No One Told Me the Sweet Disciple I Raised Was the Villain

[Nurturing + Younger Man + Corruption + Fake Death + Angsty Drama]

Shi Chun transmigrated into the female sword master of the greatest sword sect, an otherworldly expert whom the sweet, naive male protagonist meets after falling off a cliff.

Her job is to raise the male protagonist into a success, then be killed by the villain at the right moment. The male protagonist takes revenge for his master, levels up, builds a harem, and reaches the peak of life.

Shi Chun: ...Clearly, I'm just a plot device.

Her sweet, naive disciple is hardworking and studious, becomes the youngest Sword Champion of the Immortal Sects, and spends every day serving her tea and water, calling out, "Master, Master." Shi Chun looks at the handsome boy she raised with such effort and feels deeply gratified.

Then one day, a System tells her, "Shi Chun, you picked up the wrong person. The one you found is the great villain, Wen Jing!"

Shi Chun suddenly realizes that there's something very wrong with the look in the boy's eyes when he cuddles up in her arms.

Thinking of the original plot, Wen Jing goes so mad he even kills his own father. The original Shi Chun merely looked at him too long and was blown to pieces in a shower of blood.

She questions her life choices: ...Maybe I should just give him up.

She'll send the villain back home, set the plot back on track, and then go home herself.

Years later, when she returns to the world of the book and sees Wen Jing, now the Demon Lord, striding toward her across a river of blood, Shi Chun thinks she's doomed. But their relationship begins to spiral out of control.

Shi Chun is still wondering what she did wrong when Wen Jing kisses the corner of her mouth, his eyes full of longing.

"Do you think it's completely abnormal for a disciple to kiss the master who raised him?"

"I'll do anything if it means I can keep you, Master."

"Even something you hate."