Monarch [BL/Chanbaek]

15.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

Before I could even fully open my eyes, Baekhyun was already touching my neck.

"Are you sick?"
"Someone dragged me into the pond and strangled me. What do you think about this?"
"I heard that before you went for a walk, one of the palace maids behind Your Majesty fell."
"Yeah. I fell pretty hard."
"Do you know what the bracelet I gave you is?"
"You gave it to me, so how would I know?"
"It's a talisman that blocks your ears. Your Majesty, your energy is so weak that you don't even have a guardian spirit, so evil spirits are attracted to you. That's why you often see hallucinations at night by looking at your ears."
"Then why was I dragged into the water?"
"Because Your Majesty was wearing a bracelet, the ear couldn't touch Your Majesty, and the palace maid behind her was hit instead. And the bracelet, having done its job, fell off and became discolored. That's why Your Majesty's second ear couldn't be hurt."

Baekhyun rubbed his neck in annoyance.

"I guess I'll have to cover my neck for a while."