The Only Healer, Ruela (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
“There it is.”
The village square, reached just thirty minutes after departure.
The game screen showed 10 p.m.
A bulletin board stood starkly alone in the open space ahead, catching my eye.
Given the late hour, not a single person was in sight, and the eerie atmosphere made everything feel unnervingly ominous.
Cautiously approaching to inspect it, I saw a large poster written in chilling red letters.
Declaration of Hostile Action Against Ruela Romnin.
Effective immediately upon the public posting of this notice, the Balder Guild regards Ruela Romnin as an enemy.
The aforementioned individual committed foul deeds for personal gain and sought to sow discord within our Balder Guild, which tirelessly serves the Kuran Kingdom day and night.
Furthermore, Ruela Romnin has already been formally accused of falsely accusing guild members she disliked in an attempt to drive them out.
Though currently summoned for trial, her guilt is so evident that we deem it unnecessary to await the verdict, and thus officially declare Ruela Romnin’s exclusion.
The aforementioned individual may not establish residence in any area managed by the Balder Guild and must pay all fees—including tolls and lodging charges—as determined by us whenever passing through or staying temporarily.
Moreover, anyone aiding Ruela Romnin will likewise be regarded as an enemy of the Balder Guild and punished accordingly. Take heed and act with caution.
—Balder Ganeshi Kuran—
My jaw dropped at the poster’s terrifying contents, merely from reading it.
Even if I had actually done it myself, this seemed excessive—but now I was about to bear all the consequences for something I didn’t even remember doing.
“Is this really happening just because I flirted with a couple of guys? Or was there something worse? And what even is a ‘declaration of hostile action’?”
Frustration and discontent spilled out in a string of grumbling complaints.
“Flitting between two men isn’t exactly something you’d call ‘just a little thing,’ is it?”
At that moment, startled by a strangely familiar voice, I whirled around abruptly.
“Who’s there?”
A man stood behind me, clad in a black cloak and wide-brimmed hat pulled low over his face.
“Don’t you remember me?”
I did.
A man of such height, broad shoulders, and refined voice was an exceedingly rare sight.
It was the man I’d met at the party.
The instant I recognized him, my gaze involuntarily drifted down to his fingers—the same fingers that had provocatively brushed down his own arm when we first met…
But sensing his eyes fixed on me, Ruela quickly lifted her chin and replied curtly,
“Oh. It’s you.”
“You?”
“What else should I call you? I don’t even know your name.”
“I see.”
What exactly did he “see”?
I had no intention of arguing with a man who wouldn’t even reveal his identity. Waving my hand dismissively as if shooing him away, Ruela said,
“I’m not in the mood for games right now. Just go on your way.”
“Are you sure you should leave? You’ll regret it if you don’t hear what ‘hostile action’ really means.”
Though curious, something about hearing it from him felt wrong. Shrugging nonchalantly, I answered with feigned indifference,
“What’s there to regret? I’ll just ask someone else.”
“You know how fearsome Balder is. You’ll soon realize what happened at yesterday’s party was nothing.”
“What do you mean?”
“After this declaration, no one will speak to you. Not only that—you won’t be able to buy even a loaf of bread or get a single sip of water.”
Staring at him in disbelief at his words, I retorted,
“I have money.”
I’d just completed a quest and received payment. Still, just in case, I pulled up the game screen and opened my bag.
At the very top of my inventory, 15 lue were displayed in red.
I didn’t know the currency’s value, but seeing money appear in my previously empty bag felt good.
Then it hit me.
‘Wait a minute…’
What if the money shown on-screen couldn’t actually be used in reality?
Anxiously, I tapped repeatedly on the money display in my bag on-screen—regardless of who stood before me. In my panic, I didn’t even think to click mentally.
Ding.
With the familiar sound effect, my cloak grew slightly heavier. Hurriedly reaching into my pocket, I felt coins jingling inside.
A sigh of relief escaped me automatically.
Only then did Ruela haughtily lift her chin and repeat once more,
“I have money.”
My odd behavior made the other person step back slightly before replying,
“You know that’s not what I meant, right?”
The man used his riding crop to underline a section of the poster pinned to the board.
“It clearly says here: ‘Anyone aiding Ruela Romnin…’”
“Does buying something with my own money count as receiving aid?”
“Yes. Simply selling you goods is considered aiding you. It’s not about whether you pay or not—it’s that the food you buy with that money sustains your life, and that’s the problem.”
He tapped the poster again firmly.
“Do you see the words ‘as determined by us’ here?”
“Yeah.”
The man paused at Ruela’s informal speech.
“What?”
“Huh?”
“Why are you talking like that?”
“You’re using informal speech, so I’m just matching you.”
The man fell silent for a moment without a word. Ruela brazenly continued provoking him,
“You’re not mad, are you? We’ve only met twice. Are you really the type to think it’s fine for you to use informal speech but not for me? That’d be awfully old-fashioned.”
A smile appeared at the corner of the man’s previously stern mouth.
“That’s an unexpected point. Go ahead as you please.”
It was surprising.
He seemed arrogant enough to address strangers informally without hesitation, yet showed no sign of being offended—somehow deflating my irritation.
“Now that you’ve told me to do as I please, I don’t even want to anymore.”
Kite’s smile widened at the sight of the woman pouting her lips.
Aside from friends, no one dared speak informally to him.
Perhaps because he’d lived his whole life addressed with the utmost respect? The man who never flinched before wicked humans or terrifying monsters found himself slightly startled by this unfamiliar woman’s sudden informality.
She wasn’t wrong. He’d never once dropped his formal speech with noble ladies or young misses—doing so would inevitably lead them to assume closeness and overstep boundaries.
Yet with Ruela Romnin, he felt no such caution.
Why was that?
By reputation, she was precisely the type he should’ve been most wary of—a low-ranking noblewoman of little worth, known only for chasing wealthy, capable men.
Kite looked at Ruela, who was still pouting. He recalled how she’d stomped on someone’s foot at the party and then left with a look of utter satisfaction, as if she’d taken her revenge.
“Why are you staring like that?”
“How am I staring?”
Unable to describe his gaze, Ruela changed the subject with an aloof expression.
“Anyway, I’ll do as I please.”
“As you wish.”
“What? Why do you keep smiling? It’s annoying.”
“Is it? I’ll try to be more careful.”
Whether Ruela Romnin glared at him or acted petulant, he couldn’t help but smile.
“Just hurry up and continue your explanation. It’s almost 11 already. I have no intention of spending two whole days—and at night, no less—with a stranger, so please get on with it.”
“Two days…? Why do you count it like that?”
“Because once midnight passes, it becomes tomorrow, right? Isn’t it the same here?”
Kite, not noticing anything odd about Ruela’s question, answered,
“No, you’re right. We do count it as a new day after midnight.”
“Exactly. So today is…”
Glancing at the game screen, it read June 1, 10:59:58 p.m.
“It’s June 1st. Once it passes 12, it’ll be the 2nd, right? So that’s two days.”
“How is that two days?”
“The 1st and the 2nd—that’s two days.”
“Well, that’s not…”
Kite, about to argue, caught himself and closed his mouth.
He couldn’t believe he was actually bickering with a woman he’d just met over such absurd, illogical reasoning.
Closing his eyes briefly to calm himself, he quickly began explaining,
“You won’t be able to buy anything with the money you have. They’ll demand fees you can’t possibly pay.”
“What?”
I was genuinely shocked.
“Are you saying Guildmaster Balder wants me dead?”
“Can’t you tell just from reading the poster? The poster itself says they intend to drive you to your death. Guildmaster Balder’s fury must be immense.”
Ruela recalled the day’s events.
“Or maybe they want me to come apologize.”
Considering that Guildmaster Balder had visited the mansion earlier and repeatedly warned her through Shuna, this interpretation actually seemed more aligned with their intentions.
“Apologize?”
“He came by earlier today. Said they’d give me one last chance before enforcing the poster’s terms.”
“What kind of chance?”
“He wanted me to give an answer agreeing to become engaged.”
Ruela herself didn’t fully understand why she was confessing all this to a stranger on the street, but she was so furious she just needed to vent to someone.
“Isn’t it ridiculous? He’s angry because I supposedly cheated with another man. If that’s the case, why not just break things off cleanly instead of dragging it out like this?”
“Wants you to get engaged…? Could that really be it?”
“Can’t you tell just from seeing me banished here?”
The man’s eyes widened slightly.
“Banished?”
“Why else would I be here at this hour? Do you really think I’d want to get engaged to the man who did this to me?”
“I see.”
In truth, Kite had expected Ruela Romnin to come check the poster herself, so he’d been waiting since daytime—but he never imagined she’d show up in the dead of night like this. Had their lodging not been at the inn right in front of the bulletin board, he might have missed her entirely.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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It’s frustrating that she suddenly found herself in a game and no one is helping her. I think this royal family is evil.- Haha, they’re really funny. And Tian, why are you looking at Ruella?
What kind of kingdom is this? How can people live in a place like this?
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“I know that too. But you also know we can’t help her until a point of contact i
What is this? Could they have summoned her to this world?
Raphael, too, kept glancing back and forth between his hand and Ruela with disbe
I love the fact the author shows her testing her theories and failing, it makes it really immersive
“It’s like my eyes are opened, and everything feels bright.”
Hahaha, Ruella hasn’t changed, she’s still flirting and doesn’t care. Poor Kate, he’ll fall for her easily. 🤭💗
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