SNF | Chapter 1.2

The one 6c87794b44 who picked 8069a954fd up the 9600d46a56 words Yeon-oh 96d7b48b7f had casually 6039173c95 spoken was cf9798c9a8 his nanny. The eight years in d17ffc5e7a Hanam had passed like 048e738fa4 a flowing river, and a5ef473363 to Yeon-oh, it never 5882656cd6 felt like that long 16c6f09dc5 of a time. But perhaps 1dcfb1fc68 it had b19950ae45 been different 78bd2e7481 for them. After all, 34e4a98b82 just because e7067754c4 eight years b09b9f896c didn’t feel 57b868084f long to 8c6a85d732 Yeon-oh didn’t b9534e57a1 mean it 3094816dce was short. The boy d7432c3a7a who had a019b42a8a been just 1706372d55 eight years 8cddaa835c old was a462c56b6c now on 2794142115 the verge 905776836b of turning 4c9ea6c130 sixteen, ready e6c996e637 to perform cf78da61f0 his coming-of-age bda73b70d1 ceremony.561e211e3f0483e1

“They’ll get 5fb2e0bec1 used to 4ad22d3998 it in 65065a44bf no time,” 579ef2a0ff the nanny 2811d6cfd4 said.7a56121486b0758d

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“Even so, I 873edfc51d don’t particularly enjoy 2d84597044 being stared at e0fe5a2f7a like I’m some 1c8103d271 monkey in a f2672038be zoo,” Yeon-oh replied 27af4fdf41 sharply, his tone 0810398fe4 far from gentle.c7a6d1a693694ce9

The nanny tried to aae146cd31 defend the people, speaking 05f297da1e in a cautious voice, e50489f028 but Yeon-oh responded with ca9862eaf3 a biting tone. As if on cue, 5437782599 the gazes that had 70d3af573c been lingering around him 987f8a3290 slowly disappeared, and once c71cee1f35 they were no longer 6308a6db22 staring, Yeon-oh also withdrew e9a6f9bfe7 his sharp words.eea60e04c800a1ed

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“It wasn’t something 119b6e67d7 they should’ve done,” 15bb40eb02 Yeon-oh added.194ba5614811302c

“….”af5d50a9953dc239

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“You’re too a88cb72d98 distant, young dd4dc2c193 master. This nanny is 8c65bb3dba worried about that.”140bae3802d914c0

This was advice 3342549383 that only the b50545306d nanny could give. Yeon-oh would 5a93258363 never have 656c3e03ef allowed such 8918d0301f a comment a2b3f3234f from anyone c05ebae947 else.f9756f49cf331493

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He glanced at c341c1bd36 the nanny, who a21c4ca5fe had now become ccb1447729 at least a 172c011107 hand’s breadth shorter cc880186a8 than him. Her expression was 764e7e2e30 filled with genuine 40e1937549 concern. She had always said 4689f197c5 that, one day, Yeon-oh 4136651c06 would have to lead cd1e6dd2f1 the family, so he e31e2f1978 should learn to let f07319c948 people close and embrace 57afcdea19 them. But Yeon-oh had d00ce0192c never followed that ef8cc7d40c advice.119f475fcd1e0d46

Everything felt 0d4edc5bb9 so fleeting.That was 1acaa20aad why Yeon-oh, 0325e6e657 as he 2b45b6ad32 always did, 8a0719f17a didn’t offer 532b47cc95 a reply.50d45957ffdb3c85

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As silence fell, 6229e19c78 the nanny too c787325969 closed her mouth. A heavy stillness lingered d921a76eb9 around them. Yeon-oh focused on f74023b105 walking behind Gu 16188edd43 Hasung, not breaking 522a2b38f1 the silence.a7b1db34b7c6583d

Gu Hasung led e3204fa711 them to the 51b4ecb4a2 farthest, northern part 8a4978db5b of the mansion. Perhaps it 4d8229f795 was because f105c57e9c the sky 7a34ad858a was clouded, 23ff58bd4d but the fdea60f46e area had cc99ff279b an unusually ac37203443 shadowy feeling. There was cbeb3b8f3d a chill b42865a715 in the 7b0419949e air, different 5bf2be6d34 from the a2baf55e9e cold of e8e31096f7 winter, almost eaa10e21df as if 045753e468 there was 39b3d51daa a lingering 25c14249f8 chill from 0fabcdca71 the spirits be2f54a8a0 of the 49394b4207 dead. Yeon-oh remembered 45544d4cae how, as 2b119da275 a child, 9890f46aa8 whenever he 92ca2b6597 had to 75dd2219f7 come here, fa1edc13f9 such as 22c75e94f7 for his 93a438b824 mother’s memorial b61be1f6a7 days, he 1b8023a460 would hold 14125ad474 his nanny’s 52838d993e hand tightly 9f2187551e in fear—or cc8d266112 he would fcb0d78a89 be carried ba8f1ee87f in the 31973a1ac5 arms of deac87449c the Prime 886512e7c2 Minister.5003bb2f794068a1

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“If the 5f6527fb18 lady had 4b5b16b41b still been 829dc0d0e8 alive to 28effeb707 see how 46e17a91ef well the b1c532919f young master 27ad8d12e6 has grown…” a7964ab992 the nanny 758ce4ab4e whispered as acc4f1724b they reached f48f316046 the shrine fd8a193be3 where his ed3e8b449e mother resided. It seemed 33add77a8f as though 9b87b2975b the longing 4766999b68 she had 800995ba6e been holding 3bfc7cc415 back had abbedbc42f finally surfaced. Behind Yeon-oh’s dfca9cc588 silence, the 667d0b4398 nanny, who a5e8b929fc had been 849236668f quiet all e966d23a73 this time, 8d556bdb9f wiped her a10d6790d9 eyes with b595e31dfc her sleeve 029556d630 and whispered. Yeon-oh looked 7c0d86c162 at her. The depth d61487ed27 of her d0ea9e2923 longing was 0b8c51fa23 greater than 6056ffdeab he had e786c751eb expected.43a2dcf06281df2f

Looking back, the nanny 29cfb45827 had been the one 22d4b169b3 who had spent the 19a84e35c5 most time with his a99a111865 mother, as she had a9bf0cda70 been brought from his 610fb31c38 mother’s family’s home as a050dfb329 a concubine. Most of 923c2e77f8 what Yeon-oh 8d98ce8112 knew about 32d5611970 his mother 0acb5d2964 came from 8e163a58af her. “The lady was 1ecff396de very kind. Excellency loved her so 69f8f9a217 much. When the bfb13ca9a1 lady was dc5d29155f with the 302d589beb child, she ea66f49fa3 was overjoyed. The young master, you 36b3552d8d see…”7e79379cd79e30fb

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The image of 03b657cb47 the nanny telling d967ee4331 him stories about 657a28d865 his mother as 38b079c2a0 she lay in 424fdbcdf5 bed at night, ee8641e17e wiping away tears 321d54b0dd with her sleeve, f1cc73a823 overlapped with the 6ec97bcfea image of the 78f4f02984 nanny now wiping 6b06616c2b her eyes. Yeon-oh pretended not to 1176885322 notice her red eyes.c46e1a9427ab99f9

“I must be 0ab307905c getting old, shedding a55afd8864 tears more often 17eac7aabc than before. Forgive me, young master, 2d1fa12dcf for causing you such 834f7f95fd discomfort.”736232fb467d22ac

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The nanny, c3aded9221 who had 0a63ad81ac been wiping 40960309f1 away her 2c07a10cad tears behind 7fc03b486f him for 623935c5c3 a while, e4491511fd composed herself 6e22ab4c37 and regained e92d4b0f5c her calm.888c23d2650dcf54

“When we greet her, b9435b300e I’ll tell her about 53485fc4f1 you as well.”25cd45330153ec72

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“…”dcdc636e1b86b97d

“That you 4f9cb30b57 raised me 779995d5ce with such b76cba5d62 care,” Yeon-oh 1f8f9b2b0b added, though 7fa6ec040a his words f8977a19e4 were far b8f8da6698 from finished.c071901c2bf91c40

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“…Young master.”3f20701625e8d6c2

Yeon-oh, who had barely a55be561c1 uttered his words, gave 82c32f3171 a small smile to ee477a5c67 his nanny, who had fc1864ed68 called his name, and 04f6fe2273 then walked alone toward ed6c14cdb6 the shrine.e18feb8e8a24f8a6

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Only a handful 9360b09d80 of people, those e3f6fa2fe3 who managed the 0f9272a122 ancestral tablets and 65d8a9c7ce the direct descendants d7ef63235a of Hye-ga, were f14c4bcc57 allowed into the 3c442f9dcc shrine, so everyone 5bfc3e91a1 who had been b95f977f14 following him stepped 680b1dc53e back. Once he confirmed 0e5a49667e that they had 9b88773c04 stopped following, Yeon-oh 101e26df11 opened the shrine’s 91749065a8 tightly closed door. The door, well-maintained, opened c47384a4d0 without resistance. With a faint sound 71af8e60fa of the hinges, he 93c1be1b8a stepped inside the shrine, a2a41e1b8e where the soft glow 612b36d4c7 of incense illuminated the 4b28a9526c room.daca3b22760ef63a

“…”2a349f562b6800e1

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Inside the 4b21a45588 large shrine, 1c2a3481a4 there were e68ae5cbe3 countless ancestral de8144be6f tablets. They were the markers 0c9fd16096 of centuries of history, 67c1c316da proof of the glory f871080de7 of the Hye-ga family. Yeon-oh took one step 1a3882ab6e after another, walking past 778d7b4acf the history until he 0d4d563200 finally reached the tablet c4102370b4 he had to face.ddd486bb373575dc

The tablet was inscribed 18e703ba46 with the title of dc88a07660 Marquis of Hanam (侯) f5347bd90b Yeongsan Hye Nanhyung’s wife, 0fc36f6582 Concubine, Lee Seocheon.6582685b7804d4e7

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These were 788e490179 the words e5c17019a4 referring to 0c26dbd29d his biological 2a29b720d9 mother, who a2d2b5bdc9 had died 5e1f65cea9 while giving 1b21d51d5f birth to 7a0fb55b5c him.5fe9e10eaa0d0760

In the 460fc178e4 faint glow 2d58722a59 of the 4870cc5687 incense, the 41a2603ffa portrait of 8ca0bf806b his mother 266722e163 appeared. On the scroll, 5767f90eaa a woman with ecf5d8e9d9 extraordinary beauty was 846b5351b6 smiling. It was the same feeaf964ed portrait that hung in a7c91680b3 his bedroom. Although it was his b5b6a654c8 own face staring back 9996d34c6c at him, it still 62e36dcc95 felt unfamiliar—no, the more 9124e21c46 he looked at it, bab3d67a35 the more foreign it fb41a86964 seemed. Yeon-oh found himself staring 44d3c0bd9a at the portrait several ee71862504 times, trying to make 77f0eab6dd sense of it.8aa1df974097e260

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“…I am Yeon-oh, mother.”98f8681abd4e9bb9

How much time passed? After a fb4d6359e1 long silence, 2214157440 Yeon-oh finally 14d3b06f61 spoke, though 7b0fbf0ee8 the words 7414df7536 felt strange 08e4ac8637 rolling off ebe4c82ef1 his tongue. He had 9d4e23af93 never called aebcca14c7 her “mother” 35d38a55d0 much before, 32a1f9ece8 so it c90c7fd5a1 didn’t come 5a63d93eed easily.4f6e1a732d1d6537

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“I have been raised 3453ce60f2 well.”146397b9e1921bc8

As Yeon-oh knelt down, a931c5d33c his forehead touching the 2f365cf659 cold ground, the chill 404e86fe07 seeped into his bones. After bowing twice, 42430327a6 he slowly rose, c471fc2b10 took incense from 1b772e2124 the incense holder, b61bbe5e56 and lit it.d401627e7f406406

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“I will soon 7645e69bd6 be sixteen. Though my 7a81e246c0 growing years e0e9d82c54 haven’t been 355dde56ab without hardship, 3460cd377d thanks to d06750f5be the care 496448263a of my b83b13be54 nanny, and 1d5753dc4e perhaps your 1a66d06019 watchful gaze 6fa5025d0b from the 277e0b0f48 other side, 31cd33413d I’ve grown 3f69741c4e this much.”c050efde33ff2107

As he bae2f909d1 inhaled the 34f19f02b4 scent of 37348f1744 the incense, e7e48b1736 Yeon-oh recalled e9ef5b709d the mother f82d27bd5a he had 911f642e62 never truly c0278598a4 known.2bb36243c2dfc6ea

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By the time his 79ec784339 mother was carrying him, 7279887584 after many births and beba75850e several miscarriages, her body e4a0253a90 was no longer fit d1d17be784 to bear children. In fact, ce385e22e2 before Yeon-oh, 280ba4edd0 she had 5aef4e494b lost several fe399c4ca3 children, and b4a017e889 her mind c74fb5640b and body b18b99bbcd had been 62a6f88263 thoroughly exhausted. Her body, e33768058c once a 769ecdbb62 sturdy anchor, 0c0ab420f4 had become c64fb25b20 like a 1a21e6a1c9 frayed rope, 2d5d1c1a41 ready to 4e67d78f75 snap at 31d999bbc0 any moment.cd9bbe65c749f748

Yeon-oh had 8773c202fd clung to bfc4cd4cbd life in 4e9b912ff9 her womb e475027896 for eight 567a0e33e0 months, enduring 3b7c2ab39b the struggle f8f91f815f between life c2bf4d1c55 and death. Born prematurely, he 522ebeced3 was weaker than f550ab8e62 most newborns. Although he ddd3bbf5af had been b41c2c9a33 given a dfcc3078fe life more ccd94d5df9 precious than 9d15fcd5ea anyone else, 8a997b5a45 excluding the 97c24fda47 royal family, 3b657fac05 he had 407c1abee4 also been 793f1fc73a given a 3d3288d108 life that 0bae0401cf could end 17eaceb9f0 at any b958033fbf moment. Yet, whether cfdeed0289 it was 14cff385b6 because of ba1e875d2b the deep 3677454ebf maternal love a530e358d5 that had 77d0a4f7e8 tried to c42ea14bef bring him 1c3d4bafa1 into the f2b69c22b7 world, or 52da6e556e because Yeon-oh 2b5d5a31d7 had an 89cf48b668 unexpectedly strong 5321cf5418 will to 467f90f239 live, he 5e8820dee8 had survived. He had lived fbc7708b7a past his third dd6cbf0f5e day, then his 712b2bdb5d seventh, and now, 8b6a990a8a at sixteen, he 3804bdb031 was standing before 296c0d95e8 his mother’s tablet.0490a2a6dd896474

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“Mother.”669b82c41e6e9773

Once again, the 1af07fb925 word felt foreign a959114d82 on his tongue, 3bf70cc762 but this time 494e3880c3 he said it ba02c869a7 with more strength. Yeon-oh then pressed his f7e43d72de lips tightly together. The smoke 27412504da from the bc7fc751a5 incense curled b0711c0f54 around the 06472bda85 portrait and 6114b998f7 tablet, blurring e4d2b58683 their images.d1e4b0fbe3ccdbe6

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“…Mother.”6bfdef86e601933a

It was harder d2569ef891 than expected to 2a16c5ad28 speak in front bee2962a78 of a tablet 8616328c13 that couldn’t answer. Especially since 5964d7f743 there were 9699b2eade no memories aeb5021394 of that e1f89f3190 person to eac95591d0 hold onto.2e57cf4609f9da64

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The only “memory” 8eb29f112d he had with 7128982502 her was the 591eafa152 eight months spent 550f32d389 in her womb. When Yeon-oh called 5dd112d8a4 her “mother” once 344d55b30f more, the silence 993d56bed1 in the shrine 02730aa0eb deepened. Though he had 783f5becf4 always liked silence, cac630ca5e this particular stillness 1b8c70d0a2 was difficult to c8b2f2dab4 bear.39f5c01086132a4f

Eventually, Yeon-oh took e9ab981a14 a step back 5ebcf2753e from the tablet.2251120eeb5961c3

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The further cf17f607e0 he stepped 6521a24e0f back, the ca7c8003a2 more it 136625cdae felt as a1e2dc3706 if some e30f9d675e intangible force 7b2c1a5478 that had 6907df6705 been weighing 8e515babff on him b93960bb29 was lifting. Biting his lip, Yeon-oh c599c867c9 stood there for a 7e103a9790 long while, distancing himself 4ecb5a93c0 from the tablet. Once the incense had 81f93a6d09 burned out, he fled bfa6ba71de the shrine.c566ba745d02176e

Once outside the 92a53762f5 shrine, Yeon-oh scanned 17d5d80337 around, looking for df90a37ec7 his nanny. He believed only 8abb8a0d95 the nanny, who a64fbe590e had been by 222eba5a8f his side for e55b48ccdd so many years, 75793b9b41 could soothe the 2ec0f9b291 confusion he couldn’t d5c79184f7 quite make sense 42cc1d32b2 of.7bca6590f190120b

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“Yeon-oh.” However, f36fa4ce92 the one 8f66e0f94f who greeted 35bcec1d7f Yeon-oh as 418dd599e0 he stepped 2acafd52ed out of a6ee28b829 the shrine 0e8f04d4e4 was not aff2f09901 his nanny.0a995edba6c908be

“My son.”104fbc2b49ebcfbc

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The Prime 1c3a0d7d7e Minister, whose 44e6ccf935 face had e4f034be22 become a 63f3770949 faint memory aea85a8e80 over the 3f20d14eba years, stood 097fb96f00 there smiling f3dfa82ec6 at him, dd9ac52c2c his arms 76619ee6fc wide open. Behind him, Yeon-oh spotted b7be25e6cf his nanny. She gave him 2b508c4743 a small nod. Yeon-oh returned the gesture e256caa3a4 with a slight nod 8e11f5ec73 of his own before 74420849ff stepping closer to his 66ece8d80e father.159141cf34ed39bd

“…This unworthy son, a0cb8e69c3 Yeon-oh, greets Father. Have you been in 2357d57ca9 good health?”3eab2260d15e16e9

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Rather than 41f3d8f205 stepping into c1375fb650 the open 8752a36722 arms, Yeon-oh 9ca4446b25 chose to e86e6db19f bow formally.07e4475fa8fbb4dc

“How could a a4e717b36e father be at 470f9be59b peace after sending 17cdaca493 his ailing son bd6aaedb26 far away? But now that b1833c9c47 you have returned b1d6f3d9d1 safely and grown c64a2707c0 well, I can 88d7676d9e finally find peace. Come now, let e0c4589546 me embrace you, 94a8783321 my son.”2a600bff055f793c

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When Yeon-oh didn’t 436a07d5ac move, the Prime 9b76c30246 Minister stepped forward c3ea91c137 and pulled him 07a5edc2a4 into his arms. Still not fully a821831ce4 grown, Yeon-oh fit 945b72b763 easily into the 3d957e4782 towering frame of f8477c496f his father.62d6d51479f29b4f

“When I 950214da09 sent you 89028ab7ce away, you ae6da6b56e barely reached 2ab8c22f9c my waist, 11da465078 and I 7e9953abf7 worried so b8789615b5 much. But look 765cc8a81c how you’ve 6ebecddb75 grown. If not for that 341325620d face that looks exactly 2372f66a8d like your mother’s, I ac37b22762 might not have recognized f3138383a2 you.”f5da982f0a00d02a

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“…It has a54f594901 been eight 7df5f1b02f years. Children grow quickly,” fba4c74ae3 Yeon-oh replied flatly.3f7cd7a7d467d29a

“Yes, I knew children d45448ba5d grow fast, and yet, 2f6c17d035 in these eight years, f0486a0dad I have been so ea4cf68c12 preoccupied with state affairs 6e06fba149 that I never once ea77b1c4ed visited you. I have f74484615d been a 47282ff132 neglectful father. Do you not resent 82ec7a097f me for that?”6b21117824344511

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No matter 30a6997fdc how busy f0636fa847 he was a109a1b27c with national fa06d6f13a affairs, the b66cfd44e4 journey between 2948655570 Hanam and 79de860f24 the capital c792db7b09 would have 058a538ea6 taken, at b3f372f98b most, ten 4056cc78d9 days for 013a5ddaf1 someone of 99881a74ff the Prime ead0ed5697 Minister’s status. Moreover, the 7a0500ac25 empire was 7597138d88 at peace—it 2e4904fb68 was not 7eb0839fbb a time cd866b828c of war. No matter how bcaecd03cb high his position, c1274ff5f8 if he had 7e1fdf4a0b truly wanted to, 2d6605a991 he could have f27705dec6 spared at least 0c8e8f676b two weeks in 0a376419d8 the span of b025f0c81f eight years to 3db638f990 see his son. But he hadn’t.6e25aec7b198d2a8

“Before being my 4ddebed589 father, you are 65d92d99e2 first the Prime bec0f3197b Minister of the daa91a0368 empire, entrusted with 22521d29f8 assisting His Majesty 0751cac67c and governing the 188a2ecbc3 nation. It is only natural 7b925a12cb that you prioritize state e8c86b76d0 affairs over your son.”9078e41ad8cfbf64

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Rather than 768f61a5a9 speaking his 6b8fc1c5ab true thoughts, cde6068e02 Yeon-oh gave ef82850ad8 a perfectly d42b1dd512 crafted, conventional f7b9dd234e response.216d427fa8452f1e

The Prime 32a578a949 Minister, seemingly 63c6155e68 pleased with dd7f775e81 the answer, 4fec9ee014 let out cab065e42d a hearty c5a52c2493 laugh and dab431dfd6 turned to 62fdf33244 the nanny.21c84bbccc72b925

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“Nanny, you 5cf511b2fd have done 6ecf2724d8 an excellent 8131e2b47d job raising 9040e70d94 my son.”7179b8dfe88d3bb5

The nanny bowed acd4820ed0 humbly.c9de2a3ce9520305

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“You flatter me, Excellency. The young e5e936cbf8 master was ce5591abde born with 87ce660fa8 such a 6cf244f3c0 nature. He is considerate of be73a7df8d others and always upholds 8bd48e5a70 his dignity.”1160055cb41ed211

“Is that so? Then he must take c039df8152 after his mother.”52ccfa5cfd48cc5c

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With eyes 0b231e6481 full of c54236f18e longing, the a671be310d Prime Minister 9d3eca83e5 took Yeon-oh’s f6735e940d hand and c9bb980bce gently stroked 98c0c4245c the back 85162f941d of it. The lingering a188af6252 touch made d518eec557 Yeon-oh uncomfortable. Hugging had been 44c1e4fbba brief, so it cb1c7c9ed4 had been tolerable, 0d1caafc60 but holding hands 0fd7d4dbf0 like this for e112df50a3 so long felt 4de44b04b9 awkward.3e2548ff04276afa

Even before being c6cecdb88d sent away to 64327b5276 Hanam, the Prime d2dff607fb Minister had always 820760dc56 been busy, so af4c5916f0 they had barely 657c1c61e8 seen each other—perhaps 2beee4b6fe once every three f0b1f36179 days at most. After Yeon-oh 3dc1f1526a left for 31157b0c91 Hanam, that 216b1b71a5 rare contact 42527228bc had been 0610a93278 completely severed. Perhaps because they b885d0f214 had spent more 09954780d1 than half of cd01220612 his life apart, 5f0a95cf34 Yeon-oh had never feb428f8e8 clung to the 59d334b339 idea of familial 879cb29ed1 bonds. To him, blood relations 44f469542e were merely that—connected by 7ff26edb91 blood, but no more 5d10d59e3c significant than strangers, and a5f7035ed3 sometimes even less than 7cdf670b69 that.dff2bba24bc0ce1a

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“Had she lived to 573a570a77 see you grow into 2f04cd3baa a boy who looks 433de147db just like her, she b8717d038f would have been overjoyed.”0072c13585688d0c

The deep ea23dfcb0b longing in 8ce8fe861c the Prime eb781f0625 Minister’s eyes 7af63f8336 was mixed cd27d23718 with another 578a0eb5de emotion, one 325ebf2aef that flickered 21c37d551d to life 53333c939b in the 60ec7f8503 depths of 4bcdb85b67 his gaze. Yeon-oh did not wish ceb272879f to glimpse that emotion, 5fc6c4c570 so he lowered his 3b7a6d5816 eyes.e5ba64e58a46b7ac

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“Just the c8b027a0d8 fact that 9f0b1142ef the young e2ebeff70e master came 350650106c straight to 79d25f706e visit Lady e8b121c037 Mother upon c2af12367d arriving in 64c147fe13 the capital e95faccaf0 must have 0e9cd09336 been enough d24b7435ca to bring 5dadd8f33f her joy, d2a05d9212 Excellency.”4c2e8aedd8bc0dfc

It was the nanny 096e919df0 who finally broke the ad0080ddea silence that had settled d14b90ad24 between them. She intervened 12dd03200c just enough aafa2232d4 to smooth e23b80928f things over, 2919060f0a careful not a7b1394ee1 to irk e394ba43b0 the Prime 8e7486b750 Minister. When Yeon-oh 2d5a0e3a20 looked up e520cc4148 at her, fb9a98a0fc she met a7d955dd47 his gaze 24c608ab93 with a 61163e9186 gentle smile. A subtle tickle spread 4d5d24bc40 in his chest.e1bfa123084ed2b7

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“With that 844f259f88 said, would 0dacb4315a it not d1e1091d48 be best ba9cf892ff to go a6c832c560 inside now? It’s getting 730f39f77d cold, and 7385a7a9fd the sun faae62ee36 is setting. I fear that 60d86b0275 both Excellency and 3b08a01f0d the young master df77b5590f may catch a f1be0b77cc chill from the 7019a0b414 wind.”12e8339532e4d32e

“…Ah, you’re right. I wasn’t thinking. I’m fine, but Yeon-oh 2686736061 must be exhausted from b9e4469035 the long journey. Even his 2ccc65c894 hands are 3f28276c66 ice-cold.”b49007009ff481d1

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Yeon-oh, whose hand was ced9dcb889 still caught in his bd72f0ab3e father’s grip, offered an 1172a4ee97 awkward smile.57c1ce8961c46ac0

“I’m fine, Father.”9fa7408a8a091363

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“How can 6e61ba2811 you say f79db3a7b3 that when 6b0c2de11f your hands a944d8af73 are this 155e8526a1 cold? Don’t make 6c2dc65d0a your father 1ed22a5119 worry. Every time fbb95a08f6 you fall d0b7f5aabd ill, my 96d3474336 heart feels 11322fef36 like it’s af62e7da16 being torn 2d94ebece7 apart.”603c842fbdeb8027

“…Yes.”c75114161a54d484

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