WAKING UP IN AN UNFAMILIAR PLACE

After Jieun finished crying she then let go of her hug. Ayana looked at Jieun with mixed feelings. Her heart was also touched when she saw Jieun's face that was wet from crying at that time.

"Are you okay, my lady?" Ayana just wanted to make sure that Jieun is fine now.

A moment ago, right after Prince Haru's performance, Ayana just found out that Jieun was no longer standing next to her. Forget about the performance of the other prince she rushed to find Jieun at the time. As usual, if Jieun disappears, she just thinks worse things will happen. Thankfully, she was able to find Jieun back this time as well.

"I'm sorry." Jieun said in a hoarse voice while looking at Ayana's dress which was already wet from her crying.

"What are you sorry about. This is nothing. " Ayana said.

At that time she found a wound on Jieun's neck, but she didn't say anything. She knows something must be happening when they separated just now.

"Let's get back home now okay." Ayana suggests after she saw Jieun already calm down.

"But, don't you want to see the performance?" Jieun don't want Ayana to not enjoying herself just because of her.

Listening to Jieun's words, Ayana's face suddenly turns red. "Oh, I already saw the performance that I really wanted to see. So, let's just get home now. " She said with an unstable voice like she's nervous.

Jieun didn't ask further, but just nodded, agreeing with Ayana's word. Actually, she also don't want to be there any longer than that.

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:: Hilleo Village::

The next day, Jieun who was tired feeling very lazy to get up in the morning. She rubbed her eyes a few times before opening it. The bright sunlight at that time made Jieun sit on her mattress in fast pace. She was really surprised as she was supposed to go to college before sunrise that day because she got an early lecture.

"Argh! Why didn't dad help wake me up today? "

Speaking in an agitated tone she got out of her bed but again she was shocked to see the evening gown she was wearing at the time.

"When did I buy these feminine pajamas?" Said Jieun weirdly to herself. As far as she know she never had special clothes to sleep in and she also often only wore big t-shirts while sleeping.

Her eyes glanced into the room. It wasn't the room she had known all this time. Why that she wake up in this unfamiliar room? She raised her eyebrow in confusion. Did I still dreaming? She thought to herself. But how come she is sleeping in her own dream?

Jieun took her time to observe her surroundings. She walks closer to the room window and see a lot of people outside that seem like a village person working here and there.

"Hilleo Village?" Jieun read the signboard that she saw there. If it being translate it means healer village. Such a beautiful small village in here, Jieun praise in her mind while smiling.

She also could see small store here and there, animals that free walking in the street, green house, small children playing happily, a big grass field, and from a far in the right side there is a thick forest and on the left side can be seen a beautiful river.

The place that she stays now is the highest building in there that is whys she could see everything well. It looks like the center of that small village. In the meantime, when she was still stunned by what she saw, the door of the bedroom was open slowly.

"My lady…" Ayana comes inside without being told and get closer to Jieun.

'She's here again.' Jieun watching her new friend coming closer to her with a welcoming smile.

"Do you feel okay now my lady?" After last night's episode when Jieun cried non-stop while hugging her she felt worried.

She thought that Jieun might just be scared of getting lost, but when she saw the wound on Jieun's neck, she felt curious about what exactly had happened but she didn't want to say anything. She wants Jieun to open up to her herself.

"I'm fine, but what happened last night after we got back? I really don't remember much." Jieun asked because what she remembered about last night was only until when she cried.

"What? Why don't you remember? We got back here in tiptoe, but your granny caught us in the act as we tried our best to keep quiet while walking back here." Ayana explains.

"But after seeing you, grandma didn't say anything at all. Usually she would grill the two of us and our ears would bleed from her nagging. But yesterday, she just said, 'Sleep you two. Let's talk tomorrow.' " Ayana is pretending to sound like granny who is not really remembered by Jieun.

"Well, maybe I was very tired yesterday. My memory isn't working very well yet. " Jieun let out a casual say.

"I have attend your wounds last night when you sleep. Wear something around your neck when you go out. I don't want granny to be angry when she sees your wounds. Although I felt weird, but I also feel thankful that she wasn't freak out when she saw us sneak in last night. "

Jieun suddenly remembered about her encounter with the man who was hurting, but also helped her at the same time. She touch the wound carefully with her finger. Her eyes narrowed a little at the moment as she started feel a little sore there.

"Why don't you ask how I can be hurt like this? " Jieun ask question to Ayana.

Ayana replied, "If you want to tell me about it, you have already told me. This means you are not ready to share the story with me. I am curious about it, but what is important to me is that you are safe and now here with me. It is enough. If you wish to speak, I will not hesitate to lend my ear to you my lady. "

Jieun looks at Ayana with a grateful look. Even she just got to know the girl she feels like they already known for a long time. The feeling was almost the same as when she was with her best friend Sarah in college.

"Thank you." Jieun thanking Ayana wholeheartedly.

"Tsk, no need to thank me about something like this my lady. Now, just wash yourself up and wear something nice before you going down to eat breakfast. Your granny and I will wait for you there. "

"Where is the kitchen anyway?" Jieun sudden asking make Ayana let out a little laugh.

"Are you silly my lady? How can you forget your favorite place? You are the one that always cooking anyway even you have a cook. "

Jieun seem a little surprised. Usually in real life she loves to cook and even enters cooking classes in her spare time. But after she went to college, her father always cooked for her because she didn't have much time. It is surprising that even here her nature and personality still looks the same.

"I can see you haven't really woken up from your sleep. Now, quickly go take a shower so you feel a little refreshed. I'm waiting for you downstairs." Ayana said as she continued to leave the room.

Jieun tries her best to understand what she is going through right now. With a little sigh, she continued to get ready to clean herself. But first she gets closer to the wardrobe inside the room that she guess it is hers to choose the clothes she wants to wear for the day.

Her memory suddenly remembered the face of the mysterious man who had helped her last night. How could she be in the man's closet? Also the room is so big beyond her imagination.

Jieun shook her head wanting to erase her memory of the man. "Why I suddenly remember about him anyway." Jieun complaining alone.

Then she opened her normal medium-sized wardrobe. Once again, she was shocked to see all the clothes which are beautifully arranged in her closet.

"Wait, since when I become so girly?" Jieun said in frustration.

Her closet only has a wide collection of different type of dress. Even the style that she never knows exist is there. And none of them have a pants or her favorite t-shirt.

Let out a heavy sigh, she chose the simplest dress that looked like a suitable everyday dress. The cotton soft blue dress with some simple ruffle shoulder. She also grab a scarf to tied around her neck making her wound not visible in the eyes of others.

"Let's just start our day with positive mind." Jieun try to encourage herself.