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January 986, a winter thirteen years and eight months before the apocalypse. District 9, the most impoverished area in the underbelly of the nation’s “Swamp.”

A man storms into the life of Yeongsin, the perfumer for prostitutes.

“I’m here to place an order. I don’t have a hobby of repeating myself, so listen carefully.”

The man’s name is Baek Heeran. The leader of the criminal syndicate that rules the underworld, a peerless beauty with white hair who smiles as radiantly as a blooming flower.

“Create a fragrance that can intoxicate Gu Yeongseo. Name your price, and I’ll pay it. But if you fail, you’ll pay the price. With your life.”

A dangerous commission tied to Gu Yeongseo, the spiritual leader of the people’s religion. Baek Heeran offers a new life and power as a reward for success, with the condition that failure will cost Yeongsin his life.

“What’s the price you want?”

“What I desire is…”

Yeongsin, hearing the warning bells of instinct, finds himself irresistibly drawn to him nonetheless.