" No...., I don't agree to this union , being a burden to someone who is already burdened is not my specialty", said Lee kwon looking over at Lee Yeon, " it doesn't look like she wants this either so I will decline that proposal ", the council members looked at each other and the loud mummurs and and judgemental gazes began , the Queen smiled evily, of course he will still fight for his pride eventhough he had none left, the Queen cleared her throat , " very well then since no agreement was made on this union, I declare Lee Kwon the bastard son of the King, a traitor of the state whose execution will take place in the courtroom in the next two days and Lee Yeon , daughter of the deceased council member who spoke against the Queen shall be exiled from Gwengochan from tomorrow, she leaves by dawn.....", immediately the Queen said that Lee Yeon fell to her knees as she cried helplessly , Lee Kwon was shocked at what the Queen had said , he clenched his fist, " you are going too far your Majesty, why punish the daughter for what the father had done , Lee yep wasn't pat of the sins of her father so why imposing such harsh punishment", said Lee Kwon wanting to ungrasp from the grip of the guards, " your Majesty please my father holds this country dear to him, our house is the only memory I have of my father..., you.....you can't do this your Majesty.....please reconsider ...", said Lee Yeon , her hands were trembling as she bowed down continuously, Lee Kwon was helpless now , he couldn't do anything for her.
At that very moment the door flung open, the Queen smile fell, seeing her expression Lee Kwon, Lee Yeon and all the elders turned back and saw Seugh min, he only wore a white robe and it was stained all over with blood even hia hands were stained with blood, his feet was covered with dirt, he looked lifeless, the whole assembly and Lee Kwon was shicked and confused at this scene , Lee Yeon quickly averted her gaze because she found his appearance was revolting but Seugh min didn't care about the glances he received he just walked towards his mother , his head bent low and he slightly staggered in each step he took, it was a slow pace but he finally reached his mother.
" Seugh min...", said Lee Kwon almost in a whisper wondering what had happened , for some reason he had a really bad feeling about this and Seugh min didn't look in his right mind , " you're here...., you are more early than I had expected.....", she said looking at her son from head to toe , " go wash up now and get ready, the precious lady will soon be here ", said the Queen , " I....I came early just like you had requested , at least I wanted you to feel ...to feel a slight pang of guilt, but you are still this way ...", said Seugh min, his voice had began to crack and tears streamed down his face as he looked up at his mother , everyone looked at them curiously , " you didn't even feel remorseful after killing an unborn child", said Seugh min as he broke down in front of the whole assembly, Lee Kwon was in disbelief, an unborn child?, what was Seugh min talking about, " you know I did it for you, i love you so much Seugh min, you are my son ", said the Queen quite non challantly at her words , it was clear , she was blunt and didn't care of Inas death , Seugh min scoffed , " you love me....?, you dont understand how I feel because you haven't lost a child....", said Seugh min, his voice sounded vengeful and sorrowful as ge bowed his head low, " you are my mother ..., before my hatred for you takes over my whole heart , I am trying to save the small amount left before it is completely consumed , this...this is my last respect I will be showing you ", saying that with one swift move he took the dagger that had been saddled on his belt and he used it to aggressively stab his neck, it all happened so fast, everything felt like a trance , the Queen stood there in disbelief as blood splurged from her son's neck , Seugh min aggressively pulled out the knife from his neck as his blood poured continuously like a river without any boundaries, Lee Kwon was wide eyed, this felt like a dream , this couldn't be happening, reality hit him hard as Seugh min fell to the floor as he started splurging out blood from his mouth, the Queen screamed in anguish as she ran to her son, Lee Kwon tugged his hand away from the guards , his heart beating tremendously, " Seugh min....", he called out his name almost in a whisper as he staggered to his brother, the assembly became chaotic, all the elders circulated around the Queen and her dying son, the Queen placed her hand on Seugh mins wound as she tried to stop the bleeding as she cried helplessly, the guards had already gone to call the royal doctor , the maids and court ladies ran Helter skelter as they began to cry, " SEUGH MIN....", Lee Kwon yelled pushing past the elders , he didn't care as he pushed through them finally reaching Seugh min who was already so weak from the blood less, his face was already pale , Lee Kwon began to cry as he quickly knelt down beside Seugh min , the Queen couldn't even do anything as she was in her own world of pain but seeing Lee Kwon here Seugh min broke into a weak smile as he clitched his hand in his as more blood splurged from his mouth , " Se...seugh min...please...please no, stay with with me huh..please", Lee Kwon sobbed tightly clutching Seugh mins hand , " I.....I said...I said I will protect her , I ...I said it was alright , that it will be okay, I .....I couldn't even restore her breath back....., w....what is the point,.....I...I...saved many people w...with this power b.....but the one person I loved I couldn't save her", he coughed, splurging out more blood from his mouth, " doctor.....where is the doctor, bring him now , SEUGH MIN....", the Queen yelled still holding unto his neck that aggressively pumped out blood but Seugh min didn't pay attention to his mother instead he tugged at Lee kwons hand putting something in it, he smiled softly as Lee Kwon shook his head while sobbing, he looked at his mother, he didn't hate her , he loved her because she was his mother but he desperately prayed in his heart that in his next life he didn't want her to be his mother, he looked up as a tear slipped from his eyes with a soft smile on his face, he could see it, sunset and spring flowers , " Ina.....", he whispered under his breath before he slowly and finally closed his eyes slipping into the realm of darkness as his breathing slowed down till it finally stopped, Seugh min the second son of the King was dead, the whole place was silent , it took the whole assembly , Lee Kwon and the Queen to tell that he was not waking up.
The Queen adjusted herself, she was almost panting, Lee Kwon was wide eyed , Lee Kwon felt the loosened grip of Seugh min untill his hand limply fell, " Seugh min.....Seugh min", called the Queen as she shook her son , just a glimmer of hope but his body became hard confirming the fact that indeed he was dead, " AH....AAHHH.....AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!", she screamed in an agonizing voice as she sobbed loudly clutching the corpse of her son, " Seugh min ,no...no, not like this, not like this", she yelled at the same time she sobbed, " CALL THE DOCTOR.....,CALL HIM NOW, IF MY SON DOES NOT LIVE YOU ALL DIE ,...CALL THE BLOODY DOCTOR....", she yelled still clutching her son, Lee Kwon fell to the floor, his mouth remained hanging as silent tears fell from his eyes in disbelief, Seugh min was dead, his brother was dead.
He didn't even struggle as the guards took hold of him and began to escort him, the blood of his brother was on his body and his hands , Seugh min was dead.
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Eun Chen clutched her chest in pain, her breathing appeared ragged as she curled herself into a ball, the pain travelled all over her body it felt like someone was decapitating her, her face was pale , she slowly opened her robe revealing the spiral marks which had turned black, this was the danger sign, at this point she could die at any moment, her time was limited right now, she felt so weak , at that moment she heard the gates open , Lee Kwon was here she didn't want him to see her like this , she gasped as she quickly managed to get up composing herself then she saw him but it was rather horrifying,he was covered in blood as he walked lifelessly towards his cell.
Eun Chen became worried, did something happen?, why was he covered in blood?, all her questions remained unanswered till he entered the cell, she quickly came to him worry written all over her face as she touched him all over frantically, " what happened ?, are you hurt?, did she do anything to you, huh?", she asked in a worried voice but he just remained silent which only made Eun Chen more worried even with the pain she felt in her chest and the metallic taste she was feeling, it was upcoming , she didn't care, all she cared about was the man standing before her , him not saying anything scared her,she saw as tears fell from his eyes she became more worried, she softly placed her two hands on his cheeks , her eyes grew warm as she came closer to him closing any space they had between them , " Lee Kwon , what is wrong?, what happened?, are you hurt huh....?", she asked softly as she wiped the tears from his eyes at that moment Lee Kwon could not help but break down , streams of tears poured on Eun Chen hands , he began to sob, each carrying a depth of pain and guilt , his cries came from the depths of his heart , it was so agonizing, it was painful, it was heart wrenching , Eun Chen could resonate with that feeling, his cries penetrated deep into her soul , " he ....he...he didn't deserve it, Seugh min , Seugh min shouldn't have been the one to die.....", he sobbed as he hit his chest repeatedly, hitting it harder, " it....it should have been me..., it shouldn't be him ...Seugh min", Eun Chen hugged him as tears fell from her eyes ,eventhough she had known Seugh min for just a short while he was a good person, he cried desperately as she softly patted his back, his sone were heartbreaking, it was full of regret, pain and guilt, she could resonate, she knew those harsh feelings all too well, at that point she felt that sharp pain once more in her chest , it felt like heat was blossoming inside her chest, at that moment there was a loud thunder , the pain on her chest became more intense as the thunder roared outside but she kept comforting him despite her pain she comforted him, she felt blood begin to pour from her mouth, she quickly used her other hand to close her mouth to prevent the blood from spilling on him as she continued to comfort him by patting him softly. That night a storm , a great storm arise turning Gwengochan into an epic victim of ones regret.
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" The Queen is vulnerable now , it is time to seige the kingdom ", said one of Han jums men as Han jum twirled the phoenix stone in his hand , how could he not have known that the spiral marks were connected to the phoenix stone , the key was Eun Chen all along, he smiled to himself, he could get her and manage to connect the phoenix stone to the spiral marks, he will have the ultimate power and he will be a god, " we shall seige the kingdom ", said Han jum with a wicked smile tapping his hand on the phoenix stone.