AS THE STORY IN-BETWEEN HUSHES AND WHISPERS AROUND GOES, SHE WAS A MERE CRYING INFANT INSIDE A WOODEN BASKET WHEN SHE WAS FOUND IN THE GATES OF THE KINGDOM ONE RAINY EVENING. HOWEVER, THE HANDS THAT FOUND THE WHITE ENVELOPE WITH AN IMPRINT OF THE BLACK TORTOISE EMBLEM WHICH DICTATED HER PLACE IN THE ROYAL CLAN OF BAEKJE WAS LEFT IN THE NARRATION--WHETHER SHE IS A ROYALTY OR A MERE NOBODY IS ANYONE'S GUESS. IT WAS ONLY THE HANDS OF THE MYSTERY MAN THAT CHOSE TO BURN THE ENVELOPE THAT SAME NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS FOUND, KNEW HER TRUE HERITAGE.
JISOO BELIEVED THAT SHE IS A NOBODY, THAT SOMEHOW IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE AND HER PARENTS WOULD COME BACK TO BRING HER HOME one day.
when she was ten, jisoo learned about the burnt envelope. as it turns out, her parents were filthy drug addicts who left her. they were both staff in the house of baekje until they were cast out because of their disgraceful acts.
INSIDE THE walls OF BAEKJE, SHE GREW UP UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SERVANTS. THE guardS TAUGHT HER TO HUNT FOR FOOD IN THE FOREST AND TO SHIELD HERSELF FROM DANGER WHILST THE MAID AND BUTLERS TAUGHT HER PROPER ETIQUETTE IN THE HOUSEHOLD AS WELL AS THE BASIC CHORES AROUND THE PALACE: COOKING, CLEANING, GARDENING, AND BAKING.
THE TEACHERS AND ADVISORS WOULD LET HER INSIDE THE LIBRARY TO READ AS MANY BOOKS AS SHE WANTED, SHE WAS A PROMISING CHILD AFTER ALL WHO HAVE A LOVE FOR LEARNING. THE HEAD AND THE FIRST LADY, HOWEVER, WOULD OFTEN SHARE A LOOK OF EMPATHY FOR THE CHILD AS SHE RECEIVE THE OLD BELONGINGS OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WITH A BRIGHT SMILE ON HER FACE ON HER BIRTHDAY.
ALL THEY KNOW ABOUT HER WAS THE WILD NARRATIVES AND CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HER PAST, SHE WOULD OFTEN SEE IT IN THEIR EYES. THE LOOK OF PITY AND DISGUST IN THEIR FACES DIRECTED AT HER WHEN SHE WENT TO THE MARKET TO BUY goods FOR THE ROYALS, WHEN THE GUARDS RELUCTANTLY LET HER ENTER THE GATES OF THE BAEKJE PALACE, WHEN THE TEACHERS AND ADVISORS DISMISSED HER IN THE LIBRARY, WHEN THE PRINCES AND PRINCESSES PLAY IN THE GARDEN WHILE SHE REMAINS UNDER THE SHADE OF A TREE AT A DISTANT WITH TWO WOODEN STICKS TO PLAY WITH, OR WHEN SHE SERVE THE ROYALS THE MEALS SHE PREPARED FOR THEM WHILE WEARING THEIR OLD SCRAPS OF CLOTHING given to her as a birthday gift.
JISOO NEVER FELT LIKE SHE TRULY BELONG, SHE IS A NOBODY. SHE DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.
NEVERTHELESS, SHE VOWED FEALTY TO THE HOUSE OF BAEKJE.
