Chapter 0: Oh my god.

Even in death, it would be a grand funeral.

There’s a saying like that.

“My dear, won’t you marry me?”

She said.

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A voice more clear than expected.

Her snow-white skin had a jade-like sheen, while her hair, which cascaded down to her waist, was as black as ebony.

Cheon Hye-rin.

A devastatingly beautiful woman, befitting the title of Sword Empress , a peerless beauty who stirred the hearts of the people of the Central Plains.

A woman of unsurpassed beauty, even more beautiful than such titles, was yearning for love in front of me.

However, I knew very well that this was, so to speak, a f*cked up situation.

“…A-Are you joking?”

“Did it feel like a joke to you?”

Her eyes, heavy and sunken, and the way she was biting her lip suggested that something was amiss.

At this rate, she might grab her sword and slice me in two.

Even in the dim shadows, only her eyes stood out.

Sword Emperor , Sword Demon , Sword Saint , Sword Empress , Sword, Sword Ghost.

Such titles were attached to her, a peerless beauty who could topple kingdoms.

Unusually long eyelashes.

A voluptuous chest that pushed her loose-fitting martial robes to their limit.

A sensuous body line that was inevitably revealed even with compression bandages. Especially the curves of her waist and hips were enchanting.

But it was different for me.

She was a woman who could make the hearts of countless men flutter with just a glance.

And…. Her obsession with me contained about 60 years of internal energy?

I was f*cked, literally.

“There’s no use pretending you didn’t hear. There’s no way I could forget your presence.”

If you just listen, it might sound like her usual gentle voice.

But my senses as a martial artist told me. ‘Something’ felt different.

It wasn’t a pure intention.

A chill went up my spine. I should be immune to the cold, but I felt cold.

“Open this door quietly. It would be a mistake to think you can stop me with something like ten thousand year ice iron.”

“No,”

Did she think that ten thousand year ice iron was like some neighbor’s cardboard?

To easily break ten thousand year ice iron, which, once discovered, was treated as the continent’s strongest treasure sword or weapon, and could restrain great demons with superhuman abilities?

-Crack, crack, crack,

It worked.

Crazy.

“I have something important to say. Didn’t I tell you to wait in my chamber tonight?”

My heart sank.

I took a step back from Cheon Hye-rin, who was unknowingly close to me.

‘…What was she doing in my room at night?’

“-Of course, to have a deep conversation of bodies, isn’t it? I even came wearing fancy lingerie tonight to make you mine.”

…Is she crazy?

I wondered if it was okay for someone who was clearly the head of a group to be like this over one man.

“I can’t wait any longer. You’ve been avoiding me all along. You know very well that I’m at my limit by now.”

The viscous emotion in her voice became heavier.

“All along…. Really, when I thought that you, that you…. were leaving me, I became very restless. I’ve heard that you’ve been sneaking out at night lately, and it seems like you’re hiding something from me.”

It wasn’t just a question, it was a threat.

One step closer,

Grab-

She grabbed my martial robe and forced me to make eye contact.

“You haven’t accepted another partner, have you? Tell me no. Or I’ll go find them and kill them.”

“You can’t avoid me forever, no matter how much you try to avoid me. My patience is running out… Really, it’s getting hard to bear. It would be better for both of us if you came out nicely, so come out quickly.”

She sighed and carefully moved her hand to mine.

But a little question arose and I asked.

Had this person ever shown their bare hands?

“Why am I taking off my gloves? Well… It’s a rare opportunity to hold your hand. I can’t let mere gloves get in the way.”

“No…. I mean, your family’s gloves shouldn’t be taken off-“

“-My family’s tradition is not more important than your hand. Unfortunately, I value my relationship with you more than my family. Don’t you think so too?”

Contrary to her clear voice, her tone was full of obsession with me.

Red eyes on snow-white skin.

Her breath was unusually rapid, unlike usual.

“We’re alone together for once. In this situation… What would men and women do?”

Her ears were flushed red and she was biting her lip, creating an unusual atmosphere.

I endured.

It was no longer that kind of stage.

I was in immediate danger.

For some reason, the atmosphere seemed very dangerous.

If it went on like this, there was no choice.

I thought of the last resort.

I was cornered.

If I charged, my arms and legs would be broken immediately and I might be r*ped by Cheon Hye-rin.

…And I would become a body that was forcibly dragged around.

Then suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind.

A woman like Cheon Hye-rin would normally back away if ‘I’ approached her first.

Maybe she was interested because she usually disliked me. Maybe she was just curious.

Isn’t that the case in comics and novels?

When an obsessive woman comes right up to you, if you give her everything, she gets embarrassed and the relationship becomes distant. It becomes awkward.

I had to bet on that.

I put that idea into action right away.

“…Cheon Hye-rin.”

Her face was filled with great worry as I brought my face closer.

But.

She didn’t refuse in the end.

She pondered and repeated my intentions several times.

Then, as if she understood my intentions, she hesitated for a moment and then looked at me with wide eyes.

“After the wedding ceremony… Kissing is originally… No. It doesn’t matter. We’ve already shared everything we shouldn’t see anyway.”

…Um.

I’m f*cked.

A word I heard at the inn suddenly came to my mind.

-You’re seducing the Sword Empress… Are you out of your mind?!

-No… I wasn’t trying to seduce her.

-Then why?

-She already loves me. She says she’ll kill me if I don’t keep loving her.

-You said that?

-No, the Sword Empress did.

It was exactly as she said.

I never seduced her.