“Uh… we need to escape quickly. Now! My partner is really persistent! What will you do if you’re caught?”

“Eh?! Oh, right…”

Kang I-hyun, maintaining his composure, shielded Nari with his body. His face was so serene, it was hard to tell who the real victim was. Caught in the situation, Nari quickly opened a dimensional rift.

“Let’s go quickly!”

“Feels like our roles have reversed, doesn’t it?!”

Normally in such a scenario, it would be the distressed Nari who would grab Kang I-hyun by the collar and drag him away…

But this time, I-hyun grabbed Nari and jumped into the dimensional rift.

“Mister!”

The calls for him echoed until they entered the rift. Nari looked up at Kang I-hyun and said,

“So your title really is ‘Mister’, huh…”

“Huh?”

“No… just thinking how people’s perceptions are similar…”

Just when they thought they had crossed the portal harmoniously… Surprisingly, they hadn’t…

Kang I-hyun, bound with black ropes, looked around.

A small studio apartment in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province. The neon sign’s light shone through the small window and thin curtains. Sounds from the neighboring apartment and the street filled the room – cars, drunk people.

Lude, or rather Nari, was muttering something in the next room, apparently talking to her Lord of Chaos.

[The Lord of Chaos, the Staff of Purification, is amazed that Lude is such an ordinary person.]

‘I… feel the same.’

To the general public, Lude was a popular hunter, but in the hunter community, Lude’s reputation was the worst. Arrogant, greedy, lying to the Awakened Association, monopolizing dungeon items…

Breaking the unspoken rules of the hunter community… like a troublemaker muddying the water…

Just look at the sacred temple. There were plenty of guild members who cursed Lude, saying he thinks he’s the protagonist of a web novel. In fact, Kang I-hyun, who actually liked Lude, was considered an oddball.

There were many wild rumors about Lude. He bought Disneyland with his wealth, owned 50 penthouses, lived in top-class hotel suites without a home, was the hidden illegitimate child of a chaebol family…

‘But he’s really just an ordinary… person.’
Apart from being a bit desolate, it really was just a typical student’s room. Honestly, if you ask if I was shocked, I wasn’t…

‘But I feel like I’ve come to understand Lude a bit more. I want to know his real name.’

He liked Lude. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it was because of Lude that he became a hunter.

‘I really wanted to meet him at least once, and it’s great that I could meet him this way… I wish I knew his real name… I want to know more…’

Despite being tied up, I-hyun chuckled to himself, looking too happy for his own good. His Lord of Chaos teased him.

[The Lord of Chaos, the Staff of Purification, looks at you with an expression of disgust.]

“What, are you laughing?”

Just as Nari finished talking with the Lord of Chaos, she opened the door and approached him. Seeing Kang I-hyun smiling despite being tied up, she looked at him incredulously and sat down in front of him.

“You know, I’ve been thinking, and unfortunately…”

Nari shook her head as if it was really regrettable. Then, whoosh, she pulled out the black half-scissors from her inventory. Kang I-hyun’s eyes widened in alarm.

“I’ve decided to kill you.”

“Eep!”

Kang I-hyun writhed and shook his head in panic. His Lord of Chaos sent a message of disbelief.

“I’m nervous, I’ve never killed a person before… Sorry, this is all your fault for being completely immune to evil psychic attacks…”

“Eep!! Eep!!”

Nari raised her half-scissors as if showing mercy. Those eyes were serious. Serious! Kang I-hyun frantically tried to escape as Nari’s scissors struck the ground.

“Don’t worry, it’ll be quick… It won’t hurt…”

Those eyes, they’re not normal. She’s not in her right mind! None of the monsters he had ever encountered had shown such madness!

Kang I-hyun, terrified, used his skill. Whoosh, golden flames burnt the gag and ropes. Now free to speak, he said urgently,

“Wa-wa-wait, time, time!!! Please, spare me!!”

“No, I can’t. You’ve seen my true form! If anyone finds out, I’m…”

“I won’t tell anyone, I promise! Really!”

“I can’t trust you!”

Whoosh whoosh, Nari randomly swung the half-scissors.

In a panic, Nari shouted and swung her black scissors around the room, Kang I-hyun dodged as best as he could, the furniture broke… Crash, a chair fell over…

The Lords of Chaos ate popcorn… After a while…

“Excuse me. I’m from the apartment downstairs. It’s too noisy in the middle of the night, can you please be more careful?”

A neighbor’s scolding voice came from outside the front door, and they finally regained their senses. Yes, noise between floors is important… It’s not good to cause a disturbance…

Nari and Kang I-hyun sat back at the table. Nari looked at him, a bit deflated.

“…I’m sorry. I got too excited.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay. It’s understandable to panic when someone else finds out…”

“Don’t tell anyone else. If you do… If you do, I’ll really kill you!”

“I won’t tell anyone. I promise!”

“How can I believe you!”

The conversation circled back to the beginning. Kang I-hyun sighed and asked something of his Lord of Chaos. Fluttering, a piece of paper floated down from above. It was a ‘Holy Oath’.

“Let’s make a Holy Oath. It’s my skill. If I break this oath, I’ll fall straight to hell right on the spot. Is this okay?”

Nari took the blank contract and thought hard about it. I-hyun couldn’t help but smile in relief, seeing her calm down a bit.

Her Lord of Chaos sent her an indirect message.

[The Lord of Chaos, the Staff of Purification, suggests that you also propose what you’ve always wanted to do.]

Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.

The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…

Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.

Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.

The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”

When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…

The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced