Curse?

The General came home after the discussion with the old monk and went straight to his chamber to rest, where Hyuk was lying still in the bed, he got under the sheets and slowly put his hand on Hyuk's before kissing his forehead.

"I promise, i will do anything and everything to make you wake up again, even if that means, losing my own life, so Gongju, when I am not here take care of you, you need to take care yourself and grow well and have a healthy and happy life", the General said with a sigh and closed his eyes.

There was a press on his heart and someone seemed to be hovering above him, watching him closely as he breathed in and out, a cold touch to his feet made him shiver.

"Why do it again, why, let him die, please", a soft pleading sounded by his ear and something cold fell on his cheek.

"I am sorry, please please, wake up, I beg you", other voice sounded weak and low, like it was using the last of its vitality to tell him something.

"Please, please please", was the only thing that the poor voice could say in a mourning tone, like grieving the death of its loved one.

At dawn,the General finally admitted defeat and got up to prepare everything before he left for the mysterious fight, he still didn't believe in the evil spirit or God, but he did not have any choice,if as they said this thing really helped Hyuk to wake up, he would walk into it without regretting anything, he knew he was not going to get anything out of it, but hope, hope is the only thing that makes people cross seas of fire and endless abyys of sufferings, so he hoped and hoped as this was the only source of relief right now, in the inferno of longing and need.

....

In the evening, when it was time to leave, the General looked at his wife, who was standing by the door with her two kids, holding her both hands tightly.

"Father, when Is Hyuk going to get up", Aerum asked as she let go of her mother's hand and ran towards Hyuk who was lying still in the bed.

"He's going to wake up soon, I hope you take care of him until then", the General said in a soft voice as he looked at his daughter.

"I wish Father a safe journey and hope you return with a cure for Hyuk", Hoon said and bowed his head.

"Hmm, even if I don't return, i will make sure Hyuk gets better, while I am gone you have to train hard and become a Great General just like you want and more importantly take care of your mother and sister", The General instructed.

"As you say father, your wish is my command", Hoon said as he fisted his hand and put it on his heart.

"That's my son, you can go take a look at Hyuk, i have something to talk to your mother", the General said and Hoon quickly understood and left them alone.

"I have heard about what you are going to do, please think about it again, it's very dangerous and something might happen to you, what will become of this country then, what will become of me, please reconsider your decision", his wife pleaded as she bowed her head.

"I have taken this decision and no one can make me reconsider it, i just want to say that take care of yourself if I don't return, i have already taken care of everything you just need to hold on to your position until Hoon comes of age, i know you are very capable and can do better then I could ever", the General said as he looked her in the eye.

"No, please don't say that, i don't know what to do, you are not only his, you are also the general of the country, please have mercy on me and people of Joseon, please ", the wife pleaded but it did not really budge the General.

"It's okay, everything will be fine, i just hope when Hyuk wakes up and I am not here , you give him a little place in this palace, you do not need to serve him just let him live here, he has no one except me in this world and he is still young, so please don't kick him out, consider it my last wish", The General said and took a deep breath before flicking his sleeves and turned to leave but then turned to the door again and sighed.

"I Apologise to you, i know I have done you wrong and you may never be able to forgive me, but I still need to say this, i am sorry", he said and bowed his head a little before leaving.

"I promise you I will take care of him like you did, so please return", his wife said as she wiped the tears off her face.

The General turned around for the last time as he heard his wife's words and smiled at her for the first time in his life before mounting his horse and leaving forever.

After half an hour later or so he finally reached the temple and went up, he was about to go in when the monk came out and stopped him.

"You cannot go inside the temple, the ritual has to take place in a hut", the monk said and showed him the direction.

"Why not In the temple, a temple is the purest places of all in the world so why are you not doing it in there" ,the General asked.

"It's against the law of nature, we cannot do whatever we want, everything has its own rules and so does this ritual, please do not anger the Gods", the monk answered in a low impatient voice.

"Okay, let's go", the General said and walked towards the dilapidated hut.

*Why do I feel like, i have seen this before*, the General thought as he went in.

"The full moon has come now, please lay down here", the monk said as he ushered the General to lay down in the moon light, coming from the window.

"Yes", the General said and lay down as he was told and closed his eyes as the monk made a circle of powder around him and sat where the General's head laid and put his thumb on the General's forehead before starting to chant some sutras.

And suddenly, suddenly everything seemed to black out, his breathe hitched and he felt like he was floating in air while being strangled by something, he tried to look around, trying to feel the things when..

A voice was calling for him, he turned around but could not see anyone.

"Have you seen my husband, he was just here, have you seen him, he went out just now", the voice said in a mourning sound as if it has lost its beloved.

"Where is my lord, where is he, why are you keeping him away from me", another voice said.

"I am sorry, I love you, i am sorry come back", another voice said .

"I beg you let me die, let him be the food for the Immortals, let him be chewed and eaten until his flash rots and his blood runs out, please let me die, please please", the voice cried but the more the voice said the more General felt like his throat was being scorched by something.

"Stop it, stop it", finally the general could voice his screams out as tears came out of his eyes and the monk started Chanting some last sutras.

Something was wrong, he could feel his body getting heavy, he felt a burning sensation all over his body and his senses were getting duller and duller, like he would give up any second,but he still held on until a voice screeched in his ears.

"Don't listen to it, don't, he is not a good person, he is a monster, wake up, wake up,wake up", the voice screamed and the General opened his eyes, he wanted to get up but before that the monk threw something on him and pressed his thumb on his forehead, between his eyes,he went numb and in a sudden moment he saw his soul getting out of his body with a thump and his body lay limp

.....

"You can never win against me, you vile pawn of evil", the monk said and got up with a flick of his sleeves as the door opened.

"Everything went as we thought, it's all because of you lord Hawin or should I call you Won or Kwan", the monk said as he left the hut.

"It's all your benovelence your majesty", the man said and smiled, before both of them got lost in thin air.

....

A door appeared in front of him, golden and magnificent, his eyes wandered around and he carelessly opened the door, there he was Hyuk, he sat there among the flowers of jade and Ruby, his beautiful, beautiful Gongju.

"Hyuk", the General called but Hyuk did not look at him, but kept playing with the birds that flew around, the General did not mind and with slow steps, he was right there,just one more step, one more, he was about to reach his hand out when a force yanked him out of the way and murmured something in his ear, The General looked at him and everything seemed to take a turn, there was no flower garden, but a vast inferno, the mountain of skulls.

"Hy..Hyuk", The General yelled out his lovers name and tried to run to find him, but the force held him in place and suddenly....

.....

There are hundreds of horses, bodies are lying in mountains and blood has seeped into the soil and land, the white flowers have tuned into Balck and an evil laughter can be heard clearly.

"Finally, finally after thousands of years of waiting, i will destroy your soul", the voice said malaciously that was laced with dark desires.

The General could not understand what was happening so he looked around at one corner, a boy stood, his eyes gouged out and his heart torn apart.

"I am sorry, it's all my fault, if I did not do that, you would not have been here, i am the one who should die, i am sorry", the voice said.

"No, even if I have to choose all over again, I would still choose you over everything, i am sorry I could not tell you this before, but I love you and you are my wife", the body said, it was the body the General was trapped in, but the voice was not his, but the other side seemed a bit familiar.

Before he could understand anything a whirlwind came and everything changed.

.....

A boy was sitting in the palace hall, staring out of the window mindlessly.

"What happened lord Su Jun , what's wrong with you", a voice said softly as it came near the boy.