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What would happen if the place called "home" turned out to be just an illusion?
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Rui grew up in Eden Garden since he was a baby, a sterile orphanage he considered a safe haven for "special" children. Behind the cheerful laughter and perfect routines, each resident possessed a unique "gift," an innate gift, a power that set them apart from the "corrupted" outside world. For Rui, blessed with the gift of photographic memory, Eden Garden was the only world he knew.
But as he grew older, he began to realize something was strange about his "safe haven." Various tests were performed on them, the nurses claiming they were keeping them healthy and in top condition. Together with Lumi, a girl who could sense the emotions and pain of others, Rui began to suspect that Eden Garden was an experimental facility and not an orphanage based on fragments of his photographic memory.
When Wilona, a child with the gift of fire, bullied Rui and Lumi, the timid Maro's courage finally emerged. Her telekinesis provides the first resistance to Eden's cruel hierarchy. And Sol-the cheeky, teasing kid-suddenly stands up as a protector, albeit in a brutal way.
But in Eden, every form of resistance has a price. The punishment of the reflection room awaits, and Neva's disappointed gaze is a reminder that no one is truly safe.
Eden Orphanage isn't a home. It's a cage. And for Rui, the biggest question is no longer how to survive-but how to get out.