The Exhausting Reality of Novel Transmigration

had blocked his sword, the sound of metal clashing against each other rang immediately.
It was a sound that was out of place.

At the same time, under the mask, Harron’s expression became distorted.

“Uuurk.”

A low groan slipped through his clenched teeth.

He couldn’t overcome this force.

It felt as if the object that his sword had struck was a huge, solid lump of iron.

‘What the hell…’

Harron’s wide open eyes were shut because of the pain, and he checked once again just what exactly had blocked his sword.

Still, it was that fan.

‘How can a fan stop a sword?’

Mid swing, too? And what the hell was this pain?

While he was at a loss for words, Rosetta soon began to push the fan beneath his sword.

Taken aback by her strength, Harron clenched his teeth and tried to endure it.
But it was useless.
The sword, which was aiming for the woman’s thigh, quivered and was gradually pushed up diagonally.

Shiiing.

The thinly ringing sound, like the howl of an animal, tore through the air.

Chang!

Before long, as Harron’s sword was pushed back by the fan, it flew away in an instant, and the accompanying sound was loud.

It was an incredible sight, but all he could feel was the tingling sensation on his hand.

“Keugh.”

He clenched his sore right hand—but swung his left hand immediately.

There was no time to feel any pain.

At the unbelievable sight of his sword flying away in an arc, fear started to begin creeping in.

The longer he’d face this woman, the more he’d be at a disadvantage.

Since her body was turned to the right from blocking and sending the sword flying, he naturally aimed his left hand towards her right shoulder.

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And to avoid that attack, Rosetta leaned back.

The cold blade swung over her nose.

Harron’s attack was packed with force, and so he stumbled because it had cut through only the air.

Not missing this opportunity, Rosetta straightened her posture and held Harron down at the same split second.

Then, she tripped him.
As he lost his balance, he immediately collapsed to the ground.

At the sight of the approaching woman, Harron closed his eyes.

However, he felt no pain.

He opened his eyes again, and at the same time as the back of his head was grabbed, his field of vision quickly turned upward.

What he saw was the sky.

And the veiled woman.

In that swift moment, Harron was brought to his knees while his head was tilted back.

Crunch.

Harron gritted his teeth, humiliated.

“Are you going to kill me?”

Without answering the question that he spat out, Rosetta reached towards him with her left hand.

And that left hand went straight to his neck.

His neck was covered with his thin clothes, but he could vividly feel the touch of her fingers through the cloth.

Gulp.

His mouth was dry.
It felt like those fingers were as sharp as sawblades.

Every place her fingers swept past made him shudder under unprovoked iciness and fear.

Ring, ring, ring.

The warning bells revealing the fear he felt were ringing loudly in his mind.

Something’s wrong with this commission.

It was a request that he shouldn’t have accepted.

He should have known it the moment he was offered such a huge amount for one request.

Even so, hindsight was always useless.
He was already here at this point.

His back was numb and his fingertips were cold.
He closed his eyes.

Then,

Clatter.

A hard object slipped through his fingers.
His fingers twitched for a few times until he recalled what exactly it was.

It’s the dagger he was wielding earlier.

Harron wriggled his fingers and struggled to grab it again.

In spite of himself, he took it.

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Grabbed it like a lifeline.

He didn’t mean to attack the woman with it.

Just the fact that he had a weapon in his hands gave him the flimsiest hope that he could escape.

It was a strange expectation to have in a situation like this—to hope, like this.

Unfortunately however.

Rosetta was greatly capable at breaking people’s false hopes.

“What’cha doing?”

A short question could be heard from beneath her veil.

Harron broke out in sweat, blinking back at the lighthearted tone.

‘Did I… get caught?’

He felt his heart plummet to the ground.

After flinching suddenly, he soon lost control over his actions.

Moving slowly, his glistening eyes looked up.

Towards the woman who asked the question.

This single moment felt like an eternity.

At that moment, the hand on the back of his head gripped with a stronger force.

“Huuuk.”

In an instant, a gasp came up his throat, and Harron let out a rough groan.

Rosetta leaned down further, and the distance between them became even smaller.

“Why are you reaching for that? Do you want to attack me again?”

The sweet voice of the woman could be heard distinctly,

As if she was whispering directly into his ear.

Beneath the sheer veil, he caught a glimpse of the covered red lips.

“I wouldn’t do that, if I were you.”

And those red lips were shaped like a fine curve.

Seeing the sweet smile on the woman’s lips, Harron loosened the grip of his left hand.

It felt like it was all futile.

What’s the point of holding on to something like this?

Just, it would only provoke the predator’s ire.

The captured prey had no choice but to hold its breath while bowing down with its head stuck to the ground.

Please, he could only hope that the beast in front of him was a merciful beast.

Tak.

With a dull sound, the dagger in his hand dropped to the ground.

The dagger clattering to the dust-covered ground felt like a reflection of his own future.