Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 123

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Martial Arts AU: Misunderstood Ending Genre Change (3)

-It’s Snow Lotus.

“What’s that?”

-What do you mean what? It’s a spiritual medicine. A flower that blooms on snow mountains. It must have been difficult for a human to obtain.

“…So that’s why his fingers were red.”

Noi quietly muttered “If his fingers only turned red while obtaining Snow Lotus, is he really human?” but Ara didn’t hear it. Ara touched the Snow Lotus petals with complicated feelings.

“If he obtained it with such difficulty, I should be the one eating it…”

-Master, your internal energy alone is at the level of a supreme expert already.

“Sorry for only having a lot of internal energy.”

-Your enlightenment is shallow so you can’t use much internal power at once, but well, in terms of quantity, that’s right.

“Noi, you’re really cheeky.”

-Thanks to that, it’s convenient for me to use my power since I’m contracted with Master.

“At least you’re comfortable… that’s a relief.”

Ara rested her chin on her hand.

The phoenix Noi was a character who appeared briefly in passing in the novel.

This world mixed not only martial arts but also some elements of immortal cultivation, where spiritual creatures and immortals appeared briefly through the Purification Saint. Noi was originally discovered by the Purification Saint just before her death, but at that time, she hadn’t awakened her abilities yet and died. It was just a device to show that spiritual creatures existed in the novel.

When discovered by the Purification Saint years later, she was already nearly dead from being attacked by foxes on Heavenly Mountain, and when Ara found her, she was also on the verge of death. She said she had fled from the foxes prepared to die.

Ara pondered very briefly.

‘Since the female lead wouldn’t be able to save her anyway, it should be fine if I do my best, right?’

The thought came after, as Ara was already taking care of Noi.

Noi survived with difficulty. Ara had been carefully storing the spiritual medicines she received as gifts since she couldn’t eat them all. What she gave to Noi was the inner core of a carp called Solar Golden Carp.

Thanks to her overflowing internal energy, she suffered no damage even after contracting with the phoenix. Sometimes she got tired, but that much was fine.

Rather, thanks to Noi, she could make escape plans that had some sense of reality.

“Your existence must never be discovered.”

-Then Master should start by reducing your talking to yourself.

“Hup.”

-I’ve already set up a sound barrier. Please develop some caution.

“Our Noi is the best.”

Ara grinned broadly. The chick looked at Ara pathetically and shook its head. Still, it was cute.

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Time flew by quickly again.

Ara turned eighteen.

Her internal energy and lightness skills were as excellent as those of supreme experts, but her swordsmanship, blade techniques, and martial arts only reached second-rate level. Ara was quite satisfied with just that. Her father Jugu-gok and mother Dang Mi-yeon also told her that if she didn’t want to, she didn’t need to train more. They said they would protect her, so if an emergency arose, she just needed to run far away.

“Wouldn’t it be cowardly if only I ran away?”

“Why would that be cowardly?”

“Because I’d be leaving everyone to die.”

“We wouldn’t die even without you, would we?”

Their confidence was insane. Ara was momentarily speechless. Her parents were looking at her as if watching a child worrying about the sky falling.

“You should live with your survival as the top priority. We’ll come find you wherever you are.”

“If such a thing happens, that is. It won’t happen though.”

Ara didn’t want to become attached to her parents either. However, such a thing was impossible.

Then she at least wanted to try not to like Saihyeon.

“That’s right, Ara. I’ll definitely find and rescue you wherever you are, so don’t worry and just run away.”

I want to run away from you, but what if you come looking for me.

Ara only smiled instead of answering. Saihyeon smiled back like sunshine, completely oblivious.

Finally, Saint Genevieve Jeanavi appeared.

Saihyeon had gone out to settle a small-scale conflict that occurred in the boundary region between Cheonsan and the Western Regions, and discovered Jeanavi, who had survived alone in the ruins.

Jeanavi was in a grimy state covered with soot.

Ara stood behind her father and earnestly studied Jeanavi’s face.

Just as described in the novel, mere soot couldn’t hide her beauty. Her lustrous black hair and mysterious violet-tinged eyes were impressive. She would definitely be prettier if she smiled brightly.

She was so beautiful that it seemed everyone Ara loved would inevitably love her too.

“Why didn’t you eliminate her immediately?”

“Because there was only one mouth left to explain the truth of the incident.”

“If they’re all dead, that’s the end of it. It’s not really worth calling an incident.”

“Please look at this.”

Saihyeon pushed Jeanavi’s back. Jeanavi gasped in surprise, but Saihyeon never looked down at her.

‘That guy, that guy. Even though he acts like that, he’ll soon become a romantic male lead who’ll kneel at one drop of the female lead’s tears.’

Ara inwardly snorted. You’ll soon become a regretful male lead.

“Do you know this person?”

“Well…”

Jugu-gok rested his chin indifferently. The man Saihyeon had pushed forward alongside Jeanavi was his subordinate.

“This is Danjoyeon from the Black Palace Guard under my command. He wasn’t skilled at controlling his demonic energy and was about to be consumed soon.”

“For someone like that, his eyes are quite clear.”

“Danjoyeon, testify.”

Danjoyeon shouted with an excited face.

“The moment I held the Saint’s hand, my mind cleared and a heavenly clear voice rang out as if descending from heaven…!”

“Who’s a saint?”

Jugu-gok muttered irritably. Ara said.

“So that person saved you?”

“That’s right. The Saint saved me, Saint!”

Ara coughed awkwardly. The Heavenly Demon Sect leader’s daughter was usually called Saint by ordinary believers. No matter how many times she heard it, she couldn’t get used to the title.

Saihyeon said.

“If it’s not coincidence or mistake, I judged she would be useful and captured her.”

“We’ll know once we check. Ara?”

Before Jugu-gok could finish speaking, Ara went down below the platform. She wrapped the black cloak she was wearing around Jeanavi and hugged her tightly.

“Thank you for saving our believer.”

“I, I’m dirty…!”

“What’s dirty about you? You’re so pretty.”

“M-me?”

“Then who else is in front of me?”

“Uh…”

Ara cupped Jeanavi’s cheeks with both hands and smiled brightly. Looking properly, she matched perfectly with Saihyeon standing beside her. Both looked as gentle as puppies – they were perfect handsome man and beautiful woman. As expected of the male and female leads.

Ara said toward Jugu-gok.

“This person is a saint who will save our sect. Appoint her as Purification Saint and give her a palace.”

“Nothing has been proven yet. Saint is too much.”

Jugu-gok cut her off coldly.

“Young Master Sa brought her. He’s not someone who would do foolish things.”

“I can’t tell if you’re showing trust or keeping distance.”

Saihyeon said quietly.

Ara had never once called Saihyeon ‘Young Master Saihyeon.’ Usually she either avoided titles or called him just ‘Saihyeon’ hoping to sound formal. She deliberately kept distance by calling him Young Master Sa.

Of course, she did it on purpose.

‘What if the female lead misunderstands?’

Ara said.

“Miss Jea, you’ll help us, won’t you?”

“Wh-what… what could I possibly do? I won’t be very useful. There must be some mistake.”

Pitifully, her voice trembled. Ara took Jeanavi’s hand. She intended to win the female lead’s favor, but her hand was so thin and frail that tears naturally welled up. How much must she have suffered?

A protagonist is born carrying countless misfortunes for the sake of dramatic development. Unlike Ara, she would have had to endure endless hardships from the moment she was born.

But now her misfortune has ended. Because Saihyeon will love Jeanavi.

Saihyeon was a good man. Not only was he handsome, but he was also kind and devoted. His strength goes without saying.

“You can do anything. Actually, just being here is enough for me.”

And through Jeanavi’s existence, Jugu-gok, who is being consumed by despair, will also be saved. Not to mention countless other people who can live.

“I… Would my being here be of help to you?”

“Of course. Absolutely.”

Ara smiled warmly. She tried to imitate the smile Saihyeon used to show her. She wasn’t sure if she did it well.

“Your very existence is a great help to me. Please save the Holy Church that I love.”

“If I can be of help, I’ll do anything.”

I think I’ve won the heroine’s favor?

Jeanavi grasped Ara’s hands with tears welling up in her eyes. With this, the possibility of being killed after earning the heroine’s hatred had diminished. Inside the sleeve of the satisfied Ara, Noi clicked his tongue.

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