Taehyung was maintaining his calm demeanor to show that he wasn't afraid of the man in front of him. He is a prince, he can punish him if he wants to. He didn't bother to move an inch when the man stepped closer to him.

"I truly despise people who ask me a lot of questions. You should better close your mouth if you don't want me to cut your tongue." The man warned him.

"You don't know me, you might repent of threatening me like this." Taehyung stayed to act tough.

"My, my, my, do you wish to go out of this place without your tongue piercing in your mouth, do you?" The man smirked, touching his chin.

"I do not wish anything from you"

Taehyung propelled the man's hand from his chin and looked at him straight into his eyes.

"You better listen to me if you want to get out of here alive." The man turned around again to continue sharpening his daggers.

"Who are you? I want to know your name." Taehyung said.

"In what exchange?" The man asked, glancing at him.

"What?" Taehyung was baffled by the man's question.

The man turned around and smiled.

"I don't answer for free, if you promise to give something to me, I will consider it." The man smirked.

"What kind of human are you? This is nonsensical." Taehyung retorted.

"This is how I earn and survive in this absurd kingdom." The man told him and flicked his fingers.

"Talking to you is futile."

Taehyung was about to leave but a dagger immediately ran through his cheeks and landed on the door. His heart was beating so fast when he realized what happened. He was frozen in his place before he felt the man behind him. He was shivering, feeling every inch of the man.

"I apologized for wasting your precious time."

The man stepped forward and takes out the dagger from the door. He opened the door and looked at Taehyung.

"I will let you leave now." The man smiled and speaks as if he didn't do something triggering earlier.

Taehyung gain his senses and immediately went out of the house.

"It's an honor to have you here, my prince."

Taehyung's eyes widened when he clearly heard the man call him. There's no way that fellow man will know his identity. He turned around to look at him but the door was quickly shut closed.

He can't believe that man can know his identity even though he doesn't have any garments that symbolize he is a prince. Who is that man? How does he know about him?

He slightly pulled down his hat when he saw guards roaming around. He disregards his thoughts and quickly ran away from the house while the guards were looking at him.

The man has a smirk on his lips while looking at the stolen necklace from Taehyung. He got another target today and it successfully worked without the prince noticing what he just did.