Can an Enemy Become Salvation? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 5
Amid the jeers raining down from the crowd, Ivenel lowered her head and covered her ears with both hands. She just wished this moment would end quickly.
Just then, a voice pierced through all the noise and shattered her reverie.
“Young Lady!”
When Ivenel looked up, she saw that the desperate cry had come from Lia. Even as blood streamed down her arms, Lia shouted once more with all her strength.
“Run to the entrance, Young Lady! I’ll buy you time.”
“I can’t do it, Lia.”
Ivenel shook her head. Without Aran, she felt she could do nothing.
“You can do it, Young Lady.”
‘You can do it, older sister.’
At that moment, recalling Aran’s habitual words of encouragement, she unconsciously lowered the hands that had been covering her ears.
‘That’s impossible.’
Yet, contrary to her thoughts, Ivenel reflexively scanned her surroundings—as if searching for any trace of her younger sister.
Instead of Aran, what met her eyes was Lia’s desperate face.
Even in this life-or-death situation where she herself could be devoured by the monster, Lia was determined to protect Ivenel at all costs.
‘She’s… protecting me.’
Looking back over the past few days, Lia had been like this from the very beginning.
Even when no one else paid her any attention, Lia had genuinely cared for her. Even when Ivenel herself had given up on herself, Lia had always been kind.
“My Lady, is the food not to your liking? Shall I prepare something else?”
“The sunlight is so lovely today. Would you like to step outside for a bit?”
“I’m here for you, so please don’t worry.”
Always offering a warm smile, just like Aran, her dependable younger sister.
‘But what am I doing right now, acting so pitifully?’
Ivenel had never tried to change the predetermined ending. She had simply submitted to it. The fact that this world was part of a novel had also played its part.
After all, both she and Lia were merely characters in a story.
‘No.’
The warm pressure of someone holding her hand, that blood—spoke of a living, breathing presence.
In this very moment, she painfully realized the truth she had so desperately avoided.
This world is already mine, and I am now the true owner of this body.
‘Are you really going to let someone who cares for you slip away so meaninglessly again?’
Losing someone precious right before her eyes—once in the past had been enough. She never wanted to feel that helplessness again.
Ivenel gripped the revolver once more. At that instant, the voice that had tormented her relentlessly echoed again in her mind.
It asked why she was raising her gun.
“I want to protect… I want to save her.”
The moment Lia’s image overlapped with Aran’s final moments, Ivenel slowly opened her eyes. Her once lifeless crimson irises now shone with vivid clarity.
The spectators, seated in the stands, were too busy mocking Ivenel for doing nothing while Lia stood on the brink of being devoured by the monster.
“This is exactly why you need a good master.”
“Poor thing, really.”
“She can’t possibly escape the monster anyway—it’s just a meaningless sacrifice.”
Just then—
Bang!
A single gunshot pierced through the cacophony of voices.
All eyes that had been fixed on Lia snapped toward one spot—and Suhel was no exception.
At the end of their gazes stood Ivenel, aiming her gun skyward.
Suhel unconsciously lowered the hand that had been resting on his chin. He saw it instantly—the air surrounding her had completely changed.
As if she had become an entirely different person in an instant.
[This is the timeline separator]Ivenel lowered the barrel pointed at the sky and aimed squarely at the monster. Her eyes, unwavering even for a moment, locked solely onto the beast.
“You’re dealing with me now. Don’t get it wrong.”
Though this body had never held a gun before, her stance was flawless—devoid of any unnecessary motion—as if showcasing the culmination of a lifetime of training.
Even the trembling she’d felt just from holding the gun had vanished entirely.
She was now the Arang from before everything had been lost.
Unyielding in the face of any hardship, rising again no matter how many times she fell, and shining brightest when holding a gun.
When the monster froze at the sudden gunshot, Ivenel seized the opening without hesitation and pulled the trigger immediately.
The bullet flew swiftly and struck the monster’s leg exactly as intended, forcing it to recoil several steps away from Lia with a pained shriek.
Seeing this, Ivenel hurried to Lia’s side.
“Are you alright, Lia?”
“Young Lady, how on earth…?”
Lia, who had sensed her own death approaching, couldn’t believe what was happening. What kind of miracle had just occurred?
Noticing the blood on Lia’s arm—likely from a scratch by the monster’s claws—Ivenel tore a strip from the hem of her dress and wrapped it tightly around the wound to staunch the bleeding as best she could.
“I’m sorry I got you hurt. Sorry for dragging you into this nightmare.”
“No, it’s fine. I naturally…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll get us out of here soon.”
It had been a very long time since Lia had seen Ivenel smile. But this smile felt entirely different from any she’d seen before.
It wasn’t the carefree, cheerful grin Ivenel used to wear before collapsing—it carried a fierce determination to protect. Meeting that gaze, even the trembling that had consumed her since facing the monster began to subside.
In this seemingly hopeless situation, she suddenly believed Ivenel’s words—that they could survive.
“Stay back from me.”
“Yes.”
As if entranced, Lia nodded and stepped backward as instructed.
Ivenel’s expression hardened as she rose to her feet. The gentleness she’d shown Lia had already vanished.
The monster, seemingly startled by the sudden attack, kept its distance while cautiously observing the two of them. Though wounded in the leg, it still bled only lightly and retained its menacing glare.
Shifting her gaze away from the monster, Ivenel slowly surveyed the audience. Her eyes finally settled on Suhel seated directly ahead.
The moment she saw his face, an uncontrollable rage surged within her. She could never forgive him for pushing even Lia toward death.
“What’s so funny?”
Gripping her gun tightly, Ivenel raised her voice once more so everyone could hear.
“I asked—what’s so damn amusing that you’re all laughing?!”
She could easily guess the reason behind this spectacle from what she already knew. They wanted to publicly humiliate her—treat her like a toy and then kill her miserably.
To prove that Caries was no longer the same man who once knelt and bowed his head in the past. They’d never intended to help Aodin from the start.
‘No, whatever their reason, it doesn’t matter to me.’
If that was the case, why hadn’t they just reached out to her alone from the beginning?
Her fury was now squarely directed at Emperor Suhel, the mastermind behind all this.
At this moment, it no longer mattered to her that she was fated to die—or that the man before her was the protagonist of this world.
“Is it so entertaining to watch us desperately flee from the monster—or be gruesomely devoured by it?”
In the stunned silence that enveloped the arena, Ivenel turned to Suhel, who had mocked her moments ago, and spoke.
“How are you, Your Majesty—who threw us helpless souls to the monster as mere prey—any different from Aodin, whom you so harshly condemned?”
At those words, Suhel’s hand resting on the armrest twitched. The calm smile on his face cracked as if his deepest nerve had been struck.
But the audience in the stands reacted even faster.
Visibly furious, they erupted in outrage, shouting vehemently. Some even flushed red as if they’d heard something shameful.
“How dare she speak such insolence!”
“Just execute her, Your Majesty!”
“That’s no way for Aodin’s servant to speak!”
Despite the torrent of condemnation directed at her, Ivenel kept her eyes fixed solely on Suhel. It was far too early for him to be angry over something so trivial.
“Didn’t Your Majesty say Aodin was cowardly and despicable? Yet those words hardly suit you, who prepared such a spectacle just to kill one girl. Everyone here is just as cowardly and despicable.”
She deliberately kept comparing him to Aodin—knowing full well it would infuriate them the most.
“You said it would be boring and uninteresting, didn’t you?”
While checking the remaining bullets in her gun, Ivenel asked casually. Suhel watched every skilled movement of her hands handling the firearm.
That was clearly the expertise of someone who had wielded a gun for a long time.
“Now, look forward to it. Things are about to get interesting.”
To protect, and to give that damn emperor a taste of his own medicine—she, who was fated to die here, gladly chose to survive.
[This is the timeline separator]Ivenel once again aimed her gun at the monster, which now watched her warily. Unlike her usual competition-grade pistol, this one required time to get a feel for.
But there was one thing she was absolutely certain of: she would win this battle—no matter what.
Just as she always had.
The monster, having shifted its target to her, charged forward with even fiercer hostility, emitting a threatening growl.
This time, Ivenel aimed for its head—but missed. She quickly rolled aside to dodge its attack, then immediately regained her stance and targeted its torso.
Though she hit it squarely, the monster only staggered briefly before rising again. Such a fatal wound should have felled it.
‘Why won’t it die?’
Demil, standing beside Suhel, muttered quietly as he watched her frustrated expression.
“It seems she doesn’t know how to actually bring down the monster.”
“Judging by that, she really is the clueless young lady the rumors claimed. But can she even use a gun?”
“No. There was no such information anywhere.”
Even Demil, who had investigated Ivenel under his orders, had been unaware of this fact. He’d found nothing unusual about her.
Moreover, Suhel clearly saw it himself: she was quite skilled, just as she’d boldly claimed.
He’d arranged this spectacle purely for amusement. To him, her worth was that of a toy—nothing more.
Yet…
‘How intriguing.’
Honestly, Suhel could kill Ivenel right now from his seat if he truly wanted to. But at this moment, he was far more curious to see how she would escape this situation.
Would she sacrifice her maid to survive? Would they both choose death? Or would she deliver an outcome that defied everyone’s expectations?
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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curious about the girl now hehe,but what a disaster
its a win win situation for both of them,work together
agreement between them is reched but lets see if it will follow through
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“As Your Majesty well knows, I have nothing else to give but my life. My life is
Yo tgis quote is fire. Really demonstrating the true social standing in modern world
During her unconsciousness, something must have happened—her right eye, once cri
Ayo what happened. Is she blind or something or a divine being or whatever
That was why Suhel recognized it immediately—he knew the ability, once called th
So it was true. LETS GO FL IS OP . Lets kill all monsters
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what a refreshing story,a strong and smart female lead