I had lost consciousness, and all this had happened. I should respond, but no sound came from my mouth. Yi-hyeon must have struggled alone…
“It’s an erosion type, so it was hard to recognize it. Are you hurt anywhere else?”
“……No.”
I answered calmly after taking a deep breath, and Baek Yi-hyeon seemed relieved and smiled. As usual, he spoke in a casual tone as if it was just a regular conversation.
“I was going to tell you earlier, but it’s good for you to know. The grade is unknown, we need proper assessment. The attributes seem to be death and darkness, judging from the undead-type monsters like the skeletons.”
“……Unknown grade?”
“Sometimes it happens. We need assessment skills or items to get detailed information. We encountered a monster, so it seems we got the attributes.”
“……Okay.”
My mind felt numb. Baek Yi-hyeon continued to explain, but I couldn’t take in his words. The pervasive scent of death paralyzed my senses.
Somewhere, a scream was heard. Ah. Not just the park, but parts of the residential area had also been eroded. The thoughts that came to my mind were fragmented in my dazed state.
“……Yi-hyeon, Yi-hyeon.”
“Yes?”
“Over there, ……there’s a particularly strong smell. The scent of corpses and death. ……It seems like there’s something there. We shouldn’t go in that direction. People are gathered, and it looks like monsters are drawn to it.”
“Uh? Ah…… okay.”
My head hurt. I didn’t understand what I was saying. Baek Yi-hyeon, however, took my words as they were.
Those people over there will soon meet a terrible death. If they are lucky, they will simply sleep forever; if unlucky, their souls will be bound to the gate, unable to find true death and wander within.
Someone in my head asked me.
Aren’t you going to save them?
I answered.
What can I do when I’m incapable of anything?
Amidst such self-deceptive thoughts, Baek Yi-hyeon’s gentle voice reached me.
“Got it. If what you’re saying is true, there’s a boss monster near the lake, and monsters are gathering around the apartments?”
“……Yes.”
“Alright. Let’s avoid the back then.”
Baek Yi-hyeon grabbed my hand and began walking somewhere. With each step, my vision became clearer, and at the same time, the emotions I had been suppressing burst forth.
“Ugh, uh…….”
I felt sorry, so terribly sorry, even though I knew it wasn’t my fault. Sorry for not being able to save anyone, for feeling unjustly placed in this situation, for selfishly surviving alone. It seemed as if the erosion wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been here, as if everything was my fault.
All of it was just so heartbreaking.
Baek Yi-hyeon didn’t say a word; he just held my hand and ran. With each fleeting moment, a chilling sensation brushed past my back. The dark aura of death made it so distinctly apparent that the lives around us were flickering out, one by one.
“We should be safe around here for a while.”
The place we ended up running to was a corner of the park that the fire hadn’t reached yet. Catching his breath, Baek Yi-hyeon handed me a bottle containing a red liquid and a small hammer.
“……What’s this?”
“It’s a low-grade potion and a simple but sturdy weapon. Just in case, keep them with you.”
“……It would be better if you kept them.”
“I have plenty of other stuff, so it’s okay. You never know what might happen. Keep it.”
“……Okay.”
After that, until I calmed down, Baek Yi-hyeon just silently stayed by my side.
“……Yi-hyeon, I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“For dragging you into this. If I hadn’t come here with you… if it hadn’t been today, if I hadn’t wanted to go out…”
“Shin-ah.”
“Yes?”
Clap, the sound of a loud handclap echoed. I worried that the noise might attract monsters, but before I could voice my concern, he spoke.
“Why is this your fault?”
Baek Yi-hyeon looked at me with a stern expression.
“If anything, I’m the one who dragged you out recklessly. I’m the one who said it’s not right to stay cooped up all the time.”
“……But.”
“Rather, it’s because of me that you got involved in this. And honestly, I’m glad I can protect you like this.”
“……. ”
He then reverted to his usual gentle expression, as if nothing had happened.
Why did his look of relief feel so reassuring to me?
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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