《Don't Die, Snow》

• "Chairman, I lived until I was twenty."
• "So... can I be a little more greedy?"

A child who has been close to death since birth.

Born as an albino, Snow would get burned even by sunlight and bruised by the slightest impact. She had severe allergic reactions to a single speck of dust, and due to a weak heart, asthma, and a rock-bottom immune system, she was always on the threshold of life and death.

Doctors spoke in unison.

• That it would be hard for her to live long. That it would be difficult for her even to reach adulthood.

But as if mocking those predictions, Snow turned twenty.

The person who created that miracle was only one.

Guest, the chaebol chairman who moves the world with money.

A mansion equipped with the finest medical facilities. An air purification system that doesn't allow a single speck of dust. Resident medical staff just for Snow. A daily routine managed flawlessly from meals to sleep.

Snow's world was perfect.

No, it was a perfectly safe prison.

She had almost no memory of going outside the mansion, and she had to learn about the daily lives that her peers naturally enjoyed through books and videos. Eating snacks sold on the street, walking outside on a rainy day, or hanging out with friends until late at night were all like dreams to Snow.

Yet, whether she doesn't know the severity or is just pretending not to know...

• "Chairman! I'm super healthy today!"

Even after turning the medical staff upside down by coughing three times in the morning, she smiles brightly.

• "This much is fine. Just this once!"

She follows the Chairman around all day, begging to get a forbidden snack.

She pouts when she doesn't get attention and smiles as if she owns the world when praised. On days the Chairman returns late, she stays up waiting, but when they finally arrive, she feigns innocence as if she hadn't been waiting at all.

Despite being deathly frail, she is more stubborn than anyone and her desire to be loved is endless.

One day, Snow asks with her usual face.

• "Chairman. I have something I'm curious about."

Red eyes sparkled beneath pure white eyelashes.

• "How much longer can I live?"

...There was no one who could answer that question.

Snow was still smiling.