Royal Rose (Jensoo Version)

Chapter-40

Jisoo POV

We finally arrived in the forest and saw some of the women training but  Soojin is nowhere in sight.

I saw Soojoo chatting with some of the women, so I approached her.

"Soojoo!" I called. She looked towards me and Jennie then smiled but when she saw the worry on my face her smile immediately disappeared.

She walked towards us "Your Highness" she bowed in front of Jennie and turned to me "Is everything okay?" She asked with worry.

Jennie and I glanced at each other before I addressed Soojoo "I need to talk to Soojin" I said.

"She went back to her house to rest" Soojoo informed.

I nodded "Thank you Soojoo" before I started walking towards Soojin's place.

I heard footsteps behind me "Wait, can I come?" Soojoo asked with worry. I only nodded as a response. We could use the extra brain to figure everything out.

We passed by the market and dodged as many people with the speed we were going. I could also hear Soojoo saying sorry to the people she bumps into.

It makes me want to remove the scarf that was slightly covering Princess Jennie's face to make the people move out of our way, but we just continued dodging them.

We finally arrived at the far back of the kingdom. It's a lot quieter here because not a lot of people chose to live in this part of the kingdom.

A lot of the abandoned houses and carriages are here. It somehow has a very dangerous image, so people stay away from these parts as much as they could.

"Stay close to me," I said to both Jennie and Sojoo. I felt Jennie grab my arm and Soojoo moved slightly closer.

I finally saw the little house, I knew belonged to Soojin.

I knocked on the door "Soojin!" I called but no one was answering.

"Soojin!" I tried again and the door finally opened with a slightly pissed-off Soojin standing behind it.

"I was sleeping," she said looking at me.

"Sorry, but this is really important," I said.

She groaned slightly "Fine, come in" she invited and opened the door for us. "Your Highness" she bowed slightly at Jennie and Jennie only forced a smile because of the circumstance.

The house is a little run-down but livable. We went to her dining area and each of us took a seat except Soojin who remained standing.

I sighed "The Longfords are arriving today" I informed them.

I heard Soojoo gasp "But they said we still have about a week," she said with worry.

Soojin sighed "It doesn't matter now. We need to figure out what we'll do today," she said.

Jennie nodded "The Longfords are going to be here later this afternoon for a meeting with Jisoo and me, so we can only help if it's inside the castle"

"Okay. I'll handle everything outside. As long as he doesn't have an army with him, we'll be fine." Soojin said then she turned around to get some papers and pens.

I took one from her and we started sketching and making plans for every possible scenario. We can't let anyone die, so as much as possible this war will be all about stealth, but we'll fight if we have to.

Soojin leaned forward to write on Soojoo's paper "I'm positive that these parts of the castle are emergency exits, most are tunnels, we need to get in and out of the castle fast, we could use these" She said while encircling parts of the drawn map of the castle.