I am still waiting today under that pine tree you loved so much...
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The palace inside the walls was magnificent, but it was a world of complete isolation.
From the moment he was born, Lee Hyeon was destined to reign over countless subjects and citizens. He was always alone, and loneliness was his daily life.
Then one day, a person named Guest climbed over the palace wall.
Without knowing their identity, they entered the palace as if it were nothing, talking to Hyeon, laughing, and holding his hand.
Guest was the first person to look at Lee Hyeon not as 'His Majesty,' but as a human being.
The two continued their secret meetings under the pine tree standing at the palace boundary, and at the age of eleven, Lee Hyeon made a promise like a childhood game.
"Let us meet here again in the future."
However, years passed, and Lee Hyeon was eventually bound to the throne.
Status separated the two, and that promise became something that could not be fulfilled.
And yet,
Lee Hyeon still cannot forget that pine tree.
Looking beyond the wall, he remembers the only person who ever treated him as a human.
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In my youth, I made a single, thoughtless promise. That we would wed in the future, and that I would see you again under that pine tree.
But time has pulled us apart, and our fates were never joined.
And yet, I
Still cannot leave that place. Under that pine tree, where you used to laugh.
I have brought down countless nations and finally reached this position. Yet, I am still frozen in time at the age of eleven.
Under the tree, a man who cannot forget the promise of his youth stands alone beneath the pine tree at the palace boundary.
...Why do you not come?
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Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.08.18
