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[Episode 011] The Fate She Chose

“Is this the kingdom of rape, you son of a b****!”

As if catching prey, Solgae appeared, sending the monster flying away. It was not a beast but a person.

It didn’t make sense. In her story, in her nightmares, there was no such person…

“Th… traveler? Are you okay? Oh! Uh, please wear this for now.”

Even though it was dark and hard to see, he was startled and turned his head.

While turning his head, he took off his coat and handed it to her.

The man who had intervened in her fate was very strange. And… she soon realized that her fate had changed because of this man.

It couldn’t be happening. It was a predetermined fate. The story must have been written to its conclusion, so who on earth was this man appearing now?

Being from the heavenly realm, she could tell. Just by his existence… fate had twisted. How? Fate wasn’t supposed to be changeable.

She was giving up… thinking that having hope would only bring more pain… believing there would be no salvation…

Suddenly, like a flower blooming in a wasteland, hope sprouted in her heart, and without realizing it, her legs gave out as she collapsed, crying loudly.

“Ugh! Uwaaaah! Huhuhu….”

It was fortunate that it was dark. Her ugly face wouldn’t be visible…

Thud! Something large covered her body.

It was the coat he had handed her.

When he wore it, she didn’t realize how large the coat was until it covered her entire body as she sat down.

From the coat emanated the smell of well-tanned leather, a faint warmth… a pleasant scent… and the smell of his sweat shed while riding the mountains.

Perhaps it was because of the stench of the monster’s odor.

Even his sweat smelled more fragrant and comforting to her than anything else.

“I have some business with my wretched child, so stay here for a moment. It might get noisy, so cover your ears.”

She wanted to reply to him, but her voice wouldn’t come out properly.

So she just nodded slightly while crying. Would he even see her in the darkness?

…

“…It’s… mine!”

“Screaaam! …Wrong… I… only…”

“Screaam! …Stop!”

She watched the monster suffer with wide eyes.

Whenever the moonlight was obscured by clouds, dimming and brightening, causing pain in her eyes, she paid no attention.

That creature tried to seize her fate and ruin her life.

In her nightmare, she felt like livestock.

The stench and violence that pierced her nose… in that place filled with misery, she gradually withered away.

The monster’s mother was as wicked as the monster itself.

Always watching her every move, even the slightest annoyance or bad mood, she tormented her.

She didn’t like anything about her, whether eating, sleeping, or doing household chores.

She constantly pinched her until blood flowed, and when bored, she wielded a knife.

For secretly eating a potato due to hunger, she had to be bruised all over and become a dead woman.

Perhaps, thanks to that dreadful dream, the jealousy of her sisters didn’t seem so hateful.

It was such a horrific dream.

In that dream, when she fled from the wicked woman and knelt before the monster begging for help, what did the monster do?

Saying she was disrespectful, she slapped her cheek and…

Sigh…

In that moment, she dreamed of finding her winged garment and escaping.

The grotesque monster in her dream was writhing in agony.

Screaming desperately… begging for mercy…

The image of her in the dream, kneeling and pleading for help, was reflected.

The monster’s limbs were broken and its tendons severed. Crack! A small, pitiful cry erupted.

To the point where she wondered if her soul was so toxic, she felt exhilaration in the monster’s pain.

The resentment of the woman in her dream was so overwhelming that she wished for the monster to suffer more.

The woman in her dream is crying. And… she is crying too.

It was a kind of salvation.

A sacred light, seemingly impossible in the dark night sky, poured down on me, giving me a feeling of purification.

That warm light enveloped and comforted the polluted mind of the monster, my tainted body, and the suffering heart.

Unknowingly, the grudges accumulated in my heart melted away, and the sticky malice that clouded my mind washed away completely.

At this moment, she was cleaner and more innocent than anyone else.

In this way, she was saved by a stroke of great fortune that came to her for inexplicable reasons.

I regained control of my destiny.

The woman in her dream will no longer shed tears.

The staggering movements of the monster, struggling for breath, soon ceased, and her savior turned away.

In the dark night sky, only the savior’s eyes, obscured by clouds, were visible.

His eyes approached me.

The appearance of the old man who had just been avenging the monster contrasted with his clear and deep eyes.

She found herself captivated by those two eyes without even realizing it.

Startled!

“… I’m sorry. It must have been frightening… I had some unfinished business with that monster.”

No.

I wasn’t scared. It’s just… your eyes are beautiful…

However, no words came out.

“Can you stand up?”

His deep, gentle voice carried a subtle force that made her want to obey.

She wanted to listen to everything he said.

As if entranced, she touched the ground and stood up.

Oof! My leg…!

She staggered,

He turned around and showed his back.

“Get on.”

As she turned her head, their eyes met again. Startled! And once again, she fell into his eyes.

Her head bowed in embarrassment. She was more embarrassed than when she exposed her nakedness.

He said something to her, but she couldn’t hear a word.

Before she knew it, a sword was in her hand.

‘Why is he giving me this?’

“If you don’t go in the direction I point to, stab me with this sword. I will carry you on my back, so if you stab me, I won’t resist, and then you can escape, right? So, get on for now.”

Once again, his back was visible.

His broad back reflected in the moonlight. My savior. His trustworthy…

With a clatter, the sword in her hand fell to the ground.

Approaching him as if embracing him, she lifted him up towards his back.

Ah. The fragrant smell coming from his clothes was his scent, she realized at that moment.

“… You are unknown. What is the name of the young lady?”

At the question of his name, she cleared her throat for a moment.

“… Heesun, it’s Heesun.”

As she smelled his scent and buried her face in his back,

she felt that the destiny she had just barely regained was once again being surrendered to someone else.

Ah, I am now his.

I will give him my body, soul, and heart for him.

Ugly or handsome, noble or humble, I will love him with all I have.

The woman in her dream smiles brightly at me.

Although the cursed prophecy that her fate would be controlled by others eventually came true,

she did not feel as sad or hurt as the woman in her dream.

This time, it was the fate she entrusted to her own hands.

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She brought him to the lake.

His back was so broad and warm that she wished that time would last forever….

His scent, intensifying as sweat flowed, was so sweet….

She buried her face in his back

Huff… hah… huff… hah….

She smelled the scent.

And before she knew it, they had almost reached their destination.

Now… she has to get off.

It was so heartbreaking that after taking one last deep breath, she reluctantly exhaled.

He taps him on the back.

“Um… Please let me off here….”

At her words, he seemed momentarily flustered.

“H-Here? Nangja’s house?”

How cute his flustered expression was.

In truth, she knew. About the fact that my wings were missing here.

How well the monster in her dreams had hidden. Since she hadn’t found it over the long years.

The only reason she brought him here was for a slightly mischievous plan.

Since she had nowhere to return without her wings.

It seemed like he planned to take me home, explain things to his parents, and then not show up in front of her….

She really didn’t like that.

Even if her wings were here, she would rather hide them.

And maybe reveal the truth when she bore three children… Haha.

That’s why she brought him here.

If she pretended to look for her clothes and showed her face, wouldn’t he fall for me too? It was a somewhat sloppy plan, but….

Still, she was confident.

Among the beautiful celestial maidens, there were those who could rival me in beauty.

Even if Father had been more infatuated with another sister, they would have been jealous of my beauty.

But she worried about how he would react when she revealed she was a celestial maiden.

If she couldn’t go home and just asked him to take her in as a concubine, would he accept?

She was absolutely sure he wouldn’t.

He would probably question why she couldn’t go home due to her kind heart.

But to explain why she couldn’t go home, she would have to say she was a celestial maiden!

So, after showing off my beauty, I would tempt him by pretending to look for clothes as much as possible, then say I couldn’t go home because I couldn’t find them.

As this lovely woman said she couldn’t go home because she had no clothes, and had nowhere else to go,

No matter how kind-hearted he was, a man is a man; wouldn’t he take her in as a concubine if he couldn’t resist her beauty? That’s how it goes.

Even if it was a somewhat flimsy excuse that she couldn’t find her clothes, would a man tempted by her beauty really care about such an excuse? He would probably just take her away without much thought, haha.

If she just showed up at my house, he would be completely captivated.

There was no need to reveal that she was a celestial maiden; she could just act as if they had been together for years.

“Um… Well… Please let me off for now.”

With a slightly trembling heart, she got off his back and showed her face to him as planned.

She felt a bit disappointed that she wasn’t wearing pretty clothes…. But isn’t what she’s wearing now somewhat provocative?

She waited for him to turn around.

The moment their eyes met, time stood still….

Oh….

Her breath quickened. Even though there was no mirror to be seen, she could tell her face was turning red even without a reflection. It was a tingling sensation deep inside.

The moment she faced him, instead of thinking about seducing him, she found herself being seduced by him.

‘How can someone be so handsome….’

As she admired his beautiful face,

“Ugh! Eek! Oh!”

While trying to say something, he bit his tongue, acting like a malfunctioning wind-up doll, not knowing what to do.

Lowering his head, then stopping, shaking his head a few times, then lowering it again, “Ugh!” raising it, then lowering it again…. Eventually, he bowed deeply.

Watching his actions, Heesun’s face went from puzzled to a smile of delight.

‘You too… Have you fallen for me?’

Realizing this, she felt as if she had the whole world.

When facing a monster, a person who was once so big and rough

Bowing deeply and looking worried, as if concerned that he might have hurt her feelings with his confusion, hesitantly fidgeting like a small puppy while watching her reactions, he couldn’t be more adorable.

“I-I’m sorry… If I hurt you….”

“Pfft! Ahahaha”

So I burst into laughter so naturally.

It was a refreshing laughter that I haven’t had in a long time, to the point where I couldn’t remember when I laughed like this.

“Hahaha”

He seemed relieved by his own laughter and laughed along coolly.

To fall for each other so naturally just by looking at each other’s faces… It was truly a perfect development.

‘It seems like it will unfold as planned… Hehehe.’

With that, she inwardly let out a somewhat mischievous laugh.

Yes.. Up to this point, it went exactly as planned.

Exactly! Up to this point.