our promise

Chapter 1

"did you hear? naksu was just killed!" said a shopkeeper.

"really? was the infamous assassin killed so easily?" said the customer.

"i heard she tried to shift souls but she failed" said another one.

naksu. a name which frightens people to their core just by the mention of it. rumours say that wherever she went, heads fell to the ground, hence giving her the name.
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while sohee was lost in her thoughts, one of songrim's men rushed to her.

"young lady lee. there you are!" he said while catching his breath.

"what's wrong? why is the capital in such mayhem?"

"naksu is dead. lord park has brought her body to songrim. they have summoned you to the secret room this instant!" and with that sohee rushed there.
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on her way she met seo yul who was also heading there. both of them bowed to lord park and master heo.

"is she naksu?" master heo nodded. he explained, "this mark shows that her soul has left the body. remember this mark. when someone tries to shift their souls, it leaves a blue bruise like this right on top of their heart" pointing towards the bruise.

"she seems to have tried to shift her soul but I think she failed" said lord park.

sohee picked up a whistle which was on naksu's clothes. "isn't this similar to yours?" she asked handing it to yul.

"it is" he said after examining it.

"she may have been an merciless assassin who killed others like it was nothing, but she is still a human. she must have had a story of her own" master heo said.
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sohee stood there looking at the girl with sympathy. naksu may had been a ruthless assasin but she believed that there must've been a woeful past behind it that forced her to choose this path. she was in awe with the girl's beauty. even in naksu's sleep, she was looking drop dead gorgeous.
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"he got kicked yet again?" i asked.

"at this point, i don't think anyone would take him in as a pupil" danggu worriedly said.

"well, let's go meet that punk" i dragged danggu with me to chwiseonru, the famous bar of daeho where prominent officials, mages of noble families and even the royals visited.
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"there's our summer prince and monsoon's grace!" juwol, the owner of chwiseonru exclaimed.

"who are you here to meet today?"

"our uncle has asked us to fetch someone" i said.

"will you look at that, he must have craved seafood because he was stuck in the mountains for so long. i bet he is in that room" danggu said, pointing towards the room on the corner.

juwol was laughing awkwardly as we excused ourselves and headed towards the room.
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"thanks to you, our uncle had to go all the way to gisan to beg for the monk's forgiveness"

"meanwhile, you are here enjoying this damn crab!" i and danggu complained.

"it is such a hassle to eat, i'm glad you came. break the shell with your spells" uk said.

i scoffed, "unbelievable. you lazybones, we are here to take you to uncle. besides, you can just pick that meat yourself"
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"why did you get kicked anyway? wasn't he your twelfth or thirteenth master?" danggu said.

"well he wasn't intending to teach me any spells nor to open my gate of energy, so what use would it had been to be there? you don't have any idea how tiresome it is to read thousands of books and carve them in your head" uk said.

"no one in daeho is brave enough to go against your father, you already know that" i said.

"yes but some live fearlessly, like the shadow assassin naksu!"