You can’t choose where you’re born and who your parents are.

Lee Yeoreum realized this miserable fact from a young age.

Lee Yeoreum’s family was wealthy enough that she didn’t have to worry about making ends meet, and her parents had great reputations, but the inside was rotten and decaying.

From her childhood, they were very stingy and pretentious about the cost of Lee Yeoreum’s food, clothing, shelter, and education, and they secretly or directly emphasized that she would have to repay it several times over someday in the name of filial piety.

To convey this, they forced Lee Yeoreum to watch documentaries about the poor with her, and made her feel that she was living a wealthier and happier life than someone on the other side of the screen.

They didn’t swear at her like they did at Kwon Rena, but they expected Lee Yeoreum to be mean and grateful for the investment.

However, Lee Yeoreum was born kind and was lucky enough to have good teachers and classmates, so she avoided the path of her way of thinking being ruined.

‘I saw that documentary at school before. When presenting the essay, only the kids who talk like mom and dad are really bad and ugly!’

As Lee Yeoreum thought, the couple’s way of doing things made their rotten spirits even uglier and worse.

Also, even if you feel a sense of superiority for a moment by comparing yourself to others, there is always someone above you.

The mass media also covered the story of Yongjok’s Geumjeokyeop Chokrin, who grew up in an environment where she was loved and loved in an environment that was incomparable to Lee Yeoreum’s family.

Every time, the couple could not stand their feelings of inferiority and anger and would package and pour out their emotions.

The couple spoke in a noble tone, saying that in a society where polarization is progressing, media that promotes relative deprivation and distorted values ​​by showing off unusual lifestyles and consumption patterns should be avoided, and they were praised by those who did not know their true intentions.

The couple was also famous for living a frugal life while being strict with their children, and that reputation served as a good shield to hide their feelings of inferiority and abuse toward their children.

No matter how lucky she was to meet teachers and friends, her home was like this, so there was a limit.

As she grew up, Lee Yeoreum almost became like her parents, being influenced by their values ​​that were shamelessly rich despite their hardships, but there was a family that stopped her.

It was Kwon Rena.

- Sister Yeoreum, I missed you!

The day she returned after receiving a sleep test at the Youth Aspiring Player Support Center and receiving the final diagnosis that her powers had disappeared.

The couple who heard the news through the device sighed and left after saying that they would go on a trip abroad, but Kwon Rena warmly welcomed Lee Yeoreum by loitering in the hallway.

While she was attending the center, Lee Yeoreum's powers gradually weakened and disappeared.

She was convinced when she heard from the center staff that it was a relatively common symptom in adolescence and that there were many similar cases within the center.

Lee Yeoreum's parents, who had been expecting this because players with good powers make a lot of money, were quite disappointed and did not hide their disappointment.

Since they adopted Kwon-rena as their adopted daughter, their luck had improved and their spending had increased, but they still wanted money.

‘You weren’t very good to Lena, but you always treat me well.’

In such a household, Kwon-rena was always affectionate.

Even when Lee Yeoreum lost her powers, her grades dropped, or she became irritable and irritable, she was the same.

Even when Kwon-rena was criticized by her husband and had to starve, she treated Lee Yeoreum affectionately, even though she looked lonely and sad.

So on the day she was diagnosed with losing her powers, Lee Yeoreum made a choice.

‘I won’t be like my parents. I’ll be a good older sister to Lena.’

No matter how hard Lee Yeoreum tried, it was impossible to choose where to be born or to change her biological parents.

Unless her biological parents committed serious domestic violence, abandoning the relationship was only possible after she became an adult who had achieved economic freedom.

She could not choose to lose her powers through a process that Lee Yeoreum could not understand or resist.

However, she could choose what kind of person she would become, what she would think, and who she would live for.

Lee Yeoreum insisted on that choice no matter how painful and difficult it was, and protected herself and her younger sibling.

―Employee Lee Yeoreum, you have been called from the Strategy Planning Office.

After the collapse of the Dream Auction.

It was not long after Lee Yeoreum’s parents were found naked on the floor of the Hwangmyeong Building, not far from the Fight Club.

Since Lee Yeoreum, who was still a rookie employee, had no reason to be called to the Strategy Planning Office, everyone felt uncomfortable when she was called to the office openly.

The employees in the same department as Lee Yeoreum did not show it, but immediately exchanged various speculations through the company messenger.

This incident began Lee Yeoreum’s isolation, and things only got worse.

―I heard that this employee was recommended by the wanted criminal Choi Pyeon-deuk. Is that true?

Lee Yeoreum simply joined the company at her parents’ recommendation, but it seemed like the story had been told behind her without her knowledge.

There was also a HR manager in the Strategy Support Office.

There was a rumor that the HR manager was already involved in several lawsuits and was undergoing disciplinary procedures for obstruction of business and breach of trust, under the pretext of damaging the hiring system and causing damage to the company for personal gain by being on the list of illusions.

Lee Yeoreum went through a bloody verification process to deny her relationship with Choi Pyeon-deuk and insisted that she had followed the normal hiring process, but it wasn’t easy to find evidence to deny a crime she didn’t commit.

Because of the list of illusions, the mention of her family was made in passing, but Jiwon from the Strategy Planning Office added.

―I heard that this employee’s younger sibling entered Class 0 of Eun Gwang High School. I guess it had to do with her family. This employee’s younger sibling didn’t seem to have any problems unless it was a family issue.

Only then did Lee Yeoreum realize what kind of situation she was in.

Lee Yeoreum was being threatened.

Right now, they didn’t care whether Lee Yeoreum was really involved with Choi Pyeon-deuk or not.

If they only thought about the company’s benefits, it would be right to pressure her to resign right away, but they must have had some other desire to remind Lee Yeoreum of how dangerous her position was.

Lee Yeoreum’s parents often used this method, so it wasn’t hard to figure it out.

Right now, they were threatening her about what kind of situation her younger sister would be in if Lee Yeoreum was implicated in the hiring scandal, her reputation would be ruined, and she would become a criminal.

‘I promised to be a good older sister... ... .’

She tried to resign, but she received her resignation letter back with the words, ‘This employee has a family. Think again.’

She could have resigned if she went through legal procedures, but with the power of Namgung Group, Lee Yeoreum’s life, reputation, and everything would be torn to pieces.

At that time, it was clear that not only Lee Yeoreum, but also Kwon Rena would be torn to pieces.

In the end, Lee Yeoreum had no choice but to do as the Strategy Planning Office told her to do.

In the process, Lee Yeoreum made minor mistakes, such as document delivery mistakes, as instructed by the Strategy Planning Office, and used those as an excuse to find a bigger weakness.

Although she couldn’t figure out the whole story of what she got herself into, Lee Yeoreum realized that she was in a swamp.

―If you help me just once······.

Lee Yeoreum, who was cornered, had unknowingly said that to Kwon Rena.

Kwon Rena had become the disciple of a powerful player, and among her close friends were children of large corporations.

She thought that she had the power to save at least one employee who had fallen into a trap.

However, when she said those words, Kwon Rena’s eyes met and she came to her senses.

Kwon Rena had affectionate eyes, just like when she had welcomed herself back when she had lost her powers as a child.

If she asked Kwon-rena for such a favor, not only would the dream auction case be spread, but her weakness would also be known, and she would end up in debt.

In the end, Lee Yeoreum came here without being able to tell Kwon-rena anything.

Kwaaaaaaaaaa!

Lee Yeoreum, who was at the center of her intellect, was unaware of the situation outside.

She felt a loud noise coming from outside, but soon had no choice but to focus on her inner self.

Following the outpouring of intellect, the power of the swamp called by the Water Shadow Knight engulfed her.

The water in the swamp handled by the Water Shadow Knight had no current, and since it was shallow and close to the ground, it quickly became one with her intellect.

She had no sensation in her body, but the emotions and feelings she had suppressed for so long surged out as if they were exploding.

The Water Shadow Knight persistently tried to dig into Lee Yeoreum’s hidden power and inner thoughts.

‘I keep thinking of the old days... ...! I don’t like it... ... !’

There must have been good memories, but the power used by the Water Shadow Knight was to dig up what Lee Yeoreum had tried to bury, what she had tried to think of as positively as possible, and reconstruct it in the worst possible form.

Almost everything about her parents was like that, the moment she pretended not to know Kwon Rena before she decided to be a good older sister, the slight jealousy she felt when she heard that she had passed the Eun Kwang High School entrance exam, and the regret she felt for losing her superpower.

“Ah, it was here!”

The moment she recalled her memory of her superpower, the power used by the Water Shadow Knight grew stronger.

Her intellect dug into the superpower circuit that had stopped functioning.

Then, she couldn’t tell whether the banging sound was coming from inside her head or from outside.

Namgung Gyu-yeon shouted loudly enough to not be overwhelmed by the sound.

“He’ll die if he keeps doing that! He’s looking for the superpower circuit and shaking it right now, right? Can’t you see the blood vessels even if you look closely?”

“Even if you do this, your body won’t die. Since you’ve already obtained the clue to the supernatural power, your mind can die.”

Fearful words were exchanged, but Lee Yeoreum, who was losing her senses more and more, didn’t understand the meaning of those words.

The light emitted by her intellect and powerful supernatural power made her eyes dizzy, and her ears felt as if they were going to go deaf.

Everything felt noisy and troublesome.

She just wanted everything to be quiet and still.

And at that moment, she came to understand ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) the power that had never been activated, that she thought she would never be able to use.

Lee Yeoreum used all of her intellect that had torn through her body and her supernatural power that had barely come back to life like a fire, to use Gwangrim.

The form of Lee Yeoreum’s Gwangrim was darkness.

The darkness spread, ignoring all the lighting and light.

“What is this...!”

He wasn’t covered in armor like the Knight of the Water Shadow, and he wasn’t on guard against Lee Yeoreum, so Namgung Gyuyeon’s defense was late.

The moment Namgung Gyuyeon touched the darkness, he felt some of Lee Yeoreum’s emotions.

The moment the dark emotions he had suppressed and endured and his wish for her to just be quiet were conveyed, he couldn’t say anything else.

In the meantime, the door to the dark laboratory that Lee Yeoreum had called opened, and those wearing crow masks came in.

Namgung Gyuyeon tried to call for help urgently, but when he saw the sight beyond the darkness, he stopped without realizing it.

In the center of the laboratory, Lee Yeoreum wasn’t alone.

There were many Lee Yeoreums standing there.

The Knight of the Water Shadow spoke to them with an affectionate voice, standing expressionless.

“I still don’t know much about you. So show the intruders your power.”