# WebtoonLib — A Book Drawn at Night #7 ## Series - title: A Book Drawn at Night - slug: a-book-drawn-at-night-87sy5sop ## Chapter - number: 7 - chapter_key: 7-y2mkbf - release_date: 2026-10-13 ### Summary Young Namgil promises his master he will never leave her, but Lord Seok Mungyeom's men come looking for Kim Seo-woon. Namgil claims to be Kim Seo-woon and is taken away. In this event from five years ago, Seok Mungyeom is enraged to learn the wanted person is a woman and vows to find his wife. In the present, Namgil says he wants to protect his master from Seok, but the woman shouts that he cannot stand against her husband's power. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Seok Mungyeom orders search across Silla, Western Regions, and Tang to bring Kim Seo-woon as his wife. - In present, Namgil asks his master to stay with him for protection as Seok Mungyeom moves. - Namgil claims to be Kim Seo-woon and is captured by Lord Seok Mungyeom's men. - Seok Mungyeom discovers captive is male, reveals real Kim Seo-woon is female, orders him thrown to sea. - Young Namgil vows to behave, avoid fighting, and stay by his master for life. - Master scolds Namgil not to interfere, saying her husband Seok Mungyeom holds the world in his palm. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Young Namgil promises his master he will never leave her, but Lord Seok Mungyeom's men come looking for Kim Seo-woon. ### Spoiler summary Young Namgil promises his master he will never leave her, but Lord Seok Mungyeom's men come looking for Kim Seo-woon. Namgil claims to be Kim Seo-woon and is taken away. In this event from five years ago, Seok Mungyeom is enraged to learn the wanted person is a woman and vows to find his wife. In the present, Namgil says he wants to protect his master from Seok, but the woman shouts that he cannot stand against her husband's power. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 142 ### Content MASTER! MASTER! ME, ME! I'LL SLEEP WELL AND WON'T MAKE A FUSS OVER FOOD. I WON'T FIGHT WITH MY FRIENDS, AND I WON'T CAUSE YOU ANY TROUBLE! I'LL KEEP ALL THESE PROMISES, SO PLEASE STAY BY MY SIDE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? EVEN IF I DO THAT, WON'T YOU JUST PACK UP AND LEAVE ON SOME SPRING DAY, NAMGIL? DON'T SAY MEAN STUFF LIKE THAT! I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, MASTER! I WILL NEVER... LEAVE YOU. I HAVE COME ON THE ORDERS OF LORD SEOK MUNGYEOM! KIM SEO-WOON, STEP FORWARD THIS INSTANT! IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT... MASTER. I AM KIM SEO-WOON. MASTER. MASTER. ...WHAT'S THIS? WHO'S THIS WASHED-UP PILE OF KELP? 5 YEARS AGO HA, THIS BASTARD SAID WITH HIS OWN MOUTH THAT HE IS KIM SEO-WOON? YES, YES, THERE IS NO MISTAKE! LORD MUNGYEOM. AHH...THİS PLACE İS... HE DEFINITELY SAID WITH HIS OWN MOUTH THAT HE IS, INDEED, KIM SEO-WOON! SO YOU THOUGHT THIS BASTARD WAS KIM SEO-WOON AND DRAGGED HIM HERE? YES, YES! THIS IS DEFINITELY THE MAN YOU ASKED FOR! JUST TAKE A CLOSER LOOK... UGH! HEY, YOU PATHETIC BASTARD. WHAT KIND OF ABSOLUTE IDIOT TELLS THE ONES COMING TO CATCH HIM THAT HE IS THE PERSON THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND GETS HIMSELF CAPTURED! YOU STUPID BASTARD! BESIDES, KIM SEO-WOON IS NOT A MAN, BUT A WOMAN! ...PARDON? B-BUT AT THAT TIME, CLEARLY... SHUT UP! Haa... DID I GET HIT IN THE HEAD TOO HARD..? I FEEL LIKE THROWING UP. Hhh... UGH, HOW DARE A BASTARD LIKE YOU DECEIVE AND MOCK ME, SEOK MUNGYEOM? YOU PATHETIC LITTLE WHELP. TELL ME. WHY DID YOU CALL YOURSELF KIM SEO-WOON? OR DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW KIM SEO-WOON? ALL MY LIFE... I AM JUST AN ISLAND HICK, MY LORD, WHO THOUGHT A REEKING BACKWATER ISLAND WAS THE ENTIRE WORLD. WHEN LANDLUBBERS WHO KNOW NOTHING CAME TO THE ISLAND AND TURNED EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN TO FIND SOMEONE... FOR A GUY WHOSE LIFELONG WISH WAS TO STEP ON DRY LAND, WASN'T THAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, MY LORD? ...WHAT? THEN AGAIN, IT SEEMS THAT LIVING AS A HUMAN IS ALL THE SAME, WHETHER ON THE MAINLAND OR ON AN ISLAND. WHETHER IT IS THE ‘MASTER’ WHO ORDERED THE HUNT WITHOUT EVEN INFORMING IF THE PERSON BEING SOUGHT IS A WOMAN OR A MAN, OR THE 'DOG' WHO BROUGHT ME BACK WITHOUT A DOUBT That bastard... JUST BECAUSE I CALLED MYSELF 'KIM SEO-WOON'... IT SEEMS THE SAYING 'LIKE MASTER, LIKE DOG' APPLIES WHEREVER YOU GO. ...MY LORD. UGH...! LOOKS LIKE A STRAY DOG WITH NOTHING, NOT EVEN A MASTER, GOT TOO EXCITED STEPPING ONTO DRY LAND, AND DOESN'T KNOW TO FEAR THE TIGER. HOW DOES IT FEEL? UGH! YOUR IMPRESSION OF STEPPING ON DRY LAND? I ASKED YOU HOW IT FEELS. ...UGH. LISTEN UP. THROW THIS BASTARD INTO THE SEA, THEN YOU SNIVELING DOGS MUST TRACK DOWN THE SLAVE KIM SEO-WOON UNTIL THE END, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES! BUT, MY LORD! EVEN AFTER SEARCHING HIGH AND LOW FOR SO MANY YEARS, SHE SIMPLY HASN'T TURNED UP! SHUT UP!!! IF SHE IS NOT IN THIS SILLA, WHETHER IT IS THE WESTERN REGIONS OR TANG DYNASTY, SEARCH EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY AND BRING MY WIFE TO MY FEET! ...?! MASTER IS... THIS MAN'S WIFE...? HURRY... GO BACK... I MUST HURRY AND GO BACK TO HER... I MUST GO BACK AND PROTECT HER. SEOK MUNGYEOM. DO YOU KNOW OF A MAN NAMED SEOK MUNGYEOM? YOU BASTARD... WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME THAT? ARE YOU BRINGING HIM UP AND THREATENING ME SO I CAN'T LEAVE? IT'S NOT A THREAT, IT'S A DEMAND. SEOK MUNGYEOM IS ON THE MOVE WITH GREAT INTENT... ... TO FIND YOU. IT WILL ONLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IF YOU STEP OUT ALONE. SO STAY BY MY SIDE. I WILL PROTECT YOU FROM THAT MAN. PROTECT? ...ME? YES. THAT IS WHY I BECAME THE GOVERNOR, AND THAT IS WHY I RETURNED TO THIS ISLAND. AS TIME HAS GONE BY, THAT MAN'S BEHAVIOR, FRANTIC TO CATCH YOU, HAS BECOME FAMOUS ENOUGH TO SERVE AS SIDE DISHES FOR OTHER NOBLES' DRINKS. EVEN ATTACHED WITH THE DESCRIPTOR... DEVOTED HUSBAND. MASTER, WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM SEOK MUNGYEOM? ARE YOUR FREQUENT SEIZURES ALSO BECAUSE OF THAT MAN? ARE YOU... PRYING INTO A MATTER BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE RIGHT NOW? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. HAA... DON'T DIG INTO IT. DON'T YOU DARE GET INVOLVED WITH THAT MAN! I AM MERELY... ?! JUST ASKING WHY YOU ARE ON THE RUN, MASTER! I TOLD YOU NOT TO ASK! WHAT CAN A BASTARD LIKE YOU EVEN DO?! OUR OPPONENT IS SEOK MUNGYEOM! HE IS NOT A FIGURE THAT A MERE GOVERNOR DISPATCHED TO AN ISLAND CAN DEAL WITH! YOU SQUEEZED BLOOD FROM A STONE TO OBTAIN YOUR CURRENT POSITION. MY HUSBAND IS A PERSON WHO WAS BORN HOLDING THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND. BIRTH, STATUS, AND WEALTH! DO YOU THINK A BASTARD LIKE YOU, WHO FALLS FAR SHORT IN COMPARISON, COULD EVER MATCH HIM... ?! HMPH...! ..WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — A Book Drawn at Night #7](/series/a-book-drawn-at-night-87sy5sop/chapter-7-y2mkbf) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-book-drawn-at-night-87sy5sop ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.