The King's Affection (Fanfiction)_English

Chapter (6) No Ha Kyaung

(It has been two years since Dam-i was transformed into Lee Hwi. During these two years, she tries hard even in night time to keep narrow the gap between her brother. Because of her hardworking, she become outstanding in every field as real Lee Hwi. However, there are a lot of things happen during this two year. In first year, the Crown Princess passed away. She can't forget that day. That day she was at her mother, Crown Princess's quarter.....

Mother....

I am sorry...

I promised to always protect you. But I won't be able to keep that promise. I failed you as your mother and made your life harder than it had to be. And... thinking about how you are forced to live in this endless pain... I'm filled with regret. But I believe in you. And that... if there's anyone who can do this, it's you. Remember what I told you? You are... very special. Don't forget that. My beautiful... daughter.

Mother.

(Very soon, her father, Crown Prince enter and he said he would like to live alone with Crown Princess and the prince also must leave. So, she has no choice and have to leave. Soon enough, she heard her mother, Crown Princess was passed away. This is the painfullest day for her. How can she forget that day?)

And in the second year, the King also passed away and the Crown Prince become the King. The new King promote one of his consorts as Queen and the two have one son, called prince Jehyeon. The King love his new Queen very much and all of his love is for Prince Jehyeon and he stayed distance with Prince Lee Hwi.

Even though, the King didn't want to approve, due to Lord Sangheon and Queen Dowager support Hwi became the Crown Prince. The young prince, who lost her mother at young age and didn't get the love and care of her father became lonely and cold-hearted person. She also gives an order to her court maid to serve five steps away from her. So, she gradually got the nick name such as "Ice Prince", "Five Steps Prince" etc.

Even though how she pretends to be a cold prince, she is just a little girl who need care and love. There is a place where the prince used to sit alone and nobody notice was the old house where Dam-I used to live. There also have one lotus pond and filled with lotus. The prince used to sit near the lotus pond and stare somewhere without thinking. This becomes a habit when the prince feels depress, confused, sad or would like to escape somewhere. Today, when she saw her father, the King paly with her younger brother, she feels jealous and uneasy. Therefore, she chooses to sit this place and make her mind free. Just staring and think nothing. However, he heard a loud sound and she turn her head to where the sound come. She saw a girl drowning... How the girl was here? However, she didn't take long time for thinking, she dives into the water and rescued this girl. The girl could not breathe even after recuing, therefore, she used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to rescue this girl.

The girl started to vomit water and she gain her conscious slowly and so, the prince quicky hide behind the wall because he took off her robe and cover the girl.

No Ha-Kyaung accompanied his mother to the palace and did not wait where her mother told her to wait. She saw a beautiful butterfly and following it, then, accidentally saw a secret door. She opened that door with curious and enter. After that she was amaze by its scenery. There was a small garden with many beautiful flowers and also has a lotus pond full of lotus flowers. More interesting is she saw a boy who sitting beside the pond. Even though she couldn't see clearly due to sunlight she knows this was a boy. She slowly approaches to that boy but unfortunately, she fell into the pond and soon drowned because she couldn't swim. However, before she feels unconsciousness, she saw angel who swim toward her and save her. After that, she knows is only darkness and when she gains her conscious again, she is already lay beside the lake and didn't saw anyone. She looked around and saw nobody so, she feels disappointed, but she smiled when she saw the robe that covered her. It was the dragon robe which is only for the Crown Prince. Doesn't that prove that the angel who rescued her was the Crown Prince? She carefully folded the prince's robe and left it there neatly. Then, she checks again the place and sure that there is nobody and left that place. She needs to go back where her mother told her to wait, if not she will worry about her.

When No Ha-Kyaung left, the prince came out of hiding and walked over to take her robe and smiled when she saw that it was folded neatly. If the court maids saw the smiling prince, who was nicknamed the "Ice Prince", they would have thought that the sun was rise from the west. And there will be innumerable courtiers who fall in love because of that smile. Even the prince himself did not notice that he was smiling.

The prince picked up the folded robe and put it back on. It is a wise decision that she took off the robe before diving into water. Otherwise, it will be difficult for her to get out of this place in wet clothes. No matter how much you hide, does not nature change as you grow older? Fortunately, it may be due to binding to her chest since young, her chest is smaller than it has to be. However, she was dissatisfied because she was small and a little short compared to princes at her age. No matter how much you practice, your fair skin and small stature also give her the reputation of being a beautiful man.

(Note: I change a little in this chapter. In my fic, Hwi and Ha Kyaung met at young age and also their fist kiss is start with mouth-to mouth rescue plan.)