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    • TBDS 02

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 2   The Villainess Builds a Department Store So, to summarize the situation I was in: I had been working as a department store sales clerk when I was hit by a car on my way home from work and possessed the body of the villainess from a book I had been reading. And without even realizing it, I had managed to change the original story to some extent. Even though I died without knowing that. The proof was that, unlike in the original story where my younger brother should have cut…
    • TBDS 01

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 1   The Villainess Builds a Department Store One day in December, when the bitter cold was at its worst. People stood in a long line along the walls of a magnificent building, staring only at the hands of the clock. 8:59:10. Thirty seconds. Fifty-five seconds. Ding! At the sound of the bell, the uniformed doorman threw open the glass doors. “Move!” “I got here first!” “Please, stop pushing!” The people rushed into the building as if someone were…
    • TPFR 06

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 6   Even so, not a single sound escaped his lips. Only his roughly tied red hair shook messily. He knew there were people somewhere who dreamed of things like that. Even when the two of them had been wandering around as orphans with nowhere to belong, the children of families who were a little better off in every village all dreamed of such things. Leave this tiny village, start as a mercenary, and become the Mercenary King. Catch a knight’s eye, become their squire,…
    • TPFR 05

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 5   Rosien gently wiped the water from the tops of Prim’s feet and dried them with his hand like a fan. Then, following Prim’s gaze, he looked at the bouquet and suddenly shouted, “Hey! Prim! Look at your hands, too.” “Ah, these are fine.” “They’re not fine at all!” Rosien stared at Prim’s hands, which were covered in little scratches from rose thorns. He opened his mouth wide, glanced at the bouquet once, then swallowed whatever he had been about to say…
    • TPFR 04

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 4 She really was happy to hear that. But considering how many times she had heard those words from various gods, probably hundreds of times in total, they were no longer enough to move her deeply. The bouquet stirred as if it were wriggling. Prim stared at it quietly before adding, “I am happy, but I’m worried that you might start talking like you did earlier and then get cut off halfway through.” — You care more about the oracle than you care about me! “Varin is…
    • TPFR 03

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 3   After that day, Prim was cursed so that thorns would sprout wherever her feet touched the ground and pierce her. Whenever the sole of her foot touched anything, thorns would grow from it and wound her, no matter what it was. Because of this, Prim could not even wear shoes. At midnight, her wounds healed as if they had never existed, but because of that, she never developed even a single callus. The thorns always inflicted the pain of piercing soft, fresh skin. And because Prim…
    • TPFR 02

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 2   Prim opened her eyes wide at the chill of the marble floor against her back and the back of her head. “—Hk!” The breath that had stopped suddenly rushed back into her lungs, and every sensation around her seemed painfully sharp. The musty smell of dust-filled air inside the old, worn-out temple, the scent of sunlight warmed by the early summer heat, and the fragrance of young greenery sprouting in the distant forest all rushed over her at once. Yet nowhere could she…
    • TPFR 01

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 1 The Lily of the Valley of Sanbertal There was once a perfumer who created fragrances unlike any other in the world. The leader of the Inquisitors who had pursued her shouted in front of the final temple of Varin, the God of Crossroads and Stars. “Criminal Prim! Open the door!” Despite the fierce shouting from outside, the woman walked toward the altar inside the temple as if she could not hear a thing. Bloody footprints trailed behind her, one after another. At last, she…
    • AFJE 05

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 5   A few days later. It happened while Munsik was chopping firewood at the entrance of the tavern. “Is this the Life Tavern?” “Huh? Yes, it is…” Three strong-looking men approached the tavern. They were faces Munsik had never seen around here before. “I heard this is the place where you get one free bowl after eating ten bowls of gukbap?” “Yes, that’s right.” “I also heard you give grilled fish for free…” “Ah, that is only being…
    • AFJE 04

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      by Ember heart — Chapter 4   “Welcome! Welcome to Insaeng Jumak!” “Huh?” The peddlers stared at one another in confusion at the enthusiastic welcome. At an ordinary tavern, they would usually receive nothing more than a curt, “Lodging? Food?” But Ha-yoon greeted them with a bright smile from the moment they entered. “Come this way. It's cool and breezy over here. This is a good spot.” “Y-yes. All right.” “You must be tired. Give me your bundles. I'll keep them safely…
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