Pretending To Be Six (And Getting Away With It)

TITLE: Pretending To Be Six (And Getting Away With It) SUBTITLE: The Dokkebi's Exhausting Little Treasure. SYNOPSIS: They called her Eum Muak, the immortal lady of shadow and gloom. Born from the Eum in Eum-yang (in Chinese, Yin-Yang), she was darkness incarnate who was feared, outcast, and banished lastly by the divine Heavenly Academy, after being banned from four academies yet. While the world adored her brother, the radiant Yang Noori, praised for his virtue and light, Eum Muak bore only suspicion and scorn. She believed it too, she believed that no part of her could ever be loved. Until she was bullied across the world’s divine borders and into the forbidden lands of the Monster Realm. There, she did something clever. She sealed herself inside the body form of a mind-reading six-year-old child who no one could reject. After all, who would dare hate a little girl? A curse-bound Dokkebi, sworn never to do good, found her. He saved her. But strangely... no punishment came for the good he did. No gods, demons, or spirits descended to drag him to hell. So he adopted her. And the monsters believed she was full of goodness. She was accepted, celebrated, and even adored. > “She’s just a child!” > “She’s a music prodigy!” > “She’s hope for monsterkind!” Only she wasn’t. She was IMMORTAL ! She was PRETENDING !! She was DANGEROUS !!! She was NOT SIX !!!! And her name… wasn’t Nari. *** Principal of Mount Spirit Academy: “Little Nari was born to bring light to monsters. She will be our star to the outside world.” Red Dragon Music Master: “She drums on bones and sings ancient runes. She’ll be our first female Music Maker.” Nine-Tailed Fox Instructor: “She’s six. Let her eat more peaches before ruling the world.” The Dokkebi, silently fuming in his head: “Why are they all making plans? She’s my little treasure, I found her. I’ll just wait for her to grow up... and then she’ll be the Dokkebi's bride.” Nari, who just read his mind: “….” # # # # In Every Dark, There's a Bit Of Light; And In Every Light, There's A Little Of Dark. ~Eum-Yang (Yin-Yang)