Lv.99 Princess of Dark Flames (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
“Why hasn’t there been any word yet?”
Kwang Hyun anxiously stared at his wristwatch. Si Woo, who had confidently promised to return within an hour, still hadn’t come back.
‘Should I just leave for the day?’
It was already well past quitting time. His daughter was surely calling out for her father at this very moment.
After endless internal conflict, Kwang Hyun ultimately couldn’t bring himself to leave.
‘Then I have nothing to report to the Association President.’
The Hunter Association President had been keeping a close eye on Si Woo.
Shin Si Woo was an S-rank Hunter—moreover, one of the rare Natural Element types.
Even more noteworthy was the fact that he could manipulate not only ice but water as well. His abilities could be put to limitless use, not just in combat but also in firefighting or rescuing evacuees.
‘The President certainly has reason to covet him.’
But would he actually accept the offer? He didn’t seem like the type to even twitch an eyebrow at ordinary flattery.
He had always been reluctant to show himself in public. Whether this stemmed from his own will or that of the Wolf, no one could say.
Somehow, someone had finally managed to coax him into completing the tutorial he’d kept putting off until today—but even so, he still acted as if he had no interest in hunter activities.
Just what could possibly lure Si Woo into the Association? After repeating this fruitless pondering for about thirty minutes—
Ding! The glass bell chimed.
“Oh! Hunter Shin!”
Crash!
The chair he’d been sitting on toppled over with a loud clatter.
His previously gloomy expression vanished instantly, and Kwang Hyun, now beaming from ear to ear, quickly opened the door.
But then.
Kwang Hyun’s face suddenly stiffened upon seeing Si Woo.
“Huh? Did something happen?”
“No, it’s just…”
Si Woo trailed off.
The hoodie he wore was riddled with holes, as if sparks had burned right through it.
His shoes were scorched, his hair wildly disheveled, and his cheeks smeared with black ash. Kwang Hyun couldn’t hide his bewilderment at Si Woo’s drastically different appearance compared to when he’d left the café.
‘An S-rank Hunter struggling in a B-rank Gate?’
That was absurd. It’d be more plausible if he’d stumbled upon a fire scene on his way back.
“Here.”
Si Woo abruptly held out a violet mineral—the Gate Core. Ah, despite all the trouble, he’d clearly completed the tutorial.
Regardless of how he ended up in such a state, the mere fact that he’d single-handedly cleared a B-rank Gate and returned proved he truly was an S-rank Hunter.
“That’s incredible. Please, have a seat over here first. I know you’re busy, so I’ll get straight to the point.”
“Do you happen to know how to perform first aid?”
“Yes, first aid—”
Kwang Hyun froze mid-sentence.
“Pardon? First aid? Are you injured somewhere…?”
“Not me.”
Si Woo swiftly raised his thumb, pointing behind his back.
“This person.”
Only then did Kwang Hyun realize Si Woo was carrying someone—a petite young woman hidden behind his broad frame.
“This is… Ah!”
Kwang Hyun gasped sharply.
Wrapped tightly in black cloth like a cocoon, she looked extremely pale. Her wrist, peeking out from the dark sleeve, was unnaturally pale and bony.
“Could you check her condition? Due to circumstances, we can’t take her to a hospital.”
Si Woo sounded slightly anxious as he spoke.
Association personnel handling hunter- and Gate-related duties were required to possess basic first aid and medical knowledge to resolve incidents anywhere, anytime. Knowing this, Si Woo was asking for help.
From Kwang Hyun’s perspective, there was no harm in granting this request. After all, Si Woo wasn’t asking for surgery—just a quick look.
Just as Kwang Hyun moved toward her, Si Woo suddenly spoke again.
“Oh, please be careful. If she wakes up right now, even I might not be able to stop her.”
“…Huh?”
Kwang Hyun blinked slowly. Had he heard wrong? Si Woo, an S-rank Hunter, saying he couldn’t control her…?
Kwang Hyun carefully examined her.
It had been quite a while since he’d seen someone with such jet-black hair. Due to Gates, contracted divine beasts, or supernatural abilities, people nowadays—East or West—commonly had vividly colored hair and eyes.
Judging by Si Woo’s demeanor and her unusual attire, she was likely an Awakened One. Yet her hair was pure, deep black.
But that wasn’t the only odd thing.
‘That dress. And even while unconscious, she’s tightly clutching… an umbrella?’
The dress, adorned with extravagantly abundant lace, was as black as her hair.
Was it cosplay? If so, the details were strangely lifelike—the slightly frayed ribbon, the faint bloodstains on the sleeve.
“Hmm. Aside from a high fever, I don’t see any serious injuries. I’d cautiously guess she’s simply exhausted to the extreme.”
“Nothing seriously wrong, then?”
“No. Once her fever breaks, she’ll probably regain consciousness soon. Of course, I’m no doctor, so I can’t be certain—but that’s my assessment.”
“I see. Thank you.”
Was it his imagination, or did Si Woo’s face briefly soften with relief?
But only for a moment—he abruptly stood up and gently lifted her into his arms.
“Wait a moment, Hunter Shin.”
Kwang Hyun hastily stepped in front of him.
“I still have something to tell you.”
“If it’s an invitation to join the Association, I’ll decline. As you know, I already belong to a guild.”
“But Hunter Shin, regarding the Wolf Guild—”
“I’ll decline.”
Si Woo cut him off firmly, locking eyes with Kwang Hyun. With an openly annoyed expression, he spoke quietly.
“Didn’t you say my activities would be my own choice once the tutorial ended?”
“T-then how about this? Perhaps tomorrow… no, whenever you’re free, just visit the Association—”
“Please step aside.”
Si Woo softly interrupted Kwang Hyun, tilting his head slightly.
“There’s something more urgent I need to attend to right now.”
Kwang Hyun had no strength left to stop him. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the S-rank Hunter walked away before his eyes.
“…This really isn’t easy.”
Kwang Hyun pressed against the window, watching Si Woo’s retreating figure grow smaller in the distance.
Then, suddenly, a realization struck him.
‘…Wait a minute. Now that I think about it, that woman looks just like the Black Flame Princess from the urban legend.’
A black dress stained with blood.
An umbrella adorned with black rose patterns.
Shoes studded with thorns.
Hair so long it nearly dragged on the ground.
Skin smeared with blood.
Everything matched perfectly.
‘No way… It can’t be.’
Kwang Hyun shook his head firmly. At that instant, Si Woo’s warning flashed through his mind.
‘If she wakes up right now, even I might not be able to stop her.’
Kwang Hyun froze in place. His instincts were telling him clearly:
That woman… is something else entirely.
A pleasant scent filled the air.
Eun Ha slowly lifted her eyelids. A sharp headache pierced her forehead, as if someone were pricking it repeatedly with needles. This dreadful headache showed no sign of easing.
“Where am I…?”
She pressed her throbbing forehead and looked around. Eun Ha realized the scent she smelled was fabric softener from the blanket.
Her mind was still foggy. As she rustled upright, her blurry vision caught sight of a white box.
‘This is…’
Inside the box, neatly folded, lay Eun Ha’s old military uniform. Why was this here…? Just as she wondered, a slender shadow fell beside her.
“Oh! You’re awake! I’ll go fetch the young master.”
It was a young woman tidying the room.
‘…A room?’
Only then did Eun Ha’s surroundings come into clear focus.
A plush bed,
a wooden table,
white curtains,
and… sunlight.
Her dazed eyes found their focus, and her jet-black pupils widened dramatically.
Crash!
Eun Ha tumbled off the bed.
“A-are you alright?”
The woman approached, offering her hand. Eun Ha ignored it, scanning the room with a blank, dazed expression.
‘It’s not the Gate.’
Did that mean… she’d escaped?
How?
Her memory ended abruptly with her battle against the blue-eyed Hunter.
Amidst the chaos in her mind, a familiar voice cut through.
“I see you’ve awakened.”
“Oh, Young Master.”
“Good work. You may go.”
Eun Ha lifted her head.
The blue-eyed Hunter. It was him.
“How are you feeling?”
Judging by his tone and expression alone, he seemed genuinely concerned for her well-being—though that was impossible.
Pop!
Without answering, Eun Ha swiftly leaped onto the edge of the bed. To demonstrate her hostility, black flames erupted from both her shoulders.
“…”
But strangely, the man only looked troubled—and instead of assuming a fighting stance, he raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.
“My apologies if I startled you.”
Polite speech. Eun Ha’s brow furrowed. Facing a man whose attitude and tone had completely changed from their battle, she kept her expression stern. His sudden shift was hard to accept.
“I’ve instructed them to prepare some congee. Will you be able to eat?”
An uneasy silence hung between them. Eun Ha still hadn’t extinguished her flames, glaring at him sharply. Shin Si Woo couldn’t possibly miss the hostility in her eyes.
Careful not to close the distance recklessly, Si Woo spoke in the calmest tone he could manage.
“Please don’t be so guarded. If I’d intended to do anything, I would have done it long ago.”
Eun Ha checked her body thoroughly. Indeed, aside from weakness and a severe headache, there were no visible injuries or signs of restraint. If anything, there were clear indications she’d received treatment.
“…And yet you attacked me like you wanted to kill me back then. What’s your real motive?”
“Wouldn’t anyone have misunderstood the situation?”
Humanoid monsters emerging from Gates weren’t uncommon. Though rare, some could even speak—and there were precedents for that. Moreover—
“Humans don’t usually carry such a strong scent of blood.”
“So you still think I’m a monster.”
“Didn’t I already tell you? If I believed that, I would have killed you while you slept.”
Exhausted, Eun Ha had slept soundly for nearly two full days. Twisting her neck during that time would have been easier than breaking a child’s finger.
But Si Woo hadn’t done it.
Eun Ha stared at him blankly. Truthfully, she had many questions for him: how he’d entered the Gate, how he’d managed to bring her out, and…
‘He called me the Black Flame Princess.’
How did he know that title—one even she herself had never heard of?
“…”
The black flames flickering beside her gradually subsided. Though she hadn’t fully lowered her guard.
Eun Ha, her eyes sharp and focused, lifted her gaze. Si Woo sat upright a short distance away, his posture as respectful as if addressing a superior.
“Thank you.”
Seeing Eun Ha seemingly willing to talk, he offered a relieved smile. Eun Ha’s eyebrow twitched. What on earth is this guy?
Meanwhile, Si Woo thought to himself.
Judging from everything so far, she was almost certainly human. His evidence was as follows:
1. The Gate exit opened even though she hadn’t died—meaning she wasn’t the Gate’s boss.
2. After Eun Ha lost consciousness, Si Woo didn’t immediately leave the Gate but checked the surroundings. There, he found a makeshift shelter that appeared handmade by humans.
The pile of monster corpses had been burned black, likely used as a campfire. Among the ashes lay her old military uniform, packaging that seemed to be from emergency rations, and books covered in dust.
‘Not sure why a TOEIC practice book was there, though.’
3. Monsters are instinctively driven to attack defenseless humans—that’s an absolute rule. Yet she hadn’t attacked the maid she encountered right after waking.
And finally, 4.
“Here, I’ll return this. I borrowed it briefly.”
Si Woo handed Eun Ha a golden dog tag. The investigation was over, so he no longer needed it.
Eun Ha took it cautiously and naturally slipped it back around her neck. Si Woo, seated across from her, watched with a curious expression before slowly speaking.
“First of all, welcome to the world thirty years in the future, Senior.”
The moment Si Woo finished speaking, Eun Ha—who had just put the dog tag back on—froze in place like a stone.
…What did he say?
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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I’m gonna cry=(((, she will be trapped in there again.