"That Ddong-ha is seriously going to die when I see him!" Byul huffed angrily as she galloped out into the capital city to look for the lost Crown Prince.

She didn't expect him to actually run away while she was at her lunch break. She should have known he noticed how she always turned up from her break several minutes late and use it to his advantage.

The Queen and King had not been notified of what happened yet. Byul didn't want them to worry and as much as she disliked the prince, she didn't want the whole palace to be talking about it either.

She knew he wouldn't be in any trouble, nothing like kidnap or arson. Byun Baekhyun disappeared because he wanted fun, and fun was what Byul was stopping him from getting.

She trusted her instincts and alertness to find Baekhyun without the help of the Imperial soldiers. She was going to have to bring him back before anyone other than those few maids and court attendants in Baekhyun's quarters knew what had happened.

"Ddong-ha are you stupid or what?" Byul whispered angrily while scanning the crowd for the prince. She had changed into commoner men wear to venture into the capital city because she didn't want to attract unnecessary attention to herself by wearing the Palace guard uniform.

Byul rode through the entire length of the most popular street in the Capital City. That was the first place that came into her mind when she thought about where Baekhyun would go. Fun, that was what he yearned for, right?

But apparently she was wrong because she didn't caught a single glimpse of anyone that looked like that. The maids in charge of Baekhyun's wardrobe told her that a certain dark blue robe was missing and that was what she was looking out for.

However it was evident that Baekhyun had not come to the street. Then where was he?

Byul stopped the horse for a few moments and thought hard. "Okay, so if I were a flirty prince looking for fun where would I go?" she murmured to herself.

She let her imaginations go wild for a few moments and her eyes widened. She gulped in fear and shook her head as she thought about the most potential place that someone like Baekhyun would have gone to.

"No no no no..." Byul groaned into her palms of her hand. "Ddong-ha, if you even dare to go there, I'll make sure you see hell for the next few days."

With that thought in mind, Byul galloped off to the destination.

The Brothel.

It was one place Byul avoiding merely passing in the past. Even dressed in men's clothings when she hadn't joined the military academy, there were still men who tried to hit on her if she walked past that particular red light district.

There were women with thick make up and voltuptous curves standing around the street and smiling flirtatiously at the men who walked around. The men were not much better either.

The males who went to such places had the sole intent of satisfying their internal beast and resorted to such means. Their eyes scanned the pretty ladies around and quickly picked their favorite, following them into the brothel and doing the deed.

Byul felt all the hairs on her skin stand up in disgust as she strode through the street. This place was a complete horror to someone like her and she couldn't imagine why a guy would want to come here. She just hoped she was wrong and Baekhyun hadn't gone there.

There were girls smiling at Byul and wanting her to go into the different brothels along the street. Byul gulped and pushed them off politely, not bother exposing the truth that she was a girl. It didn't matter anyway, if they had thought that she was a guy she would be able to sneak into the Brothel to look for Baekhyun.

Byul reached one of the brothels at the end of the line and something told her that this was the place Baekhyun might be interested in. It wasn't as sleazy as the others and it was better hidden. More appropriate for someone of his status, if there might be anything appropriate in the entire idea.

"Excuse me." Byul tapped on one of the girls' shoulder. "May I ask if a man in a dark blue robe came in just now?"

The girl spun round and Byul was momentarily transfixed by the girl's face. Seriously, how thick was that makeup? Three inches?

"Sir, you want to come in for fun?" the girl smiled, her hands feeling Byul's arm. Byul pulled away, gulping. "Uhm, I asked if there had been a man in a dark blue robe that went in just now."

The girl looked at her suspiciously. "We keep our clients' information private, sir." she shrugged. "You sure you don't want to have fun inside? It'll be pure pleasure I tell you." she winked.

Byul wanted to gag. "Uhm you see, that guy in the dark blue robe is my friend. We arranged to meet but I forgot which brothel it was." Byul fibbed. "Is it this one?"

The girl looked at her for several moments and Byul took out a few gold coins, tossing them in the air casually. The girl's eyes widened and immediately smiled. "Yes." she nodded. "Dark blue robe that had a rather unique design of a horse on the back right? I remember him."

Byul wanted to punch Baekhyun's face. He really did come here.

"Yeah that's him." Byul stuffed the gold coins into the girl's hands. "Uhm, can I get a room near his please?" she looked at the girl and decided it was more natural to have a girl with him. "And uhm, you as well?"

The girl flushed happily and attached herself to Byul's arm. "No problem sir! I'll be happy to serve you." she fluttered her eyelashes.

Byul wanted to choke with the thick scent of perfume that was present everywhere in the brothel. As they passed through the corridor, Byul heard groans and moans coming from the rooms and could only hope the good she was doing right then would help to clear the bad thoughts.

"Here is the room, Byunghyuk sshi." the girl smiled at Byul, calling Byul by the name she had given falsely. "Your friend is in the other one next to ours."

Byul nodded, keeping an eye on the other door. The girl led her in and there was a bed with blankets on the floor. The girl immediately set to work and started unravelling the ribbons and shrugging off her outer layer of clothes. Byul froze in shock and paled. "Uhm wait a moment here why don't you?" she said in a strained voice. "I'll go to the restroom for a while. Wait for me with tea."

Byul quickly rushed out of the room and fanned herself. Goodness, what were these women thinking!

Byul looked over at the room "her" e had pointed out and walked over. She heard some talking and laughing, a voice that was distinctively Baekhyun. *That Ddong-ha.* Byul growled.

She slid the door open in a swift move, making the people in the room freeze in shock. Byul saw Baekhyun in the midst of three girls as they flirted with him and poured him wine.

Baekhyun was more than purely shocked to see Byul pretending to be a man and standing right in front of him. In a brothel.

He was mindblown. Honestly.

"B-Byul-" Baekhyun started, when Byul cut in. "Yes it's Byunghyuk your friend, hyung!" Byul tried saying in a manly voice. "Mind if I join you?"

Byul pushed one of the girls away roughly and settled beside Baekhyun. She shot him a glare and Baekhyun gulped. "U-uhm...not at all." he murmured. *HOW DID SHE FIND ME?* Baekhyun hollered in his head.

Byul looked at the girls and smiled fakely. "Can we have some alone time ladies?" she asked. "We'll call you back in a while. We have some catching up to do, you see."

The girls grumbled under their breaths, but they all filed out of the room. Once the door was closed Byul immediately burst. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE?"

Baekhyun looked at the door, scared. "Shh! Softer!"

Byul shot him a look. "You want me to be softer when you've got the guts to come to a brothel?" she demanded, hissing angrily and stabbing her finger in his chest. "You're the Crown Prince, if you have forgotten. Can you even imagine what would happen if someone found you in such a place?"

"No one would." Baekhyun assured. "I disguised myself! Look." he pointed at his own "commoner" clothes. Wealthy commoner clothes, anyway.

"Are you that much of a manwhore, Ddong-ha?" Byul retorted, disgusted. "I can't believe you're coming to such a place."

"Hey." Baekhyun raised his hands to defend himself. "In my defense, this is only the first time I've been here. I only came here because I haven't been and I'm curious. I'm not going to sleep with those girls, I know better than that. The only woman I'm going to bed is the woman I'm going to marry."

"It sure doesn't seem like that." Byul hissed. Her eyes darted over to the door. "We've got to leave now, Ddong-ha. Before anyone discovers your identity and before anyone else back at the Palace knows you're missing. You're sure one trouble maker."

Before Baekhyun could open his mouth to protest, banging on the doors several feet away from them was heard.

"OPEN UP! Is Misaeng around? I want her as my companion so hand her over!"

Byul and Baekhyun blinked. It sounded like some rich and wealthy man that had a certain preference over his es and liked this particular one enough to go banging on other people's doors to get her back.

Byul peeked out of the door and saw that the crazy man was banging on doors a few ones away from theirs. "Come on we have to go quickly." Byul hissed. "There are many people here. We don't want you recognised."

She looked back at Baekhyun and saw him thinking deeply. "Yah Ddong-ha!" she hissed.

Baekhyun stared at her, pale and gulped. "I think...I think I know that voice."

Byul paled. Baekhyun scrambled up and went to the door, peeking out as well. He froze and slumped onto the door. "Oh no." he whispered. "That's Minister Kang."

"A minister in the brothel?" Byul gasped. She rolled her eyes. "What is with you people!" she grumbled. She pulled on Baekhyun's arm. "We have to go before he reaches this room, Ddong-ha. Just back face him, he won't see your face." she urged.

Baekhyun shook his head and looked at her. "No you don't understand. He'd recognize me this time."

He his lips and gulped, pointing to the dark blue robe he was wearing. "Because he gave me this particular robe."