THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Sad Ending - 3

A group of people is entering the main square of the sect they are the headmaster and the prison guards. Among them there is also a child who walks face down, his hands were tied back, and on both of his sides were two men guarding him, he is Jin the accused of theft. Everyone who was noisy in the field suddenly fell silent and turned their eyes towards them, including Jung Kook and Taeman, his workers.A feeling of sadness immediately rose in Jung Kook's chest after seeing Jin's condition. Right now he feels that destiny is unfair to that kid, if only destiny having any visible form, Jung Kook would have hit it for giving endless trials to such a small kid. Since last night Jung Kook had made up his mind to quit the sect if in the end Jin would get expelled from the sect. All of his workers knew about his decision and they can accept it with a heavy heart. Even Taeman, one of his men, intends to follow him wherever he goes but he forbids it because he wanted Taeman to replace him and take over his responsibility in the Golden Flame Food Warehouse.

When Jung Kook was lost in his thought, the headmaster has stood on a special pulpit and is about to start his speech while the defendant, Jin, stood behind him guarded by two prison guards.

“Good morning to all my dear children and all members of the Golden Flame Sect. Today, I, Ja Som Fa, as the representative of the Golden Flame sect, gathered all of you here in the sect's main square to announce one very important matter. I have to convey regarding the theft case that happened in the Yellow Hall a few days ago, some of our students have lost their important items. Over the past 20 years, not a single case of theft has occurred in this sect but now it is happening under my leadership. I, as sect headmaster, hereby apologize to all members of the Golden Flame sect for this incident that tarnished our sect's reputation." Ja Som Fa bows down in front of everyone, nobody in the square expecting his action but everyone appreciated him because it shows how big his heart is.

Ja Som Fa bowed for a while before he stands up again to continue his speech, "We are fortunate that this sect blessed with many great members so that this theft problem can be resolved quickly. This morning, I would like to thank the team of investigators led by Master Yong who worked hard and moved quickly to find every piece of evidence and facts related to the theft and managed to catch the perpetrator of the theft and recover all the lost items. Based on the evidence and witnesses that we got, the perpetrator of the theft was a kid from the Food Warehouse whose daily duty was to clean the Yellow Hall's area. The kid who was the perpetrator of the theft was behind me right now and today I will decide his punishment here in front of you all. “Almost everyone in the field applauded when Ja Som Fa seriously and firmly said to punish the thief, except Youra and Jung Kook, both of their faces looked worried.

On the other side of the field, Hyul and his g**g are smiling widely because their plan was running smoothly, they have even prepared rotten tomatoes and eggs to throw at Jin when he walks out of the sect and this was another idea from Eral who already predicted the punishment that would be received by Jin.

Ja Som Fa continues his speech, "Hereby, I, the sect leader, decide to punish this thief by disrespectfully expelling him from the sect." Hearing Ja Som Fa's final decision suddenly the atmosphere turned into a riot, some people voiced that the thief should be punished by cutting off his hand same with previous cases.

Hyul who heard some people voiced cut off the kid's hand is very happy and he can't stop smiling. In contrast with Hyul, Eral thinks that the punishment by cutting off the hand was a wrong thing and far beyond his prediction. He feels if that punishment is too harsh to punish an innocent kid, this makes the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. He hoped that the cutting off of the hand would never happen, and if it happened the sect leader decided to cut off Jin's hand then he would admit that he had trapped Jin although the stakes he would be expelled from the sect.

On another side of the field, Youra looked so anxious she didn't stop squeezing her hands to get rid of her anxiety. She hoped that his father would only punish Jin by expelling him from the sect without having to cut his hand. She has now realized how heavy the burden that his father must bear as headmaster of the sect.

"Everyone please calm down." Ja Som Fa tried to calm the commotion down but his words don't have any effect, almost everyone was busy talking on their own.

"Everyone, calm down!" Ja Som Fa's voice sounded heavy, echoed, and pressed inside everyone's ears, he repeated his previous words but this time he spoke using his inner energy and this succeeded to make everyone on the field shocked and fell silent. The chaotic atmosphere immediately turned calm as everyone was silent and looked at Ja Som Fa. Many of them were stunned because they never think if the headmaster's inner energy would be that big and could suppress everyone in the sect's field, even Youra, his daughter, was also shocked, she never thought if her father was that great.

"I have decided to expel Jin from the sect after considering many things including the evidence and information that available. My decision is final, if anyone disagrees please come forward and speak now." Ja Som Fa's voice was full of threats and pressure, no one in the sect field dared to make a single voice.

"Because no one objects to my decision, from now on, this child, Jin, is not part of the Golden Flame sect and anything related to him now or in the future, has nothing to do with this sect." Ja Som Fa strengthened his decision and he asked the guards to escort Jin out of the sect right away.

One of the guards asked Jin to walk in front of them and Jin could only surrender and obeying their orders. Whistles and jeers were heard from all over the square as Jin walked past the Golden Flame disciples in the field. He walked in half absent-mindedly and unsteadily, he didn't know what to do after his feet stepped out of the sect, besides that his thoughts kept thinking about Jung Kook and Youra because he felt if he would never be able to see them again.

Drowned in reverie, Jin doesn't realize that several objects were flying towards him and it was rotten tomatoes and eggs that were thrown by the disciples. Jin was shocked as some hit his body and head, which caused his body to stinky but he continued his walks towards the sect gate ignoring all the flying tomatoes and eggs. The sound of students ridiculing and laughing at him dancing inside his ears but he doesn't care anymore, even he felt as if death does not scare him anymore because right now he was so desperate and hopeless

Suddenly all the sounds of insults and the throws at him have stopped, he was confused and thinks if the students had run out of rotten tomatoes and eggs, but his thought was wrong. When he lifted his face, he was rocked as he saw Youra beside him and protected him from the throws, even some of the rotten eggs and tomatoes landed in her beautiful clothes and hair. All the students in the square were very shocked to see Youra's weird act, they never think that Youra would come to protect the thief. His father, who looks from the pulpit, does nothing and lets his daughter do what she thought was a correct thing because he felt Youra was old enough to think by herself. Amid the students' shock, only Hyul himself who felt extremely angry, the happiness on his face a moments ago has turned into grinding teeth and he who had felt like he had flown above the sky now seemed to be dropped his face into the mud, his mood immediately dropped drastically and leaves the sect main square right away. His friend, Eral, who saw his childish behavior just shook his head, from what he saw just now he realized that actually, Hyul had lost before the match begin.