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Isang maganda at nakapang-aaya na pook ang BAGAC. Subalit sa aming paglalakbay sa ilang bahagi nito ay di sinasadyang naakit naming sumama sa aming hanay ang ilang paranormal na nilalang na siya ring naging saksi sa aming mga makamundong pagnanasa, malikot na pag-iisip, at pagtatahi-tahi ng mga pinagmulan at solusyon sa aming mga pakikipag-engkwentro sa kanila. Ako si Hardy. Tuklasin ang pusok at pakikipagsapalaran ko at ng aming mga kaibigan, kalaguyo at kapamilya laban sa mga taga-ibang dimensyon.

“𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗲 𝘀𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗶. 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘆𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗹. 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗯 𝗻𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻.” 𝐒𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐮𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐠𝐚, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲. 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠, “𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲.” 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐲𝐮𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢—𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐚. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐲, 𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐧. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐩. 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢. 𝐀𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚… 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐛 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨. 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭, 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐨—𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧? 𝐒𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠, 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧. 𝐃𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐠… 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥.

Nang mawala ang lahat kay Garett Godfrey ay nawalan din siya ng deriksiyon sa buhay. Napasok sa madilim at magulong mundo ng underground arena kung saan buhay ang kapalit sa bawat laban. Ilang taon niyang niyakap ang kadiliman bago siya tuluyang natauhan. Muli niyang sinubukang ayusin ang sariling buhay kasabay ng pangakong hahanapin ang nawawalang kakambal. Ngunit sa isang hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay nakilala niya si Iris Archer. Ang kauna-unahang babae na hinayaan ni Garett na mapalapit sa kanya. Kung kailan natutunan na niyang mahalin ang babae ay saka naman niya natuklasan kung sino talaga ito. Ano ang pipiliin niya? Ang pagmamahal na gumamot sa sugat na gawa ng nakaraan o ang paghihiganti na maaaring maging dahilan para mawala sa kanya si Iris?

Si Gabriel ay lumaki na isang kahig isang tuka, maaga pa lang ay naulila na siya kaya hindi man lang ito nakapagtapos ng pag aaral at dahil dito ay nahihirapan siyang makahanap ng trabaho. Mabuti na lang at nakilala niya si Veronica na siyang kumupkop sa kanya at tinuring siyang anak, pero hindi naging madali sa binata ang buhay dahil sa panghuhusga sa kanya ng ibang tao. Makikilala niya si Iya na siyang magpapatibok ng kanyang puso, unang beses niya pa lang ito na makita ay humanga na siya agad dito ngunit magkaiba ang estado ng kanilang buhay at alam niyang malabo siya nitong magustuhan kaya gumawa siya ng paraan para mapalapit dito Ngunit hindi naging madali sa kanilang dalawa ang lahat dahil ilang beses silang susubukin ng tadhana. Hanggang saan ang kaya nilang gawin para sa pagmamahal? Paano kung isang araw ay malaman mo na ang pinaniniwalaan mong katotohanan ay puro lang pala kasinungalingan? Paano kung ang isang bagay na pinakaayaw mo ay nagawa ng taong mahal mo? Matututunan mo kayang magpatawad at tanggapin ang masalimuot niyang nakaraan alang alang sa pagmamahal? Dignidad. Nakaraan. Katotohanan. Kasinungalingan. Pagmamahal.

"bakit mo ginagawa sa akin ito? bakit ganyan Ang pakitungo mo sa akin? Hindi ka ba naiilang? kaibigan mo ang asawa ko!" "kumapare mo ako, kumare kita. that's it! tungkulin kong humalili at tumulong kapag may pagkukulang si pare. come on, climb to my waist!"

Ga-eul was born in the lowest class status in Joseon. He belonged to the cheonmin or vulgar commoners—like butchers, shoemaker, shamans, magicians, etc. He never had a real name since he was born. Ga-eul was the one that is use to call him because of it's literal meaning that a baby boy born during fall. His family earns a living by performing at town alleys and even in gisaeng's places—typically located near the center of a town. After the early death of their parents, Ga-eul was forced to work harder for him and his sister to survive. Being a performer is not enough that's why he was urged to enter the gisaeng—trained to be courtesans, a prostitute, especially one with upper-class clients—world even though he is a male. He knows that he has a soft heart like a woman but doesn't want to be one. The life of Ga-eul is indeed miserable and unfortunate. He is literally going crazy on how he can managed to send his sister into a hospital—who has a osteosarcoma—tumor in the bone. A huge amount of money is needed for his sister's recovery. One night, while having a mental breakdown, he went to the gisaeng house to plead for his advance payment but the head gisaeng threw him outside. He cried out but then, a nobleman in his 20s approach and asked him to come inside again. He never knew that the nobleman was also struggling in a problem. He thought that the nobleman was just like the other middle class people. He plead but the nobleman offer him a huge amount of money. All he need to do is to marry him. The money offered was extremely helpful to resolve his problem, but should he really let the nobleman buy him?