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The girl thinks she can never be close to the children of this house, but she continues climbing the stairs anyway.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A little pink-haired girl, living in a poor family, dreams of opening her own shop by selling beans and buying animals. However, an important man who comes to the village wants to make her a marquise. Despite the girl's objections, her family sends her away by force. While climbing the stairs in the golden house, she encounters the mockery and resentment of her stepchildren. 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DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY SPEND THEIR COIN JUST TO RIDE A CARRIAGE?\nYES, I THINK SO. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO RAISE A HORSE.\n\nTHEN ONE DAY,\nDAUGHTER!\nA HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAN CAME TO THE VILLAGE.\n\nTHE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAN CALMLY STARED AT THE GIRL...\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.\nAND THEN THANKED THE GIRL'S MOTHER FOR HER KINDNESS...\nTHEN HE LEFT THE VILLAGE.\n\nWITH GREAT HAPPINESS, THE GIRL'S MOTHER SPOKE TO HER.\nMY DAUGHTER! BE THANKFUL! I'VE CHANGED YOUR LIFE!\nYOU'LL BE GOING TO THE CAPITAL! YOU'RE TO BECOME A MARCHIONESS!\nI DON'T WANT TO BECOME A MARCHIONESS!\nWHAT?! YOU INSOLENT BRAT! YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE!\nTHIS IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!\n\nTHE GIRL SHOUTED WITH ALL HER MIGHT.\nI... I'M GOING TO SELL BEANS TO BUY LIVESTOCK!\nTHEN ONE DAY, I'LL OPEN UP MY OWN SHOP! THAT'S MY DREAM!\n\nTHE GIRL'S MOTHER BURST INTO LAUGHTER.\nAS DID HER OLDER BROTHER. AS DID HER FATHER.\nTHEIR PEALS OF LAUGHTER DID NOT STOP.\nTHE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T LAUGH WAS THE GIRL.\n\n*CLIP CLOP*\nI'M NEVER GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEANS EVER AGAIN.\nA FEW DAYS LATER, THE GIRL GOT INTO THE CARRIAGE SENT BY THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAN...\nON A WINDING ROAD, ON A LONG, WINDING ROAD.\nAND SHE FINALLY ARRIVED AT A HOME THAT GLITTERED WITH GOLD.\nTHE HOME WAS FULL OF TREASURE\nAND UNDER THE WARM SUNLIGHT, A NEVERENDING STREAM OF JADE SPRING WATER FLOWED.\n\nAFTER CUTTING ACROSS THE GARDEN WITH THE SINGING BIRDS, THE FRAGRANCE OF ROSES IN FULL BLOOM DELICATELY SURROUNDED HER.\nWITH THE TRAIN OF HER SILK DRESS FLUTTERING IN THE WIND, THE WHITE MARBLE FLOOR CHIMED LIKE BELLS\nAS SHE CAREFULLY CLIMBED THE STAIRS.\nTHE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAN GREETED THE GIRL.\nWELCOME. YOU ARE NOW MY MARCHIONESS, BUT THERE'S JUST...\nONE THING.\nIN ORDER TO RECEIVE ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS HOME, YOU MUST CLIMB ALL THE STEPS OF THIS STAIRWAY.\n\nBUT... THE STAIRS SEEM ENDLESS.\nI HAVE FAITH THAT YOU CAN DO IT,\nWITH THOSE CRYPTIC WORDS, THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAN GREETED THE GIRL.\nSTRENGTHENING HER RESOLVE, SHE BEGAN TO CLIMB THE STAIRS OF THE GOLDEN HOME.\n\nI CAN DO IT.\nI CAN DO IT.\nONE STEP, TWO STEPS...\nJUST THEN, THE TWINS OF THE GOLDEN HOME APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE GIRL.\nWAIT!\nARE YOU OUR NEW STEPMOTHER?\n\nBUT YOU'RE JUST A YOUNG KID!\nOUR MOTHER WOULDN'T BE LIKE THIS...\nOUR MOTHER IS A LOT STRONGER!\nYOU'RE A FAKE!\nTHE TWINS OF THE GOLDEN HOME RAGED LIKE FIRE.\n\nTHE GIRL WAS OVERWHELMED WITH SADNESS, BUT SHE PASSED THE TWINS AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB THE STAIRS.\nONE STEP, TWO STEPS...\n*RIBBIT*\n*HOP*\nALL OF A SUDDEN, A FROG HOPPED ON TOP OF THE GIRL'S HEAD.\n\nIN A PANIC, THE FRIGHTENED GIRL FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, WHEN...\nHAHAHA! THAT SCARED YOU?!\nYOU'RE PATHETIC!\nTHE MOCKING LAUGHTER OF THE SECOND CHILD OF THE GOLDEN HOME RANG OUT.\nTHE GIRL WAS OVERWHELMED WITH ANGUISH, BUT SHE PASSED HIM AND STARTED TO CLIMB THE STAIRS AGAIN.\n\nONE STEP, TWO STEPS...\nONCE SHE HAD CLIMBED UP HALF THE STAIRS,\nTHE ELDEST CHILD OF THE GOLDEN HOME ASKED HER A QUESTION.\nWHY ARE YOU HERE?\nYOU DON'T LOVE FATHER,\nBUT YOU TOOK UP ALL OF HIS REMAINING TIME.\n\nIF HE HADN'T GONE TO SEE YOU...\nIF HE HAD RECEIVED TREATMENT MORE QUICKLY...\nIF ONLY YOU DIDN'T EXIST...\nTHEN FATHER WOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED FOR YOU UNTIL THE END.\nHE WOULD HAVE COME TO ME INSTEAD!\nAT THE ELDEST CHILD'S RESENTMENT, THE GIRL THOUGHT THIS:\n\nTHIS IS IRREPARABLE.\nTHE CHILDREN OF THIS HOME AND I...\nWE CAN NEVER BECOME CLOSE.\n\nTHE GIRL CONTINUED TO CLIMB THE STAIRS.\nWITHOUT KNOWING WHY,\nWITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WAS WAITING FOR HER AT THE END...\nAND THEN AS TIME PASSED...\nWE WERE CRUEL!\nWE SHOULD GO APOLOGIZE TO HER NOW AT LEAST!\n\nEVEN THOUGH EVERYONE CHANGED A LITTLE...\nALL ALONE, SHE CONTINUED TO CLIMB UNTIL THE END.\nAH...\nTHIS HOME, FULL OF TREASURE...\n\nWHERE A NEVERENDING STREAM OF JADE SPRING WATER FLOWS,\nWITH A GARDEN FILLED WITH THE FRAGRANCE OF ROSES IN FULL BLOOM... THIS HOME...\nALTHOUGH EVERYTHING SPARKLED BRIGHTLY,\nTHE PINK- HAIRED GIRL...\nNEVER FOUND OUT...\nWHAT SHE WAS.","bubble_count":112,"pages_count":22,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A little pink-haired girl, living in a poor family, dreams of opening her own shop by selling beans and buying animals.","spoiler_summary":"A little pink-haired girl, living in a poor family, dreams of opening her own shop by selling beans and buying animals. However, an important man who comes to the village wants to make her a marquise. Despite the girl's objections, her family sends her away by force. While climbing the stairs in the golden house, she encounters the mockery and resentment of her stepchildren. 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