THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

The Group That Shaped by Fate - 1

Hyung Jae doesn't plan to stay long in this city, the cost of living here doesn't match his financial capabilities. The plan he and Jin will only stay one night and will leave the next day, indeed he has not spoken to Jin about what Jin's plans are after this there is still a little doubt in his heart if he forces himself to adventure with this child, he is the type of person who likes freedom and has never once taken care of a small child so he was worried that he would not be able to take care of Jin. On the other hand, he feels sympathy for Jin's loneliness, there is no way Jin will be able to survive alone in this cruel world of martial arts, especially since Jin has a heavy goal of finding the legacy of Han Bi Hun the Swordsman. Hyung Jae decides to discuss it with Jin after he gets a place to rest tonight.

Hyung Jae and Jin lead their horses along the busy city streets, colorful lanterns are seen in various corners of the city to enliven the atmosphere of the city at night, The excitement of this city is not inferior to the imperial city. Hyung Jae sees that along the city streets are filled with brothels, young girls who are dressed beautifully waving at the visitors along their journey in this city. Hyung Jae understands why this city is filled with comfort women who are openly looking for customers and even they are protected by the sect that administers this city, the reason is that as a trading center city, many visitors come to this city from outside the region, especially wealthy merchants, and these women were one of the entertainments sought by the rich merchants.

Several beautiful hooker were seen waving their shawls at Hyung Jae, if he wasn't walking with Jin, of course, he would ask those women to accompany him.

"Big Brother, do you know those women? All along the way, many of them waved at you." Jin asked innocently.

This question makes Hyung Jae confused and answers awkwardly, "Umm ... Y ... yes, they are the ones who will ask for and makes you spend all of your money, you should never go near them." Hyung Jae answered blindly.

"So they are beggars? But why do they look clean and their clothes are nice?" Jin asked again.

"Y ... yes sort of, just don't get close and trapped by them, remember this advice." Hyung Jae answered awkwardly.

Jin could only nod his head even though he was confused about Hyung Jae's warning.

Hyung Jae tries to change the subject by pointing at an inn that is equipped with a restaurant about 100 steps ahead of them, "We're almost there, you see that there is where we will sleep and eat tonight, the food is not that good but it's still cheap compared to other places." Hyung Jae explained to Jin.

"Okay, anywhere for me it doesn't matter anyway I'm not too hungry tonight," Jin answered.

Not long after, they arrived and entered the place to eat at the inn, the name of the inn itself was En Valley Inn. The atmosphere inside the En Valley food house was very busy, the tables and chairs inside it are neatly arranged and each can only accommodate 4 people. Hyung Jae has a hard time finding an empty place, almost all the tables are filled, fortunately, a waiter approaches him and directs him to the top floor of the food house, there are still 2 empty tables and Hyung Jae chooses a table on the edge of the balcony.

"Please sit down sir, what do you want to order?" The waiter asked politely.

"Roast chicken, fried duck, and spicy chicory, don't forget the rice and a wine," Hyung Jae ordered his favorite food, he's been to this city several times and stayed here so he knows what his favorite menu is in this place. "What do you want, Jin?" Hyung Jae asked Jin.

"I'll have roast duck and water," Jin answered.

"Is that all? You have to eat a lot, Jin, remember your body is in a state of recovery." Hyung Jae tries to persuade Jin to order more food.

"No need, sis, that's all, I'm still full of grilled fish this afternoon." Jin still doesn't want to add to his order list.

"Alright then. Did you hear that from the waiter? Please immediately prepare everything." Hyung Jae said to the servant. 

"Yes sir, please wait." The young servant still answered politely. This kind of hospitality is what makes Hyung Jae and other visitors feel happy to eat at this place.

"Jin, what are your plans after this?" Hyung Jae wants to confirm what Jin wants before he decides whether he can take this kid with him or not.

"I don't know yet, Big Bro, even though I want to seek Han Bi Hun's legacy but I don't know where to start," Jin answered honestly.

"Hmm ... I don't know where to look for that either." Hyung Jae and Jin are both silent, their minds drifting to find a solution to this problem.

"I tell you how if we ask my teacher, Master Wu? He is a knowledgeable person, maybe he has information about the Han Bi Hun inheritance that you are looking for." Hyung Jae finally decided to help Jin, "Tomorrow morning we will soon go to the Blue Wind sect to meet him. "

Jin doesn't have time to answer because there is a sudden noise downstairs, Hyung Jae's curiosity made him glance downstairs at the noisy source, several men were standing in front of a table that was occupied by a very beautiful young woman, the woman had just entered the food house and immediately sat down at an empty table downstairs. One of the men suddenly sat without permission in front of the beautiful woman and tried to seduce her, but the woman was just silent and did not respond to the man's sweet flirtation, the man looked annoyed because he felt ignored. Hyung Jae recognizes that woman, she is Princess Imma from the Southern Desert, but Hyung Jae is a little surprised because Princess Imma is alone without her bodyguards.

"Hey Jin, let's go down, I found a better seat than this place," Hyung Jae invited Jin to go to Princess Imma's table, Jin just kept quiet and followed Hyung Jae's footsteps. Arriving at Princess Imma's table, Hyung Jae said to the seductive men to drive them away, "Gentlemen, it looks like this lady doesn't want to play with an inexperienced young master, you better just go."

Princess Imma was surprised to see Hyung Jae's arrival, she did not expect to be able to meet him again in this city, Princess Imma smiled at Hyung Jae with a very sweet smile that could bring all men to their knees, for some reason Hyung Jae's chest fluttered at that smile.

One of the big men immediately stood in front of Hyung Jae with a face full of threats, "Hey you, don't you know who this person is sitting?" The big man was referring to a man who was not too young who was sitting in front of Princess Imma, "This master is Prince Manwa, one of the leaders in the Tiger Claw party, if you don't want to die, you better apologize by kissing Prince Manwa's feet right now, I will consider punching in your face only. " The man threatened with arrogance.

Hearing the threat didn't make Hyung Jae scared, it made him want to teach a lesson to the insolent men in front of him, but Hyung Jae still able to control his emotions, he doesn't want to cause trouble in the city that is in the grip of the Tiger Claw sect, "Gentlemen, we'd better ask this beautiful princess who she wants to sit with and spend the night with," Hyung Jae's answer certainly makes them look at Princess Imma, "Princess, please make your choice." Hyung Jae pretends to ask, his only goal is to get rid of these bullies and he is sure that Princess Imma understands what his actions mean.

"Please sit here mister swordsman, I want to have dinner with you." Princess Imma's answer made Prince Manwa angry, she felt very humiliated, this is the first time a woman has dared to reject her and prefers an unknown gnarly man.

Prince Manhwa clenched his fists with anger, his face stiffened and flushed in shame, "You will regret insulting me like this, you just wait, especially you b***h, I will make you serve me with your body." Prince Manhwa said with a grin on his face that looked disgusting.

Prince Manwa's words made Princess Imma very angry, before he could stand up from his seat, Princess Imma's hand moved very quickly to hit Prince Manwa's right jaw with two of his fingertips, suddenly Prince Manwa screamed in pain because his right jaw was released from its place. Prince Manwa and the other of his men were confused about what had happened, their eyes could not see Princess Imma's attack which exceeded the speed of sound but not with Hyung Jae who able to catch up with Princess Imma's speed. Hyung Jae little bit shocked at Princess Imma's attack speed, even he already thought that Princess Imma is a high-level swords master, but he didn't expect her skill to be this great.

"Hey, what have you done to Prince Manwa? How dare you attack Prince Manwa." The large bodyguard shouted loudly which made everyone in the diner glance at him.

"Hey you, what are you talking about? Did you see us attacking him? If you didn't see it don't just throw false accusations. Is this the behavior of the guards from the famous Tiger Claw party? Accusing without evidence?" Hyung Jae quickly replied to the man's words, and this answer made the man run out of words, "You better go immediately to treat this master, maybe he hurt himself because of his flirty tongue." Hyung Jae concluded his words.

Princess Imma is silent and smiled watching Hyung Jae's courage.

Runs out of options and watching his master in pain make Prince Manwa's guards immediately carried the prince and took him away from the food house, they left with anger because they had been mocked. Hyung Jae who sees the anger in their faces is a little relieved that this problem can be resolved without a fight, therapy for some reason he believes this problem will not be resolved just like that.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Hyung Jae, I'm sorry to bother you, I can't help but teach people like them." Putri Imma explained.

"No problem, miss, if you don't move earlier I am the one who will teach them a lesson. But you have to be careful, I'm sure they will do something later," Hyung Jae warned of the possibility of revenge from those people earlier.

"Thank you for warning, Mr. Hyung Jae, the world of martial arts is more troublesome than I thought." Princess Imma regretted her decision to have a relationship with the martial world, "by the way, who is this child?" Princess Imma asked about Jin who came with Hyung Jae.

"Oh, this child is my brother, I want to take him to meet my teacher in the Blue Wind sect where I grew up," Hyung Jae didn't tell all about Jin to Princess Imma, "Hey, Jin, you say hello to Miss Imma." Hyung Jae orders Jin.

"Good evening, my name is Jin, are you one of the beggars who like to spend Mr. Hyung Jae's money?" Jin introduced himself in stiff and innocent language.

"Hey, Jin, what's wrong with you? Be polite in front of Miss Imma." Hyung Jae tapped Jin's head, he blushed at Jin's answer because he felt embarrassed at Miss Imma who sit in front of him.

Jin grimaced in pain after being pinched by Hyung Jae, "Sorry, Big Bro, I just followed your advice not to get too close to beautiful women who are beggars and will spend my money later." Jin answered innocently.

Princess Imma smiled at Jin's polite answer but Hyung Jae's face blushed even more and tapped Jin's head once again which made Jin grimace and be confused by it.