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JUNGKOOK POV 
Jungkook was pleased with the way their conversation flowed. 
It gave him the opportunity to open Jimin's mind and show him the Manor's inner working. 
It gave him a hint of the magic churning just below the surface, waiting to come alive and fill this home with brightness and vigor once again.
The images did not alarm him, nor did the facts regarding this house. 
Jimin was an intelligent man and although many would right it all off to hallucinations or indigestion Jimin knew there was truth here and that magic lived at the hybe Maison Jeon. 
He would come around to the reality of his situation and would accept the pull of his destiny. 
Jungkook needed to be patient and persuasive.
The tour went well with Jimin being properly impressed with the grand ballroom but completely taken by the massive library. 
As a writer, he figured that the library would be the star of this tour for Jimin. 
He was proud of his collection and pleased by Jimin's appreciation.
"This is huge." Jimin spun in a circle looking from floor to ceiling at the shelving that spanned the room top to bottom three levels connected by an ornate spiral staircase. 
"How old is this collection?" Jimin stepped closer to the shelves and ran his fingers over several spines.
"I've been collecting for centuries." Jungkook stated and pulled one of the older volumes and handed it to Jimin, who took it in very caring hands. It was a book of maps and sea voyages. 
"That was one of my first." Jimin looked afraid to handle it too much and set it on one of the wooden tables within the room and turned the pages as if they were made of gossamer.
The maps were made by Gerardus and they were near accurate considering the tools he had at his disposal and the limited understanding of the period. 
His work was highly revered in his day and a bigger snob the world has never known. 
His talent in map-making was only eclipsed by his massive ego.
"You speak as if you knew him." 
Jimin looked over at jungkook, who stood by his side, giving steady drops of information to be absorbed.
"We met," Jungkook answered offhandedly and picked up another book handing it to Jimin. 
It was a classic that charted the plants and birds of the area. 
Jimin was again impressed.
"If I lived here, I don't think I'd ever leave this room." Jimin commented as they continued their tour, ending up at the back of the library, which opened into a private study.
"You would be welcome, my love." Jungkook put his arm around Jimin and pulled him close as they walked to the large window that graced his study's north wall. It looked out over the wooded landscape and the river. 
"I love this view." He remarked. 
"The wildflowers when in bloom cover the banks and alone the woods."
He remembered the back lawn was often used for parties and celebrations, bringing people from as far away to the property. 
The Grande hybe was and will again be a social center and source of pride. 
Even now, the grounds appear to be revived and recharged and the house itself is breathing new life. 
The hybe Maison Jeon lives on. 
Jungkook bent and placed a kiss on Jimin's cheek, hungry for the touch and taste of his beloved.
"What are you trying to tell me, Jungkook?" Jimin asked suddenly and turned to look up at him directly.
"Are you saying that it is you who haunts this house?" The question was serious but also guarded. 
Jimin was connecting to the house and to jungkook and was feeling the magic for himself, yet his logical mind was sowing uncertainty and needed the clarity of yes or no.
"In a way, yes, I suppose just as anyone who has lived and loved a location for as long as I have may become a part of that location spiritually as well as physically." It wasn't the clear answer he was looking for but it would lead him there. 
Jimin left it at that for now as he looked out the window at the lawn and gardens below that were repairing themselves even now, having felt the shift in the energy within the house. 
Did he notice? 
Was he aware that his presence had set into motion a rejuvenating force that touched them all?
Nothing was taken from Jimin, the force he released was there all along. 
It just needed the hand of the beloved to make it come to life. 
He was feeling the power as well, even if he didn't realize the source.

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