Blessing Curse (Curse of Blessing)
12. Energy from the Shadow

"About that, there's nothing wrong with Mizhawa, I was just joking with you earlier" Na Yeong chuckled.

I still think about how he said it. Right too, I shouldn't have trusted this one princess, she seemed to be playing around with everything she said.

But I could feel it, that something was going on between them princesses, it was like something that could not be explained in any word, but could be felt.

"Well! Gi Sung, come here quickly!" Na Yeong called out to me after she ran away leaving me to see something in front of us.

Remember the soldier who helped me get out of Hira's palace without a hitch? yes, he was the one, Na Yeong was that soldier. She has the power of camouflage magic, where she can transform into someone she wants to be. I also only found out after he explained that he and I had met and even chatted before. Not surprisingly, the soldier seemed to talk a lot and was happy to joke. That kind of magic power sounds a little terrifying to me.

And he remembered that I once said I owed him a debt of gratitude. So here we were, Na Yeong and I were in the market, located in the center of Hira. He charged that and asked me to accompany him around the market.

I can't believe it's been a fun and exhausting experience for me. Because Na Yeong is such a super active girl.

He ran around to see things that caught his attention.

"Na Yeong, are you really 23 years old? you're even acting like a kid who doesn't have any fatigue." I approached him with gasps. It's not that I don't like it, but it's really, he has a lot of energy to do all the things he wants.

"Kc... Are you really old or have you never done any physical exercise? why would a healthy man like you get tired easily?"

For some reason, his words offended me. I certainly do physical exercise, even I also often leave the forest to do my work. But following him like this was a different thing than that.

"Stop grumbling!" the door with annoyance and frown "what about this ornament? doesn't this look pretty?" his expression instantly changed, becoming cheerful again after putting on the pink ornament he placed near his right waist, looking so harmonious with his white-coated light blue shirt.

"Right, very pretty." I tried to focus my gaze on the ornaments she was holding, but that's not what I'm seeing right now.

Right now, I only see Na Yeong's stunning face. She looks so beautiful when she expresses anything she feels. Even if I just realized this, when she smiled I felt like I was in the spring.

"I told you, I'm beautiful. But can you not show that too much? you seem to be begging me." And the thing that made me realize too soon was, too much pride was always there.

That's what makes me raise my ego to look less concerned about it. But it seems that I am also the one who looks so stupid and hopes for him.

Being Gi Tae is a sad thing.

"Please!!! help u!! there's copet!"

When I was upset with Na Yeong's overconfidence, we heard a resident asking for help. She was a middle-aged woman not far from where we were standing.

Na Yeong immediately ran towards the departure of the pickpocket.

"No Yeong! just wait!! Uh! this girl! free I yell at him, he won't listen to me!" Narrator.

I also had to run after him.

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POVS. Third Man

The pickpocket ran into a small alley, and with the speed of the wind, Na Yeong flew up and landed in front of the pickpocket. The path taken by the pickpocket was a dead end, and behind Na Yeong was a barrier wall.

For a moment Na Yeong was satisfied with the terrified expression shown by the pickpocket, but it did not last long because the look of fear was soon replaced by an evil grin followed by the arrival of several other pickpocket conspirators in the area.

Not without reason the pickpocket took that path, because to recall, the criminal must have known the steps he took.

"Hhhh, I expected, you will definitely surround me here no, hahahah old song" Na Yeong said so casually as she flicked her nails and blew her mouth.

"Ma Yeong!" his voice caught the attention of the pickpocket cabal and also Na Yeong.

Na Yeong had not expected her to follow him until here, now a worry had appeared on Na Yeong's face. He knew clearly that Gi Tae, whom he currently knew by the name of Gi Sung was a man of high ignorance who could not see the situation and would instead put himself in trouble.

If only to fight against them, Na Yeong would certainly be able to do that herself, considering that she also did special martial training for the king's daughter, but the arrival of Gi Tae would make everything runyam. He certainly can transform himself into someone like a soldier or even a minister, but if he changes himself directly in front of the pickpockets they must know that it is Na Yeong.

"What are you doing here!" Na Yeong furiously asked Gi Tae.

The pickpockets saw the opportunity, three of them surrounded and detained Gi Tae. The remaining five were now approaching with a grin towards Na Yeong.

"You see that young man? he will lose his life if you dare to fight us" said the pickpocket who seized the woman's bag by pointing at Gi Tae.

Na Yeong did not dare to take the risk, considering that at this time even Gi Tae had a dagger around his neck that could slit his neck at any moment.

And the five bringas men who were slowly approaching him with stupid grins, they had other intentions that they could not just waste.

Gi Tae actually felt fear too, too. There was no Mozhawa who could save his life if the dagger slashed his neck at any time. And the pain caused will definitely be very painful.

"I beg you not!" Gi Tae pleaded with a loud voice but with a frightened tone.

Of course this made the pickpocket cabal laugh out loud after seeing it.

"Hey young man! if you care about your lover, you should be able to save him, instead of staying there with a dagger around your neck. hahahaha!" kekeh one of the pickpockets who was approaching Na Yeong. Their laughter filled the small alley where they were currently.

Gi Tae is sad and feels useless seeing this all, he has no idea what he should do. He finally realized that he was the cause of all this, if only he could do something to prevent all this from happening.

Na Yeong saw Gi Tae who was bowed bitterly, he also actually did not want to put Gi Tae in this condition, if only Gi Tae did not come and was caught then everything he could still overcome.

Eventually the five pickpockets managed to grab Na Yeong, and forcefully they held onto her body, caressing her hands and other body parts. Makes her want to fight back, but Gi Tae's life is at stake.

Gi Tae sees it all, he doesn't want to be a coward, even if he has to be at the end of his life, he wants to at least be able to help a friend. True, Na Yeong had been considered a friend by her.

Wasn't he also once determined to become someone better, who no longer avoided even running away.

He gathered all his courage. With the force of coercion, he shouted and blew away his body.

"I said NO!!!"

Unexpectedly, the scream accompanied by the force of force she unleashed through the energy of fear could have a huge impact on her surroundings.

A strong wind gust appeared in tandem with Gi Tae's cry, sending everyone crashing down onto the ground including Na Yeong.

The dagger stuck to his neck flew somewhere following the wind.

Right after the wind blow caused by Gi Tae died down, two female warriors with swords landed to finish off the pickpocket cabal trying to get back up.

Their attention is distracted, and this is Gi Tae's chance to help Na Yeong and take her to a safer place.

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