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There is up and down in the world.

This was the first education Sena received from her father.

«In this world, there are people of high status, and there are people of low status.

Her father taught her that the noble should be able to serve people, and the lowly should be able to keep their heads down.

«So,» he said, «you have to act according to your fraction.»

Sena, who was only 5 years old at the time, didn’t understand her father’s teaching; she didn’t understand the idea of treating people as high or low.

But she realized that the way people treated her was indicative of their status.

«Good morning, ma’am.»

«Dinner is ready.»

«It’s time for you to go to bed.»

Sena realized that since her father’s training, the attitudes of her employers had become stern.

Where once she would have been young and coddled whenever she threw a tantrum, now they followed whatever she said without question.

«I want that.»

«I want to eat that.»

«No. Why do you want me to go there?»

«I don’t know. You figure it out.»

«Do I have to do that?»

She was the noble one, and they were the lowly ones.

She, the noble one, needed to be able to serve the lowly servants, and the lowly servants needed to be able to serve the noble master.

It was at a company party that she realized there was a hierarchy among people.

Sena followed her father to the party and was greeted politely by the company executives. The children they brought asked to be her hands and feet.

She was the noble one, and they were the ones she was supposed to serve.

If there is such a hierarchy among people, then there is a hierarchy in all things.

Even in kindergarten, there were changes.

The children who used to play closely with her suddenly became cautious around her. Even her closest childhood friend treated her like a princess, which made her feel uneasy.

But it didn’t take long for them to accept the change.

When she realized it, everyone was treating her that way.

Then she started to wonder.

What does it really mean to be a noble person.

It was at a childhood friend’s birthday party.

«Here’s our new puppy. We’re naming him Ming Ming. How about it? Isn’t he cute?»

Her childhood friend, who used to visit her mansion with her mother who was a housekeeper, invited her to her birthday party.

She was wearing an unusually white dress and showed her puppy at home.

Sena smiled from ear to ear as she cuddled the puppy and saw how happy she was.

Suddenly, she wanted to play a prank.

Without thinking, she said,

«Yeah, it’s cute. Can you give it to me?»

«…Huh? Ooh, it’s my dog.»

«So, you’re not going to give it to me?»

«Well, it’s….»

«I thought you were my friend.»

I said without thinking.

Sena watched her little friend’s face contort in disbelief and realized the difference between her and herself.

She was the noble one, and she was the lowly one.

«…Oh, no, of course I’ll give you everything. We’re… friends, aren’t we?»

She could only shake her head at the noble.

As Sena watched her little friend hand over the puppy with tears in her eyes, a realization struck her like a thunderbolt.

In short, the noble was the one who could have anything, and the lowly was the one who had to give anything to the noble.

I felt a strange pleasure. Indescribable.

«Why are you crying? You look like I’m doing something bad.»

«Oh, no…I am not.»

I felt like the world was mine.

The pleasure of stealing from someone who can’t even keep what they have.

And then.

«No thanks, I don’t want it. You keep it. I don’t see where this is cute. And the name is weird.»

«Ah….»

The thrill of tarnishing a person’s self-worth.

The pleasure of breaking a person down, of driving them to despair.

«I’m noble.»

A noble person is one who has. Those who are forgiven for whatever they have.

The lowly are those who could not keep what they had.

She was the one who had.

«It’s all mine.»

She felt like she had the world.

Until that day came.

«About your manners.»

«What?»

«It’s rude. Why did you touch it without permission? No, don’t touch it.»

«Talking about something you don’t even know about.»

KK Group’s year-end party.

As Sena prepares to enter elementary school, she realizes that even in her noble status, there are highs and lows.

The people at her group’s party weren’t people she could boss around.

She was merely a flower to show off the heirs, just as her friends had been to her.

«You’re arrogant. Learn your manners.»

And the disapproving gaze of the chairman of the KK Group.

Kim Geon, the chairman of KK Group, who the adults called a crouching tiger.

He evaluated her as a presumptuous child who didn’t follow hierarchy in the presence of the heirs.

His gaze towards her was cold.

It was the same look she had when looking down on someone inferior to her.

That day, Sena realized that there were hierarchies within social status, and that there were hierarchies within noble status as well.

The world did not belong to her.

Sena had become morbidly obsessed with status.

Her pride was so bruised after meeting the Heirs that she bullied and tormented children lesser than her to feed her ego.

«You should learn your manners.»

The one child who really got under her skin was Seona.

Sena hated having to be in the same class as the monster, Seona, more than she hated dying.

It made her feel like a child.

She even had the same name as Sena. When someone jokingly asked if they weren’t sisters, it made her stomach turn.

Every time I recognized her presence, I was reminded of the humiliation at KK Group’s year-end party.

So I harassed her thoroughly.

To prove that her and I are not the same.

To make her realize her fraction.

But she was not completely satisfied.

No Eunha…!

He was no match for her power.

Every time he didn’t listen to her, she remembered the day her pride had plummeted to the bottom.

She wanted to beat him into submission, if only to forget it.

«Do we have to go higher?»

«Yeah, let’s go higher. It should be around there.»

Now was her chance to break the bridge of his nose.

Sena had bribed her homeroom teacher, Miss Yoo Ji-na, to find out where the note with the first prize was.

She’d only just been hired, so she’d succumbed to Sena’s power.

«It’s far away.»

The nameless boy looked up the mountain and stuck his tongue out.

«So, you’re not going now?»

«Oh, no….»

No one could argue with her here.

The boy was the other half of the class. So were the other boys and girls.

What they all had in common was that their parents were connected in some way to the company Sena’s father ran.

For example, the boy’s father worked for Sena’s father’s company.

«I’m going to take a break here. You guys go.»

The first prize is a long way away.

Out of breath, Sena sat down on a bench with a handkerchief.

«Ooh, us too?»

«That’s too far away….»

«Can’t we take a little break?»

The girls asked, glancing at each other; they, too, were exhausted from the climb.

«Well?»

Sena asked briefly.

The girls could tell without her saying anything else. They had been told by their parents to be friendly with Sena.

«Oh, no, we have to go, we’re on our way.»

«Sena, you rest here. We’ll be back.»

The children cried and ate mustard as they climbed the mountain.

Sena relaxed at the sight of them. Now she would rest until the children came back with the treasure with the first prize.

That was when it happened.

«Kaaaaaaaaa-!!!»

The children were running down in a panic.

«What happened?»

Sena glared at them with an annoyed look.

Soon, she spotted a black figure running after them.

Monsters!

Several hounds were running down the mountain.

«Gah, gah, gah-!!!»

Screams erupted from the children.

The creature’s raised front paws slowly approached.

Sena stared at the claw in front of her, still unaware of what was happening.

The claws approaching in slow motion.

The sharp fangs just before they touched-

the monster fell to the ground as if it had lost its strength.

«Uh, huh?»

Sena realized that she was about to be killed by the monster.

«─What, it’s you?»

With a casual tone, No Eunha appeared in front of the fallen hound.

He choked the life out of the fallen monster as if it was his usual behavior.

«If you don’t want to die, go down the mountain.»

«Uh… huh?»

«I already told you. You do the rest.»

«Uh, uh….»

«And that guy you’ve been carrying around, he’s in bad shape, get him treated as soon as you get down there.»

Sena found the hired man she had been carrying around all day.

The employee was hugging a fallen arm that had fallen off the mountain where the children had jumped down.

It was really eerie to see the employee’s face covered in tears and snot, shaking the bleeding arm back and forth.

He looked like he wanted to turn around and walk away.

«You take care of the rest. I’m leaving.»

«W-Wait!»

No. I have to stop him!

Sena grabbed Eunha as he was leaving.

Something terrible would happen if she let him go.

«You, where are you going?»

«Why should I tell you that, get out of my way.»

«What?»

«Get out of my way.»

Sena let go of her grip on Eunha

She couldn’t stand the energy emanating from him. She lost her strength in her legs and slumped down.

«I’m leaving.»

Eunha disappeared without looking back.

Only then did Sena feel her tension ease. Something lukewarm flowed down her legs, but she didn’t know what it was at the moment.

«Oh, miss…! My arm, my arm fell off! Please save me!»

The employee who collapsed in front of her and vomited blood was also something she didn’t know.

Sena just stared at the spot where Eunha had disappeared and muttered.

«…I want it.»

Want it.

I want him who would bow to no one.

The one who would swing his sword at anyone.

In this moment, Sena recognized the value of No Eunha’s existence.

He was an accessory. A very pretty accessory that would increase her value.

If she could have him, she would be able to hold her head high, even above the heirs who looked down on her.

Possessiveness was ignited.