-gu it was just a new thing to see that his friend is cooking which made him amused , nevertheless to Na-ra it was like a reply of her memories playing through. The feeling of a sting forming in her heart which she loathed the most despite the denial she's having.

Na-ra stepped backwards with an unreadable look which dang-gu noticed as he glance back to Na-ra and to the duo over and over while uk just stared at the duo without tearing of his gaze.

" Na-ra , they're just cooking. Don't misunderstand!! "

Dang-gu who couldn't stay still let out his words trying to reason it as Na-ra snap out from the daze.

" What?... No!...Park dang-gu, I was meaning to tell you this for so long but you didn't let me. I don't have any feelings or whatnot for yul. "

" What?..... "

" That day, uk wanted to know seo-yul's breathing technique so he could consume Master Heo's torrent of energy,So he just lied!!..... Uk, tell him. "

" Yeah.... "

Uk who was still in a daze of finding out the annoying feeling he's having just answered to Na-ra's statement unaware of it, and park dang-gu who was gasped open his mouth in disappointment after hearing this sat on the chair closest to him.

" So... You don't like yul?? "

" ..... Yes, I don't. "

The girl mentally cussed herself for the minute she took to answer , while dang-gu like a wet puppy in the rain with disappointment plastered in his face let out a heavy sigh.

" You guys would have been great together... "

Dang-gu muttered to himself as he erased the future he saw of them getting married in the spring and their cute kids which he play with as he spoils them with all sort of sweets that he could buy.

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" Oh! It's really tasty!! "

Park dang-gu who took the first bite of the food that yul and mu-deok cooked chimed in by amused by his friend's cooking skills.

" This is your favorite, try it..."

Seo-yul placed a bowl of soup to Na-ra as she blinked in surprise to think that he still remembered her favorite soup as her lips curved with hint of happiness she let seep through.

" Young master seo-yul made that himself... He said he wanted to make that without my help.."

Mu-deok with a slight grin glanced back and forth to the girl who was quite surprised by the words and to the boy who was nervously waiting to watch the girl eat something that he carefully tried to make remembering the girl's likeable.

Na-ra took a spoonful of soup as she slurped it as the other four was watching as she gulp down especially the boy in an second the girl's eyes sparkle with her eyebrow raising up as she looks over to yul who was already watching her anxiously until the girl gives a sweet smile.

" This is really good!! I didn't know you can cook?!?! "

" Thank you, but I'm not really good at cooking other dishes.. "

The boy quite happy and flustered that found it hard to take in the compliment. Regardless through the breakfast , there been a few glances were shared between the specific duo.

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" Gosh ,this is a one tall tree "

Park dang-gu voiced out as he watched the enormous tree with the others agreeing with him.

"You can see the entirely if danhgyanggok from up there. "

Mu-deok without thinking twice stated her words as the others looked at confused other than the two siblings.

" Does that mean you have climbed up that tree before, mu-deok?? "

Park dang-gu questioned as he pointed to the tall tree while everyone's eyes kept in mu-deok's tense figure.

" That was just my guess since the tree is so tall. "

The girl quickly came up with an lie as a chuckle was escaped from Na-ra's lips.

" Then do you want to climb it?? Should I help you get up there? "

" Dang-gu, you cannot climb that tree. You need to have mastered at least chisu to go up there. "

Uk interjected the boy's thoughts as he points to the tall tree while Na-ra's gaze was fixated on the girl next to her whose gaze was fixated on the tree.

" I'm sure it would be an great view... From up there... "

Na-ra voiced out her thoughts as everyone's gaze falls on her including the mu-deok's who held an unreadable look.

" Is that so? Should I try?? "

Seo-yul who was quite the entire time asks as everyone's gaze tears away from Na-ra to yul.

" Oh, right. Maybe you could do it....Na-ra you go with him. "

Dang-gu who appeared to be still reluctant to give up his matchmaking skills on his best match he had ever done States with a hint of hope....only to be disappointed at the next second.

" Na-ra hates heights. "

Yul who still remembered the young girl that was afraid of heights remarked without thinking twice like an instinct only to surprise the girl for the second time of the day with his strange recollection of memories.

" Right... I hate height... But what I hate more is the sunlight that is killing me, so I'm going back. "

The girl hastily turned on her heels as she walked out from the other four feeling their gazes making a hole out in her head.

" What just happened?.....mu-deok,you wanted to climb the tree right? Maybe Yul can take you up there. "

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" Are you okay?... Young lady. "

Na-ra turned to look at the person she knew who was the owner of the voice revealing mu-deok with that unreadable look plastered on her face again everytime they felt like they were the only alive people on the world.

" Why?.... Are you worried?? "

Na-ra question with a hint of sarcasm in her tone regardless the question was sincere and waiting the girl's response felt like years.

" ... Yes.... I mean , I serve the young master uk and... Young lady is his sister.."

" ... Is that all?. Mu-deok tell me honestly. Do you think what I'm doing is right? "

" ...What is? "

" Everything. "

The response was quick without wasting an second .

" ... I think you are too hard on yourself. "

The girl took a minute to answer however it didn't appear like she was thinking either, rather it seemed like it took a lot to pick out the words from her mouth.

Two of their gaze still. Competiting against who will tear out the gaze first until a inkling emotion seeped through Na-ra which she blinked away fast.

" Why do you think that?.. "

Na-ra questioned with a half smile laying on her lips that perceived a cruel wound and again the long minute for the response.

" ... You are exhausted... "

The answer was short like the knife blade that is so dull but enough to tear out the heart painfully.

"...Young lady, if you let the world to suffer you too much , it'll only make you suffer more... "

That words.

That words was enough.

Enough to accept the fact she's her.

Enough to let the memories to seep through like a flood.

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" 𝘠𝘢𝘩, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?!? "

𝘊𝘩𝘰-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.

" 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦!! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?!"

𝘊𝘩𝘰-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

" 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 ,𝘣𝘶-𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩! "

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

" 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦-"

" 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 , 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?!? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨! 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦... "

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

" 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳?.... "

𝘊𝘩𝘰-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭.

" 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳?!? "

𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭'𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘰-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦.

" 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 , 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩..."

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" Why... Are you looking at me like that?.... "

Slightly concerned mu-deok tensed up on the girl's stare like she just seen a ghost and called out again.

" Young lady Na-ra! "

" Ah yes... I just- I have heard that words before. Just like then, it feels ... Better to hear that words. "

Na-ra's word cracked a little as mu-deok tensed more cussing herself in her mind for not thinking twice before Speaking while Na-ra watched the crack on her character.

" Well... She wasn't wrong then... Who.. Was this friend, if I may ask.. "

Mu-deok out of curiosity to know what she thinks of her after all this time asked even if her mind reluctantly crossed.

" She... She was someone who was so special .....but I couldn't even tell her that after all this time... "

Na-ra stated that words not to mu-deok rather it was to the young girl beneath it, who was the young girl with an sweet smile she only shared with few people which made them to feel so special.

" Mu-deok, thank you for taking care of him. "

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. Na-ra voiced those two words in her mind rather than speak out loud.

" It's my duty, so... I will take care of him so don't worry. "

Mu-deok with determined words promised as a fade smile returned to Na-ra's lips.

" Remember that~"

Na-ra playfully smiled at the girl as she turned on her heels to ready to walk away.

" Are you okay?... "

That question was sincere more entirely a Curiousness at it's ends which made Na-ra to think about it a for a moment.
𝘈𝘮 𝘐?
𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸?

" Oh I'm okay. "

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺.

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𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙪𝙥! 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?? 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙧𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 😌👍🏻✨ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙢𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖 🤧✌🏻 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙩.

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