"Oi!" She grabs his hair. "Kang Si An! You psychopath! Why are you kidnapping me, huh?"
Li Jun is also wondering why, but he doesn't know the answer. He takes her to his tent and lays her down on the bed. She doesn't let go of his hair. Impatiently, he grabs her fingers and separates them one by one.
She pouts at him. "You are a bad man."
He is something worse than a bad man.
"Why do you keep trying to kill me?" She looks at him with grievances. "What did I do wrong?"
Li Jun realizes that she must have said similar words to him after taking off his mask that day. He couldn't understand her that day. It is his wrong. He shouldn't have tried to kill her. He was afraid when he saw her on the battlefield. At first, he didn't think that she was real. Then, he thought that she was an illusion sent by his enemies. If it wasn't for General Yu, he would have killed this girl.
He has dreamt of her before she appeared in his life. He still dreams of her. In his dreams, she is always speaking to him in a language that he can't understand. She calls him Kang Si An. She gets mad at him. She is always dressed in strange clothes in strange places. Sometimes, she would kiss him or laugh at him. There were dreams...when they...
He blushes.
Kyuri pinches his cheeks when she sees him blushing. "Why are you blushing, huh? You pervert!"
He purses his lip. She is not harmful. She isn't sent by enemies. She is not even from this land. General Yu is trying to protect this girl. Why? What is her connection with General Yu? What is her connection with him? Why does he dream about her?
Kwon Kyuri dozes off before she can answer him. He stares at her for a long time. He can't help it. He wants to know. He lowers his head and steals a kiss from those soft lips. It's a lot better than his dreams.
***
Warm. I snuggle closer to my aunt. She feels nice. After a long time, I had a good sleep. I wrap my arms around her waist. She isn't kicking me out of the bed. I open my eyes with a wide smile and see Li Jun's sleeping face.
I close my eyes. It looks like I am still having a nightmare. I slowly let go of his waist and slide away from his body. I reopen my eyes and see him staring at me with his dark eyes.
Memories of the drunken night pop up in my mind like internet scamming pages. I only remember being abducted by him. So, what happened after that? Our clothes look intact. I let out a breath of relief.
"Why did you bring me here?" I frown at him. "Did you do anything funny to me when I passed out?"
His face becomes red. So, he did.
"You!" Master Death, my foot! He is a pervert who touches an asleep woman. "What did you do to me?"
He glances at my lips. His face becomes redder.
"Did you kiss me?" I narrow my eyes.
He gives me a stiff nod.
"Only kiss, right?"
Another stiff nod.
I feel better. It was only a kiss. He could have done a lot more. Wait, why I am happy that it was only a kiss? It is still wrong.
"You are something." I crack my knuckles. "I don't care if you drive your sword across my neck. How dare you kiss me, you pervert? To molest a drunk woman? Is there any law in this country?"
He sighs and takes my hand. "Don't worry. I will marry you."
I am startled when I hear his voice. Li Jun can talk?
He touches my face with his palm and rubs my lower lip with his thumb. "Then, I can molest you every night."
Sorry, what? My brain can't catch up.
"The fifth prince must have informed General Yu by now." He pushes me down on the bed. "Sleep. We will be returning to the capital soon."
"Hold up!" I push him away. "What marriage? Who will marry you? I refuse."
"You can't refuse."
"It's useless to talk to a lunatic." I had doubts, but I am sure now. He doesn't stop me when I run away to my aunt. I find her sitting across the prince with dark circles under her eyes. There is a scroll between them. Both are playing a staring game. I don't have time for this.
"General Yu, that lunatic is saying strange things." I grab her legs. "He told me that he is going to marry me. That is impossible, right?"
She stares at me and says, "It's not impossible. It's the emperor's command."
Shit!
"I can't marry someone else." I can't even call her aunt now. The prince is here. "Listen, General Yu. I love you a lot. We even spent nights together. How can I marry another man?"
Okay, it makes me sick to say those things. However, these are desperate times.
"I wish there was another way." My aunt looks more dead than me. I look at the prince who is smiling.
"Fifth prince, I can't marry Li Jun. If I marry him, I will die. Nobody will even find my corpse."
"Then, you can be executed for not following the emperor's command. After all, you are just a random woman found on the battleground. Isn't General Yu going to discard letting you warm his bed after this season?" He tells me with his soft voice. "Usually, women like you are killed on sight. However, Li Jun fell for you at first sight. The emperor decided to make an exception for him. If Li Jun wants you, you must become his."
"This is ridiculous. Why someone else is deciding my marriage?" I am a 21st-century woman. I don't belong to this country. I don't owe anyone.
"Kyuri, keep your mouth shut." My aunt warns me. "Do you want to die that much?"
"But..." Death's at every door for me.
She puts her finger on her lips. "Silence."