Yeon Woo was doomed, he couldn't stop thinking about Yoo Han, he used to avoid all those novels about love, he considered them silly and sometimes childish too, he just remembered the legend of the Mono king his mother used to tell him when he was sick.

"Yes sir... what may I do for you? I thought you were asleep..." the servant said yawning as he entered the room where his master was waiting for him.

"Prepare a sedan chair, we have to go out tonight" Yeon Woo replied resolute.

"But... fine, where do you want to go my lord?" the servant asked knowing that it was useless to fight back.

"The book shop, I want to buy... a few new books for my library"

"Sure sir, I'll be back in a minute"

Yeon Woo slowly opened the door and looked outside. No lights, no one was in the courtyard and the silence was almost unreal. It was time to leave. The servant came back and told him that they could go so Yeon Woo rushed outside and hid in the palanquin.

"Lord Choi, we reached the book store"

"Shut up for God's sake! Don't say my name!... thanks... it won't take too much time" Yeon Woo said. He left the sedan chair and covered his face with a cloth. He knocked on the door of the book shop and after a while the owner came to answer.

"Who are you... what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to buy a book, open the door"

"It's late, come back tomorrow morning" the owner replied sleepy

"I will pay twice the price if you let me enter now" Yeon Woo murmured. The owner ceded and opened the door, letting the customer inside.

"So, how may I help you, what genre do you prefer sir?" the owner asked smiling.

"Ummm... how can I say it... ummm... you know...ummm..." Yeon Woo blushed immediately.

"Oh I got it, don't worry, follow me, I have something that you will surely love... the illustrations are pretty realistic too!" the owner interrupted excited. Yeon Woo followed him in a very dark room. The owner gave him one of the books and looked at him expectantly.

"So?" the owner said as Yeon Woo opened it, he turned a few pages until he found an illustration

"What!? No!"

"Don't shout sir! You don't like it? I'll find something else, perhaps you prefer something more exotic..." the owner continued

"No... listen... I'm talking about... umm... not two..."

"Not two what? Oh wait, are you saying that you want something with more than two people? Oh you're quite naughty sir, no problem...I had a few novels..."

"No, I meant... shit why is it so difficult to say it...." Yeon Woo said frustrated

"Sir, you don't have to worry, this is business, you just have to ask for the item you want, I'm not here to judge you" the owner said laughing

"Fine... with two guys..."

"Two guys and two girls?"

"I'm not a pervert, I'm not talking about an orgy, just two guys... together..."

"Aww, did someone fell in love with his servant or with a nice soldier? Huh? Well... let me show you something sir..." the owner said smirking.

The not so young man went to a part of the library, the tall furniture was covered with a thick blanket. Yeon Woo looked at it curious.

"And here we are sir" the owner said as he removed the blanket: five large shelves filled with at least one hundred books.

"Wait... you mean that... all those..."

"Oh yes my lord, you would never imagine the large secret commerce for this stuff, I'll wait in the other room, take your time to choose what you want to buy"

"My God..."