Volume 1, Chapter 2

“Who is it?!”

The sudden voice brought both shock and joy to Fan Yumo.

The joy came from the fact that, after who knows how long, he had finally heard another person’s voice in this godforsaken space!

The shock was because… how could there be another person’s voice in this godforsaken place?! What the hell!

Stunned, Fan Yumo’s Soul Body spun around abruptly, staring warily at the source of the sound.

A golden crack suddenly appeared in the once pitch-black, empty void. The crack spread rapidly, eventually forming a rift the size of a doorway.

Then, under Fan Yumo’s dazed gaze, a young girl slowly stepped through the rift and floated into this world of nothingness.

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“You…”

Looking at the silver-haired woman who had suddenly appeared before him, Fan Yumo was beyond shocked.

Perhaps such a sentiment was ill-timed, but the woman before him was simply too beautiful. It made Fan Yumo’s “heart” start to race frantically.

Her dazzling silver hair, bright as snow, cascaded down like a waterfall. Curved willow-leaf brows, a pair of enchanting golden eyes, a delicate nose, and pink lips like water-drenched cherries, all set upon a jade-like oval face, formed a picture of flawless perfection. Combined with her curvaceous figure, skin as white and clean as white magnolia petals, and a gaze full of affection and maternal tenderness, she formed an indescribably exquisite portrait of a peerless beauty.

Though the woman wore only a simple, elegant white dress, her lack of adornment only served to highlight her holy temperament.

Without a doubt, the actresses and models he used to follow online were nothing more than cheap makeup and face paint compared to the girl before him, not even worth mentioning. As a virgin, Fan Yumo stood frozen in place the moment he saw the silver-haired girl, utterly at a loss.

Unsurprisingly, his brain directly crashed.

It took a few moments before he snapped back to his senses. After shaking his head vigorously to calm his restless heart, Fan Yumo took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

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“U-um, who… who are you?”

Then, he realized with surprise that he, a Soul Body, could actually speak?!

What the hell was going on now?!

When he was stuck in this space before, he couldn’t make a sound! Besides, he was a soul, right? How was he speaking?

Fan Yumo was dumbfounded again, staring blankly at his own body.

In response, the mysterious silver-haired girl before him shook her head, looking both amused and exasperated. She couldn’t help but reach out and flick Fan Yumo on the forehead.

“Alright, stop your wild guessing. It doesn’t matter why you can speak, okay?”

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“Ah, well…”

Seeing that she had seen through his thoughts, Fan Yumo was left speechless.

But on second thought, she was right. It didn’t matter why he could speak right now. Hadn’t he encountered enough unexplainable things lately? One more didn’t matter.

Thinking this way, Fan Yumo stopped obsessing over it. After stabilizing his mindset, he looked respectfully at the mysterious silver-haired girl.

“Um, miss? May I ask who you are?”

“Hmm? That question… I don’t really want to answer it right now. All you need to know is that I can let you leave this place. That’s enough.” The girl replied nonchalantly, twirling a strand of her silver hair around her finger.

“You can really… let me leave? You’re not tricking me?”

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“Really. I have no interest in tricking you.”

“Then… do you need me to do something? You probably aren’t helping me leave out of the goodness of your heart, right?”

Fan Yumo couldn’t help but clench his fists. He didn’t believe in free lunches. She wouldn’t just appear before him and claim she wanted to help him leave this space for no reason.

As it turned out, Fan Yumo’s guess was correct.

The silver-haired girl smiled faintly and nodded.

“Ehh, helping you leave this claustrophobic space is actually very simple; it’s no trouble at all. However, I do indeed need you to do something for me.”

“What do you need me to do?”

“Act as a boss.”

“Huh? A boss? What do you mean?”

“A villain, of course. The kind that causes trouble for the Main Characters.”

“Eh??! A Villain Boss?”

The youth was stunned by the girl’s explanation. Novels and anime about being reincarnated as a villain from his past life immediately flooded his mind. “Do you want me to transmigrate into some novel or game world to be a Villain Boss?! If that’s the case, can I ask what kind of ending it has? Is it a happy ending ¹ boss and happyend are all written in alphabet in the original source ?”

“Game? Novel? Uh, it’s not like that. There’s no script…”

“No script?”

“Yeah, it’s not a virtual world. You can think of it as an independent fictional world. You’ll be the boss, and then you’ll cause trouble for the Main Characters to temper them.”

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“A fictional world? And what on earth are the Main Characters?”

“Just some people I threw into this space for a trial. You can think of them as ‘male leads’ or ‘female leads’ and the like. Anyway, your goal is to hinder them so they don’t complete their tasks too smoothly.”

“What tasks?”

“The specifics… if you agree, I will transmit them into your mind in the form of ‘memories’.”

Hearing this, Fan Yumo fell into a brief silence.

A moment later, the youth spoke up uneasily.

“As the boss, will I die? Will I eventually be killed by the protagonists?”

“Not necessarily. That depends on how you play it.”

“Uh, then if I survive and the mission is completed… what happens after?”

“Do whatever you want.”

The silver-haired girl floated slowly toward Fan Yumo, reaching out her index finger to tilt the youth’s chin up. She said playfully, “In short, this is a transaction. If you agree, I’ll take you out of here. You, in turn, will become the boss of that world and educate the ‘Main Character Group’ for me, helping them grow~ Once the job is done, you’re free. After that, I won’t care what you do. I might even be able to send you back to your original world to see your family…”

“It sounds like a good deal for someone in my current position.”

“So, what’s your decision?”

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Taking a deep breath, Fan Yumo slowly nodded.

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“I accept this transaction.”

Regardless, as long as he could leave this hellhole, he didn’t care what he had to do.

The silver-haired girl smiled with satisfaction at Fan Yumo’s expected answer.

“Alright then, the contract is established.”

“Oh, right!”

“Hmm? What now?”

“How do I tell who the male and female leads are?” Fan Yumo asked curiously.

“Questions like that will be answered in the memories I transmit to you. No need to rush. But since you asked, I might as well tell you. As for the female leads, you’ll naturally have a feeling when you see them.”

“What? What kind of answer is that?”

Fan Yumo was baffled by the response, his brow twitching slightly. It was one of those answers that was a lot of talk but said absolutely nothing.

However, the silver-haired girl didn’t seem to intend to elaborate. Instead, she pressed her index finger to her lips thoughtfully.

“Ehh, as for the ‘male lead’ types… those things have a golden rune mark on their backs.”

“Uh…”

He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but Fan Yumo felt that when the woman mentioned the term “male lead”, a hint of disdain appeared in her eyes.

Perhaps even… disgust.