The morning was strangely quiet.
Yeonwoo stood there for a long time.
End of the yard,
A spot where the sunlight is half-hanging.
still,
It didn't feel real.
“Miss, you need to get ready.”
At the voice heard from behind
Yeon-woo slowly turned his head.
You must enter the palace.
Entering the palace.
That word
It settled down strangely heavily.
“…the palace?”
Yes, greetings to Her Majesty the Queen.
It is the day you go to upload it.
Yeon-woo did not answer.
What I heard yesterday.
34th year of King Sejong.
That number
It still lingered in my mind.
and-
Lee Hong-wi.
That name.
Yeon-woo bowed his head.
“…Is it real…”
—
The palanquin shook.
The inside where the cloth is draped,
Yeonwoo was clenching his hands tightly.
My heart,
He kept running fast.
Outside
The sound of horses' hooves rang out in steady rhythm.
I am going to the palace.
Really.
Yeon-woo closed his eyes.
The scene in the movie
It came to mind again.
Young face.
Quiet eyes.
and-
A king who could not protect anything.
"…no…"
He muttered softly.
Not yet.
now-
He is not a king yet.
—
The kiln stopped.
I've arrived, young lady.
Yeon-woo took a deep breath,
He pulled up the cloth.
It was a palace.
High wall.
A spacious yard.
Endless roof tiles.
Yeonwoo's feet
Paused for a moment.
"…and…"
The words flowed out softly.
at that time,
“Miss, it’s this way.”
A court lady walked ahead.
Yeon-woo slowly followed behind.
Every single step
It was strangely heavy.
It feels familiar,
A place I've never seen before.
My mind
It became quiet.
—
In front of Daejeon.
Yeon-woo stopped walking.
If you go inside,
You will meet someone.
Who that is—
I didn't know.
Please wait a moment.
Yeon-woo nodded.
Hand,
It trembled slightly.
It was then.
—
From afar,
Footsteps were heard.
noiselessly.
slowly.
Yeonwoo's gaze
I naturally headed in that direction.
A group of people.
Among them,
one.
He was a boy.
Neatly tied hair.
Neat attire.
and,
eye.
It was too quiet.
Not befitting of that age.
Yeonwoo's breath
It stopped.
It was strange.
It's definitely a face I've never seen before,
I knew.
Somewhere,
As you have already seen.
The boy stopped walking.
Yeonwoo and,
Our eyes met.
At that moment—
My heart,
It sank hard.
"…ah…"
A sound leaked out.
I didn't know the reason.
just-
I was certain.
The boy's gaze
It shook for a moment.
and,
The person next to me said.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, this way—”
That word,
Everything
I finished it.
Crown Prince
lowering.
Yeonwoo's hand
It hardened slowly.
In my head
The memory of yesterday
It popped up as if bursting.
34th year of King Sejong.
Lee Hong-wi.
and-
Discontinued.
Yeonwoo's gaze
again,
I headed toward the boy.
Lee Hong-wi.
Not yet,
A name that is not a king.
but-
soon,
The person who will become king.
and,
A person who is going to die.
Yeonwoo's lips
It trembled slowly.
“…It’s true…”
very small
A monologue escaped.
The boy
As if he hadn't heard those words,
It passed by just like that.
but,
once.
wee.
I looked back.
Yeonwoo and,
Our eyes met again.
That brief moment.
Without reason,
My heart
It landed painfully.
—
Yeonwoo
He stood there exactly as he was.
I couldn't move.
My fingertips were cold.
breath,
I couldn't rest properly.
Now it was certain.
This is Joseon, and
That person—
Danjong is Lee Hong-wi.
Yeonwoo
I closed my eyes and then opened them.
Will I be able to escape?
or not,
This—
Can it be changed?
The answer is
There wasn't any yet.
but,
One thing was clear.
Yeonwoo's gaze
He headed in the direction he had disappeared.
“…I must protect it…”
For the first time,
I thought so.
To be continued in the next episode >>>>