Altair.
The figure standing before me was definitely Altair. He had been Leto in Leodel… but now, he was Altair.
I swallowed my dry saliva.
Could Altair, who had undoubtedly followed us through unimaginable means, be a friend or foe?
Considering the timing of his departure, the likelihood of him being hostile was high. After all, he had broken his promise. But taking into account the immediate situation where we had to fight the Demon King and his minions…
“Whose side could he be on?”
Altair would also want to get his hands on the Devil’s Eye. But he alone could not defeat the Demon King. He would surely pretend to join forces with us for now.
“I can use that to my advantage.”
My decision was made.
“Altair.”
I called him with a neutral tone.
“How did you…”
“Even you call me by that name, Angelica.”
I widened my eyes.
A single sentence was enough to tell me that the man before me wasn’t Altair.
His tone had force yet would have been accompanied by his uniquely charming smile during peaceful times. Now, his eyes were stern, but he didn’t appear as menacing or cruel as Altair.
I was certain.
This man was…
Leto.
The real Leto. The protagonist of Legend of Delato. The man who had gathered allies with his character and defeated the Demon King.
“Leto…?”
I mumbled absentmindedly.
Leto appeared as stunned as I was. His mouth opened, and he spontaneously dropped to his knees. He grabbed my shoulder and examined me closely.
“Do you remember me? How? How could you…!”
“Now is not the time for such talk.”
I calmed Leto down. Otherwise, he would have continued spouting disjointed words.
“We need to help Hades now.”
“Croitner? Why would you need that man?”
“I’ll explain later. Now we have to deal with those demons…!”
No further explanation was needed. Leto charged at the fake Shuzhechin and cleanly severed his throat. Hades looked bewildered by Altair’s sudden appearance.
“What are you doing here, Altair?”
“I am not.”
Anger tinged Leto’s voice.
“I am not, Lord Donovan.”
“…Then who are you? One of the demons?”
“No.”
Leto shook his head and gestured towards me. I hurriedly approached them. A nauseating stench emanated from the lifeless body of Shuzhechin on the floor.
“But we should leave this place for now.”
Hades still looked puzzled.
“We can’t, we…”
“Leto.”
I called him with a calm voice.
“We have to defeat the Demon King.”
The ‘we’ that Hades referred to was he and I.
The ‘we’ that I referred to was Leto, Hades, and myself.
Recognizing this subtle distinction, Leto’s brows furrowed.
“I wondered why you were here… but it’s already too late, Angelica. The empire is doomed.”
His voice was eerily calm.
I blinked.
The Leto I knew would have rushed to kill the Demon King, rallying Hades to come up with a strategy. But this Leto…
“Are you really… Leto?”
My voice trembled with an emerging possibility.
Could it be that Altair had started acting? If that were the case, I could never forgive him.
“…Angelica. You…”
“I’ll defeat the Demon King alone if I have to.”
Before I knew it, Denesor was in my hand. Now, even Hades did not try to snatch Denesor away. Leto’s appearance seemed to have snapped him back to his senses.
Leto shook his head.
“There’s no need. The Demon King will return anyway.”
“…?”
My mouth opened and closed, at a loss. I couldn’t quite predict what Leto was trying to say. Or rather, I had a guess but hoped it wasn’t true.
“Listen, Angelica.”
Leto’s gaze lingered on me for quite some time. Hades took a cautious step forward, but Leto seemed not to care at all.
“For whatever reason, I’m glad to see you alive. You’ve died in my arms several times.”
My eyes were dry.
It was clear. The Leto in front of me…
‘I’ve regressed every time I cleared a new level.’
Since everything turned to chaos each time, I could fully understand why he would hesitate to kill the Demon King.
But I couldn’t possibly agree with him. The reason was simple.
Because this is the last time.
Because I was sure that this level was the last one.
That meant that this moment was the ‘real’ time. The era, the world where Hades and I must live together.
“Leto.”
I pleaded.
“See? Something has changed this time, as I’m alive. So the thing you’re worried about won’t happen.”
“…Why?”
Leto feigned calmness, but I knew. I knew he was deeply shaken.
“It’s me who changed all this.”
“Angel, what do you mean?”
Hades shook me.
I looked at him. A moment ago, we had shared a kiss, felt each other’s warmth, but now Hades looked at me like I was a complete stranger.
“Hades…”
I swallowed my dry saliva. It wasn’t the first time I had told this story to Hades. The Hades back then neither listened to nor believed my story, but maybe this time it might be different.
Under that hope, I spoke.
“I am not Angelica.”
“I see.”
Surprisingly, Leto quickly accepted it.
“I thought so. The real Angelica wouldn’t be so calm seeing me.”
I bit my lip. The really difficult explanation was yet to come. How could I explain that they were actually characters in a game?
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
