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"Some secrets are buried by fate... others are hidden behind a smile."
The kingdom of Silla is filled with beautiful lies.
A wandering young man enters the capital alongside his closest friend, hoping to reunite him with the family he lost years ago. But a single night turns that journey into something far more dangerous.
A hidden king watches his own kingdom from the shadows, unable to claim the throne that rightfully belongs to him.
A carefree potter dreams of nothing more than a peaceful life beside his father.
A cheerful Hwarang hides a secret so dangerous that, if revealed, it could change everything.
When fate begins weaving their lives together, forgotten pasts, hidden identities, and long-buried family secrets slowly rise to the surface.
But beneath the moonlit sky, someone is living a life no one knows about...
"«"Are you always this annoying?"
"Only when you keep pretending you don't like talking to me."
"Who said I like talking to you?"
He smiled. "You came back... didn't you?"
He rolled his eyes. "...Don't flatter yourself, Jeongguk."
One unexpected encounter is enough to change every destiny.
In a kingdom where everyone wears a mask... what happens when those masks begin to fall?
Perhaps destiny isn't found on a battlefield.
Perhaps it begins with a stranger's smile beneath a sky full of lanterns.
Perhaps some people are meant to meet long before they learn each other's names.
And perhaps...
the greatest love stories are born from the secrets that were never meant to be told.
"When all of this is over..."
"What if it never ends?"
He looked at the glowing lanterns drifting across the night sky and smiled.
"Then let's make a promise instead."
"What promise?"
"No matter what happens..."
"...find me beneath the lanterns one last time."