The man was so do with everything as he finally closed the book he was reading and finally decided to snap out his frustrations on the person who has been annoying him for hours now.

"Can you not look at me like you're my sworn enemy and want to swallow me right away?"  Jimin said, getting annoyed by the man who was continuously staring at him without  missing a single second.

The man who was dressed up in all black with a black mask of silk cloth drapped over his face, a sword in his hand as be looked at Jimin with confused eyes.

"My apologies but I wasn't staring at you."  The man said with a little bow and Jimin shook his head with protest. He pointed to another man.

"No, not you. That one." Jimin said and the other man who was in the same attire like the previous one got up from where he was sitting.

He vigorously shook his head in denail and Jimin clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Ah, not you. That one, look he is still staring at me." Jimin said pointing to another man who was standing far from them and was guiding the door for them.

The soldier pointed at himself and Jimin nodded but the soldier just shrugged off and went back to guiding.

"How dare he?" Jimin was getting more and more triggered by that particular soldier because since the moment he was assigned to guard him, that man had been staring at him like a creep.

These all were the special commanders assigned by Hoseok to guard Jimin in his journey of going back to Silia. He needed more precised safety so Hoseok has bought a special troop of personal protection agency for Jimin. This gang was the most trusted and verified one so far.

Jimin really wanted to refuse to this because he has befriended Hoseok's own soldiers and was pretty comfortable with them. Traveling such a long distance with a gang of unknown person was really making him nervous because he was in a situation where he couldn't even trust the air arround him let alone human beings.

Especially with this one strange man who was being huge creep to him. He was really scaring Jimin right now.

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Jimin was clearly happy to the core where he felt like screaming on top of his lungs when he heard the confirmed news of the King of Elino passing away. He screamed and hugged Yoongi and Hoseok with joy.

They all supported his happiness and celebrated this victory with him and hugged him. Later on when they saw how Jimin was emotionally struggling, they decided to give me some time to stabilize his emotions.

As soon as he was left alone, he broke down in tears; crying and sobbing. His suffering has come to an end as he has successfully put an end point to the sentence of Namjoon's life.

There was no danger anymore and he felt like he could finally breathe. Now the feeling that someone was twisting his heart from inside and some invisible hands were clutching him was gone as he felt free from the trap of the hell Namjoon has put him into.

"T-thank you god. Thank you so much. I h-hope Jin hyungie is doing well. Keep him safe, lord."

He thanked his brother in law again and again.

Seokjin has always pretended to be against Jimin in front of the whole world and it was all just to make Namjoon believe that he was free and Jin didn't doubt him at all.

He knew that Namjoon was observing everything and planning sick ways so that Jin wouldn't help Jimin at all. He made sure that these two should never get along but they both knew it very well and decided to pretend to be trapped in the devil's sick plan.

But it was the devil himself who was being toyed by these two all along. If not for Seokjin's plan, Jimin has planned to murder that bitchy man the moment he got a good opportunity to have his hands around the king's throat.

It took a lot for him to have patience because Jin never really talked to him in actual. He would just circulate few letters to him and sometimes do a little eye communication but apart from that he never warned Jimin about how he has planned everything.

So whenever Seokjin used to insult him, Jimin didn't know a single thing and would just act along but sometimes, Seokjin's words left a bitter impact on Jimin's fragile heart and it made him wonder if it was really a part of plan or was it really needed for their mission?! But he beared everything because he wanted to support Seokjin and get rid of Namjoon and Seokjin was his only escape so he obeyed him, ignoring how sometimes he would be hurt beyond repair.

But now everything had ended. No more Namjoon and no more obeying to Seokjin.

Jimin just wanted to go back to Silia and serve as the king and live for his family and the nation.

He has already dreamt about his upcoming life in Silia. Nayeon would deliver soon and there will be a little life in the palace which would bring happiness around them. He missed Jennie's motherly embrace and his Father in law's protective fatherly support.

He can live in his and Taehyung's once shared room and relive each memories they made together. He could stay closer to Taehyung's soul and feel comfort in his faded embrace even.

Life was going to be a lot better in Silia  and Jimin just couldn't wait for it anymore. He felt like home was calling him. He felt home-sick, the nostalgia washing over him again and again.

"J-jimin?" He heard Yoongi's nervous voice call him out.

"Yeah, hyung?" He replied confidently and wiped off his dried tears because the days of crying were finally gone.

"Are you okay? Can we come inside?"

"Of course, hyung." Jimin said assuringly and the royal couple came inside with a tray full of delicious meals.

"We really don't want you to leave this place but we know that your presence is needed there more. Have this." Yoongi said with an upset pout because in these few weeks, they've bonded really well.

"Ah, don't worry ,hyung. I'll pay a visit to you both soon and I'll specially invite to make ally of our troops for the upcoming spring treaty. And you all can always come there because that's your kingdom too."

Jimin said with a sweet smile and washed his hands before happily taking a bite. It was his first peaceful meal after such a long time. He ate it without complaining at all.

He has been starving to have one peaceful meal without any stress and threats. Finally!

"Sure. By the way, I've assigned a private protection troop for you. The soldiers are well trained." Hoseok said and Jimin frowned with confusion.

"Why? Why not yours?" He questioned.

"Because I've some trade going on and I can't just let you go with my usual soldiers because the tough ones are busy. So I bought this troop who will accompany you to Seoul and serve for you there too for the next six months."

"S-six? How can we trust them?"

"I've used them before. Trust me, Jimin. I'll never do anything wrong for you."

"I didn't mean so, hyung. Can you atleast introduce them to me?"

"Ah, sure. But there are a total 9 of them and they'll be covering their faces because their identities are meant to be kept hidden according to the policies and they've been assigned some professional names too."

"Woah! Hold on. I'm seriously suspecting them right now." Jimin said in protest.

"Jimin" yoongi too insisted and Jimin made a thinking face as one of Hoseok's guard introduced each soldier to him by their professional names and their traits/skills.

Jimin was carefully observing each one of them to catch any single suspicious motion but none happened; well except for this one man continuously staring at him.

Yoongi and Hoseok looked at each cautiously when Jimin glared at that man with more attention and started walking towards him to observe him better as if he was trying to find out some clues or familiarity.

"Ah, Jimin, come here. They've been assigned to protect you. Hoseok is going to make them understand everything, okay?! You come with me."

Yoongi abruptly grabbed him away and Jimin couldn't deny this whole thing.

Back to present 🤍✨

Jimin decided to ignore this man because maybe this weirdo was trying to get on Jimin's nerves and annoy him . That man must be a bratty rebel.

But Jimin decided not to react much because he didn't want to entertain anyone with further attention.

Talking about this soldier, he'll take all his bratty ness once they reach to Silia as he was planning to issue him in one of the toughest field work ever and make him work like an animal until he gets his senses back.

"Bye, Jimin. We'll miss you. Keep writing to us about your life, hmm?" Yoongi said while hugging Jimin and the latter nodded and hugged Hoseok too who gave him a heart warming farewell and they parted away.

Jimin looked at his chariot and climbed inside it and comfortably sat before waving back at the royal couple who helped him in his toughest time.

He asked them not to worry much and focus on their Kingdom and have a happy life while he was going on his own journey to his home, his safe place.

From the corner of his eyes, Jimin saw that creep riding the horse near his chariot but he decided to completely ignore him and look at the other direction but the another was staring at him too.

Like the bloody hell!

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Date- 6th Jan 2024
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