Chapter 1
Level 0
[System Error!]
There was a black hole in the sky.
Volcanoes erupted and lava flowed from the cracked ground.
The five seas were dried up by the flames of hell that the demon king summoned.
The six continents were contaminated with demon’s venom. It was truly a hellish view.
There was no living being in sight.
‘Ah, the world is really ruined.’
When the gates for catastrophe were opened, the world was infested with harbingers of destruction.
Half of the human race was annihilated. Adding to that, the demon king was summoned and had descended upon the earth.
In front of it, the hunters who were considered the strongest of mankind were crushed to death like ants.
My name is Anseona.
Among the hunters who were awakened in the days of destruction, I was called the strongest.
And now, I have achieved something worthy of my nickname as the strongest.
The man in front was the proof. A man who was vomiting blood with a knife in his heart.
He was a monster, but he was once my colleague whom I could trust more than anyone else.
Humans called them this with despair and disgust. A demon.
“Trust me and wait for me, Seona.”
His low-pitched voice still sounded good to my ears. However, he betrayed me.
I shook my head in denial of my feelings. The man was now dead.
He was a monster beneath his facade. Above all, he killed my older brother, who was the only remaining family member of mine.
I tried to pull out a broken sword that had been lodged in his heart. But why was this simple movement so difficult?
His blood-stained eyes were still staring at me.
“Ugh! Seo, ugh……!”
His mouth spewed out blood.
He was trying to say something, but I couldn’t hear anything.
I gritted my teeth and swung my sword.
Blood splattered as his head flew through the air.
It was a befitting end for the demon king, who had turned the world into chaos.
At that moment. A system message popped up in front of me.
[Quest completed!]
[Quest Name: Kill the incarnation of destruction to save the world]
That was a quest given to all who survived when the demon king had descended to the earth.
So, what would we get when we complete the quest?
No one had survived. Even though the demon king was killed, the world was ruined.
I almost swore but managed to hold back. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to say it.
‘If I open my mouth now, I’m sure I’ll vomit blood, so I’ll just keep my mouth shut.’
I’d surely die if I opened my mouth once more.
‘No, even if I don’t do it, it’ll end up the same. There’s hardly any difference between going a few minutes early or later.’
I barely completed the quest. But it was too late.
‘I’ll probably die in 5 minutes.’
“Cough! Cough!”
My knee was bent, and blood flowed from my mouth and nose.
‘Am I going to die like this…?’
My eyes were getting blurry. At that time, the system message was updated.
[System Error!]
[Would$=you like#@to receive the rewards#@(Error!)#@$=?]
‘What is that red text?’
It was my time to die, so my eyes were getting blurry.
The text was broken and the colors looked weird.
It was a ridiculous situation.
“The world is destroyed… What’s the reward…?”
Then something even more ridiculous happened.
[$#% So *7& hate & #@?]
‘Huh?’
Ugh, I could hear the sound as the system gave me an error message. I had come all the way here because of that damn quest. I gathered all of my power and reached for the system window.
“F*ck! Give me the reward!”
‘Let’s see how big the reward is!’
[Receiving rewards…]
And the most annoying system message throughout my 25 years of living appeared in front of me.
[Reward: ?%$#& ]
As my body had reached its limit, my consciousness began to fade.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t even properly speak out in protest.
‘So what is the reward, bastard!’
Of course, there was no answer.
‘I won’t leave you alone, you damn system! I’ll just open my eyes again and destroy it!’
However, it was different when I opened my eyes again…
Level 1
Quest: Rebirth (01)
When I opened my eyes again, what came into view was a wrinkled hand.
‘What?’
Even when I tried to scream, what came out was an absurd babbling.
“Eubu?”
At that time, a system message popped up in front of me.
[Consciousness has successfully been loaded!]
[You have been reincarnated! Congratulations!]
Yes, I was reincarnated as a baby out of nowhere.
‘Is this a reward for subduing the demon king, or something like that?’
My previous life had ended just like that, after all the hard work and pain I felt, and also losing my loved ones.
I even killed the demon king, I should’ve been compensated more!
I decided to take advantage of my strengths and accept the situation. This kind of will helped me a lot in my previous life. But soon, I realized one thing from this situation.
My body was too small! My limbs were so short, and my small, chubby, sausage-like fingers did not move well, even when using force.
‘This hand… this damn system!’
I began cursing on the system, though what came out of my mouth was another babble.
“Abuaa!”
When I opened my eyes, I noticed that I was in a banquet hall where an important ceremony was held.
There were a lot of people with colorful hair, eye colors, and clothes.
For a moment, I wondered if I had been reincarnated somewhere in Europe, but soon I could recall that it wasn’t possible.
‘Right, the world was already ruined.’
Even though the demon king had been killed, I was the only human left on earth. Humanity would have perished after my death.
Then, the woman holding me muttered angrily.
“What’s wrong with my cute baby? You’ve never been like this.”
I could see at once that she was my nanny.
My status must’ve been high if I had my own nanny.
At the time, I felt uneasy and heard some unpleasant words.
“The princess is so small, she doesn’t look like she’s celebrating her first birthday. She looks similar to my child when he was 6 or 7 months old.”
“Besides, have you seen the princess’ eyes before? She couldn’t even make eye contact with her nanny… Maybe she really does have a problem with her head.”
It was not a language from anywhere on earth, but I could understand everything.
‘Wait, I’m a princess? Did I strike a jackpot?’
Still, it was too early to be happy.
‘But how dare they speak like that to a princess?’
It seemed like my question was, coincidentally, answered immediately.
“What’s the point of her having powerful magic when she’s an idiot?”
‘Aha.’ It must have been rumored that I was an idiot.
Surprisingly, it was not just a rumor, now that I thought about it.
Today was this baby’s 1st birthday. That meant she was 2 years old in Korean age.
But, I just woke up today.
If I looked at the system message about loading my consciousness, then did that mean the baby was an empty shell before?
Then it was only natural that rumors circulated that she was an idiot.
‘Of course, I don’t want such rumours about me now!’
“Kyaa! Auuu!” (You’re all dead!)
But the only thing that came out of my mouth was a baby’s babbling. And their reaction to it was negative.
“My child was very mature on her birthday. It’s like this one is not even from a royal family.”
“That’s right. The Royal Family of Rustem is blessed by the God of Sun from generation to generation, everyone is mature and is born with powerful magic.”
“She’s still young, but…”
All of the negative words were directed to me. Among them, there were only some who were on my side.
“Oh my, look how cute she is!”
“How can she look so smart?”
‘Yes, they have good eyes!’
However, the people who were not on my side started arguing with them.
“It’s obvious that she’s growing slowly.”
I was furious and tried to hit them!
“Au!”
Then, the aunts who were on my side understood it perfectly and said,
“…I think she understands everything Madam says. The princess is angry now.”
“No way! Madam, you’re exaggerating. It’s well known that the princess has problems, right?”
At the moment that the conflict was about to ignite in earnest, a low voice rang through the hall.
“I will give a name to the new lineage of the Rustem Royal.”
“……!”
“Anatrisha. Anatrisha Rustem. That is the princess’s name.”
It was a voice I was familiar with.
A nostalgic voice I heard again, after 13 years.
Standing a little farther away was a person who I never imagined I would see again.
I completely forgot my anger towards the people and the system.
And for the first time in my second life, a word came out of my mouth.
“Dwad!”(Dad!)