Ure, who was twenty-five and had never married, insisted that she just hadn’t found a man who matched her expectations, and she lived a quiet life with her mother. One day, she hears a shocking rumor: the sole remedy for her mother’s ailment is "the Imugi’s horn that lengthens and shortens." A faint sound slipped from Hyeon-o’s lips, a gentle, moist, quivering moan. Ure’s sun-kissed cheeks turned bright red. She took a deep breath. "They say the Imugi’s horn—capable of expanding and contracting at will—is extremely beneficial to the human body..."