Yoon Gaeul, after finally finding her voice, continued slowly and carefully.

"I... I want to confirm my usefulness. Right now, I can't do anything but be a burden..."

"......"

*Usefulness.* That wasn’t a word you would expect to hear from a high school student. Uijae looked at Gaeul more closely. From head to toe, she seemed like a perfectly ordinary student. Nineteen years old, still a minor. It was unsettling to hear someone so young speak of their “usefulness.”

"I don't want to keep relying on others. I want to be able to contribute as soon as possible…."

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