Chapter 1: Return

Sung Shihyun opened her eyes.

She habitually reached for her beloved sword that she always kept by her bedside.

It was a sword she always kept within reach.

But her outstretched fingertips touched nothing.

Only the soft pillowcase was caught.

“……It’s gone?”

As soon as she realized that her sword was gone, panic set in.

Her eyes shook, and she bit her lip tightly.

Could it be?

Could it be?

Terrible imaginations spread through her mind.

Losing her weapon meant that the terrible nightmares of the future would become reality and unfold before her eyes.

That fact automatically made her hands and feet tremble.

Sung Shihyun clenched her teeth and hurriedly looked around.

But.

There was no hell as she expected.

Instead, she saw a grayish-white rectangular object attached to what appeared to be the ceiling.

A bright light emanated from the object.

For a moment, she couldn’t understand what it was, and a question mark appeared in her mind.

But, soon Sung Shihyun realized.

That’s a ‘fluorescent light’.

And.

It was something that did not exist in the world she was in until yesterday.

The world she originally lived in.

It exists there.

“Ha, haa.”

Only then did a hot breath flow out of her mouth.

Sung Shihyun hurriedly got up.

The cozy duvet slid down her body.

She quickly looked around and saw a monitor, a refrigerator, a sink, a chair, and so on.

The interior of an ordinary studio apartment came into view.

“Ah, ah.”

At that sight, tears flowed from her eyes.

Sung Shihyun was back.

From that battlefield that was like hell.

From the endless, terrible nightmare.

Finally, everything was back in place.

“Sniff, sniff.”

There is no suffocating air.

The heavy demonic energy of the demon world that weighed down her body no longer exists here.

The cursed and rotten land, the burning lava, and the endless hordes of evil that threatened her life from all sides.

They are not here.

There is only refreshing air and a peaceful environment.

The warm sunlight shining through the curtain on the window.

The moment it tickled the back of Sung Shihyun’s neck as she sat on the bed.

Only then was she able to fully accept reality.

That she had returned.

That she was back in her original world.

……indeed.

Had she cried for a long time?

Sung Shihyun barely managed to regain her composure.

Due to the deep scars etched in her memory, her hands still trembled without a weapon, and she was afraid that she

could not feel any killing intent.

But Sung Shihyun decided to endure it.

“F-First.”

First, she needs to calm down.

“It’s certain that this isn’t a dream or an illusion magic.”

Her body had been raised to the limit of magic resistance.

There is absolutely no illusion magic in this world that can deceive Sung Shihyun, who was not fooled by the Demon King’s illusions.

Therefore, this was ‘real’.

She really came back to ‘modern times’.

Sung Shihyun had no idea how she got back.

She just fell asleep in the battlefield as usual, and when she opened her eyes, she was back in her original world.

It was incomprehensible, but there was no way to confirm the reason right away.

‘Let’s just be satisfied that I’m back.’

Sung Shihyun was back.

She was back.

Back to the modern world where she ‘used to’ live.

It is not a barbaric medieval world where blood flows and flesh splatters are commonplace.

It is a place where civilization and science have developed and reason and rationality move.

People don’t carry swords around their waists, and it’s more strange to have a beloved sword.

Sung Shihyun knew.

She knew, but…….

“Ugh, ugh.”

She can’t stand it.

She is afraid and scared if she doesn’t hold a sword in her hand.

For the past five years, Sung Shihyun has lived in a situation where a blade could reach her neck at any time.

She realized with her whole body that it was crazy to stand defenseless with her bare hands on the battlefield.

There’s no way she can endure not having a weapon.

-Thump thump thump!

Sung Shihyun hurriedly ran to the kitchen.

Among the faint memories of modern times that remained intact, she remembered that the kitchen was the only

place where there was something that could be called a weapon.

-Slam!

Screech!

Sung Shihyun quickly opened the kitchen sink cabinet and took out a kitchen knife.

The blade was 20cm long and 3cm wide.

The thickness was enough to cut bones, and the weight was just right, giving it a good grip.

“Haa…….”

Only after holding the kitchen knife did she feel a sense of stability.

Sung Shihyun sat down on the floor with a sigh of relief.

Because the tension in her whole body was released at once, she did something ridiculous that she wouldn’t normally do.

But she needed some consideration.

It’s been three years since she last lost her weapon.

Only those who have experienced it can know how painful and confusing it is to be deprived of something that has

been with you for 1/7th of your life.

Like a child holding a security blanket, Sung Shihyun lay on the floor with the kitchen knife in her hand.

And then she lay there for a while, staring at the ceiling.

“I’m back.”

The terrible and terrifying life in another world has ended.

Now she can fully enjoy her peaceful daily life.

Sung Shihyun no longer has to worry about getting her neck cut off every day, or being dragged away by demons and

brutally violated.

She could now enjoy the peace she had not obtained even after beheading the Demon King and digging out his heart.

Tears flowed again.

“Sniff, sniff.”

Sung Shihyun sobbed, clutching the kitchen knife tightly.

But she couldn’t just cry like this.

This is the modern world, not the other world, ArFellium.

Now that she is back in the modern world, she must regain a modern way of life.

She couldn’t continue to live the way she did in Arfellium.

She had to overcome putting a weapon by her bedside before going to bed, always carrying a sword, and trembling if

she didn’t have her beloved sword.

She must overcome…….

Overcome…….

Sung Shihyun hugged the kitchen knife tightly to her chest again.

“……It’s hard.”

It seems.

For the time being, she will have to hold a sword again.

Sung Shihyun rolled around on the floor, clutching the kitchen knife tightly.

-Rumble!

As she was doing so, she heard a thunderous sound from her stomach.

Then her face turned red.

“…….”

It seemed like she needed to eat something.

“How, how can this be?”

There’s nothing.

There’s nothing to eat in the house.

Sung Shihyun crossed her arms, holding a kitchen knife in one hand, and glared at the table.

On the table were the things she had found after searching the house all day.

An air conditioner remote control, an old mouse, some underwear and clothes, a smartphone, and a wallet.

The smartphone was empty (there were no pictures, nothing, and the contacts were completely empty.)

and inside the wallet was an ID card and a debit card.

The name on the ID card was Sung Shihyun.

First of all, her name was the same as before she fell into that world.

But her gender was different.

There was a picture of a black-haired woman attached.

For some reason, Sung Shihyun was a woman in this world.

Oh my god.

Wasn’t the s*x change only in the dimension shift?

Of course, her current body was also that of a woman.

So, in fact, she was a little worried.

If she came back to the modern world and her body remained that of a woman, there would be many difficulties.

But by some trick of God, that part was completely resolved.

A world where she was a woman from the beginning.

“Oh my god.”

But there was a bigger problem.

“How can this be?”

It was a serious problem.

There was a problem that was the biggest difficulty for her right now.

That is…….

“There’s no food!”

There was nothing to eat.

There was nothing to eat in this house.

Is this even possible!

“How can there not even be a single ramen?”

There was nothing in this studio apartment.

There was not a single can of tuna, Spam, or a bag of ramen that is so common.

It was completely empty!

An empty can!

“This is ridiculous.”

It was clear that God had made some mistake.

No, there’s a pot, but no ramen?

It doesn’t make sense that there are no food resources at all?

Isn’t there something wrong with the patch?

To solve this injustice, she could cut three more demon necks.

If she was given a bag of ramen, she was willing to dig out five hearts.

But this is the modern world.

That won’t bring any rewards.

“Haa.”

Sung Shihyun soon realized that this was the modern world, and so she decided to solve this problem in a way that

suited modern society.

“……Let’s change clothes first.”

In other words, she decided to go to the convenience store and buy ramen.

Perhaps because she was hungry.

Her body moved quickly.

She threw off her oversized T-shirt and quickly put on her underwear.

She struggled for a moment because she didn’t know how to put on her top underwear, but she soon figured out the

method and completed the installation.

And then she put on a white T-shirt and Adidas sweatpants.

The clothes were completely finished by zipping up.

Sung Shihyun put on canvas shoes and opened the studio apartment door.

Then, bright sunlight poured down on her.

Sung Shihyun raised her head and looked up at the sky.

Instead of the gloomy acid clouds of the demon world, she could see fluffy white clouds floating in the sky.

The blue sky, not red, looked like looking at an upside-down sea.

Sung Shihyun stared at the sky for a moment, then took a step.

She didn’t know the location of the convenience store, but in South Korea, there is always one convenience store

within a 300-meter radius, so she wasn’t worried.

“Good.”

Lightly clenching her fist, Sung Shihyun took a light step towards the outside world.

The refreshing breeze seemed to bless her return.

Still with the kitchen knife in her pocket, she set off to find a convenience store.