[{"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-387":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},571596,820,"Chapter 387 - 390: Domain Of The Dead","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-387",387,"\u003Cp>Aurelian opened her eyes groggily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky outside had already been covered in deep black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starlight, like lively silver studs, dotted it, flickering with faint glimmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the night was already far along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes and looked at the surroundings filled with girlish-style furniture and decorations, and couldn't help but let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By her pillow sat a somewhat worn doll, looking like it had been patched up countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Aurelian came to the territory of Duke Barlow, she had spent every night in this place that felt both new and familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she slept here, it brought her a warm sense of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the bright moon hanging high outside the window, she couldn't really remember what time it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she should have succeeded, right…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian closed her eyes, recalling the scene from before when she summoned the fifth-tier demonic dragon at the lowest level of Guanta Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, even she didn't know how she had managed to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only remembered that at that time, a very special voice had sounded deep in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, what did she do again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… she forgot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still remembered stepping on the dragon's back and controlling it as it rampaged everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the end… Teacher Viktor came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the overwhelming exhaustion, she didn't know what happened, and just fell asleep like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, she didn't fall asleep on Teacher Viktor, did she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, her body stiffened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, another sensation hit her, forcing her to forget about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, she needed to go to the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat up, supported herself with her right hand on the furniture, and struggled to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, a sharp pain came from her right wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It hurts…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian lowered her head and looked at her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Strange.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Where did this wound come from?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black scab had formed over it, with faint traces of blood around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't bandaged, but it seemed to be recovering quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, it should heal by tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that her body felt too weak, and her right hand didn't have much strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two days, she probably couldn't use her right hand much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she struggled to stand, she found that aside from her wrist, there were no injuries on the rest of her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A layer of confusion once again settled over her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically speaking, her undead state should have prevented this kind of physical injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the weakness she felt was like a lot of blood had been drained from her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the arrangement of the room, her vision became a little blurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a gentle knocking sound came from outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian raised her head and narrowed her eyes toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's already late at night, who could be knocking?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she thought about it, she dragged her tired body forward, gently turned the handle with her left hand, and opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing outside was Vanilla, dressed in a maid outfit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw Aurelian, Vanilla gave her a deep bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, the master said you should be awake around this time and hopes you can go to the hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Duke and the master are waiting for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanilla's master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That could only be Teacher Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment of dizziness passed through Aurelian's mind. Hearing Vanilla's words, she nodded and supported her body as she prepared to head to the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanilla respectfully asked, \"Your Highness, will you not change your clothes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the reminder, Aurelian looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still wearing her pajamas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about Teacher Viktor seeing that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian widened her eyes and turned to ask Vanilla, \"My pajamas were…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I changed them for you, please don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this reply, Aurelian let out a relieved breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian hurriedly changed into simple everyday clothes, passed through the complicated, intersecting corridors, and finally arrived at the luxurious hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor and Duke Barlow were already seated facing each other, holding cups of fragrant tea with gentle steam rising from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Viktor's shoulder, a black crow still rested quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian first bowed slightly to her grandfather, then turned to Viktor and spoke with a hint of hesitation, \"Teacher, you were looking for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor set down his teacup and replied calmly, \"Actually, it was Duke Barlow who wanted to see you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian was stunned for a moment and turned toward the duke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her teacher's answer, she paused, looked at her grandfather, and just as she was about to speak, she saw him lean on his cane, stand up, and say in a hoarse voice, \"Come with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian felt confused, glanced back at Viktor, and quickly followed behind Duke Barlow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor watched Aurelian's departing figure, his gaze falling on her injured right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, worried?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the two leave, Vega shook its feathers on Viktor's shoulder, opened its deep single eye, and looked at Aurelian's departing back, speaking in a hoarse voice, \"How should I put it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even I didn't expect her to dare do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark corridor, Aurelian followed behind Duke Barlow, quiet and careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duke walked ahead without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire hallway, only the slow footsteps and the dull sound of the cane striking the floor echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian didn't dare speak either. She kept wondering if it was because she and Viktor had gone to Guanta Prison that the duke was in a bad mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that was a serious matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any death row prisoners escaped, it would definitely cause huge chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the quiet corridor, Duke Barlow suddenly spoke, \"It seems you've overcome your fear of the undead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian froze slightly, recalling how earlier that day, in the Land of Spiritbound Stars, she had controlled that undead demonic dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth and replied hesitantly, \"I feel… not completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Aurelian felt a bit embarrassed. After all, her grandfather had been teaching her necromancy for quite some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet because she was afraid of the undead, she hadn't been able to fully master it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Duke Barlow said next made her a little stunned, \"Going to Guanta Prison was something I had your teacher arrange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She froze. Going to Guanta Prison had actually been planned by her grandfather. She had never expected that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The original intention was to let you overcome it in a crisis, but you found another path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That surprised me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Barlow's gaze glanced at Aurelian's injured right hand, even though she instinctively hid it behind her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But since you've been here for quite a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it can be handed over to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian grew curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was this thing her grandfather said he could hand over to her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, they reached a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Barlow turned to the right, and Aurelian followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the corner was a door that looked like it had been closed for a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duke pushed it open and slowly walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian felt a bit puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking from the corridor into the depths, it was dark and deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There seemed to be a faint, glowing green light flickering inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was covered with young vines, as if it had been left untended for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With unease in her chest, Aurelian looked around the door and followed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the scenery around her was completely different from what she had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness instantly disappeared, replaced by a bright green light that gradually intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Aurelian felt that the pain in her right hand had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down, on her slender pale arm, a ghostly green misty flame was burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian suddenly realized that she had entered her undead state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around her gradually blurred, replaced by a desolate land shrouded in green mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place… was the domain of the dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet everything around was empty, even Duke Barlow, who had brought her here, had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian looked around in confusion. The ground beneath her feet made a soft rustling sound as she wandered aimlessly in this unknown environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she felt something strange under her feet and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the green mist, several weathered stone tablets stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this vast graveyard, only a hunched old man stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian looked and couldn't help but freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one standing beside the stone tablet was her grandfather, Duke Festian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian stepped forward and immediately recognized him as Duke Barlow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was about to greet him when the step she took felt like stepping into empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the scene before her suddenly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The graveyard turned into a battlefield covered in blood-red sand, with countless corpses of soldiers from different factions lying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were a man and a woman whose faces couldn't be seen clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fell in love on the battlefield, and were separated by war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian couldn't quite understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around her, the environment and the people, filled her with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could think further, the surroundings changed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She appeared in her familiar room, suddenly opening her eyes and sitting up from the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the cozy furniture around her and the brand-new doll by the bedside, she felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, her long hair seemed to be gently lifted by someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian was startled and quickly turned her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she turned, her consciousness gradually rose into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman sitting on the bed wasn't her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man was combing the woman's hair, and the woman was wearing a wedding dress, with a happy smile on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she couldn't see her face clearly, Aurelian could tell that it was the same woman who had appeared on the battlefield earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked much older now than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the war ended?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything played out rapidly in front of Aurelian like a flashing film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was a sacred church, filled with bright flowers all around, and ethereal, holy music echoed within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm sunlight passed through the windows, falling onto the pure white seats and draping over the couple's clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every guest seated in the church had a joyful smile on their face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian couldn't see anyone's face clearly, nor could she hear what they were saying, only a buzzing sound echoed in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing here, she was like an observer of a story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passively receiving everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene changed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw that familiar woman die within a field of ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around were burning smoke and surging ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dying woman used all her strength to protect the child in her womb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of her stood a man whose face couldn't be seen clearly, wearing a familiar crown on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Aurelian finally realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's eyes were filled with pain and reluctance as he sorrowfully took her out from the woman's womb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ripples seemed to spread all around, as deep green mist enveloped the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery returned to the original graveyard, where an old man stood before a gravestone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light drizzle soaked the old man's clothes. He stood solemnly before the gravestone, head lowered, silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flowers in front of the grave had their petals knocked off, floating on a thin layer of rainwater, gently swaying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian really wanted to say something to the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the words choked in her throat, and what came out instead was a voice that absolutely did not belong to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying a hollow softness and comfort, \"Father…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't blame him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FXenosX\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰\u003C\u002Fp>",1979,"2026-05-30T15:48:18.711Z","2026-06-01T04:31:37.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e64f0c1f18d473c957f259d31681a8e041c7a02ab95dc78bd9c46e7c17ed7ab","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-388","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-386",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fam-i-the-villain-or-not-cover.jpg"]