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Pearl Island, Lion’s Castle gate.
“Welcome.”
In the past eight years, how many times had Seol Su-Ah suppressed her anger and nervousness?
Every time she saw the child of the person who’d been like a parent to her, Seol Su-Ah felt an overwhelming urge to rush over and shield him from all hardships. “Your father blessed me with great kindness,” she imagined herself saying. “So I will protect you from now on.”
Of course, those words never did leave her heart.
They couldn’t.
Back then, any careless move on her part would’ve invited far worse consequences. If she’d openly sided with the Kang family, many forces in Korea—including Ji Cheon-Myeong and the military—would’ve redoubled their pressure on her; most likely, she would’ve lost jurisdiction over Lion’s Castle, the one resource, the one safe haven she’d managed to keep.
And domestic conflict would’ve been the least of her problems. Qilin and the...
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