Chapter Index

    -I lost too much blood. I need a blood transfusion right away…

    -Draw my blood… ! He has the same blood type as me…

    -No, lady! You don’t have a good body, but…

    -I don’t mind dying, so pick it up quickly!! Because it’s okay to suck all the blood from your body… please… Him… Ugh…

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    -What happened?

    -For now, I’m holding my breath, but I need to watch the situation. The demon’s poison has spread throughout my body, which was originally weak, so I wonder if I will recover well… For now, it’s rather pessimistic…

    -Save him somehow. I don’t care how much it costs. If you let me live, I will reward you a hundred times, no, a thousand times in the future. So please…

    “Ha… ha… ”

    Awakening from a fleeting flashback, the girl covered in blood continued to breathe heavily.

    Golden particles flickered along the lines of her slender body, and dozens of corpses of assassins lay motionless at her feet.

    It is a horrendous sight that has been encountered over and over again since coming to the capital.

    -Target confirmed. Kill it along with the male next to it and flee the scene.

    The language of the beast she heard that day still floated dizzyingly in her mind.

    If I hadn’t understood the Demon language, I would have thought that I was just unlucky enough to be dealt with by the remnants of the Demon race that crossed the barrier.

    However, they clearly committed suicide at someone’s instigation.

    Other families that were in a hostile relationship with Paecheon, members of families who feared the imminent birth of a strong rival, and countless other forces linked by blood and resentment.

    There are so many people with a motive to attack him that it is difficult to even list them.

    If I just ignore it, I’ll just end up helpless again.

    Leaving the boy in the hospital in a satellite city, the girl came to a conclusion and moved back to the capital for the first time in several years.

    He then announced that he had transformed into a wizard and was once again named a member of Paecheon.

    Several weeks had already passed, but all the girl could face was the darkness of the night filled with blood and filth.

    He only boasted about the good points of the capital, but did not bother to talk about the other side of its splendor.

    Between factions, between families, between family members.

    Those who met each other with smiles in the National Assembly yesterday sent assassins and without hesitation poisoned the meals their brothers and sisters were eating.

    This was also the life she should have immersed herself in.

    I felt like I was receiving back the karma of spending years in a paradise-like place without any sense of reality.

    Coming to the capital was an attempt to find out even a little bit about the background of the attack, but now the girl was spending the night with bloodshot eyes, unable to take a single step forward.

    “I miss you… ”

    What made it even more difficult for the girl in a hostile environment was the emptiness.

    Her heart was filled with nothing but crushing loneliness.

    Without the boy, everything was meaningless.

    On the other hand, with him, it was okay to roll around in a dirty cesspit.

    The girl was determined to return after solving all her problems, but the happiness she experienced once made her no longer able to endure the loneliness she once felt.

    The girl, unable to resist the strong urge to be held in his arms once again, moves her body as if possessed.

    *

    “Ah… ”

    A shabby hospital room at dawn with the moonlight shining softly.

    What the girl faced was the image of a boy lying in a hospital bed with his entire body and face wrapped in bandages.

    It was heartbreaking to see him barely able to fall asleep with the help of narcotic painkillers.

    The bandages around her eyes, which were still bleeding, were especially painful for her.

    He ended up like this while trying to save himself.

    Moreover, he only barely saved his life, but lost everything in return.

    Of course, this was a feeling that Baek Seo-yeon herself could not understand. The things he cherished, on the other hand, meant nothing to her. Family, friends, hometown, everything.

    The only reason the girl changed was because of her efforts to become the ideal woman he wanted.

    If there was only one meaning to her life, it was the boy breathing lightly in front of her.

    And only after seeing him groaning in pain, was the girl finally able to properly face the reality she was facing.

    Although Paecheon was one of the most prestigious families in the country, he had created countless political enemies due to his subversive actions over the past ten years.

    In addition, due to the current family’s tendency to intentionally encourage competition and slaughter, there is almost no bond between members.

    Despite receiving such a poor last name, the girl was able to continue her life in the countryside without any threat because her life was predicted to be terminal due to particle hypersensitivity.

    But somehow the girl survived.

    In addition, as a reward for enduring particle hypersensitivity, he was able to obtain transcendent magical talent.

    However, this fact was leaked to the outside world by someone, and the girl was subjected to constant and persistent attacks, starting with demons, even after coming to the capital.

    The subjects were all different, but one thing was certain: this was the only chance to get rid of her.

    No matter how transcendent magical talent he possesses, he is nothing but an unstitched bead before he is honed and placed on track.

    In addition, the current girl did not know even a few proper magic formulas to protect herself. There was still no force that could firmly support and support her.

    Of course, the girl had no intention of giving up her life quietly. Also, in the end, the surroundings will become stable and power will naturally come to her under the influence of her strength.

    It may take some time, but this is only a temporary problem.

    Like a boy who was suddenly taken over by her, whatever she set her mind to was never failed to come true.

    But paradoxically, the relationship with the boy was the weakest link Baek Seo-yeon had right now.

    Anyway, right now, she is at a level where even protecting herself is not enough.

    Moreover, although we did everything we could to erase past traces as much as possible, we could never guarantee that it would be impossible to trace him back if someone decided to do so.

    And if the boy’s existence is revealed, the connection with the girl will inevitably come with it as well.

    Her impulsive visit to the hospital again is in fact an act that carries enormous risk.

    The girl’s long efforts to make him her prisoner suddenly came back like a boomerang in this situation.

    Their relationship was mainly one of mutual dependence and pathological obsession.

    It was hard to think that he would accept the fact that he had lost everything and was separated from the last thing he had for a while.

    And he would never leave a girl like that alone. Rather than preserving his life, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the girl. Just like he did the other day.

    This was not a matter of strength, but a matter of his innate character.

    “Ah… eww… ”

    The girl moaned as if in pain. There was no time to think for long. Before dawn, she must return to the capital without being noticed.

    But no matter how much I thought about it, it all came down to one conclusion.

    Making him completely cut off ties with himself, even if only temporarily. This makes them lose interest in the dangers and hardships they face.

    So what she needed was the courage to be hated.

    Even if he receives a death-like resentment from him, this is only a temporary phenomenon.

    It was better for him to have a moment of resentment than to face the risk of death again.

    “Umm… ”

    He turned around as if he felt the girl’s affection. The girl straightened her expression as she held her aching heart that felt like it was about to break.

    “Yeon… Ah?”

    Both then and now, I was confident in my acting.

    “… Hello.”

    He promised the doctor a large reward and told him to capture him at all costs, and ordered Yeo-jin, who had been assisting him the whole time, to guard the boy in an inconspicuous place and report to him on a regular basis.

    After everything is resolved, I will find the boy again, kneel down and apologize for my past mistakes.

    Hearing his resentment was more fearful and trembling than anything else in the world, but I believed that he would eventually recognize my past efforts.

    It was clear that he would lift me up after all the hardships he had endured, then hug me tightly and stroke my head with a gentle hand.

    However, if there was one mistake the girl made, it was that she was blinded by the emotion of love and thought that her heart was too hard and honest than it really was.

    And with an unexpected betrayal added to the mix, it was a plan that was put together wrong from the start.

    *

    All traces should have been completely erased.

    However, one thing that was unexpected was Baek Seo-yeon’s almost maniacal obsession with him.

    “How… How could you do that to me!! How could you, not anyone else!!”

    It was Baek Seo-yeon’s rare cry of anger. This was closer to a scream.

    The hair was dull, matted, and a total mess. Tears welled up in my bright red, bloodshot eyes. The corners of his eyes were puffy, and there was a thick darkness around them. Every time the ulver trembles, someone’s tanned ring around the neck dangles in the air.

    And a little behind, a woman dressed as a servant was lying covered in blood and gasping for breath.

    A servant who helped the girl all the way to the village since she was young, and later became acquainted with Lee Hyeon and became close friends. It was an aftershock.

    “Hyun followed you so much that he called you his sister… But how did you get Hyun-i’s murder contract…? !!”

    “Haak… Sigh… ”

    Despite the continued harsh criticism, the woman only exhaled and did not open her mouth. Baek Seo-yeon, who saw this, gritted her teeth and spat out in a cold tone.

    “… You couldn’t have decided this on your own. Who is behind it? Who on earth told you to do something like that!!!”

    “Wow… ! Ugh!!”

    The golden particles gathered in the air weighed down on her like a large rock. Yeojin, unable to withstand the pressure, spat out bloody phlegm.

    And eventually, he couldn’t hold on any longer and opened his mouth.

    “Big, big master… ”

    “What… ”

    Seoyeon’s eyes widen greatly when she hears that name.

    Seojun Baek. Among the many siblings of Paecheon, the one who stands out as the successor. Although his magic skills are not comparable to his own, his management skills are excellent and he has quite a lot of supporters.

    ‘It’s been a while. Our youngest. Welcome back.’

    Although he was the only person who welcomed me with a smile when I returned to Paecheon, there was always a strange feeling of reluctance behind it.

    The brothers and sisters involved with him often mysteriously disappeared or suffered serious injuries and were eliminated from the competition.

    And in the end, that reluctance came back with the worst result: he and the doctor were assassinated together.

    “Why on earth did that person… ”

    “Cough… Just in case… Cough! Destruction of evidence… ”

    “What… ”

    It was the moment when the girl recognized the real culprit who destroyed her paradise.

    Seoyeon, who was lowering her head in shock, asked Yeojin again in a dry voice.

    “… Since when did you follow him?”

    “The lady… From the first time I served you… ”

    “… Ha.”

    Seoyeon let out a small lament as if it were in vain. Then, after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth again.

    “… I will save your family. but… You have to pay for your sins.”

    -Phew!

    “Kuhuhuk… !”

    A thick ice pick frozen in the air pierces Yeojin’s chest in an instant. Then, with a short sigh, the woman falls to the floor and does not move.

    “… Ugh… ”

    Anger and sadness quietly flowed from the eyes of the betrayed person.

    ***

    “Sister… sorry… I will ruin my prestige… ”

    “This guy. Don’t worry about that, just focus on recovery. Got it?”

    “Hehe… Sister… ”

    As Baek Seo-yeon held her hand with a kind smile, the blonde female student lying on the hospital bed blushed as if she were embarrassed.

    After a brief visit, Seoyeon slowly walked outside the ward.

    Someone’s urgent voice came from behind her.

    “Seoyeon… Huh… Seoyeon… !”

    “Ire… ? what’s the matter… ? Why in such a hurry… ”

    A female student with her hair neatly braided and wearing glasses ran towards me and exhaled violently.

    A female student who can be said to be personally close to Kwon Yuri. Choi I-re of the Seongsan Choi family.

    Just when Seo-yeon was about to show his surprise at her behavior, which had always maintained dignity.

    “I found it… ! That thing you said… at las… ”

    “… What?”

    Seo-yeon’s complexion immediately changes at the words that come out of I-re’s mouth.

    Seoyeon set out on the road with urgent steps, following Ire who was leading her.

    In her mind, past memories begin to swirl again and rise to the surface.

    *

    “Hello. Brother.”

    “Oh… Someone said this… Huh… Our cute youngest child passed away… Huh… ”

    A place with few people.

    As Seo-yeon opens the iron door and sees her coming in, a man greets her warmly in a friendly voice.

    Although his entire body was covered in blood and he was tied to a chair, he was a handsome man who looked quite similar to Seo-yeon at first glance.

    Seoyeon tried to maintain an insensitive and businesslike expression. But inside, it was painful, as if the intestines were rotting and twisting.

    The biggest culprit that distorted her life was right there.

    “I heard the news… Phew, you got top honors in the cradle? It’s been great since the first semester… So, you must have gained a lot of your father’s trust… I guess they were also organized into a tracking unit like this… Huh… ”

    “Brother. Why on earth did you run away?”

    “… ”

    The man who had been talking loudly suddenly shut his mouth. Even on the face that was trying to put on a good expression, a fierce and dark nature appeared.

    Aside from my resentment towards him, this was also a question purely out of curiosity.

    Seoyeon thought that the time was not yet right. Therefore, he just showed himself to be quiet, and after entering the cradle under the orders of the head of the family, he was only focused on building his own power in secret.

    And to my eldest brother, I just maintained a polite attitude like now.

    However, as he suddenly disappeared, the position and authority he occupied were easily taken into his own hands.

    If she were not careful, her revenge would have been in vain, but fortunately, she was able to catch his tail and eventually catch him who had run away.

    “… it’s okay. Rather than that, I’d like to ask you something else.”

    At his continued silence, Seoyeon changed the topic. Although there were some puzzles, the reason he ran away was not of interest to Seo-yeon. She suppressed her feelings and spoke in an indifferent manner about the topic she had been wanting to bring up all along.

    “… What is it?”

    “1 year ago. You sent a demon to kill me. Is it you?”

    The man looked at Seoyeon with eyes as if asking how he knew that. His embarrassment had some validity. If Seoyeon hadn’t learned the language, she would have just dismissed the attack as a bad luck attack.

    “… ”

    “Don’t worry. I am different from you. I just want to know the facts and circumstances clearly. Depending on the answer, I may just let your brother go.”

    “That… Really… ?”

    For the first time, a glimmer of hesitation appeared in his eyes, which were once full of pretense. Only then did Seoyeon understand his way of thinking to some extent. What he sought was neither noble values nor magical achievements.

    They only prioritize their own survival.

    Dealing with competitors, throwing away the position he had earned after all his hard work and running away, and immediately shaking his eyes at his own words without any guarantees were all actions based on that.

    “It’s true. I’m not interested in that. I don’t want to see blood between brothers. You know. How have I been so far?”

    “… ”

    “Of course, this is an internal matter within the family, and I plan to make sure the other side does it. So, I want you to be honest. No matter how much he was Paecheon’s successor, there was no way he could have mobilized so many demons and burned down a village on his own. There will definitely be collaborators outside. Right?”

    “… To be really honest… Will you let me go… ?”

    “I don’t lie.”

    A look of agony appeared on the man’s face. Eventually, the mouth spits out the name of a force that was completely unexpected.

    “Five families… Mr. Jeokhwa Yeon.”

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