Kiku and Yong Soo both walked out of Yao office.
"Say, brother Kiku, will brother Yao reveal the cure?" Yong Soo asked.
"Who knows." Kiku sighed. Yao did not give a direct answer; only tell them he will consider it.
"I'm sure he will." Yong Soo smiled.
"Why do you think so?" Kiku asked with a smile.
"Because we are his dearest brothers." Yong Soo smiled brightly.
Kiku smiled and patted Yong Soo head.
"Mr Im, the queen is coughing out blood!" a servant exclaimed as he runs towards Yong Soo and Kiku.
"What?" Yong Soo and Kiku widened his eyes.
Yong Soo immediately quickly run towards the Arthur room. When he reaches there, there are already royal doctors who are checking on the Arthur.
"Doctor Im, thank goodness you're here." A royal doctor said.
"How's the queen condition?" Yong Soo asked.
"Not good." The royal doctor said.
"Of course I know it's not good! I'm asking why did the queen cough out blood!" Yong Soo snapped.
"It's just a theory. I'm not sure, but the queen cancer seems to have spread." The royal doctor who is examining Arthur.
"What!" Yong Soo widened his eyes and exclaimed.
"Looks like the medicine effectiveness has dropped dramatically," Kiku said as he stands next to the door.
"Yong Soo used that medicine," Kiku said.
"But…"
"Don't worry, those medicines are safe enough to be used," Kiku said with a stern voice.
Yong Soo glanced at Arthur before running out of the room to get the medicine.
Yong Soo comes back five minutes later with a bag of pills on his hand. Just as he is about to pass Arthur the medicine, a royal doctor stopped him.
"Doctor Howard, what are you doing!" Yong Soo snapped.
"I heard that Mr Kiku is the next queen of Hearts, how can you be sure he won't hurt the queen," Howard said.
"Brother Kiku is not like this!" Yong Soo replied immediately.
"Who knows. He is going to be the monarch of another kingdom. How do you know if he won't hurt the queen for his gains? He did go back his promise a lot of times for his own gains." Howards said.
Before Yong Soo can reply to another word, Kiku stopped him.
"Mr Howard, may I ask what benefits would I gain if I hurt the monarch of another kingdom? The Jack of Spades is my brother, however, even he can't protect me if I did such a thing. Why would I risk myself for this? Also, if I really hurt the monarch of another kingdom, I'll gain quite a bad reputation in the Hearts which will be quite bad for me in the future. So, mind telling me what benefit would I gained from hurting a monarch of another kingdom?" Kiku said.
"You…" Howard becomes quite speechless with Kiku words.
"Besides, this medicine is developed when I'm still a royal doctor. As a doctor, you would want your patient to be safe. Am I right about it?" Kiku said while calmly looking at Howard.
In the end, the medicine was given to the Arthur and Arthur complexion did get better.
As both Kiku and Yong Soo leave Arthur room after taking note of his condition, they walked down the corridor.
"This is just a medicine which can only suppress his cancer. It may only last for a few months, a few weeks maybe, considering the amount of medicine is so little." Kiku said with a sighed as he looked at the bag of pills on Yong Soo hand.
"But this is enough to last while we made the medicine." Yong Soo said cheerfully.
"Just hope you'll concentrate fully while making," Kiku said while a smile while sighing a little. God knows how long, and how much patient did they take just to make this amount of medicine.
"Oh yes, brother Kiku you'll be leaving soon, am I right?" Yong Soo said.
"Yes, I'm only allowed to stay here for another day before leaving," Kiku said.
"Great, since you'll be here for one more day, let's have fun!" Yong Soo exclaimed.
"Don't you need to make more medicine?" Kiku said.
"That can leave it!" Yong Soo exclaimed happily as he pulls Kiku towards his room.
"Wait, Yong Soo," Kiku said, but Yong Soo is too excited that he ignored Kiku.
…
"Erm, are you packing my stuff or spending time with me?" Kiku asked as Yong Soo is packing up his stuff into a bag in his room.
"Because you won't be coming back anytime soon. So, I thought you might miss your stuff. Also, I can't do this at night when you're sleeping as I don't know what stuff you want to bring." Yong Soo said.
Kiku looked at Yong Soo and laughed.
"It's not funny!" Yong Soo pout.
"Sorry, but you're too cute." Kiku laughed as he patted Yong Soo head.
Yong Soo continues to pout at Kiku.
"Alright don't be angry. Lets packed up together." Kiku said with a smile as he squats down and packed the stuff.
"Oh yes, Yong Soo. I'll leave some here just in case you'll miss me." Kiku smiled.
"Then take some of my stuff with you." Yong Soo smiled back happily.
They took two hours to pack their stuff before walking out of the castle. Yong Soo has asked for a full day of leave which is approved by Yao. But for Kiku, he almost unable to get Yao approval if Yong Soo did not play his puppy eye trick and promised that they are only going to take a walk near the palace.
"I just hoped brother Yao would not often take status into consideration before making a decision." Yong Soo said it with a sighed.
"Well, that's Yao. It's his responsibility to fulfil his duty as a Jack." Kiku said.
"Say, brother Kiku. Do we really have to fulfil our responsibility even if it means going against our will?" Yong Soo asked suddenly.
"We do. We are given these responsibilities because other people trust that we can do it. We can't break other people trust." Kiku said.
"If we don't want to fulfil our responsibility, then don't take it up in the first place," Kiku added.
"I see." Yong Soo said.
"What's wrong Yong Soo?" Kiku asked.
"Nothing." Yong Soo replied with his usual smile.
"I see," Kiku said.
For the whole day, Kiku and Yong Soo walked down the street of Spade's capital, Occult.
Even though they have walked down here a lot of times, but they are enjoying this, because this may probably be the last time they walked down here together.
…
The next day at the door of Spade's castle, Kiku carrying his luggage filled his items looked at Yong Soo with a smile.
"You're leaving, right?" Yong Soo said trying to keep his tear.
"Yes. Don't worry, I'll try to visit you as many time as I can." Kiku said with a smile.
"Also, tell my thanks to brother Yao," Kiku added as he looked up at a widow of Yao office. Yao is not here as he has a meeting to attend to. However, he has specifically said let Kiku leave the Spade's territory quietly as this visit is considered an unofficial visit which is what Kiku wanted it the most.
Kiku turned around but before he could take a step, Kiku grabbed his back of his suit. Kiku looked at Yong Soo who is looking down with an almost crying face. He sighed and turned around and patted Yong Soo head.
"Don't worry. I promise I'll visit you. Also, Yao will be going to Hearts frequently to discuss matters with the Heart's Jack. You can come with him to visit me." Kiku said with a smile to soothe Yong Soo.
"I don't want you to go." Yong Soo said.
"I know. But I have to. Don't worry Yong Soo, we will meet again soon." Kiku said with a smile before walking to his carriage.
Unknown to the both of them, this will be the very last time both of them meet each other for a long time. The next time they met, they are going to be entirely different people.
