‘There are people who can’t be loved no matter how hard they try.’
My vision blurred.
But that didn’t mean I had woken up from this terrible nightmare.
I saw the nightmare I always had after opening my eyes as Nam Gung Lin. This time, it showed the figure of an unfamiliar man.
The protagonist of this novel, Ji Cheon Wu.
I saw him cutting off my neck.
The cold blade touches my neck.
At that moment.
I opened my eyes, gasping for breath.
[Are you alright?]I clutched the dagger tightly in my arms. I could feel the dagger uncle fidgeting anxiously.
[S-Sorry. It’s been a while since I moved a physical body, so I didn’t think about your condition. I got too excited…]I could feel the dagger uncle’s apologetic emotions more clearly than anyone else. It felt strange.
It was the first time someone had apologized to me since I became Nam Gung Lin.
I was so flustered that I responded verbally.
“It’s okay, really, everything’s fine. I’m used to pain…”
“What do you mean it’s fine.”
I showed a surprised expression at the sudden appearance of someone.
[That guy again. He’s been coming whenever you collapsed. What a nuisance.]Why on earth would grandfather…?
Grandfather hadn’t come alone. Behind him were his retainers and…
“Ah, young miss.”
Un Ryeong was standing there. Un Ryeong’s face looked quite haggard.
‘Un Ryeong used to get meat side dishes from Nam Gung Hyun Jong every day…’
It meant there was no reason for her face to look so worn. I looked up at grandfather with a puzzled expression.
I saw grandfather’s face, which was terrifyingly stiff. It was similar to the expression I saw when I collapsed last time.
A face that seemed angry.
I tilted my head in confusion, breathing roughly.
“The doctor says you collapsed because you weren’t eating well.”
I shrank my shoulders.
I didn’t know how to answer.
Does it mean he doesn’t like that there’s a weak child like me in the Nam Gung family?
I could see grandfather’s brow twitching. His gaze moved to my arms, then back to my face.
That’s when it happened.
‘Oh no.’
I couldn’t hold back the oncoming physiological reaction.
“Achoo!”
My saliva sprayed onto grandfather’s face.
“Ah, no.”
“Gasp!”
Simultaneously, the others standing behind grandfather stirred. My complexion also turned pale.
The dagger uncle seemed surprised too.
[He surely could have avoided it, what was he thinking?]The dagger uncle soon continued as if he had made up his mind.
[Don’t worry. If that rude fellow tries to do anything to you, I’ll stop him!]I had no idea how he planned to stop grandfather.
I made a crying face.
Grandfather’s brow twitched once again.
‘I might die by grandfather’s hand before Ji Cheon Wu kills me!’
The image of grandfather from the Heavenly Demon Cult appeared in my mind.
Nam Gung Jin Cheon, who had no blood or tears.
Even Ji Cheon Wu had stuck out his tongue at the sight of him slaughtering the evil sect’s demons.
Grandfather said something to me that I never expected.
“She said she would apologize to you.”
“What?”
Grandfather’s gaze turned to Un Ryeong. Un Ryeong’s face, which was already pale, turned even more ashen.
She looked like she might faint at any moment. She bowed her head, trembling.
“I-I’m sorry. I have committed a mortal sin.”
I blinked blankly.
Did Un Ryeong just apologize to me?
Although I had told Un Ryeong to take responsibility, I actually didn’t expect anything. Because even if I told Nam Gung Hyun Jong what Un Ryeong had done to me, she was never punished.
So for those long years, Un Ryeong had been arrogant.
In fact, even in the original work, Un Ryeong still appeared after I had grown up.
I remembered something Un Ryeong once said to me.
“…”
This place had never been comfortable for me…
I heard the dagger uncle’s angry voice in my ear.
[If she committed a mortal sin, she should die.]As expected of someone from the martial arts world, his thoughts were unrestrained.
Grandfather waved his hand.
I could tell that grandfather had created a qi barrier. I saw grandfather speaking to Un Ryeong.
But because of the qi barrier, I couldn’t hear what they were talking about.
[Hmph, he’s saying the right thing.]I became curious about what grandfather was saying. Un Ryeong now seemed to have no strength left to even sit.
She lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.
I tried to read grandfather’s lip movements. Then grandfather approached me.
His hand carefully covered my eyes.
‘It’s rough.’
Grandfather’s hand wasn’t soft. But it was strangely warm. I pressed my lips together, feeling an indescribable emotion.
[This is the timeline separator]Un Ryeong couldn’t understand the current situation at all.
When she was first called by Nam Gung Hyun Jong, she felt good.
‘Finally, he’s thinking of getting rid of that bug…’
She had heard that Nam Gung Lin had collapsed in front of Nam Gung Jin Cheon, but Un Ryeong didn’t think much of it.
Nam Gung Lin was a good-for-nothing who couldn’t use martial arts in the martial arts family.
Moreover, her talent was just average.
If she caught Nam Gung Jin Cheon’s eye, he would probably think she was pathetic.
That’s certainly what she thought.
“I won’t kill you here.”
Un Ryeong trembled violently.
In front of the ruler of the martial arts world, she was no different from a mere insect.
The way he looked at her was no different. An emotionless gaze, as if looking at an insect.
Did he even have emotions?
Did he even consider people as people?
And at Nam Gung Jin Cheon’s next words, Un Ryeong felt her breath catch.
“Because living will be more painful from now on.”
[This is the timeline separator]I was sick for several days straight.
When I opened my eyes, I thought no one would be by my side.
Un Ryeong always made me cold, so I often caught colds.
After recovering from a cold, when I opened my eyes, there was never anyone by my side.
At those times, I could realize that I was completely alone in this world.
It was certainly like that, but…
[Have you come to your senses?]I opened my eyes at the voice ringing in my ears.
This time, I wasn’t alone.
[Do you know how surprised I was when you kept sleeping!]While I was sick, there were people around me. There was also someone who seemed to be a new maid.
‘I think grandfather was here too.’
That’s why I thought everything that happened to me was a dream.
Because there was no way grandfather would stay by my side. But it was all real.
I quickly looked around.
It was completely different from the narrow, cold room I used to stay in.
There were many things in the room that I had never seen before.
‘There’s even a warm fur coat.’
And that wasn’t all.
Apart from the warm fur coat and scarf, all the items in the room looked luxurious. Warm air circulated in the room.
I fidgeted with my hands.
Was it because of the extreme care I received?
My physical condition was now at its best.
I blinked blankly.
“It wasn’t a dream.”
[What do you mean a dream?]I looked down at the dagger uncle. My use of the Heavenly Void Sword Technique and Un Ryeong apologizing to me.
None of it was a dream.
For several days, I was confused about whether what was happening was a dream or reality.
I didn’t think my situation would change just because grandfather returned.
I also didn’t think he would give me a chance.
‘But I can’t just stand here in a daze.’
I knew what was going to happen in the future.
‘It was today.’
I hugged the dagger close to my chest. The dagger uncle, who would normally have shouted at me to let go, quietly nestled in my arms.
That’s when it happened.
Someone entered my room.
“Young miss, are you awake?”
I blankly stared at the person entering my room. She was the one who had been by my side since I fell ill.
‘Her name was Yak Ran, wasn’t it? They said she was a new maid.’
I decided to ask what I had been curious about for days.
“What about Un Ryeong?”
“I heard Un Ryeong went back to her hometown.”
That couldn’t be true.
Un Ryeong always boasted that the Nam Gung family was her hometown.
For Un Ryeong to go back to her hometown? I examined Yak Ran’s face.
Her face was full of undisguised difficulty.
Un Ryeong hadn’t gone back to her hometown. I could tell that grandfather had done something to her.
‘She’s either dead, or suffering something worse than death.’
That was grandfather’s way.
I felt an indescribable emotion.
‘The original work has changed.’
Well, the original work was already distorted. Just look at the dagger uncle in my hand.
The uncle who was treated as an antique in Ji Cheon Wu’s hands was now speaking.
‘Then…’
What would happen to Ji Cheon Wu?
I clenched my fists in tension.
Today, I was planning to go meet Ji Cheon Wu.
‘In the original work, he gets beaten by my cousin’s gang and becomes crippled early on.’
It was something that happened not long after Ji Cheon Wu returned to the Nam Gung family.
‘I have to prevent the worst things from happening to him.’
Yak Ran called out cautiously, seeming puzzled by me standing still.
“Young miss?”
“I’m going out for a walk for a while.”
“You’ve only just woken up, shall I come with…”
“No, I want to be alone. There’s been a lot going on lately.”
Saying that, I lowered my head with a bitter expression.
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Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)
Short intro by Yuushi L:
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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