Surviving the Reverse Harem

13 – Encounters

“Antares. Answer me one thing. Why did you kill me?”

Antares did not answer. Antareon killed Curtainwill on his way home after meeting Irelle.

Curtainwill was the librarian of the Imperial Library and one of Irelle’s extra male leads.

All of Curtain Will’s fingernails and toenails were plucked and cut into thin slices at regular intervals from the tips of her fingers to the base of her neck.

When Irelle and the other male leads arrived at the bloody scene, Antares was still laughing over the warm corpse.

“I guess you were killing it. Did you kill the other missing kids like this? Like curtainwill?”

“……”

Antares still did not open his mouth.

When Irr El found her first dismembered body, she wept and vomited at the cruel sight.

The seventh time she saw her mutilated body, she no longer cried or vomited over her body.

“Yirel. Staying here any longer is bad for your mental health. We’ll take care of the rest. Get some fresh air.”

“Okay. I’ll ask.”

A brief battle ensued and Antares was subdued by the other male leads.

Having calmed her heart, Irr El came back into her old building. Antares, subdued by the male leads, was tied up.

The face of Antares, who had committed her murder a few hours before, was very unconcerned. Irrel asked him.

“Answer me one last question. Why did you kill me?”

“I endured a lot. I tried to abuse my body, believe in religion, torture and kill people, but I couldn’t stand it. Have you ever wanted to kill a woman around a man you like?”

“…..”

“Looks like I’m crazy.”

Antares said with a smile.

“You know what? I’m nothing. I’ve killed a few people, but there are worse people around you than me.”

– Took…

Richard decapitated Antares with his sword.

“You don’t have to listen to the murderer’s useless words. Let’s go back to the mansion.”

“Yeah..”

Surrounded by the few remaining male leads, she returned to the mansion.

Irrel went into the room and locked the door and the window. She then pulled the covers over her as she curled up in bed.

How did it end up like this? No more looking forward to tomorrow. It was scary.

‘I want to go back home.’

In the dark room, the sound of sniffling leaked from the blanket.

At dawn when everyone was asleep, Arsene came out of the mansion.

Arsene arrives at a dilapidated building with bloody floors, tangled bundles of viscera, and blood-soaked daggers.

Before lighting the fire, Arsene looked into Antares’ face and whispered.

“I know. I feel the same way as you.”

After thinking for a while, he laughed and added his words.

“You shouldn’t have noticed that. Like me.”

– Tired of the reverse harem, he runs away. Some excerpts from Volume 7-

Two weeks of hard times have passed. After returning from the Elven Forest, we visited the Northern Grand Duke’s Mansion and the Mage Tower one after another.

Ir El and his male leads returned to the academy today after the last vacation at the Imperial Church yesterday.

Since I had to go to the battlefield in 3 days, I left for a village called Ebruim to find the holy sword.

The weather is unusual.

I looked at the sky several times from the top of the unicorn that was running as fast as the wind. Since morning, there has been no sunlight, and the clouds have covered it, and the light gray clouds have been thickly covered.

“It’s going to rain today”

It’s an outlying area without a portal, but thanks to the unicorn, I arrived early.

As I stroked the unicorn’s mane, the unicorn made a purring sound as if it was in a good mood.

Ebruim was a village that was annihilated during the invasion of demons in the past, and now no one lives there.

As we passed the collapsed or swallowed buildings and moved to the center of the village, we saw a shabby temple.

I heard from the person himself that a paladin who had fled from being chased by demons in his previous life made a contract with the holy sword here.

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“Be honest. Do you love me?”

He sighed and answered Lotus, who was persistently asking questions.

“Who do you mean love?”

“I love you, Holy Lady.”

Said Lotus, smiling round and round. I didn’t hate him for being playful, but it was annoying.

“Don’t say that you respect her just because she’s a saint. Wasn’t it too much for the two of you to look at each other so affectionately?”

“Not in that sense, but simply out of respect…”

“Robert, let’s talk man to man. You love me.”

I couldn’t answer anything. I was at a loss as to what to answer. Because he also liked the saintess.

After hesitating for a moment, he struggled to open his mouth.

“I like it.”

“I’m glad.”

“Yes?”

“It’s fortunate. I don’t think I’ll last long. Robert… Please stay by my side for a long time. If it’s you, I can close my eyes in peace.”

“If there is something wrong with your body, can’t you ask the saintess?”

“You know why a holy sword is also called a demonic sword.”

“Ah…”

Lotus said while looking at the holy sword wrapped around her waist.

“The more you use the power of the Holy Sword, the more your mind becomes devastated. All those who have used the Holy Sword in the past have gone mad from mental pain.”

“…”

“No matter how positively I think and smile, it’s hard to bear. I’m at my limit now. So the next battle will probably be my last.”

“Is there any way to slow it down with divine power?”

“No. They say it’s only natural for lower beings to go crazy because they directly receive the power of higher beings.”

Lotus looked at me and smiled.

“hahahahaha. Don’t be too sad. If it wasn’t for the help of the Holy Sword, I would have died a long time ago. Thanks to that, I was able to live longer.”

Lotus pondered for a while before saying.

“I read in an old book that a long time ago, the holy sword spoke to the contractors. But it seems that people used the power of the holy sword and went crazy, resentful and swearing a lot. Feeling guilty toward the people who went crazy because of themselves, The Holy Sword, which was hurt by listening to the resentment of it, stopped talking to people anymore and ran away from people’s hands for fear of being hated.”

“That’s why he must have been hiding in the abandoned temple of Ebruim. He didn’t want to be hated.”

“I shouldn’t be resentful either, but I’m going crazy… It’s hard.”

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Recalling the conversation with him, I entered the nameless temple. The handle of a shabby sword was visible in the farthest corner of the small temple.

He knelt down and carefully picked up the handle of his sword.

– Todok Todok

Raindrops hit the ceiling of the temple a few times and then fell hard.

-Shoot aaa

“Uni, come in!”

Called the unicorn waiting outside into the temple.

The horses ridden by knights in this world were different from those on Earth. The human tamed the beast called Jormyeon, and there was a lot of difference depending on the lineage.

The horses of the lineage ridden by the knights had thick leather, so they deflected arrows and swords that did not contain any energy.

Horses of really noble lineage fought knights 1:1 and won.

Fu Lung-

I stroked the white fur of the unicorn sitting next to me.

Seeing that the horns are still short and so cute, I wondered if they were children compared to humans.

He understood human speech and stopped while petting the cute unicorn. And I looked at the holy sword.

When I heard about the Holy Sword from Lotus, I had this question.

‘Am I a lower being than the holy sword?’

Humans are of a lower rank than the Holy Sword. But I’m from outside the comic books.

Am I, a reader of comic books, lower than the Holy Sword in comic books?

Perhaps I am the only one who can properly draw out the power of the holy sword.

I washed away the dust on the handle of the holy sword with the water in the water bottle. First of all, in order to make a contract with the Holy Sword, you must like it.

I took out the handkerchief and scented oil that I had prepared in my bosom. After soaking a handkerchief in perfumed oil, he carefully wiped the handle of the bladeless holy sword.

After polishing for a while, I put the holy sword into the custom-made scabbard. The holy sword before the contract had no blade and could not be fixed to the scabbard, so an expensive scabbard was made by special order.

Dark clouds were visible through the empty window, crumbled by the years.

Above the dark clouds, new comments and popularity rankings have been updated.

– Comments

Dotori: Yeoju was at the highest level for man training!

Gureungureum: It makes me forget to eat while watching it hahahaha What is it like being chosen by Robert Unicorn hahahaha

Robert Mom: A man of modesty who is chosen by a unicorn… Sniping the taste..!!

Monaming: Ohh.. Belus, the great elf.

Dinni: No, the unicorn tilts its head because I washed a little at night. Aren’t you being too strict? No, but how did Robert live? He likes unicorns so much??

Hoeeng: Robert knows nothing. Robert is a baby. Baby must be protected!

Coco: This is 19 gold, but if you do it later with the male leads, won’t Robert get caught every time you’re a unicorn??

└ Baby Panda: Unicorn Rage Body Headbutt

└ 19Joa: Robert, who later found out the truth, secretly peeped at the loser/we like it! &

└ Hoe Eng: Nope ㅔ Stop thinking bad!!

– Popularity Ranking

1St place. Belus (Elf)

Second place. Robert (fiance)

Third place. Richard (Duke of the North)

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8Th place. Credion (Merchant)