As the Purifier, I Must Save the World! <The K-Confucian Child Saves the Villain Family>
Hello!
Today, I'd like to introduce a popular webtoon on KakaoPage,
<The K-Confucian Child Saves the Villain Family>.
It follows the struggles of the protagonist who, after falling ill from overeating,
regains her memories as a 'righteous K-child' from her past life
and realizes she must now step up to save the world.
Let's dive into the review.
A place heavily blanketed by evil demonic energy and
darkness from a long war against monsters, 'Grand Duchy of Ortejo'.
This is a forbidden land where only bloodline members of the Ortejo family, the rulers of the North,
who possess formidable supernatural powers and immunity to demonic energy,
are allowed to stay.
However, into this terrifying castle steps the youngest daughter of the Ortejo family
and our protagonist, 'Airi Ortejo'.
What could possibly be the reason she willingly sought out
such a perilous place?
One week before Airi headed to the Grand Duchy of the North,
the incident began at the estate of Marquis Melissa in the South.
Airi's maternal grandmother, Marquis Melissa,
holds the hand of Airi, who is lying in bed,
and sheds tears.
"My baby, you're nothing but skin and bones. This gramma
is so worried about you.
To have such a high fever and lose so much weight...
Doctor, has my baby caught some terrible disease?"
Marquis Melissa nervously asks about Airi's condition.
At this, the doctor clears his throat and carefully replies.
"Well... Marchioness. I apologize for saying this, but
the little lady simply seems to have overeaten far too much."
At those words, Marquis Melissa screams
in sheer disbelief.
"What kind of nonsense is that!
My baby only managed to eat 10 turkey legs for lunch!
She's on the verge of starving!"
Marquis Melissa hurriedly adds.
"That's not what's important right now!
Our baby has even been
hearing strange voices since yesterday."
What exactly is the true identity of the auditory hallucinations
lingering in Airi's ears?
[Oh, Airi.]
[Oh, Airi.]
[The purifier who will save the world, Airi.]
[To you living in the present, I shall reveal the past and the future.
Uncover everything and save the world!]
At these out-of-the-blue cries about the 'past' and 'saving the world',
Airi is completely confused.
Though Airi had been living peacefully, receiving her grandmother's unconditional love,
she is drawn by this strange voice and ends up recalling
her erased 'past life memories'.
In her past life, Airi was a 9-year-old child living in South Korea.
After the grandmother who cherished and cared for her passed away,
she grew up in an orphanage.
She was an impressive Taekwondo Poom belt holder and the youngest demonstration team captain
acknowledged by her master.
She couldn't stand seeing injustice and took the lead in defeating
the neighborhood bad guys who bullied other kids,
making her a very righteous and awesome kid.
Then one day, Airi happened to read
a fascinating novel.
It was a novel that her orphanage teacher, Lee Ah-reum,
was fiercely obsessing over.
The title of the novel was <The Monster Family of the Northern Snowfields>.
The story went like this.
Airi, the youngest daughter born into a villainous family in the far North.
Due to the evil demonic energy covering the entire North,
she lost her mother and was entrusted to her maternal family in the South
from a young age.
However, an enormous secret was hidden within that girl.
In truth, Airi was the world's only 'purifier' who could heal the evil energy,
and anyone who came into contact with this little kid
could be completely freed from the demonic energy.
But no one, including Airi herself,
realized this ability.
Eventually, time passed and the demonic energy swallowed the South beyond the North,
and it was a tragic tale where not only Airi but also Marquis Melissa, who cherished her dearly,
and all the residents of the South lost their lives,
leading to the destruction of the world.
The moment she recalled the entire plot of the novel along with her past life memories,
the strange presence that had been whispering to Airi
spoke to her once more.
[This is not just a simple story.]
[It is a future that will soon come to pass,
so this tale will remain for a long time to assist you.]
With those final words, Airi finally snapped her eyes open
in reality.
As it turned out, the time Airi had been passed out
was barely 10 minutes.
Regaining her senses, Airi started to organize
her chaotic thoughts.
'What is this..? That was all a dream?
No, I'm definitely the 9-year-old Lee Ah-rin.
Airi is the character in the book my teacher used to read... No, wait. Airi?
If it's Airi Ortejo... Grandma... the doctor.
They say I'm... the only purifier in this world!?'
The vivid dream she just had awakened Airi to a cruel
yet crucial fact.
The future where the world will soon meet its doom if things go on like this,
and where she, of course, as well as her precious grandmother right beside her
will all die.
Sitting at the dining table, Airi's mind is a tangled mess.
'I'm no longer the five-year-old kid
who just follows Grandma around.
I'm actually a nine-year-old martial artist!
The snacks Grandma makes for me herself.
The warm clothes she knits and dresses me in.
I know Grandma loves me very much.
I want to live happily with Grandma for a long, long time, too!'
Determined not to lose this precious daily life, Airi
wears a resolute expression and gently places
her tiny, fern-like hands over her grandmother's hand, shouting.
"Um, Gramma.
I weally think I am the hero destined to save this world!"
And she makes a vow.
'As the purifier, I must save the world!'
After putting on her clothes and packing her bag,
Airi says to her grandmother.
"Gramma, the time has come!
I will become a hero and depart for the North!!"
Her grandmother tried to stop her, but Airi thought to herself.
'The book definitely said Grandma's power is weak against demonic energy.
Since Grandma can't go to the North with me,
we won't be able to see each other for a while...'
Saying this is the duty of a hero, Airi took her steps,
and her grandmother, watching her departing granddaughter,
was reminded of her own daughter.
'Mom. Please take care of my daughter, Airi.
And don't forget. If that child ever...'
Grandmother stroked Airi's head and thought.
'...Why is she speaking exactly like her mother's last words.
This gramma is just so worried about our baby.'
Like that, Airi earned the qualification to go to the North.
Will Airi truly be able to eliminate the demonic energy in the North
and save the world?
If you are curious about the next story, check out
<The K-Confucian Child Saves the Villain Family> currently serializing on KakaoPage!
Thank you :)
