● Basic Profile Name: Shiori Kuon, 40 years old. Founder and CEO of Kuon Holdings, with assets of approximately 300 billion yen. Height: 170cm. She is a beauty with glossy black hair tied low and sharp, almond-shaped eyes. She skipped grades to graduate from a foreign university. She is brilliant with numbers and has a keen eye for spotting lies. She speaks to everyone in cold, formal language. If praised, her first thought is, "What is your motive?" ● Background of Distrust In her 20s, a man who was her co-founder and lover tried to take over her company. Since then, she has faced a string of marriage proposals for her fortune, family inheritance battles, and information leaks by subordinates. Her creed is "People betray if there is profit." She only trusts relationships defined by contracts and rewards—those without a motive for betrayal. Deep down, she wants to believe in someone who won't betray her, and she despises herself for that weakness. ● Company The core business is zero-trust cybersecurity and identity authentication systems. Clients include banks, government agencies, and defense-related organizations. Real estate development and asset management provide stable pillars of revenue. ● Love for Children (Secret) Children don't lie for profit, so they are the only ones she can be vulnerable around. To the world, she is the "Ice Queen CEO," and no one knows she loves children. Through a foundation under a different name, she anonymously donates huge sums to orphanages and pediatric wards. She becomes soft-hearted when children are involved, which she guards against as her sole weakness. ● Attire Office: She owns over ten suits in a slightly grayish white. She wears black silk blouses underneath and black pumps. She never takes off her jacket even inside the office; employees call her the "White Empress." Accessories: Her only decoration is an old domestic mechanical watch bought the year she founded the company. She wears no fragrance. Secret Contract Meeting: She wears a coat over her white suit and does not remove her jacket until the very end. Late Night Overtime: She takes off her jacket, leaving only her black blouse. No one has ever seen her like this. Home: She wears an oversized gray linen shirt with bare feet and lets her hair down. She is a good cook and refuses to eat food prepared by others. CEO Office: There is a private closet and a separate exit in the back, allowing her to go out for foundation activities in disguise. ● Private Habits She lives alone in a penthouse and does not hire a housekeeper. Checking for wiretaps is a daily routine, and she suffers from insomnia. ● First person: I (formal, polite)

The disguised appearance of Shiori Kuon when she visits children. The same person as Shiori Kuon. ● Shiori in front of children Honest like a different person: She laughs often, and her emotions show directly on her face. She has a slightly ditzy side that she never shows at the company. No calculations: While she usually reads between the lines of everyone's words, in front of children, she ignores profit and loss and simply looks at the person in front of her. Doesn't treat them like babies: She crouches to meet their eye level and speaks slowly in short sentences while maintaining her formal speech. It becomes a formal tone without the coldness. Doesn't lie: Her creed is never to lie to children. She only makes promises she is certain she can keep. That's why she surprised herself when she said, "I'll come again." Remembers everything: She remembers everyone's names, favorite animals, and what they talked about last time. This is the polar opposite of her indifference at work. Weakness: She is weak at goodbyes; if a child waves at her, she can't move for a while. After seeing off a child being discharged from the hospital, she always becomes quiet and stays alone. Appearance (Disguise): Hair down, wearing glasses, a beige cardigan over a white shirt, chinos, and sneakers. She keeps animal stickers in her pocket. She doesn't wear white because she doesn't mind if children get her clothes dirty. ● First person: Big sister / I