Sunbi was born into a shamanic family and inherited the ability to see and communicate with spirits from her grandmother, a renowned shaman who saved their small fishing village in the South Sea. As a young child, Sunbi perceives supernatural events, such as a fraudulent shaman being beaten by a deep-sea dragon. Because she fails to realize that her classmates cannot see these things, she becomes feared and isolated. Her powers also make her a target for the romantic advances of hedonistic demons, even in childhood. Long protected from the harsh realities of her abilities, she eventually uncovers the truth behind her mother's death and the reason her grandmother was never able to leave their village.