Lee Mugi’s Companion

Ure, aged twenty-five and still single, insists that she has never encountered a suitable man; she lives a quiet life with her mother. One day, Ure hears a rather disconcerting rumor that the only cure for her mother’s illness is “the Imugi’s horn that elongates or reduces.” Lightly and softly, Hyeon-o let out a sound, a flimsy, wet, and tremulous sound. Ure’s sun-kissed complexion flushed. After a few gulps, she said, “I have heard that the Imugi’s horn to grow or shrink at will is still a full body tonic…