Wherein a princess is to be married to a prince from a nieghboring kingdom, but runs away before she does.
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THE JOURNEY TO NEW CRESTHILL was three days long. On the first day, King Minwoo had sent out search parties all across Aynor and when they had found no signs of the princess, the searches went beyond Aynor.
On the second day, Myunghwa made a stop at Millstone to get more food...but somehow she ended up ecploring the town aswell. For the entirety of her life Myunghwa had stayed Aynor and rarely visited other towns (especially those by the knigdom's broaders). But she couldn't stay long and had to leave before her father's search parties arrived in Millstone.
On the third day, the searches for the princess had became more scarce the farther she was from Aynor. And, that late after Myunghwa arrived in New Cresthill...where she could finally live life the way she wanted to, without any scrict rules.
Two weeks had already passed since Myunghwa ran away and started living as a commoner; it had taken some time to adjust to this new way of life...but she eventually grew accustomed to living among citizens. The sun was high above Azov and Myunghwa was stood behind the counter, of an art shop she had been able to pick up a job at. It was owned by an older gentleman and his daughter, Eunseo...which of who Myunghwa had befriended, in the short amount of time she had been working at the shop.
Business was a bit slow today for the shop, so Myunghwa had sat on a stool and started sketching in her journal; as she was doing so her mind couldn't help but wonder how Sunhee was doing. Her hand stops moving and her chest tightens painfully; Myunghwa had left Sunhee, with their fight being the interaction between the two of them...she left without apologizing...god Sunhee probably hates her. Maybe she could write to her. Myunghwa breathes out a sigh, her pencil begining to move across the page again.
As Myunghwa continues to concertrate on the drawing, footsteps echo from the staircase behind her, then followed by a voice "Hey, Siyeon." The princess turns away from her journal, gaze landing on Eunseo. When Myunghwa first arrived in New Cresthill, she knew she couldn't go by her actual name...so she decided to use her personal maids name (who she found to be missing very dearly). "My father said we could take a break, he'll stay and manage the shop." Myunghwa set thr pencil down looking at her questioningly "Are you sure?" Eunseo nods in reasponse "Yes, I'm sure-" She said in confirmation "Now come on." Eunseo grabs Myunghwa's hand before dragging her out of the shop.
Myunghwa's hand remained in Eunseo's as they began walking through town "Ummm...Eunseo, where are we going?" The princess questioned, managing to remove her hand from Eunseo's grip. Her friend turns to her and smile "Well I thought...that since this your first time is New Chresthill, I'd take you to my favorite." She said, Myunghwa nods in reasponse as she continued to follow Eunseo.
Soon enough the smell of savory stew and freshly baked bread filled Myunghwa's nose and she suddenly grows hungry from the smell alone. "Here we are." Eunseo spoke, spinning around to face Myunghwa, raising her arms in a dramatic manner; a light chuckle leaves from Myunghwa's lips, while she followed Eunseo inside. When the pair enter the restaurant there are families, couples and older ones all sitting at tables, indulging in their steamy meat stew.
The princess follows Eunseo to an empty booth, they slide into the seats sitting across from each other. Myunghwa's gaze continued to scan the interior of the restaurant, a small smile forms on her lips. Eunseo folds her arm on the table, leaning forward slightly "So..." She bagan, gaining the attention of her friend "First impressions, what do you think?" Myunghwa eyes return to scanning the liveliness of all the people; their chatter, their laughter...their friendliness. Her smile grows wider; it was different...so different from what she's seen in the palace, but it was a good different...great even. "I love it." She finally said.
Meanwhile back at the palace, every one was still distressed over the sudden disapearance of the princess. The queen had secluded herself in her chambers and King Minwoo had been working side by side with the King of Nysa and his son, with finding the princess. All the while, Sunhee was also away in her chambers, repeating the last conversation she had shared with her sister...over and over. It was all she could think of the past two weeks and she couldn't help but balme herself for being the reason Myunghwa ran away; maybe if she hadn't said those words and tried to comfort her...maybe she wouldn't have ran away.
Tear began to sting her eyes, cauing her vision to blur. Sunhee breathes out a sigh, eyes closing to the stop the tears from falling, while her head fell to the back of the chair. But, the only thing she saw when her eyes were closed, was Myunghwa's tear filled eyes and her desperateness of wanting to leave...wanting to be free from the expections and scrict rules.
A few moments pass when abrupt knock echo's through Sunhee's room. Her eyes spring open (head lifting from the back of the chair), before wiping the tears away from her eyes and skin "Come in." She called. Sunhee then hears the door, followed by footsteps...but she doesn't bother looking to see who it is. "Your highness." Sunhee whipped her around, gaze landing on Siyeon. The maid gives the princess a small smile, before stepping closer to her and crouching in front of her. Siyeon breathes out a sigh, while she took Sunhee's hands into hers "No of this is your fault..please don't blame yourself. Myunghwa did this on her own accord." Siyeon reassured the young princess, rubbing cricles on the backs of her hand.
Sunhee nods in reasponse, feeling more tears well up in her eyes. Siyeon could feel her heart clench, while her frown deepened, before bringing the younger girl into her embrace "Don't worry Sunhee...we'll get your sister back."
