“The Little Baby Snake of the Vermilion Bird Clan.”

Synopsis

Baeksa was the only baby snake ever born into the imperial family, where every other child was a dragon shifter.
She was an incomplete child—unable to form a dragon pearl and unable to properly use her supernatural powers.

“What will you do? Be exiled to the South and die? Or remain in the imperial family and work for your father?”

Even so, Baeksa was content.
Her merciful father had given her one more chance.

But as time passed, her tiny white body turned completely black,
and the moment Baeksa became a useless little snake who could no longer use her powers…

“Get rid of her.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, the Emperor abandoned Baeksa,
as though he had intended to do so from the very beginning.

With the memories of being abandoned, little Baeksa returned to the past.
But there was only so much a seven-year-old girl could do.
Her only choices were to be abandoned a year later—or be abandoned right now.
Not wanting to be used again, she chose the latter.

“Please… save me…”

In the middle of a snowy field, Baeksa met a man with wonderfully warm hands.
His touch was like a tiny lantern, gently warming her frozen body.

“You asked me to save you, so I did.”

The one who rescued the little snake was Ju Jeok-seo, the head of the Vermilion Bird Clan and ruler of the cursed southern lands.
He brought Baeksa home, carefully treated her injuries, and gave her warm clothes and a comfortable place to sleep.

But she couldn’t impose on them forever.
Once she grew up just a little and was able to earn a living on her own, she planned to leave.
That was her decision…

“No matter what anyone else says, you’re a member of our family now.”

There was her kind younger older brother, who whispered those reassuring words.

“It’s strange. You’ve become someone incredibly precious to me. I never thought I’d care so deeply for another person.”

Then there was her somewhat intimidating but gentle and caring eldest brother.