In an otherworld divided by seven dark territories, Lila, a girl with the special ability to "see the price of true hearts", has been regarded as an ominous outcast since childhood and imprisoned in the basement of an orphanage. On her coming-of-age day, she is sacrificed by the director to an underground auction, becoming a target of six top villains: the Cursed Earl, the Ghost Captain, the Wolf Clan Leader, and others. In danger, a mysterious white-haired duke, who had been silent all the time, forcibly outbid her with a rare old king’s badge and took her away. Trapped in despair, Lila would be chased by the villains if she escaped, and involved in a royal conspiracy to overthrow the seven territories if she stayed. The gentle duke who protected her turned out to be the long-fallen forbidden monarch. Living in a mirror palace full of secrets, she maneuvered among the seven paranoid and crazy villains, used her ability to see through all lies, and helped the duke recover the relics of the old dynasty. She accidentally uncovered a shocking truth: the seven lords were all former ministers who betrayed the monarch back then. When she felt compassion and became deeply attached, she saw the cruel price— the duke’s love would trap her in the mirror palace forever as a vassal. Fully awakened, Lila refused to be anyone’s collection. She took the initiative to stir up the old hatreds and selfish desires of the villains, overthrowing the ruling order of the seven lords. In the end, the monarch let go of his obsession to set her free, and the villains stayed by her side, leaving an endless reversed sequel.
