✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯

''𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝒂 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆.''

─── George R. R. Martin

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨﹗

seo ji-hye   AS   ❛❛ 𝒶𝒽𝓃 𝓎𝑒𝑜𝓃𝒽𝓊𝒾 ❜❜

❛❛ Hello. You're cute. Are you looking for a wife? ❜❜

&

kim beom   AS   ❛❛ 𝓁𝑒𝑒 𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔 ❜❜

❛❛ I'm not the kind of being that you'd want to get involved with. I'm not even human—I'm a monster. ❜❜

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤﹗

─── 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘧𝘰𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 ───

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨﹗

lee jung-jae   AS   ❛❛ 𝓂𝓇 𝒶𝒽𝓃 ❜❜

❛❛ My daughter's getting married...? My...my daughter's getting married! Oh Heavens, I'm not ready—so much to do, so much to prepare—where to begin? Hey, don't just stand there like an idiot, Riko! Go—go—spread the word of our happy news! Hurry—before either of them changes their mind!  ❜❜

lee dong-wook   AS   ❛❛ 𝓁𝑒𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝑜𝓃 ❜❜

❛❛ Okay, look, I can understand how you could've impulsively gotten married—you're unpredictable like that in this era—but how did you end up marrying a human? That's not like you. Are you sure that you're feeling alright, Rang-ah? ❜❜

kim so-yeon   AS   ❛❛ 𝓇𝓎𝓊 𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒿𝑜𝑜 ❜❜

❛❛ Whose woman is this? I like her. Lend her to me. ❜❜

kim yong-ji   AS   ❛❛ 𝓈𝓊𝓃𝓌𝑜𝑜 𝑒𝓊𝓃𝒽𝑜 ❜❜

❛❛ Just tell me one thing, Yeonhui-ya...are you crazy? ❜❜

tsuyoshi kusanagi   AS   ❛❛ 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓀𝑜 𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶 ❜❜

❛❛ So what if you're a married woman now? Really, darling...you talk as if I don't have enough power to nullify your little fake marriage to this pathetic disgrace of a man. ❜❜

woo hyun-jin   AS   ❛❛ 𝒿𝒶𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑒𝑜𝒽𝑒𝑒 ❜❜

❛❛ We're fated to be together. The Heavens crafted our union in the stars. Do you really plan on defying the will of the Heavens?  ❜❜

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴﹗

takeuchi ryoma   AS   ❛❛ 𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑜 ❜❜, MR AHN'S ASSISTANT

ryu kyung-soo   AS   ❛❛ 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 ❜❜, FORMER NORTHERN MOUNTAIN GOD

kim soo-jin   AS   ❛❛ 𝒷𝑜𝓀 𝒽𝓎𝑒-𝒿𝒶 ❜❜, THE SNAIL BRIDE & OWNER OF "OBOK GOODS STORE"

hwang hee   AS   ❛❛ 𝓀𝑜𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒿𝓊 ❜❜, NATIVE FOX & LEE YEON'S RIGHT-HAND MAN

jo dal-hwan   AS   ❛❛ 𝒷𝑜𝑜 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓀 ❜❜, BANDIT WOLF & LEE RANG'S RIGHT-HAND MAN

kim joo-young   AS   ❛❛ 𝓂𝒶𝑒 𝒽𝓌𝒶 ❜❜, ENTERTAINER AT MYOYEONGAK

ha do-kwon   AS ❛❛ 𝓇𝓎𝓊𝒽𝑒𝒾 𝓀𝒶𝓉𝑜 ❜❜, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, HEAD OF POLICE BUREAU

lim ji-ho   AS   ❛❛ 𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓇𝒶 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓉𝑜 ❜❜, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE BUREAU

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵﹗

i. ─── ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅɪꜱᴇ   by   coyote theory

❛❛ So if you're lonely, no need to show me. If you're lonely, come be lonely with me ❜❜

ii. ─── ᴍᴏᴏɴʟɪɢʜᴛ   by   chase atlantic

❛❛ We're running in the moonlight, we're dancing in the open waves...you're hangin' for a good time, something that'll make you stay. And girl, you fall down again, you tell me you're all out again...we're running in the moonlight, could you show me the way again? ❜❜

iii. ─── ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ   by   demi lovato

❛❛ Don't wanna break your heart, wanna give your heart a break. I know your scared it's wrong, like you might make a mistake. There's just one life to live and there's no time to wait to waste, so let me give your heart a break ❜❜

iv. ─── 1 ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ, 3 ꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ   by   olivia rodrigo

❛❛ It's always one step forward and three steps back. Do you love me, want me, hate me? Boy, I don't understand ❜❜

v. ─── ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ?   by   charlotte lawrence

❛❛ I, I, I only love, love you when you don't love me...so why do you, why do you, why do you love me? I, I, I only need, need you when you don't need me baby...so why do you, why do you, why do you love me? ❜❜

vi. ─── ʜᴏᴛ ɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ   by   katy perry

❛❛ Someone call the doctor, got a case of a love bipolar. Stuck on a roller coaster, can't get off this ride ❜❜

vii. ─── ᴏʟᴅᴇʀ   by   sasha alex sloan

❛❛ And loving is hard, it don't always work, you just try your best not to get hurt ❜❜

viii. ─── 좋아해서 미안 (ꜱᴏʀʀʏ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ)   by   stray kids

❛❛ I tried to hide my feelings, but I guess it was too obvious. I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I like you ❜❜

ix. ─── ɪ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ   by   lauv

❛❛ I don't know what it is but I got that feeling...waking up in this bed next to you, swear the room, yeah, it got no ceiling. If we lay, let the day just pass us by, I might get to too much talking...I might have to tell you something ❜❜

x. ─── ʜᴇʀ   by   chase atlantic

❛❛ I could live forever and a day with her, I don't want to live it if it ain't with her, I could go up out to outer space with her, all I need is one more day with her ❜❜

✩•̩̩͙*˚＊· ─── 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴﹗

i. ─── this book is a work of fiction meaning that any harmful words / actions do not, in any way, relate to the actors used as faceclaims. please keep this in mind while reading.

ii. ─── the idea for this fic is entirely my own, meaning that any similarity to other works is pure coincidence. i do not own the k-drama "𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄-𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟖" or any of their characters. i do, however, own the characters of ahn yeonhui, mr ahn, takehiko oyama ,and riko as well as any other original characters that i may add into the story later on. i do not own any of the actors used as faceclaims (obviously).

iii. ─── do not plagiarise. if you plagiarise, then that's a bit sad to be honest. if you can't write your own stories, then learn how to. take classes. practice. do what you must to improve your skills, but do not mess with the precious works of authors like a pathetic loser. plagiarism is a crime and you will be punished for it, so keep that in mind. NOTE: if you really like the plot for some reason and do wish to write something inspired by it (in which case i will be very flattered), please just ask me first and then give some credit somewhere in your work. i don't mind you taking inspiration from my fics as long as you notify me of it :))

iv. ─── there will be canon divergence. some canon scenes will be altered to include my OC. a new sub-plot relating to the background and character arc of my OC will be added and woven into the original plot of the k-drama. 

v. ─── listen, as much as i love our little half-mermaid yeohee, i can't go against my heart's desire to write a fic for lee rang. i will take this moment to apologise both to yeohee for stealing who is probably going to end up being her man in the drama, and to anyone who ships her and rang together. i love their story so far too, but...i don't know, rang is just too hot and cute and broken to resist writing about so here i am :'))

vi. ─── WARNING ! this fanfic will contain foul language, though some vowels will be omitted. there will be some violent scenes depicting fist fights, use of weaponry, bodily injuries, near-death experiences and possible character death. there may also be some intimate scenes between characters here and there. this fanfic will also touch upon topics of manipulation, abuse of power, war, revolution and struggles with mental health. any other mature themes that may appear as i write will be added to the list later on. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

vii. ─── i do not in any way, shape, or form encourage any kind of inappropriate behaviour portrayed in this fanfic. it is only there for the purpose of character exploration and plot, nothing more.

viii. ─── that's everything!! thank you so much for coming to read my story, and i hope you enjoy!! :))❤

𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 ─── ·＊˚*•̩̩͙✩

''𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔? 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆
𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅.''

─── Lee Rang

''𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉
𝒂𝒔 𝒊 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑.''

─── Ahn Yeonhui

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