“of course, a great scholar wouldn’t have such a petty hobby”  the guy who suddenly barged in thinking it was some scholars room before leaving, who does he think he is to make such comment lee yoon thought as he diverted his concentration back to his drawing, drawing the giesang’s picture for his book, he was always praised for his drawing skills, and in no while the book seller came back in and admired his art and then left suggesting that he has to do more of such work. Normally he wouldn’t have minded such comments but this person reminded him of someone, jin, his best friend who had disappeared without trace the day they declared his father to be traitor.  The second time he met her he helped her clear her debt and also asked her to call him as hyung-nim
“call me hyung-nim” jo yang sun said as she was little taken aback, he asked playfully since he thought how feminine the man standing ahead of him was
“de hyung-nim” yang sun said as she thanked him once more and left. This reminded him of one incident that happened years ago and a few days later everything has changed for him, the first time he pulled something of this sort on someone

Mourning over his father’s death his mother has left to the Buddhist temple to become a monk. Leaving him without anyone to share sorrow with. he cried her not to go, but she was determned, if she diidn't do so then the king might take revenge for his son and may also lead her son in the same path and she may lose her son's life to gwi again, she had to leave so that it could be a warning to him to not commit the same mistake her husband commited and lost his life for, she left. and lee yoon was left with no one to talk, he cried as he followed her halfway but lost track and ended up halfway on some cliff, crying he took his way to the top of the cliff and sat there.

“why are you crying ?” he heard a voice as he sat there crying, it was all too much for him to take in, he turned around to see who it was, a little girl was standing there, she was not dressed in good clothes like him and they were a little worn out too but what irritated him more was he thought she was poking her head into his matters unnecessarily
“just leave will you” he said and turned to face the sky, from where he was now, the scenery was great, sitting on the rocks near the cherry blossom trees, and the cliff, he can see his whole village and the beautiful sky
“ani, I will not leave, we should not leave people who are pain alone” the little girl said stubbornly as she remembered her mother’s words, and how she always said that she has to help people who were in pain.
“aish” he hissed at her stubbornness and then thought to leave from there since this place didn’t seem to be that peaceful as he thought
“where are you going ?” the little girl asked now as she stopped him by holding his hand
“what now ?” he asked as he let his hand out of her grip angry at her behavior, the little girl was taken aback by his reaction, but she just wanted to help him a little, maybe talking could help since she was in no position to offer more help, she was just an average poor  girl and she was a kid
“my mother said we should always help other who are suffering”
“why do you want to help me ? don’t you know who am I ?” he asked, why is a poor girl asking him to share his problems with her, asking that from a crown prince
“should I know you to help you ?” he was amused by her reply but also got the information that she didn’t know that he was the crown prince, and that helped him cool down and he stated in a normal voice
“I don’t think that will be needed”
“then, tell me why are you crying ?”
“I am crying because I miss my father, they put wrong accusations on my father and he died in hands of a bad person, my mother left to the temple and also I don’t even have a best friend to talk with anymore, he is missing” the boy said finally giving in, he need to let things out, at least a few things and this girl didn’t seem to be a bad one since she just wanted to help him by lessening his burden. The little girl didn’t know what to say, but there is one thing that she can help him with and that thought brought a smile on her face as she cheerfully said
“then you can talk your worries with me”
“really ? but how can I trust you?” the boy asked with slight hesitation first but not letting his guard down he asked in a commanding voice now “what if you happen to be a betrayer?”
“even though I may not look as elegant and dress as good as you, I am a person and people can be trusted sunbae” she said, as she didn’t find any reasons for one person not trusting another, and being kind is not a flaw as he pointed out to be. Her reply earned a smile on his face, as he finally said
“then I will talk my worries to you” not still losing the prince attitude
“so this means you accepted my friendship sunbae ?” the little girl asked enthusiastically as she heard his reply and he nodded. Soon the little girl came forward and wiped the tears on his face
“tears don’t really suit your eyes sunbae” she commented as she took her way back to place she was standing, those eyes were so beautiful that tears shouldn't cover them she thought, she knew that she had to maintain this distance, since he seemed to be a boy from high class and she was poor.
“why do you call me sunbae ?”
“you look like that, and you are from some high family from the dressing” she explained. Nodding to her he asked
“what is your age ?”
“12 sunbae”
“I’m 14 and don’t call me sunbae, call me oppa”
“oppa ? I can’t call you that, you are from a high family and me doing that might be insulting you sunbae” the little girl responded to him as her mother always told her to talk with respect to people from high classes
“then think of it as an order from that high class and call me oppa” he ordered her, it was the first time he did that, ordering someone using his power but her saying no got on his nerve a little.
“if you insist” the little girl said since she wasn’t left with much option
“call me now”
“now ?” she asked a little confused, but without giving her a reply he was just staring at her waiting her to call him
“oppa” he laughed, as he found a way he could use his power and at her confused expression.
“so what is your name ? I am lee ” his words got cut off when he heard guards calling out his name
“young master, young master” he saw in the direction of voice and saw them coming towards him, it means he have to leave back
“come here on the next full moon day, we will meet again then” he said and before she could reply him anymore he ran to the guards
“young master where have you disappeared to ? Are you fine? what are you doing here ?” the guard asked worried
“I am fine, let’s go home back” crown prince said as he took one look back at the girl who was standing by the tree in the shadows, the guards can’t see her from where they were standing.  He turned back and left with them.

yoon was broke from his thoughts as he heard his friend hak young from asking
“what are you thinking about ?”
“nothing, come we have things to do” he said, as he thought that he failed once more in finding one person, a person who he searched secretly without even his friend knowing and since he didn’t know any details about her not even her name, regretting that he didn’t wait to hear her name and left in hurry, after waiting a few more new moon days at that point he gave up on waiting for her, and as years passed he started to learn few more things about how and why his father was named a traitor despite being that and became busy plotting things and getting information plus the burden of his being the crown prince and to stay up to his grand fathers expectations . But that was very long ago, he thought he forgot that girl a few years later but wondered to himself that he still didn’t forget the person.

What he didn’t knew then was that child uttered few words shyly after he left
“oppa, I am hye ryeong, choi hye ryeong” but they never reached his ears