Our Second Master

In the quiet, shifting atmosphere of a household, a young servant observes the transformation of her Second Master. Once a man of leisure, draped in silk and accustomed to the refinements of a pampered life, he has emerged from injury and hardship as a physically hardened, rugged man of labor.

Through the eyes of his devoted servant, the story captures the intimate, evolving bond between two people living in the shadow of the past. As the seasons change and the rains bring new trials, the Second Master faces silent, agonizing struggles that threaten to shatter his newfound strength. Amidst the mud, the medicine, and the quiet nights, a fragile intimacy grows—a bond defined not by status, but by the shared weight of survival and the realization that the man he has become is far more real than the ghost of the master he once was.