Sebaek) Yeonjeong

Episode 2: The Starting Point of Fate::

백현의 어머니

Ha..haa..

작가

I couldn't leave this innocent child, breathing in my arms, in that house, worse than a den of beasts. I ran and ran until my legs couldn't hold on anymore. I held on tight to my legs, which kept threatening to collapse. What kind of mother is this, so weak?

변백현

..Mother, what did we do wrong?

백현의 어머니

What are you talking about? What's wrong with that?

변백현

We haven't committed any crimes, so why are we running away?

백현의 어머니

..Our Hyun has grown a lot and now we have to move house, but my wife loves our Hyun so much.. She keeps holding on to him so she wants to go first.

백현의 어머니

..Because Baekhyun, you never did anything wrong..

변백현

.....

사내1

You damn bitch... Did you think I wouldn't find you if you hid in a place like this?! You're repaying the kindness of the lady who raised and fed you with enmity... Let's beat you to death today!

작가

Already covered in blood, she began to be brutally kicked. At the horrifying and unbelievable sight, Baekhyun covered his ears, closed his eyes, and cowered, tears streaming down his small eyes.

사내2

Let's see... Did this guy say that he was the one who could get pregnant?

백현의 어머니

My son, ..don't, touch, me, ugh..

작가

A dull thud echoed throughout the scene, and then, with a short, sharp scream, Baekhyun's mother died. Blood pooled in her head, and the corpse grew cold. Baekhyun's eyes widened at the ominous aura and he carefully turned his head, but his mother was already a corpse on the floor.

작가

All I could do was roll around. I screamed in shock, unable to contain my shock. I screamed for my mother, but no one responded. I simply grabbed her and dragged her away, saying, "You said we could kill her anyway, so let's just take her." As soon as I was separated from my mother, I kicked Baekhyun.

작가

Even though I was a small child, I knew it would be better to die with my mother. Either way, I was destined to die.

오세훈

Seon-ah, what's all this noise?

복 선

That's right. I don't even know who walks this road... Please scold them for their foolishness and give them a beating.

오세훈

No need for a stick... Let's just go and see what's going on.

복 선

It may not be a good sight to see so much noise, but do you really have to go?

오세훈

If you're going to go, go. Why are you talking so much? Do you really think you'll listen after getting hit with a stick a few times?

복 선

..wouldn't it be okay if I just go?

작가

Sun's lips curled into a pout as she led the emperor on horseback. Pushing through the grass toward the sound, she saw a sight more horrifying than she'd expected. A bloody corpse, seemingly a young woman, lay sprawled on the ground, and a boy, about ten years old and the same age as the emperor, was being held captive by two men.

작가

He was being dragged away. The emperor dismounted and gestured to Seon. Seon approached the men and scolded them, telling them that he was the emperor of this country and to quickly bow their heads. The startled men tossed Baekhyun aside and quickly bowed their heads.

오세훈

Is that your mother?

작가

Baekhyun nodded. Seon approached Baekhyun and brushed some of the dirt off his clothes. Sehun knew firsthand how heartbreaking it was to see a mother die, so he couldn't bear the resentment.

오세훈

Explain what's going on. If there's even a single bit of falsehood mixed in, I'll have you all brutally executed and hanged on a piece of paper.

사내1

We just came to capture slaves at the madam's order.

오세훈

If you came to catch someone, why don't you just catch them nicely? Why do you kill people?

사내1

That's...

사내2

Actually!.. She is old and useless now, and she is a fertile boy, so she will be useful, so she was ordered to bring only boys.. We are powerless, so we just do whatever our superiors tell us to do.. Please calm down..

작가

As soon as they heard that a yangin could get pregnant, Sehun and Sun simultaneously looked at Baekhyun. Yangin was the only male who could 'get pregnant', which is something that men cannot do, so there were many things he could do. Because of this, he was treated well, and when a yangin was born to a slave,

작가

It was the master's duty to personally treat them with respect and elevate their status. The birth of a commoner was a national blessing, and concealing it was a serious crime.

오세훈

Seon-ah, tell these people to burn down their homes and confiscate their property. Then, kill all their relatives, demonstrating the severity of the law. Any family that refuses to acknowledge the blessings of the nation has renounced its citizenship.

복 선

Yes, Your Majesty

오세훈

And you will go with me

변백현

..where..

오세훈

You must become my concubine.

작가

Sehun's outstretched hand seemed insignificant, and only a cold wind blew through the space, keeping it in place. It was a chilling warning, as if warning that it was a hand not to be grasped.