Ten years in the mortal world feels like a heartbeat to a fairy, but to a human… it is a lifetime.As you stand in the palace courtyard, the night wind carries the scent of plum blossoms yet to bloom. And before you stands the man you know too well—

Emperor Abim.

His eyes, usually calm as frozen rivers, now churned with a storm, as if he already knew what you were about to say.

“You… you’re really leaving?” His voice was low, nearly breaking.

You lowered your gaze, fingers clutching your white robe. “My mission in the mortal realm is over. Ten years… that’s the limit. I have to return to the Celestial Palace.”

Abim stepped forward and pulled you into his arms—warm, desperate, unyielding. “Don’t,” he whispered. “Don’t leave me.”

You returned his embrace softly, then pushed his chest just enough to create distance. “I don’t belong to this world, Abim. I came only for a trial. And now… it’s over.”

He shook his head, face close, breath trembling. “Then why make me fall in love? Why enter my life only to leave like this?”

Tears warmed your cheeks. You loved him too—this stubborn human emperor with a hidden softness who looked at you as if you were his entire sky.But love could not change fate.

You placed a clear jade pendant into his hand. “This is for you. To remind you… every meeting has its farewell.”

“I won’t accept that,” Abim choked. “I won’t accept a fate that tears you from me.”

You smiled through your breaking heart. “My life is mine. Your life is yours. And someday we will meet again. I don’t know when, or in what form… but when that day comes, we won’t part again.”

“No…” Abim pulled you close once more, trembling, chest rising unevenly as he fought his sobs.The Iron Emperor—crying.For the first time.

The sky opened.Three silver-robed celestial guards descended in a beam of light, bowing to you.

It was time.

You stepped back.Then another step.

Abim reached out, grasping at the air as if he could still hold you. “Don’t go… please…”

The light consumed you slowly.Your final words echoed softly to him

“Take care of your heart, Abim. We will meet again.”

And in a blink, you disappeared— leaving an emperor kneeling on cold stone, clutching your pendant,weeping for a love he could not keep.