SNF | Chapter 1.2

The one ee54b09ca6 who picked 35ddc24885 up the f3ab3b229b words Yeon-oh 11f554ca0d had casually db2493024e spoken was f470acc072 his nanny. The eight years in 2060e05810 Hanam had passed like 741dc371bb a flowing river, and 45d2c25284 to Yeon-oh, it never 76a4175fb4 felt like that long 2c0f9fb7f9 of a time. But perhaps it had 72f2fe52bf been different for them. After all, 1770e56fec just because 522936e1b2 eight years cd479897c8 didn’t feel d0d72c317a long to b04a2afc33 Yeon-oh didn’t e84d07e195 mean it 9cb37900dd was short. The boy who 0bb76e1873 had been just 914e7ab7f0 eight years old 0f8ccd876b was now on 8f6e3d30e9 the verge of a739709234 turning sixteen, ready 6ba4c4bf79 to perform his e77d2c38a8 coming-of-age ceremony.d574284ad3c0eba5

“They’ll get a7f9d16b6f used to c52a76437a it in 48ce87466e no time,” bbad4354cb the nanny 01b98d1306 said.8bd0caa76803726b

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“Even so, 37e9f20cea I don’t 6eaea46c26 particularly enjoy 354327c680 being stared 8d383cc175 at like 1ed8a7f4d5 I’m some 24f3cb0f2e monkey in 9d4f4046ea a zoo,” bc46d0fa2d Yeon-oh replied d1f0d43bb0 sharply, his 64ba2a0262 tone far db570dcf93 from gentle.b490d1575918d7b0

The nanny tried to fd89dd6088 defend the people, speaking e6addfb7df in a cautious voice, cd7c313db4 but Yeon-oh responded with a45797796e a biting tone. As if e9d13dfad0 on cue, 748c5a3db0 the gazes bcadee91d8 that had 216687645c been lingering bf3664d3b9 around him 50bed1875e slowly disappeared, c7689c78f8 and once aed1568ee9 they were 860350b51f no longer c3cf39d823 staring, Yeon-oh 51b483eb24 also withdrew cee0353445 his sharp 5174d9a7e8 words.23c9a15619594457

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“It wasn’t something they 7bd04a38ac should’ve done,” Yeon-oh added.16f4b7bdb80d9eb0

“….”c72ddea017a56f4b

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“You’re too 9e75e14d83 distant, young 3eaeff498b master. This nanny is worried 9434c99467 about that.”4cf32cf5521e9c3d

This was c67a95d208 advice that b5f1dd6cca only the 7a63cb1389 nanny could 143448f778 give. Yeon-oh would never have 7d25ceeaa7 allowed such a comment ad8c8f5e9d from anyone else.f99fbbbd7fecda93

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He glanced at 0a6998594a the nanny, who dcc4d10b74 had now become 655da7a5b5 at least a cb796e250e hand’s breadth shorter 97141c6600 than him. Her expression 083c043220 was filled 97070d2325 with genuine 5aa7583f28 concern. She had always befc6a7c98 said that, one 4a9222879f day, Yeon-oh would c50eb1c300 have to lead a78642880b the family, so 29f32da81b he should learn 0f6bacdd9d to let people 9e96c2f175 close and embrace c04cab1944 them. But Yeon-oh had never 7bf947423e followed that advice.1529fa0a8f63f64b

Everything felt 42323754e5 so fleeting.That was why Yeon-oh, 209757fb94 as he always did, 8de52c7943 didn’t offer a reply.3744f92da48c579a

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As silence fell, 22dc08e207 the nanny too bc275fdad6 closed her mouth. A heavy 82b91bef83 stillness lingered b58328fb3f around them. Yeon-oh focused on 912a9182ed walking behind Gu dd06b542ba Hasung, not breaking 28d4753346 the silence.8a3d26ec74b14d86

Gu Hasung led d953740646 them to the 5a12a5e545 farthest, northern part 3dd03cbf00 of the mansion. Perhaps it 25bc3bb876 was because e0d542d609 the sky 2b8a3e302a was clouded, 3e15ead930 but the 64753974ae area had 2650324b5a an unusually eb874f1d21 shadowy feeling. There was a 993c3f7a71 chill in the 175a178aaf air, different from a9ebeb12fd the cold of 96815aced1 winter, almost as 3cf4e80192 if there was 74c0620a06 a lingering chill 35f11d9522 from the spirits 450fef272c of the dead. Yeon-oh remembered 4b9931e3f0 how, as f656e3d9ec a child, e4abb92002 whenever he e304b71429 had to e730843477 come here, fadc3deb5b such as ca175675cc for his 6215e2817b mother’s memorial d35dac939b days, he 8eee34632b would hold 2baebca244 his nanny’s 20272d25a2 hand tightly 2b5dd2601e in fear—or b593370e20 he would 79f68bc630 be carried 7340dbfd0a in the 78e07d7295 arms of 334bfb00e2 the Prime f4d263c22d Minister.ef3d5887fa45563c

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“If the lady had a26efe165b still been alive to c6cb61196d see how well the e2217510dd young master has grown…” 0ca4dee038 the nanny whispered as 689945d399 they reached the shrine 2f03c91abe where his mother resided. It seemed a090dd1071 as though c07cbbb216 the longing f82cf8f2a2 she had 593a5a8dce been holding 3f14d79d2e back had 4f06885767 finally surfaced. Behind Yeon-oh’s c511f788c4 silence, the 308d2dc49b nanny, who bcef3b12c6 had been 6f9f6f00b8 quiet all 8d0c309eb8 this time, 6ee8715ded wiped her 1f01d6d502 eyes with 7437da411a her sleeve c4d00ae4d7 and whispered. Yeon-oh looked af5e4cc0a6 at her. The depth 423ad08d28 of her 6351156326 longing was a2f10953aa greater than a09aae9d65 he had 59103ee790 expected.9835c1a871e60ff3

Looking back, the d24d190682 nanny had been dc49f75606 the one who 47c9b138b0 had spent the d5615f28f8 most time with dc5e40d94c his mother, as 23f11149bf she had been f87f3e8904 brought from his 10dc27ff82 mother’s family’s home 92b8299bca as a concubine. Most of what 5282de845c Yeon-oh knew about 2af7bc9795 his mother came 56877421aa from her. “The lady was 013726195f very kind. Excellency loved 3e01139aba her so 8267417c67 much. When the lady was e1254bd436 with the child, she c3ca3ae724 was overjoyed. The young master, 94c320f28e you see…”ff5565d76747fe75

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The image of the fcd6e54675 nanny telling him stories 9e57517f26 about his mother as 879e64776e she lay in bed df8a209cf3 at night, wiping away 30554368e8 tears with her sleeve, 6b3c879569 overlapped with the image 1e46d9ecb6 of the nanny now 5c4f021aa2 wiping her eyes. Yeon-oh pretended not to 3c8472ace7 notice her red eyes.20d18fe32ff636b8

“I must c3b6fd7e12 be getting 6e2af9abc8 old, shedding bac010a327 tears more 6cb3809579 often than 303f917f59 before. Forgive me, young 69f9c5dc67 master, for causing 4a85686ce0 you such discomfort.”66c112214df8d71d

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The nanny, who 981514c795 had been wiping 4a103e51f0 away her tears 29817e181e behind him for ee6caaa8ac a while, composed 05724ceff8 herself and regained 2b8685211c her calm.c2561319ecb438cb

“When we greet e0339c39c6 her, I’ll tell 9595902708 her about you 44f7732db8 as well.”e28008abf79c9887

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“…”1b71e3249c921a3e

“That you ed41011b4e raised me ac6e39d60a with such 3e03e30dcb care,” Yeon-oh e9d8a09636 added, though 06d27f8f23 his words 4595fdf900 were far 9e9dcb2d7e from finished.a99d33b1abe10358

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“…Young master.”18eb6917e227dc85

Yeon-oh, who 249d758d73 had barely fa93561989 uttered his 8eb9b291a0 words, gave b5db785777 a small f3972a2563 smile to e773fce117 his nanny, 51562d9d9c who had c9fd41b5bd called his 2e842f8b49 name, and ff0781bbc0 then walked a6e3c70912 alone toward aa98e05dbf the shrine.dfb391a59c1931fd

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Only a 7f1b9a2009 handful of f721fcee4b people, those 1c49277be3 who managed ac0bab7f29 the ancestral 5f353ed9aa tablets and 82f7191470 the direct b74668ef65 descendants of fc1441776e Hye-ga, were f285ebd2d3 allowed into ae0caaf184 the shrine, 79950e5d5c so everyone 26832c7bb3 who had 3331f34255 been following d2eb928bd4 him stepped 6a48aefe7f back. Once he confirmed 3c859391e5 that they had a58f8d21a8 stopped following, Yeon-oh 169a71f91c opened the shrine’s 578231e315 tightly closed door. The door, 85529cdec6 well-maintained, opened 3b3dd2f504 without resistance. With a faint 535d50f44e sound of the 7f547484d4 hinges, he stepped c4ef947b38 inside the shrine, 0b0e6acc09 where the soft a06de33696 glow of incense 40b0216f16 illuminated the room.42c9fb84db26e8b6

“…”fa7c594446a85a44

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Inside the large f827057cd9 shrine, there were 939fea03d9 countless ancestral tablets. They were the markers 45db63b552 of centuries of history, 3bba6f5855 proof of the glory 87abe37489 of the Hye-ga family. Yeon-oh took 13f3995ebe one step 522934282a after another, e03dec0602 walking past 6f1d93e444 the history 97c20df07d until he 425e54c8b3 finally reached 889e1e9736 the tablet 57666aa310 he had f8e72382d6 to face.a9d0226ca3316baf

The tablet 650f994613 was inscribed 18ab77d8c6 with the 39baf17480 title of 7921fed7e8 Marquis of 843be95f75 Hanam (侯) d3b8ebdcde Yeongsan Hye d7f9fd504b Nanhyung’s wife, 292498fc34 Concubine, Lee a69fe73f78 Seocheon.57d390b2ca78e17b

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These were the words 8e045984c8 referring to his biological d9b2661ae4 mother, who had died 99c120d3ee while giving birth to 60ef660960 him.7396ea2d35c5559b

In the 7f7ab638e6 faint glow 245aa801a3 of the 72c22492c1 incense, the d6d7109e79 portrait of 38f88e21e5 his mother 9114a95c8c appeared. On the ca043271c4 scroll, a 96f09a02b9 woman with db9f7f1a09 extraordinary beauty e4de2da8c0 was smiling. It was the 242c3c0f8d same portrait that f0f1b13b64 hung in his 52bae7aea9 bedroom. Although it was 977765809c his own face 2db392be28 staring back at fbed786107 him, it still 766b451e18 felt unfamiliar—no, the 92652c878a more he looked 285224de89 at it, the 3ee3562f3e more foreign it 58aafde00a seemed. Yeon-oh found df0a928b1e himself staring 9e6195a937 at the f749ae0149 portrait several 70bee19dcf times, trying f1618432fc to make 83fadeb56d sense of 0da2bfb38e it.19ea9028a1d02ea5

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“…I am 7761cd3306 Yeon-oh, mother.”36805c9e4d9adc23

How much 49900db007 time passed? After a long silence, fa7dcafa8f Yeon-oh finally spoke, though f2b5ca1158 the words felt strange e42730b218 rolling off his tongue. He had never called 9092568a86 her “mother” much before, 845e3fcc70 so it didn’t come 459a66fd09 easily.a7582bf085d135bc

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“I have been dffadf13c9 raised well.”7ae07286becc710b

As Yeon-oh knelt down, 681ad29f61 his forehead touching the eba654cd3a cold ground, the chill 6b24c5cd52 seeped into his bones. After bowing ba7b437c4c twice, he 10d40aed62 slowly rose, c9b749f0b4 took incense e37e71eaa4 from the 491b8525e6 incense holder, 58b86f6913 and lit e8a0bcb6cd it.275017604c61a94e

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“I will 20f9a087b9 soon be 586a2b3f08 sixteen. Though my growing years 4d85811acb haven’t been without hardship, ac044bf665 thanks to the care ba0939d5d3 of my nanny, and 58dcdde89e perhaps your watchful gaze a4125da40f from the other side, 6c7cf6aec9 I’ve grown this much.”eca9532bac22727a

As he inhaled 14e3f3ca82 the scent of c1ef0fff9f the incense, Yeon-oh 754beae479 recalled the mother b936e0ff51 he had never 9a72f7c2db truly known.021d18c55f380436

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By the cad31b0446 time his ce0ad1526e mother was c5c69ab983 carrying him, 1a2a706b31 after many 4f890f46b6 births and 8c2bc5021d several miscarriages, 8bfa70df07 her body 23837078f6 was no f4457a08eb longer fit f0df4703b0 to bear 91e5d4d5fe children. In fact, before ca3fe27773 Yeon-oh, she had c763128e38 lost several children, 5db3382499 and her mind ad82ef70bc and body had b0966e5305 been thoroughly exhausted. Her body, once 778ed64c93 a sturdy anchor, 9a4eed3c2b had become like 43bee6de20 a frayed rope, e742f9ce03 ready to snap f76eff307f at any moment.045f0d51e8a2198e

Yeon-oh had clung 7795599f03 to life in e7a8083b6b her womb for aa56290f8e eight months, enduring 4bed240c1c the struggle between 23b7d63f2e life and death. Born prematurely, 386fd4d660 he was e6f6b563fa weaker than 02cf015d07 most newborns. Although he had 80dc6b4bba been given a 5cc2f339f4 life more precious 6a260de550 than anyone else, 13b51ee53f excluding the royal 001ad5445f family, he had 998ad11571 also been given 38a8762c81 a life that bcca402146 could end at d600876ba0 any moment. Yet, whether it was 77faab54b8 because of the deep 21242744c4 maternal love that had d23292afd0 tried to bring him 6aa7987a9e into the world, or 0ebbd27bd7 because Yeon-oh had an 24c5304f86 unexpectedly strong will to 85bbf4e98e live, he had survived. He had lived 4f959ac219 past his third 7287bd16f5 day, then his 9fad62ea86 seventh, and now, 79bd317700 at sixteen, he bf0da4b1c5 was standing before 3cfb660c8e his mother’s tablet.72cc1eb9430c8c38

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“Mother.”db5b1ebfa868061a

Once again, cf69aa70b0 the word 1a294746e2 felt foreign 436d60c167 on his 9f20a82b35 tongue, but 8043573687 this time 02f2bb9c20 he said bce6ec5250 it with 6ee25c07c5 more strength. Yeon-oh then 529dd014b0 pressed his 705eb16c57 lips tightly 4c0e2eb107 together. The smoke 9c94a3c12c from the 80e4f044e1 incense curled 40c7c1f506 around the b8fc4d9657 portrait and f8a90ecfe8 tablet, blurring ee7092b6b4 their images.27be3641ef987323

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“…Mother.”a8c86d9e60716fdc

It was cc5dc54098 harder than d44200beb3 expected to 9a10630fdb speak in 6bdc175713 front of e02230fbe1 a tablet 403dc632ac that couldn’t 3426fd9dd9 answer. Especially since d16d8862f1 there were 081dbab50e no memories 2b934f96f3 of that 6e6b177893 person to 429bdae079 hold onto.3eed5818aa1577e9

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The only “memory” he 861aacfc3f had with her was 21dc044d0d the eight months spent 65de73c180 in her womb. When Yeon-oh called her 2e8d1194b6 “mother” once more, the f8ed4e1366 silence in the shrine 33eb18b01c deepened. Though he had always 43ec683ada liked silence, this particular 48f76d82d9 stillness was difficult to b36a7a365c bear.1148370693f958b7

Eventually, Yeon-oh took a ad5e99a7f5 step back from the 3673130c9d tablet.230003036c9ecdfc

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The further he 4699e8db00 stepped back, the 9dd6c2ccef more it felt d4822d434e as if some 6cf94b26d3 intangible force that 977b879ecc had been weighing f33a5910f8 on him was b0c8f5be5d lifting. Biting his a784606606 lip, Yeon-oh 376aba9a97 stood there bdd9f0a4b1 for a 9839b8f531 long while, 8dd0a05d7c distancing himself bc4e8d3fba from the 8f1a32ca1b tablet. Once the incense ca3fecdcf8 had burned out, d315293853 he fled the 905845ab37 shrine.e0a71d2b150e5ca6

Once outside 9bd25357c1 the shrine, 6ffb4b4409 Yeon-oh scanned d3a6bf1a51 around, looking 2fe3fb1c66 for his bc6bba647e nanny. He believed c057cd99f1 only the 67b6aea876 nanny, who 2aa1a924e1 had been a732813e0b by his 8f7dc04a2c side for fd9da422e5 so many 28ef102ade years, could bdb557a1b6 soothe the 068adb687e confusion he 5d641d9b6d couldn’t quite 57538957c2 make sense 46331c0f75 of.2aa4e1843af43bd9

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“Yeon-oh.” However, the one b41b431a39 who greeted Yeon-oh as 85792f81f2 he stepped out of 5819991d84 the shrine was not ccc4405ead his nanny.a48efda03d98ec7a

“My son.”05a80d783e8c8da8

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The Prime Minister, e18be1173d whose face had 745a5814b6 become a faint 67c44b4744 memory over the 2022ec894f years, stood there f6047d8f52 smiling at him, 39d3232306 his arms wide 8442d6f911 open. Behind him, Yeon-oh spotted db9e461d32 his nanny. She gave him a f6afad9c4b small nod. Yeon-oh returned the 7e4f6cc0db gesture with a 0add146df4 slight nod of c45dd25e45 his own before fd0bbae3c3 stepping closer to 24c591f7b9 his father.679fd2ec4467d9e8

“…This unworthy son, Yeon-oh, ee4974364e greets Father. Have you been d60643b32e in good health?”1c283f344ae9097e

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Rather than stepping 15722f0a3a into the open ea8cacdf53 arms, Yeon-oh chose 35dae187c5 to bow formally.1d6ad8d028e7fa8a

“How could a 115f22b71f father be at 5f13082788 peace after sending e21fe6e85b his ailing son 2ac9f892bd far away? But now that 5c34760d34 you have returned 338c662d84 safely and grown a4dd3fb815 well, I can 0478ebec51 finally find peace. Come now, let me fe159661ec embrace you, my son.”91195ef85c672647

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When Yeon-oh didn’t move, 50998aeb13 the Prime Minister stepped 2a42b2832f forward and pulled him 7a4e5163f7 into his arms. Still not fully e3c4f6e2b4 grown, Yeon-oh fit c783ff3882 easily into the a9f1389a61 towering frame of 6f41157bdf his father.ad753fc66998f67c

“When I sent you dc0d3ffa8f away, you barely reached d4f149e7d5 my waist, and I 38c4fc62fc worried so much. But look 8e5340b6ef how you’ve d61ec60714 grown. If not for that 7f08c932e0 face that looks exactly 56ddf7f658 like your mother’s, I 8878e5a231 might not have recognized 0a818eed62 you.”85468fb9c1115ab6

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“…It has been eight 174ec27936 years. Children grow quickly,” Yeon-oh 1feb987045 replied flatly.1e1c13565f9af6b5

“Yes, I knew children 47c1e92c2b grow fast, and yet, 85ac202f28 in these eight years, 50f2be096d I have been so 7b978f8aba preoccupied with state affairs 5b83f889a5 that I never once 349c63753a visited you. I have 4dd46d0994 been a 788e6a4fe7 neglectful father. Do you not 5a33de32aa resent me for 4bc54cca90 that?”106546f157356edf

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No matter how busy ccb8dc0527 he was with national e8c7d8d971 affairs, the journey between dde99966c5 Hanam and the capital e31f5bdb0c would have taken, at afdf83f87e most, ten days for 81dfad27a2 someone of the Prime bdea62b5ea Minister’s status. Moreover, the empire was de1e92c2ce at peace—it was not bf4b2644bc a time of war. No matter how 5e415f0ee7 high his position, ae3b25d34e if he had aa02104982 truly wanted to, 041d20295f he could have bf2ce9c387 spared at least 105ab58c28 two weeks in 028b002200 the span of 52855df578 eight years to 5b6a541e84 see his son. But he hadn’t.8a82cf76e0b0d8e9

“Before being my 0a613cd6e0 father, you are 77b43b49d4 first the Prime f57729baf5 Minister of the 56fdfde7ff empire, entrusted with bc6598fd02 assisting His Majesty 123248e855 and governing the 4c3b2212f5 nation. It is 6732d54666 only natural 4b8880fb73 that you f16ddfa04e prioritize state bbe7d74802 affairs over e31f72aed0 your son.”2641b982b49aa562

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Rather than 721144812a speaking his f8d61f850a true thoughts, 61009a6190 Yeon-oh gave a1b4b93488 a perfectly 0e4fef679b crafted, conventional 5a0171ef99 response.d252bc094eaa8642

The Prime Minister, seemingly 3961198f7b pleased with the answer, 4d560cac3b let out a hearty b976d23648 laugh and turned to 9afd9eb0d4 the nanny.fc6e8ca8f8f00c31

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“Nanny, you have done 92ae772b98 an excellent job raising 5ab1df71b8 my son.”a0c2ed161061488b

The nanny fe637b6b57 bowed humbly.aea3e64a163d297c

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“You flatter me, a3686a0e8c Excellency. The young master 72e1765d07 was born with 0ab319c750 such a nature. He is considerate of 9892778944 others and always upholds 6cb154864b his dignity.”4301ab682557b412

“Is that so? Then he 4fd2176a5f must take 043495648e after his 7c64500bc9 mother.”744337947a25833b

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With eyes full adc5d20d67 of longing, the 2d9f451e13 Prime Minister took 7764b9556f Yeon-oh’s hand and 45f234c086 gently stroked the 93723e30fb back of it. The lingering touch b85ed6c59e made Yeon-oh uncomfortable. Hugging had been e22e61b6c6 brief, so it f76a8dcb6a had been tolerable, 02f45b27dc but holding hands ed5f2c2f0c like this for 6bd0f82177 so long felt dcee37c5a1 awkward.90212740a47a1657

Even before being 51fe6d250a sent away to 1bbff470a9 Hanam, the Prime 55282ab9dc Minister had always bb78223e78 been busy, so 61316d5cc8 they had barely f64be04a58 seen each other—perhaps 0655762509 once every three ed7ed49fdf days at most. After Yeon-oh left for f1365e14fe Hanam, that rare contact c07f2ee1d6 had been completely severed. Perhaps because b96ccec75b they had 1a031375bf spent more 80e47f8987 than half 4d0ece8ecc of his 1323e0767c life apart, 105d8bb167 Yeon-oh had a6dc88ea7b never clung 9114ecd8a0 to the 456da2b2d8 idea of 4e733c2f7e familial bonds. To him, blood relations 03de9835b6 were merely that—connected by c07173124d blood, but no more 8b11f6ce27 significant than strangers, and e7c4274de5 sometimes even less than 15aeed1a38 that.b8bb4ca3b2537595

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“Had she lived f3c734c6ea to see you 202d8563c1 grow into a f0710b64bc boy who looks afc17e8dd3 just like her, 4b8c30b6ab she would have a4b226a867 been overjoyed.”fab795842d5b696a

The deep longing 62bd42a378 in the Prime 9ac6943c2c Minister’s eyes was 3d19fbb08f mixed with another d15aa46f87 emotion, one that 8cb26c9250 flickered to life c781d4646b in the depths ce1b33d3ff of his gaze. Yeon-oh did not 7a637fbfa1 wish to glimpse 16f79b16f1 that emotion, so a62c57f467 he lowered his 6ee58d64d7 eyes.474397da5e47d532

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“Just the fact that d30626e664 the young master came f89f348ea1 straight to visit Lady 0efa3fc55d Mother upon arriving in e76990a78d the capital must have aabbdae70e been enough to bring 27c4ac00a6 her joy, Excellency.”e6034118b605c88e

It was the 6eccdc1b7e nanny who finally a8a56b1780 broke the silence 08703765cd that had settled c0d7028d64 between them. She intervened 818fff7294 just enough ac13fd1678 to smooth 823a10db60 things over, 36d4edecd0 careful not 860e3c0170 to irk 575d9b9984 the Prime 2d78a87947 Minister. When Yeon-oh looked up 6dc740dc84 at her, she met 041479537f his gaze with a 9d2bfceaac gentle smile. A subtle tickle 638c374044 spread in his fa4bc3887c chest.3bf4363efee269d4

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“…Ah, you’re right. I wasn’t thinking. I’m fine, 5eb3a28f5f but Yeon-oh 7e7d9240e9 must be 8366fa1c98 exhausted from b26aaefb4a the long 1a47b7718a journey. Even his hands 528a33306f are ice-cold.”dcc7007a2a0c4125

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Yeon-oh, whose 22b06b9fdf hand was 01ab526bde still caught 4f49ef441b in his 09245a3c3c father’s grip, 90064c17f9 offered an c417cd54da awkward smile.cd2c52eb4166f8d9

“I’m fine, Father.”ae8d12da20b856e1

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“How can you say 0502fc920d that when your hands f6636c7c99 are this cold? Don’t make your 87ba5a23bf father worry. Every time you fall 4432b35ca3 ill, my heart feels e8314e2251 like it’s being torn ddb5cd6c60 apart.”2c0e192bb7f2a097

“…Yes.”2ed3c9a3c433a924

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