If Only I'd Met You Earlier♡ •Ot7•

12. Power

Jungkook's pov:

I'd spent the night carefully reading through the book and analyzing and re analysing the letter. It was not just a normal one, but written in a language only we knew.

The letter said quiet as much,

'to who, that holds this letter shall have the authority to read the book.' So, he had choosen me to be able to read it.

'A sage of the Bangtan Domain is blessed to die only when his lie is found out by the one who has been bluffed. If you are reading this, then I am probably dead.' A lie?

Back when we were growing up, Si-Hyuk-shi had told us a huge amount of stories about the world we belonged to. There were eight stone bearers who were attempted to escape. According to what we were told, in the process of running away, the only princess was lost in our realm and probably killed, resulting in the portal to shut down.

Apparently it was a lie since the same princess was sleeping in the room behind me at that moment. Everthing was becoming clearer and clearer. The day I mentally started doubting who Areum actually was, the sage started falling ill and the second I was confirm it was her, he died. I still couldn't understand how she made it into the earthly realm and was kept away from us for soo long. But then, why did he lie to us?

I didn't want to assume that it was my fault that he was burried six feet into the ground, but the thought of having blood of two men on my hands in a single day was not leaving my mind. I was feeling void of any expression, not understanding what to feel. Guilt? Sorrow? Anger?

That was all that I understood from the letter-

"Jungkook-?" Areum's sleepy voice called out, making me abruptly turn in her direction.

"Why are you up soo early? Go, sleep for a while. It's going to be a long day for you." I told her, carefully flipping through the pages.

"I can't sleep. I haven't been able to all night." She sleepy-walked in my direction and sat down on the couch, throwing her head behind and closing her eyes, "Everything that happened last night is bugging me."

I was not sure if it was right to tell her the truth which I knew. She lived her whole life up till then as a human, unaware of all the things that hid behind the very humanlike appearance-

"How did that diary have my birthmark drawn in it?" She now bent forward and threw her face in the hollow of her hands, "Why did he call me 'Princess' and honour me soo much? Why did he speak of me like he knew me before this?"

When I didn't reply, she looked up at me with almost angry eyes, "You know it, don't you? Why won't you tell me?" She said through her clenched teeth.

After seeing me silent again, she turned towards the table and leaped for the scattered sheets, I saw her struggle for a while as she twisted the sheets left and right and flipping around it to understand how to read.

"Areum, you won't understand it. It's not in a language you know-" even before I could complete, she flung them into my face.

"TELL ME WHAT IT SAYS THEN. AND TELL ME THE TRUTH." She screamed at me before her eyes turned glassy, "Tell me please. I feel like I don't even know myself. You have no idea how pathetic I feel right now." Her voice shook. It broke me to see her like that. I wanted to hug her, hold her to myself and tell her everything; but that was clearly inappropriate for me to do, now that my worst fears had turned out to be true.

"Are you sure you want to know? It's a lot to take in." I asked, just to make sure.

She nodded her head sharply, "Ever since I met you all, my life has been a mess. I won't mind being clarified now."