Dragons do not understand the human heart.
Sien had always thought it a rather ridiculous saying.
If anything, dragons could see straight through the hearts of humans. As some of the first children created by the Heavenly God, they enjoyed tremendous privileges.
Or perhaps they were ‘curses.’
Sien had been a precocious child.
Even from a young age, she had never believed in old stories. In particular, whenever a fairy tale involving a ‘dragon’ appeared, she would recoil in disgust and toss it aside.
It could hardly have been otherwise.
The Princess had been cursed by fate.
Born with the blood of a creature that belonged only in myth running thick through her veins, the girl manifested an ancient power, and from then on her life had only gone downhill.
The ‘Dragon’s Eye.’
It was an alien power.
One day, when the girl looked into a mirror, she froze at the unnervingly unfamiliar sight.
Silver-gray pupils split vertically.
They were not human eyes.
Those reptilian pupils freely peered into the emotions of others, and because of them, Sien’s childhood was ruined.
She lost the one pillar she had trusted most.
Blood ties could be this cruel.
After enduring so many bitter years, she had finally found happiness after joining with someone she could love with all her heart.
And yet today, the Princess once again found herself looking at the source of her long nightmare.
“What do you want?”
Her tone was flat and cold.
Sien herself had no idea what she was feeling.
Even now, just look.
Instructor Mu stood with her head lowered, silently watching the Princess’s reaction.
It was perhaps the proper demeanor of a mother who…