Red Stained Clothes

Ancient Korea, year 1143, 4th of May, the son of King Jeon Jae Limdam came into this world. The King and Queen were the rulers of Multtang, and Multtang was known for its grand celebrations, so how could they not describe this incident as a festival, their son being born? But strangely, while they were making a toast, someone screamed from the back, "May a wheel run over your child's skull!" it was a woman, apparently.

The King ordered his guards to bring the lady onto the stage and behead the sinner, but unfortunately, they couldn't find anyone with a voice even similar to the mysterious lady's voice, so they let it go and kept on celebrating. But surely, just as the woman predicted, the new prince fell from a carriage because of the Queen's clumsiness and his head was squashed under a wheel. They nobles, royals, commoners and prisoners thought it was a coincidence, they all even reassured the King and Queen saying "It's just a coincidence!" or "No one can escape fate and karma, the new prince must have sinned in his past lives, don't grieve." and "Past always catches up..."

In a neighboring country (state) called Bunyeong, a similar incident took place, on another day, in another year and with another king. It was the birthday of the prince of Bunyeong, his father died by burning alive, all nearby cities suffered from similar cases, if anyone held a big function or banquet, the main person or host would be cursed, and something bad would happen. The villagers gave this voice a name, "The Voice of Misfortune".

The Voice of Misfortune struck in times of happiness, other than marriages, birthdays, banquets and festivals. And now, 9th of July, 20 years before 1518 (present time), a prince was born in Multtang, his name was Jeon Hyung Aejun. His life was filled with a series of sad and unfortunate moments, like when he was exiled at the age of 12, all because Hyung Aejun's father burned and ruined his study material, his father wanted him to become a great warrior, not a wise scholar.

Hyung Aejun used to have 5 siblings, two younger brothers and three elder sisters, but there was only one you younger brother left now. Jeon Yong Huoyol, he was, apparently, an accident. Only his brothers and maids used to take care of him, but after Hyung Aejun ran away from exile and started a new life, he was fully in the care of his abusive mother and toxic father, he survived because his birth wasn't celebrated.

Hyung Aejun's birthday was celebrated, but some unknown forces held the voice back, but still, whatever the force was, it clearly helped Hyung Aejun. This happened on each one of his birthday and every party he attended or hosted, the Voice of Misfortune was never even close to him, actually, he was very lucky a lot of times after his exile.

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