No One Returned to the Village After the War. Except One.
A mixed-race infant bearing the royal emblems of two warring nations is found and raised by a traveling merchant, eventually discovering the truth behind the necklaces.
Each sentence was submitted separately and chosen by community vote before the next one could be written. Nobody knew how it would end.
Read the Korean original →
The newborn was of mixed blood, and around its neck hung two necklaces, each bearing the royal insignia of a different nation.
A passing merchant heard the newborn's cries and picked the baby up into his arms.
The traveling merchant cared for the child and tried to find a home to adopt him, but the war made the situation impossible.
The traveling merchant had no choice but to keep the child himself.
The child followed the merchant like a father, and the merchant, too, had grown deeply fond of the child he had raised.
Through the skills the child learned from the merchant, he came to possess a high level of linguistic ability.
The child, now grown, finally unraveled the secret of the necklaces and departed to bring peace between the two nations.
Hwasee.bang's English edition runs its own separate relay stories that are being written right now — visit the English edition to read or join one.