Beneath the Mask, Beyond the ThroneUpdated at Feb 5, 2025, 23:54
At Hok San Sa Academy, a school reserved for the elite of society, Tae Jiyul arrives with a name that carries weight—but a mask that conceals everything else. The daughter of Taego Tech, she is no stranger to the rigid world of chaebol politics, yet within these halls, she is not just an heiress—she is an anomaly.Among the whispered reverence and wary stares, only Han Jaegal, the enigmatic heir to Hansan Software, stands beside her. Polite yet unreadable, playful yet calculating, he seems to welcome her presence—or perhaps, he merely tolerates it. Every morning, he waits at the gates. Every class, he claims the seat beside her, but also strangely so, every whispered greeting from others dies the moment he arrives.Yet, as Jiyul begins to navigate the suffocating world of privilege, she soon realizes that being acknowledged is far more dangerous than being ignored. Because where power exists, so does cruelty. And behind the carefully curated smiles of Hok San Sa, someone is waiting for her to fall.