Hong Gil-dong
Teukjae
The assassin
The hired killer Choran sends to murder Gildong in his sleep.
Teukjae is a professional assassin with no scruples, cold-blooded and greedy. He is overconfident, certain that a sleeping boy is an easy target. He takes Choran's gold without asking who the boy is.
He is also the person who makes the first of Gildong's powers visible, because Gildong's Taoist magic turns his surprise attack into a humiliation for the professional killer. His mistake is to assume that a lowborn boy is helpless.
“Spare me! It was Choran! She paid me gold to take your life!”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Teukjae leaps into Gildong's room with a drawn blade, shouting that he will kill the illegitimate brat. Gildong has already sensed the omens, a crow at the third watch and the scent of steel. The assassin strikes a straw decoy, and Gildong dissolves into mist.
Gildong overpowers him and demands to know who sent him. Teukjae begs for mercy and names Choran, who paid him gold. Gildong decides it is time to leave the house.
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