I Became The Sword Of The Sword-Obsessed Male Lead (18 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 1
My footsteps tiptoed lightly out of the corridor.
‘Finally, freedom!’
I smiled faintly, imagining the carriage waiting for me outside this grand mansion.
Farewell to the long years I spent bound as the spirit of a sword!
Now was the time to live a new life—not as a sword, but as a human.
‘That wasn’t an easy journey. No, not at all.’
My past life, struggling desperately to avoid ending my existence as a spirit like in the original story, hadn’t been easy.
Forming a contract with the male lead Dietrich, saving his family, saving the heroine…
And finally, saving my own life too!
I glanced back at the heavy scabbard resting behind my shoulder.
‘Indeed, I was really smart to save up money in advance!’
With the money I’d secretly saved from Dietrich, I’d meticulously planned out my new life.
Though thinking back on how I scraped together every last coin almost brought tears to my eyes.
“…Anyway, I’ve made it.”
Before I knew it, I’d nearly reached the end of the mansion’s long, endless corridor.
If I just kept going like this, I could step outside and savor the freedom with the cool dawn air…
“Harpe.”
Savor it…
“Harpe?”
Savor…
‘…No way.’
A low, thick voice froze me in place.
It was far too close to pretend I hadn’t heard.
Just when had he gotten this near?
I turned around slowly, stiff in my awkward posture.
There stood Dietrich, leaning crookedly against the wall at the end of the corridor without a sound.
Even under the dim glow of the faint lamplight, his hardened expression was clearly visible.
“…Harpe. Where are you going?”
He strode toward me, holding my former self—the famed sword ‘Harpe’—in his hand.
Why on earth was he carrying that sword?
My anxiety spilled out plainly through my trembling voice.
“W-Where am I going? I’m just… trying to find a new life…”
“Leaving me behind? After taming me as you pleased, are you just going to find a new master?”
His deep, shadow-filled eyes bore into mine intently.
What’s gotten into him?
A strange heat flickered in his blue-green irises.
He gently grabbed my flustered hand and suddenly leaned his face close, whispering,
“This time, I’ll be your sword. Now, where would you like the hilt? Where shall you hold me?”
As he spoke, he pressed his firm body tightly against mine.
“Go ahead and grab me anywhere. I’ll let you swing me however you like.”
In that brief moment, I understood.
“As long as you don’t think about escaping me…”
…Oh no! I’m doomed!
There are many kinds of transmigration in this world.
Imperial princesses, ducal daughters, even countesses’ young ladies.
I’d always assumed that being reincarnated meant guaranteed beauty, wealth, and youth.
“…Ah, don’t joke around.”
I muttered, staring at my floating form in midair.
No matter how I looked—at front, at back, even after doing a hundred elephant-trunk spins and backflips—I was clearly no ordinary human now.
I stared for a long while at my half-transparent palms before rubbing my eyes.
Yet my shimmering body, still hovering midair, remained unchanged.
And the most crucial point of all?
I had emanated from the aura of that sword lying carelessly on the cavern floor.
I closed my eyes again and took a deep breath—immediately, my floating body was sucked back into the sword.
My voice, trapped inside the sword, echoed loudly through the pitch-black cavern.
…Please just tell me this is a joke.
I burst out of the sword again instantly and cried out, clutching my head.
“Seriously, seriously—don’t joke around!”
But of course, no one was there in this lonely cavern to hear me.
I finally sank helplessly onto the ground.
As time passed, the bewildering facts I’d struggled to comprehend began slowly falling into place.
So, to summarize…
I had become a ‘sword.’
[This is the timeline separator]It all started with a careless little slip of the tongue a while ago.
“The End of Salvation” had been my sole post-work comfort.
It was the story of a male lead with unmatched swordsmanship who, constantly facing death, meets a lovely heroine and they save each other.
Honestly, the novel wasn’t particularly special and hadn’t gained much popularity.
↳ Author, doesn’t the male lead seem to love his sword more than the heroine? Is that intentional?
↳ If you asked him to choose between the heroine and his sword, he’d definitely pick the sword;;
↳ Just go ahead and make it a romance between the male lead and his sword already.
“Yeah! Forget the male lead—Nocturne is the best!”
Like most of the commenters, I wasn’t fond of the male lead.
Isn’t a proper male lead supposed to be utterly devoted to the heroine, showing pure, single-minded affection?
But this novel’s male lead was… slightly off.
Though he had legendary swordsmanship destined to conquer the world, he was abnormally obsessed with his sword.
In short, he was a total ‘sword-obsessed jerk’!
Because of his prioritizing the sword over the heroine, the novel received scathing reviews.
Yet the reason this novel remained special to me was singular.
“…Ugh, I’m losing my mind. Please, just let me become one of your fingers!”
It was because of the sub-male lead, Nocturne Frey.
This pitiful man became unreservedly gentle around the heroine—so desperately in love he wouldn’t dare touch even the tip of her hand.
Unlike that ‘sword-obsessed jerk’ male lead!
And I was utterly captivated by that love.
“No! I’ll just become your upper lip instead. Let me be Nocturne’s upper lip!”
That way, I could touch his lower lip. Hehe!
That day, as usual, I was whining into my phone about wanting to become part of Nocturne—until I accidentally blurted out the one thing I shouldn’t have.
“Just let me reincarnate into that novel, as anything at all! I wanna see my Nocturne!”
…And now here I am, squatting alone in this empty cavern.
Alongside that sword—my new body.
I scanned the now-familiar dark cavern and banged my head against the hard cave wall.
“Why on earth did I say ‘anything at all’? Couldn’t I have just asked to reincarnate as a ducal daughter or princess?”
Wait—was transmigrating into a novel even something that could actually happen?!
The feeling of facing an utterly unacceptable reality was beyond words.
One moment I felt like bursting into tears; the next, I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity.
And of all things—a sword!
How could anyone reincarnate into a sword instead of a person?!
Of course, I knew blaming myself wouldn’t change anything—but still, it was so unfair!
The only remotely fortunate thing was that, though no longer human, I did at least wear something vaguely resembling a worn-out nightgown.
…Yeah, super fortunate.
No matter how hard I tried to stay positive, it just wasn’t working.
“Is this because I didn’t get hit by a reincarnation truck? Hey, God! Say something!”
Unsurprisingly, there was no reply.
“Everyone else becomes a princess, a noble lady, or at least a maid—but why am I not even human?!”
Again, silence.
“Ah, I’m really doomed.”
Swallowing the curse rising on my tongue from this frustrating reality, I decided to calmly assess the situation.
Given how things stood, understanding my reality was crucial.
This cavern was probably the hidden ‘Hermes’ Cave within the Delgado Duchy.
And soon, the novel’s male lead, ‘Dietrich Delgado,’ would come looking for me.
Dietrich Delgado was in a crisis.
His stepmother and half-brother, coveting the headship of House Delgado, had stormed the Elder Council demanding the title—until the Council proposed one condition:
Retrieve House Delgado’s ancestral sword, ‘Harpe.’
Four hundred years ago, ‘Harpe’ had sealed away a great evil and entered slumber with it—
Hidden away so thoroughly that no one could ever find it.
“But Dietrich will find it. Which means… he will come looking for me.”
At the thought that Dietrich would eventually come to retrieve me from this pitch-black cavern, my mood lifted slightly.
After all, I couldn’t do anything until I got out.
I let out a long sigh and stared silently at the sword lying plainly at my feet.
‘Four hundred years old, yet look at that gleaming blade. I guess it really is a famed sword.’
The sword was so spotless and pristine it practically radiated an aura of: ‘I am treasure incarnate!’
They wouldn’t possibly pass up such a treasure.
I’ll stay positive and wait.
Unless someone’s an idiot, they wouldn’t abandon a famed sword like this.
I firmly believed—without a doubt—that Dietrich would come for me.
“Okay, fine. Then… when exactly will he find me…?”
…When?
Wait. How do I even know what time it is?
A sudden realization hit me, leaving my head blank.
I had absolutely no idea what era this was.
How much longer would I have to wait in this dark cavern? When would Dietrich come for me?
What if the sword had only recently entered slumber?
What if the sealing of the evil and entombment in this cave had just happened?
“…What? Help me! Dietrich, rescue me! Come quickly!”
Before my panicked, desperate cry could fully echo through the cavern—
Swish! BOOM!
A blindingly bright, pure-white light crashed into my eyes, too intense to even open them.
Squinting at the fully opened cavern entrance as my vision gradually returned, I saw…
“…Dietrich?”
Oh, he came ridiculously fast.
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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