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Baekhyun walked along the path of possibly one of the largest houses in the small village, the path leading to the door was guarded on both sides by waist high shrubs, at the end of the way stood a man, no taller- possibly shorter than Baekhyun himself, much like the doctor.

He was only in pajamas but still looked to be quite well kept even for someone in nightwear. He turned to look at Baekhyun, a small smile on his face.

"Welcome, prophecy carrier. Here, a weapon, you must protect yourself." The introduction was short and cold. The man held the unsheathed sword, with hilt towards Baekhyun, he nodded and took what he was told to take.

He felt this night would be filled with things such as this, people giving him items to go and sending them to the next place.

Baekhyun looked up, only to see if there was more, the knight looked at his face. "I hope you do well, prince. I'm sorry for the raids that have happened to your humble kingdom."

Baekhyun could not believe his ears, not only was the guardsman apologizing but he sounded genuine, he always assumed the northerns were cold-blooded rat bastards.

Besides that, no one in the whole town had ever actually called him prince or prophecy carrier out in the open. Only a few people knew, Taeyong and hismelf would be the only ones alive that he knew of.

"N-no, you're fine, I'm sure there's a reason, even if it's only the desire to conquer, you have a purpose." Baekhyun said before asking, "What is your name, guardsman?"

Then the guardsman in question could not believe his ears, someone, a native to this area wasn't looked at him with utter disgust or fear. "it's Junmyeon. I will await your return. Do you know the shop towards the end of town?"

"Yes," Baekhyun said, "Is that the next place?" he guessed, and right he was, with the nod of the guardsman's head he was off towards the shop, the small store with held strange items.

It was there where he was meant with a more familiar face, one that sneaked up on his as he looked through the windows of the small store.

"Baekhyun?" The man asked, "Luhan?" Baekhyun questioned, eyes squinting from the lack of light. "Yep, it's Luhan, would you like to take a seat?" Luhan was already unlocking his store and making his way inside.

Baekhyun followed into the dark tavern like shop, no lights on with a door being shut behind him.