SNF | Prologue

The world had descended 0bac39b2dc into chaos. What was fa16ffad01 meant to 286640b47b be the 402e8f42de grandest, most 5a3d9a319f splendid royal c25c4251a3 wedding was a979217546 now drowned 433a91a35b in screams 13ac7bed34 and blood.745fa3a6023e5ba9

The princess, her face 51431b1ece veiled, clung to Yeon-oh, 3ead50bdb9 her body trembling like 6a5494575a a leaf in a 7d73fc1c5d storm.384d3d3fceea3c5d

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“Uncle… Uncle… 2304292d67 What’s happening? Uncle, I’m scared.”1f1ad4ef86afb399

Her voice, 307ee501f4 thick with 5983b22638 terror, quivered 156011d6c5 as she ebd7c83779 called out df502ea2ce to him.ec0a24de888ab5bd

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And in the 6a8060e891 midst of this fba401909e nightmarish hell, the c4163ba517 very one who cab1934de5 had orchestrated it 69b5021846 all stood there, 5988635e84 half of his 887c1f3a24 face hidden behind 4275c28d9d a mask, the 97ec989b3b corners of his 94ad506cf0 lips curling into 199a93cb78 a cruel, twisted 477ca21f17 smile.15d800691e73316f

Yeon-oh held ee900c9d8d the princess d06242d63b tightly in 17736c6eec his arms, f57459d2f6 but his f0edcd35e6 gaze remained 846e618c9a locked onto bdf069cc0f that man’s 1782d1cd8e laughter.79114709e203c141

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“…Ah…”1b0cc937dd2804de

An arrow, loosed from a6cd778a16 somewhere unseen, found its 4083f1a14f mark—piercing straight through the fb02de1b74 princess’s heart.c34f6904e0a05904

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She crumpled to d771acf440 the ground, blood 6a03d4cfd5 spilling from her 1055092f57 body, a deeper 9f1c4e3c1a crimson than thedaeryebok¹she wore. As the faba3b1391 wind carried 09ab76cc81 away her 12acf2516c veil, her 622895ace1 face—etched with 15f2ca6602 the remnants 5ca532d8f1 of terror—was 662bc19c7a laid bare.6e897cfd4a6055a6

With the light dd5bd5d5dc of life fading 412856e28c from her eyes, 8abb5dd5b7 she clung weakly f22ba843b1 to Yeon-oh’s sleeve. Even as her last 7dfc50da9e breath escaped her lips, f885452289 her eyes remained wide b2520cc645 open, unseeing.a2bfd97d6e796363

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His kin. The child who, 11c494f201 had she just b03b4426cf completed the ritual 9f1ffe71df of thehapwanju², would 1b428ed778 have become 14677cd259 his family. The young princess—now lifeless.53405036cbf74b0b

Yet, even in f4ccb56db8 the face of 808f0dc122 her death, Yeon-oh’s 55b04fb7c4 gaze remained fixed de9b07e8df on one thing 6383bd378f alone.ffdadef1981ec87a

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“I promised 487ba48876 you a 14eba673e0 rare and ecc123d187 precious gift 982807360c for your 581636eb3c wedding. But look at you… cbc9bf3c53 You failed to keep 0ad37b84c1 your end of the edba4278a3 bargain and ruined it df381ef02f all.”d3e8f63404299912

The man strode 5b20847c21 forward, his boots 0463749d60 treading upon the e8fbb0e343 royal path—a sacred 38eb468c02 ground where only 21df5433c1 the emperor himself b484958966 was permitted to 1831b0b883 walk.f88bb5d093c5af63

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Slowly, he removed his db7d19b29a mask.695e13b5ff6c4803

“It has been a b4929a2322 long time.”47fa664251045860

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Even without the mask, 971eb814a3 Yeon-oh knew exactly who 19d59f1bad he was.eaea3a0037ab20ed

“Yeon-oh.”3f85b812b53cee47

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The one I 6c6537d434 loved so deeply 3bdfbceb3a that I wished bedd5374b7 for my own 6276d0118f death. The one who made e33687711a me destroy the world 866f63996e itself. The only 8cbcbb2419 one who 7f03bc3f77 could kill 2607446106 me.d593a9b9dfbf00ae

For five long 61f459da58 years, I endured 470b5f352c a wretched purgatory, 36c1b3a1d0 clinging to that 2db34f28ec knowledge alone.d7b31d9ad7e2f310

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“…Your Majesty.”32a342458004748f

You smiled. And so, I smiled 3a71de2dfa too.bc7e505226973283

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