The evil King Tagon ruled the Land of Arth, colonizing various territories including the village of the Wahan tribe. Tanya, the daughter of the chief of the Wahan tribe, tried to save her tribe from slavery. She experienced many difficulties until s...
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The sound of water drops from a small waterfall echoes in the cave. Sunlight peered from the cracks in the roof of the cave. Tanya was drawing on Eunsom's back using limestone. Then they practice spirit dance, because soon there will be an annual ritual to worship the White Wolf Goddess who is trusted by the Wahan Tribe.
While dancing, Tanya's leg suddenly slipped and she fell into the water. She struggled to swim to the edge and managed to climb onto the rock, but Eunsom disappeared. Tanya called out Eunsom's name, but only the echo answered.
"Did he fall too?" Think Tanya.
Suddenly a hand wiped Tanya's wet forehead with a piece of cloth.
She turned her head, "Eunsom?"
Not Eunsom in front of her, but the man with the mask, Yangcha ...
~~~
Tanya slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was a little blurry, but she could see Yangcha's face staring at her with a frown. When she blinked, Yangcha's face suddenly turned into Tagon's face, which looked very worried.
"Harim ... Harim ..." called Tagon.
Harim hurriedly came and checked Tanya.
"Thankfully, she has passed her critical period."
Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Tanya's eyes wandered around, saw people gathering around her bed, there were Tagon, Harim, Saya, Chaeun, Nunbyeol, and also Doti who was crying over Tanya's hand. Her eyes still looked for.
"Was it a dream ... or was it real? Yangcha ..."
~~~
"Are you stupid or crazy?" asked Tagon when Tanya was recovering and could sit down.
"I thought about your words, about your offer to become your concubine. Whatever I wanted would be granted. Then I thought about something else, if I were your official concubine and were introduced to the whole country, maybe the slaves from Wahan who are here will recognize me, and it will be faster to collect them than to have to wait for news from Lord Saya, Niruha. "
"But there's no need to throw yourself and be stabbed with a knife."
"If you die, then I will not achieve my wish."
"Then what if you die? It's the same, isn't it?"
"Therefore I bet."
"Bet on what?"
"To my fate. If the White Wolf Goddess protects her offspring and her people, then I will be safe."
Tagon snorted, "Doesn't make sense."
"So how is it, is the offer still valid?"
"In fact, I offer a concubine position not only to satisfy lust. I need an innocent and kind woman to accompany me to govern the country. I realize, I'm too cruel, even to kill my own family, even though I don't really want that to happen. People are afraid of me and hate me. That's why many of them want to kill me. So I need someone who can calm them down. Taealha doesn't fulfill that condition, because she is also cruel, just like me. "
Tagon held Tanya's hand and kissed it, "When you were injured because of me, I have vowed to take full responsibility for you, for the rest of my life. Therefore, marry me, so I will take care of you, your family, and your tribe."
"With one condition..."
"What?"
"We will not have sexual relations and there is no physical contact."
"Why?"
"Because I will only do it with the man I love."
"Don't you love me?"
"No. I mean ... not yet. We'll see it later."
"You're very straightforward. That is a little ... makes my heart hurt," joked Tagon. He retreated and raised his hands, "Okay, no physical contact."
~~~
Accompanied by Yangcha, Tagon met Saya. They talked while walking.
"Prepare for a concubine appointment."
"Who will be appointed concubine?
"Tanya."
Yangcha's feet stopped. Suddenly as if something had exploded and burst from inside his chest.
"But do it quietly, don't let Taealha get caught. She will only know when the show arrives."
Tagon paused and turned to look at Yangcha, who was standing too far from him.
"Hey, what are you doing there?"
Yangcha flinched, then ran after him.
~~~
The Arth people gathered in front of the palace, the King said that there would be an important announcement. Taealha saw the crowd from a distance.
"What is going on?" Taealha asked.
Hae Tuak shrugged her shoulders.
Tagon appears. "Today is a very important day. Someone has been present to embrace and ease fears in this country. She is an extraordinary person, even willing to sacrifice herself for the people she loves."
Then Tanya appeared in a clean white dress.
"She ... Tanya from the tribe of Wahan, the pure-hearted girl. She saved my life twice, even almost sacrificed herself ... because of her deep love for me, also for this country. So I, Tagon, inaugurated Tanya from Wahan as an official concubine of the Arth kingdom. "
Taealha wide-eyed.
Suddenly the clear sky began to darken. Raindrops start to wet the earth.
"That woman ... I mean, the new concubine has calmed Isodunyoung's anger!"
Everyone knelt respectfully and cheered.
Tagon smiled, "what an unexpected coincidence."
Tagon grasped and raised Tanya's hand. The girl was surprised, about to protest.
"Only in front of the people," whispered Tagon.
Tanya saw everyone cheering her name. The corner of her lips slowly lifted. It was quite strange to hear people worshiping her, but she also felt happy.
"Father ... friends ... the people of Wahan ... can you see me? Soon I will save you all..."
