Pretending to Wake

The first episode opens inside the village compound. The elders tease Chloe for spying on her senior brothers and taking pictures, but her real question is why her magic stays weaker than everyone else's in the sect. Her mentor Theron consults her star chart and announces her marriage star has already descended: she must leave the village, return home and get married, and only then can she break through her magical bottleneck. He explains that her late father signed a marriage contract for her; once she marries that man she can draw on the primordial energy of the entire Dawn Village, better than ten years of practice on her own. Chloe sets off to find the man, marry him, and come back stronger.

Episode five meets the groom. Chloe walks into the room where Mr Grant sits and tells him he cannot see, but he is pretty built, he will do, and asks him to sleep with her on the spot. The stepmother apologizes for the country girl who does not know manners, Mr Grant's assistant tries to pull him away, and the stepmother offers her own younger daughter in his place. Chloe realizes this is the man she came for and decides she has to go get him back before he leaves.

Episode three arrives at the city family dinner. The stepmother and stepsister whisper that the man Chloe is supposed to marry is blind, and that she surely will not want him now. One of them offers to take him instead, and asks whether Chloe is really in a rush to marry just to sleep with a guy; Chloe answers yes, then gets up to find that man and get married.

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Chloe, Mr Grant and Theron carry the opening arc.

Chloe

The village mage on a marriage quest

Raised in Dawn Village, Chloe cannot understand why her magic lags behind the other disciples. Once the mentor tells her marriage is the only way to break the bottleneck, she leaves the mountains, walks into the city family, and judges the blind groom by his build rather than his fortune.

“"You can't see, but you're pretty built. You'll do." — episode 5”

Mr Grant

The blind CEO named in the marriage contract

The suited groom the late father's contract was made for, Mr Grant cannot see and is surrounded by relatives looking to trade him up. Chloe approaches him directly at the meeting, and his assistant keeps trying to lead him out of the room before she can finish her proposal.

“"What kind of woman did Eleanor find me?" — episode 5”

Theron

The white-haired mentor who reads Chloe's star chart

The elder of Dawn Village who consults the stars for Chloe, Theron tells her the marriage star has descended and sends her off to fulfill her father's contract. He warns whoever marries that girl will have a rough time, but pushes her straight ahead without looking back.

“"Once you marry that man, you can draw on the primordial energy of the entire village." — episode 1”

Editorial picks from the opening arc — the star chart, the city dinner, and the blind groom. No ending spoilers.

Captured from the opening episodes — not promotional art.

Written from the opening arc. These are editorial impressions, not audience scores.

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