Lynn and Leticia, hero and villain.
One mountain cannot contain two tigers—unless one is male and the other female.
That summed up the story between the two of them.
Even before he had fully recovered his memories of his past life, Lynn had fallen in love at first sight with Leticia. He'd also developed something like cute persecution syndrome.
Growing up in the environment she did, Thea's talent gave her the strength to stand up to a certain degree of authority. That meant she didn't need to play the clichéd, strong-but-fragile damsel.
They said people looked down on the poor and loved the rich, that a rich guy was the way to go.
But it depended on the situation.
If both a rich man and a poor man were pursuing you, and the rich man was a little more ruthless but generous with his money, meeting your basic needs and saving you face, then—
Of course, you'd find it hard to resist.
At least, most people would.
But if he went too far, that became hatred.
The White-haired woman, a famous play from the revolutionary era,
was a perfect illustration of this.
If everything in this world was measured in terms of self-interest,
then how was that any different from being alienated by so-called capital?
Yet even in the darkest eras, there were people who rebelled and rose up.
Many of them weren't anything special.
They were simply driven by a force within them—a force of hatred.
That was exactly what Thea was like at first.
Born into a knightly family, with a mother who was a mage in hiding, she couldn't be considered completely downtrodden. She was also exceptionally talented.
And she really had crossed paths with evil criminals.
You could say it was the classic setup: a spoiled