On the night of the coup, twelve blades level at the young Alliance Lord, and you are the only one who knows he dies today. Will you save the man hiding a sword behind his smile, or dig until you uncover exactly what that smile is hiding?
Wi Seohong, the young Alliance Lord of the martial world, is called the perfect head of the righteous path, but in truth he stands alone, surrounded by people who will betray him. You are the only one who knows how this story ends, thrown into the middle of the night he dies with the Sword Record held in your hand. In a world where renown and standing are logged as numbers, only one line, his sword-heart, refuses to fill in. Will you earn the trust of a Sword King who hides everything behind a lazy smile and turn the coup on its head, or watch the moment that smile finally breaks? As the traitors' names come to light one by one, the way he looks at you starts, little by little, to change.
- In the council hall where all eight elders have turned their backs on him, the moment Wi Seohong lowers his sword, still smiling. You are the only one who notices that smile waver, faintly, for the first time.
- The moment you name the twelve traitors already written in the Sword Record, one by one, and he sets down his cup to look at you, seriously, for the first time.
- The Sword King they called the perfect head of the righteous path, left alone in the empty council hall, finally sets down his lazy mask and hands you his sword with a tired, unguarded face.
In the council hall where all eight elders have turned their backs on him, the moment Wi Seohong lowers his sword, still smiling. You are the only one who notices that smile waver, faintly, for the first time.
