It was past midnight and rain was knocking at the mansion’s windows. No sounds could be heard, except for the rocking chair and the soft snorings the baby was making in his mother’s arms.

‘’You’re so beautiful…’’

She softly whispered as she was looking at her son. He was only 3 months old, but he was the whole world for her. Thinking about that, a tear rolled down her cheek and fell on the baby’s forehead. At the tear’s cold touch, he opened his eyes and looked straight into his mother’s. For a second, she hoped that he could understand. She hoped he would forgive her for what was about to happen. She smiled at her cute little boy before singing a lullaby, trying to make him sleep again. Few minutes later, the baby returned in his dreams. The woman continued to rock him. She knew it was the last time she would be with him.

‘’I wish I could see you growing up…’’

As she said that, a loud thunderbolt resounded and a dark shadow appeared in the room.

‘’P-please… Don’t take him with you… He’s all that I have!’’

‘’You knew the rules. Now, give me the baby.’’

Hearing voices around him, the baby woke up again and started to cry. His mother pressed him against her heart in an attempt to protect him. Though she knew she wouldn’t win against the stranger who had come for the boy, she wasn’t going to give up easily on her baby.

‘’Go away from us! Tell your boss I’ll do anything but please, leave my baby alone!’’

‘’It’s too late to regret, Mrs. You knew right away what was going to happen.’’

She looked at the stranger for the first time since he had arrived and put both knees on the ground while holding her son.

‘’Look into my eyes. Can’t you see I’m not lying? I’ll do anything your boss asks me to, but just let me keep my baby. Please…’’

The stranger sighed and shook his head.

‘’I’m sorry. I can’t do anything to help you.’’

As he finished his sentence, he made a step in the woman’s direction. Her sobs were intermixed with the baby’s cries. The stranger was heartbroken by the awful job he had to do. But he didn’t really had a choice, so he took the baby out of his mother’s embrace, which made him cry louder. He took a look at the baby before looking back at the mother.

‘’He has your eyes…’’

The mother also started to cry louder and she couldn’t stop. The stranger stayed there for a while, which just made everything worst for the poor woman.

‘’M-may I ask what his name is?’’

She looked up at her son and, surprisingly, smiled.

‘’Cheol Yong. His name is Bang Cheol Yong.’’

‘’Bang Cheol Yong…’’

Whispering that, the stranger got away as quickly as he had appeared, taking the baby with him.

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Far away from the mansion and in the early morning, a little boy, only 3 years old, woke up in his own bed. But that morning wasn’t like every other morning. That morning, there was strange giggling coming from the room next to his. The little boy went to see what was happening. He opened the door and saw his mother, bending over a baby’s bed. And on the baby’s bed, there was a real baby. The boy came near it and looked at it for a moment.

‘’Mommy. Who is this?’’

‘’It’s your new brother, Chang Sun-ah!’’

‘’Brother?’’

‘’Yes Chang Sun! He came last night! His name his Cheol Yong, but we’re going to call him Mir!’’

The little boy looked confused. He wasn’t prepared to have a brother and he didn’t really understood why he had two names. But there was something emanating from the baby that made Chang Sun loved him right away. And when the baby’s hand grabbed his own strongly, Chang Sun knew he was going to protect his new brother for the rest of his life.