Seiryu Academy is a sanctuary for the nation’s future rulers, a world where power is inherited, not earned. For decades, its gates opened only for the elite until the Star Crest Scholarship introduced a "Golden Ticket" for those with undeniable intellect.

Enter Kaito Akizuki, a middle-class academic weapon who traded his youth for an exam score. After being granted the scholarship, he unknowingly becomes a target. His main opponent is Reina Kujo, heiress to a global conglomerate. Viewing Kaito as a "glitch" meant to appease the masses, she vows to crush his pride in every exam and debate until he concedes.

Their war halts when a financial catastrophe forces Kaito into a desperate double life: model student by day, underpaid laborer by night. As exhaustion manifests, Reina’s suspicion turns into a relentless pursuit. But as she finds out his secret, their disdain to beat one another shifts into a dangerous obsession.

Will they find love, or will they destroy each other first?