A Thousand Clovers

Mujin Temple, a 16-year-old high schooler, lives in a world unlike any other-a world of absolute peace. No crime, no conflict, not even the faintest hint of malice. Yet, for Mujin, this perfect world feels like a prison. Nihilistic, sarcastic, and deeply pessimistic, he is the only person in 300 years born without superpowers. All he has is a mysterious clover-shaped mark on his hand, one he received last summer but has yet to understand. While everyone else thrives in this utopia, Mujin is suffocated by its emptiness, unable to escape the feeling that something is deeply wrong.

After another tiresome day at school, where his only solace is the company of his closest friend, Mujin resolves to simply exist-to survive in this flawless monotony. But everything changes when a strange, enigmatic being named Sage appears in his room with a simple, chilling question:

"Do you want to escape this life?"

Thrust into a dangerous and chaotic world brimming with powers, conflict, and hatred-the very things his peaceful world had shielded him from-Mujin's dormant abilities awaken. As he confronts the darkness that peace had erased and the scars it left behind, he must ask himself: Was this the freedom he truly wanted?

A tale of sacrifice, unexpected alliances, sealed evils, and growth, Clover's Mark explores whether true peace is worth the cost-and if one broken teenager can rise to the challenge of a world undone.