Chaotic Nights

Chaotic Nights — Chapter 63. Heein

Translator: Atlas

Weekly Chapter 4/5

Kim walked toward the drawing room, where Yuljae was standing.

The stern-eyed woman was accompanied by attendants and warriors.

“I’m sorry. The Prince is currently absent…”

Heein Jagga laughed at Kim’s obvious lie. Yuljae avoided Heein’s gaze.

“Isn’t my brother’s right arm here? How dare you lie to me! I don’t think my brother would have gone out alone.”

“I think it’s a misunderstanding…”

“Lead me to the Prince’s chambers. I will wait there.”

Heein, who took off her sseugaechima, placed it on her arm. As soon as she heard that Jihak had come to Harye, she asked to meet with him several times. But all she received was silence as rejection.

So she could wait no longer. She felt as if the sky had fallen when she heard the news that he had resigned his position as Crown Prince. It is obvious that if an impotent authority ascends the throne, purges will take place. Heein did not want that to happen.

“Quickly!”

Heein, who had shouted at Kim, took the first step toward his quarters. When the door in the middle of the corridor opened, Jihak came out with something wrapped in a robe in his arms.

He smiled at Heein with a flushed face.

“Guide her to the visitor site.”

“Understood!”

“A woman…?”

Heein looked at the hair of the woman in Jihak’s arms. She looked about to faint.

He kissed the woman’s forehead before he left.

She was bewildered. She felt like she had been beaten, she couldn’t close her mouth.

“Who is she? What family does she belong to?”

Yuljae blocked Heein’s path.

“I’ll lead you somewhere else.”

“You…!”

“Don’t provoke my Lord.”

“…I can’t believe a blind man would carry a woman!”

Yuljae, who did not respond, politely guided Heein. She coldly pushed Yuljae’s hand away, then looked to where Jihak had left with a worried face.

***

The tea smelled good. There were also different cookies on the table. Jihak laughed when he saw that Heein was looking at Gari, who had set up the tea table, in detail.

“Do you really think I conceived that girl?”

Gari walked away with a pale face, she looked like she was running away. Heein asked,

“Prince… are you able to see.”

Jihak lifted his teacup. Heein was hopeful.

“That depends. Sometimes it’s so dark that I can’t see an inch ahead, other times I can see quite clearly. There are days when my eyesight is so blurry I can’t make out anything. That’s why I couldn’t answer your letter. Forgive me.”

It was a sincere reply. It was no different from when he was Crown Prince, but Heein somehow noticed that something had changed.

Jihak was transparent even in his possessiveness. But now he felt incredibly twisted. Heein cared for his brother, as if he were his own son.

“Please go back to the palace. Seohwi is still young. In case something bad happens to our father, Seohwi will ascend to the throne, definitely the Queen Mother will make decisions. This means it will become chaos. I don’t want that to happen.”

Her hand, which was holding the teacup, shook with anger.

“I thought you came because you were worried about me.”

“Of course, I came because I was worried about you! You didn’t even answer my letter.”

“My life is in danger. I’m not in the mood to meet my sister.”

“How dare anyone threaten the Prince’s life!”

“Calm down. You know where my blood comes from.”

Only then did she realize that she hadn’t even touched the tea. He was still afraid. He was always on high alert because he didn’t know when death would come.

Things had not changed.

Heein took the teacup from him and lifted it to her mouth.

“That’s nonsense. You’re the only one who can occupy that position.”

“You really don’t know who used readers to spread these rumors?”

“Huh…?”