Chapter 1 - The Unfathomable Past

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The rain came down in a continuous drizzle, causing Seoul to seem like a misty Busan

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The rain came down in a continuous drizzle, causing Seoul to seem like a misty Busan.

This was Gyeonggi province, the vast land of the Three Qins*, yet the ancient Daegu city was not even visible.

(Upon the fall of the Qin Dynasty, eighteen feudal states were created. Three of these feudal states were granted to three former generals of the Qin Dynasty, and hence, these together became known as the "Three Qins.")

Lisa was leaning against the window and watching the street signs that were speeding by.

"What would you like to eat?" Jisoo, who was sitting beside her, smiled and opened up the map that had been previously folded up into a small leaflet.

On her mobile phone, she was flipping through various food guides while at the same time, planning out their route for after they checked-in to their hotel.

"Let's finish up the interview you're doing first, alright?"

Lisa reminded her laughingly. The young videographer beside her had been playing with his camera, and when he heard this, he too let out a laugh.

The three of them stepped out of the car, walked through a quiet street, and passed by several houses that were scattered in the area until at last, they found the place they were looking for.

The person who opened the door was a young girl, who appeared not much older than twenty. Jisoo's interviewee was this girl's husband, a very simple and honest-looking man.

When they were all inside the house, the couple shyly invited Lisa and the others to have a seat.

"Don't be nervous. Just treat this like a casual conversation," Jisoo told them with a warm smile and motioned for the man to sit in front of her.

It was a dreary, rainy day, and the room was very dim.

There was only a single lamp, placed between the interviewer and interviewee, that gave off a yellow light.

As the interview progressed with an answer given for each question asked, Lisa gradually got to understand the story.

The man before them came from a very poor place, and after working hard and diligently for several years, he managed to make a little bit of money. However, he did not keep a penny of it for himself and instead invested it all in the education of the people of his hometown, helping families that were even poorer than him.

He had no riches or estate of his own, no house under his name.

Yet, he was a man of noble character.

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