Chapter 137 - Locked up [1]

The moment Moon Jiwoo turned back, she found herself being in a panicked state. Three men stood before her, taking her by complete surprise. Both of her eyes widened as she took a step back— out of ideas on how to deal with this very situation.

Things would have been simple she teleported out of this place. But it had been a long while since she had last drunk blood, and due to that, it was too dangerous for her to get to teleport in that moment.

She didn't know what might happen to her if she went for that, but seeing how these men did not look at all friendly, she was well-aware of how she had to get out of this place unless she wanted something to happen to her.

If this was before, she knew that it wouldn't have been a big deal for her to deal with these men, but now, it was a different case. She had grown to become really weak, and she doubted whether or not she will be fight against one of them.

Three was entirely a different matter.

Jiwoo was doubtful about was why would they be cornering her like this, and, more importantly, how they were able to find out her location. Even Sookyung himself was unaware of how she went outside today.

Staring at three of them, Jiwoo searched for a way out of this situation. But regardless of how hard she tried to look, she was unable to find a opening.

"What do you guys want?" she questioned as her eyes glared at three men before her.

One of the men wore smirk upon his features while he took a step forward and voiced out, "We were ordered to kill you, but seeing how cute you are, it would be sad to take your life without having you in the beginning. Why not we have some fun?"

Letting out a scoff at that, Jiwoo vocalised, "Me and have fun with you all? Go and look at yourself in the mirror before saying something like that. 

I wonder how does someone as ugly as you even get the confidence to say something like that. Weren't you taught to only wish for things that were possible? Go look for someone who suits you."

It was easy to see how Moon Jiwoo's words managed to aggravate three of the men from their clenched jaws and fists. But Jiwoo did not show any signs of fear in her eyes.

Although Jiwoo knew that she was in danger, she stared at with confidence in her eyes. A part of her deeply believed in Sookyung, and she hoped that he will appear out of nowhere in order to rescue her from this. 

Moreover, sooner or later, Eunmi would be noticing her lack of presence as well. What Jiwoo needed to do was waste as much as time as possible before she was rescued.

"How dare you talk like that!? It seems that you don't know yet where you are at! But it's alright. Feisty girls are more to my taste these days. 

I will have a fun time teaching you how to be scared and your place. Don't worry! Once you learn about it, you will be having fun too as well."

"Can you at least wipe your drool before you are talking? This is so gross I swear. At least try to appear decent before talking like this. I wonder which female will be having fun with you three. 

No wonder you pick random females at the street forcefully. That's because no one wants to be with you willingly. You probably had lots of women throw up at you when you tried to go after them, right? You are really lame!"

"You bitch! How dare you say that!" one of the men exclaimed, making his way over to her.

Moon Jiwoo confidently stared at the men at his eye level without taking a step back while folding her arms over her ċhėst. The corner of her lips were turned upwards while mock was clearly shown upon her face.

That action of her managed to anger the man further, and extending his hand towards her, he grabbed on to her hair. His actions caused Jiwoo's eyes to widen for she hadn't expected for the men to grab her hair out of nowhere.

While a sharp pain went through her head, she grabbed on to that men's wrist and voiced out, "What the hell are you doing? Let go of my hair, you ȧsshole! I just had them done today, and you had to go and destroy them. Should I just kill you due to that? You fat ȧss, stop touching my hair!"

"Bitch, it seems that you haven't learned your lesson yet!"

Seeing how he wasn't loosening his grip around her hair caused Jiwoo to get pissed further. After a long time she was able to get out and get her hair treated. Moreover, she didn't know when she will be able to leave that castle again.

However, the man before her had to go and ruin all of that. There was no way she would be able to hold in her temper after that happened.

Without holding back, Moon Jiwoo raised her leg and kicked him at the centre of both of his legs, making sure to attack his genital with all of her strength. Regardless of what clan the man was from, this was one of the most effective way of attacking them.

"You are telling me that you lost Daerin?" Sookyung questioned, staring at the female before her.

Both of Lee Eunmi and Sookyung stood on the streets. While guilt and worry was visible of Eunmi's face, anxiousness and exhaustion was easily shown on Sookyung's features.

"I am sorry, Your Majesty. I didn't mean to do anything like that. It's just that I stayed inside to chat with one of my acquaintances, and Daerin went outside to stand for a while. But by the time I returned, she was no longer standing downstairs. I tried to look around for her, but I wasn't able to find her anymore."

Oh Sookyung let out a groan and vocalised, "I don't know why you would want to go out when I put clear instructions on her to stay inside. This is my fault for not trying to do everything perfectly. Anyway, follow me. I will try to find out where she is."

Eunmi nodded and said, "I am sorry. I really did not mean any harm. Daerin told me the other day on how she wanted to go outside, and that's why, I wanted to sneak out with her for a little while. I thought I will be with her the entire time in order to protect her, but I didn't expect for this to happen."

He sighed and expressed, "You don't need to apologise. I know that you had no negative intentions. It's just that the situation is too terrible for her."

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"Shin Daerin, are you fine?"

Hearing that voice took Moon Jiwoo by complete surprise, causing both of her to widen. But then again, it was a norm for Oh Sookyung to appear out of nowhere. Up until now, he had done it countless number of times.

Sookyung stared at Jiwoo's appearance from top to bottom. Her hair was at a messy state, and creases appeared all over her clothing. Her clothes her covered in dirt while she appeared to be dishevelled.

"Are you alright? What happened?" he questioned.

"Well about that, I got cornered by three men, but who knew that they would be really weak. It only took me a few seconds to get rid of them. I was really cool back then. It seems that you have missed it," Jiwoo voiced out.

It was true that Moon Jiwoo was afraid of dealing with those men in the beginning, but when she started to go against them, she realized that even though her powers had gotten a lot weaker, her skills still remained.

Although she wouldn't have been able to go against them if their powers were stronger, fortunately they weren't, and she was easily able to defend herself against them due to all the techniques she had memorized.

The men realized that they weren't able to go against her anymore, causing them to disappear I to the thin air, and at the easy victory, Moon Jiwoo was quite proud of herself.

Jiwoo's eyes dilated a little when Sookyung took a step closer to her and pulled her into a tight hug. She could feel her heart beat rapidly against his ċhėst while he held her in his arms.

"You idiot, do you know how worried I was about you? I really should have locked you up with those handcuffs."