A Kind Goblin’s Bird

But only this Queen was strange. The Queens eyes seemed to illuminate Court Lady Yoon herself, but she didnt seem to illuminate anything else. Even though she has a gentle expression, she doesnt seem to know all her joys and sorrows.

It felt as if she was watching an empty, wooden doll creaking somewhere.

A ripple broke out in Court Lady Yoons heart. A hunch, no, it wasnt a hunch, it was a prophecy. A firm awareness that something is going to go wrong.

And its clear.

It will start with this woman.

Your Highness.

As Court Lady Yoon was about to open her mouth with a blank expression, a steaming teacup was placed in front of the Queen. The Queen smiled and said oh, then took the tea and drank it.

Its delicious.

The Queen smiled brightly at Court Lady Yoon.

Court Lady Yoon bit her mouth. The Queen was smiling like a fool. In her eyes, she was looking straight at her.

What was I thinking?

Court Lady Yoon shook her head. Its a bad idea. Thats a useless idea. She tried to calm her beating heart.

***

The sleep incense arrived and was burned. When the Empress was completely asleep, Young-young began to sing.

Young-young does not know what the language of this song is and what it means. Its just that shes been singing since the oldest moment she remembered.

Young-young sang and she remembered Sa Heon-yeong. The day she first met Sa Heon-young, she kept seeing the black eyes. Pretty eyes. As she stood still, he approached. It was nice of him to touch her cheek. If she put her cheek to that hand and sang, she sang better. In the end, she didnt even know who she was singing to. She seemed to be calling Sa Heon-young.

When she was singing, there were times when it was more difficult and times when it was less difficult. There were times when she sang until she vomited blood. But sometimes it can be very exciting.

Young-young herself does not know what harmony this is. She just sings. She keeps singing until the person wakes up. She sang a song no one taught her. The song, according to her mother, was given by the ancient blood to Young-young.

The court ladies before the Empress looked a little dazed and looked at Queen Mun. The voice was beautiful. Even when they first met saw the queen, they thought her voice was beautiful, but this voice was such a delicate thing that they had never heard before.

The song is carried and spread by the cold wind of late autumn. It was as if the world was changing.

Surprised, the court ladies looked at each other. The queen sang as she moved her hand. She pressed on her chest and spread both her hands. She pointed to the sky and then she lightly clenched her fists and tapped her chest.

The queen was saying something. She sings sweet songs that melt their ears with a voice that changes the world. Like she was muttering something. They didnt know what she was talking about, but they were still impressed. What on earth does it mean?

Beautiful. Someone sighed

Time passed slowly. No, it seemed too fast. Nothing, nothing happened. The people trapped in the veil of singing simply listened to the song in silence. The presence of time has been erased. Time disappeared from the high ceilings, the beautifully carved windows, and the vases of flowers placed throughout the Empress Hall.

It was like a dream. Everyone was drenched in the same dream, and their toes and fingertips were languid. At the time when they thought, is this happiness?

It cant be.

A scream tore the dream to pieces.

It was the Empress. She woke up with a sharp scream and screamed Aaaaahhhhhhh. At that nervous scream, Young-young stopped her singing and widened her eyes.

Court Lady Yoon hurriedly ran. So did the other court ladies.

As a storm swept past, Young-young was left alone in the small room.

Aaaaaaaahhhhh. Court Lady Yoons soothing voice was heard. Your Majesty. What happened? Your Majesty, Court Lady Yoon is here. Your Majesty, its okay, youve woken up from your dream. Its fine now. Hearing everyones desperately soothing voices, Young-young sighed heavily and closed her eyes tightly.

Shes in big trouble.

Most of those who slept and woke up listening to her own song woke up feeling good. Or, after waking up, some people made a bewildered expression on their face and then made a bitter expression. But very rarely this has happened. She doesnt know what they did in the dream, but they did something in the dream, and when they got up they did the same thing.

I will kill you-!

The Empress shouted at her.

Im going to kill that bitch!