The rumors… They were everywhere… Whispered in a sympathetic tone as he passed others by. The rumors that brought hope and pain at the same time. People had started to call him by another name— "Shadow King"; rising king of the underworld. No one uttered it openly or even admitted to knowing the existence of that name.
The world of Han Min-jun seemed to spiral backward the day Minister Kim Gun-woo introduced Kim Seung-joon as his grandson to the wide world. Upon seeing Seung-joon, Min-jun had fainted. It had been months since Seung-joon had gone missing, and until his appearance beside his grandfather, there had been no news.
Everyone was relieved but worried. There was no disagreement about the cruelty behind making Seung-joon heir to Gun-woo's empire. People who knew Seung-joon and Gun-woo's true qualities were horrified. People who didn't know Seung-joon gradually started to believe in the rumors.