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‘Finally… it’s over.’

When her sword, called the hero of this century, pierced my stomach, I cheered deep in my heart that I was finally dead.

I was tearfully happy that I was finally free from the burden of being an assassin and that I was able to face death as myself, not as a puppet controlled by others.

Yeah, I definitely felt that way.

If only I hadn’t felt my body breathing when I opened my eyes again.

‘…..What the hell happened? I’m definitely dead?’

I blinked. I could feel the noise around me.

The sight that is clearly visible, the loud noise that stimulates the ears, and the dizzying smell of sweat and perfume…

Damn, things that you can’t feel unless you’re alive were being felt so vividly in real time.

I naturally explored my surroundings as a habit from my days as an assassin. Whether I was alive or dead was a secondary issue. Now, the first thing I had to do was figure out what was going on.

The place where I was standing was a large space like a lecture hall.

The first thing that catches your eye are the people wearing unusual clothes.

Men wearing clothes that looked too tacky to be called formal attire and too uncomfortable to wear for everyday wear were neatly tidying up their clothes, with their hair neatly combed back and even mustaches growing out.

There seemed to be at least 50 people, and their ages ranged from those in their teens to those in their 50s.

Of these, only five appeared to be women.

Seeing how nervous everyone was, it felt like we were in an interview or exam room.

Of course, that’s not likely to happen.

‘…..I don’t feel sick.’

After making sure there was nothing dangerous around, I checked my physical condition a second time.

Even though the knife was stuck in his stomach, his body was still surprisingly intact.

There was no smell of blood, and the small and large wounds I received while running away did not hurt at all.

Most importantly, I can no longer hear that annoying voice that made my head feel like it was going to burst.

‘It’s strange….’

Even after dying and coming back to life, my condition was so good.

Even though I had committed a great crime, I was neither tied up nor in a prison cell… Above all, my field of vision was much lower than usual. I felt a sense of discomfort, as if I had entered a body other than my own.

I looked at her beautiful white hands without a single scar and clenched and unclenched my fists.

‘….What are these clothes?’

I frowned at the clothes covering my body. Everyone seemed to be wearing strange clothes, and I was one of them.

She was wearing a strange black dress with lace that I would normally not have even glanced at.

Before I could even begin to wonder why I was standing here wearing these clothes, the closed auditorium door opened and a woman walked in.

The woman in the elegant black dress had her face covered with cotton, but judging by the atmosphere she gave off, she was no ordinary woman.

Even just standing still, I could feel the elegance and atmosphere. I could feel the elegance in every step. The noisy atmosphere that had been created by the appearance of the woman became calm and composed.

“…. Welcome to the Jack family. I didn’t know that so many people would come here to become servants of our Jack family. I would like to accept all of you as servants, but unfortunately, our Jack family only needs one servant.”

Jack’s family servant.

I flinched at the family name I had heard somewhere.

‘That’s ridiculous. No way… that’s possible.’

“I hope everyone here does their best on the exam. And just in case, please also fill out a simple form and sign a life waiver before taking the exam.”

The woman continued speaking, looking around the room.

“If you change your mind now, you can just leave through the open door. By the way, this is your last chance to leave. Think carefully and decide.”

Despite the life-saving statement and the woman’s threatening words, no one thought of going outside. Everyone stood there with a determined look on their face.

Then the woman clapped her hands. At the same time, people wearing the same black clothes as the woman appeared and began handing out documents and pens in unison.

I also held in my hand the paper and pen they had given me. I looked at the paper.

‘…..a contract and a life waiver.’

I looked around with wavering eyes.

‘No way… Ha, that’s ridiculous.’

I wondered why it felt familiar. I wondered why I felt a sense of deja vu in the woman’s words.

Now, I think I finally understand why this document seems familiar.

‘The Jack family, that’s the only one that comes out…. The King’s Women….’

I bit my lip hard.

It’s ridiculous, it’s absolutely impossible, but I felt like I was in a webtoon I used to enjoy reading.

I died and woke up in a webtoon…

‘Calm down. Calm down.’

Getting hit by a reincarnation truck and being possessed by someone else’s body is a setting that often appears in webtoons.

Of course, I wasn’t hit by a truck, but let’s imagine that I was one of them.

The first thing I had to do now was to recall the content of the webtoon called The King’s Women and decide on the direction I should take in my life going forward.

Of course, I might wake up and be dead again, but the fact that I was alive was a clear reality, and I wasn’t stupid enough to not be able to tell the difference between dreams and reality.

Maybe this is a chance. A chance to live an ordinary life. A last chance given by God, who took pity on me for living an unfortunate life in my past life.

I tried to stay calm and thought about the contents of the webtoon called The King’s Women.

‘Why did I have to come here to get ice cream…..’

The King’s Women… features the crown prince, who will become the future king.

The main story is about a crown prince who enters the academy and seduces the young ladies of various noble families while hiding his identity. It is literally a harem webtoon.

The problem is that among those this crown prince is trying to seduce, there is also the daughter of the Jack assassin family. And there are three of them…

The problem was that none of these three people had normal thinking.

These were the villains, or villainesses. The villainesses who create a sense of crisis in this webtoon. The psycho villainesses who fell for the crown prince…

It was by chance that I came across this webtoon.

On the subway ride home from work, I saw high school kids having fun and giggling, so I thought it would be nice to have something to enjoy in my troubled life, and so I looked for something to do and got hooked.

In particular, I found the episode where the Jack assassin family appeared as fellow assassin comrades was very exciting.

The Jack family of assassins are known for being elite assassins, and this assassin family had a total of three children.

The problem is the way this family raises their children, and because of that way, all of the children have psychotic sides. But that’s the part that I sympathized with the most. That’s why I became even more immersed in this childish webtoon.

‘….Because that’s how I was raised as a child.’

I was kidnapped as a child and raised as a killer.

While living as a killer and killing people, a gate appeared in the world and monsters poured out from inside.

After that, I didn’t have the presence of mind to do my mission. I was busy trying to survive. But fortunately, humanity did not perish.

Humanity has awakened superpowers that embody each of their own characteristics.

I was raised as a fucking killer, so I ended up with the characteristics of an assassin. An assassin with S-class abilities at that! Yeah. It was fine until then.

Because I thought I could use this ability to escape from this damn organization.

‘That damn bastard…..’

But the awakening wasn’t just mine.

Unfortunately, there was an Awakened person with brainwashing abilities in the group.

I was caught running away, and from then on I was brainwashed and had no choice but to live like a puppet, doing nothing but killing.

A dirty life where my will remains but my body cannot move.

The one who ended this life was the first awakened person and the so-called hero of the century.

Thanks to you, I finally got the death I had been hoping for. Of course, I’m back to life now.

First, I looked at the contract they gave me.

‘Oh, the contract terms are… amazing?’

I think I understand why people don’t give up on the exam even if they sign a life-threatening statement.

The salary was not hundreds but thousands a month.

I guess it should be like this?

It’s a matter of life and death… If it’s a matter of life and death, then it’s not that expensive, I thought, smiling bitterly.

‘There is definitely a successful candidate…’

I’ve seen this episode in a webtoon.

I looked around to find those who passed.

Then a brown-haired woman with a scraggly appearance wearing glasses appeared.

Yes, that was the woman. Contrary to her appearance, she had come well prepared. She was chosen here and became the faithful servant of the future villainesses.

I remembered it because I was by the side of the villainess in the webtoon. The others were literally just extras, that is, those women’s hangers-on. I’m probably the same.

A disposable extra to make that woman shine.

Let’s check my abilities first. Then I can decide what to do next.

‘Open status window.’

[Name: Jo Hwan-hee (Brainwashing status removed)

Occupation: S-class assassin

Stats: All stats maxed (cannot be increased any further)

Skills: Assassination, Surprise, Detection, Search, Dagger, Spear, Sword, Transfiguration, Shadow Change, Poison Immunity, Disguise, Pain Relief, Critical Hit, Beginner Fire Magic, Beginner Water Magic, Beginner Wind Magic, Beginner Earth Magic…..]

I was worried because my body had changed, but fortunately the status window opened. I cheered inwardly when I saw the words “Brainwashing status abnormality removed.”

The red status abnormality that had been bothering me for so long was finally lifted. I wondered why my head, which had been bothering me so much, didn’t hurt anymore. Well, since my body had changed, it was only natural for the status abnormality to be lifted.

I quickly checked other information as well.

There were endless lists of skills I had acquired by reaching out here and there with my unchanging job and my greed. However, although everything else was the same, the ability values were a little strange.

All stats maxed? What’s that? I’m not maxed?

I clenched and unclenched my fist. I felt a strong power that I had never felt before flowing through my whole body. It was a sense of fullness that I had never felt before.

This is Max? Then how much stronger have I become? Up until now, I’ve always been short on mana, so I couldn’t use my many skills properly. That’s why the abilities I can use are limited to assassination.

But Max? It’s infinitely usable? So, does that mean I can use all the skills I’ve been saving up until now?

At that moment, I felt a presence approaching me. I didn’t feel the presence at all, as if I was a servant of an assassin family, but even so, compared to me who had been training since childhood, I was inferior.

Let’s turn our gaze. The servant looked embarrassed for a moment, as if he thought I wouldn’t notice. Then he returned to his stern face and spoke in a businesslike manner.

“Your time has come. If you don’t want to sign the contract, you can go out the other door.”

‘…..I don’t know what the situation is, but let’s give it a try.’

If this is not a dream but reality…

A job that allows you to earn thousands of dollars a month is literally the best.

If I could use my abilities as usual, there was no need to hesitate any longer.

My lifelong dream is to live freely, earning a stable income in a stable place. And this is the best place to make that dream come true.

As long as I completed my assigned tasks, I had a lot of free time, got paid well, and didn’t go bankrupt until the webtoon was finished, so it was a job for life. It was the perfect place for me, who was reborn, to live an ordinary life.

After I stopped worrying, I readily signed the document. As soon as I signed, the people who seemed to be servants of this house took it away.

‘….Okay. Let me give it a try. Whatever.’

The status abnormality was lifted and I was now free.

I smiled to myself, thinking that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to earn enough money, adapt to this world, and then later live off of the original work.