Chapter 15

When she looked up at the bright voice, she saw a beautiful woman. Young-young instantly lost her mind.

She was very beautiful. Young-young has never seen a woman so beautiful since she was born. The years were all over her face, but her beauty was also refined to that extent. And above all else, Sa Heon-yeong’s facial features were deeply etched on her face.

Young-young knew right away that this person was really Sa Heon-yeong’s mother. It was amazing.

“Looking back again……, is she a woman with a unique taste?”

At the words of the Empress, Sa Heon-yeong’s eyes went cold. On this auspicious day, the Queen is scratching his own judgement. While he was offended, he was worried that she would upset Young-Young. When he looked to his side, Young-Young was crying and ouch-ing. He guessed she got hurt from the headdress as she tilted her head like a habit as she doesn’t know what the word “unique” means. His displeasure was swept away.

“Mother, it is an auspicious day.”

The man sitting next to the Empress spoke a word and looked at Young-young.

“Welcome, Queen Mun.”

… Similar.

Young-young looked blankly at the prince. She heard that he and Sa Heon-yeong were brothers, but the brothers looked very much alike. Their features were similar as if they were one and the same. Young-young wanted to tilt her head, but she barely held it in. Didn’t her head hurt a lot because of the headdress?

The prince began to say something, but it did not come into her ears. Young-young looked at the prince with curious feelings. There are many people who resemble each other in the world, but it seemed difficult for her to find someone who resembled Sa Heon-yeong this much. She knew he was his brother and they were born from the same womb, they looked a lot alike. Young-young, who has no siblings, thought someone would look so alike her if she had her own sister, and she looked intently at that face only.

The prince burst into laughter inside as he saw the face of the lowly bitch looking at his own face. She must have been surprised. According to the words of the spy who entered the palace, Heon-yeong already cherished this girl and embraced her day and night. There’s no way she couldn’t have been able to see Heon-yeong’s face as she blended her body with his. Had she seen his face, she would have realized by looking at his own face now.

That she was caught by a goblin.

It is natural. Who would dare to pay attention to an illegitimate child of a commoner? Also for such a thin body.

Come on, go ahead and despair.

She should hang herself.

The prince’s eyes slowly turned to the man in the red goblin mask. His only brother. The prince did not hate him. Even if he was a goblin who copied his own face, he was born from the same womb. The Prince couldn’t hate it.

But that was.

The guy was a goblin. The goblin is an imperial family, and it is impossible to save a woman of the high-ranking family. The goblin, as a goblin, has to live and survive alone.

Until the wedding was over, the prince watched the girl carefully. They said she was weak, and as if it was real, she stumbled as soon as she got up. Heon-yeong had his face covered with a red goblin mask, but the prince could feel Heon-yeong’s mood completely subsided.

She must be pretty cute, so the prince guessed he must’ve been upset.

The prince snorted inwardly. Trying to be happy about the goblin is unreasonable. It was upsetting.

At that time, Heon-yeong bowed his head and supported the girl. Because the girl whispered something. Soon, he could see Heon-young’s eyes widening.

“King Mun!”

The mother raised her voice. Heon-yeong looked back at his mother with cold eyes, holding his wife.

“Her legs are bad. It is impossible to walk any longer.”

“She can at least be assisted by those below you!”

“Why should she be supported by the lower ones? Are they more reliable than me?”

Heon-yeong snorted, saying that the things below were unreliable. The prince looked at him silently. That’s weird. A little while ago, he felt Heon-yeong almost despairing, but soon his mood improved again.

That girl only said one word.

What was it that made him feel so good?

“King Mun, put her down.”

“I don’t want it. Now that it’s over, I’m leaving, Queen Mother. Your Highness.”

“King Mun!”

A crack was felt. The prince looked at his goblin. A butchering goblin who wore his own face and rampaged the battlefield for himself. The goblin was glaring at his mother and himself, embracing that unreasonable bitch.

It is said that it is dangerous for a domesticated animal to know that it is in heat.

The prince looked to his side. His trembling mother was very sad.

I told you, Queen Mother. You have to get it right from the start.

The Crown Prince watched as Heon-yeong strode out with his wife in his arms. When he was young, he couldn’t even meet the Prince’s eyes for a while, but suddenly he grew up to be so big that he opened his eyes straight.

At that time, the Prince should have castrated him instead of slitting his chest. The Prince was young and naive, so he didn’t know what to do.

Heon-yeong whispers something to the girl who he is holding, and the girl smiles lowly and replies with something. Then, he smiled.

At that moment, the prince clenched his fist.

He thought he had forgotten all about smiles when he was young. How could the goblin be happy?

He could feel the underlings watching. The prince smiled with a benevolent face, but those who had supported him for years were not deceived. Rather than being deceived, they quickly lowered their gazes. The prince took his gaze away from those lowly ones and looked at Heon-yeong again.

Heon-yeong was smiling happily.

Heon-yeong became happy right away because of what that stupid girl said. There was a popping sound from the Prince’s lower jaw.

***

Sa Heon-young was nervous.

Because the moment Young-young saw the prince’s face, she would know everything. Twins. That he was the cursed race. How can people be born with the same face? All people are different beings and have different faces. He was a goblin. A goblin that sits in a person’s stomach pretending to be a human and is born like a human. He should have been killed as soon as he was born, but the benevolent mother could not kill the child she gave birth to, so Sa Heon-yeong became a goblin.

He remembers the first time he met the queen.

Sa Heon-young doesn’t know who she is, nor does he remember her face. The marriage was thoroughly carried out by the mother’s hands, and Sa Heon-yeong barely reached Yang-an in time for the wedding day. As soon as he entered, he took off his dusty armor, took a bath, and performed the rites of the wedding ceremony. He is probably the only member of the royal family to have a wedding done at lightning speed like this.

However, he was a goblin, and he was in a situation where he had to be proud of being able to have a wedding. No, actually he didn’t think about the wedding at the time. He was only ordered to get married. He followed the orders of his father, queen, and prince. That was it.

He took off the red head covering covering the bride’s face in the room, and the bride’s eyes widened. And she trembled. When he asked why she was so nervous, she said that she had medicine but forgot to take it today. The nanny has the medicine, and she says it is a medicine for having children.

She was sorry if others knew so she asked to bring it himself. Even though he was puzzled, he went out to find the nanny. The nanny he had found asked how could the maiden of a noble family take such a drug, and he got a strange feeling and ran back and opened the door — ,

At his eye level, the two feet were dangling.

He can’t even remember her face. Only those two feet of hers remained in his memory.

However, Young-young’s face was already in his memory. Even if he dies, he will wander, and he will search for that face. He can’t forget and can’t let go, so he has no choice but to hold on to it. As the cold chill subsided in Sa Heon-yeong’s heart, Young-young stood up. She stumbled loudly, perhaps she was shocked. Is it the beginning? Sa Heon-yeong clenched his teeth and supported her.

He could feel the prince’s silent laugh. It was common. Sa Heon-young didn’t want to express anything. The prince was remarkably well aware of his feelings. Even though he was hiding his face with a mask, it was difficult to deceive the prince. And the prince was very happy to see Sa Heon-yeong suffering. It’s been a hobby of his since childhood.

When Young-Young was caught, Young-Young raised her head and spoke to Sa Heon-Young. At that moment, Sa Heon-yeong was prepared for all the curses. But,

“He looks like Lord Heon-yeong.”

It’s not that I look like him, but that he looks like me?

It was a strange feeling. He didn’t know how to react to the first word he had ever heard in his life. When Sa Heon-young looked down at her, she smiled at him bashfully and whispered in a beautiful voice.

“But Lord Heon-yeong is prettier.”

At that moment, Sa Heon-yeong hugged her. Wah – He could see her eyes widening as if startled, but he couldn’t stand it without hugging her. He wanted to hug her, he wanted to touch her a little bit more. Without viewers, he wanted to hug her to crush her if she was okay with it.

Do you know what you have done to me now?

He wanted to ask.

His feet are light. He felt a wind that could not be in the imperial palace. That fresh wind, the invisible dazzling light. He has come and gone of battlefields dozens or hundreds of times. In a place of majestic and strict, eternal winter, suddenly spring came.

Do you know what you have done to me now?

Sa Heon-young looked down at his bride. The beautiful bride, in her wedding dress, he grinned again over the red head veil. Tilt, ouch, ouch, she cried. Her body looks so uncomfortable.

In his heart, his whole body, his whole soul, he was filled with joy. At that moment when a word from his bride completely transformed him from a goblin to a human.

“King Mun!”

The mother’s voice was heard behind his back.

At that moment, all joy ceased. No, it was still galloping in his blood. But he regained his composure. This was the imperial palace. The place that sent him to the battlefield over and over again. The place that turned him into a goblin. And now with the Queen Mother behind his back…… there is the Prince.

Sa Heon-yeong looked back at the Queen Mother slowly.

“Her legs are bad. It is impossible to walk any longer.”

The prince recognizes Sa Heon-yeong remarkably well. To that extent, Sa Heon-yeong could also reveal the prince’s inner thoughts of the prince as if it was his. The prince is now displeased. And he is wondering.

What words did Young-young say that saved himself.

No, the Prince didn’t even know he was saved. The Prince just thinks he’s feeling better. That alone would make the Prince feel so uncomfortable.

A new blue shade stood in Sa Heon-yeong’s mind. As he remembered the two white feet swaying in front of his eyes, he suppressed all the joy. Can’t get caught. Never.

The Queen Mother did not notice Sa Heon-yeong’s feelings. She glared at him coldly, as if she didn’t like anything.

“She can at least be assisted by those below you!”

“Why should she be supported by the lower ones? Are they more reliable than me?”

Sa Heon-young snorted like that.

“King Mun, put her down.”

The mother commands, and if it had been his former self, he would have put her down at this point. But,

“I don’t want it. Now that it’s over, I’m leaving, Queen Mother. Your Highness.”

He must get Young-young out of here as soon as possible. Sa Heon-yeong focused all his attention on the appearance of the prince behind his back.

King Mun! The Queen Mother’s voice is far away. Sa Heon-young wanted to leave the imperial palace with Young-young in his arms. His legs were light. His steps were lighter than ever. He couldn’t wait to go. He wanted to hold Young-young in the room. She must be smiling brightly as usual. She won’t know what she gave him. Ah, maybe she didn’t know that from the beginning. From the moment she sings. It’s you. You made me, here I am…….

“Heon-young-ah.”

His steps stood tall and stopped.

Sa Heon-young didn’t want to look back. He knows the Prince’s excellent speech-skilled tongue. A man with the same face. Two faces were not acceptable, so Sa Heon-yeong had to become a goblin. The man will use that blade-like tongue to hurt him.

Sa Heon-yeong took a moment to catch his breath and turned his head.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Friday, there is a banquet, so please attend.”

“I am newlyweds,”

“You dare to protest against the prince?”

Young-young felt his arm hardened in Sa Heon-yeong’s arms. Sa Heon-yeong often carried her around like this. The physician said she had lost her leg strength because she hadn’t eaten properly for a long time. Sa Heon-yeong told her not to go out of the bedroom whenever possible, and when she had to go out, he carried her by hugging her, and in fact, he carried her by hugging him even in the bedroom. So Young-young was very familiar with these arms.

It’s a little different from usual.

If asked what is different, it is difficult to answer, but something is definitely different. The force applied to her body was unruly, and the body that was holding her was also stiff.

It’s probably because of that person.

A person called the prince. A person who resembles Sa Heon-young. A person who is sitting in a high place now with narrowed eyes and pretending to be smiling, but is actually not smiling at all.

If she looks closely, they don’t look alike.

Sa Heon-young doesn’t smile like that. He doesn’t smile like a mask like that Prince.

“…… I will attend.”

“It’s been a while since you’ve had a rest in your palace. Mother cares for you and will always take care of your palace just like you. When you get old and lonely, you will have to come back into our arms. How long will I be able to turn you away? You’re not even an ownerless beast.”

She felt malice. Unknowingly, Young-young grabbed Sa Heon-yeong’s collar. She doesn’t know where the malice comes from in those words. Young-young couldn’t understand the elegant words well. She could not understand Sa Heon-yeong’s words often, so it was difficult for her to understand the meaning of the prince’s words. However, only the malice was clearly felt.

‘You’re even an ownerless beast.’

In other words, he is a beast with a master. Sa Heon-yeong did not express much, but lowered his head. The bride was clutching his collar. He smiled as she seemed to ask if he was okay. It wasn’t just one or two times he went through it. No matter how great a victory he sacrificed, he would hear something like this in the end.

“I’m taking my leave.”

Still, it was always bittersweet and painful, but today he couldn’t even breathe the wind that passed by his ear. He just wanted to hold this beautiful bride tightly.

Whether he’s a goblin or a beast, they can talk freely.

He’s never been a human after all. He had never been seen as a human being. Such expectations have already been abandoned in the past.

‘But Lord Heon-yeong is prettier.’

That one sweet voice was enough.