Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 246
“Why didn’t you eliminate her immediately?”
“Because she was the only one who could speak about what really happened.”
“If everyone else died, that should’ve been the end of it. It’s not even something worth calling an incident.”
“Please take a look at this.”
Sa Yihyeon pushed Jae Nabi forward by the back. Startled, Jae Nabi swallowed her breath, but he didn’t even look down at her.
‘That, that guy… He’s acting like this now, but he’s going to become a lovestruck male lead who kneels at the female lead’s tears soon enough.’
Ara scoffed inwardly. You’ll regret it soon.
“Do you know this person?”
“Well…”
Joo Gugok rested his chin on his hand, looking indifferent. The man Sa Yihyeon pushed forward alongside Jae Nabi was his subordinate.
“He is Tan Joyeon of the Elite Dark Corps under my command. He was not accustomed to controlling his tainted energy and was expected to be consumed by it soon.”
“His eyes look very clear for someone like that.”
“Tan Joyeon, testify.”
With an excited expression, Tan Joyeon shouted,
“The moment I held the Saintess’s hand, my mind cleared, and a pure voice like something from the heavens rang in my head…!”
“Who’s the Saintess?”
Joo Gugok muttered irritably, but Ara spoke.
“So this person saved you?”
“That’s right. The Saintess saved me, the Saintess!”
Ara coughed awkwardly. The daughter of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect Leader was usually called ‘Saintess’ by the disciples. No matter how many times she heard it, she couldn’t get used to that title.
Sa Yihyeon spoke.
“If it’s not coincidence or misunderstanding, I judged she would be useful and captured her.”
“We can confirm that later. Ara-ya?”
Before Joo Gugok could finish speaking, Ara stepped down from the platform. She wrapped the black cloak she had been wearing around Jae Nabi and hugged her.
“Thank you for saving a member of our Demonic Sect.”
“I, I’m dirty…!”
“What’s dirty about you. You’re this pretty.”
“M-Me?”
“Then who is standing in front of me?”
“Uh…”
Ara held Jae Nabi’s cheeks with both hands and smiled brightly. Looking at her closely, she matched perfectly with Sa Yihyeon standing beside her. Both of them had gentle, puppy-like faces, they truly were a beautiful pair. As expected of the male and female leads.
Ara turned to Joo Gugok and said,
“This person is the Saintess who will save our Demonic Sect. Please appoint her as the Purification Saintess and grant her a palace.”
“Nothing has been proven yet. Calling her a Saintess is excessive.”
Joo Gugok cut her off coldly.
“Sa-sohyeop brought her. He’s not someone who would act recklessly.”
(Young Lord Sa)
“I don’t know whether that’s trust or distance.”
Sa Yihyeon said quietly.
Ara had never once called him ‘Yihyeon-gaga’. Normally, she avoided using any title at all, or she deliberately called him ‘Sa Yihyeon’ by name to sound distant. By calling him ‘Sohyeop’, she had intentionally created distance, and he was pointing that out.
Of course, she had done it on purpose.
‘What if the female lead misunderstands.’
Ara spoke.
“Jae-sojeo, you’ll become our strength, won’t you?”
(Young Lady Jae)
“I, I… What can I possibly do? I’m not very useful. There must be some kind of mistake.”
Her voice trembled pitifully. Ara took Jae Nabi’s hand. She had intended to win the female lead’s favor, but her hand was so thin and frail that tears welled up on their own. How much must she have suffered?
A protagonist is someone who is born carrying countless misfortunes to create a dramatic story. Unlike Ara, she must have endured hardship from the moment she was born.
But now, her misfortune was over. Because Sa Yihyeon would love Jae Nabi.
Sa Yihyeon was a good man. Not only was he handsome, he was kind and devoted. And his strength went without saying.
“You can do anything. Honestly, it’s enough if you just stay here.”
And with Jae Nabi’s existence, Joo Gugok, who was being consumed by tainted energy, would also be saved. Not just him, many others would be able to live.
“Then… will my being here really help you?”
“Of course. It will.”
Ara smiled warmly. She tried to imitate the smile Sa Yihyeon always showed her. She wasn’t sure if she succeeded.
“Your existence alone is a great help to me. Please, save the Demonic Sect that I love.”
“I’ll do whatever I can to help.”
I think I’ve gained the female lead’s favor, right?
With tears welling in her eyes, Jae Nabi clasped Ara’s hands in return. With this, the chance of being hated and killed by the female lead had decreased. Inside Ara’s sleeve, as she felt satisfied, Noyi clicked his tongue.
