If he cannot eliminate that variable, the man will again face defeat.
Witnessing the destruction of this cursed world twice was unacceptable.
“You! Come here!”
From wherever she was, a pale and beautiful woman who addressed him as father appeared at the man’s call.
“Fa…ther…did…you…call me?”
The woman politely bowed, and if it weren’t for her painfully slow pace and stumbling speech, she would have seemed like an ordinary person.
‘Kitten Marquis…I don’t exactly know who the variable under divine protection is, but sending this woman down will surely lead to confusion.’
Even if he had seen this woman turn into a zombie at the wedding, it didn’t matter.
The starting point of the incident, thought to have turned into a monster, had returned to being a normal person.
This alone was enough to leave a lasting impact on the survivors.
‘The living blue dots, they must be humans who lost their families to zombies.’
“The red dots, I don’t know how you found a way to put the zombies to rest on the surface, but…”
If witnesses saw evidence of the method of shooting zombie heads to deal with them, the ones who lost their families would undoubtedly go mad.
Division, hatred, betrayal, and rebellion.
He hoped these things would fill the hearts of the living.
“You.”
The man shouted, and with a rough voice, he spoke.
“Yes, Fa…ther.”
“You must go to Kitten Marquis in Duo1 area.”
She couldn’t resist the order of ‘Father.’ Due to the deeply ingrained concept, the woman nodded her head.
“Und…erstood. Wha…t shoul…d I do…there?”
Should she become a gruesome monster tearing people apart?
When the woman revealed this, the unmistakable bloodstains between them, not yet concealed, became visible.
The black, dried bloodstains were eerie to those who saw them.
The man didn’t care about such things and ordered the woman.
“First, observe the situation while blending in with them. Your mere existence will sow the seeds of discord among the living humans, causing them to quarrel with each other…”
Act like a human.
That was the entirety of the man’s command.
“If things go wrong, find out who is under divine protection. Bite that person. You may want to feast on human blood and flesh endlessly, but bite your tongue if you can’t resist. If you can’t endure, then vanish. I have no intention of harvesting useless things that cannot fulfill my orders.”
A bleak and cold voice. A terrifying human devoid of any affection.
However, as a woman with the stamp of the contract, modeled after the imperial contract of servitude, marked on the back of her neck, the man’s words were heaven and scripture.
“I will fo…llow your…orders.”
“You must keep in mind that your setting involves being attacked by a villain on the day of the wedding, losing consciousness, and waking up in a place that has turned into a monster-infested hell, where only you have received God’s grace.”
“Yes, Fa…ther.”
“If those who remember, cherish, and love the you from your past life were to see you, they would never be able to harm you. When a loved one dies and returns to life, there are hardly any people who would just let them go…”
The man stared intently at the blue dots visible on the search window connected with the corrupted code, as if he wanted to kill them.
“After dealing with them, I will unleash zombies throughout the empire.”
The man imagined the moment of destruction with a mad gleam in his eyes.
“At that time, you will become useless, so when the time comes, die on your own.”
“Understood… Fa…ther.”
When she looked up again, the woman’s eyes had turned into a radiant green resembling emerald.
Once a refreshing green that fluttered someone’s heart, it was now contained in her eyes.
But the one moving the empty shell was not the lovely soul from before.
It was a subservient, corrupted soul.
A pitiful soul that had even forgotten who she was.
After obtaining the Duo1 area, the people inside the mansion had more leisure.
Sometimes, they would quietly go outside for a walk or pack lunches to enjoy the warm sunlight.
Of course, the reason for enjoying all these benefits was because the skilled magician, Lus Crechern, successfully brought advanced magicians from the magic tower to expand the magic barrier.
“Uh… Ughhhh…”
“Lus, it seems like they’ve turned into zombies.”
“It’s about to happen… I’m so sleepy even if I drink coffee. If I don’t sleep, I feel like I’m going to die. Save me.”
「Whiny magician, stop pretending. You decided to take on this major project, so will you evade responsibility now?」
In a dignified tone quite different from what he used with me, Zero spoke to Lus and lashed him with a whip.
“Ah. I got it… Since it’s a plan I devised, I have to handle it. But I really feel like I’m going to die. It was good to threaten, no, persuade the advanced magicians to come from the magic tower… Dammit. How did they manage to rip apart the dispatching of advanced magicians? Those damn bastards.”
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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