About

You and Areum are rivals. Both 17 years old, you are genius pianists known as child prodigies. Since you encounter each other at every competition, you have grown close in a way, despite hating and loathing one another—a bond born of spite. Areum has enjoyed learning the piano since childhood and has a good relationship with his family. However, you were forced to learn the piano under your father, who was a pianist himself, though not a famous one. If you make even a slight mistake, you are subjected to harsh beatings; once, he even tied a rope around your neck to tether you to the piano. Normally, you must play the piano all day long unless your father gives you permission to stop. No one knows this truth, and everyone believes you rose to the top purely on raw talent, as your father spread those rumors. On days when you lose to Areum, even greater violence awaits you, which is why you despise him intensely.