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In a war-torn world: Every day, Sak suffers as he attends ‘the School’, a research facility studying ‘possessors of the Core’ - people who have obtained special abilities… And the reason for his torment is his subpar Core. But one day, a plague unlike any the world has ever seen, strikes outside ‘the School’ and eventually infects a person within it. Upon infection, this disease forces the infected to attack the people around them without mercy. Sak, shakes with fear as he comes face to face with the infected victim. And Ginger, the upperclassman who has always been Sak’s greatest pillar of support, informs him of the existence of his ‘Caller’. “If you want to live, you have to find your Caller.” Being essentially forced out of the School, Sak wanders blindly and soon finds his Caller. The two begin journeying together, however…

At a young age, just after graduating from university, Na-eun suddenly finds herself raising her older sister’s child, Jiho. Five years later, while working as a kindergarten teacher, she meets Kang-woo—the uncle of Minho, a child suffering from selective mutism who only speaks in front of her. Shocked by this, Kang-woo offers Na-eun a live-in tutor position with a generous monthly salary. As they begin living together—not quite as a couple, but not quite apart—while caring for the children, their relationship slowly deepens.

'Ye-hee', who lost her precious younger siblings, one day becomes possessed as 'Märchen', an ill-fated minor character in the novel . 'Märchen' is a miserable woman who ends up raising the children of the woman her husband once loved even before the pain of her miscarriage subsides. 'Ye-hee', who is possessed by such a fairy, unexpectedly realizes at once that these children are her deceased younger siblings. Although it is a harsh reality for Marchen, 'Yehee', who carries the memories of her past life, cherishes and loves her children, who are the reincarnations of her younger siblings, and protects her children with her life from beings that target them... As shown in the novel , the ancient dragon 'Eskaya' who protected the country left behind three treasures in the empire. Under threat from speculation that her children may have one of the treasures, will Yehee be able to protect her children with her husband and discover the secret of their possession in this world?

During college, Hayato became obsessed with the VR game \[FINAL KINGDOM], which led to him failing to secure a job. After unsuccessful attempts at finding work, he turned to selling items from the game in the real world but struggled to make a living. One day, he discovered the soul of Ikezaki Kokone, the Game Master who created \[FINAL KINGDOM] in the same game. This marked the beginning of Hayato’s journey as a rising player.