Ha Noon's
CHAPTER 7: The Opening of Secrets
Mom Suri ran with a frown, not caring about the ethics about knocking on the door, with all her remaining energy Mom Suri opened the door and Ha Noon with choking breath turned her head. Mom Suri's
bowing his head as an apology to the teacher who taught, “I'm sorry, there is an urgent matter that I must tell the Princess.” The Master did not mind him, he nodded his head as a sign of understanding. “Mr Princess,” Mom Suri draws her severed breath, “Your Majesty the King
calling you.”
Gim Jun stood with his head bowed, not daring to look at the King, his eyes glancing at his father who was regretfully kneeling before the King. The king looked disappointedly at his loyal personal warrior, then turned to Gim Jun, “Gim Jun, answered my question, does anyone else know of this? Who gave the weapon to Princess Ha Noon?”
Gim Jun lowered his body to kneel, “Honor me, Your Majesty. In my knowledge, no one else knows this but me, nor do I have any knowledge of who gave the weapon to Princess Ha Noon.”
Gim Hanji, the King's loyal personal warrior, looked at his eldest son with his linked brows, “Jun, tell His Majesty the truth.”
“I've told everything to Your Majesty, Father.”
“Jun.”
Gim Hanji's tone was full of affirmation, making the King frown even deeper, “Already, Gim Hanji.”
Gim Hanji looked up, “But His Eminence-”
“Your Majesty!” This shrill girl's shout made Gim Jun, Gim Hanji, as well as the King distract them. Ha Noon ran small and stopped right beside the kneeling Gim Jun. Gim Jun looked at Ha Noon, then turned his head back and found Mom Suri who had entered following Ha Noon, and her two younger siblings who were standing in front of the door with worried expressions. Ha Noon glanced at Gim Jun, then stared firmly at the King, “This has nothing to do with Gim Jun, Your Majesty.”
The king looked at his daughter, then turned to Mom Suri who was standing with her head bowed behind Ha Noon, “Did Mom Suri also know about this?”
Ha Noon moves his pupils on the tail of his eyes, “No-“
However, Mom Suri immediately knelt down before Ha Noon finished his sentence, “I'm sorry for having kept this matter a secret from you, Your Majesty!” Mom Suri stuck her forehead on the cold floor, “I'm ready to accept any punishment, Your Majesty!”
“Yang Mulia.” The king looked back at Ha Noon hearing such a resolute intonation, he gasped at Ha Noon's eyes filled with resistance and defense, “Mom Suri, or Gim Jun, he said, it has nothing to do with this.” Ha Noon let out a shaky sigh, then lowered his eyelashes and lowered his head, apologizing, “If anyone is to blame, then that person should be me.”
“Who gave the weapon?”
Ha Noon answered him silently.
The King sighed, “Princess Ha Noon,” the intonation that the King used deepened and was full of intimidation, “Jawab questions your King, who gave the weapon?”
However, Ha Noon remained silent. A few seconds late, Ha Noon began to make a sound, “I will accept whatever punishment you give, Your Majesty, do not involve Gim Jun and Mom Suri.”
“I think there is no need to involve Princess Ha Noon as well.” Ha Noon tilted his head, his eyelids widening seeing his older brother, the Crown Prince, enter the room with Ka Min, his personal warrior. The Crown Prince stood two steps ahead of Ha Noon, staring at the King without the slightest bit of regret, “I am responsible for this matter.”
Even without a definite acknowledgement, the King could tell that the person who gave the weapon to Ha Noon was Ha Gilyu, the Crown Prince.
Ha Gilyu splashed her head, “Go, Ha Noon, I will clear up this matter.”
Ha Noon looked up, his eyes glazed over at Ha Gilyu, then looked back down and turned around. “Come, aunty.” whispered Ha Noon to Mom Suri who was still prostrating. Without saying anything, Mom Suri stood up and went to follow Ha Noon.
Ha Gilyu glanced at Gim Jun, “Gim Jun, you also go.”
Gim Jun lowered his head as a sign of respect and was about to stand up, but was stopped by his father. Gim Hanji stared at the Crown Prince, “Your Highness,”
“Gim Hanji, let your son go.” command Ha Gilyu with such firm intonation. Gim Hanji hesitantly released his grasp on Gim Jun's hand, then Gim Jun stood up and left the room.
Ha Gilyu looked back at the King who was looking at him with a gaze full of anger. The law of not giving weapons to a princess has been around since the Anthropon Kingdom was founded. The Anthropone Kingdom is not only
it was built by one person, but there was a group of people who united their minds to establish this kingdom. Therefore, every decision, every operational system, every internal or external issue, must have a joint consultation with the ministers and even the military forces. From the beginning, the government system of the Anthropon Kingdom was a democracy, so every decision must be taken from the most votes and everyone must agree with the decision. In fact, the King himself had to agree to a decision he did not want in order to preserve this democratic system.
In the past, when in the early days of the Anthropon Kingdom, martial arts were only taught to men in the morning. The women back then were only concerned with honor and intelligence, they did not care about strength. They have men who will protect them, have loyal soldiers who will protect the people who respect the kingdom. The ministers also thought women who mastered martial arts had no honor. At that time, women were still seen as one eye. They can't work, they can't make money, women just depend on their feelings and can't use their logic, a country will be destroyed if women are in control, she said, so that women are only considered as a tool to carry on the offspring and servants who serve the family.
Because of this fact, women do not have a broad mindset. Their only goal is to marry a gentleman and have smart children. To marry a man from a respectable family, they must be beautiful, intelligent, and authoritative. They could not behave like prostitutes and sell their bodies, as they were sure that a respectable man would also not easily land
their hands on the body of any woman.
Women who mastered martial arts were considered to be damaging to the image, and there would be no men who wanted to marry them. However, the longer women were perceived as weak, and men who lacked honor easily did the thing they wanted. Cases of rape, domestic violence, has become the daily food of the community every morning newspaper is distributed. The women finally realized their stupidity, not caring anymore
with men's responses about women ruining the image. One day, these women came to the palace and made a petition, where the rule that martial arts should only be taught to men was abolished. Because the Anthropon Kingdom adhered to a democratic system, in the end the King at that time abolished the rule and changed it to, “Princess of the palace was forbidden to learn martial arts. It will be counted as rebellion if a Princess is known to store or hold any type of weapon.”
Although women have been taught to learn martial arts, but the princess of the palace is still forbidden to hold weapons. The ministers of the time still had the principle that women who held weapons damaged the image, and they did not want the icon of a palace princess to ruin her honor by holding a gun.
Breaking the rules set out in the law was rebellion, so the King was furious when he learned that his two children were working together to hide this offense. “Crown Prince, explain what you mean do this?” The King's voice was very dark and domineering, his feet taking a step forward with a piercing gaze towards Ha Gilyu.
In an instant, Ka Min drew her sword and stepped forward to protect Ha Gilyu. Instantly, Gim Hanji stood up and pulled his sword towards Ka Min, staring angrily at his attitude towards the King. Even the King himself
staring in disbelief at Ka Min, this warrior dared to draw his sword to his own king in order to protect the Crown Prince. The King looked at the Crown Prince who remained unmoved in his place, having no intention to ask his soldiers to retreat, as if that was indeed what he had to do.
The king breathed a rough sigh. True, that is exactly what a loyal private soldier should do. No matter who your king is, he must protect someone who is responsible no matter what, that is how the loyalty of a soldier is measured. King tilts his head at Gim Hanji, “Gim Hanji, exit.”
One command was an absolute order, he hesitantly reattached his sword sheath and retreated three steps.
Ha Gilyu glanced at Ka Min, “Ka Min.”
Ka Min also kept his sword inside the scabbard, and the two private soldiers went straight out following their master's orders.
Ha Gilyu knelt down, looking calmly at the King sitting on his throne, wiping his forehead which did not stop wrinkling. Slowly, he lowered his head, “I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm ready to accept any punishment.”
“Explain to me, Crown Prince. Why did you give the Princess a gun? You are the next King, you will ascend the throne and lead this kingdom, but how can you break the rules set forth in the law?”
“Holding a weapon will destroy the image of a princess is a silly look, Your Majesty.”
“Even if democracy is done, it will not change anything, Your Majesty. Even though His Majesty is a king, and I am a crown prince, the entire minister still has colossal thoughts about the princess holding a weapon, and the voice of the royal family will never be balanced with them
The king sighed violently, his eyes closed restraining all the emotions in his heart. “Why did you do it? For many years, this kingdom stood, a princess was never hit by danger, they could live quietly and safely inside the palace. I know that princess is not such a graceful and calm girl, but she is smart and authoritative, there is no reason for her to learn martial arts.”
Ha Gilyu sighed subtly, then looked back up, “Dad,” The King gasped with this changed intonation, “I know that Father only wants to protect Noon. But, we can't protect Noon forever, Dad. Neither can you, forever trust the people in the palace. The only person who can protect Noon, the one who can be trusted and will never betray Noon, is Noon himself, Father. I beg Dad
understand. The world is not a palace where Noon can always live safely.”
Ha Gilyu looked at the King who was just silent in response, then lowered his head a sign of respect, and slowly stood up leaving the room. In the corridor, everyone was waiting with frowns, especially
Ha Noon who could not stop moving because of the worries that filled his feelings. Seeing Ha Gilyu, she went straight to him, “What Brother will be punished?”
Ha Gilyu smiled gently, rubbing the tubun Ha Noon, “No, just calm down.”
“Serious brother?”
Ha Gilyu nodded convincingly, “You need not worry. I have to go, continue your class.”
Ha Noon nodded in understanding, then walked past Ha Noon, glanced at Gim Hanji who just lowered his head, then continued his steps followed by Ka Min. Gim Hanji stared at Ha Gilyu's distant steps and entered
the room quickly.
Mom Suri approaches Ha Noon and intends to calm her down, “Mr Princess,”
However, Ha Noon did not want to listen to him. With a rough step, Ha Noon turned around and approached the Gim brothers. “Who did it!? Who complained to the king!?” his yell.
Mom Suri felt this was not right and stopped the Ha Noon temperament, but Ha Noon did not care and kept shouting to the Gim brothers cornered them.
“What? You think we did it!?” Gim Gon couldn't stand Ha Noon's accusations, he took a step forward to point his finger at Ha Noon, “You don't even have proof, how can you blame
us!?”
“Only the three of you, aunt, brother, brother Min, and uncle know! Who else if you didn't do it!?”
“Ohya? Why not ask Madam Mom first before blaming us then!?”
“Can't be the aunt that did it!”
“How can you be sure!? Have you been with her all day and night!? What about Min? He could also do it, or even General Ha!?”
“Gon!” shouted Gim Jun, he couldn't stand the missing manners, “Don't bring General Ha, after all he also gave the weapon to the Princess, it's impossible for him to do so. Also Brother Min, or Madam Mom, don't blame everyone as good as you.”
“He who blames us first!”
“Gon,” Gim Jun's voice deepened, making Gim Gon no longer dare to make a sound. Gim Jun looked at Ha Noon calmly, “Don't blame them. I've said before, if it's secret
it leaked, it is my fault.”
Ha Noon stared at Gim Jun with quivering pupils, “What... is that really you?”
Gim Gon can't stand these endless accusations, “You still doubt it!?”
“Mr Princess,” Gim Jun sighed calmly, “From the beginning should have been the Princess did not share that secret with us.” Gim Jun lowered his head, “I'm sorry, Mr. Princess.” without listening to things
another, Gim Jun left followed by his two younger siblings.
Ha Noon just stood there staring at Gim Jun's increasingly distant footsteps.
Mom Suri sighed looking at Ha Noon's back curled up in the fountain in the garden behind the palace. This girl was supposed to be in her class, but she came straight here and sat down on the grass after her debate with the Gim brothers.
“Mr Princess, shouldn't you be in class?”
“Auntie, did Jun really do it? He told it to Dad? That's impossible, ‘kan? Jun always kept his promise, there's no way he did it.”
Mom Suri again sighed resignedly, she made a step to approach Ha Noon and sat down beside him. “I doubt it, Princess. As the Princess had said, Gim Jun had always kept his promise, as well,
and I myself swear that I did not divulge the secret, as well as Min, he would also not dare to betray His Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Then, who did it?” Ha Noon widened his eyes surprised by his own assumption, “No way, the uncle who did it?” Ha Noon turned his head and looked at Mom Suri with a tense expression.
Mom Suri herself did not have any ideas and could not just accuse. Noting Ha Noon's expression, Mom Suri could only sigh weakly, “Master Princess heard herself what Gim Jun said, saying, it is impossible for General Ha to do so while he himself gives you the weapon. Perhaps, there was another party who accidentally heard this secret, and complained to His Majesty King.”
Ha Noon lowered his head weakly, “I'm sure I've been very careful.”
“No need to be disappointed, Princess, the mistake is always there, and everything has passed, even His Highness the Crown Prince will not be punished. After all, His Majesty the King must have loved the Princess very much, and
won't have the heart to punish you.”
“Dad is a resolute king. Me too, do not mind to receive the punishment.”
Mom Suri stared pushyly at Ha Noon, her hands raised to gently stroke Ha Noon's hair, “Mr Princess is now an adult.”
Ha Noon replied to her with a smile full of pride, “Alright, I have to go back to class.” Ha Noon immediately stood up and went towards the classroom.
