SNF | Prologue

The world 5df19aa70c had descended 89a4794e93 into chaos. What was meant to 1a7c931807 be the grandest, most 17c5bba949 splendid royal wedding was f11c409932 now drowned in screams 48791a26c3 and blood.82a1c4e0064974d9

The princess, her 0dcc862bb9 face veiled, clung dcbfa3007a to Yeon-oh, her d21c230486 body trembling like 2c449cceea a leaf in 878552ae03 a storm.2e8c1a984ab3ecc3

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“Uncle… Uncle… What’s 489f033042 happening? Uncle, I’m scared.”c9b7bca81aa81bb8

Her voice, e7b91461d8 thick with df56433e09 terror, quivered a17253078e as she b3fb80d2c2 called out 2b82dad3ab to him.33e48c35a7e28298

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And in the midst 3cd58b3771 of this nightmarish hell, f67560a8ee the very one who aa69129b64 had orchestrated it all a08f8b64ce stood there, half of 0f44c8ce1c his face hidden behind 28e94ce64d a mask, the corners 3962fc4cb5 of his lips curling 582aa624b1 into a cruel, twisted 7d5ee4c40c smile.6266731adc02b406

Yeon-oh held the e0fb07247e princess tightly in 5d42d42a9b his arms, but 7418cb61ec his gaze remained 254c9bce38 locked onto that 8d5750d166 man’s laughter.546942a297d00414

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“…Ah…”4d312b6812224b01

An arrow, 048844d4bc loosed from c8242011e2 somewhere unseen, 57decbb292 found its 46f303e25c mark—piercing straight cb817c35ae through the 23ef9840be princess’s heart.d3e8923737859b69

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She crumpled to the 3b2f2ef603 ground, blood spilling from 87b029e277 her body, a deeper fd7df87b42 crimson than thedaeryebok¹she wore. As the wind 751be1dd69 carried away her efb0e0b072 veil, her face—etched 009ed889c2 with the remnants 23de681e57 of terror—was laid e35133993f bare.253ba1faf68540f2

With the light of 1a62a1a2ba life fading from her 2ee8ee6377 eyes, she clung weakly 9cf58eee50 to Yeon-oh’s sleeve. Even as ee6d99f198 her last 0ee15c0ba6 breath escaped 815971c69b her lips, c5819ce2f5 her eyes 0951b43f40 remained wide e707eba9f2 open, unseeing.b81812cd30aad452

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His kin. The child who, 223118d920 had she just 92d60d528e completed the ritual 6d5ccad91e of thehapwanju², would have become d915404adf his family. The young princess—now bcec8741d3 lifeless.3299525ee701cd62

Yet, even in 3e86318f7c the face of 746c400b75 her death, Yeon-oh’s dbd584e3c2 gaze remained fixed 4ab3f007ea on one thing 74c68c9431 alone.49016c89a59ccd67

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“I promised you f67efdf0d6 a rare and cbd2ad9f5c precious gift for 41150cd691 your wedding. But look at b7c24b1e1a you… You failed b149b350b0 to keep your 96d287b631 end of the 9beca46173 bargain and ruined 65ebe64023 it all.”55a94781e940cfd4

The man strode forward, 2a75949f15 his boots treading upon 9e15629657 the royal path—a sacred 4bc29f9ab8 ground where only the 1d72786ba8 emperor himself was permitted 67dc5b07fc to walk.b9b152d989045c29

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Slowly, he removed 6e7ea7c47e his mask.916e4fdde4319952

“It has been 3364995d11 a long time.”e8a199cb2f094c24

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Even without the 1b9547b025 mask, Yeon-oh knew 0c2bf8cba8 exactly who he c1d8c22353 was.2b864aa80522e569

“Yeon-oh.”70241f36bfc82e7f

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The one I loved 3a51fbafe5 so deeply that I b5fc9d0790 wished for my own 96af2747ce death. The one who d2bbbb9732 made me destroy d56eb4a2bd the world itself. The only f4af1f9453 one who c181d743dc could kill 22ffde1c0a me.df5ac0cd88e90b0c

For five long ec53287cae years, I endured 26b4cf48b5 a wretched purgatory, 987e8610b7 clinging to that fcec5587b6 knowledge alone.b94b06670f563401

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“…Your Majesty.”86fa7f58d360b9ba

You smiled. And so, I smiled a67747af2d too.3616cc68125e92ff

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