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Promises for Pride1
Humble. Light-hearted. Innocent.
Kim Seokjin was the definition of purity, humility and goodness. Even though he was one of Goryeo’s princes, he didn’t look down on anyone, except himself. He was said to be the only royal in the palace whose soul wasn’t chained to the Devil. In the midst of hatred, treason, pride and intrigue, he was a living angel.
As a result, he was the one who was constantly bullied, both psychically and emotionally abused and even his royal family and their servants called him names. Sometimes they mocked him because of his baby cheeks, reprimanded him for his bad eye-sight and made fun of him due to his fragile body. Sometimes they made up lies, just to make him receive the punishment. He could easily be used because he never − not even once − protested. Not when they accused him of stealing from the King’s jewellery box, for shoving his brothers into the palace’s lake or laying a hand on the soon-to-be king.
Why would he bear everything, although he knew that he didn’t deserve it? The answer was pretty easy. He didn’t know. He had no idea how he was supposed to be treated. He didn’t witness love, affection and humility around himself. Not until Park Myungeun showed up in his life, Myungeun being 12 years old and Seokjin being 13 years old at that time. After her arrival, his world was lifted upside-down.
Myungeun and Seokjin were the parties for an arranged marriage as a beneficial diplomatic deal, signed by the king of Goryeo and the king of Hubaekje. He was the 7th prince back then and she was the 8th princess. It was said that once Seokjin turns 19 years old, they would get married.
Being only 13 years old, he had no idea what to expect when Princess Myungeun and the king of Hubaekje - King Gyeonhwon - arrived at the palace, her father literally tossing her into the grandiose hall of his home.
Seokjin was eating his breakfast in the kitchen (another way to show that the King treated him differently; he couldn’t eat with the others, his breakfast was served in the kitchen where the servants worked), therefore he could eavesdrop the conversation with the said princess and her father. He
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