THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Jin's Return - 1

Jin looked at the gem inside the beautiful white box, the gem was a hard material but it looked like a liquid that keeps flowing inside and emitting green light.

“To activate the gem you must hold it in your hand and concentrate your heart and your mind on the same person, if you get distracted you may end up arriving in an unknown place. I never used it myself so I didn’t know what will happen to you in the process, but Han Bi Hun said if you will feel like your body spinning very fast and you gonna throws up if you can’t control your stomach.” The Queen said.

Jin listening to The Queen’s words while he keeps looking at the gem, he still unsure if the tiny gem can bring him crossing a far distance in an instant, he never heard anyone who ever traveled instantly like that.

“You can use it whenever you want to, Jin, even if you want to use it now it’s up to you.” The Queen added.

Jin looked at The Queen, “Before I leave, could you please bring me to that garden outside? It was very beautiful and I’d like to see it closely.” Jin asked.

The Queen smiled again, “Yes, sure I’ll bring you there, but please remember don’t go too far or too long out there, as I said before, some of us still kept their hatred towards human and they may do something that can harm you.” The Queen warned Jin.

Jin answered by nodding his head. He then gets down from the bed and stands up, ready for walks. The Queen asked Jin to follow her, she opened the door and walk through it while Jin followed from behind. Once he steps out of the door, he staggered again when he saw a beautiful big hallway, the hallway’s wall was painted with clear white, and the ceiling painted with blue sky complete with the white clouds. Jin walks beside The Queen, while two guards following them from behind.

“Beautiful isn’t it?” The Queen asked.

“Yes Queen Aghs'tya, it is truly beautiful, the most beautiful place I ever saw.” Jin mesmerized.

“Do you know that we can change the scene on the ceiling according to my will? If I wanted the ceiling to depict a dark cloud then it will become a dark cloud.” The Queen said.

Suddenly the blue sky in the ceiling started to change with dark clouds with lightning, Jin stunned by the view, he never thought that a world far more advanced than his world existed. He wanted to bring Youra to this palace someday in the future, she will be delighted if she sees this. Jin gawked in awe as they walked through the hallway and The Queen smiled seeing his funny face.

Now they have reached the garden, it was a very neat and clean garden with flowers and plants that didn’t exist in Jin’s homeland. He saw palm trees that lined up neatly on the left and right side of the road inside the garden but the leaves look very strange compared to the normal palm tree, they were furled upwards. Jin tried to look up at the palm trees closely, suddenly its leaves opened wide as if they were shading him. Jin shocked by this tree’s strange behavior, The Queen then explained if the palm tree’s leaves will be opened up when a person or an animal standing below them for a period of time and will furl up again if the person or the animal has moved, Jin mesmerized.

So many strange plants and flowers inside the garden include a meat-eater flower that as big as an adult human. The Queen warned Jin not to get too close to the plant because it can release some scent which will attract its prey to come closer to it, once the prey is close enough the tendrils will catch them, drag them, and put them inside the flowers that looked like nepenthes but it was big enough to swallow whole teenager body, the sticky liquid inside the flowers will make the prey unable to escape until they get digested by the plant. Jin immediately jumped away from the plant after he heard The Queen's explanation and The Queen laughed watching Jin's frantic moves.

Jin was enjoyed his time inside the gardens, he asked a lot of questions and The Queen answered them patiently. He actually wanted to stay longer in this world, but he then remembered about Jung Kook and Youra that might be worrying about him, also because some of Sura’s peoples still kept their hatred towards humans and they might do harmful things to him when The Queen was not nearby. Jin understands that the best option was to come back to his own world as soon as possible.

“Queen Aghs'tya, I think it’s enough for me to stay in this magnificent place. Even though I actually wanted to stay longer, but I believed that coming back to where I belong is the best choice for me now.” Jin said.

“If that was your decision, then I won’t hold you any longer in here. Before you leave, I will give you a present, come close to me, Jin.” The Queen asked.

Jin walks towards Queen Aghs'tya's position, after he was close enough she then touching Jin’s chest right in the heart, Jin feels warmth in his chest and his heart. Jin saw his chest started to shine bright but then the light was absorbed inside his heart. The Queen almost falling down to the ground after the light being absorbed by Jin's body, Jin and the guards immediately holding her to stand on her own feet.

“My Queen.” One of the guards said.

“It’s okay, I’m fine, I just lost some energy and I will recover after resting, don’t worry.” The Queen said.

“What did you do to me, Queen Aghs'tya?” Jin asked.

“I had transferred half of my energy inside your heart, Jin. I hope this power can help you on your journey to find the cure for your cursed body and finding the legacy of Han Bi Hun.” The Queen answered.

“But why? Why did you help me to that extent, Queen Aghs'tya?” Jin questioned The Queens act.

”Because I believe in you.” The Queen answered, “I truly hope if you were the one in the prophecy and I put all my trust in you, Jin.” She added.

“I don’t know if I can take this responsibility or not, I’m just a kid, a weak kid.” Jin doubted.

“Be sure of yourself, Jin. A strong and big tree always started with a small seed.” The Queen replied.

The Queen’s words strengthened Jin’s will, he promised himself that he will try his best to survive and answering The Queen’s hope. He bows to The Queen as a sign of gratitude and he then takes the space-bending gem from his pocket, he holds it tight in his hand while he tries to concentrated connecting his mind and heart with one name, Jung Kook. The gem started to glows brightly in a green light, the green light becomes bigger and encased whole Jin’s body. Jin’s started to feel cold inside the light, before he is gone, he heard The Queen's voice.

“One more thing, Jin, don’t release my power with your current body, your body will not able to handle the power, my energy and your curse will collide and you can die instantly. You have to find a way to release my power by yourself otherwise you’ll get swallowed by my power and by the curse,” The Queen's voice started to get smaller, “Be safe, Jin."

Those were The Queen’s last words that can be heard by him as he now feels his body spinning very fast and then sucked by a very strong force, he doesn’t dare to open his eyes during the process. His body keeps spinning and spinning until his stomach feels strongly stirred, he feels he can’t handle it any longer. Suddenly his body stopped spinning, his head feel very dizzy and his stomach feels like a mess, he can’t hold up and fall in fours, he then throws up everything inside his stomach out.

After feeling a little bit better he tried to opens his eyes slowly and he found himself inside a bedroom, he looked around and he doesn’t recognize anything inside the room. This room was very clean, neat, and fragrant, he thinks if this was a woman’s room but he doesn’t know who the owner is or where it is. He feels if he already doing the teleport process correctly, he had tried to focus his mind and heart on Jung Kook, he doesn’t understand why he arrived here, an unknown place that he never went there before.