Can an Enemy Become Salvation? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
“Only two shots left.”
Ivenel checked the number of bullets remaining and carefully observed the monster’s movements even more closely. It was now certain that reckless attacks wouldn’t kill it.
But she was sure she’d already brought the monster down. Suddenly, a scene from the novel flashed through her mind.
‘Right—the core. I need to target the monster’s core.’
She recalled the core—the sole weak point capable of instantly felling that enormous monster—but the problem was she had no idea where it was located.
“What should I do?”
She raised her gun but couldn’t pull the trigger recklessly. Perhaps sensing her hesitation, the monster suddenly charged toward Lia, who stood frozen in a corner.
“No!”
Ivenel quickly aimed at the charging monster. In that hair-trigger moment, her gun barrel trembled just like her heart.
She couldn’t bear to lose someone else right before her eyes again.
“Yes, hurry up and kill it!”
“Kill them all!”
From the stands, roars of delight erupted at the sight. None among them seemed concerned about preventing Lia’s death.
‘So it really is the end.’
Suhel watched her indecisive expression with his usual bored gaze. His earlier expectation that she might show something interesting now felt utterly hollow.
But Ivenel heard none of the surrounding noise.
Only one thought ruled her mind: she had to save Lia.
‘So please…’
As if her desperate plea had reached the heavens, Ivenel suddenly felt her vision blur. Startled, she blinked—and saw something that hadn’t been visible before.
‘What is this?’
On the monster covered in black fur, something unnatural stood out: a white glimmer shining precisely behind its ear, on the back of its head.
It was as if the spot itself was begging to be shot.
With no other options, she steeled her resolve and aimed directly at it.
‘This is my only chance.’
The moment every sense aligned perfectly, she pulled the trigger instinctively. The bullet shot from her gun struck exactly where she’d intended.
Contrary to all her previous futile attacks, the monster—its jaws wide open toward Lia—collapsed limply to the ground.
The sudden turn of events plunged the arena into absolute silence. Not a single breath stirred.
Everyone stared alternately at the fallen monster and Ivenel, unable to believe their eyes. Could it be true that the noble young lady they’d expected to die had actually felled that hideous creature?
“This can’t be…”
Soon, disbelieving murmurs rose among the spectators.
That monster was a mid-tier beast that even several knights struggled against. The fact that Ivenel—who they’d mocked so openly—had defeated it flawlessly left them utterly stunned.
“Is it dead?”
Ivenel slowly approached the fallen monster and confirmed it had truly stopped breathing. At the spot where her bullet had struck, a glittering stone-like object lay embedded.
Split cleanly in two, this was unmistakably the monster’s core.
‘So the white light I saw was the monster’s core?’
Lia approached her side as she stared at the dead monster. Having witnessed everything, Lia was just as dazed.
“My lady, are you alright?”
Ivenel turned to her and nodded slightly to signal she was fine.
“My lady?”
But for some reason, upon seeing Ivenel’s face, Lia looked startled.
Too preoccupied to dwell on it, Ivenel only turned her gaze toward Suhel after confirming the situation was fully resolved.
Without hesitation, she pointed her gun directly at the spot where he sat.
Immediately, the knights guarding the Emperor drew their own guns from their waists and aimed them squarely at her.
Yet Ivenel remained utterly unmoved—neither her eyes locked on Suhel nor her gun barrel wavered.
Suhel merely watched her actions silently. Like Lia, his gaze refused to leave her face.
Even in that hair-trigger standoff, where bullets could fly at any second, Ivenel’s finger rested firmly on the trigger.
Then Demil shouted.
“Lower your gun at once!”
“No. To me, there’s no difference between that monster and His Imperial Majesty.”
To brazenly utter such blasphemy before Suhel himself, surrounded by enemies with no one on her side—it left everyone speechless.
But from Ivenel’s perspective, blowing his head off right then wouldn’t have been surprising at all. To her, he was no different from the monster that had been thrown at her as prey.
‘But why is he looking at me like that?’
Though too far to see clearly, his gaze felt strange—almost startled, or perhaps bewildered.
As she watched him slowly rise from his seat, her vision began blurring again—or rather, strength drained from her entire body.
Had what she’d just done been too much for this body?
‘What happens to me now?’
She should have died right here according to the original story, yet she’d survived. Or—was she dying now after all? Was the novel’s plot truly unchangeable?
She hadn’t even managed to send Lia away safely yet.
With that final thought, Ivenel’s body completely collapsed.
“My lady!”
‘Run away, Lia. At least you must survive.’
Her vision faded to black with that last thought.
Lia hurried to her fallen side. Though utterly unconscious and motionless, she was still breathing—thankfully.
“My lady, my lady!”
At that moment, a shadow fell over her face. Suhel, who had been seated high above, now stood right there, looking down at the two of them.
Even in her collapsed state, Ivenel still clutched the gun in her hand—as if it were her lifeline.
Then Demil approached his side.
“The bullet struck the core precisely.”
“So it really was as I thought.”
Muttering those cryptic words, Suhel suddenly scooped her up into his arms and addressed the spectators.
“The entertainment is over. Everyone, leave.”
With those words, he vanished through the entrance, carrying Ivenel. Those left behind were utterly bewildered by everything that had transpired in such a short time.
[This is the timeline separator]After finishing all events at the Olympics and returning home, Arang exited the airport following a brief press conference. She searched for Aran, who should have come to greet her.
‘I can’t wait to see her.’
Whenever Arang returned from a major competition, Aran always came to the airport, arms wide open to celebrate her.
Ever since losing their parents in a tragic accident during childhood, Aran had been Arang’s only family. Thanks to her younger sister—who believed in her and cheered her on more than anyone else—Arang had reached where she was today.
Aran’s very existence had been her driving force to move forward.
“Unnie!”
At that moment, Aran appeared across the crosswalk, waving excitedly upon spotting her.
“Unnie, wait! I’ll come over to you.”
“Alright.”
The moment the crosswalk light turned green and Aran stepped onto the road, a car sped toward her without slowing down for any apparent reason.
Before anyone could react, it struck the defenseless Aran.
Every detail of the scene was seared into Arang’s eyes—her sister collapsing limply onto the pavement, blood gushing out in torrents.
“A-Aran!”
Arang rushed over and lifted her sister into her arms, but Aran hung lifelessly.
She called Aran’s name over and over in a trembling voice, yet received no answer.
Overwhelmed by disbelief, Arang sank to the ground and let out a cry bordering on a scream.
After losing her sister that day, Arang blamed herself every night.
If only Aran hadn’t come to see her—if only she herself had never taken up shooting—Aran would still be alive.
At the end of that memory, Ivenel’s eyes snapped open as she lay in bed.
‘It’s been quite a while since I had that dream.’
Staring blankly at the white ceiling, she suddenly recalled everything that had happened before collapsing and hastily sat up.
Then, almost instinctively, she clenched and unclenched her hand. If this wasn’t a dream…
“Am I really alive?”
“You must have really wanted to die.”
Turning her head at the sudden voice, she saw Suhel leaning against the wall—when had he arrived? He walked over casually and sat down on her bed as if it were natural.
“They said you sustained no serious injuries.”
Seeing him this close, his height and build proved larger than she’d imagined, and his imposing presence struck her even more directly.
He exuded an unmistakable aura of imperial authority, as if embodying what it meant to be emperor. Especially unsettling were his inscrutable black eyes—familiar yet profoundly alien.
‘Wait—what about Lia?’
Right now, nothing mattered more than knowing what had happened to Lia, who’d been with her.
“Lia—is Lia alright?”
“This hardly seems the time to worry about some mere maid.”
“To me, nothing matters more right now. Where is Lia?”
Determined to find Lia herself if he refused to answer, Ivenel rose from the bed.
Seeing the fierce look in her eyes—as if ready to charge at him if anything had happened to Lia—Suhel paused, then spoke calmly.
“She was injured, but not fatally. She’s waiting in another room.”
“Are you certain?”
“If I’d killed her, I’d have no reason to lie and say otherwise.”
Convinced his words weren’t false, Ivenel’s legs gave out, and she sank back onto the bed. Only now, hearing that Lia was safe, did she finally feel relief.
Suhel couldn’t comprehend her behavior. Her recklessness in protecting a mere maid—even moments ago, and even when she herself could have survived—defied understanding.
“To get this worked up over just a maid…”
“Don’t call her ‘just.’ She followed me all the way here and risked her life to protect me. Your Majesty has no right to speak of her that way.”
“Are you truly the young lady of House Istella?”
Suhel finally voiced the question he couldn’t suppress—otherwise, this situation made no sense at all.
Meeting his openly scrutinizing gaze—as if trying to confirm her identity—Ivenel turned to face him directly.
“If I’m not Ivenel, then who am I? Ever since it was decided I’d go to Caries, I’ve been practically imprisoned. If you don’t believe me, verify it yourself.”
Revealing she wasn’t truly Ivenel would gain her nothing here—this place was enemy territory through and through.
‘But why has he been staring so intently since earlier?’
His piercing gaze made her deeply uncomfortable, so she turned her head aside. But Suhel wouldn’t allow it—he grasped her chin and forced her to look at him.
Through his firm grip and strength, their eyes met at point-blank range.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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its a win win situation for both of them,work together
agreement between them is reched but lets see if it will follow through
oh no,leave that asshole immediately,escape and run
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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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curious about the girl now hehe,but what a disaster