Even though Seokjin finds it odd, he just did what Yoongi told him. Well maybe he didn’t do EXACTLY what Yoongi told him. He passed by his father’s tea house first. As expected it was full of people, being the most popular tea house in their town. As Seokjin enters the tea house everyone started eyeing on him. He could even hear some gasps and whispers about him being the most beautiful man they ever laid their eyes on. He just smirked at their comments and continued walking to his father. “Missed me?” Seokjin said at his father’s back which surprised him. “GOOD HEAVENS! YAAA! You surprised me! I almost got a heart attack! ” His father said giving him a slight flick in the forehead. “Ouch! Father that hurts! ” Seokjin said pouting his father just laughed. “That’s okay! That means I missed you too! Come on! I’ll cook for you! I added some new dish I bet you’ll love it!” He said while hugging his only son. Seokjin hugged back and few minutes later they’re off to the kitchen. After catching up with his father. It was still very early until Yoongi’s designated time. So he decided to enjoy the festival the way he wanted to and to carry out his original plans for this festival. He walked into the colorful streets appreciating the beauty of nature with the fun ambience of the festival. He was happily skipping and flipping his fan in his hand the entire time. He walked to each stall seeing if there was something interesting for him to buy. He walked into another one and saw a pretty jewelry. He was about to reach it but another person got it before he does. “How much is this ma’am?!” A pale young lady said eyes sparkling with hope. Seokjin looked at the girl. Her side profile really does look familiar, almost too familiar. He was debating inside if he should just let her have it or should he fight for it. It’s true, he thinks that it was petty to fight for just a bracelet. But in his defense it was too pretty and he think it suits him. “Uhm excuse me but do you have another one of those?” Seokjin said to the old lady. The young lady stared at him and immediately looked somewhere else when he was about to look at her. “I’m sorry young man but that’s the only one left.” The old lady said. “Really?! That’s too bad.” Seokjin pouts. It was true that he was acting cutely so the girl could hand the bracelet to him, in which he think that she was falling for it. His peripheral vision saw the other girl holding the bracelet tighter than she did earlier, were tightly sealed together and was she blushing?! Seokjin just smirked. If he knew better he’ll say that the girl is debating with herself right now. He always, ALWAYS, had this effect on everyone. Seokjin moved closer to the lady and leaned. “Don’t you think it would look good on me?” He whispered in the young lady’s ear. She gasped by his sudden action. Seokjin smirked again. “I agree with you sir! You can totally rock any jewelry if you’re the one who’s going to wear it. Unfortunately this one ... is mine and I ... am still buying it.” she said without even looking at Seokjin then cleared . Seokjin was beyond shocked at what happened. The whole situation flipped around and he couldn’t think of anything to back himself up. He was totally speechless. In the end the young lady hurriedly paid for the bracelet but before she could leave the old lady held her hand. “Wait miss! You forgot this!” The old lady said handling her another bracelet. “Huh?!” The young lady asked “You bought a couple’s bracelet. Give this to your special someone and your love will last forever.” The old lady said in which Seokjin just smirked. In his mind, he wondered how many kids fell for these kind of tricks and this girl might be one of them. Considering the fact that she’s too eager to buy the bracelet she must’ve had someone to give it off to. “I’m sorry but I ... I don’t really need it. I just bought it because I like it ... a-and it looks beautiful.” She said almost stuttering fully embarrassed. All her sass diminished. But from what Seokjin can see she was blushing heavily. “Alright child, just take this with you. You already paid for this! Maybe your love will come someday. Who knows?” The old lady said handing her the other bracelet. She totally thinks it was embarrassing. She doesn’t really believe in those stuffs. Especially, because she had the longest unrequited love to a person who might not even know her existence. Seokjin didn’t know why he even stayed and thought that he should really leave. But seeing the girl mentally fight with herself amused him so much. Though he couldn’t really see what she really looked like she was red as a tomato he thought. ‘What happened with all the confidence now missy?’ He said to himself. He just smirked thinking that he should really go now. He was about to leave when the young lady stopped him. “WAIIIT!” The young lady said as she held Seokjin’s sleeves. “What is it?” He said as he turned around to face the young lady. The young lady was just looking down so he cannot really see what the girl looked like. “He- here! take it! You said you liked it earlier” the young lady said still looking down while giving Seokjin the bracelet. “But that’s for ‘the special someone’ only.” Seokjin said slightly laughing. Despite of looking down, Seokjin felt the young lady was blushing hard or was she just really embarrassed? He leaned closer to the girl “Unless... you want me to be that someone” Seokjin said with a triumphant smug on his face. They have met for like few minutes. Hell, they don’t even know each others’ name but Seokjin suddenly grow a liking in teasing this strange girl. “NO! No... no! It wasn’t like that ... I- I uhmm... that’s not what I mean! I mean... uhmmm...” she began to stutter which made Seokjin just laugh hard. The girl’s aura suddenly changed into a serious one. “Whatever! I don’t believe those things! I just bought it because I thought it’s pretty. You can have it if you want, give it to someone else or throw it whatever. I don’t care.” She said now facing him with that familiar bored and cold sharp look. She put the bracelet in his hand and left him just like that. He just stood there. Processing what just happened. Not only her side profile looked familiar but also her presence really felt familiar. That’s when it hits him. She reminded him of ... ~~ *Back to Yoongi* “Are you sure no one followed you?!” Yoongi asked the guy in black while checking the premises. No one is out there. “Yes prince. I was very careful.” The guy in black answered “Good! Now place this back in the palace. You know where.” Yoongi ordered handing him the bag of femme hanboks he shopped earlier. “Yes Prince Yoongi. Also, the place you asked me to check yesterday has a hidden basement wherein they store the hoarded rice.” He answered. “Good! But how come it’s hard for them to get evidences?” Yoongi asked. “Aside from it being inside the villa of a high official. The hidden basement itself is hard to find. It’s like a wide maze. It was more like of a tunnel. You have to familiarize yourself first before finding the right chamber where the rices were hidden. I was lucky to get out of there before somebody could see me. I also noticed that it was connected to the villas of other officials that’s why when they were in the middle of giving the search warrant the evidences couldn’t be found because perhaps they already moved it to the other officials hidden chamber. Just like what I said Prince it’s like a tunnel. They just made it look like a basement. One secret door leads into another secret passage.” The guy said. “I see. Thank you for that information vice general Lee. You’ve been great help. Please keep it as a secret you know how sensitive this case is. I trust you but if this comes out. I will show no mercy in persecuting you.” Yoongi said with vice general Lee smiling and nodding. “Do you think there’s anyway we can enter that basement vice general?” Yoongi asked again. “If you ask me Prince Yoongi the security is rather tight but if there’s one thing that could make it crumble in seconds. You must be a beautiful young lady.” Vice general said. “Of course these men were always weak when it comes to women.” Yoongi said. “I’ve seen gisaeng goes in and out of the villa with no problem. Once, they got them drunk. We’re already in. We could go today prince Yoongi if you’d like so that you could check their security yourself. Gisaengs were scheduled to go today. ” Vice general Lee said. “But how? As much as I hate to admit this but I’m not as sneaky and skilled as you are.” Yoongi said looking slightly embarrassed. “Well if it’s okay with you we could borrow some of these?” Vice general Lee said while holding the bag full of hanboks up for Yoongi to see. “Are you out of your mind?! ... Those were very special... a- and expensive clothes. No way” Yoongi said with a low voice. “But we can always buy another one especially what gisaeng would usually wear.” Yoongi said slightly turning red and the vice general Lee agreed. They bought the materials and went to Vice general Lee’s sister who is a beauty expert. After a few explanation Madam Lee fixed them. It’s a good thing that they have soft features, well kinda. After putting some make ups. She fixed their hanboks in which she just laughed at how cute they looked. Yoongi was extremely embarrassed. “Well well! young prince Yoongi looks so beautiful. I think I just fell head over heels! So cuuuutteeee ” madam Lee said in which Yoongi became more embarrassed. “Your words sister. He’s still the prince.” Vice general Lee said “I’m sorry prince Yoongi for my rudeness and I’m also sorry too, brother, I couldn’t complement you as much.” Madam Lee said while laughing at his brother. Vice general Lee just made an unbelieving face. For the final touch she added a cloth that hides their nose and lips. Only their eyes can be seen. “Now both of you looked pretty!” She said while handing them the mirror. Both of them just shyly chuckled. After that the 3 were making their way to the gisaeng house. Madam Lee was with them to somehow convince the head gisaeng to give them a job as a gisaeng. But the world knew better, they saw 2 gisaeng on their way to the gisaeng house. They saw how both of them were walking slowly and you can really see that they were almost hesitating to go in. Madam Lee also got her face covered as well and walked up to the ladies. “Good evening ladies and what are you here for?” Madam Lee confronted them. “We- Well we’re- we’re new here ... and ... uhmm.... we asked Madam Soo if we could ... have like a one day job for them. Just one day. ” one of the young lady said almost trembling in fear. “Oh I see you were the new girls they were talking about. Unfortunately, you were no longer needed. There’s so many of them going that they decided to cut the number.” Madam Lee said. She’s also an expert in manipulating people. “Oh... but...” the second lady said. All of them knew what she’s going to say. They can clearly see that they also don’t want to do it but they don’t have anything else to get money from. Yoongi gently handed a pouch carrying more than what they would suppose to earn today. “Don’t worry. I got it covered, I understand you also don’t want this. Just please don’t comeback to this place.” She said smiling while handing the pouch to them. The young ladies were crying as soon as madam Lee said those words. “Thank you! Thank you so much! This means a lot to us!” They said while bowing down. “You don’t have to thank me. Names would be greatly appreciated though.” She said with a smile. “Oh that thank you so much ma’am! I’m Yeri and this is Jisoo, my friend. We would be thankful forever!” Yeri said still bowing. “Okay Yeri and Jisoo, as long as you keep it a secret it wouldn’t be a problem. You know madam soo wouldn’t appreciate it. You know what kind of woman she is.” Madam Lee said one more time and the girls were gone. “Okay girls! Let’s get you inside.” She said as she turned to the young boys in front of her. Madam Lee said that one of them has to pretend as Jisoo and Yeri. Just in case the gisaeng asked what their name is or if ever madam soo addresses them as Jisoo and Yeri they could react and not be suspicious. As soon as they arrived at the house madam Lee left. The girls were already getting ready. The boys blushed slightly upon seeing some girls were still getting dressed. “Madam Soo the new girls are here!” One of the girls said and Yoongi swore his heart almost dropped. It’s a good thing that the girls here were also tall and some even wore shoes that makes them taller. He just hoped that madam soo wouldn’t recognize them. “Oh you’re very early dears and oh! You both looked extra beautiful today.” She said with a smile pushing Yoongi’s long hair at the back and then to Yoongi’s clothes slightly exposing his neck more. Yoongi held his tongue in. Trying hard not to react. The vice general also tensed up seeing madam soo disrespecting the prince. Yoongi held his hand secretly letting him know that he’s alright. The vice general just looked at him. “Why so tense darling? Oh right! I’m sorry I forgot. You’re very ... traditional.” Madam Soo said slightly laughing fixing Yoongi’s hanbok again, exposing him “less”. “Alright come on girls! Line up we don’t want to be late!” She said as they all lined up. All had their face covered. Later on they arrived at the villa. All madam soo has to do was to smile and bow slightly and they were in. Yoongi whispered to the vice general. “Well the security was ... ‘tight’” he said slightly chuckling. Upon announcing their arrival they entered a very large room in which couple of half drunk middle aged men cheered. Yoongi recognized some faces from nobility and it filled him with disgust. Yoongi and the rest immediately took a seat. Yoongi sat down next to the guy who he think is almost as old as him. The rest were all just your plain dirty old guy. On the other hand, Vice general sat down next to the oldest of the group because according to him, it would be easier since their memory were not as good as before now and that fooling them to get them to spill something about the rice hoarding issue is a walk in the park. “This is exactly how we should held our meeting every week. Look at the ambiance, its calm and no tension build up. Exactly what we needed for a stronger alliance.” The oldest man said. “I agree! Minister Yu, We should do this more often!” Another man beside him said while throwing his arms around his respective gisaeng who just giggled. Everyone is just enjoying and having the time of their lives. Yoongi wondered if it’s even a great idea cause it seems like they’re not going to say anything that is important and critical for their mission. Yoongi feels disgusted at how these pigs even become ministers in the palace and even scholars in the first place. He believes that they don’t deserve to be called nobility when stray dogs can behave better than them. He’s bored and lucky that the young man beside him isn’t trying anything funny to him. As what Yoongi could see he seemed to be thinking deeply. The young man beside me sighed and said “we should start talking more seriously about our next plan now.” All of the other ministers and nobles just looked at him. Everyone cleared their throats. They listened to him. He must’ve been someone important then, Yoongi thought for himself. “We’ll be moving the rice next week again. Lately the king and his men has been passionate in solving this case. I feel bad for him because he won’t be able to solve this one” Minister Yu, the oldest man said and 3 everyone laughed. ‘Aish this two faced rat! Just wait until I have you removed for your office’ Yoongi said to himself. “The king must’ve been losing it. He entrusted this mission to the hwarang students. Hah! Those rats knows nothing but having fun, they shouldn’t be a problem” Mr. Choi, the one beside minister Yu, said. “I hate to admit it but it’s true! Youths nowadays doesn’t have a sense of responsibility. Our spies says they just made fun of the mission and mock the king. What a waste of time!” Master shin said. Yoongi at this point is trying so hard not to react or tense up. He swore he could wield his sword right then and there. “So how is Jihoon and Jinyoung doing?! If only they didn’t lose the contest we wouldn’t even be bothering to be this discrete. They’re somehow useless too” Mr. Choi said slightly banging the table. “Just focus on moving the rice next week. Move it to Master Shin’s chamber. They might be suspecting Minister Yu already. I’ll make my appearance early this week” The one beside me said. “But Prince Minhyun I don’t think Minister Han woul-“ Minister Yu was cut by the gasps of the gisaeng upon learning he’s a prince. Prince Minhyun? Minhyun? Where have I heard his name before? “Is he really Prince Minhyun of Baekje?!” One gisaeng asked. Yoongi shots her a deadly glare for she just ruined the mood. Minhyun stood up. “The meeting is over. Everyone, go home now! Master Kwon please all the gisaeng outside” Minhyun said with a stern voice. “Bu- but! It’s just starting to be fun.” Master Kwon said. “Disagree again and I’ll have you dragged along with the gisaengs if you don’t do just as I said!” Minhyun’s voice echoes through the wall and no one else spoke. The gisaengs lines up and hurriedly went outside. Yoongi bowed and went off as well. After a few minutes, Minhyun went outside as well with 3 more guys behind him. Probably his guards, Yoongi thought. This man. What does he want?! Why is he doing this? What is Minister Han and him planning? ‘Uhhhh I was too close in solving this case if it weren’t for that gisaeng!’ Yoongi whispered to himself. “We have to hurry back as well” Yoongi said to vice general Lee before looking back to the mysterious said prince of Baekje. Sometime on their way back, Yoongi is already running (still wearing his disguise) into the festival. Vice general Lee was already a few feet behind him. They decided to keep their act and disguise for couple more hours since someone is following them. Probably, making sure that they won’t talk to anyone about it. They had to make sure that they’re convincing until they stop following them. Yoongi and the vice general decided to split up thinking that it would look more natural and they would look less obvious. Yoongi sighed thinking how “nice” this year’s festival going to be as he spent it crossdressing as a girl. He saw a stall near the river. Thinking he still got some spare time before he meets up with Seokjin and could definitely kill some time by going to that stall.