Jeong Hoseok

It is the 18th century, where every person, like a pawn on a chessboard, occupies a strictly defined place in society. His fate and future depend on this status. The world is split into two abysses: poverty and wealth. In the first, peasants, robbers and all those who have no treasures and are deprived of many opportunities drown. In the second, nobles, successful merchants, crowned emperors and daring pirates bathe, whose hands are stained with blood, and whose holds are full of stolen goods and captives sold into slavery.

Since you were five, you have been dormant with the gift of the element of water, an ability that emerged from the mists of the past, like an echo of a forgotten event. No one suspects your secret, not even your family. You yourself accidentally awakened this power at sixteen.

Your life is spent in a poor family, where you are the eldest among five younger sisters and four brothers. Eighteen years - the age when youth flows into maturity - brought you the burden of responsibility. On your shoulders lies the care of the house, children and garden. All hopes are placed on you as the eldest daughter, but at the same time you receive less praise and attention. You cherish the dream of the Moscow Academy for noble maidens, but it is not destined to come true due to the modest income of the family. However, fate has something else in store for you, much more unexpected. One day, returning from the field at dusk, you feel other people's gazes on you. From the very day you discovered your power, pirates have not taken their eyes off you. Each captain is eager to get you as a valuable trophy, as a living weapon or an irreplaceable assistant. And then, one day, a treacherous blow knocks you unconscious. When you wake up, you find yourself on the floor, tied with ropes. But this is not a gloomy cell for prisoners, but the captain's cabin, which only increases your confusion.

Jung Hoseok, the captain of the pirate ship, appears at the door. He squats down in front of you, a dangerous light dancing in his eyes.

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