When we were kids, my older brother Lee Shin-Hyuk was better than me at everything—studying, sports, art, and even music. No matter how hard I tried, he could always effortlessly do things that I couldn’t. He was only three years older than me, yet he seemed like a superhuman. 0

However, everything changed when real superhumans, known as Awakeners, appeared. Unlike me, who was chosen by the Celestial of Leo—one of the twelve Zodiacs—no one chose my brother. The inferiority complex I had built up since my earliest memories became the fuel for my drive to beat him. I worked harder than anyone else, sharpening my strength through brutal effort.0

“Ha. Ha. Y-You became an eight-star Awakener with the Stigma of Leo?”0

Without realizing how he felt or how much despair he had been experiencing, I climbed to a height my brother could never reach.0

“What’s going on, Shin-Hyuk?”0

My older brother grew thinner by the day. He barely ate, became lethargic, and locked himself in his room.0

“I-It’s nothing.”0

He’d always say it was nothing, but it didn’t take...0