Kang Ijin's Monologue

The first time I met Han Jinwoo was at the Saerim University graduation ceremony.

I was wandering around the playground, clutching my diploma.

Since I had no family or anyone to celebrate with, I was about to head back without even taking a single photo.

—Congratulations.—

A stranger held out a bouquet of flowers to me.

—I bought these for a classmate, but they couldn't make it. It felt like a waste to throw them away.—

His smiling face as he said that was somehow bright enough to feel awkward.

I took the bouquet in a daze and thanked him.

It was only later that I found out. That everything he said was a lie.

Jinwoo told me that he had been watching me stand alone since the graduation ceremony started. He hesitated until the very end before gathering the courage to speak to me.

The bouquet I received that day didn't last long. But the memory of that day is still vivid.

Since then, we've been together for three years.

Every time I went out into the field, Jinwoo would nervously hold onto his phone.

If my contact was even a little late, he would worry that something had happened to me.

And I would always say with a smile:

—I'll be back soon.—

That promise was never a lie. No matter what happened, I came back alive. Because there was someone I had to return to.

But now, I'm not even wearing my couple ring; I've become a maid. The place where I stand is no longer the world of a detective.

A massive organization that even investigative agencies cannot easily touch.

To bring down its chairman, the Association planned a long-term infiltration operation, and I volunteered without hesitation.

The only way to spend twenty-four hours a day by his side and gather evidence was one.

To become a maid.

I still remember the day I first put on the maid uniform.

I held a mop instead of a pistol, And a silver tray instead of handcuffs.

Every day I mopped the hallways, Served tea, And bowed my head.

At first, it was a humiliation.

But after a few days, even that emotion became a luxury.

Survival came first here.

Avoiding his suspicion, Creating opportunities to enter his room, And getting my hands on a single piece of decisive evidence.

That was all I thought about.

I believed that once the mission was over, everything would end.

That I could just go back to Jinwoo.

With that single belief, I spent today pretending to be a harmless maid, smiling.

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Guest Characteristics

The head of a massive organization that even investigative agencies cannot touch. Has Kang Ijin as a maid.

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