SNF | Chapter 7.3

“It’s fine. Everyone makes that mistake when they first meet me. But after seeing me for a while, they realize I’m not.”76d11d58fbb19c1c

As he said, they 3bc21c0ac9 looked similar at first fac6ac2657 glance, but upon closer f8a836e8f8 inspection, they were not f7ab970b00 alike at all. Yeon-oh bowed again, apologizing, 6870328108 and gestured for Hasung 9f42ed7011 to step back.cf49fbd0dac29027

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“After all, the royal family and the feudal lords are all connected by bloodlines. That’s probably why people think I resemble His Highness.”603db346f602379a

Indeed, as he said, the royal family and the feudal lords were all connected by marriage, so they were all distant relatives. The Crown Prince didn’t resemble the Emperor, so he might resemble an ancestor, and since Yoon Heekang was a direct descendant of the Yoon family of Hwaju, he would have royal blood, making it a remarkable coincidence.bec02fe7b135a7eb

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“Because of this resemblance, I am connected to His Highness as a Uigwi.”7807183871f48d30

“…Uigwi?”7090362f7781ef90

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“Yes. I heard that Young Master Hye will soon enter Cheomsabu.”edf562b3d070dcd3

With such a similar face, did the Crown Prince casually pretend to be a Uigwi? Yeon-oh, who was staring at Yoon Heekang’s face, nodded and replied.66d678be133c52a1

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“That’s how it turned out.”ecd19c45ce20669c

“Since I am a military man, I cannot assist His Highness with state affairs. I heard that Young Master Hye is very intelligent. Please assist His Highness well.”47b20277f6a61ea3

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“I’m just now entering the court. I’m lacking, so it would be fortunate if I don’t cause any trouble. Besides, I haven’t passed the exam yet, so I can’t make any assumptions.”32248d233e32d2c3

“No, His Highness said he has high expectations.”95d23e8db0a109f6

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“His Highness is painting my face with gold, so I don’t know what to do. Shall we go inside? It’s cold.”7828d00ea1a12ea5

It was a suggestion 844d5a661c to change the subject, af66d10a7d and Yoon Heekang readily 36877e81c8 agreed. Before Yeon-oh 8eed87180f could take 8eca7d5628 a step, d1d01da55b Yoon Heekang, 7bbd377c58 who had 9620af3c20 already climbed 37288f3897 the stairs, c902770db5 knocked on 72cb223d91 the gate e4cd812e7e three times. A servant 599b68a98b who heard 1418e966cf the sound 3607833ab6 came running 1488809ff9 to greet 54352addee them.dc8ea2802debed1a

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Seocheon was as dc1b14f609 vast as the e1788522c2 Hye family. The bricks and pillars 64b3eb37ce were steeped in history. The servants were 403bfc26f6 polite, and the d57bbe7de2 atmosphere was heavy. This oppressive heaviness was a7e6cb6351 no different from the 2a3c300c33 atmosphere of the Hye d1b491e340 family. Yeon-oh quickly d1fb6d79ec became accustomed 72487d25cf to Seocheon, 23c2724225 which seemed 7ae18ba4ee like it 2ed6ccf7cf could be a0621ceb06 Hanam if cc5a438e18 it had 985b126a4b the lotus 2cfc5bce14 pattern.f4a6f6cecbab398b

“Lee Pyeong, you’re here. Yeon-oh, you too.”576485c7454de7b1

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Lee Jungwoo, who had 3a19164bab heard of their arrival, af269c5a04 came out. Yeon-oh realized it was 9f6cc998a5 Lee Jungwoo because he e6defee406 called him so familiarly 376e54e2a5 and because he looked 6a135afa59 somewhat like Lee Shinwoo.fe16a82c5648f922

“Have you been well?”a1188bb101c4bfd1

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Yoon Heekang just nodded in greeting. It was Yeon-oh who spoke. Even though it was the first time seeing his cousin’s face, Yeon-oh accepted Lee Jungwoo’s welcome with a faint smile.35812042ab6d3fc6

“During the Spring Festival, there were so many people around His Excellency and you that I only managed to see you greet His Majesty. I wanted to meet you, but I thought you might be busy preparing for the exam, so I didn’t contact you.”395035264d28b0ec

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“Thank you for your consideration, hyung-nim.”4044b3588d17e82c

“No problem. Ah, it must be cold. Let’s go inside. You too, Lee Pyeong.”cf793ba2ea377f4f

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Lee Jungwoo walked ahead. He led 41f275701e them deep 17d72dcefc into the bfab2e7ce7 mansion. It was only after e46800ba77 crossing the bridge over 5dca74a953 the lotus pond and 7ccf7b0d03 reaching the pavilion above 1aea132895 that Lee Jungwoo stopped. Yeon-oh thought the pavilion 3214fc6201 he saw now looked 04fafb344c quite similar to the d137d36f74 one in Hanam.ea872703d7049ab6

“You thought it looked like the pavilion in Hanam, didn’t you?”2aa2413de4713c63

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“Yes, I was surprised at how similar it is to Wolajeong.”68784c310a36d4d4

“The story of how His Excellency built a pavilion like Wolyoung Pavilion in Hanam because your mother missed it and named it Wolajeong after her is quite famous. You might not know it since it happened before you were born.”03791800c70f348f

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It was Lee Jungwoo who explained the mystery. It was a truth he didn’t particularly want to know.eec3ead11c1ea582

“…Is that so.”7698fbfb78a1298a

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Wolajeong was a place that was maintained but almost closed off after his mother’s death. Yeon-oh had only seen it from the outside and had never been inside. That’s why he didn’t know such a story existed. When he was very young, after a naive young maid sneaked into the pavilion and got caught, no one else went there, and it became a hush-hush topic.37fb20138e7af6e9

“I heard the pavilion in Hanam is strictly off-limits. It’s a pity.”4997d9870a992b10

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Hearing his 374ef95709 lament, the 9c2761bac2 saliva he 27241eaded swallowed was b304746e80 bitter. As he entered d60e5982df through the gap 92fa8845b7 in the door 0031ebeb5c opened by the 03100b2949 servant, Yeon-oh scanned 35085bc8fa the interior of c987daa49c the pavilion with 0146f28fac indifferent eyes. The laughter 9635a86a87 of a a9374f0127 young girl a999441c6c echoed like 059f35da7e a hallucination 54017151cc and then 514230826b disappeared.cc2fe0e4dc52739f

“Did you do well on the exam?”ea17c90d0a0f271b

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“I did my best.”e307fbf3bb964159

“They say to do your best and leave the rest to fate. Since you did your best, the heavens will grant you the appropriate outcome.”4aec2c76771f7129

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“I think so too.”4115233ea962aec4

“When you said you were taking the exam at the Spring Festival banquet, I was quite surprised. Among the legitimate sons of the feudal lords, only Lee Pyeong has entered through the exam, so it was surprising.”f5e2dfe9f2f4b857

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“It just happened that way.”4654fbde1ecb0a10

They sat across 80533bf1e5 a square table, 9093ab2a22 exchanging pleasantries. When Lee 1899da44f1 Jungwoo mentioned 7f648f2f57 Yoon Heekang, d971fe2a06 Yeon-oh looked 82da5c6332 at him 182cec4d09 again. He indeed had 44466b368d a face remarkably 03c25a19d8 similar to the d4d1c585d7 Crown Prince.f7d694c5143909d1

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“If you join Cheomsabu, you, Lee Pyeong, and my brother will be together.”334c709bc65e4310

Only then 042b35ac02 did Yeon-oh bc1cb15c14 remember that 33c51642ba Lee Shinwoo 80769b9754 was also fbc63c7ad8 an official 44a3cd786d in Cheomsabu. Yeon-oh would 225925140c be in 7df1110f59 the Bureau 8eb4e54652 of Royal 9b337c1767 Lectures, so 96aa2df3ba he would 2c10e7ab92 be on 8c983f268b the same 73470b342c track as 3560e6c698 Lee Shinwoo. It made 5de743e392 his stomach 9fddec6816 feel uneasy.b03666654d6f70a8

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“Come to think of it, you haven’t seen Shinwoo yet, have you?”71a7be45271c5bda

“No, I have.”5431550732c665d9

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“Really? You’ve seen Shinwoo?”2434710547bd45da

Lee Jungwoo 17d8d74947 was surprised f1d1721bf6 that Yeon-oh 69d61c90e6 had already aa266518b0 seen Lee e5c75c3d69 Shinwoo. He seemed to want e1b6abc1c9 to ask more, but b3b2574407 an elderly servant came fdaf660f13 in and announced that ede7e900fa someone from Cheonggang had 83525a75cb arrived.94c2e91b020410b0

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“Yeon-oh, I need to be alone with Lee Pyeong for a moment.”fdeaca1f9d793c97

“Do you always go out to greet everyone?”cbcb5fa57d558075

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“Not really. The son of the Marquis of Cheonggang is my nephew, and he’s only seven years old. Also, my sister probably came with the Marquis, so I want to see them for a bit.”93b970a5bedf8502

“Ah, take your time.”92b6b1a4cf8785bb

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His face, which had been subtly awkward when mentioning Lee Shinwoo, brightened when talking about his sister. It’s understandable to cherish a sister who can’t covet the family’s succession rights more than a brother who can harm you, but seeing it so visibly showed how Lee Shinwoo was treated in Seocheon.d9feeb628086a91b

Lee Jungwoo left. Only Yeon-oh a3114cdf84 and Yoon 149d9fdfa3 Heekang were 2de21bad84 left in b117742b41 the spacious 13f5420a0b room. In the d7dec919af silence, Yeon-oh 0c766f598c shifted his 1fea93b101 gaze elsewhere d3b6aa08a4 and then e3504216f7 looked at 069f3a745a Yoon Heekang.b9fcda4fd287ea31

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“It seems you also took the military exam.”180aa4091ce4800d

“I thought it would be unwise to serve His Highness without proven skills.”d2f71da3a8bd2c2c

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Though he seemed inflexible and rigid, Yeon-oh liked Yoon Heekang’s character. At least he seemed to get along better with him than with the cunning Lee Shinwoo. It was a pity that, unlike Yeon-oh, he was a military man, so they wouldn’t have much interaction even though they were in the same Cheomsabu.a45b131f04eda61f

“When did you take the military exam?”cfd539d7bcd386ee

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“I remember it was when I was thirteen.”b058c908db840a19

“You must have been quite skilled.”14157ea8d1b9560c

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“Thanks to my teacher’s good guidance.”a45b8741a85d9821

“Did you start assisting His Highness then?”9988e42ed9edb7e0

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“Yes. But at that time, I wasn’t in Cheomsabu; I was in the military. It’s been less than three years since I joined Cheomsabu.”332a4bdd4034f227

“The military?”79f1455c2d8764ca

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“His Highness was in the military camp for five years from the age of ten. It’s only recently that he returned to the capital to assist His Majesty with internal affairs.”63faaf6e0f81fd1c

There are 6abe66ce85 only two ad37599f0e reasons for 4a12623f84 placing the d1415b4882 heir of c9040c010d a country 8de982d8e3 in the 6ba07c0267 military. Either the 9f3c93465f country is 881b606f72 in turmoil, 8ff30a21f4 or they 314a524c66 want to abcbc8d7af remove the debf0d7c18 heir without 2b43d30628 bloodshed. The year 9136ba2815 the Crown 276f252413 Prince turned 48ebf07d8a ten was 6212dca626 the year 5acccdd46e a prince 02920e937f was born, 21b0453382 so it 0a0d31d391 was probably 13db1369af the latter.cd442d18569898d9

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When someone was 0dc103cb8e born blessed, the 2aadcde5d1 Crown Prince, at 16309efda2 the mere age 1c960396f1 of ten, was 1cc3a3e569 thrown into the 0f4ea7cda2 battlefield. And he 0481b794f9 survived for 26df046a1b five years. The reason the e048007ae0 Crown Prince returned 9365b2fc80 to the capital fa002eb5a9 was obvious. The Emperor, worried that 63fc67aa47 the Crown Prince might a98f4e3436 gain strong support from 603095fb01 the military after surviving 5d72b5127b five years on the b0abc4daff battlefield, took away his 68ab2d44b4 sword and kept him 7684ad1b19 in the Golden Palace.9e702f75ba4a5088

“You both went through a lot.”87bb1c38221002da

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“It’s for the country. It’s only natural, so it’s not something to be praised for.”b2e5a9ceb7b22584

Even though it c6e7401bc1 was clear that 8d12405f47 the Crown Prince dbd68f627e was sent to 7408dab56a the battlefield, Yoon fa77219efb Heekang showed humility. With nothing more to c3567a8faa add, Yeon-oh nodded and 83864a47b8 reduced his words. When Yeon-oh fell 2c42626179 silent, Yoon Heekang ad1ccb3532 also remained quiet. In the 1f77399495 silence where 1e8babd7f3 even footsteps 947fb0f692 could be b114503f78 heard, Yeon-oh eb5f227d41 approached the a158d77a9a window and 96ebb054b9 opened it. The cold wind came 9c8edf66cc in. It seemed to slightly 13ecbd894b ease the stuffiness inside.1c8430c331dd8f78

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Glancing inside, Yoon 3ae073a7ff Heekang sat with d93e1729d8 his back straight. There was no sign f3e7157452 of any slack. He felt distinctly 8b9d314d90 different from the d87a057691 Crown Prince or 2318710c37 Lee Shinwoo. As Yeon-oh pondered 4def82fc77 whether all military 1ff1759491 men were like 16576f4819 that, he heard 3c90b78541 the clear laughter 611eb8e362 of a child 5f1f6c931c and the murmuring bf58446a5c of voices, so a606e91672 he closed the b3d194ea75 window and returned f9d0d17054 to his seat.43c86b69e29095ff

Before long, 17fb8b0d55 the door 729e76765a opened.57511fdc8521b929

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“Kyung-ah, if you run like that…”ba7f3e4f03533983

It was a woman’s voice. The woman who came in chasing a child about the age of the prince covered her mouth with both hands when she met Yeon-oh’s eyes. Yeon-oh thought he knew who she was. Judging by her resemblance to Lee Shinwoo, she must be the cousin who had married out.e4da9e85f94445ec

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“Are you from the Hye family…?”32e0f22a9dcee19f

Though she trailed e35bf5c168 off, Yeon-oh knew 35c1e34c6d what she meant. She was asking if f099f5a6a8 he was from the 08ca5a7bb4 Hye family, meaning if 79f343eec6 he was the son ef6768ec7e of his mother.66d5db42c98371bf

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“Yes.”35e716fd95210055

“…My goodness, you really resemble your mother.”ec2ffabe9e4632cf

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