The Birth of a Tyrant

* This work contains depictions of intense violence, provocative profanity, and coercive acts that may be disturbing to some readers. Please consider this before purchasing. Having lived a life of hardship as an orphan, Seok-yeon ends up disabled with a damaged leg. As a cripple, Seok-yeon is swept into Hwayangga, a brothel, where he meets a man named Han Tae-oh. He is a presence that Seok-yeon wants to avoid, feeling unfamiliar and afraid, but he keeps appearing before him. Though seemingly kind and gentle, Han Tae-oh is just another form of tyrant who oppresses Seok-yeon. Getting involved with this man will only plunge his already hellish life further into despair, but in the end, Han...