The Meeting - 1
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Not long after Hyung Jae sat in there, an old man and a kid entered the food stall. Hyung Jae looked at the old man who asked the seller about their order, the seller answered that the order was still being cooked and would be ready soon. Jung Kook wait while he sat beside Hyung Jae's table and Jin followed him, they chit-chat and joke until their order arrived, 4 large and mouthwatering whole roasted ducks that look very yummy. The scent of the roasted duck's dancing in Hyung Jae's nose, his stomach can't hold anymore, he is so starved because still not eat anything since last evening. He wants to buy one of the roasted ducks from the old man in front of him.
"I'm sorry, sir, may I sit here?" Hyung Jae asked, he tries to be polite with the old man in front of him.
"Of course, please have a seat, may I know what your name is, Sir?" Jung Kook answered in a similar polite way.
"I'm Hyung Jae from the Blue Wind sect, it's my first time coming to this city and I found this food stall that sells delicious-looking roasted ducks." Hyung Jae pointing at the roasted ducks that had been served in front of them.
"But I'm unlucky because the seller run out of stock for today, so... if you don't mind, Sir, can I buy one of your foods at a price higher than the selling price of this shop?” Hyung Jae explains his intentions.
"Ah, I understand, let's put it this way, how if we just eat it together right now?" Jung Kook offers something that Hyung Jae can't refuse.
"You are such a generous person, Sir, I won't reject any luck in front of my eyes." Hyung Jae is happy because he gets unexpected sustenance today.
"That's okay, not a big deal, and 4 of roasted ducks won't fit in our stomach anyway and just call me Jung Kook, and this kid here is Jin." Jung Kook serious when he said if they won't be able to eat all the 4 roasted ducks, he doesn't know why he ordered that many.
"Enough for the chit-chat, let's eat together."
They eat together heartily and talk about a lot of things. Jung Kook is carefully picking the words when he answered Hyung Jae's questions about Jin, he tells Hyung Jae that Jin is his grandson. Jin doesn't say much and he prefers to enjoy the delicious food in front of him.
Hyung Jae enjoying his meals too much till he forgets for a moment about his main purpose of coming to this city, he doesn't know if the kid that he's been looking for a long time with great difficulties is right here, in front of his eyes. He forgets to tell Jung Kook and Jin about his purpose for coming to this city until they finish eating and say goodbye and they didn't ask either.
Hyung Jae feels if today is a good day for him, first was because he can enjoy free delicious foods because Jung Kook didn't want to accept any payment from him, and second because he is sure if he can found the missing boy in this city to end his long tiring journey. Because his stomach has full, there was no reason for him to wait any longer before going to the Golden Flame Sect. He starts his travel to the Golden Flame sect, he found out where the Golden Flame sect was after asking several people around Sinmu city for direction.
He spurred his horse fast enough without stopping at all so that he would immediately reach the sect, after passing through the Deer Well's forest and the vast expanse of rice fields, he finally arrived at the west gate of the Golden Flame sect. He jumps off his horse and lead it to report to the gatfor ekeeper, the officer on duty this day was Mori.
"What is your name and your purpose to come to this sect?" Mori asked the person who just comes in.
"I'm Hyung Jae, from the Blue Wind sect." Hyung Jae said while giving the plaque that he had to Mori, the guard officer and Mori was surprised to see the color code on Hyung Jae's plaque, he thought that Hyung Jae was a guest of one of the leaders in this sect.
"Please enter, Sir, with whom you want to meet? I will take you there." Mori's attitude changed to be very polite.
"Ah, no, Sir, I'm just here to ask for help for finding a child." After hearing Hyung Jae's answer, he changed his attitude as before.
"Child? Which child?" Mori asked confusedly.
Hyung Jae tells that the child he was looking for about 6 months and the last information that the kid was banished in the city of Sinmu which is under the protection of the Golden Flame sect.
"About 6 month, ago, did you heard any pieces of information about a kid who was abandoned around the city of Sinmu?" Hyung Jae directly asked.
"Nothing, during the last 6 months of working in here, there were no reports about any child like the one that you are looking for." Mori's answer makes Hyung Jae feel disappointed.
"Please check again, Sir. Maybe information of a kid who suddenly appeared 6 months ago around here?" Hyung Jae tried to ask one more time.
“Hmm… something like that is not in our records. But because you had mentioned it, about 6 months ago there was a small kid who came here but he was not an abandoned child even though his clothes were dirty." What Mori referred to was Jin.
"That could be him, please tell me where he is now, sir." Hyung Jae almost jumps up for joy, it looks like he's almost reaching his goal. "Now he's not here, he's gone and everything related to him has nothing to do with this sect anymore, so I can't tell you where he is right now," Mori explained.
"Damn, is this also a dead end again?" Hyung Jae whispers with a grunt.
"If you don't have any other business, please leave because I have a lot of other work to do." Mori shooed Hyung Jae gently.
"Hold on, Sir, at least tell me the name of the little boy and which way he is going." Hyung Jae asked.
"His name is Jin, he went to Sinmu City with Jung Kook." Mori's answer shock Hyung Jae because had met the kid that he was looking for earlier this morning but he didn't realize it.
Hyung Jae thanked Mori and he immediately rides his horse and galloping as fast as possible towards Sinmu City, he hoped Jung Kook and Jin were still there.
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