The long-awaited day of graduation finally arrived.
The main hall was filled with cheerful laughter, emotional tears, and flashes of camera lights from students celebrating the end of their high school journey.
However, in the middle of all that happiness, Charlotte felt like a stranger who had wandered into the wrong place.
Her head suddenly felt unbearably heavy.
A painful throbbing spread through her mind as exhaustion and lack of sleep that had accumulated for so long finally reached their limit.
Her vision slowly blurred.
The music and cheers surrounding her began to sound like distant, painful noise.
Driven by her chaotic thoughts and worsening dizziness, Charlotte decided to quietly leave the graduation event early.
She needed to save whatever strength her body had left.
However, in the middle of her confusion and overwhelming exhaustion, Charlotte made one fatal mistake.
Because her focus was scattered, she completely forgot about her surroundings.
Without realizing it, she left her small bag behind in one corner of the graduation area.
Charlotte walked home with weak steps.
The moment she opened the door to her apartment, an unsettling silence greeted her.
On the dining table, there was only a single piece of paper from her mother.
A farewell letter.
Her mother had disappeared.
She had run away, leaving behind billions of rupiah worth of gambling and business debts under Charlotte’s name.
“Mom… why…”
Charlotte collapsed onto the floor.
The perfect mask she had carefully maintained for years shattered completely.
For the first time, the “Goddess” everyone admired broke down.
She cried uncontrollably as the life she had built collapsed in a single night.
Meanwhile, Ryuu was walking home.
By coincidence, he noticed something lying on the ground.
A wallet.
And when he picked it up, he immediately recognized it.
It belonged to Charlotte.
“How could she leave her wallet here?”
Ryuu frowned slightly.
After asking Charlotte’s friends about her whereabouts, he immediately decided to return it himself.
“Charlotte went home earlier. She wasn’t feeling well.”
That answer was enough.
Since Charlotte’s apartment happened to be on the same route as his way home, Ryuu decided to deliver it directly.
Back at Charlotte’s apartment…
The girl was still crying, unable to accept the reality that had suddenly destroyed everything she had.
Then suddenly…
BANG!
The apartment door was violently forced open.
Three large men with intimidating faces stormed inside.
They were loan sharks.
“Where is your mother, bitch?!”
The leader grabbed Charlotte’s black hair roughly, causing her to cry out in pain.
Seeing the empty apartment and Charlotte crying helplessly on the bed, a disgusting thought appeared in the man’s mind.
He grabbed Charlotte’s arm aggressively and pinned her down.
“If your mother isn’t here…”
His grin became twisted.
“Then your body can become a pretty good down payment.”
“Let go of me! Help! Someone, please help me!”
Charlotte screamed as loudly as she could.
Meanwhile, outside the apartment…
Ryuu had already arrived.
He was only there to return Charlotte’s forgotten wallet.
But the sight of the damaged door and the sound of Charlotte’s desperate cries from inside instantly made his blood boil.
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The already damaged apartment door was kicked open from the outside.
Ryuu rushed inside like a beast released from its cage.
He grabbed the loan shark leader by the collar, spun him around, and slammed him against the wall.
Blood dripped from the man’s face.
The other two men attempted to move forward.
But before they could do anything, Ryuu grabbed a wooden chair from the apartment and struck them down, breaking it into pieces.
Ryuu stood firmly in front of the bed, shielding Charlotte behind him.
His eyes looked down at the loan sharks struggling on the floor with a terrifying killing intent.
“You disgusting bastards.”
His voice trembled from the anger he was desperately holding back.
“How dare you do something this low to a girl?”
“You people are worth less than trash.”
Ryuu reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone with trembling fingers.
“Give me your bank account number.”
His voice became colder.
“Now.”
Seeing the madness in Ryuu’s eyes, the loan shark leader immediately gave him the account number.
Ryuu’s fingers moved quickly across the screen.
All the money he had earned through years of freelance programming work disappeared in an instant.
Every single debt belonging to Charlotte’s family was paid.
Ding.
“Your debt is cleared.”
Ryuu’s voice was cold enough to freeze the room.
“Now take your worthless bodies and leave before I make you regret staying here.”
After seeing the enormous amount of money transferred into their account, the three loan sharks immediately fled.
They left behind a destroyed apartment and a terrified Charlotte.
To be continued.