Chapter 39

"How can I help you, Crown Princess?"

He was putting his trembling hand on her slowly. Slowly, little by little and very slowly he touched her face with his fingertips again.

The moment his hand touched her, tears came from her eyes. He couldn't figure out whether it was her fever or lovesickness that made her drop tears. And she faintly said, "....jin."

Her tears, which came out the moment his hand touched her, and her unfinished calling 'jin', deeply etched a tear in his mind. Though the name she called was not clear, he sensed clearly whose name it was.

He turned his mouth up slightly, and he stopped tilting his head, which seemed unstable a moment ago. His blurry eyes, reflecting his complicated feelings, became clear now.

"Got it. That's enough."

There was no ambiguity in his short response. Without any pitch, his voice was flat and dull. He wiped her tears with a gentle gesture and turned.

He paused for a moment but never looked back.