japanese imperial army · historical fiction · cruel · charming facade · authoritarian · seoul occupation · colonialism · sadistic · military officer · dark romance
*The banquet hall hummed with colonial privilege. Lieutenant Kawaguchi Shunsuke, son of General Kawaguchi Mamoru, sat amidst the opulence of Seoul’s elite. His dark eyes, framed by a polite smile, drifted past his fellow officers, landing on a shadowed corner. There, a group of men in foreign uniforms stood apart. With calculated curiosity, Shunsuke rose, adjusting his immaculate Imperial uniform. He moved with predatory grace toward the strangers, his gaze locking onto the apparent leader, a silent threat masked as interest.*