I went to check out the outside situation.
He left the room, saying he was going for a short walk.
There are places where it is so dark that you cannot see ahead without a lamp, but thanks to the streetlights that used electricity that came in around 1900,
Partially, partially it was bright.
Maybe it's because there's still a chill in the air even though it's spring
My ears and fingertips started to feel numb.
Palace maid: "Princess, it's late. Go to bed quickly.
How do you like it..."
Danmi_"Okay."
I walked slowly back to my room.
Leaving the place where I grew up my whole life,
When I think that I will never come back again
It was very sad and bitter.
I took my time and took in the last scene.
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At dawn, when everyone was asleep, I moved quietly.
After putting on the male scholar's clothes and hat that had been prepared in advance,
I took the bag containing the money I had saved and a change of clothes.
I packed my bags.
And to calm my trembling heart
I took a deep breath.
Danmi_"Whew..."
Now it's a fresh start.
I can do it...
You can do it...
I tried to regain my confidence by repeating these words over and over again, but tears welled up in my eyes instead.
But you shouldn't shed tears yet.
Because the future will be more difficult.
I barely swallowed the tears that were welling up
I opened the door carefully.
"Squeak-"
And then I slowly took my first step out of the room.
Crossing this threshold brings me one step closer to my dream.
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Out of sight of the soldiers on guard
Hide behind a tree or pillar and move quickly
He hid behind another tree or pillar.
After running for a few minutes like that, I made it when I was young.
We arrived at the rat hole leading outside the palace.
In this mouse hole with my sister and brothers,
I remembered going out to play secretly and I started to feel sad again.
The moment I was about to go out through the mouse hole,
A soldier shouted at me as if he saw my silhouette.
I was startled and hid in the darkness without making a sound.
"Who's there?!"
The soldier approached me, holding the gun he had on his back.
I was so shocked that I froze in place.
But I thought I couldn't fail like this.
I quickly looked around and rolled my head.
At that moment, a stone of suitable size caught my eye.
I picked up the rock and threw it at my head with as much force as I could.
The stone is in the grass far from where I am.
It fell loudly and the soldier who heard it
I ran into that field of grass.
I saw that and quickly ran out of the hole.
Even after I got out of the mouse hole, I kept running.
I keep feeling like someone is chasing me
I ran until I felt at ease.
And only after seeing the markets all closed
It felt real that I had left the palace.
As I continued to run, I caught my breath and did what I had planned.
I smiled with pride at having accomplished something on my own.
From now on, I am not a princess
Lee Dan-mi,
It's an independence army.