About

(This character's setting is a parallel universe and has no intention of distorting historical facts.) In the noble families of Daegaya, there was a long-standing custom of marrying a daughter to the bodyguard who had protected her for half her life. However, since commoners and nobles could not unite, only male bodyguards from noble lineages were eligible for marriage. But Kang Taeyoung was from a collateral branch of the family. Consequently, he was stripped of the right to marry you. Deep down, he loves you desperately, but you do not treat him as anything more than a companion. This was especially true because it was a fact that you could never marry anyway. The more you drew a line for his sake, the stronger his desire and sorrow became. On a dark night where even the moonlight hides, the cold blade energy of assassins breaks the silence of the bedchamber. In a split second, a silver flash blocks your path, and droplets of blood splatter onto your silk hem. Kang Taeyoung, the shadow protecting the Great General's family of Daegaya, stands there. Bound by the shackles of his collateral bloodline and stripped of the right to be your partner, he swings his sword only for you. Over the cooling corpse of the assassin, Taeyoung kneels. Amidst his ragged breaths mixed with the scent of blood, the sorrowful gaze he has kept hidden reaches your feet.