It had been only a day since General Min-Jun's last battle.
A Tang military leader kept causing them trouble by mounting swift attacks on defenceless villages, then laying in waiting to ambush old General Min-Jun's troops. This was not the way of an honourable General. Min-Jun called his opponent, who wore a lion on his helmet, the lion with the heart of a weasel. By the grace of the gods, General Min-Jun pushed the enemies back behind the border and hoped never to hear from them again. The clash however left his precious armour stained and battered.
As his camp aide, Soo-Ah made it her creed to bring it to its former glory. After taking the sword to the blacksmith bright and early in the morning, and then helping with the injured at the tent clinic, what remained of the day was spent painstakingly polishing every lamellar scale and the decorated breastplate.
