YEON
We're going for the adventure separately, I will be searching for the portal while they'll be heading to the Northern Hills.
I gave my old clothes to Ithil which I couldn't fit anymore. I hope she can warm herself with those, aigoo what a poor thing. Then, I'm making our food for the journey at the countertop, I feel a pair of hands wrap my body from behind. I turn to find Jungkook staring at my doing.
"Be careful Yeon, I'll check up on you through the messenger. Stay safe out there. We'll see each other again once we end this. Okay?" He tells.
I hummed "will do. You better keep your heart for me. Or I'm going to cut your head to two like you always did to the monster."
Jungkook chuckles "don't worry Yeon. We should be going now. Are you ready?"
"Wait, I'm making food for all of us. Wait outside and ah take a look at Ithil, she seems fragile yet powerful. I can sense her powerful beneath her presence. If she fall in a wrong hands, there no more innocent Ithil. Okay?" I ask.
Jungkook hummed "yeah yeah, I've heard you." Once all thing prepared, we head outside. Jungkook letting Ithil sitting in front of him, how lucky she is. Stay positive, he meant to protect her. That's all.
"Are you ready?" He asks and I smile. We both parted in two different path, Jungkook took the left exit heading to the north while I need to take the right exit.
JUNGKOOK
We begin our journey to solve the puzzle on this world. We have been riding from the dusk till sun rising straight above our head. Luckily this place covered in snow, so the path wasn't that hot or heat.
On the way there, I feel Ithil keep losing balance and feeling like she slowly leaning her back against me. Is she fall asleep? I stop the horse and gaze down at her. Her head was looking down on the horse body, her back lean against me making her body to rest on my chest peacefully. I hold my chuckle, she is fall asleep.
I tighten my grip on the rope to the both side of her body so that she won't fall until I found a suitable and safe place to built a fire. There it is, a huge tree and stones around to cover us.
I patted her arm slowly, she awake while blinking her eyes. As she look up to find our face so close since she's leaning against my chest. She's startled until fall off the horse. I rush down to look at her, she sit up immediately.
"Ouch! That was hurt! How tall your horse is exactly? Ah!" She whines making me chuckle.
"Serve you right, who told you can fall asleep on the riding horse though? We're camp here for today, we'll be ariving there tomorrow if we didn't make any stop." I tell.
She hummed and help me build the fire for our warm. "Are you hungry?" I ask.
She hummed "a little bit, but I more to sleepy right now. Are we safe to camp here?"
I nod "yes if I guard the whole night."
"Ay you must be tired then, I'm going to put on the shield. You should get some rest too." She tells.
I shook my head "nah, I'm fine. I barely sleep."
"Yeah yeah whatever. I'm off to sleep." She mumbles.
She put on the spells that shield our surrounding from the sudden attack. Luckily Yeon teach her those spells. Slowly she fall asleep while I begin my guard mode, looking around and then stare at the fire pit.
*TIME SKIPS*
As I'm daydreaming thinking about Yeon and stuff, suddenly Ithil hands begin to tremble as she's having a sweat, she's having a nightmare. I try to wake her up, it took long of the time until her eyes open as she gasp while sitting up.
I cupped her face, looking at her worryingly "what happened?" I ask.
She shook her head "nothing, the past haunt me when I murdered the whole place. I'm fine."
"Are you sure that wasn't the future you're seeing?" I ask, she seems hesitates and shook her head.
"You really ain't sleeping?" She asks.
I nod "I just fall to sleep merely or for a short sleep."
"That's why your face have those wrinkle. You don't get your sleeping beauty." She says making me chokes with her words.
"Excuse me?" I ask scoffing and she just giggles.
*THE NEXT DAY*
We continue our journey to the Northern Hills. Time by time, we finally arrive there at the dusk. Ithil look around before she follow after me to the great hall as I open the main door to found my brothers enjoying their drink and dinner.
"Few months you left and finally you've returned?" Tae greet with his serious face. I can feel Ithil standing close behind my back.
"I've missed you guys, that's why I return." I answer as everyone burst to laugh.
"Bullshit." Yoongi says cracking up everyone again. Jin enter the great hall with the bottles of wine.
"You're back kid. Welcome home." He greet. RM snorts "he always said that every single time."
Jin approach me and he smiles "you bring a guest as well. The long awaited guest. Welcome to the Northern Hills, destined child."
I look to my left, she wasn't there and I turn around to find she's hiding behind me. She seems nervous as I smile in assure, I move aside and let they meet her. "She seems normal." RM says making Jin hit his head.
"Don't you felt her presence different from other." Jin says.
"I'm Ithil, nice to meet you." She introduced herself.
Yoongi interrupts "Princess Ithil to be specific. I'm Yoongi. Nice to meet you too."
I smile and introduce her to the hunters. "Hobi will show you to the warmest room we have here." I tell while pointing to the most cheerful person here.
Jin and I start the conversation about the monolith from ancient. He seems surprises to find those thing after a few centuries and decades. Jin asked me to bring those to his labs later, he's going to catch up with Ithil first.
PRINCESS ITHIL
I walk to the hall for dinner, I've change my clothes and my stomach is so hungry. "So Ithil, your power is remain safe when you're still under the control right?" RM asks.
I hummed "yes, I can feel it when I get mad to the highest or lose control that time I'm feeling like I wasn't the same person. I feel like there's someone taking over myself. When I wasn't mad, I feel normal."
Jin hummed "fascinating, I'm going to learn how to let you control the power even you're not mad."
"Really? Thanks. This food delicious, who cooked it?" I ask being friendly and Yoongi raise his hands while I toast a thumbs up.
*TIME SKIPS*
Once we're all done eating and have a good chats, I decide to take a rest. "Good night everyone. I'm glad to meet you all." I greet, well of course they all kind and friendly to me.
Hobi and Tae waves "we'll start practicing tomorrow princess. Get enough rest. Make sure you're all prepared."
"Will do!" I walk away, I feel like someone following from behind. I turn to see Jungkook following me from I don't know where he's coming from.
"Anything?" I ask as he looks around the chamber I'm staying in.
"Are you okay having this soon training and learning?" He asks.
I nod "yeah why? You thought I'm that weak?"
He chuckles "no, maybe you still new and too early for this? Don't force yourself."
I nod "yeah yeah, I'm fine. Ah have you heard about Yeon from your messenger?"
He nods "she arrived at the mage who used to raise her."
I'm relieve "good to hear. Hey wait, to let you know I won't come between you and her. You both deserve a win. Don't listen destiny too much. We're good friend and that's it. Ah I'm sleepy. See you later!"
He smiles as his hands pat my hair softly "good night."
JIN
Jungkook come to the labs once he sent Ithil to her chamber. I've start the experiment on the monolith and Jungkook asks "what you got?"
"Not yet, we will found out in few hours. If the monolith glow, that means it was a mutant created by sorcerer or witch. But if there's nothing, it is really an ancient creature that exist." I explained.
Jungkook hummed "we already know where it comes from. There's a black hole like a portal that allow these ancient creatures to enter our world. Somehow like they have been recreated again."
"How you know that?" Jin asks.
"She foresee those portal where this monster come out from it. She see the past and the future in her vision." Jungkook tells.
I nod "we should be there to shut it down."
Jungkook shook his head "wait till everything have been confirm. I've got Yeon there, watching over with the older mage she used to live. We'll be focusing on creating a protection for her own, train her as much as we can. She should know how to protect herself when I'm not around, you know I might won't live forever to protect her right?"
I nod "we'll protect her together. From the aura, I can sense she will be in the great danger lies ahead of her."
The diagnosis complete, turn out the monolith wasn't made by a mage, but the energy that allow it creation. "We will need to watch over the portal in case it created by the same energy again."
"Okay." Jungkook answered.