When Yunseol wakes up as Laila el Este in the novel, “Bird Cage,” she is horrified. Though Laila may be beautiful, her beauty is the reason the three male leads obsess over her and make her life a living hell. As such, Laila decides to use her professional makeup skills to become high society’s infamous ugly duckling. But out of nowhere, she receives a marriage proposal from Duke Montefeltra, a fellow outcast who is ostracized for his unattractive looks. Will this turn of events help Laila escape the novel’s bad ending once and for all?