Thinking back on everything from her previous life, Seo Yeon shut her eyes tightly.
This time, everything would be reshuffled.
When she opened them again, she glanced at the school emblem on her uniform.
At present, Seo Yeon was a senior at Nancheon Royal Ellise Academy, Class 15.
School had started only a week ago.
There were barely a hundred days left before the college entrance exams.
This academy was an elite institution.
Every student here came from wealth, power, or both.
But even among the rich, there were tiers.
And Seo Yeon was at the lowest tier.
The Seo family had once been glorious.
Now they had fallen far from their former status—
and had no right to attend this academy.
Seo Yeon had only gotten in because of her fiancée, Seo Yuhwa, and the influence of the Yuhwa family.
"Did she run this way? Catch her!"
The shouting outside the ward pulled Seo Yeon out of her thoughts.
She glanced toward the noisy group rushing down the hallway—security guards, nurses, chaos bundled together—and dismissed them with a look of pure disdain.
Those people wanted to catch her?
Seo Yeon stepped onto the windowsill and peered down.
Sixth floor.
Barely ten-plus meters. Nothing she couldn't handle.
"Go! Break her hand for me!"
Dr. Hwang stormed toward her with a swarm of hospital security and nurses at his heels.
His own hand had already been treated, but his fury clearly hadn't healed.
"Break my hand? If you've got the guts, come try."
Seo Yeon turned her head lazily, completely unfazed.
She even raised an eyebrow in open provocation—
the very picture of a troublemaker born and bred.
"Get her!" Dr. Hwang roared.
Seo Yeon sneered. "Bye~."
She turned back to the window—
and leaped straight out.
The rapid drop gave Seo Yeon a fleeting flashback of her previous life—of being shoved off a rooftop to her death.
But this time, she landed steadily.
Light as a swallow.
Effortlessly graceful.
She rose to her feet and—utterly arrogant—raised a middle finger toward the people on the sixth floor.
Dr. Hwang: "!!!"
She survived a fall that high?!
His face went several shades darker, practically green with fury.
Seo Yeon didn't pause for so much as a breath.
She dashed toward the hospital's outer wall, vaulted up several meters, flipped over the top, and vanished from sight with smooth, fluid movements.
Clean. Cool. Stunning.
"W-wow… so cool…"
The young nurse couldn't help the stars in her eyes.
Even knowing Seo Yeon was actually a girl in disguise, she still found her unbelievably handsome.
Six floors!
She jumped straight down—and walked away without a scratch.
That was beyond cool.
"Cool my ass!" Dr. Hwang snapped, shooting her a murderous glare.
Nurse: "…"
Hospital rooftop.
Dean's Office.
A young man stood by the window.
He wore the deep–navy uniform of Ellis Royal Academy, a prestigious elite school.
His features were sharp and refined, his eyes long and dark, carrying a cool, distant indifference that kept the world an arm's length away.
From the rooftop, he had witnessed everything that happened below.
His handsome face barely shifted, but a faint flicker moved in his gaze.
"Sir, I'll look into what happened," the secretary said hurriedly.
"No need."
Baek Yeonrin waved a hand and picked up the textbook on the desk.
"Just tell my father I'm going to class."
The secretary nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, Young Master. I'll inform the dean immediately."
Ellis Royal Academy.
"Eh? That boy is so handsome… why does he look unfamiliar? Is he from our school?"
"Wow, seriously good-looking. The way he walks with one hand in his pocket is so cool. Is he a transfer student?"
"Let's go check him out."
Seo Yeon stood beneath the administrative building, her head tilted slightly upward as she gazed at the bright, spotless sky above the academy.
A soft breeze brushed across her striking face.
More than a thousand years had passed.
And she had finally returned.
A group of girls tugged each other along and stopped right in front of her.
"Hold on—that's Seo Yeon, right?
The one who's in that childhood engagement with the school flower Seo Yuhwa?"
"When did Seo Yeon get this handsome?"
"That's definitely him!"
"But… something's different. What changed? I can't place it…"