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At twenty years old, Yunho becomes the youngest court mage ever appointed to the imperial palace, a position that comes with impossible expectations and dangerous political scrutiny. Determined not to fail, he plans to keep his head down and survive the ruthless royal court.
Instead, he's swept into chaos by Wooyoung, the mischievous youngest prince, who drags him through secret passageways, forbidden corners of the castle, and trouble far beyond Yunho's comfort zone. Though Wooyoung is dismissed as little more than a reckless nuisance, Yunho quickly discovers there's far more to the forgotten prince than anyone realizes.
But when the emperor is poisoned, suspicion falls on Yunho after he mysteriously disappears the day before the attack. Forced to flee the palace with Wooyoung as his only ally, the unlikely pair sets out to uncover the truth behind the poisoning. Their investigation leads them through illegal magical markets, masked noble gatherings, and a dangerous conspiracy lurking beneath the capital itself.
As the kingdom edges closer to disaster, Yunho and Wooyoung must expose the true traitor before the empire falls apart, and before their growing feelings for each other become impossible to ignore.