“If you want my heart, prove your worth.”

One fateful day, Jin Ye, the Emperor of the Hwan Empire, discovers a man’s name mysteriously etched onto her skin: Yeon Mugeon.
The decree is clear—he is her Soulmate, chosen by the will of Heaven itself.
Curious but skeptical, Jin Ye tracks him down to a remote, desolate borderland.
What she finds is not the noble warrior or formidable partner she expected, but a lowly peasant—ordinary, powerless, and utterly unfit to stand beside an emperor.

“We are a match ordained by the Heavens. But is such a thing truly of any significance?”
“Then why...?”
“To decide whether to take your head if I found you unsatisfactory. What use is a Soulmate if they’re dead?”
“In that case... I desire to possess you.”

Deeming him beneath her, Jin Ye orders her loyal confidant to cast him into a cursed wasteland teeming with monsters.
Yet against all odds, Mu-geon survives the impossible and returns to her side—not as the hopeless peasant she dismissed, but as a ‘man’ bound to her by an unshakable thread of destiny.

“I am not afraid to offer you my everything. Even if you command me to become a monster.”
“I grant you permission... to stand as a man before me.”

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Text copyright ⓒ 2024 by Jeong Euncho
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The Korean edition was originally written by 정은초, Korea
Translated and Published by We’ve Lab.

Those Conquered By Love

At the sight of a glimmer of hope, Seoyeop flinched. 


Noticing his trembling hand, Jin Ye felt certain.


‘Yes, this man would truly give his life for me in the days to come.’


“You seem quite flustered, Marquis Jo.”


Seoyeop looked up at Jin Ye, his gaze filled with yearning.


He knew it wasn’t genuine, that he would only be used by her.


And yet, he longed to grasp the flimsy lifeline that Jin Ye extended to him.


Jin Ye likely understood this desire better than Seoyeop himself, which was why she offered a moment of leniency—a subtle reminder to bring him back to reality.


“You haven’t changed much since your younger days.”


‘Even now, you look at me with the innocent gaze of a boy...’


She murmured softly before finally turning away from Seoyeop.


With those last words lingering in the air, Seoyeop was struck by a painful realization.


He understood, with stark clarity, why he could never become her ‘man.’


A Hopeless Hope