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Swords clashing through as the breath hitched top on Na-ra's lungs, already exhausted by the hours she took to practice after mastering jipsu while others took months over it except her twin brother jang uk.

" We can practice later.... You are out of breath. "

Kim-Hwan pointed out with a calm voice watching the girl's uneven exhalation while the girl shook her head frantically agreeing with the latter already swaying to the closest seat behind her .

" You look tired too, sit here. "

Na-ra remarked as she patted the seat beside her eyeing the boy .

For a second the boy stiffed ,regardless slowly the boy took a seat not too close to Na-ra, which made her squirm her eyes as she observed the boy.

" Do you hate me? "

" What? - No?! "

The boy quickly answered the sudden question from the girl as if it was the most thoughtless question ever he received.

" Then ...why are you ignoring me?? I mean - not ignoring like ignoring, but you don't really talking to me that much, after practice you don't have any questions or conversation with me and whenever I come into the same room as you, you just leave rapidly!.. "

Quite complaining the girl mentions all the things she noticed over the days until now.

Whenever the girls enters the library she sees the man quickly standing up and running to the exist like his life depends on it while other people especially his own brother trying to talk with her and it wasn't just a feeling cause this is happening several times now.

" I - it's not that.. "

" Then do you find me...annoying or-"

" NO!! I- it's just that I'm not - I do not hate you or find you annoying.... "

" Then what- "

" Young lady Na-ra! "

Before the girl could ask the reason for the boy's obvious ignorance towards her another familiar voice chimed in calling her name to turn their heads around distracted by it.

" Master park and Master Heo is asking for your presence.. "

Young-hee stated her words as Na-ra shook her head and stood up then focused on kim Hwan again with a cheeky smile in her lips.

" Then I'll see you later.. AND!! since you don't hate me Or find me annoying don't ignore me again!! "

Na-ra remarked without letting go of the cheeky smile from her lips , Kim Hwan stared at the girl walking away slowly chatting with her maid all playfully.

" Ah... This is going to be difficult... "

" What is?? "

Another sound came from behind the boy's ears which made him flinch as he quickly turn only to be met with his little brother , sighing in relief for a second that it was him while the boy who held a sly smirk sat down beside him.

Reading his smirk anyone could see that he's obviously is in a delighted mood.

" What's with that mischievous smirk?? No, overall what is wrong with you??I couldn't ask you before,All of a sudden I'm hearing you're studying under songrim.... Why did you came all the way from kim fortress to here?? And don't say it's to study... "

Kim-Hwan covered the boy with a load of questions, confused with his brother's sudden visit .

" Yes... You're right.... I didn't came here just to study..... "

The boy answered with a deadly serious tone which made the latter to furrow his eyebrows in confusion hit him.

" Then for what...... "

" It's because..... I MISSED YOU~!! "

The boy squeaked with a cheeky smile as he covered Hwan in a hug which he didn't protest against.

" You want me to believe that?..... "

" Well that is up to you...."

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸.....

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In the meantime Na-ra stepped into the room where not only her former master and her present master ,also kim do-joo was present as well.They were discussing on a topic which stopped when they sensed the girl's presence.

" Na-ra, sit here... "

Master Heo pointed out to the chair opposite to them as Na-ra took the seat , bubble of nervousness taking over her stomach with the serious ambience.

" What is it??.... Did something happen??.. "

" We arranged an marriage with uk and jin-choyeon... "

" What??... "

Shocked by the sudden absurd information Na-ra blinked twice processing in.

" It's better for uk right now, lady jin proposed to use the plaque that hold the power to reject the King's order.. It even have the power to dethrone the king... By this he can avoid the duel and still become Cheonbugwan's Gwanju. "

Master Heo elaborated the whole topic to the girl who he thought would be happy by hearing this news however the latter's face said otherwise.

" Am I the only one who thinks that this is wrong?.... He already called off the engagement with cho-yeon once...without even asking him about this ... And what about cho-yeon, after this uk will definitely call of this marriage again cause he DOES NOT LOVE HER!...This is just wrong!!.."

Na-ra stated the last sentence more sternly hearing the absurd thing.

yes. this was a good opportunity to save her brother since there is no much time for another solution either however , he would rather die than to be excused by this plaque or whatever that black lashes the boy's pride.

And to her friend this would be too cruel... Rejected from her crush again.. Na-ra was sure the girl was in cloud nine now .

" Na-ra this is the only way... If your father was he-"

Park jin who was silent all this time spoke abruptly without thinking for a second ,words came out from his mouth partially recalling only then the girl's hatred towards his former friend.

" Well he isn't here is he?.... "

The girl's words came out rather spitefully calm as her eyes drooped down with the mentioning of the man.

" Na-ra, he was an great man-"

Park jin involuntarily tries to defend his former friend only to interjected by the girl.

" No..... You can talk highly about him as a great friend and a great mage but not as an man or as an father....... If he was great ,no..... If he even was a father,he would have been here for me... For us.."

There was pin drop silence after that for a minute until the sound of steps of the girl took to walk out from the room was all heard.

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Several days passed after that day , Na-ra pushed herself further to training and exhausting everyday until her body couldn't take anymore and quite exciting enough kim-Hwan and Na-ra grown more close to each other now after little spars since she stopped taking training lessons from him as she finished the basic training.

And for seo-yul and park dang-gu they couldn't even get a second of her day as she preoccupied herself with all the training.

Even after she heard that uk came back she didn't even visit as the guilt was hammering inside her having no decision in his arrange marriage....

𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 ?? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴?? ...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘶-𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘬 ,𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 ?? 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯??....

The thoughts were too loud that she chose to exhaust herself into the dark...

Until another problem lashed into her legs...

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𝙈𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 🤍🖇

𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨𝙨!! 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙌𝙊𝙏 𝙀𝙋 15?!?? 𝘾𝘼𝙐𝙎𝙀 𝙄 𝘼𝙈!!!! 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮'𝙖𝙡𝙡 😭😭 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚...

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