AUTHOR'S POV

The next day Taehyung woke up to the announcement of the guard. Someone was here to see him. He was a bit skeptical but turns out it was Seokjin.
"Good morning." He spoke dryly. "Good morning. I have something I want to talk about to you, Second King." Seokjin added. "Ya I can see that. So what is it?" Taehyung asked getting up to drink water.
"See, to be honest I don't really like how you are misbehaving with my queen. She is the supreme being and the ruler of this land. You should refrain from behaving rudely. You are staying in her land and you must behave according to Seodong's rules" Seokjin added with angry eyes.

Taehyung looked at him with narrowed eyes. ''Noble Seokjin that's between me and my wife. Moreover I didn't want to come here anyways. You should refrain from butting in my matters." Taehyung grumbled. Seokjin's eyes widened in anger. ""By what audacity do you presume to address me in such a manner! I am not a noble. I am the first king of Seodong. You say that she is your wife but you are acting like she is your sworn enemy!" Seokjin defended.

"Look, I am not in the mood to engage in a quarrel with you. Please stay out of my matter Seokjin."

Seokjin's lips pursed and quivered in anger but he angrily stormed out of the room. "How dare he. Talking like that to me. The first king. That useless human." Seokjin thought as he straightened his slightly ruffled outfit due to walking so quickly.

His breathing grew heavy as he seethed in anger. "Nobody badmouths my queen." He whispered.
"Who did?" he heard a voice from behind. Quickly turning around he faced his queen. Seeing her his eyes softened. "Good morning my dearest queen. Did you sleep well?" Seokjin asked sweetly. The queen gently pulled him down for a long kiss. This immediately brightened Seokjin who smiled with a blush. "M-My queen, people are watching..." he whispered shyly glancing at a smiling Maya who was looking sideway. "Let's get back to the original question. Who badmouthed me?" The queen asked with a subtle smile.

"The second king." Seokjin added scornfully. The queen's smile fell but soon she chuckled. "Tell me something new. But well he will soon say otherwise." The queen added. "My queen why would you always forgive him? He should know you are the supreme! I didn't tolerate it! He even addressed me as Noble." Seokjin added.

"What did you say? He addressed you as a noble?" The queen asked with furrowed eyes. "Yes! He called me Noble Seokjin." Seokjin added. "Inexcusable. Maya, bring Taehyung to the court. He is crossing all limits now. I will have to fix him in my way. Jin I will be expecting you there too." "Yes my queen." Maya and Seokjin said in unison. The queen added walking off to the court.

Seokjin couldn't contain his smile.

In the court Maya brought Taehyung and Y/n began.
"Prince Kim now Second King Taehyung. It's against the rules in Seodong to refer to anyone against their title. Like I had reprimanded earlier, you must refer to me as Queen Y/n. You received punishment of house arrest for that reason. Now you are called here for refering to the first king Seokjin as a noble. We excused a lot of your wrong behaviors but consider this your final warning. Address people with their respectful titles."

Taehyung silently listened before speaking. "I...I apologize. Queen Y/n. First King Seokjin. I apologize to the both of you."

The queen's lips turned up and Seokjin sighed silently.
Taehyung understood fighting will not bring him anywhere. He needs to act as normal as he can and once he gains a bit of favours he will try searching for his sister and mother.

He needs answers. Why did they abandon him?

That night the queen again visited the handsome prince and smiled seeing him bow in greeting. "Good evening my queen." Taehyung added softly but without any actual emotion. The queen was pleased none the less.
''I am happy you are settling with us. Here, I am leaving this tray here." In the tray was his dinner before the queen left.

From that day onwards Taehyung grew silent and obedient. He had only 1 goal. To find his family. But slowly that goal blurred as he looked out of his window every morning and saw the queen training and fighting with minimal clothes.

It always flustered Taehyung seeing her show so much skin. It was a very very big culture shock for him. Even the prostitutes and dancers show less skin in Kimseong. Moreover he began seeing how she was so confident and smart. One day he felt jealous seeing her.

She was charming, elegant yet so powerful and adamant. Like she had the qualities of a beautiful maiden and also the strongest king all together. Whereas he was simply a stupid artist. And artist who was born in the wrong place. He was not fit to be the king and was always scorned at by his father. But atleast his mother understood him. Tears rolled down his eyes remembering his mother's letter.

She abandoned him too. Then he wondered, what if the queen was more cruel. Had he been kidnapped by some other king they would've tortured him like Kimseong tortures prisoner of wars. However here he was, living a luxurious life. Was he lucky enough? When his family abandoned him in his most heroic moments, it was as if the queen accepted him.

That moment his mind snapped as he blushed in embarrassment. How could he even think that. He looked out again to see the queen shooting arrows. Unconsciously he walked up to his blank canvas. He hadn't painted since long but the queen ordered for some canvas for him.

He looked out and captured the queen's position before beginning to draw her.

He was concentrating on her hard and within an hour he was done portraying her. He never felt so peaceful since his arrival in Seodong. It's been 5 months already.