[Invincible] + [Redemption] + [Character Growth] + [Daily Life] + [Multiple Heroines]
The Demon King Chaos had lived for a thousand years and beaten back countless waves of heroes. He was bored.
This time, he decided to try something different.
He made a list, then spent a month traveling across the continent, retrieving the six “items” on it one by one, as if he were doing his shopping.
An imperial swordswoman abandoned by her family in a rainstorm, a blasphemous girl scorned by worshippers before a temple, an elf kept as a pet in a cage, a foxfolk orphan stealing bread in the slums, a young dragon besieged by adventurers in some ruins, and an escaped assassin hunted by her own organization in an alley...
When these six girls, cast aside by the world, gathered around the table at an unremarkable manor for the first time, their new teacher, the mysterious scholar Ethan, announced the only rule of the household: “Here, all you need to do is be yourselves.”
Ethan thought this would be the perfect “rival-raising” game. He would nurture the girls into strong warriors who could entertain him, all while they enjoyed a warm and peaceful daily life.
But he never expected their growth to take such an outrageous turn. Years later, when they had become powerful enough to overturn the world, they all shared the same wish.
“Teacher, we’re more interested in conquering you than defeating the Demon King.”
“...Did I raise the heroes wrong?”
This is a rare gem among coming-of-age novels, but the plot develops too slowly, which is a minor flaw. It makes you want to skip ahead; it would be better if the plot moved faster. Overall, though, it's still quite good. [Learned something new]
I actually prefer Lilith. When will she get more screen time? 😢 She's probably the one with the deepest bond with the main characters, and she absolutely has to be the female lead! 😢
If it's alright, I'd give it four and a half stars; it's like finding gold in a sea of dregs. So I won't go into the flaws. The strengths are the excellent character development and emotional portrayal. The interactions between the Demon King and the girls are also very delicately depicted. I can only hope the author doesn't abandon the project!
It's good. The opening scene quickly gathers all six students without dragging on, avoiding excessive descriptions of their complicated experiences and moving straight into their daily interactions. This is a good thing; if it had described how they were found and how they were located one by one, it would have felt tedious. The rest of the story remains to be seen. Why not kill them?
After reading so many fast-paced novels, it seems quite nice to occasionally read a simple and understated one like this.
This is so funny! 😏😏
Super good novels