Ch 1 - I Possessed the Villainess of a Novel I was Reading

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I possessed the body of the villainess of the novel I was reading.

I'm doomed.

It wasn't because I had transmigrated into a novel, nor was it because I had possessed the body of a villainess.

Rather, it was because in this novel, demons had suddenly invaded and destroyed the empire, right before the happy ending, which caused it to descend into an anticlimax. [1]

[1] 용두사망 is used to describe a composition that starts off well, but fizzles out with a bad ending. examples include bleach and game of thrones (source: the qoo)

...Damn it. What should I do?

***

I was also working overtime on that day too. After revising the powerpoint that had already been revised five times at the request of the manager, it wasn't until 11 o'clock that I finally managed to leave the company with a heavy body.

I was waiting for the traffic light at the crosswalk in front of my house after taking the taxi back, since I had just barely missed the last train, thinking to myself that the transportation cost would be extremely high for this month as well.

"Is that really the end? It's not a joke?"

Although there were no cars around since it was rather late, I was double checking the pages of a novel that had been completed a few days ago while waiting for the light to turn green.

This rofan novel, titled, <A Divine Retribution>, was a popular work that had maintained it's top rankings on the Series app for the past year. [2] [3] [4]

[2] 로판 is a genre that combines elements of both romance and fantasy.

[3] 권선징악 is rather hard to tl into a book title, but it roughly translates to good triumphing over evil, or [something] having a moral lesson behind it (like a parable).

[4] 시즈리 author is trying to avoid copyright (they're referring to the series app)

The male lead, a crown prince who had both power and good looks, and the female lead, who was a good-natured but strong saintess.

As the title of the book suggests, they were a righteous couple who embodied the saying 'good will always triumph evil', always punishing evil and rewarding the good. They were even nicknamed by the comment section as the 'Hong Gil-Dong couple'. [5]

[5] 홍길동 is a character in a novel who is a superhero and is often compared to that of robin hood (i.e. robbing the rich and giving to the poor). his name is also used synonymously with the name 'john smith' in official documents as a sample name.

But was its huge popularity its problem? Right before the wedding of the male and female lead, the author suddenly introduced demons to her story! And it was even a horned demon that lived in the Demon Realm!

"I thought the story would be extended due to its popularity."

Naturally, I had thought that the male lead would neatly save the empire with the support of the female lead.

"But this is actually the ending?"

However, contrary to the expectations of the readers, the author completely destroyed the empire!

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