Jimin has expected a bunch of scenarios and reactions he'd get once he reaches Silia but what he was experiencing was anything but the reaction he has thought about.

All he expected was a warm yet peaceful welcome and mourning about Jin's condition but never in trillion years, anyone would have imagined that Jimin would be welcomed with a grand musical band, troops of dancers and flowers covering each dust particles of soil wherever he put his feet.

"Appa....This is....So unexpected. I loved it. You didn't have to do this." Jimin said while trying not to cry.

The moment he stepped in Silia, he felt like he has conquered the whole universe. As if this was the happy ending of his story— a story which was about a barren land until spring came and painted it green; only to leave it colourless in this cruel world again and finally he got a full stop to his story full of suffering. Finally.

He was feeling really overwhelmed right now because he couldn't even believe that it was all real. It would surely require some time for him to accept the truth.

"Ah, this is not my doing. The whole kingdom of Silia has been decorated like a bride for welcoming our King that is you, Jimin."

Jimin softly smiled at it and turned towards the people who were all lined up just to get a glimpse of their king returning safely. He felt a wave of gratitude wash over his heart and mind.

"I-I am really thankful to you all. There might be kings who are richer than us but I bet that I'm the only lucky one to get people like you as my treasure. Thank y-you...t-thank you"

Jimin said, finally breaking into tears  as people expressed their love for him by chanting 'Long Live , Kim Jimin' whole heartedly in unison.

"Thankyou everyone. We'll have a fair for celebrating our happiness on this weekend. Till then, lets hope for our King to have some rest and heal properly." The prime minister announced loudly as the king was escorted safely into the palace.

As soon as Jimin stepped inside the palace halls, he paused for a moment and looked at each corner as if consuming the scene for the last time. He smiled at his inner thoughts and shook his head.

"Where's eomma?" He turned towards his father in law with a questioning gaze.

"Um.. we are planning to pay a visit to Seokjin. We thought that it's the best for you if you stay here itself."

"I understand your concern. I'll stay here and don't worry about my safety. I've brought some extra men for my safety. Hyung needs you all." Jimin assured the former king with a sweet smile and the elder hesitated for a moment and looked at the men clasped in all black and signalled Jimin to come in a corner.

"Yes , appa?" Jimin whispered.

"They look suspicious. Are you sure about them?" This made Jimin chuckle softly.

"I know that, appa. I thought so too. But on my journey to Silia, they've saved me thrice. In these seven days, they've proved their loyalty. Can you believe it that one of them literally took an arrow to save me?"

"Arrow? Who attacked you?"

"The same old troop of rogue robbers of the eastern woods. Don't worry, these men have handled it all." Jimin assured his father in law who finally nodded in agreement.

They walked back to their original position and Jimin literally muffled his laugh when his father in law threatened those soldiers about better safety of Jimin. His threats were really dangerous and the scared faces of the soldiers were just too hilarious and especially, when Jimin knew that his appa isn't that kind of person.

".....Got it?"

"Yes, my majesty." They all replied in unison and saluted the former king before everyone started dispersing from there.

As soon as Jimin lifted his feet, he felt an unexpected twist in his ankle and he lost his balance. "AHH" He was ready to have a great fall already.

Fortunately, someone caught him right in the moment before he could kiss the floor flat in his face. Jimin gasped with relief as he looked at the person who caught him by his waist.

It was one of the soldiers. From the corner of his eyes, Jimin saw the same creep glaring them from far away and it seemed as if he took a run to save Jimin too but to his bad luck, he couldn't make it on time.

"Thank you." Jimin said with a smile to the man who was holding him. The man nodded before bowing and left from there quietly.

"Weird" Taejoon commented and the younger king also nodded in agreement.

Jimin had become friendly with these soldiers over these one week of traveling together yet he found two of them very weird.

One was the soldier who watches Jimin like a guardian on surveillance and keeps trying to get closer to him but never actually speaks a single word. And the second one was the one who just saved him. This man would stay far from him most of the time but whenever Jimin is in danger, he'll automatically come to rescue the king. He even took an arrow for him yet didn't even reply to Jimin's 'thank yous'. He used to be weirdly silent.

With their silent nature, these both have caught Jimin's interest, making him curious to know the reason behind it. He wanted answers of several questions related to them.

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The chamber was filled with peaceful snores of the young soul sleeping without any worries after a month full of struggles. The scented candles were lit everywhere.

Someone's dark shadow was stepping towards the bed where the king was sleeping. His steps being silent as he climbed over the bed and hovered over the King.

He looked at Jimin's face glowing like a night flower. His hands etching to just touch him for once.

"So pretty" He said as he ran his hand over Jimin's soft cheeks and traced his thumb over the pink lips before he couldn't control it anymore.

Throwing away all his sanity, he started to lean towards Jimin's fruity lips; slowly reducing the distance between them but before he could completely achieve his goal, a sound was heard.

"STOP RIGHT THERE."  A soldier from the door shouted loudly and this noise made Jimin stirr in his sleep as felt his sleepiness fade away.

He quickly opened his eyes in an alert mode and saw someone hovering over him and recognised him as one of the soldiers. Then his eyes went  towards the door where another soldier was rushing towards them.

He was confused by everything and realised their position and the soldier above him hurriedly covered his face with the black veil again.

"YOU—" Said the another one as he took the soldier from the bed and grabbed him by his collar before landing a harsh punch on his jaw.

"What are you doing?" Jimin screamed in horror as his brain was still not fully awake.

"HE IS A BASTARD. When you were sleeping, he sneaked into your chamber and was going to kiss his majesty in sleep. He needs a nice lesson." Said the soldier who once took an arrow for Jimin in order to save him and also saved him in the morning from tripping.

The criminal here was the creep who always keeps staring Jimin.

Jimin became really mad and marched up to the guilty one before grabbing him by his neck and smashing his body against the table in the corner of his chamber.

"HOW DARE YOU.?"

Jimin's anger knew no limits. His lips were to be claimed by a strange man who wasn't his Taehyung. His innocence and purity was to be ruined without his consent.

Yes, he wasn't a virgin anymore but he has always believed that Taehyung never took away his purity because each time he touched Jimin, the shorter felt as if he became more pure than before , as if Taehyung's each touch made him more pure.

This all was about to get wasted. All because of this goddamn rapist creep.

"My majesty? Is everything alright?" The leader of the pack came running after hearing the noises.

"He tried to kiss him in sleep." The another soldier reported and the leader looked shocked as hell.

"My majesty, my apologies for this. You can punish him tomorrow morning. Please have a nice sleep. I'll teach him a lesson too."

And without giving a chance for Jimin to reply, the leader dragged his two men out of the chamber in panick.

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"Who the hell told you to keep a man out of our  plan in our team? He knows nothing?" Screamed one of those soldiers while the other one was looking down, realising his mistake.

"My majesty, I am really sorry. But Jake was injured and I kept him as a replacement. He is new and knows nothing about who you actually are and your relationship with the King of Silia. I'll teach him a lesson." The leader continuously apologised.

"I feel like killing him. He should be out of my vision from tomorrow onwards."

With that being said, the man left from there in anger as the leader marched up to the new soldier who was looking down in guilt. He had to teach him a lesson

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Phew!!
To be continued.........