Being alone was lonely, but it was okay. She was strong. Any problems she couldn’t solve were just because she was weak. She just needed to get rid of her weaknesses to be okay.
That’s what Nari had believed for ten years. It was bearable.
But sometimes, she really had hard days.
Actually, she often wished someone would listen to her. That’s why she wanted to believe I-hyun’s words that ‘there are things you can’t solve alone.’
‘Maybe… just maybe, I can trust a little. Just a little, maybe for a year…’
Nari slightly grabbed I-hyun’s sleeve and muttered awkwardly.
“That… your guild. Do they really pay well?”
[Wait, isn’t this wrong, thinks the Chaos Ruler, looking at you with dark eyes.]And so, she made a choice that she might regret someday.
[Attribute :: ‘Natural Lucid Dream’ is activated.] [Deep World Level 0. Entering the Lobby.]Nari woke up. Broken windows, dusty furniture, trash left by thugs – cigarette packs and broken bottles everywhere, walls covered in vulgar graffiti.
Sitting on a worn-out sofa, Nari saw a man approaching. It was Lud.
“Hmm, thanks to that priest, it looks cleaner than yesterday, right? Isn’t it, my Nari?”
“Why are you like that today?”
“Thought it would look cool?”
Lud, or rather, the Chaos Ruler in Lud’s guise, sat next to her, wearing a doctor’s coat and rimless glasses, and put an arm around her.
“Here, your brother has specially come to your dream to make sure our Nari isn’t scared in this frightening deep world.”
“Thanks.”
“Don’t mention it. My Nari is my precious sister and princess.”
Since her awakening, Nari had always had lucid dreams. The scenario was always the same. In her dreams, Nari was always trapped in a ruined house, unable to leave on her own.
Before meeting the Ruler of Chaos, Nari couldn’t even sleep properly. She could only fall asleep if someone put her to bed, and even then, she often woke up from nightmares. If the Ruler of Chaos hadn’t come to her dreams every day, she might still be struggling.
“Did you take your psychiatric medication before sleeping?”
“Yeah. It makes me incredibly sleepy.”
“You need to take it for our Nari to get better. You know that, right?”
The Ruler of Chaos hugged Nari and patted her back. Nari closed her eyes tightly in his embrace. After patting her a few times, the Ruler of Chaos looked intently at her.
“Our Nari, thinking of joining the Cathedral?”
“…”
When she didn’t respond, the Ruler of Chaos stroked her head. Nari continued in a sulky tone.
“I’m considering it.”
“Just a whim? Or are you serious?”
He glanced at her through his glasses with a dangerously flickering gaze. Worried she might have upset him, Nari hesitantly started talking.
“To… to buy a house faster, maybe.”
“Ah, right. That’s always been our Nari’s biggest goal.”
The Ruler of Chaos clapped his hands, understanding her point.
Nari’s dream setting, this abandoned place, was once her family home. Her biggest life goal was to restore it to its original state. The house, designed by a renowned architect, sold for several billion won after her mother’s death. Including the land value, it was worth even more.
“Why leave it abandoned… Just give it to me…”
Nari looked around the neglected ruins. She’d been working as a hunter for years to acquire this house, even though she knew it was nearly impossible.
She wasn’t sure why she was so fixated on this house. It just seemed like regaining it would bring her happiness again. In a world where every piece of her family’s story was sold off, this was the one thing she wanted to preserve.
“I’ll join the Cathedral.”
“To buy the house?”
Nari slowly rose from the sofa. Even with her earnings as a hunter, buying the house alone was impossible. Her father kept demanding money, and she could only sell low-grade items under her name. In such circumstances, she could never afford the house. But now…
“I’ve got a chance.”
What had been a vague, blind hope was now becoming a realistic goal. The last memory she had of her family might be within reach. Nari lifted her head again.
“Good, good. Our Nari’s eyes are burning again. It’s good to have a feasible goal. Much better than being sunk in depression, right?”
The Ruler of Chaos smiled in satisfaction. Regaining her composure, Nari picked up a shard of a broken mirror. Lud’s reflection shimmered in it.
“I’ll gather the money within a year and buy this house.”
“Hmm, a year?”
“Yeah, just wait until then.”
“Well then, how can this brother not support his sister when she’s found something she wants to do?”
The Ruler of Chaos grinned and snapped his fingers. A black door appeared before Nari. He rubbed his hands together and chuckled mischievously.
“Time for the alarm to ring. Wake up, our Nari.”
“Right.”
Nari gazed at the black door with unwavering eyes. Beyond it was reality – the reality that had tormented Nari. It awaited her outside the door.
The world of hunters was a treacherous ice field where a slight slip could endanger dozens of lives, filled with power struggles and political interference.
Stepping into this world, Nari would fully confront the glimmering facade hiding untold agonies.
“Our Nari will do well. She’s the avatar of whom, after all.”
The Ruler of Chaos put on his glasses and crossed his arms, watching her. Nari took a deep breath.
And she opened the black door.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
