“So, your head-maid is the woman who saved the King years ago?” Youngbae asked, surprised. The warriors were now in the Kang residence, along with Advisor Jinwoo and Minji

“We were searching for her these four years and she was here all the time? This is ridiculous” Seunghyun grumbled

“We just found it out yesterday” Daesung said. Minji already told them how they had Chaerin in their house since the day they had met

“I still can’t believe this….” Youngbae mumbled.

“Wait, you said Prince Soohyuk’s people chased them back then?” Seungri asked Minji all of sudden

“Yes” Minji answered shortly. “There were about four or five men” She added. Seungri looked like he was thinking

“Wae?” Youngbae asked Seungri

“So…. That meant… They already knew about Chaerin and Yongie…” Seungri answered

“But you said Yongie was just born the night before, right?” Seunghyun asked

“Yeah”

“Are you sure? I mean, that she just gave birth the night before you met them?” Seunghyun asked more

“I’m sure, Oppa. I saw baby Yongie and I knew exactly he was still a newborn. And Chaerin Unnie was still bleeding” Minji cringed, remembered their condition on the day she found them. “Wae, Oppa?”

“This is strange……” Seunghyun mumbled

“What was that, Hyung?” Daesung asked

“If Yongie just born the night before, how come Soohyuk’s people already there and chased her? That could be mean…,”

“Soohyuk already knew about Chaerin long time before” Youngbae finished Seunghyun’s sentence and they all looked each other

“But, how?” Seungri asked confusedly

“Because that bastard was the one who was started it all. He was the one who tried to kill the King. Remember the time when we saved the King? Soohyuk’s people were there and tried to kill the King. Soohyuk must be tracked everything related to the king on his missing period, and found the fact about Chaerin” Daesung gritted his teeth in anger.

“And he knew Chaerin was bearing the King’s offspring…” Youngbae added

“But why did he want to kill them? Killing Yongie or Chaerin wouldn’t give him any benefit, right?” Seungri asked again

“Yeah. Yongie shouldn’t be a threat for him. if he want to take the crown, he should kill Joon instead.” Seunghyun added

“So, he might be knew that Joon wasn’t the real crown prince” Jinwoo spoke up for the first time and all eyes were on him

“But…, that’s impossible. No one else knew about Yongie’s birth mark. Just us” Daesung said

“Then, could it be…. He already knew that Joon has no royal birth-mark? So he knew that Yongie is the sole heir?” Jinwoo speculated

“But, again…. How did he find it? The King told everyone to keep it a secret. Only the King, Queen, the maids and us knew about this” Youngbae asked. While the others were busy speculated, Seungri was deep in his own thought, so did Minji

“OMG” Minji voiced, almost shouted

“What is it, Jagi?” Daesung asked realized Minji’s expression. He knew exactly that his wife was thinking of something important

“I just realized something….” Minji said. Her voice was trembling. All eyes were on her now

“What is it, Minji-ah?” Youngbae asked curiously

“We all know about the dragon-sign legend, right? It said that only the sole heirs who bear the sign. And sole heirs are the King’s first son on every generation……” Minji said

“But Yongie is younger than Joon….” Daesung got it. His eyes were widened as his mind connected every single fact. The others gasped as they realized what Daesung and Minji tried to say

“If Yongie got the birth-mark and Joon didn’t…, Joon should have younger than Yong. Unless….” Seunghyun stopped midsentence

“Joon is not the King’s biological son” Youngbae finished it, held his anger

“Come with me, Chae…” King Jiyong hugged Chaerin tightly, kissed her forehead gently. They were at Chaerin’s room in the Kang Residence. Yongie already fell asleep about an hour ago. After they got back from Yongie’s school, the King decided to stay at Daesung’s house as he wanted to ask many things to his beloved one, Chaerin

The King could remember most of the events during his time with Chaerin, but it was still blurred. But he remembered well anything about Chaerin, and their unborn baby at that time….

“But…,”

“Chae… I’m sorry for leaving you alone… I’ve been looking for you since the day I got that dream, but I had no clue. I didn’t even remember your name…, I’m so sorry…” tears flows from Jiyong’s eyes. He couldn’t hold the pain, imagined Chaerin had to struggle through the past years alone

“It wasn’t your fault….” Chaerin wiped Jiyong’s soaked cheeks even though her tears couldn’t stop flowing. “And I’m so glad to know that you didn’t leave us on purpose”

“No…, Chae… I would never leave you on purpose….” Jiyong tightened his embrace. “Now, come with me, Hunchae…. Let me taking care of you and our son, keep you two safe beside me…. stay with me in the palace…” Jiyong looked deeply into Chaerin’s eyes, so did Chaerin

“But I…” Chaerin mumbled. Again, the reality knocked her sense. The man I front of him is the great King Jiyong. And she was just a commoner….

“I can’t, your majesty…..” Chaerin said as soon as after she pulled her body from his embrace, bowed her head formally. Jiyong felt uncomfortable with her action

“What do you talking about, Chae? Why did you address me like that?” Jiyong asked in annoyance

“You’re the King…. I should address you properly” Chaerin said softly, even though her heart was racing, so painful

Jiyong looked at the bowing woman in front of him in disbelief. He felt a sting in his heart

“I’m here as your husband, Chae…. don’t you remember?” He said with rather shaking voice

“It was a mistake….” Chaerin said, so softly, but sounded like a thunder in Jiyong’s ears

“What….”

“I’m sorry… If only I knew you were the King…. If only I knew you’re married…, I would never….” Chaerin couldn’t finish her sentence. Her cried burst and she sobbed hard, couldn’t contain the pain in her heart

Jiyong fell speechless. Chaerin, the woman he love was crying hard in front of him, apologizing for something that wasn’t her mistake

“A mistake….” Jiyong mumbled, still looked into the crying lady. “You said our marriage was a mistake?” He asked. Chaerin looked up slowly. And when their eyes met, she saw the pain in his eyes…

“Do you know, Chae….. For me…, have met you, fell in love with you, married to you, and Yongie…... are the best things happened in my life…..” Jiyong smiled painfully. His tears were flowing again. “The only thing I regret is that I lost all the memories