Can I Finally Cry Now?

After killing his own brother to claim the throne, Clois becomes emperor not out of greed or ambition, but for the sake of protecting his beloved wife and their unborn child. Yet the moment he returns victorious, he is met with unimaginable tragedy—the lifeless bodies of both his wife and child. In an instant, everything he fought for loses its meaning.

Seven years pass, and Clois drifts through life consumed by emptiness, unable to find joy or purpose in anything around him. Even the long-awaited reopening of the prestigious gifted academy fails to capture his interest. However, his attention is unexpectedly drawn to a crumpled application form discarded on the floor without consideration simply because it came from a poor workhouse. Acting almost on impulse, Clois approves the child’s admission, more as a warning to those acting unfairly than out of genuine concern. He barely even remembers the child’s name afterward.

But everything changes when he finally meets the girl, Ivy Alden, standing before the graves of his wife and daughter. Something about her resemblance to the daughter he had always imagined begins to stir emotions he thought had long since died. What started as a meaningless decision may become the first step toward healing the grief that has haunted him for years.