[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-am-i-the-villain-or-not":3,"chapter-am-i-the-villain-or-not-am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-248":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Am I the Villain or Not?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},571507,820,"Chapter 248 - 251: Let’s Capture Her Alive First","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-248",248,"\u003Cp>At night, Viktor sat in the carriage as he returned to his residence in the royal capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mansion had already been rebuilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the servants outside the gate saw their master arrive, they all bowed together and opened the carriage door for Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting down from the carriage, Viktor put both hands in his pockets. Cocotte was carried out from the carriage behind him, gently lifted by a streak of white magic, slowly floating into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without soft white clouds beneath her, she was already sleeping like a dead pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, thanks for your hard work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white cloud in the sky drifted down and circled Cocotte several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic array in the air glimmered faintly. Viktor used magic to place Cocotte onto the cloud, then said softly, \"Take her back to the garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the cloud did not dare disobey Viktor's command. Carrying Cocotte, it whooshed off toward the garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, it vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor watched the direction where the cloud disappeared, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This instance run had been extremely successful, and Cocotte's help played no small part in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a fifth-tier mage, Cocotte's usefulness was far greater than when she was still at the fourth tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one had to make a comparison, it was like the \"instance\" system itself had been upgraded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the magic mirror also deserved some credit, making the world far more realistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Cocotte becoming a fifth-tier mage had still not been reported to the Mage Council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, ever since returning from the Elven Forest, she had been busy carrying out the tasks Viktor entrusted to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, although Cocotte had become a fifth-tier mage, she still had not learned a single fifth-tier spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor looked at the pitch-black garden while searching through his memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game, most of the more practical fifth-tier spells could basically be learned in Endymion's magical library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he would still need to make another trip back to Endymion when he had the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Viktor shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and entered the mansion. The quiet courtyard even made Viktor's steps feel lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the mansion, right by the main door, he happened to see Liya standing there, as if she had just come downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held her chest with both hands, looked at Viktor, and asked, \"You're back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't you say the assessment would take a long time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor nodded and replied calmly, \"Yes. It's not over yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new students' practical assessment lasted three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three days, the new students would remain inside the mirror world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Viktor had returned early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he did not need to stay there watching the students the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other professors and the headmaster would observe the students through mirrors inside the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Empress herself was personally staying at the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly because of Aurelian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in any case, with the Empress at the academy, the students' safety was naturally not a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No place was safer than being under the protection surrounding a member of the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the longest freshman assessment in the history of the Royal Magic Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if any student voluntarily gave up during the assessment, they would be safely released from the bright mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze kept drifting to the side, her expression stiff, making her feel rather awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, ever since the last time she discovered that Viktor had secretly read her diary, she truly did not know how to face her brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Viktor seemed completely unconcerned, as if that incident had never happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calmly walked past Liya and headed upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liya opened her mouth, wanting to say something, \"Gwen, she…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is she okay?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she still couldn't call it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was extremely soft, so soft that apart from Liya herself, even Viktor didn't hear that mosquito-like question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a sigh, watched Viktor's figure fade farther and farther away, and gently closed her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor lightly pushed open the wooden door to the study and began searching for books on the neatly arranged shelves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aftermath of the battle had not affected this place; every book lay intact where it belonged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor's fingertips brushed across the spines, finally stopping on an old, thick ancient tome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by magic, the book floated into Viktor's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened it and began to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It told mythological stories about how gods in ancient times bestowed thought upon their believers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thoughts granted by different gods each had their own characteristics, and the fanatical emotions contained within gradually evolved into various forms of faith as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years later, those with absolute faith were revered as messengers of the gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They carried faith through to the very end in order to bring the gods back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They firmly believed that only by doing so could they show the gods that humanity needed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully finishing the book, Viktor gently closed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was more than one kind of [Goddess Believer], and naturally, there was more than one god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So there were plenty of fanatical believers who worshipped different gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had basically completely distorted the gods' original intentions, using a single, stubborn interpretation to wrongly carry out what they believed to be the gods' will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in this book, their actions were even excessively glorified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game's background setting, those fanatical believers of different gods all shared one common goal, to find the Child of God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed that the Child of God was a human perfectly fused with a goddess's power, the best candidate to recall the goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of devout believers, the Child of God was the purest and most sacred representative of a god in the mortal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it was not hard to understand why those fanatical believers had set their sights on Gwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They regarded her as the Child of God directly under the Goddess of Justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet ironically, the future Gwen, after awakening her cold, impartial justice stance, showed no mercy whatsoever to the Goddess of Justice's believers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Emperor Aubrey died, many evil beings took advantage of that period to infiltrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those goddess believers also began to stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, countless of them were killed by Gwen as she carried out justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, they were still hiding in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor set the book down, narrowed his eyes, and looked out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full moon hung high in the sky, and on its pale surface seemed to linger a trace of eerie black miasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That black trace slipped behind the moon without warning and vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness beneath the moonlight, Vega's figure blocked the pale moonlight, shadows flickering faintly across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was flying about at that moment, the sound of its wings beating echoing in the night wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, the crow seemed tired and quietly landed on a tree branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, Viktor. What kind of contractor makes his god spy on other people!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Vega complained angrily, it still arrived at its destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on the branch, it stared straight at the Drin mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous mansion was extremely quiet. Not many lights were lit, and under the pale moonlight, it appeared especially lonely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Vega's single eye turned an intense shade of blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Vega's vision, it saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless black, writhing, stripe-like forms were slowly climbing deeper and deeper into the Drin mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vega had never seen any god with a group of believers like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, only those stubborn, willful goddesses would have such a group of blind, brainless fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vega withdrew its sharp gaze and pecked at its pitch-black wing with its beak, doing its best to look like an ordinary crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a servant walked out, holding a lamp. She stood at the mansion entrance, looking around, even glancing up at the treetops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was too dark, she only noticed a crow standing on a branch and did not realize that this crow had only one eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the servant's gaze moved away and she returned inside the mansion, Vega finally flapped its wings and flew toward the window of Gwen's bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen's bedroom was not unfamiliar to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vega passed through the window and approached the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It saw the silver-white, steadfast knight lying unconscious on the bed, her eyes tightly shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, there seemed to be no discomfort anywhere on her body, yet she simply could not wake up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she had fallen into endless sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the unconscious Gwen, Vega thought with some amusement, 'How about letting Viktor come over and kiss her? Maybe she'd wake up then?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Those storybooks always have plots like that, don't they?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But deep down, Vega knew this nearly absurd method definitely wouldn't work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood there as a pitch-black formation gradually and mysteriously took shape beneath its feet. The chaotic tentacles twitched for only a short while before slowly coming to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark light gradually enveloped Gwen's body, giving off a mysterious and evil feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vega looked at Gwen and smacked its beak, saying, \"Don't know why Viktor pays special attention to you alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch, just take it as doing it for him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shook its body, and a jet-black feather gently fell beside Gwen's bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if turning into a puddle of black water, Vega slid down along the floor by the window. The entire crow's body disappeared without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black feather remained by Gwen's pillow, rising and falling along with her steady breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the moonlight, the black feather shimmered faintly, like a gemstone, flickering with mysterious radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vega flapped its wings in the sky, about to fly toward the Cravenna mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, it blinked, sensing something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body flipped in midair, then flew off in a direction completely opposite to its original course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the forest near the royal capital, a white figure was continuously hunting various monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood flowed across the grass, slowly gathering into a small stream that reflected the crimson moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses of magical beasts, their white bones exposed, were piled into a small hill, standing quietly beneath the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Safiroth slashed a monster's throat with her sharp long blade, then tossed the corpse onto the pile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned against the mound of bodies, brutally devouring her spoils while stuffing all the various materials that dropped from the monsters into her own pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Safiroth swallowed a chunk of beast flesh, all the fur on her body instantly stood on end as she felt danger suddenly descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold light flashed in her eyes as she stared straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An arrow glittering like ice crystal shot straight toward Safiroth, sparkling under the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Safiroth instinctively dodged the fierce attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head and saw a white-haired old man with a face full of wrinkles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face carried the resilience carved by time, and several deep scars still remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rode a horse, surrounded by a group of sturdy battle mages holding various tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one of them wore white cloaks bearing the same emblem, like the only snow and ice on this grassland, making them stand out strikingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk, I thought it was some kind of monster. Never expected it to be a person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearly seeing Safiroth, the old man slowly put away the ice bow he had conjured in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sharp gaze shifted to the man beside him as he asked, \"Levi, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man beside him rode his horse closer and pulled down his hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His golden hair shone brilliantly under the moonlight, and a ripple-like blue glow flashed through his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's a bit problematic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's capture her alive first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1984,"2026-05-30T15:48:18.711Z","2026-06-01T04:31:37.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","095bbc5b93bb0c87a8335a9c99a0227de6d50cfa7e2f5d7908d9c95dba72e1b2","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-249","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-247",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fam-i-the-villain-or-not-cover.jpg"]