I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 210

Chapter 210

Everything As Planned

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“Ugh…”

It felt as if her head was being swept away by a massive wave, pounding with pain and dizziness. Iris clutched her head and slowly rose from the floor where she had collapsed. The place where she opened her eyes was a vast, endlessly white space.

“Where… am I?”

She stood up slowly and looked around. Both the sky and the ground were blindingly white, an infinite world of pure whiteness.

There was no sound around her. Only silence and stillness filled the air. The atmosphere was fresh and clean, and every breath she took enveloped her body with a clear and invigorating energy.

Click.

“…!”

At the sudden sound of footsteps, Iris quickly turned her body. A woman, who had not been there just moments ago, was now standing in the previously empty space.

For a moment, Iris was captivated by the woman’s beauty.

Her jet-black hair, as dark and glossy as the night sky, flowed down like silk, shimmering elegantly like waves. Her black eyes, holding a wisdom beyond human comprehension, were bewitching.

Her expression was sharp yet soft, giving her an air of nobility mixed with gentleness.

Her skin was as pale and translucent as moonlight, contrasting with her dark hair, creating an overwhelmingly mysterious atmosphere. Her face, so perfect it seemed as if a god had sculpted it, was enough to stir a sense of reverence in anyone who saw her.

Though she wore a dress resembling a maid’s uniform adorned with lace, her noble and elegant demeanor made it seem more like the uniform of a knight or some other prestigious attire.

The woman, possessing a beauty so divine that it wiped away all other thoughts from Iris’s mind, was looking at something other than Iris.

Iris, without realizing it, followed the woman’s gaze.

“…! Noah! Jess!”

At the end of the woman’s gaze were Noah and Jess, frozen in place. Like Iris, the two seemed to be momentarily dazed by the woman’s beauty.

Click.

Before Iris could move her stiffened body, the sound of footsteps echoed again.

With just one step.

Though the black-haired woman had only taken a single step forward, she disappeared from sight.

“Should I just erase them after all?”

“…!”

“…!”

The place where she reappeared was behind Noah and Jess, who were now completely frozen. The woman stepped between the two, who were standing side by side, leaving about a meter of space between them, and tilted her head.

Her words, though spoken with a voice as beautiful as her appearance, were chilling to the core.

The three of them wanted to say something, but their throats felt as if they were blocked, and no proper words came out.

“I don’t like being hated… but I do feel jealous.”

She muttered incomprehensible words to herself as she took another step forward.

Click.

Even though they were staring at her without blinking, they had once again lost track of her movements. The sheer eeriness of it made the three of them shudder. But beyond that, their bodies were frozen, unable to move.

It wasn’t that they were being physically restrained, nor was it that their bodies had turned rigid. They simply couldn’t move.

‘I can’t just stand by helplessly like that again!’

The memory of Lian’s sacrifice, which she had been forced to watch helplessly, flashed before Noah’s eyes. She bit her lip so hard that blood began to flow, as if trying to force her body to move.

The sharp sensation of her skin tearing, along with the metallic smell of blood, assaulted her senses. Despite the searing pain, her body wouldn’t move easily. Her entire body trembled as she tried to force herself to move.

Nevertheless, Noah refused to give up and focused all her willpower on moving her frozen body. It wasn’t just her; Iris and Jess also struggled to move their stiffened bodies.

Perhaps their desperate efforts had reached the heavens, as they were able to move, if only slightly. It was at a snail’s pace, but at least they could now stammer out a few words.

“Who… are you..? Lian…”

Noah, biting her frozen tongue several times, barely managed to squeeze out a few words. At that moment, the woman, who had appeared and disappeared like a mirage, reappeared in front of Noah with a sharp “Click.”

She looked into Noah’s eyes. Her gaze, which seemed to hold the entire universe, was inhuman, and Noah stared back, unable to look away. A dizzying fear welled up inside her, as if she had encountered something forbidden, but knowing a far greater despair, she kept her gaze locked, cold sweat dripping from her brow.

The silent staring contest ended quickly as the woman flashed a smile, her eyes crinkling.

“How annoying.”

Her voice, though soft and gentle, carried a meaning that was anything but.

Suddenly, she reached out her hand toward Noah. Her long fingers stretched out as if to pierce Noah’s chest and reach her heart.

Noah, who was already at her limit, couldn’t stop the hand that was rapidly approaching. Just as the woman’s hand was about to strike Noah’s chest, it stopped. Abruptly.

For a moment, Noah thought the woman had stopped because she had no intention of taking her life. But as if to deny Noah’s assumption, the woman furrowed her brow and pressed harder with her hand.

She exerted so much force that her arm trembled, but her hand still couldn’t touch Noah. Noah realized that some invisible force was protecting her.

Crackle, sizzle!

“…!”

As the woman applied more force, a previously invisible barrier began to shimmer and reveal itself. A blue, wavering barrier enveloped Noah’s entire body.

“Hmm.”

Seeing the barrier clearly, the woman withdrew her hand. Then, with her index finger, she lightly tapped on the barrier.

The Outsider, with her lips slightly pouting, thought to herself.

‘I don’t like this.’

Though she had only applied a light touch, the Outsider was a being of unfathomable power. Just as a human’s footstep could be catastrophic to an ant, her light touch was a catastrophe for humans.

Yet, the barrier that firmly blocked her attack emanated a familiar energy. It was the power of Lian, the “authority” she had first discovered in a world on the brink of destruction, a distant possibility.

‘If I had known things would get this complicated, I wouldn’t have left it by the hero’s side.’

Clicking her tongue inwardly, she withdrew her hand from Noah. She then slowly moved again, this time standing in front of Iris.

She looked into Iris’s golden eyes and recalled the body she had crafted with her own hands.

The body called “Lian,” which she had created using her hair, blood, and tears, was special. It was more noble than any hero, and its vessel was large enough to contain any soul.

Even if the soul within the body attained the “rank of a god,” the body she had crafted would not crack.

She extended her hand toward Iris, who was trembling and desperately trying to move.

Swish. The woman’s beautiful, sculpted hand gently tucked a strand of Iris’s white hair behind her ear. The cool touch of her hand sent a shock through Iris, as if her heart had dropped.

It felt as though death was looming right in front of her, making it hard to breathe.

‘Hmm… I didn’t expect to find a human with such a similar color. Maybe silver-gray eyes would have been better than gold?’

As she softly brushed the area around Iris’s eyes, which were the same color as Lian’s, she continued her thoughts.

‘No, gold suits Lian best. Rather than changing his eye color—’

She smiled seductively and lightly brushed Iris’s trembling eyelashes.

‘I can just pluck out this one’s eyes.’

As soon as she harbored murderous intent, the invisible barrier pushed her hand away. Her hand was forced back, and she stared deeply into Iris’s shaking eyes before shifting her gaze to Jess.

Even without threatening her, she could clearly sense Lian’s power wrapped around Jess.

“Why did he fall in love with such things?”

She furrowed her brow in confusion, crossing her arms.

“Sigh… If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have sent him.”

Her voice, filled with regret, sounded like that of a parent lamenting over their child getting hurt at school.

Iris and the others couldn’t understand her words, but if Lian had been there, he would have been left speechless.

Because everything—Lian living in the gag world, being sold off to the dark fantasy world as if in a trade, and even being possessed by the body of a villain—was all part of her plan.

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