Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 242
There were several reasons for arranging such an important person as Araâs fiancĂ©, but above all, it was also Joo Gugokâs desire and consideration to entrust his daughter to the strongest person.
Ara was the Sect Leaderâs daughter, but she could not live up to the expectations of the disciples.
âEven if I were born with talent, I wouldâve refused becoming the Sect Leader.â
Ara wanted to live a long life.
If you fight, you might die.
She looked up at the boy whose back had been pushed forward by her fatherâs pot-lid-sized hand. His youthful face was as beautiful as an angel. He was the most beautiful person she had ever seen in both her past and present lives. If this were her past life, he couldâve made money just by breathing in front of a camera.
Glossy black hair, deep eyes tinged with a mysterious shade of blue, flawless pale skin, along with a straight nose and well-shaped lips. His features looked as if they had been carefully arranged by the heavens. As Ara stared with her mouth slightly open without realizing it, the boy smiled gently. Heat rushed to Araâs cheeks.
âWait, wasnât he supposed to have a perfect martial body? Isnât he a candidate for Young Sect Leader?!â
Judging by his looks, forget a sword, he looked like he should be holding a brush!
Moreover, he smiled so kindly that he didnât even seem capable of killing a single insect.
âJoo-sojeo?â
(Young Lady Joo)
ââŠCall me AraâŠâŠâ
âThen you can call me Yihyeon. Sa Yihyeon.â
âSa-orabeoni.â (Brother Sa)
âWell, Iâm not your brother.â
Sa Yihyeon muttered quietly, âI hear there are already many guardians who insist on being your older brothers.â Ara didnât hear that part.
âCan I just call you Yihyeon?â
âIt would be best if you called me Yihyeon-gaga.â
(T/N: Compared to Oraboni, which is used by a younger female towards close male relative or friend, Gaga has a more intimate connotation used for a fiancé, childhood friend, or romantic interest, often signaling pre-romance or established affection.)
ââŠIf you can still ask me to after turning around and seeing my fatherâs face, sure.â
Joo Gugok was glaring at Sa Yihyeon as if he wanted to kill him.
Yihyeon shamelessly shrugged and said,
âBut it was the Sect Leader who arranged for us to meet.â
âThatâs true, but.â
Father probably didnât mean for this to happen when he arranged this meeting.
âDonât you remember me?â
âHave we met somewhere before?â
âLooks like you donât remember. Thatâs fine. That happens.â
It sounded like a common flirting line. If she had seen a face like this before, there was no way she wouldâve forgotten.
He didnât really need to make a good impression on her, but if he wanted to receive support properly until he surpassed her fatherâs level, it would be better to build a good relationship. Not only is he pretty, heâs clever too.
Sa Yihyeon. Even his name is pretty. Sa Yihyeon. Sa YihyeonâŠâŠ
âSa Yihyeon?!â
Young Sect Leader Sa Yihyeon.
Purification Saintess Jae Nabi.
And the Sect Leaderâs daughter, Joo Ara.
Araâs face turned pale.
S**t.
This guy is the male lead.
* * *
In her past life, Ara had read any genre novel she could get her hands on.
She had read so many that various settings and endings were all mixed up in her head, but she still remembered quite a lot about rare martial arts romances.
<Purification Saintess> followed the structure of a typical romance fantasy, even though it wore the skin of a martial arts story.
If you practice demonic arts, madness and tainted energy inevitably accumulate, and a person gradually loses their sanity.
This was also the fundamental reason why there were so many eccentric figures within the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect. Everyone knew that if one failed to control the demonic energy, they would gradually be consumed by madness and meet a tragic end.
The Purification Saintess possessed the ability to cleanse the madness and tainted energy of those who practiced demonic arts.
This was an extremely important ability.
If the Purification Saintess Jae Nabi were to take the side of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect, then no one would die from the side effects of demonic arts anymore.
The male lead, who had been designated as the Young Sect Leader early on due to his outstanding talent, one day brings the Purification Saintess with him. The two fall in love, but after various misunderstandings, hardships, and trials, they are separated. After wandering the martial world, the male lead ultimately chooses love with the female lead over ruling the world and withdraws into seclusion.
In this story, Ara was in charge of the âhardshipsâ.
The embodiment of jealousy, a specialist in desperate resistance.
When the male lead brought the female lead, she became blinded by jealousy and played the role of a villainess who tormented her. She even attempted poisoning, crossed the line, was abandoned by her parents, and was eventually killed.
She would lose everything.
All the love Ara was enjoying right now was actually meant for the female lead, Jae Nabi.
The doting love of her foolishly affectionate parents.
The excessive devotion of the guardians.
The warm gazes of the kind disciples who found her adorable.
Even the gentle smile of her beautiful fiancé.
None of it belonged to her.
âRight. There was no way I couldâve been this lucky.â
Reincarnated as the beloved only daughter of the Sect Leader? As if.
There was no way a protagonist-like position like this would be given for free.
A true protagonist is supposed to face hardships and trials from the moment theyâre born. But Araâs parents were healthy, they loved her dearly, and instead of being hated, she was adored by everyone.
âOf course. Because Iâm not the protagonist.â
Still, she couldnât wish for one of her parents to die, nor could she wish to grow up unloved. Ara hoped that everyone in the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect would be happy.
If they could be freed from the side effects of demonic arts, even conquering the martial world wouldnât be impossible.
It had been a happy nine years of life.
Now then, letâs get ready to run away.
