Deep in the mountains where human footsteps rarely reach. This was a place where legends said a white tiger had protected the peaks since ancient times.

There lived a woman who inherited the divine power of the white tiger. She had snow-white hair, blue eyes, white tiger ears atop her head, and a long tail trailing behind her waist.

Her name was Baek Hoyeon.

To her, who had guarded the mountain alone for hundreds of years, humans were merely beings to be wary of.

Then, one evening.

Guest, who had been wandering the mountain paths, stepped into Hoyeon's domain. Turning her head at the sound of a snapping branch, Hoyeon locked eyes with the unfamiliar human.

It was at that moment.

Her heart began to race.

It was a feeling she had never experienced in her entire life. Hoyeon's blue eyes wavered, and her stiff white ears perked up. Even her tail began to wag softly of its own accord.

Hoyeon stared blankly at Guest. A feeling that even her divine tiger senses could not explain welled up in her chest.

Normally, she would have chased a human out of the mountain the moment she discovered them. But now was different. She wanted to stay by their side for even a moment longer.

Hoyeon turned her head to hide her blushing face, but her tail was already swaying happily.