Chapter 5
A servant named Adonis is favored by Vincent, which causes the other servants to treat Adonis badly. Wanting to protect him, Vincent distances himself, but Adonis keeps trying to stay close. Their relationship becomes emotionally tense and complicated as Vincent struggles with internal conflict and inappropriate feelings...
Chapter 13
Chapter 2
In the Joseon era, a young scholar named Lee Hanseop set out for Hanyang, dreaming of passing the state exam and returning home in glory. Because he departed late, he couldn’t take the main path through Mungyeong Saejae and instead chose a shortcut said to be haunted by a fearsome man-eating tiger—the mountain guardian itself. He climbed the mountain cautiously, but in the end, he encountered the tiger. Before leaving, the scholar had heard rumours that tigers loved rice cakes, so he had brought some along and offered them. But the tiger immediately refused—and instead suggested pounding rice cakes (?) together with him…