The Wicked Letter from the Royal Palace – The Day It’s Been 1 Year Since Hyung Returned to Me
Temarr hyung, who had run over in one breath, placed his hands on his knees and met my eyes.
“Don’t do this. Are you ignoring me? Are you making fun of me for being short?”
“Ren. Hyung did wrong. Okay? I’m sorry.”
“Hyung is really selfish, a scoundrel, and an idiot.”
“Let’s eat quickly.”
“I can’t communicate with hyung.”
Even when I say I don’t like it, he still bends down to look at me.
And so fucking tenderly! When he does everything his own way, why does he look at me like that?!
“I…”
“Yes, Ren.”
As if telling me to say it all, hyung’s eyes were moist.
“I want to hit hyung’s solar plexus really fucking hard.”
“…Huh?”
For a moment, hyung’s eyes, which had lost their words, experienced an earthquake.
“But even if I did, only my hand would hurt like hell. Hyung’s chest muscles are harder than my fist.”
“Well… that’s true.”
This time he nodded seriously.
“Give me food.”
I was going to prepare it, but with this mood, it’s impossible.
“Let’s go quickly.”
Hyung held out his hand, and I took it.
Fuck, it’s always like this, always!!
Be patient, be patient. I don’t want to ruin today!
The past few months when I was anxious about when hyung would be called away. He said he quit being a hero and would only stay by my side now, but how can I believe that! When he even gets called by the villagers!! But, but finally! Finally, four seasons have passed!
Can I feel relieved now?
Can I continue living with hyung like this?
It’s okay to commemorate the first anniversary of settling in the village, right?!
“Hm? Do you have something to say, Ren?”
Hyung blinked as he opened the door for me.
“No, I’m hungry.”
“Okay.”
Creeeeak.
The door closed.
Our house is a cabin.
Because of frugal hyung, there isn’t a single nice thing in the house.
“Come on, let’s wash our hands.”
“Am I a kid?”
I grumbled as I washed my hands with cold water and immediately coughed, but skillfully hid it.
Hyung started humming and making stew. As soon as the water boiled, a rather appetizing smell wafted out.
Tsssssss. The sound of meat on the fire twisting its body rang out.
I put the tableware on the table and waited quietly.
“Mmmmm…”
“Ren?”
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
Hyung turned around holding a ladle.
“Nothing!”
“Okay, can you wait just a bit?”
“Yeah.”
Grrrr.
My butt… kept fidgeting!
Fuck. Me, a man. A fucking easy man. Just because hyung is cooking for me, I’ve already softened!! I want to give him the present quickly!! I want to see his smiling face!
“Wait! I left something outside!”
“Hm? Ren!”
Ignoring hyung’s call, I pushed open the front door and ran dash dash dash to the storage.
The wind scratching my cheeks felt so refreshing. It felt like my butt kept wiggling.
Hehe. He’ll like it, right?
Because my head was full of thoughts of giving hyung a present, I didn’t hear the sound of hoofbeats coming up from the bottom of the hill. Fuck. If I’d heard, I would have run over and smashed the horse’s legs and strangled the man’s neck!!
When I came out grinning while holding the sack I’d hidden in the storage, it was already too late.
Because the man on the horse had reached in front of our house.
As soon as our eyes met, he dismounted from the horse.
Whinny, the horse scraped the ground and shook its head. As if telling me to fuck off!
He was an extraordinary man.
His amber eyes were cold yet blazing with a fierce light, and the clothes he wore weren’t casual wear either. Like a knight order’s uniform…
Uniform?! Wait…! That means!
“Hmm.”
Hmm? Hmmmm??
What does that mean. Are you picking a fight with me?
I put strength into the hand gripping the sack.
As I walked toward him with big strides, the man didn’t even acknowledge me and approached the open door.
I saw it.
The reddish-brown envelope he took out from his chest.
And the golden emblem engraved on the surface of that envelope!
“Uaaaaaah!!”
“Wh-what?”
Ku—oong.
“What the? Well…”
“…Fu…ck…”
It fucking hurts.
I, who had headbutted the man’s torso just like that… fell backward.
He doesn’t even have muscles like hyung. Why is his body so hard?
It felt numb like I’d banged my head against a rock.
But! I snatched the letter!
Kuuuoong— thud.
“Ren—!”
‘Fuuuuck…’
Stars… one, two, three?
My head was spinning.
The man’s hand caught me.
I felt his gaze looking down at me with a “heee—” but only stars floated before my eyes!
“Ren! Ren!”
Hyung hurriedly ran over and pulled me away from the man, then grabbed my face as I staggered backward. Hyung’s face looked like two, three. I couldn’t even see the face of the man I’d headbutted.
“What kind of muscles are these… did you stuff bricks in…”
“Pfft. You have a nosebleed?”
“Ruman!”
“Hey, you can’t glare at me. This side is the vic. tim. here. Hm? ‘Ren’ is the one who charged in, so you can’t look at me like that.”
“Ren. Are you okay? Can you see hyung?”
The man called Ruman, who had been scolding hyung with a deliberately stern voice, whistled and stared at me intently.
My vision gradually returned.
As my body, stiffened from shock, slowly relaxed, the throbbing pain rushed in!
“Ah…”
“Ah?”
Hyung repeated my words with worried eyes.
“It hurts! Fuuuuck! It huuurts!”
“Pfft.”
Are you laughing?! Are you laughing!!
I just trembled in hyung’s embrace.
Then suddenly realizing the sensation of the letter in my hand, I jumped up with all my might. I lifted my swaying head straight and tore the letter envelope wildly.
“Ren! What do you think you’re doing!”
Not backing down even at Temarr hyung’s roar, I hurriedly unfolded the letter.
The luxurious envelope, torn, fluttered and fell at my feet, and I gripped the letter with fingers suppressing my fury.
I held my breath and scanned the letter in one go.
“Ren! Hand it over!”
The five wicked letters that entered my eyes!
‘Hero Summons Order.’
‘An object discovered at the border… pressure from neighboring countries…’
Blah blah blah! I didn’t even see the other contents written in the letter!
What was stuck like a thorn in my eye! What blocked my heart like a stone! Was the five letters at the very top of the letter, stamped with the national seal! Damn! Damn!
He. ro. Sum. mons. Or. der.
“…Fuuuuck!!”
Like someone struck by lightning, like a spear stuck in the ground, I trembled and screamed harshly.
It was truly a scream like a dragon rising from deep in my core!
“Ren!”
Before Temarr hyung, with a truly angry expression, could snatch the letter I’d crumpled up, there was a hand that mercilessly grabbed my wrist as if to shatter it first.
“Ack!”
That hand twisted my arm upward before I could notice or avoid it.
A chilling sensation ran up my elbow, and my eyes immediately welled up with tears as I glared fiercely at the person who twisted my arm.
“Ruman! What are you doing.”
“So this is ‘Ren.'”
“Ruman.”
“Ah, it hurts!”
Even at the belated scream, the one called Ruman didn’t bat an eye.
He just looked down at me as if I was interesting with his gleaming golden eyes.
“Just like a wild colt!”
His voice sounded amused, but his eyes were cold as could be!
“Hyung…!! Hyung!”
Groaning sounds came out naturally.
I looked at hyung while tears of physiological response dripped down.
Right now, rather than questioning the contents of the wicked letter, I needed to resolve the pain in my arm!
“Ruman. Let go.”
But hyung was all talk.
Ruman covered his mouth and laughed.
Unlike his first impression of being very cold and disciplined, he gave off a strong feeling of being a hooligan.
“‘Hyung’!”
Puhaha!
He burst into laughter.
What’s wrong with saying hyung? Why!?
“Hyung!”
Don’t you feel sorry for me?! Who is this person!! Kill him, hyung!
I looked at hyung full of hope, but hyung didn’t look at me.
He was just glaring at Ruman.
“You mustn’t treat a letter given by His Majesty carelessly.”
At Ruman’s words, hyung picked up the letter I’d thrown away and the shredded letter envelope one by one.
Only after seeing that did Ruman release my arm and caught me as I staggered.
“Let go!”
Giving the disease and the cure?!
I slapped his hand away and almost fell ungracefully again, but this time hyung caught me.
I glared at him while fuming.
“Why are you like this, hyung?”
“Ren.”
“Is that damn letter more important than me?”
“Ren! How dare you disrespect His Majesty.”
Temarr hyung made a stern expression.
“What’s so great about that king! You said you quit being a hero!”
I snatched the letter hyung was holding loosely again and tore it wildly wildly wildly!
I tore it and threw it at hyung’s face!
“Whoa.”
Ruman’s whistle sound.
Temarr hyung’s angry face!
My heart dying from resentment!
“You said you quit being a hero!!”
What about my gift I prepared for hyung lying on the ground!
The first anniversary celebration party! The wonderful dinner!!
I fumed and shed different tears of sorrow from before.
As I got excited, my heart rate gradually rose. Unfairness, resentment, and sorrow tangled together and gradually swelled in size.
As I tried to hold my breath, Ruman took something out from his chest while spinning around with a smile.
It was the exact same letter as the one I’d torn up.
“I brought one more knowing this would happen. Poor Ren is stupid too.”
Ruman bent down to look at me and smiled with squinted eyes.
