Conquering the Broken Heroine?

I was possessed into an academy story.
A genre that’s yuri/broken/regret.
And with TS added on top.
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Web novels.
A sanctuary that soothes the hearts of weary modern people.
Short and concise writing style and developments you can’t see in reality have a charm different from pure literature.
If pure literature is like steak at a high-end restaurant, web novels are like tteokbokki at a snack shop.
Though it may lack long aftertaste and lingering impressions, it has intense stimulation.
However, in the world there are genres that don’t fit the purpose of web novels.
Two genres that even the Heavenly Demon would shake their head at if it were martial arts.
Broken stories.
A genre of novels where the protagonist goes mad in a desperate situation.
Source: Na● Wiki.
Regret stories.
Uses scenes of regret and changes due to regret as the central material of the work.
Source: Namu●ki.
That’s right.
It was the genre called broken/regret stories.
It couldn’t help but be truly horrible.
How on earth could they put sweet potatoes like broken and regret into the web novel industry?
Since time immemorial, web novels are meant to be enjoyed for their overpowered protagonists bursting with catharsis and hitting on heroines.
Even if sweet potatoes appear, such scenes should only be for a moment.
Of course, there should be a mention beforehand that the protagonist can burst with catharsis at any time.
At the very least, in the very next chapter after the sweet potatoes appear, there should be catharsis-bullying-education that clears the mind.
Yet it’s not satisfying enough, so what on earth is the point of putting forward sweet potatoes as the theme of the novel?
Even if the result is a happy ending, the process was the problem.
Anyway, it’s rare for web novels to not end with a happy ending.
Then couldn’t the process be written happily too?
Some might say.
Unlike other web novels, broken/regret stories have emotion and lingering impressions.
Because there are trials and obstacles, there’s a bittersweet taste that rises from them, as if your throat might close up.
I would answer.
Then read Russian novels.
If you want real sweet potatoes, just read Russian literature.
Like Tolstoy, or Dostoevsky.
Wouldn’t the works of these authors truly leave lingering impressions?
Of course, I’ve never read them myself.
But that’s besides the point.
Anyway, the point I wanted to make was simple.
The world is harsh enough to live in.
Is there really a need to put in a bunch of sweet potatoes when it’s not even pure literature?
Do we need to roll the protagonist around?
There must be works because there’s demand, but it wasn’t to my taste.
I tended to respect all readers in the world.
However, there could be an argument that if you dislike broken/regret stories so much, why not just ignore them?
I don’t want to think about broken/regret stories either.
There were circumstances.
Circumstances.
A binge-reading that started from the clinging of a friend who said you’d be missing out on half your life if you didn’t read it.
That’s how it began.
A small novel just for me, recommended by a friend.
The title was [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy]
As you can tell from the title, it was an academy story you could see fairly often.
It was even a yuri story on top of that.
Except for the #broken and #regret tags attached.
There would probably be some cliché twists added in too.
…Surprisingly, it wasn’t uninteresting.
The writing skills were decent enough.
Of course, seeing the protagonist rolling around wasn’t pleasant to watch, but with the next chapters piled up like a mountain, I endured it and skimmed through.
It wasn’t bad to binge-read like this on a leisurely weekend, rather than reading while tired after work.
I felt a bit of regret too.
With this level of writing skill, couldn’t they have just written a normal academy story?
I scrolled down incessantly.
Then I rubbed my eyes for a moment.
I had seen something I shouldn’t have seen.
My favorite character in the novel died.
Shit.

The trio of heroines appearing in [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy] all had aspects I didn’t like.
Befitting heroines of a broken/regret story, the early parts force-feed you sweet potatoes.
They ignore the protagonist, discriminate against them, and even go as far as bullying them.
If it were another novel, comments wishing for the heroines’ deaths would have been spammed long ago.

The development usually follows this pattern:
First, the heroines have received help from the protagonist before.
Second, the heroines don’t remember receiving that help.
Third, the heroines bully the protagonist, calling them incompetent.
Fourth, the heroines each have their own circumstances.
Fifth, as the story progresses, the heroines recall the fact that they received help from the protagonist.
Combining the above four, sixth, the heroines come to deeply regret the fact that they’ve been bullying the protagonist all this time.

The washing machine performance was certain.
The problem was that even after spinning the washing machine like that, their actions up until now couldn’t be forgiven.
No matter how much they regret, they can’t undo what they’ve already done. There are descriptions of them knowing this themselves.
Then why do these girls who know this approach the protagonist?
Befitting a broken/regret story novel, the protagonist was a naive pushover.
They end up forgiving this.
It’s a waste.
It was such a waste.
If the author had been Japanese instead of Korean, they would have been a talent playing the role of an insensitive harem protagonist in light novels.
It was too much of a waste to end up with heroines with such broken personalities.
An alternative was needed.
That alternative was my favorite character.
Given their position, there was no possibility of them being a heroine.
Even the slightest possibility was rare.
Nevertheless, it was a character overflowing with charm.
I’m not talking about simple sex appeal.
The character’s narrative itself was charming.
It’s not that they hadn’t committed any sins.
Rather, compared to a simple punishment for their crimes, it was more than the heroines.
Yet the reason I support them is just one.
It’s because this character neither discriminated against the protagonist nor fawned over them.
Not simply a regretful heroine,
But a character with their own beliefs.
That’s why I liked them even more.
Even if not a heroine, I hoped they would meet a happy ending.
But tada!
They died!
Right before the conclusion at that.
I couldn’t stand it anymore.
When other readers commented that they were sad and curious about the next episode.
[Do you think this makes sense, author? To kill off a character more charming than the heroines so emptily like this, no matter how I think about it, this development seems like a bit of an overreach. You didn’t have to kill them off here, a character more valuable than trophy heroines in some sense, if you were going to treat them like this, you shouldn’t have created this character in the first place. I wonder if the author has any thoughts────.]
By the time I noticed, I was already writing a 5700-character criticism comment.
“Shit.”
And I fell into the novel.
“Shit!”
Shit.
It was impossible not to swear.
Looking in the mirror, there was a girl who looked like an angel despite her rough mouth.
Even TS on top of that!
Han Seoyeon.
Child of Korea’s top hunter family.
As seen in the mirror,
A beautiful girl with a promising future.
Some might say.
Isn’t this much better than the life of a part-timer with no proper job after discharge and orphan status?
That wasn’t the problem.
“Unni!”
Small and cute gestures.
A girl with sparkling eyes.
Han Seoyeon’s twin sister.
“Let’s play together!”
Han Suho.
The protagonist of [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy].
My newly acquired identity was the protagonist’s older sister.
A character named Han Seoyeon doesn’t appear in the novel [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy].
In other words, I could be considered a sort of variable.
It’s a novel I don’t even like anyway.
The story goes on well without me.
Meaning if I don’t intervene, the story will flow to a happy ending.
“Unni…?”
Just, the process won’t be smooth.
She’s a kind and innocent child.
This child will soon be abandoned.
She ends up growing up in the slums.
Even after entering the academy, she faces all sorts of discrimination.
Yet she never loses her smile.
Is that right?
As an older sister.
To turn a blind eye despite knowing that my younger sibling will become unhappy.
“Unni, are you okay? Your face is pale blue.”
“…I’m fine.”
No, that couldn’t be.
“What should we play today?”
“Let’s play hunter! Hunter play!”
There’s a saying that the great Russian writer Tolstoy was actually a sexual deviant.
Didn’t they say he wrote detailed diaries of his relationships with former women like maids for a full 15 years and showed them to his wife?
According to Na● Wiki, Anna Karenina is said to prove this.
Therefore, the author of [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy] must also have sexual deviations.
I wonder if they’re masturbating right now.
Imagining me agonizing over whether to sacrifice my sister to gain a peaceful future or not.
“Okay. Let’s play hunter today.”
“Yay!”
But that won’t do.
Not a chance, no way!
The answer was simple.
I become the protagonist.
I change this novel’s genre.
From broken/regret to overpowered/catharsis.
As a wishful thinking, I think it would be good to add yuri too.
“Unni is the hunter role, and Suho is the monster role, right?”
“…Unni is stingy.”
In Japanese light novel style.
I create a world where everyone becomes happy.
That was my only thought from the beginning.
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And so I embraced the broken elements instead of the protagonist.
I also gained the power the protagonist should have had.
I also helped out some kids with unfortunate pasts along the way.
I was driven out of the family and lived in the slums.
I was called incompetent and ate a ton of insults.
This was all until middle school.
Now that I’ve reached the age to enter the academy, this story’s genre changes.
Because I had no intention of hiding my strength.
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[Han Seoyeon]
Lv. : 72
Exp : 316/8716
HP : 185
MP : –
[Status]
Strength : 64(Rank : B)
Agility : 95(Rank : A)
Intelligence : 51(Rank : C)
(Remaining points to distribute : 0)
[Original Skill]
Unique Ability/Trait – Falling Star Sword(Rank : Ex)
[Normal Skill]
Swordsmanship(Rank : A+)
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It’s a beautiful status window no matter when I look at it.
While the average level of academy students is 20, and the average level of professional hunters is 40, my level is 70.
It was a far cry from the protagonist’s level in the early original work.
If the original protagonist was beyond hell difficulty and at Korean difficulty, this was truly easy difficulty.
“New students!”
Other students wouldn’t be able to see this level.
They would only see an incompetent new student.
“From now on, you will take turns having real sword fights with your seniors!”
That incompetent new student was about to have.
“For new students, entering the academy is not the end but the beginning!”
A splendid academy debut.
The first step as an overpowered protagonist.
“And seniors, don’t let your guard down just because they’re new students, and don’t forget your beginner’s mind!”
As expected of the academy, a professor who seemed practical was saying practical things.
The purpose of the match was literally as stated.
If there was a hidden point, it was that a student who just entered couldn’t possibly beat a senior student.
Except for a few exceptions.
Wouldn’t an overpowered protagonist be one of those few exceptions?
“Han Seoyeon, step forward!”
Confidently, a high school girl with black hair and red eyes, holding a Japanese sword (※military sword) stepped forward.
“Do you have a preferred opponent?”
“Anyone is fine. I’m not confident.”
I wasn’t confident.
“Confident that I’ll lose.”
“Hooh.”
Confident in defeat.
“Full of spirit! Good!”
Based on the original work, the only named character among the current 2nd year academy students is the student council president.
And that student council president is absent due to work.
Winning was natural.
“Wittelsbach. You face her!”
“…Yes.”
Wittelsbach.
Judging by the surname, a German foreigner.
A character not in the original work.
[The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy] is a novel where Korean nationalism is applied in a twisted way.
In the novel, South Korea was a world-class hunter powerhouse that the U.S. courted, Europe was wary of, and Japan and China were anxious about.
In the midst of this, a promising foreign hunter was a rare case.
Though not appearing in the original work, I guess she might be the hope of Germany, or even Europe.
South Korea’s hunter academy has high admission standards.
Strictly based on ability.
Thanks to that, I was able to enter the academy despite being from the slums.
It’s unfortunate for this nameless girl.
She’ll have to become a sacrifice.
I draw my sword and check her status window.
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[Michaela Ernst von Wittelsbach]
Lv. : 100
Exp : 125000/125000
HP : 200
MP : 250
[Status]
Strength : 80(Rank : A)
Agility : 100(Rank : A+)
Intelligence : 80(Rank : A)
[Original Skill]
Unique Ability/Trait – Sword of Winter(Rank : Ex)
[Normal Skill]
Swordsmanship(Rank : A++)
Tracking(Rank : D)
Storage(Rank : C)
Contract(Rank : E)
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…What?
“Is everyone ready?”
Wait a minute shit what the hell is this cheating stat bug isn’t this─.
“Begin!”
Clang─!
“It’s over.”
While I was distracted, I was hit on the head with the side of the blade.
I collapsed without being able to do anything.
“May I go back now, Professor?”
“Yes! Good work!”
3-second defeat.
And so, my, Han Seoyeon’s academy debut was utterly ruined.