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I see a little girl.

A girl who could barely walk was being scolded by her strict father.

The content is simple.

Don’t be kind to your employees. They will look down on you.

Don’t carelessly show your true feelings to others. They will laugh at you and curse you.

If you are a noble, if you are the eldest daughter of the Ludwig family, you must always look perfect.

The girl shed tears and said that she could never be a perfect person. However, the girl’s father did not give in and continued speaking.

If you can’t be a perfect person, then better be a person who acts ‘perfect’.

You are soft and delicate by nature, so never show your true face to others.

Become the greatest swordsman on the continent and defeat this father.

“……”

If you can’t do that, you don’t deserve to be in this family.

“……”

From that day on, the girl changed.

The expression that always smiled brightly changed into a smile that gave a sense of discord.

I picked up a sword while playing with my friends. Naturally, the existence of friends gradually disappeared for her.

I began to focus only on the ‘visible side’ in front of others.

People praised and praised the girl for her perfect appearance. Every time that happened, the girl just smiled while maintaining a humble attitude.

That smile did not contain sincerity.

That girl also has a pretty younger sister.

“Hihi..kya~”

“Cute..”

The girl didn’t know what to do when her younger brother, who was still a baby, approached her. Because I’ve been acting all my life, I’ve forgotten how to make a sincere facial expression.

What does ‘smiling’ mean?

How should I express ‘I love you’?

The girl did not learn those things from her father. I couldn’t do it because I couldn’t learn.

“But.. so cute..!”

In the end, she could only smile at her approaching younger brother.

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The girl grew up and became the student council president of the largest academy in the empire. It was only natural that a genius with overwhelming talent also had hard work.

Because she had a lot of experience, her scope of thinking broadened and she made many friends, but she still couldn’t quit acting. Acting has become a natural thing for her.

Because it has become a habit to tell lies rather than the truth.

Then, for the first time, a boy interested her. He was a cynical person, just like his past self.

At first, the boy was just a handsome junior, but as the days went by, he started working overtime with her more and more.

Every time she saw the boy quietly accomplishing his tasks every day, she felt grateful.

She felt happy every day when she talked to the boy.

Before she knew it, she was looking forward to spending time with the boy.

Suddenly, Vivian stopped acting as much as she did in front of Dyers.

Good times don’t always last long.

“The 13th floor, which no one has been able to break until now. Conquering the 13th floor is no different from Ludwig’s long-cherished wish.”

“……”

“My daughter Vivian. Conquer the 13th floor and come.”

The girl swallowed her saliva. I didn’t want to go. Most of those who attempted the 13th floor met with disastrous results.

And Dyers might get hurt.

“…I think it’s too dangerous.”

For the first time, she rebelled against her father’s will.

“Vivian. You are disappointing your father. Where has all that confidence gone?”

Failed.

“…It’s not like that. It’s just that it’s impossible considering all the possibilities..”

In front of the girl who lowered her head, the father sighed heavily. And then I blurted out something I should never have said.

“If not, try the 13th floor. Challenge and conquer.”

“Father. I,”

“If you can’t conquer it, you’d rather die there.”

“……”

In the end, she could only nod.

Because I never learned how to rebel properly.

I started the 13th floor challenge.

Until the very end, she paid the greatest attention to the boy’s safety.

Thanks to this, I was able to be crushed by debris on behalf of Dyers.

She felt fortunate that she was able to act until the end against the disappearing boy.

thank god.

really.

I’m really glad.

As Vivian’s life passed by, a girl walked next to me.

“Hello.”

“Yes.”

“It’s been a while, Dyers.”

“That’s right.”

“Should we take a walk first?”

She smiled and walked next to me.

I suddenly ended up walking with Vivian.

We walked aimlessly. I walked and walked again. Neither of them uttered a word throughout the walk.

I just kept walking under the shade of the cherry blossom trees that spread out before my eyes.

Vivian keeps smiling, as if she is happy to have met me.

I slowly opened my mouth.

“Vivian.”

She repeated her steps and took my words.

“Yes. Dyers.”

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

Stand tall.

Vivian’s body stopped for a moment.

He looks directly at my face and answers with an innocent smile.

“Ah~ How difficult is that? Look at this! I’m really cool. Did you mean to ask that?”

I knew from seeing her smile, her actions, everything about her.

It’s a lie.

Vivian is lying.

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Vivian is good at acting. Because it was a life that was forced upon me.

She didn’t want Dyers to feel guilty about her. So I lied.

Thinking that she had made it through safely, she walked again with relief. I don’t know how long it’s been like this.

Just when he was immersed in a happy afterglow, his mouth opened again.

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

“Again, I ask again! It wasn’t hard~”

I lied again this time. The walking continued.

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

“It really wasn’t difficult. Stop asking~”

I lied again this time.

Dyers’ questions continued.

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

“…Why are you still doing this? If it’s been a while since we last met, we can say something different.”

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

Vivian became slightly angry at the repeated questions. She decided to ignore Dyers’ words altogether.

After continuing to walk, we reached a huge door.

After standing in front of the door, she said her last words to the man.

Smiling at the end too.

While maintaining a smile.

“It’s time to break up, magpie.”

“Wasn’t it difficult?”

“That’s it again.. Ha~ It wasn’t hard for me either, okay? So don’t keep being so depressed.”

This is what they say until the very end.

Vivian, overcome with steam, eventually turned around and walked towards the door.

Even at the last moment, she hides her true feelings. Vivian stopped moving just before opening the door.

“Wasn’t it hard?”

Because Dyers held her hand.

“……”

Vivian said nothing. I couldn’t say anything.

Ever since I started walking, I have been forced to live a life of perfection and acting.

Whether he was happy, sad, or happy, he always hid his true feelings.

So before I knew it, I had become a pupa buried in a hard cocoon.

A defective product that cannot even say a single word of sadness when it is sad or an expression of happiness when it is happy.

A solid cocoon containing the defective products.

This man keeps trying to enter that world.

The hand that held me was so warm that I couldn’t come to my senses.

I just put into my mouth the words that came to mind.

“It was hard…”

As the fake smile was erased, the rain fell. It was the first rain in decades, and she didn’t even know how to stop it.

I just feel the tears flowing.

I’m just telling the truth.

“I was so, so scared. When I was alone in the dungeon, I was scared that I would die.”

“…”

“And again, I was scared because my body hurt so much. I hated the dungeon because it was so dark and damp.”

“…”

“But… more than that, I was so scared that I wouldn’t be able to see Dyers anymore.”

“…”

“The reason I was able to endure was all because of the promise Magpie gave me.”

“…”

“Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for coming to the rescue. I am.. I am a really happy person..”

Has the solder that held it up broken? No matter how hard I tried to hold it in, it flowed out without mercy.

Vivian, who spoke out all her sincerity, felt anxious.

Wouldn’t he be disappointed now that he found out who he really was?

I think the person he liked was the actor himself.

Dyers held her body as if to relieve her fears.

“I came to save you.”

“…”

“The road was so long that I really thought I was going to die.”

“…”

“I’m sorry for saying the same thing. I can clearly see that you worked hard, but you keep lying.”

“…Did you know?”

“You don’t know that then. I’m not good at acting either.”

The chrysalis yearns for the free flapping wings of a butterfly.

Nevertheless, because he was afraid of flying, he hid his body tightly in a cocoon. So that no one can look inside.

“Even if others don’t know, don’t lie to me. Because it doesn’t work for me.”

“…”

The man did not miss the smallest gap in the hard cocoon. He then spoke to Chrysalis, who was looking at the outside world.

“Let’s go back now, Vivian.”

“…Yes.”

The chrysalis followed the man’s hand and threw off its cocoon.

“Let’s go back, Dyers.”

Only then could I become a butterfly.

The sand in the hourglass ran out and the fantasy world disappeared.

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After returning to the original world, I drew a magic circle with Luna’s help.

There is only one way to safely separate her from her fusion with the Behemoth.

Just do it the way I absorbed the Latina curse.

Luna, who had drawn the entire magic circle, asked me with her eyes.

What are you going to do now?

I patted Luna on the back as if to reassure her and extended my hand towards the red knight.

As I recite the spell, I feel the Behemoth entering me.

“Ugh..!”

“Are you okay?! It’s okay, right..?”

When I completely absorbed the Behemoth, my whole body hurt for a while.

After about 10 minutes, I was finally able to move my body.

Seolgui killed Behemoth and made it his food.

When the last boss on the 13th floor died, the door to the 14th floor opened along with various treasure chests.

Finally, the expedition team conquered the 13th floor.

After waking up my group, I carried Vivian and got out of the dungeon.

When I opened the door, people were full of cheers.

It was so loud that I almost fainted.

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It takes place in the future, not long after Vivian was rescued.

As usual, she played a prank on her favorite junior.

“Can I tell a lie?”

“…Do whatever you want.”

“Hehe.”

How to fight and win against monsters,

“I love you, Dyers.”

It’s about loving monsters.

Cherry blossoms fell on her red hair, as if to celebrate her sudden confession of love.

Dyers chuckled and placed a cherry blossom on her head.

And he tapped me on the head as if to stop me from playing around.

“Ah!”

Vivian also tapped Dyers’ arm as if she would not lose.

Cherry blossoms fall between them, signaling the end of spring.

But Vivian no longer feared that spring was over.

If you wait and wait.

“Dyers, let’s go together! My legs are really long so I can go fast!”

“Hurry up and catch up.”

Because someday, spring will come to them again.

How to fight monsters and win (complete).