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18-year-old high school student Hong Il-tak's career as a delinquent was cut short by puberty giving him a bum hand: instead of growing tall, he grew soft. Now a social outcast, Il-tak finds himself subject to sexual harassment from the other delinquents at the Daemun Boys' High School, who in another life might have been his buddies, or even been their leader, like Kim Hyung-joo. But the tough, sullen senior Lee Hyun-woo reluctantly finds himself drawn to Il-tak, who soon starts clinging to him for protection and what he sees as an opportunity to advance on the social pyramid. Meanwhile, both circumstances and the people they know seem to be conspiring to bring them together.

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Do Hyun-woo, a hunting dog, is assigned to uncover the secrets of the Black Cloud Society, a criminal organization disrupting the city's order. While his infiltration was successful, a mysterious figure known as "Team Leader Ha" begins to obstruct Hyun-woo's every move. "Well, I'm a beta, after all!?" "Strange. But why does this smell so appealing?" Team Leader Ha's intrusion into his personal space causes a setback in the infiltration operation...

Lydia Evanshi had everything a noblewoman could wish for: an illustrious marquis lineage, wealth that could sustain generations, and a beauty fit for a portrait. The only thing she lacked was good taste in men. She threw her whole heart, soul, liver, and gall into supporting a prince of low birth, even helping him achieve his dream of becoming emperor. And he repaid her by having an affair with her distant relative, Giselle.So Lydia made a choice, she and Giselle would drink poison together and show them what true obsession looked like. But the plan failed, and Lydia was hauled off to a brutal, desolate labor camp. Not long after, a plague swept through the freezing compound. With her thin, pale hands trembling, Lydia quietly waited for death."Why had I lived so foolishly for a man? If I could go back, I'd slap myself hard enough to crack my own jaw."...And then, her chance arrived. She woke up on the very afternoon she had slipped poison into Giselle's teacup, tea time itself! Smack! Lydia immediately slaps her own cheeks awake and begins her new life. A new life where she will avenge herself on Richard, who abandoned her, on Giselle, who betrayed her, and on Devon, who bartered with her life. For that, she needs Arsen Edith, the empire's coveted sword. Lydia seeks him out, declares without hesitation that she has returned from the future, and asks for his aid. Arsen, doubtful yet intrigued, chooses to watch her closely and begins living alongside her. But as days pass, Arsen's gaze toward Lydia begins to shift into something entirely different.