The story Tier wanted to tell was not particularly complicated. To some extent, it could even be considered an old, familiar tale.
It was the story of a girl who had been rejected by everyone around her ever since birth and had struggled to earn the recognition of others.
In that story, the girl had been regarded as a monster by those around her since childhood and had thus tasted all the coldness and warmth the world had to offer.
The people around her feared her.
One of her parents was away from home year-round, while the other had never looked at her as if she were her own daughter. Instead, she looked at her like some unwanted accident that should never have existed.
Because of that, there had never been anyone by the girl's side with whom she could truly open her heart. There had only been solitude, emptiness, loneliness, and darkness.
Of course, no one around her dared to mistreat her either.
Precisely because they regarded the girl as a monster, no one wanted to approach her, much less provoke her of their own accord. Only fools would do that.
Thus, the girl had always been alone. She was not even allowed to leave the house. She was either locked in her room or confined in the basement, and the only place she was permitted to go was a training arena. She was forbidden from setting foot anywhere else.
Thanks to that, the girl could only train herself diligently from a young age. She had even drawn up thorough training plans for herself, learned skills that complemented one another perfectly, and worked hard to raise her level.
The girl naively believed that as long as she became strong enough, she would one day be able to control the