The cold rain poured over the quiet streets of Daesan, a small industrial town in South Korea. It was past 11 PM. The city had gone to sleep—
except for the boy screaming into the storm.
Soaked to the bone, Luo Chen stood in the middle of the road, his hands trembling, his heart shattered. His phone had fallen from his grip. His breath came in ragged gasps, but his mind was racing, replaying the betrayal he had just seen:
Jin-Ah, the girl he loved, kissing his best friend Min-Jae in secret.
Laughter. Touch. Intimacy.
All while she smiled at him every day, called him "my only one."
He dropped to his knees.
The rain mixed with his tears, but it couldn't wash away the pain inside him.
"I gave you everything…"
"I would've given you my soul."
His scream echoed through the empty street.
"WHYYYYYYYY!!!?"
From the nearby apartments, lights flicked on. People peered out from behind curtains.
"What's going on?"
"Is he hurt?"
"Did someone die?"
But no one came out. No one dared.
Suddenly, his phone rang—
its screen lit up with a message: PRIVATE CALLER.
Luo Chen hesitated… then picked it up.
A deep, calm voice answered on the other end.
A voice that didn't match the chaos he felt in his heart.
"Your life is about to change, Luo Chen."
He froze.
"Who… who are you?" he asked through gritted teeth.
Ping.
A bank notification appeared.
[₩10,000,000 has been transferred to your account.]
His eyes widened. He stared at the screen, stunned. Then the voice returned—lower, sharper now.
"Do you even know… who you truly are?"
His heart skipped a beat.
"Tell me who the hell you are!!" Luo Chen shouted.
The voice replied coldly.
"Just know this: You're the heir of a family the world tried to erase. A family so powerful, their name alone made governments tremble. That blood flows in your veins."
Then silence.
Rain continued to pour.
And Luo Chen screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
So loud, it echoed across the neighborhood.
Children woke up crying.
People leaned out their balconies in fear.
Neighbors whispered:
"Is he insane?"
"That scream… it was like someone lost everything."
They were right.
Flashback: The Forgotten Boy
Years ago, in a remote village, an old woman named Halmeoni found an abandoned boy near the woods. She raised him as her own.
She told him nothing of his past—only that he was a gift from the heavens.
She had little, but she taught him the value of work, of respect, of honesty.
Luo Chen worked construction by day and studied business at night.
He never complained. Never asked "Why me?"
But deep down, the emptiness always lingered.
"Who am I really?"
End of Chapter: The First Spark
The phone call ended.
But one final message came through:
"Prepare yourself. In 30 days, you will come to Seoul. There, you will meet your true self."
Still drenched, Luo Chen stood up slowly. His eyes were no longer soft.
They burned.
Next Chapter Preview: "The Letter Beneath the Floorboards"
That night, he opened an old box hidden under his bed. Inside was a letter—
written in handwriting that stirred something deep in his chest.
It ended with a single line:
"If you're reading this… then it means you survived. And the time has come to shake the world. —Mom"
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