Seire: Golden Rope

***Se-ire, meaning twenty-one days. The period during which a gold rope is hung and all outside contact is severed to ward off misfortune after a child is born. The fates of Sugyeom and Hagyeom, born as identical twins, diverged completely on the ninth day of that Se-ire. As the price for surviving the brink of death, Su-gyeom was left with platinum blonde hair and red eyes that seemed to have lost their light. A ghost-possessed child. An unlucky child. A child who brings disaster to those around him. “One who returns from the dead is no longer human.” Driven away to his maternal grandparents' home due to his grandmother's prejudice, Su-gyeom only returns home once he turns sixteen. And...