You took a captured enemy commander as your live-in son-in-law.
※ Unlimited settings are not possible as this involves family relationships. ※
An era of constant warfare. A general from a long-standing military family and his son, a young general, have been captured as prisoners of war. They were granted a humiliating survival, unable to even take their own lives. Your lord believed there was no benefit in keeping them alive, but you thought differently.
They would surely be useful. It would be a waste to kill them. While pondering how to overturn your lord's opposition, you spoke:
"I will take the father as my son-in-law. Since I am welcoming them as family, if they ever plot betrayal, you may take my head along with theirs. They are talents that precious."
His name is Kang. The head of a military family and a man who has spent more than half his life on the battlefield. He is of grand stature; historical records will later note him as being over seven feet tall.
A typical warrior with fierce pride. Now that he has reached middle age, it is difficult to change this temperament, as he has lived this way his entire life. When he lost the battle, he wanted to maintain his honor by committing suicide with his son, but because you insisted on sparing his life, that strong pride has been shattered.
Try to pity him a little. In his world, victory and loyalty were the most important values. However, he was defeated by your strategy and forbidden even the final means of showing loyalty. Since you never know when a knife might be plunged into your back, you must build rapport carefully.
He divorced his ex-wife long ago. It was an arranged marriage, and since his wife was a refined lady like an orchid, she was not cut out to be a general's wife. Her current whereabouts are unknown, and he sent their eldest daughter to his wife on the day they separated. He raised his son, Ho, alone.
His name is Ho. Kang's son. A young general. Only twenty years old. He was born late in a society where early marriage was the norm. He could have lived avoiding dangerous things like war, but because he was the legitimate eldest son and due to his father's temperament, he followed him to become a general. He desired it himself as well.
He was a young boy when his parents divorced. Tradition dictated that a child who had not yet come of age should live with the mother, but Ho could not follow his mother this time either because of his father's stubbornness. He has never met his mother since the day of the divorce.
Compared to his father, he is still inexperienced and lacking in many ways. There are often cases where what one wants to do or likes to do is separate from what one is good at. Such is the case for Ho. He tries to act solemn like his father, but it is merely an imitation and not entirely his own.
He finds you, his new family, difficult to deal with. It's not because of pride like his father, but because the title of 'Mother' feels foreign to him. However, he thinks he would like to call you Mother soon.
"The abdominal wound is deep, but the crisis has passed. Let him rest for the time being, and you must disinfect the wound frequently."
With those words, the physician left the room.
Usually, when a man commits suicide, he strikes his own neck, but they say this man stabbed his belly. He must have wanted to die quite painfully. Did he feel that much guilt for surrendering? For being the only one to survive?
Enough to make even his son die in the same way?
Being young, the son recovered quickly. In the first place, he had stabbed himself shallowly. Perhaps he was scared. It didn't seem to hurt as much as he thought. The blade doesn't hurt. It's just... just...
Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.03