“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, who live and reign forever…”
In the quiet cathedral where the priest was performing the main prayer, a blond young man sitting in the front row nervously fidgeted.
His aunt, praying next to him, whispered to him without turning her head.
“Hyun-ah?”
In the very quiet cathedral, not wanting to cause a disturbance, the young man whispered back awkwardly to his aunt.
“Um, Hunter… An emergency message just popped up. Aunt.”
“I know that too. But your shift ended today, didn’t it? Your partner has already gone home. Are you going alone?”
“No, but… it’s nearby.”
“It’s past 10. It’s Lude’s active time now. Do you really need to go?”
“I have to. I’m a hunter…”
The aunt glanced at him for a long time and then closed her eyes again to focus on the priest’s prayer. She whispered again.
“Just so you know, there’s no overtime pay for this. If your grandfather finds out, you won’t hear the end of it. If you don’t want to come to the evening mass, just say so.”
“…It’s not that, Aunt. I’ll be back. See you tomorrow.”
With an awkward smile, the young man whispered and carefully left the cathedral. As he opened the doors of the small cathedral, the night sky greeted him.
Ranked 2nd in the country and beloved by all, the Paladin, Kang Hyun, checked his phone map app. Fortunately, it was nearby. A golden indirect message appeared in front of him.
[The Seat of Sanctity, Staff of Purification, comforts you that it has finally emerged.]‘Father was really trembling.’
[The Seat of Sanctity, Staff of Purification, shakes its head, saying there’s no clergyman who can freely preach while it watches.]It was actually true. Thinking it might be some sort of consideration, Kang Hyun chuckled and walked, looking at his map app.
[The Seat of Sanctity, Staff of Purification, shrugs its shoulders, wondering if this time he might finally meet him.]…That’s right. Kang Hyun stopped abruptly after reading the golden indirect message.
‘It’s 10 o’clock, a sudden Class 4 Gate, and it’s near here…’
As his Seat of Sanctity said. It was true. If he hurried, he might actually meet ‘Lude.’ Kang Hyun’s pace quickened.
“Is this a Class 4? Really… The system needs to be more accurate.”
Nari… or rather, now Lude, slightly furrowed her brow.
In web novels, the system is portrayed as extremely accurate and all-powerful. The reality of the system, however, isn’t quite so.
Full of bugs, there are places it doesn’t affect, and the ranking updates are slow. Of course, Nari relies on this looseness to operate as a hidden main character…
Anyway, where she floated was a stage-type gate. The wide plains at the starting point were Stage 1, followed by a dark forest in Stage 2, and Stage 3 contained a black castle.
And where there’s a castle, it usually means the boss monster is intelligent.
The difficulty of conquest increases to at least Class 3 the moment an intelligent creature exists in the field. So this was a precarious Class 4 gate.
[Our Nari should try a bit harder this time, laughs the Lord of Chaos.]“It feels like the ranks of sudden gates are getting higher and higher…”
[Is our Nari becoming a hero now, munches the Lord of Chaos on popcorn.]‘No, never. I’ll only do what I can manage.’
Even though she was ranked 1st, the power Nari could exert as a secondary character had its limits.
Moreover, due to the ‘Social Phobia’ status ailment, she would be severely debuffed if not in her secondary character form.
[Your status ailment is due to trauma, so healers can’t do much either, shrugs the Lord of Chaos.]‘Well, nowadays, what hunter doesn’t have at least one status ailment?’
The world is a harsh place. And the majority of modern hunters’ ailments originate not from ‘others’ but from themselves.
Being a hunter, contrary to its glittering appearance, is a profession where both body and mind are rapidly consumed.
Anyway, acting as ‘Nari’ was greatly limited by these conditions, and she did not want to operate under the name of Shin Bitnari.
As ‘Lude,’ she could only solo up to Class 3 gates. Nari had no intention of teaming up with other hunters.
So, she decided to do only what she could as a secondary character.
Her first rule was to pack up and flee overseas with the manager if a Class 2 or higher gate opened. Whether South Korea fell apart or not, it had nothing to do with her. That was her attitude.
“Anyway, it’s about time to get started.”
Lude, who had been floating in the air, descended to the ground. Her expressionless face turned into a mischievous smile. Thud, she gently landed at the gate’s starting point, the field area where survivors were gathered.
There were about ten survivors caught in the stage starting point gate. Then there must be more inside. Lude glanced over the survivors.
“Sniff, sniff… We’re all going to die now…”
Nari’s gaze turned to a man sobbing nearby.
‘He’s quite handsome for a tragic figure. You pass.’
Nari lightly grabbed the man’s hand.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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