THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Jin's Return - 3

Jin walks quickly all the way, his priority now is to meet Jung Kook as he wanted to surprise him. It is almost afternoon and Jin avoided the main road, he chose to walk in a small hallway between buildings. From a far distance, he already saw the Food Warehouse, the place that he missed. When he arrived at the Food Warehouse, all the workers screamed calling his name and they ran towards him, some of them hug him while the others stroking his hair, they are happy to see Jin returning back. So many questions that those workers asked him, and he just smiles, he doesn’t want to answer their questions right now because he wants to meet Jung Kook first.

“Hold your curiosity, ladies, let this gentleman get inside and take some rest, he must be very tired.” Taeman one of Jung Kook workers said.

Jin then stepped inside the Food Warehouse and all the workers following him from behind. Inside the warehouse, he saw Jung Kook still stirring the foods in a vessel and he stopped when he saw the crowd of his men who comes in.

“Hey, what are…” Jung Kook still not finished his words when he saw Jin in between his men.

He was very shocked till he dropped his working tool from his hand, Jin walks toward Jung Kook slowly and Jung Kook hug him very tight, he cries just like Youra did. The workers feel happy too, even some of them also cried after witnessing a happy sight like this.

“Is this really you, Jin?” Jung Kook asked.

“Yes, Sir, this is me.” Jin answered.

“Where have you been all this time? How can you get back here? Did the kidnapper hurt you?” Jung Kook asked curiously.

“Calm down boss, he might be tired, let him have a sit and rest a bit first.” Taeman, one of Jung Kook’s men said.

Jung Kook understands this so he asked someone to bring a chair and some cup of warm water for Jin. As Jin sit down and drinks the water, the workers still surrounding him, they curiously waiting for him to tell everything that has happened to him, but Jung Kook immediately asked them to leave because they still have a lot of works to do and they can ask Jin later on a proper time. Jung Kook unable to hide his happiness as he has lost his hope and didn’t expect to be able to see Jin again after the Golden Flame guards surrender to find Jin’s trace one week ago, he feels like it was a miracle to meet with this kid again.

Jin is patiently waiting for Jung Kook to finish all of his works as he doesn’t allow him to help this time and he saw Jung Kook doing his works deftly. It is evening now and the workers come to see Jin before they go home, they just wanted to greet him and also asked him not to forget to tell his experience by tomorrow. Jung Kook also has finished his works and he immediately comeback to Jin once everything wrapped up, now Jung Kook has enough time to hear Jin’s story.

Jung Kook leads Jin to move to another place where they can freely talks while enjoying the moments. They arrived and sat on the long chair made from bamboo below the mango tree which is located on the side of Yellow Hall’s training field, this chair often used by the students to sat down when they were on their break time in the mid of the day.

“So tell me, Jin, where have you been all this time?” Jung Kook asked.

“I am sorry, Sir, but I have to tell you that you might not believe my story as it was very strange, even I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t experience it by myself.” Jin explained.

“What do you mean? What kind of strange experienced that you had through?” Jung Kook asked in curiosity.

Jin starts to tell his story from the incident that happened right after he and Youra left Jung Kook in the Deer Well’s forest, he told him about one of the kidnappers who blocked their escape route and the way how Youra can escape from that man. He also mentions the situation when he was taken by the kidnappers inside a hut deep in the forest.

Jung Kook listening to Jin’s story carefully.

“So you didn’t know where the hut or who the kidnapper was?” Jung Kook asked.

“Yes, Sir, I didn’t hear any of them spoke their name or their origin.” Jin replied.

“What happened next?” Jung Kook curiously asked.

Jin continued to talk, he tells Jung Kook about his plan to escape from the kidnapper that night, also about the tigers that attacked the kidnapper and that chased him till he fell from a cliff to a big river which made him passed out. Right after that he stopped his words and become silent.

“Why you stopped, Jin?” Jung Kook asked.

“Because in the next part of my story I afraid if you would not believe it, Sir, or maybe you’ll say that I am dreaming, but I swear in the name of all my ancestors if it wasn’t a dream at all.” Jin said.

“Yes, Jin, I believe in you, you never lied to me after all.”

Jung kook’s words dispelled Jin’s doubts, he then continued to tell his experience when he was awoken in Sura world, the unknown world that he never saw before, about Queen Rath’na Aghs'tya and the mighty warrior that stopping them from conquering our land over than a millennia ago. He also tells about all the bizarre stuff that he saw in that world, including about the plants or animals that very strange and doesn’t exist in this world. But he didn’t tell Jung Kook about the prophecy and about the power that The Queen gave him as he feels it was a secret thing, but he planned to tell Jung Kook one day when he can prove it. Jung Kook didn’t say any words when Jin spokes, he only listening and for sometimes he looked up to the sky. The last part of Jin’s story was about the way he returned to this world where he ended up in Youra’s bedroom, he of course doesn’t tell Jung Kook about the way Youra hug him without proper dress as it may humiliate her.

Jung Kook closed his eyes and release a heavy breath after Jin’s story ends, it is true that he thinks Jin might be daydreaming, but he was also confused about how a dream can make Jin ended up in Youra's bedroom.

“Jin, I think you shouldn’t tell this story to anyone, I don’t want you to become a laughing stock as your story is unaccepted by common sense, moreover a lot of peoples still looked down on you because of the black devil's curse.” Jung Kook said.

Jin doesn’t answer Jung Kook's words but he does understand that Jung Kook was correct.

“How do I explain this to everyone who will ask me, Sir?” Jin asked as he knows that tomorrow many peoples will ask him about this and maybe the guard commander will also ask him.

“Hmm… It is a difficult question, Jin,” Jung Kook said, “Let me think about it first.”

Jung Kook keeps silent for a moment and Jin waiting for his answer patiently.

“How if you say that the kidnapper was released you because they finally know that you were not the son of our sect leader? That was logical enough compared to your previous story.” Jung Kook finally answered.

“But how do I explain about my presence in Miss Youra’s room?” Jin asked again.

“No, you don’t need to say that you have entered Miss Youra’s room, it is very dangerous and you’ll get a severe punishment, just say that you were sneaking inside the merchant caravan, lucky for you as today was the day when the merchant caravan arrived in the sect, do you remember the way Youra did? Just  answer like that.” Jung Kook replied.

 “Thank you, Sir. I’ll say that if anyone asked me tomorrow.” Jin said.

Jin thinks if it was a brilliant idea by Jung Kook, at least everyone would easily accept that story. But he will tell Youra the true story as it was impossible to hide it from her who saw him for the first time after coming back to this world again.

“Let’s go back to the warehouse, I believe that you are hungry right, Jin? I will make special foods for you to celebrate your return.” Jung Kook said.

“Yes, Sir.” Jin answered shortly.

Both of them standing up and walk towards the Food Warehouse and they prepare the dish together.

In the night Jin and Jung Kook making a small party by themselves to celebrate Jin's returning and it is Jung Kook’s turn to tell everything that has happened when Jin was not around. Jin listening to Jung Kook's story quietly and it is similar to what Youra has told him previously. Apparently he really has gone for 2 weeks but he feels he was in Sura world only for a few days, he decides not to tell Jung Kook about this as he thinks it doesn’t matter anymore right now.

Both of them continue to talks until late at night and fall asleep in the front room of the warehouse.