A Mouse Biting a Dragon’s Tail Comic

Rat has spent her sixteen years as an orphan sold to a back-alley restaurant, where she is valued at ten coins and a charred roast chicken. The only thing she receives is the name Rat, a fitting label for her dirty, insignificant appearance, which leaves it difficult to tell whether she is a boy or a girl. After thugs beat her for no reason, Rat stands outside a noble family’s mansion and wishes to enter it just once, even if she dies afterward. She expects the wish to go unanswered, but she is allowed inside. Rat steps through the entrance without hesitation, unaware of what awaits her or where this choice will lead.