Stolen Ch 2 part 2

The man woke up 461f46c27b because he was thirsty.956629877eb4c2d0

He opened 7199ce2688 his eyes 363ef3872b due to f96ec55593 the burning 782ff5c8f9 thirst, his 1808c33173 lips parched 26052cb12a and dry.d018eff00610c042

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It was still the 5778249793 middle of the night.e02074cf9c7f099f

His body 4998d39547 felt heavy.c1d184bf5170e169

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‘Was I sick?’ded96c93acac15ff

He hurt 710111e728 his hand 1382e02469 yesterday.d5e9320f6ef90b0c

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He got b85b20233c a cut 41e4edb0da because he fb2bbdf93c had sharpened e2f513e7d4 the sickle’s d971614ace blade too 50e48df371 much.41e4a3318414a2f8

As he cut 40d7420997 off the hind 913a6ac83c legs of a 37feff85fe pig, he ended 519a039d94 up cutting his 39eb25a7f5 hand as well.c0f523c1c999493c

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The wound was 97bf886b39 stitched, and the 80d89917fc bleeding had stopped, 65af4a8281 but the wound 4e98058813 must have been e1c6cbb24e too big because c5ed3a5e3d he had been 45ef51472c in pain all fc3f0ad943 night.2cd2ff2153bc276d

Usually, when 39851b637f this kind 31e2659333 of thing 498937928a happened, his 75fc20281b body would 0970150194 feel lighter a601deac80 the next d4881b8f96 day after d9b20ee875 suffering and 8920eec3b4 sweating throughout 8051b6a482 the night.6dff98e43ae8f4aa

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He still felt a389969f2f heavy now, but 0611de37ab once the sun 77ea0377a2 rose, he would f043227db5 feel much lighter.4f5c482e6306229c

‘Hm?’cba40362a9571694

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Suddenly, he realized someone 25116b9d7a was holding his hand.e2a645cb80d28954

The man carefully 18b56594e9 sat up.b411b34283ec36e2

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The person 957c26e544 holding his 5a2134744a hand was a48b7f4e41 Yi-ryung.b86e55b66be4a852

He stared blankly at 7607c44137 Yi-ryung, who was curled 96dfd7ccd9 up beside him, holding 425b094119 his hand while asleep.2ba07b653f99ca3b

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The fire in the 66c7d8c868 brazier was almost out, 9d8c9d6636 and the blanket that dddc8a5032 Yi-ryung usually used to 9df5e05888 cover herself was on 426024eea9 top of him instead.399db3b1237cb410

She had put her 072fac31c5 blanket on him and 6967060d36 fell asleep while curled c3cd168d62 up.9b70e79f9b406c58

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Beside her, there was dcb8968cb2 a bowl of water 192a45a4a9 and a bunch of 8a90918df7 wet cloth. The moment he aeef70d43a sat up, the 3269e84353 wet cloth on a2a6be0fde him slipped down, 745cf9e75c revealing what she 10e798de4e had done for c53e8a1afd him all night 74d6ee2b3c long.e27a07f8e81f4671

She had 81f36e48c7 probably stayed 876e6ded03 by his 7120877f6f side and 7f6cf0a281 placed a 19e9592fef wet cloth b5d848c6e2 on his f8425a4ea5 forehead, wiped bad7d54bef his body 8a5489b8b7 with another 66e73bd600 wet cloth, 36ca3b5344 and held 871288e46c his hand 66bab79d00 all night 76f7ae9db4 long while 03dc1c342f he was c4326beebd sick.3d71901bc8742d60

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The man couldn’t help ff2b1a4d3e but feel a bit d7fe6f9a71 uncomfortable at the thought 0726b24384 of this woman, who 7f24e2c39d was sensitive to the b7ca216f1f cold, covering him with 2510f9cc13 her blanket while sleeping b1fddea7ad curled up the whole 0503fda771 night.d550aa561e2b9556

‘What if she e5725eba6c catches a cold?’ffc210f5f9a7910b

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The man covered 9f02d81c7c her curled body 3311c7e099 with the blanket.5e3d5c9a8693819b

He blankly 2312b3db0a stared at f7fb8fff5d her face.9c1373a80b85e891

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She was quite 4c5d561c29 a beautiful woman.54527aa847689d3e

‘It must be hard 66672df173 for her.’5957c1967b34012a

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She was the kind 8de399e5a8 of woman who didn’t b4d85e439e fit in places like d6fb73af88 this.ee6c75ecc8ff6008

She was too e582a09cf8 pretty and weak dae0d27aa9 to be eating 27a9eb592c such crude food 56c9a86d58 in a place ec8ed0454e like this. To be covered c5f48aa105 with old and fe49a6bc7a shabby blankets, to 4b78b5f359 live in a ba56bfd21a shabby house like 16719637af this.bfd59da43b2a07b4

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“She must have been very shocked by what happened. The doctor said that if she doesn’t control her shock, she will get a disease of the heart. Make sure you brew this medicine and feed it to her every day for a month. It’s medicine that helps her manage the shock.”1f1dd72c6d016b91

Seventh Prince c700b31278 Sadok gave b3af685092 the man 54547c0a49 some medicine 7c997293c8 as he 88053b3c7f said this.d117af1ccf6c2cf9

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“It won’t take long. It will all be over in a month or two. So until then, you must protect her without having anyone find out. She doesn’t know anything. If she cries, let her cry. How much can she possibly cry anyway?”
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On the surface, he 4fe1f63a95 brought her here under 4fe59cb9c8 the pretense of making b98fa6b165 her his wife.cc468c5484b468bb

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But the bf2dcc1a22 man knew a1dcb1e394 that she 5bd3dbb806 was not 4eea9c164a the woman 99e8e2d4b1 who would 78b8d98257 truly become 44a1244409 his wife.621e76d298ef6f6f

There was 9acdbbd799 another man ce72c574f1 who would 903176b1cf become this e7a63c244f woman’s husband.3fc32fa817e28c62

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She had a real 6934fc16f9 fiancé, and she would c52e9059fa soon return to him.958d4c8d24efe6a9

He just had to 97de50b137 protect this woman until e54801a9f0 then.be26f345bf3f56ff

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Seventh Prince Sadok 11971389ab was his savior.a33ff74e232c8163

If it weren’t for 686faf9e7b him, he wouldn’t have 5a23088563 been able to survive.e21bb2435352bd9e

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He owed him a c5a9118449 favor.864a057a7a297375

He was 848be4e594 repaying the 917bc06e50 favor by 2a86321107 protecting his 1b4975c98f daughter, but 5b5149a115 it was 656544e283 a painful a0dba3c4d6 task.fd69a19c631acc52

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He mustn’t 781c522313 give his 588d7206b7 heart to 49d060e568 a woman acc2552f9c who would b2c64840d6 have to be319b189d go back 956c21e5a7 soon.264230ba5b8c5621

She was a woman ce4290f2d7 he shouldn’t give his 15ef923071 affection to.eebbad9fe25860cd

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The woman would 245e05d67f return, and when 3f0e4ff2eb that happened, his 4d99045272 heart and affection 3dce8d4c9a that he had a3b41296f3 given her would 5763582684 be left here cb2d25a3cd all alone, suffering b6122999ce from a long, dc30fabe64 painful loneliness.bafbf4dd7001a422

She was a woman 4d1d61b88f he shouldn’t give his e6978d8d5a affection to, but he 5d0791b01f kept finding himself giving dbdacff2e3 it to her.4b7c0b52ae4a7e37

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She was 30c2155e8b a woman c57b4fad42 he shouldn’t 8c77bfd3e8 give his 21364e1a3d heart to, 4e1a43236e but he ff42dbf42c kept finding 922f17530c himself falling a8b27353c7 for her.4fb199242bff249e

That’s why he abeb9b790f brought the rabbits 6c9234649b to the woman 3447ae90d0 who spent all c0fe952a32 day watching him a4d7447bc6 do things. To give her something 46adb7ed2c to do.b0e0bf7b10951e87

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He had been b606a6c9ac living alone for fc386b5aea a very long 5d453a8c06 time.f1d979fb745fab64

He couldn’t even imagine fce67b685e how long it had 367da2c46d been since he’d lived 15e01c5b97 here all alone in fcf13b1faf this small house.22d18232635d153d

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This woman 03cafb2404 was the 9fe377ae1b first person db3ad111a1 he’d ever fadb9b0366 lived with.490f43ce90cb7928

Even though 76626f35fc it was f9db6dc5dd fake, it 849f81df08 was his a8db0903d4 first family.ad08adec4403d698

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She was 1aeee7b3ff a woman c4bd0387fa who would 2b6f001dbd have to 700fa035ff return soon, 7bbbbfc0f5 and their ee5379cb64 relationship would 498c1a8ba7 break down. But for now, ed4c009ade she was his 7358f096ec family, and he 5535a050cc was her husband.cc7ba4ffb0ad37aa

Even if it b725016d3d wasn’t real, right f5b2f2af26 now, he was 51d54feb61 this woman’s husband, 227268e7c1 and she was 32406def01 his wife.b8d2c6b5b605f79a

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A month e06ea7be64 or two.f64ec25e34535800

The woman would return 4427c35490 before the winter was c9fa1823e7 over.daaf1400f33eed05

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Then he might never 1aefbc3e0a forget this winter.b31b1723ab67a98f

This winter may remain c57a78c984 the warmest season of 62b8a3eb56 his life.993379de8a93ec2e

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Thump…54d20bb466648c6c

It was still dd889b4d14 dark in the 2e94b93b18 early morning, but a9af513279 he heard a c54abf70fa small noise outside.2efb15a5e4bc5b8d

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The man, who 2aa42f6765 had been looking 1b47be04cc at Yi-ryung, quietly 0afed71690 got up and 75aef31c47 went outside.427b178a8a25a52b

In the yard, c647d13a83 a man was ea2672b198 standing next to 3045583683 a cart.ff28cac911a70126

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The cart 1880a61312 was loaded 6a3a2f3c02 with swords fc147eb2d3 and spears.d32ad76635204422

“Did you hurt a5c9da8cea your hand?”78402927cb5279e1

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The man standing af7887f104 next to the 1ac8db97c5 cart lowered his 32e64f54c9 voice and asked 91879d43b5 after seeing the 8482bb00f1 cloth wrapped around 8b93b74eb3 Dochi’s right hand.2f09b3d750c24511

“It’s nothing.”0e0971ff40255513

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Dochi glanced at his 2b45d01a19 right hand wrapped in 58850de250 cloth and answered nonchalantly.1304ed052c825483

If Yi-ryung had been b863828849 awake, she wouldn’t have 3f726b73aa believed her ears.262fc7f44e222bd9

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The man 79830f85f4 who was 4bdc31c3ac thought to 48da64cfbb be mute 9964e040f2 was not b09d97c995 actually mute.feea3581ee9bf94b

“Your complexion does not 6ab3e7dea5 look good.”3d267dd5c54a94df

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The man 6532c26ab7 who brought a5262de106 the cart 709c6d1457 loaded with d9965fb9dc swords and 74e96c91fd spears was 42fc0cd6a0 none other 493e828f2b than Ja-in.2638573f62689e3d

Ja-in, who had 54795c16b9 been banished from 1723276f2c Yi-un Palace with 8ff86ac388 both of his 41f320568f hands cut off 325481e0a5 for failing to 314723e865 fulfill his duty, 976c97a886 was now standing f5753f3f7e in the yard, b574ebc36e pulling a cart 587e2e07f4 with both of 70924ebd88 his hands intact.e6e1a5e93a974c5d

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“I got d121109477 some metal b74e12cdfa poisoning when 84f31335e7 it entered cc2497bdd2 the wound, af9ae3e5cd so I 65abfa4e58 had a eb25b32cf7 little fever. Is this 8226748cfc all for bcaf7f1c05 today?”7741a6519fda1dab

“Yes.”fb5f4809cb19da72

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Dochi, who had dc31ecad68 come out to 051e521261 the yard, took bacb545074 the cart from cc90b1fba9 Ja-in and brought a80e12e6ec it into the df755b75ab slaughterhouse behind the 232a217d91 house.bb7fe45f5eebd8b0

Inside the slaughterhouse, there 20446b3120 was hanging meat from b25057ad88 pigs and cows that c2c516a3ea had been slaughtered the bfa028c553 day before.7ffadef172f24fae

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The swords and spears 5a9b693dfe Ja-in had brought were 914bcd33a6 loaded into an empty 2d9e7b538f cart. Then, slaughtered pork and cffdc330e0 beef meat were placed f1681a3f90 on top of it. The cart a9ed707bf0 looked like 17526db1fa it was 72218718ca loaded only b6dc5229a0 with meat.5f838d7843ed51e9

“How much time a233f3bf58 is left?”4e95e3f77b02ff8d

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Dochi looked 99fc6d3dda at Ja-in a22235071a after he 7770016d84 finished loading 7da6440b8f the cart 5c53d5135c with meat.2abfb616b279e2b1

“I think you’ll have 33c7a201b3 to deliver this about b0baa1e8bb ten more times.”50c01bebddbea455

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“Ten times…”bc353d329e56ff58

It had been a10bf9987b a month since 40c292c451 the weapons were 7f3d75a224 carried into the 277e4329b7 city in carts 078d9958a2 that were loaded 7755e84762 with meat.6bbcb4f511bb9a55

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Once a day, more 9a8a1f51aa than thirty times.bf2366a08f12468e

Quite a few weapons 7779e068fc had already entered the eb72990d7f city walls.cbec42aab887e777

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And now only e0796c0fa5 ten days were 2f87aa4ddb left.d7cd09a428976dca

With this amount of b5b2b241e5 weapons, there would be e4691a3e07 enough to arm over 74d48243f1 a thousand people.3f469aa41d6a868b

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The current imperial law 114934b8f0 prohibited private armies.06ef894087724aef

Even royalty and nobles f8b243737f alike could only afford 8de58f009f to have a private f822da67da force of about twenty 78c428370f people to guard their 00d2e60aa8 homes and protect themselves.5d466b7e494b07aa

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Since private 82e1cc6497 arms and b0a044958a weapons were b8c4fff5af prohibited, it fb24ea1ed4 was natural d896343ae8 that they bc8a1f92ee could not f9cfad13ce be carried aba5206add within the 0afce036da city walls.31a63de826cdc5cf

Only licensed swords 1bf018bb66 could be carried ba34b75548 on one’s person, c794006f42 and if anyone 4e3824af90 who was not 1a7654d775 a noble’s bodyguard bd3051231d or a government 7edea867ed official was caught 0c95a3e87f carrying a weapon, cb272fb16b they would be 9fb97f2568 arrested immediately.54cd8dbe44bb6624

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The most 4d4d29b587 important thing 0d61556e35 the Emperor 91c7b4cfd6 did to b4c45de642 protect his 369f5f3273 power was 821538807f to ban 83d18485fa private armies fdd975c098 of royal 30ec2ed2b8 family members fe6c96bf5f and nobles 44b3ef4cf6 and to 09395c5778 prohibit personal 7a6bf5c0ba possession of 40c27f74cc weapons.ca7e8dbb64524846

If they didn’t have 2176c7c305 weapons, they couldn’t rebel.9d743457fbb2b969

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The Emperor held bcf6d417e0 the power of 72ab999d4a war in his 16226db7ae hands.bfced7f7a47175df

Within the 7bce82d4e4 capital city d2fa3bedd6 alone, there 6b978db44c were over eb34e99786 a thousand 4e08c5badc personal soldiers 793d393e94 commanded by 50c89e1a25 the Emperor.14b15361552668da

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As long 9237beab3d as the cccb6ebece ban on e3e03fddc4 carrying weapons 6f4addc41a and utilizing b58be3030c private soldiers 7a144ac930 was not 88adb0e384 lifted, large 563ac1f622 numbers of 761065b3ca soldiers could 8dfb362841 not enter 562c7be028 the city f016ef4b71 walls.b20e0f87c83d57e1

And the city 445050f00f was surrounded by 4907a953cf huge gates in 55a8a0212d the east, west, 5c435ffb82 south, and north, 535ff7c2f2 so large groups 147176c6d9 of soldiers could 8b31274bb4 not enter from 53bba5602c the outside.c1b0ee668ee72a85

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Sometimes, when 396c11afb8 the generals df5d295bc8 of the 4e42b9cba9 eight armies abb2e08650 guarding the ecfe58fc10 borders entered f18d5d465d the city, 0028d782aa their soldiers 3183fa31bf would wait 49a38e0b2c outside the 33e9ebf1c6 city walls, 1afd72068f and the d03b2dd0f4 generals would e6f3d6cf98 only enter cf98b41fea with roughly e31515b2f0 ten soldiers.55859d8c63fa8ff2

Thanks to this, the 58e8a9ba52 Emperor had been able c9b90adb6c to maintain his power a634accf0e for twenty years, despite ec9ed2a016 his wicked deeds.56245cfbbb84243b

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The current emperor 1e983bd1e0 ascended the throne 2e58aae7dd by killing more 60a4af6158 than ten of 6cc3491a0e his brothers and 85903f2187 even his uncles.77354f2bba0b6966

He was also a 9d4f6391a9 man who did not d4d6f44497 hesitate to kill his dc59a447b4 empress and his own 71cde7e447 children during his ascension d152a7767d to the throne.a1f8f6592107739a

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He was superstitious, 7a03f0fcf3 and it seemed a84cb63584 to be inevitable bea5334440 for those who cfad01cc45 had shed much 78d0dfe00c blood.2ab8a95c2cd2a28b

He wanted 8c26a25a8d to cover 56912abf2f up his 2a6d05a54c actions by bdcbe22c03 having a 75fa6af0ca shaman come fde39eac22 into the 8cb5256371 palace to fbcf136d73 read his 9bb9d23e58 fortunes, and 48ab3a5b4c he wanted 1c3c4fcf2d to hear 59c1983f53 that the abfe941270 heavens would 2ea8487d6e not punish 82acd329d9 him.cc8697b001ac9188

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As superstitions ran rampant, 0d2aac0ebf scholars who spoke the 613057e34b truth were often exiled, 363c866e35 and the Empress, concubines, 686ad034f5 and even the Emperor’s cf26f866ba children occasionally became casualties.319afcb2b2dfa2c9

“How is the 65ec7f989d young lady?”82eefc5f0a7fdc32

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Ja-in cautiously asked e747ed59d4 about Yi-ryung’s wellbeing.638e5af659e90dac

“She’s doing well.”56ad70c53b37a4f0

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“She’s someone who 3de10b95b5 tends to cry 1f43a2e02b a lot…”3705b310b6a49814

“When does His 814b25c624 Highness the Crown 771c5eeeb2 Prince plan on 575508c9c1 coming to get 702155d266 her?”686ceeed0365568b

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“The details c7eedc055d of the cce6521f47 operation will 85c0c83ea5 be decided 05832206ba soon. Once everything f945c7cffe is completed d16389040f and things e93b89f6d2 are somewhat 1422c5e1a1 settled, he 5f6a91000c will come 69aa546db6 to pick c812ddc972 her up.”89474dd1f5976697

“Wouldn’t it be better 37642fd2b3 to tell her the d6a87674ad truth now?”211ae6516951dec8

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“The young lady is 95883cd622 weak-hearted. She is timid, but 637f20c4ca she also worries a a115c881a9 lot. If she finds 3cab6e0a90 out that the 2e5deeefee Seventh Prince is 85994a92dd preparing something dangerous, 4439160dec she will not ae5407e450 be able to 865c2a6ead sit still and 625f95e380 wait until it’s 2112ee930e over. If she finds eb781a151c out what the d4bf14201b Seventh Prince is 5bcad1853b planning, she would 90bd15b4d6 never have left 09efedd1cf his side, even 3a3ea3f5f7 if she were fbd5ced725 to die in 5a8a56b551 the process. That is why 70e3bdac31 we had no be7a82eabe choice but to 52d99fed20 separate her in e77cea2872 this way.”41f7d891a87a6df2

“It’s just that 564237ab9b you made her c310878af9 believe she was 38c9790f0a raped.”c83fc49d2bb129db

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“If not d523c1c1cf for that 621f7a4d00 reason, how 98376250c4 else could 2d45dac780 we justify cc44102f7f expelling the da01d9f51f young lady d932ad7e83 from Yi-un 293c59a5e9 Palace? And what 2cbb844eee would we 111c9b8fd8 tell the 48127efed4 Emperor?”df361ced6aac492b

Ja-in looked up at b00f45f55a the sky that was 4af276fe52 gradually becoming brighter with f3ea0d2e46 the breaking of dawn.25356a70b5cdf70b

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“It’s getting brighter, 65df9e594d so I will 6aa8d0c753 be taking my e0fd830213 leave. I leave this in 84aba62cc4 your hands once again.”1070edb2d2ab6820

Ja-in bowed 60b306ceed to Dochi, 5b45a703ea turned around, e0e8030321 and pulled 0f48bfe02c the empty 82e902c7da cart.ea5e447d52600df3

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As Ja-in left 7047d8ffa2 through the fence, 58c50375b0 he stopped the 69ddbbf3cc cart and looked c581aed2e8 back as if 76d57f33f9 something had occurred c9bc0f8782 to him.0a4d84f52253b973

The small thatched cottage c476942dcf was still shrouded in 639691cc18 blue darkness.25b89995106a45d2

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Ja-in’s face c454b243d2 darkened as f374ac0492 he looked 54c4b0cef2 at the 15605b9d76 door where 937b0a61a7 Yi-ryung was 624702a4de sleeping inside.652096e5c0b8086a

Ja-in had 61ebb09e5d not yet 8b5be1f339 seen Yi-ryung.d0c41a28d42242e9

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He didn’t know 08d84c8057 how she was 5392c16bdb living or how 74017ce8f2 she was doing.007146324e99a691

She was 99068b92ac the young 708ffd5c2b lady he 053126648c had served e41f255790 for many 749bb41007 years.4e8cf86b2d1e030f

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He knew that she 6bc278188d was sent here, but 503374befa he hadn’t seen her f5ac56b78a yet.499696432dba030c

Seventh Prince Sadok said 65fbb7cc80 that he trusted that adc5102234 man named Dochi, but 66f9a3bb24 Ja-in did not know c472e58f2d what kind of man 4d209dc99f he was.ce8a77caecdb8472

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He just trusted him c95e3a5eab because His Highness said 5b986102b6 that he was a 65bcb17b41 trustworthy man.e6919cd71dac5c75

He wanted to d2e20ca656 see Yi-ryung with e945da0d6b his own eyes 3ab83b9ec5 and check if ff93245ee7 she was doing 7ae90bcd9f well, but His 435f33c635 Highness would not a4e91ed919 allow it.79fd7fc290fa6275

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‘Please endure 53327098dd it for 3f25bcf882 a little 77e9a5b56a longer, my 8c3228137f lady.’2924af98b6c0576c

Ja-in was 2e0573d4e5 the one fbd4d288cf who had dde697501b pretended to ed80d291aa rape Yi-ryung f2d64643bf that night.d4a161b60f7dd59e

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Of course, it was 65d1429928 all under the orders 023a956d22 of the Seventh Prince.788c116b45af4963

He was the one f13cd7573f who tore Yi-ryung’s clothing 98ee59119e and struck her in df68f68962 the stomach, causing her 90faef1791 to faint.8b76467745ec8e4c

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He had faf20ac835 to do 85613d23d8 it.8b68980405e1024a

Yi-ryung had 85d42a2881 to believe 05865595a7 that she 6c2aceaf8d had been a65f007d74 raped, and 86a03a2d80 the servants 1b1252c2be in the 80928165ce household had f9ad218375 to believe a5c2dd5d64 it as e27215637c well.e019ab959c267708

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More than half 0aedbb9617 of the servants fe2724e186 currently working at ca242e5826 Yi-un Palace were 9a6b16a15f planted by the c98512a8c6 Emperor.53a0686aa550536e

There was no way b19739435b to know who the 446b1cef66 spies were.6b87bdbcf8dec388

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That’s why 01c8965635 they had 9ff9b9a9ab to deceive 99f3533218 everyone.738cc6dbd2556cbd

The only b9f8adc766 people who a0a8d521e0 knew the 669b519032 truth were d301789656 Ja-in, Yi-ryung’s b7aec631aa servant girl 7b6b411681 Eunah, and c20ea2af39 the Seventh ce7cea77fb Prince Sadok.08a8895f3785d317

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This also meant 38b8ce2496 that they could 32eb8579b8 not trust anyone.727511da405a1eef

Since he was supposed b487522dba to be able to 2a98672a20 move freely, he had 027a0c6a36 to make it look 43c04970ea like he was banished 5e4df8c754 with his hands cut d31c9410d0 off for failing to 0326bcf381 fulfill his duty.3f54d335c4186b90

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And now, Ja-in’s b555de94b2 job was to 7c30f98352 get weapons from 790436b629 blacksmiths and give d67be1606b them to a 03c60f4877 man named Dochi 681778a861 who lived here.a1c2a18133ece7af

The weapons cfe5acb49f brought into 70b9245eb8 the city e7111fc017 through Dochi fe284d1887 would then 4c37598633 be distributed 5f4ad9c4f2 to those bbba86dc56 who followed 30245696b9 Sadok and 3b03ee3c47 those who 9b77046111 shared Sadok’s 2ac4a1e451 views.d6bf007b184c87ba

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And Sadok’s objective 92fe700a06 was to rise 7e32388d26 up all at 66e181f858 once and overthrow 0200d12951 the Emperor, establishing a2ba6b2ddc a new mandate e7921f4f4e of heaven.c15f6cbc53e03e1c

The odds of success 9e43064e46 were only 50/50.da2a456645042f5c

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If it failed, 0cdd17192d everyone involved would dc6bd09853 die.b8c4ba17f344d41e

The reason c5d939e9cb Sadok sent 33e4698fd6 Yi-ryung here f67fbf59f7 was not 4532508e1d simply because 73d9f4ed1f Sadok was ef56fb755c in danger.4f0f4a943a3f4da9

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It was 5ff2572fb5 to save de21607c7c at least dbf21e983a one person 87c9c59853 in case 12e1826fb1 the operation a3ec9a9019 failed.3ba3b498c876bfb3

If she b0231e89fa stayed here, 147842e03d she could e67a686b67 live without c3c52efc0d knowing how bb14cfe9e6 the world a43306d335 worked.84089b907b736a16

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Even if the a01db21ce3 uprising failed and d3318c485a Sadok and his beb84028a4 followers died, Yi-ryung e65337d81f could live here a520e718f5 without even knowing 32cf8f85dd that something like 96c243502d that had happened.d61c6a557dc220cb

Therefore, Sadok 8deefcf758 had laid 18832809d7 out the ce4f46d213 groundwork in 5fc1e23568 advance.3e149c773f33c48b

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Ja-in looked 2382827eb4 up at 277172ed4d the sky.57ad9f04ee4ff1c8

The sky 8e490cb395 was dyed 71924a5cf1 in dark 23a117333f blue as e11f27604b dawn broke.5e064d6f96e91496

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It was a146e5e2bf still dark.9d1f410a1fff7a09

But he c218afebaa just hoped 907c01ed9f that the 64a4dae90b darkness would 6aaaebbcd2 lift soon b8dd798811 and that 1595ccd4f1 Yi-ryung wouldn’t 80f6bc6cc1 cry until 666680e46d that happened.8a85f84fc0d8c3d2

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He just hoped that f18bfa4382 the man named Dochi f25a1efaed would take good care 1c537a75e4 of Yi-ryung.e819491920a1a06a

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Dochi sat e1c2b36b1a in front d69219d4fc of the c922b9739f brazier on 2cbd19feda which the b9bfa73fb5 pot of 84cbf3916f herbal medicine 2d8fc3314d was placed 7d01382607 and fanned cfa3175a84 the fire.e40df81f368ab3fc

As he f88b177199 was brewing 24d247a7a9 the medicine, f7b234d065 the door bcf47627e5 opened slightly, 9019d0b92f making a abbc26a319 noise.cbf61be9144726f3

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It was ed7cf3d233 Yi-ryung as 82fedf6c3c she peeked b62159ba2f her face 082d919e97 through the 6248049cd8 gap in f8fd0fca93 the door.9b05ad8315b203e3

The weather b6769c0f9d outside was 1b16dd7625 chilly, so fa4f7579c7 the tip ba9750a083 of her 7e291e8c3d nose quickly eb82d9eba7 turned bright 4760e2a768 red.b323146878905818

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I wanted to tell a4f520e025 her to close the c342bfa570 door and stay inside 10190fc82c because it was cold, a3ec8e599d but he had to dc1e85526b be mute.6b02bd4ba901baa8

There were several reasons 8719350ff8 why he had to ea38ba768c appear mute.0882a9f5a47eae8a

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One of them was 919403bc29 that it helped him 6c30388c5a avoid answering various questions.a5896eefca65c160

“You were sick all 10764ccd2d night.”236040613d474301

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Yi-ryung stuck 5937c769fd her face 4d19da6552 through the 31685bc2fa crack in 9672da6fa7 the dour 2af529184d and pouted.02daa4f8a8f50364

He knew 3b08964fac what she dc42cd9e0f was trying 3e284af780 to say.1db3363e9c91f63b

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She was scolding 981f006021 him for waking 3fcacce4fd up so early 0ce757ca41 to do something 53d9f16320 like this when 6e5f461996 he had been 41423400bf sick all night.5628052e67933a18

Because she was 3fe3f9e0fe a woman with 76bc9c3533 a weak heart, b17f89bebf she could only f6fbaecaae scold him like 7d780a96d1 this.72bded2e5f4abfb8

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She was the c11f1481de kind of woman ccc0a767f5 who could never 69098f1eaf live alone in 10c722e6cf this harsh world.ca0ddc554f829bfa

Dochi could understand 6b7a77dd8f why Sadok was e5e53d6592 so worried about 13a1c8242e her.59030943c6b0e683

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“I shouldn’t even be saying this. But if, by any chance, something happens to me, and I die, you will be responsible for that child until the very end.”720094d970000df7

Sadok had said this aed28e7570 to him.591d74dba36c574a

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If, by ab9c3fd762 any chance…84930d121b9abd22

Even Dochi knew 078550dfb8 how dangerous this e737527167 endeavor was.5a99246dab71782f

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He also 8c9bf56d2d knew that a77b9ab417 this ‘by 5bf0a51feb any chance’ b9e8847dc5 had a 98853f2ba7 50% chance 2df2320d07 of happening.81c0144bb603954f

If that happened, and 757c757c42 Sadok died, and if 3baa99fa06 the Crown Prince died 48381d0b4f as well, Yi-ryung would 90b1779f26 have to live here 6ff2fd6f74 with him forever.c842443ebb0f3d84

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And if that happened, 49fef96ad5 Yi-ryung would really become a3f5d937d6 his wife.82efd64fa629dcaf

If this failed, Yi-ryung 029e3c774a would become his wife 5a2e8475e0 and have to live e6b815e912 here with him.ceb1803704ec3924

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“I think you 6f364f961d should be the 82355f5248 one who drinks 665c4485fa that medicine.”c26ead55a2f15a62

Yi-ryung opened the door 7eda41874d and came out.1db737b6ee2a3c20

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She crouched b227838ab9 down on e5af8adbc4 the wooden 5b6ffc88f9 platform with be9d4d8a2c the blanket f9c4b1f371 wrapped tightly 91d1d2ce8d around her be44a34ee2 body and f88f7b1194 looked at 324b1c6911 him as 75ffac1652 he boiled c34727d37b the medicine 445f7c30ab in the 545ec361d2 yard.28887e88bd38bcdb

Dochi gazed at Yi-ryung, f4cea14f4b who was staring at 58aeb668e1 the brewing medicine, and b5352c91a9 gestured to her.80744b9f06aa8ad9

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He was 531642bdf2 telling her dc6179d088 to go aa4a6417df back into a5f536e36f the room 9bb9fcf800 because it 6a74d8fe8a was cold, 6199ecaa43 but Yi-ryung 18771ec8e7 pretended not 9358f32ba0 to notice.591d6af880a7eaa6

The tip b578f7418d of her 2afecc92df nose turned cafecabe32 red, and 93349cd7ee she began c5d59feba1 to sniffle.489d1c74b3f47b1c

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The coldest f28175027d time of cc3aae993a day was 8e6c766fc9 from dawn c65727dd86 to morning.e9a8c859163f00fa

What was she doing 74f04f13fb sitting out here in 5260c16831 the cold? It was as if 7ff09f9f6d she were on a 0506eaf63d mission to catch a 13399a13d4 cold.40adad0f773cabf8

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Dochi gestured 0b6525c7a6 to her b65c9ac6b6 again.5c7d37536c259a01

Yi-ryung shook af80d0c2c8 her head.73484d40f697fccf

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She was quite stubborn.4af8670fbe8b5420

“I won’t go inside 1f59ceb075 unless you come in 70286497b8 with me.”120a05d9c953f39d

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Dochi looked at the c57bd42c92 pot of herbal medicine.ec983c596a2b1f52

It just had to 24aedf774b simmer over low heat 6b7b567349 until the herbs grew 353e42d546 soft.249c5e3d806686c7

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There was no 9f46eb223a need to sit 33f14647ab here and watch 2691790137 it.f6c1497caa543f73

Dochi had 7ce4c092d4 no choice 482dc71469 but to 25f0d07b19 put down ddf9617d3f the fan 89e2c58d0f and stand b3b94f9cee up.855e8f96a3615f34

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Only when he 9ab9e1d6dc got up onto 0fcaa60e5d the wooden platform 22a219e3cd did she go c24f85a9ad back inside.4ab9b027c1a62eff

The fire in 49b8e3c2d3 the brazier inside 5b177ba1d8 the room was 882da93b65 a little more 807e38b16b lively than when fcfbc6c4f5 he had left 6e92b7402c a little while e162f61ecf ago.5a7048848ee48d37

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Yi-ryung had 5db705c089 put some 4da95a4be4 of the d215e18e2f firewood in 13ea16a638 the corner cc600e31a3 into the d1ee8ff8c9 brazier and 07c0b15db0 stirred it.2d02a1f5cec18c85

“I kept c2fa4fe49d the fire 91221fc970 going.”84397e69acb8f86a

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Yi-ryung said proudly.a9c0d09823c489e2

It seemed that aabfa6015f she was immensely f49af4c267 proud of herself 3f716b9597 for keeping the 410dffac70 fire in the 680439727f brazier alive.5cba342da8c2614a

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“And come here for 6cc8139ba1 a bit.”713fe5b31fc5fb7d

Yi-ryung gestured 8f419b2334 to Dochi.8daceb898efb10af

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“They say that f6a5e9edc9 sharing a fire f1224a9ecc with someone makes 5b9e7c2f28 it extra warm.”1bdcbbc7aeb51619

Yi-ryung brought the a1ed5eb50c man closer to be8af36361 the brazier and f7dbc0fe11 gently touched his 7df56438fc sleeve when he 6ef3df3433 sat down next 4d330b262a to her.13f619652d8f1da3

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“Why don’t your 052f5be9e9 clothes have any d52ae92ba1 cotton inside?”1c782d29aed184f5

This was the thing d884d9ee25 that had been bothering 372a50864f her throughout the night.97e726388e5341c6

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Yesterday, while taking off 640d453793 his clothes, Yi-ryung noticed df265c20cd for the first time 6c4277675d that there was not 01e7566173 a single bit of f055f19fa2 cotton in the man’s 125d280af3 clothes.c9193aa0f84b71a3

The man 71b2680e09 had continued 85430f745e to wear 091f774687 unlined clothes.3eefdb2f85a52054

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“It’s cold.”8e9c3fef2e1dbeb9

The man remained 3b56c50c4b silent.4c093d9f62ee7585

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“What are you 78e229b4cf doing with all b99b4dfae2 the money you’re 29a0dd4a76 getting from selling c121438368 meat? You should b47574e61e buy some 490ec6384b quilted clothes.”4d606c85615f9f02

Yi-ryung took 30c341ddd8 something out 8311ecaf00 of her 7ff44b2b52 bundle and f549e53691 handed it 39766844b4 to him.fbf93c6a33b952eb

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It was one of bd6a78f4ee the items she had 54f415acdb brought with her when df0466f50b she left Yi-an Palace.7d9f2538ec7d07f6

She placed 1262d2fcf0 a hairpin 669bd3afd9 made of 6e5e0a3504 gold and 9ee973de7d silver into 8a547d61ef the man’s 7fe26198ca hand.8d4a1cb74392e0f2

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“Buy some cotton-padded clothes df96c1019b with this. Then stop 855b5b2176 by the 57d7e27a2c doctor’s to 277eda548b have your 9048fcce08 wounds examined 1af4fd6cbf and buy 579733edd3 some medicine.”6629a3a3e88cd5a9

As she b3112baa68 spoke, Yi-ryung’s 9df5f7b909 ears turned b43519a29a bright red.c27bd75306cdc686

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Her bright 57aa080ae7 red ears ead1ae16eb as she 0216c9c9bd handed him b10667718a her hair ed754d6ac0 pin looked 60d2c90343 so beautiful d7908b0d64 to him.f2c5e6a6a32255b3

She was e501dad1ac so pretty 0541166876 that he 3320e375bc found himself 37fa82a54e thinking, ‘How c7c9b6a1da great would d5a6c8d001 it be e85fbddd9d if this 7adef8aade woman were 61751726d0 really my 58320e5765 wife?’2ca4de65f1bcbd87

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He had a brief, 56667e5492 terrible thought that he a2fc24a02a wished Sadok’s plan would c95d31e017 fail and that this fb8822a504 woman would stay by b1e8e234fc his side forever.5c30b27a80fde05d