One Step Closer to a Bright Future

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Also known as Kkotgil kkaji Ap euro Han Georeum · 꽃길까지 앞으로 한 걸음 · Everything's Coming Up Roses · One Step Forward to the Flower Path · One Step Forward to the Flowery Path · Sur le chemin du bonheur · Sur la voie du sentier de fleurs · Шаг навстречу к счастливой жизни

Story by Nokta (녹타) · Art by Jhon

Synopsis

She spent her entire life having her power drained from her, and died at sixteen. She thought it was finally over — then she opened her eyes to find herself back in the past. Once again she was living as a sacrificial vessel, bracing for a lifetime of pain. Then a man she had never seen before appeared: her father, who had known nothing of her existence, just as she had known nothing of his. Now he stands before her, vowing that no one will ever take her power or hurt her again. But the girl has heard those words before — and every time, they ended with her power stripped away and her locked in a cage. She is only five years old, yet her face holds no emotion at all. It is the face of someone for whom suffering has simply become ordinary. And seeing his daughter so utterly broken, her father finally falls apart.