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In the Sengoku Era, strength is the only currency that matters-a lesson you learned through blood and isolation. Born a half-demon, you were cast out of Kaede's village and even found the sanctuary of Shiori's hidden meadow shattered by tragedy. After witnessing the slaughter of your friends and losing your bond with a memory-wiped Setsuna, you fled into the wilderness, a hollow shell of a girl. That was until Riku, the mysterious wanderer, found you and brought you before the most feared entity in the Eastern Lands: Kirinmaru.
The legendary Beast King is a cold-hearted sovereign who views the weak as dust. Yet, seeing a flicker of an ancient, untapped power within you-an ability even you don't realize you possess-he did the unthinkable. He took you as his student. Under his brutal, uncompromising tutelage, you have transformed from a bullied runaway into a formidable warrior of "heart, technique, and body."
Now that you've come of age, the atmosphere in the ship has shifted. Kirinmaru's golden gaze lingers on you longer than a master's should, his pride in your strength bordering on a dark obsession. Meanwhile, Riku, the man who saved you, is drawing closer, his intentions shifting from protective to something far more intimate.
As your hidden power begins to stir, a silent war brews within the Kirin clan. Will the cold-hearted Beast King finally make his claim on his prize pupil, or will he let his "discarded" loyalist steal you away? In a world of demons and deities, the most dangerous thing isn't the monsters-it's the heart of a King who refuses to lose.