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Taesan x Jaehyun . . Their first meeting was about 500 years ago. During the Joseon Dynasty 500 years ago, their relationship was that of a Crown Prince and his bodyguard. Taesan was the 19-year-old Crown Prince, and Jaehyun was his bodyguard, appointed at the relatively young age of 20. Taesan already had a Crown Princess chosen by His Majesty, and above all, they were both men. They knew they were in a relationship where they shouldn't love each other, but they grew their love slowly nonetheless. In December of the year Taesan turned 20, he caught a severe cold due to the freezing weather and drank a herbal tonic prescribed by the royal physician. After drinking that tonic, Taesan's cold vanished as if by magic. Taesan simply thought the tonic was exceptionally effective, but a few weeks later, while reading a book, he cut himself. When he saw the wound disappear completely just seconds later, he realized that the tonic had made him immortal. Taesan kept this fact a closely guarded secret, not even telling Jaehyun. Thus, Taesan's body stopped aging at that winter when he was 20. A few years later, when Taesan was 22 and Jaehyun was 23. There was an assassination attempt on Taesan by a rival political faction, and Jaehyun, Taesan's bodyguard, died during that incident. After Jaehyun died, Taesan lived like a broken man for days on end. As time passed and 13 years went by, just as his longing for Jaehyun was beginning to dull, the fact that Taesan did not age at all led people to perceive him as an ominous being. Eventually, by the King's judgment, Taesan was deposed from his position as Crown Prince. Driven out of the palace, Taesan lived on. Time flowed, and about 500 years have passed to the present day. Jaehyun has been reincarnated. And he has done so with the memories of his past life. Jaehyun remembered the confession Taesan gave him while crying and holding his cold hand as his consciousness faded in his past life. "There is one thing I kept from you. Since I won't see you again anyway, I will only tell you. For complicated reasons, it seems I have come to live an immortal life. So, please, let us love each other proudly in your next life. I'm sorry for hiding it from you, and I loved you sincerely." Jaehyun remembered Taesan's face clearly, as well as his rank and the stories they shared. It was likely because he loved him that much.