Chapter 1
My older sister, Rose Levine, was the best beast tamer in the royal palace.
But at Princess Amelia's birthday celebration, her beloved praised Rose's performance.
Amelia ordered Rose to be thrown into a cage full of wild beasts.
She grinned with reckless delight. "Aren't you supposed to be the top beast tamer? I've fed these monsters madness-inducing drugs. Let's see you tame them now."
Someone tried to calm Amelia down. "It's a human life, after all. Maybe we should just kill the crazed beasts and get her out."
Amelia replied coldly, "The life of a lowly commoner isn't even worth mentioning next to my prized beasts. Don't forget I'm the King's only heir."
Half a year later, I became the Princess' new beast tamer through my talent.
But the spoiled princess had no idea that I was naturally blessed with fertility.
Since she acted with reckless abandon, caring nothing for human life, just because she's the sole heir of King Edward, I'd make sure she had a few more siblings.
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Rose's mangled corpse was sent back, together with a lot of money.
I stared at Rose's severed hand scattered on the ground, grinning as I accepted the money.
My hands were shaking so much from excitement that I could barely hold the coins.
It was better this way.
She was dead now.
Now that she was gone, there was no one left to stop me from taking lives.
I'd always been a bad seed.
When I was five, the brat next door called me worthless.
I cut off his manhood with a knife, so he'd be just as useless as I.
When I was eight, the old hag next door who trafficked kids tried to sell me off the moment Rose left the house.
I jabbed a branch right into her eyes, making her blind.
Everyone around said I was a monster.
They urged Rose to just throw me away.
After all, I was just a nobody Rose had dragged out of a cage.
No matter how much she tried to teach me, I stayed untamable, more beast than human.
They said she didn't need to get dragged down by me.
But Rose never saw it that way.
Whenever I couldn't stay in one place anymore, she'd just move us somewhere else without a second thought.
She always patted my head and said, "You will get better."
"I know you're a good kid."
What a joke. Not like I did anything wrong.
Why should I even change?
Besides, I was no good kid anyway.
That night, I dumped an entire packet of pollen into Rose's food.
She had such a bad allergic reaction that she collapsed right then and there.
She was unconscious for a long time before she finally came to.
When she saw me, she smiled, even though she was still weak.
Rose said, "Sorry, Little Gen."
Rose smiled weakly and said, "Guess I'm just clueless, Little Gen. I didn't even realize there was pollen in my food."
Rose reached out to comfort me, "Did I scare you? Don't worry, I'm alright."
She added softly, "I've still got to stick around and watch you grow up. I want to see you get married someday."
She was so adorably clueless that it blew my mind.
I didn't even feel like teasing her anymore.
But the best part was, she actually knew how to make money.
Every time she wrapped up her animal act on the street and pocketed some cash, she'd treat me to a pack of orange candies.
The sweet and sour flavor was totally addictive.
But Rose wouldn't let me eat as much as I wanted.
Her big thing was teaching me to play nice with others.
If I managed to get through the day without fighting or stabbing anyone, she'd reward me with a single one.
Having to hold back from beating up those idiots and swallowing their stupid insults was pure torture.
But I held back anyway. All for those candies.
Honestly, it was a relief she was gone.
And I had so much money in my hand.
It was enough to keep me rolling in candies for ages.