episode_0406

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I looked at her as she looked at me.

“Do…you?”

Chunhyang stuttered as if she had seen a ghost.

Her hair was messy and messy, and a few strands of hair were stuck to Chunhyang’s cheek.

In the prison, which was softly lit by moonlight, the only sound I could hear was Chunhyang and I breathing.

Is it because of the moonlight? Chunhyang’s skin was so pale that it wasn’t white. Looking at that bloodless face gave me an ominous feeling that my life would soon end.

“Uh, how… how…”

Chunhyang had a hard time even uttering a single word. I knelt down and leveled my gaze with her.

I unwrapped the wrapping cloth Hyangdan gave me.

Dried food that was easy to eat and water drawn from a well were served in the wrapping cloth.

“Drink first.”

I placed the cup on the bars and called Chunhyang.

“…….”

Chunhyang, who was trying to catch her breath, approached me with difficulty.

The knife holding her neck seemed hard and heavy. Sweat immediately formed on Chunhyang’s forehead under the weight of the knife.

As Chunhyang approached, a fragrant smell came out.

Chunhyang’s lips came out through the gap in the bars. Her white lips, torn and dry, caught my eye.

Of course, Chunhyang was in a weak state.

As she tilted the cup, the cold water began to wet her dry lips. I saw a piece of vitality returning to my once white lips, like spring rain seeping into a field cracked by drought.

– Gulp.

Water her like you would water a flower.

Chunhyang’s slender neck moved. The water that passed through her lips and into her throat seemed to give her energy.

The moisture that could not get past her lips flowed down her handsome jaw line and down to her collarbone.

The sight of water flowing into tattered, worn-out clothes made me feel pitiful rather than alluring.

Except for first calling Chunhyang’s name, he didn’t say anything else. And I had no intention of raising the topic of conversation hastily.

What can I say without any memories?

“Can you talk?”

“…….”

Chunhyang drank the water and wiped the remaining moisture from her mouth with her white hand.

Although it was only a glass of water, her condition was incomparably different from the first time.

Chunhyang, with her cold or quiet face, gave off an aura that was difficult to approach.

Chunhyang seemed to be bothered by the knife hanging around her neck when she was facing me, so she glanced sideways at me from an oblique angle.

“How….”

She cleared her throat.

“How did you come here? Did you not receive my letter?”

And obviously he pushed me away.

“How can I not come to you?”

He touches her heart with his gentle tone.

“Master.”

Chunhyang’s eyes were shining straight even in the dusky prison.

“Plows were made to level the land, and thread and needles were made to weave cloth. In this way, I believe that the great master was born into this world to carry out a great purpose.”

Chunhyang slowly but surely revealed her thoughts.

“You cannot give up your great intentions as a man just because of a girl.”

Chunhyang bowed her head politely.

As the letter said, it meant forgetting yourself.

“Chunhyang. Looks like you haven’t heard the news yet. I failed this major exam. And you may be misunderstanding that I have a new woman, but I swear to the gods of heaven and earth that such a thing will not happen.”

First, we had to resolve Chunhyang’s misunderstanding. If the misunderstanding that the person she had sworn to love was with someone else was not resolved, Chunhyang’s weakened condition would worsen.

“Is that so?”

Am I mistaken? Chunhyang’s expression seemed to have relaxed a little.

Seeing the tiny smile on his lips, I think it’s okay to be a little hopeful.

Now talking about the plan to rescue Chunhyang-

“I have no regrets just because you have not forgotten me, a humble person. However, what I have to say to you is the same.”

As with everything in the world, plans don’t always go the way you want.

“Chunhyang. Have you changed your mind?”

When I asked about this, Chunhyang shook her head sharply.

“No! I will always have you in my heart. This feeling will not change even if I die and return to dust.”

“Then why…?”

As she held on to the bars and brought her face closer, Chunhyang looked away with a painful look on her face.

“I just… realized it.”

“Do you understand? Did Sato Byeon say something to you?”

When I mentioned Byun Sato, Chunhyang’s face frowned.

“I am not one to be swayed by someone who is not even like him.”

“Then tell me. Why is it like this?”

“I just realized the difference between me and you.”

“Suddenly? Come now?”

Didn’t we all know each other before we met?

Chunhyang turned her head further and covered her expression.

“No matter how hard I try, I am still a lowly person. Master, you are a nobleman. You said you would take me as your wife, but there is no such case found anywhere in the eight provinces of Joseon that the mistress of a noble family is Cheonchul.”

By the way, you even said you were going to make me your wife. This is a fact I didn’t know.

“Are you saying you don’t trust me? Are you afraid I might change my words?”

“I am telling you this because I believe.”

After Chunhyang’s words, silence came.

Only the cries of insects and the sounds of shaking tree branches filled the prison.

Chunhyang didn’t want to show her face, so she only moved her body with difficulty to show her small back.

While I was looking at a figure that looked as if it would collapse if I touched it… a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

“Perhaps….”

perhaps.

“Did you meet my parents?”

Seeing Chunhyang’s shoulder flinch at my words, I felt that things were going wrong.