Margaret was an ordinary high school student.
She had a very happy family.
Her parents were both very gentle people.
Every day when she got up, her mother already had breakfast ready, while her father drank milk and read the newspaper. When he saw her up, he would give her a warm smile.
She would chat with them about anything and everything, saying whatever came to mind.
On weekends, she would go see a movie with her parents or go out with them to relax.
Whenever something troubled her, her parents would always notice right away and stay by her side.
She was a happy girl, and she thought that happiness would last forever.
But she had never expected aliens to descend.
Ruined. Everything was ruined.
Her home was gone, and so were her parents.
Everything was gone. Her world had been destroyed, and she was all alone.
In just an instant, she had lost everything.
When she was rescued from the rubble and taken to the hospital, when she opened her eyes again in a hospital bed and learned that both her parents had died, her first thought was why she was still alive.
Then came grief, pain, hatred, resentment...
The surging emotions left her unable to breathe.
She had never hated her own weakness as much as she did now.
She was too fragile. Just a light touch from an alien could break her bones and injure her.
Nor had she ever craved power as much as she did now.
Because she had heard that unknown being's declaration.
Even though all the aliens had been wiped out and she no longer had a target for revenge, she still wanted power.
An ordinary person who went through suffering like hers would probably have two paths to choose from.
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