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"Hyung!"

"Taehyung! I'll explain later, just run!"

"What?" Jimin clashed against Taehyung's body and forced him to run away. Taehyung didn't know what's going on until he heard heavy footsteps coming their way. Without Jimin having to explain the situation, he knew immediately that he needed to escape from that sound.

"What the f**k did you do?!"

"I was simply following a wisp!" Taehyung looked to the older, "A wisp?! Why did you follow it in the first place?! You knew damn well that you shouldn't go out in the dark!"

"It was too pretty I couldn't help but to follow it! Until this monster came in trying to eat me for dinner!" They continued to dash into the darkness without any sense of direction. Their only goal was to find their camping site so they can collect the fire to act as a weapon against the shadows.

Unluckily, the shadow forcefully pushed them to a completely different direction. It destroyed the trees, squashed little creatures in its path and sucked out life from its surroundings. Jimin could barely register words from his lips, so overwhelmed was they're in the shadows range of capture.

"It's gaining on us! Keep running!" Jimin called out. Taehyung stopped dead in his tracks with his smartphone at hand. Jimin immediately stopped and ran back to collect Taehyung.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"I'll keep it distracted while you try to find somewhere safe!"

"Oh hell to the no no no! You're coming witー" The shadow was already in front of them, hovering its arm over their bodies and slammed through the middle while the two narrowly escaped.

"Hey! You ugly piece of s**t! I'm right here! I'm more delicious than that chubby rice cake!" The shadow monster turned around and followed Taehyung's footsteps changing its mind of devouring Jimin. Taehyung's distraction was a success, he ran with all his might never to mind his lungs burning inside his chest.

He then turned around, "Come and get me, you piecー" He didn't know what happened, he didn't know what blacked his vision, but he knew that the shadow did something to erase partially his consciousness. Its arm slammed across his body and flew against the boulder. His back crashed against the boulder and fell like a dead marionette.

"You're not worth my time. Go back to where you came from, child."

Taehyung's voice sounded weak and hoarse from the impact, "W-wait...Eat me, I'm right here broken. I AM HERE GODDAMN IT! DON'T TOUCH HYUNG!" As he shoved himself forward, he felt a sudden warmth surrounding his being. Took his gaze downwards to watch as his limbs dissolved into thin air. He couldn't see anything anymore except for bright light, he screamed when he felt himself floating through the vortex.

In a matter of seconds, his body dropped on a hard concrete floor. His lips letting out a groan and collapsed flat. The moment he opened his eyes, he felt his heart explode when he realized where he was transferred.

The Important Documents Reference Room. He was back in the National Library.

Gesturing his panicky emotion, he found the book opened in front of him and snatched it away from the ground in fright.

"No...No no no please no! This can't be happening, this can't happen! Hyung! He's still in there and he's going to die! Book! Please take me back, take me f*****g back, I need to save Hyung!...Please!"

He opened the book to the exact page where the incident occurred and began reading from the start, "Just as the boy followed the mysterious wisp through the dark forest and encountered the shadow monster, he continued to run through the forest without any goal roaming in mind."

"Why didn't the book mention about me?" Taehyung questioned. He continued to read.

"Taehyung? Taehyung! Where are you?!"

"Where are you little lamb? Don't run away from me~"

He continued when he made it to the dark meadow where grew dancing trees and flowers. Running with all his might he tripped over his own footing when he felt a painful grasp around his ankles.

The shadow had caught him in an instant. The monster pulled him in and opened its terrifying mouth to reveal ten sets of teeth and a coated tongue desperate for fresh meat. Jimin screamed from the top of his lungs as if it can catch anyone's attention to save him.

No one was around. Tears stung on his eyes to cause a heavy overflow. He just wanted to go home and celebrate passing his exam, he wanted to hang out with his best friend and go on vacations together.

"Please someone save me, anyone. I want to live!"

Before he could attempt to shut his eyes, the shadow that's about to devour Jimin was already slashed in half to death. Its entity faded into thin air and Jimin fell hard to the ground.

"So this is the Golden child that the prophecy foretold?" Jimin gulped when a voice was heard behind his back. He turned around and blanked out when he made eye contact with a pale man with cold eyes wearing red that sparks like flames and black underneath dark as the night.

The pale man walked slowly towards the "golden child", his hand still attached to his sword.

Jimin's heart beats faster every time he made a new step. He backed away a bit when his shoulders decided to prevent him from moving by spreading indescribable pain throughout his upper body.

The mysterious man observed Jimin's stature. His eyes unpredictable, who knows what he'll do next. Jimin couldn't see whether he's confused or surprised because his face remained expressionless.

"Are you really the Golden Child that the prophecy foretold?"

"W-what? What are you t-talking about?"

"Tch. Are. You. The. Golden. Child?"

"N-no...I'm not."

He scoffed which pissed Jimin, "Some Golden Child my ass. What I've found is some ugly ass rice cake."

"What the hell are you talking about? I was just about to thank you for saving my life and this is the kind of behavior I was expecting?! I was almost that thing's dinner, my shoulder is hurting like hell, my friend's nowhere to be found, and I don't know how to get home."

The man didn't pay to listen to Jimin's sobs, so he walked away sheathing his sword back to where it belongs.

"Hey! Don't just leave me heー" A throb pulsed through his body, his eyes faded into a cloud, limbs weakened as noodles, Jimin fell at the perfect moment when the man wanted to shove Jimin away. Jimin's head was now tucked into the crook of the pale man's neck.

"Hey, wake up. Tch.. Now I have to deal with this pain in the ass." The man attempted to carry Jimin's body over his shoulders like it was nothing. At that moment, Jimin was carried throughout the night unconscious, not knowing where his body was going.

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"As the flowers of the night howls their name, the golden child unconsciously rode within the mysterious swordsman's embrace."

It wasn't long when the mysterious swordsman arrived in front of a royal castle. There stood soldiers armed with heavy weapons and flaming torches. The swordsman heaved his horse to an immediate stop and spoke.

"Open the gate."

"Y-yes, Your Highness." The soldiers called out to the men above them and opened the gates revealing not the entrance, but the man of the wise wearing white embroidered in gold alongside his advisors. He walked with excitement on his face.

"He was attacked by the shaー"

"Where is it? The Golden Child?" The king bubbled never to focus his attention upon his son. The King, then, finally laid his eyes upon the golden child sleeping peacefully within the swordsman's embrace. He gazed up to his son and his advisors.

"Prepare a room for the heavenly one! Starting tomorrow, we shall celebrate the Golden Child's arrival! His arrival proves that our future will be at hand!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Yes...Your Majesty." The King glared to his son and spoke in a smooth manner, "Don't just stand there, leave your horse and carry the Heavenly One to his room."

"Not even going to say thank you?..." His father already left his range leaving him with the soldiers and flaming torches.

"Your Highness, as ordered, I must take your horse to shelter." The prince smirked to the soldier beneath him, carried Jimin over his shoulders and unsheathed his sword.

"Your Highnー" The prince slayed the horse beside him. The horse fell to its death leaking pools of its blood beneath their footing. The soldier stood there shocked to the scenario.

He smirked, "Here's the horse. Take it to its shelter while I carry this Golden Child to his room."

The soldier was speechless he couldn't generate words from his lips. The blood continued to pour, the prince left the range inside the palace.

Jimin was still unconscious from the wound in his shoulder when the mysterious prince entered his room. He gently placed Jimin on his bed and finally noticed blood seeping from his clothing.

Must be from the attack.

"Court Lady Chae!"

"Yes, your Highness." The servant entered the room with a bow, prepared to take demand, "Gather the herbalists and treat the golden child. He's injured around the shoulder."

"Understood, I will gather my best herbalists as soon as possible." The Court Lady left the room leaving the two men alone. The pale man took his gaze over at the sleeping male on his bed and scoffed.

"Some Golden Child, my ass." He cursed taking every detail of Jimin's stature.

The windows were dark, the candles were left lit, he finally decided to leave Jimin alone in slumber by pushing the door open. With a grunt, the Court Lady arrived with her best herbalists.

"Take care of him. I'm going to sleep."

"Your Highness, we wish you a good night."

"Whatever."

"The night still young, the beautiful amber flame lighting the darkness, the boy struggled to be in slumber when pain slowly continued to crawl through his shoulders. The day has begun as told from the prophecy, who will the boy become? "