Conquering the Broken Heroine?

It’s a short time.

Despite meeting for less than a month, Han Seoyeon knew what kind of person the girl named Michaela Wittelsbach was.

Black hair.
E-rank powerless person.
Suddenly requesting a practice match, there were more than a few inconvenient aspects about her.

Michaela didn’t push Han Seoyeon away.
She embraced her and stayed with her.

Michaela was a kind girl.
She deserved to be called a good person anywhere in the world.

“That’s─”

If such a good person had killed someone.
Surely there must have been a valid reason.

“That’s…”

There was no certainty.
Because it was a matter of human life.

“There was a reason. Whether it makes sense to others or not, it was a reason I couldn’t not kill for myself.”

Michaela opened her mouth.

It wasn’t the story of Michaela born in 21st century Earth.

A completely different world.
It was the story of a world only she knew.

If compared to novel genres, it would be close to medieval fantasy.

There are swords and magic.
Heroes and demon kings oppose each other.

If there’s one unexpected fact, the concepts of such worldviews tend to be more conservative than one might think.
It’s just that science has been replaced by swords and magic.

Even there, the unusual is unusual.
There’s no difference in values from Earth before gates and monsters appeared.

No, rather, Earth’s concepts, which had partially accepted the unknown concept of mana as everyday life, might have been more progressive.

The point is the difference in accumulated values.

Although it collapsed in the face of the violence of monsters, thousands of years of rational progress remained.

The point was a matter of timing.

Unlike Earth, which had achieved victory in the war against monsters for now, that place was in the midst of war.

Michaela was born with a sword, as its scabbard.
In both worlds.
Born into nobility, coincidentally with the same name.

For Earth, that was a blessing.
The earlier the awakening occurs, the better.

The younger one awakens to abilities, the more mana one can hold in their body.

But in an age lacking reason and rationality.
If it was an age where only the despair of defeat, not the hope of victory, was visible.

In such a world, even if there were no casualties, if there was a girl literally born with a sword.

If there was a girl literally born as the scabbard of an ability-imbued sword, piercing through the pregnant mother’s swollen belly.

“I was alone from early on.”

Even if the child being born had no ill intentions, from birth the child would end up making others unhappy.

“There was no one by my side. No one cared about me. I was left alone in a cold corner of the room. There was only occasional mockery and contempt.”

No parent would want to see such a child.

“Eventually, I even faced a life-threatening crisis.”

They would want to get rid of it.
Somehow.
By any means necessary.

On the day her parents gained a new child to forget her, strong knights swung their swords to kill the girl.

There was no way she could win.
There was no way she could run away.

She was caught and her limbs were stabbed with swords.
She’s dying.
She thought she would die like that.

“But there was someone who saved me.”

There was someone who reached out to such a girl.

The hero.
Who saved her.
Who guided her.
A benefactor who taught her a way of life.

“And there was someone who tried to betray the one who saved me.”

There was someone who harbored ill will towards such a benefactor.

“I didn’t hesitate.”

Michaela swung her sword at that person.

“I killed him with a single strike. I don’t feel regret. I only feel lingering attachments. To the fact that by killing him, I made my benefactor look at me with sadness.”

Michaela was a murderer.
She killed the baggage of the hero’s party.

“I am a murderer.”

No matter what anyone says, she is a murderer.
She had no intention of denying that.

“I’ll ask again.”

The murderer asked.

“Do you think of me as a sinner?”
“…”

Cowardly, what Han Seoyeon chose was silence.
Han Seoyeon thought.
Han Seoyeon had thought.

That her senior was kind.
So surely her circumstances weren’t bad.
After all, the one killed was someone she didn’t even know.

“I won’t say killing is right.”
“…”
“But live. With lingering attachments. So that someday you can find an answer. Because that’s all we can do.”

What should that be called?
It was such a crude, blunt consolation.

“…Senior is kind.”

Because it was an awkward consolation, rather.
It felt a bit relatable.

“I don’t understand. How am I kind?”
“Everything about you.”

A kindness that the person herself wasn’t even aware of.
That’s why she felt she would come to like her even more.

“Senior… You know, I have a secret I’m hiding from you?”
“Is that so.”
“Yes. And it’s a really huge secret.”

That this world is actually inside a novel.
That her twin sister is the protagonist of that novel.

“And I know you have several secrets too.”
“…Do you want to hear them? They’re not very pleasant stories.”
“Not now.”

Now wasn’t the time yet.
This was enough for now.

“But someday I’ll hear them. I’ll make sure to hear them. I’ll make you come to me first, wanting to share your secrets.”

When the story ends,
When I save the world as a munchkin protagonist.

“That’s quite a confident declaration.”
“Of course. No matter what anyone says, I’ll make you fall for me someday!”

As a bonus, she’ll make yuri flowers bloom.
After all, aren’t web novel endings always happy endings?

[I don’t regret it. Because I was able to protect Suho.]

Her sister is kind.
She caused trouble for such a sister once again.

Han Suho’s dark night only deepened.
So much that she couldn’t escape.

Gallery.

A community that can only be used by those who live as protagonists of the world, chosen by Constellations.

That place, made up of servers and interfaces that don’t exist in this world, was burning with one topic.
The reason was a single message delivered to all Players.

[Main Scenario Open]

A sudden notification.
It’s not a hidden quest.
It was a notification that no Player had ever heard of.

[Main Quest!]

Main quest.

[The Swordsman Who Made Stars Fall]
[Difficulty: Ex]
[A star shining high in the sky. Someone who makes the sun fall, which illuminates even the dark world, has appeared.]

The difficulty is as high as Ex-rank.

[Find and kill that person. So that the world doesn’t darken.]

A difficulty surpassing S-rank.

[Killing the Falling Star Swordsman: Incomplete (0/1)]
[Tip: Remember. What the Falling Star Swordsman cuts is not people, but stars.]

What on earth is this?
What does it mean that stars are falling?

[Author: Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service]
[Title: Isn’t this that bitch Lee Yeon?]
[Honestly, the only crazy bastard who would stab Constellations seems to be that woman;;]

Everyone was curious.
They couldn’t help but be curious.

[Free Korea: That’s right.]
ㄴ [Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service: For real lol]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: That crazy bitch really stabs Constellations lol]

The most likely candidate was Hero Lee Yeon.
The worst dictator antagonistic to Players.

As the boss of the main scenario, undoubtedly, there was no one more fitting.

[Major General: Well. I don’t think it’s her.]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: Old man’s here.]
ㄴ [Free Korea: Really?]

But some thought differently.

[Major General: If that Lee Yeon was going to do something, she would have done it long ago. About 10 years ago. That dictator doesn’t have the power to kill Constellations.]
ㄴ [Free Korea: Didn’t she recently develop that power?]
ㄴ [Major General: If that were the case, the quest content wouldn’t mention a swordsman. Isn’t Lee Yeon a spear user?]

Hero Lee Yeon is a spear user.
She’s far from being a swordsman.

[Free Korea: Tch.]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: Reliable, Free Korea!]

A fact that can be seen in any street statue or portrait.
Lee Yeon can never become a swordsman.

[Major General: Considering this incident happened during the academy attack, that swordsman might be mixed among the students.]

The Major General was certain.
Because the killed lieutenant was his subordinate.
It would be strange not to know.

[Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service: Maybe it’s this kid?]
[(Photo attached)]

A photo was uploaded to the Gallery.

Black hair.
Red eyes.
A girl wearing the Hunter Academy uniform.

Uniquely, she was holding a hwando in her hand.
Such an unusual girl beheaded Carol.

[Free Korea: Wh-What is this….]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: Carol had his head cut off by a high school girl with a Japanese sword lol]

Japanese sword high school girl vs S-rank monster.
It was a meme becoming a hot topic on the internet and all over South Korea these days.

[Major General: It’s student Han Seoyeon.]
ㄴ [Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service: What, how did you know?]
ㄴ [Major General: Isn’t she famous?]

The Major General evaluated.

[Major General: Born in the slums with no talent, but entered the Hunter Academy through effort. You can tell from that stance without any waste. She must have repeated bone-grinding efforts. What a shame. A shame. She would have been suitable talent for the Free National Army. Born in the wrong era.]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: This guy’s madness is no joke either ;;]
ㄴ [Free Korea: No, enlistment is a bit;;]

Talent suitable for the sacred duty of national defense.
A child he would definitely want to embrace if given the chance.

[Major General: It won’t be that child. Although she defeated Carol, it’s just her own skill. According to the re-measurement test results on the news, she’s still an E-rank Awakener.]
ㄴ [Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service: (Sad face con)]
ㄴ [Common Sense and Justice: A Japanese sword high school girl is kinda hot tbh]

The discussion continued after that.
But in the end, nothing was revealed.

[Common Sense and Justice: But which idiot went to terrorize the academy? And came back with just their neck cut off? My chest is swelling with pride for this idiot…]
ㄴ [Female High School Student Who Finished Military Service: Lord Guan, why did only your head return….]

By the way, no one paid much attention to who died.

They were Players.
Each of them was a protagonist.

Strictly speaking, other Players were competitors.
It’s none of their business if they die somewhere.

“…How vulgar.”

However, apart from being a Player, there were also those who led organizations.

“Major General.”

He turned off the community.
The ‘Major General’ stood up from his seat.

“It’s time.”

It was a strange thing.
The man was a civilian, not a soldier, in today’s South Korea.

Therefore, there was no reason for him to be called by the rank of Major General.
Calling the man by the rank of Major General could be considered a kind of impersonation crime.

Yet the man was calmly called Major General.
Those accompanying the man also thought of him as a Major General of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

The clothes the man wore were the dress uniform of the armed forces.
What was engraved on his chest was the gold mugunghwa badge of the long-defunct 7th Republic of Korea.