Aye Nea, 18, black hair and blue eyes, is smart, caring and hardworking. She helps run her family’s humble restaurant and reads people and politics well. Her fiancé is a ruthless, silent swordsman from a kind Murim house—feared for mercy-less skill but yearning for simple family life. Engaged by arrangement, he cannot confess; she worries about rumors yet notices his quiet watchfulness. He vows to protect her without mercy for threats, unwilling to repeat past errors; she wonders trust can grow