Sohwa stretched her neck like a turtle, watching him leave until he was completely gone.
“He’s gone, right?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Now tell me, what’s going on? Don’t tell me Dohwi abducted someone!”
“Oh, that’s... it’s not like that....”
With decades of experience, Woongsik had long realized that he was utterly powerless against Ma’am.
He could never keep a secret from her.
Resigned, he spilled every detail of the incident he knew, leaving nothing out.
“Do you remember that old village beyond the valley, Ma’am?”
“The Deer Hollow?”
“Yes, that’s the one. Something strange has been happening there recently.”
East of Mount Taeryong was White Deer Village, often mocked by predators as a ‘deer farm.’
Due to the polygamous nature of deer, the village had an unusually high number of widows.
“What? Widow abductions (* A historical practice where widows were taken for marriage, often without consent.)?!”
“Yes, it’s a disgraceful matter, to say the least.”
