Mistaking My Daughter For Trash

The Story

Baby Ella arrives in Valerius with the supreme Pure Gold Bloodline, destined for the throne. Her aunt Morgan bribes a priest to brand her a curse, prompting her grandmother to order an execution. Bram, a despised janitor, rushes into the flames to save the infant, suffering severe burns. A dark seal suppresses her power, turning her identity pendant into a charred lump. Six years later, Ella endures life as powerless trash at the Magic Academy with her adoptive father. Her biological brother Julian beats her, while Duchess Octavia smashes the child against a blood-testing stone. The stone flashes gold, but the seal extinguishes the light. Octavia silently allows Julian to kill her. Bram dies protecting Ella with a severed spine. To afford medicine, eight-year-old Ella jumps into a freezing lake. The icy water cleanses the Star Pendant, revealing a faint blue glow. She climbs ashore and encounters the Duchess, who stares at the pendant in shock.