Sound of the Stone

* This story is set in a fictional nation and is unrelated to actual history. “I believe a marriage proposal has been made. I hope you will accept it.” Major Lee E-tan, Second Lieutenant Lee E-tan, Cadet Lee E-tan, my young trainee Lee E-tan. And before I traveled back through time, The ‘brother-in-law’ Lee E-tan, for whom I dared to harbor filthy desires. Despite his polite demeanor and formal speech—none of which had changed—The man before me was saying things entirely different from the past Myung-ju remembered. When Myung-ju opened his eyes again after crossing the threshold of death, he made a resolution. He would dedicate this life to his sister, who had thrown away her youth and l...