[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-became-the-patron-of-villains":3,"chapter-became-the-patron-of-villains-became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-200":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Became the Patron of Villains",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},759490,1006,"Chapter 200","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-200",200,"\u003Cp>“Give me back my divinity~!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a face full of grievance, as if carrying all the world’s injustices, Alon swallowed his surprise and asked, “What are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t pretend you don’t know! You took all my divinity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……I took all your divinity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl looked even more aggrieved at Alon’s response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What is she talking about?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon decided to stay calm and think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was the girl in front of him demanding the return of her divinity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon let out a quiet exclamation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thunder Serpent quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The NPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl who always appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts linked one after another— and ultimately, he reached a single conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Kalannon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An uncertain, yet at this moment, the most logical guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that name—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you pretending not to know when you do!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl—no, Kalannon—clenched her fists and shouted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon realized his deduction was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he still couldn’t understand was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I took your divinity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That he had supposedly stolen the divinity of Kalannon, the lightning receiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon couldn’t agree with that claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never once had he—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone tried to steal someone else’s divinity—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even attempted to become a god of his own volition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in response to Alon’s protest—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalannon placed both hands on her hips and shouted as if dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t just take it! You completely turned me into a forgotten relic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! You! Can’t you see this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalannon spread her hands wide toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in what had once been a night sky filled with the Milky Way, familiar statues began appearing one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, there, over there, at the very end, and even here!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere stood statues erected by the Thunder Serpent tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Showing them furiously, the girl fumed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re all you, not me! Because of you! You’ve taken all the faith that should have come to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spat out her resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon quickly grasped the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I get the gist of it. But as ridiculous as this sounds, I never acted with the intent to steal your divinity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How does that even make sense?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I also think it doesn’t make much sense, but…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then are you saying the believers who should have worshipped me suddenly started following you for no reason? The faith that should have been mine—why is it going to you?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if daring him to deny it, Kalannon glared at him with eyes full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Alon stood firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I feel bad saying this, but I’m innocent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have never once said or done anything to manipulate this situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Or so he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon stopped speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because suddenly, a hypothesis flashed through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something so obvious, he had overlooked it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fact he had ignored all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Could it be… because of that phrase?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had never once claimed to be Kalannon, the lightning receiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never acted as such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had done nothing that could have made people suspect him of being Kalannon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is—until he learned the girl in front of him was Kalannon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up until then, he had believed himself innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Under the low sky, I shall find my way to you. Rejoice, for you who greet the dawn shall welcome me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon recalled the phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words he had spoken in front of the Thunder Serpent tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the very phrase—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the girl had mentioned, the one that had made the Thunder Serpent tribe revere him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That one moment of repeating those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was undoubtedly what had led to the misunderstanding that he was Kalannon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the pieces of the puzzle that had baffled him began to fit together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coherence built up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scattered doubts started to resolve—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You did, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See! You did!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalannon stomped her feet in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon could only avert his gaze slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had spoken that phrase, and though he didn’t fully understand the process by which faith had gathered around him, the conclusion remained the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been mistaken for Kalannon— and in the process, had stolen the divinity meant for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the truth of the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon looked at the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl, in turn, stared—no, glared—at Alon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her teary eyes pricked at his conscience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearing his throat needlessly, he finally apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t mean for this to happen, but… I’m sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple, straightforward apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To which Kalannon, still full of resentment, opened her mouth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give it ba—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils suddenly dilated, and she shut her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Hey?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a paused screen, Kalannon froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alon tilted his head in confusion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Ah, no.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a rusty machine groaning into motion, Kalannon awkwardly responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, wiping the frustration from her face, she forced a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, actually… I should be the one apologizing…Thinking about it, I don’t really have the right to blame you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Suddenly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now she was even apologizing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon was taken aback by Kalannon’s abrupt change in attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite her stiff, awkward smile, she pressed on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes—either way, I wouldn’t have been able to help my believers, and, well… I guess I would have been forgotten naturally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon easily understood what she meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in the game, the NPC Kalannon didn’t appear in the early stages but only after some progress had been made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorting out his thoughts, Alon got to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to return your divinity—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, no, no!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could even finish his sentence, Kalannon shook her head vehemently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely not. No way, no how… I mean, I thought I asked for my divinity back at first, but after thinking about it, I realized that’s impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally stopping her frantic head-shaking, Kalannon awkwardly clasped her hands together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless of how unfair this feels to me, the faith is already directed toward you. You know the basic principles of divinity, don’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean, when faith accumulates, one can become a god?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. And since you’re already receiving faith as Kalannon, the lightning receiver, there’s no way for me to take it back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wouldn’t it be enough if I simply told them myself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter how much you tell them you’re not Kalannon, that faith won’t break so easily. Faith inherently travels through belief and anchors itself in a symbol to manifest its results.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief pause, Kalannon added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if you correct their belief and redirect the faith back to me, my divinity would have already weakened significantly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were a gradual shift over a long period, it might work. But if the object of faith suddenly changes, faith doesn’t accumulate as easily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of consideration, Kalannon offered an example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I told you I was the primordial god, would you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I wouldn’t believe it easily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. Faith builds up through absolute belief. If the object of faith changes abruptly, belief itself inevitably weakens. And on top of that, I don’t have the power to manifest myself anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In other words, I have no way to restore your divinity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice dispersed with an oddly lonely tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Then what happens to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A forgotten god disappears.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But aren’t you the real Kalannon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already told you, there is no ‘real’ Kalannon. Gods are ultimately beings created by their followers, unless they are primordial gods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So gods are defined by those who believe in them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind his blank expression, Alon felt slightly awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it wasn’t intentional, the fact remained that he had inadvertently obtained Kalannon’s divinity, placing her at the brink of erasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through their conversation, he also realized why merely being ‘mistaken’ for someone allowed him to wield the divinity of the Primordial Elf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this new understanding settled in—alongside a lingering awkwardness—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, I wanted to ask… could you do me a favor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A favor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalannon cautiously inquired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I know that disappearing is a natural rule, but… I still don’t want to vanish. Could you help me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know a way to avoid being erased?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not as difficult as you might think. In fact, it could even be beneficial for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s the method?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You just have to learn how to wield Kalannon’s divinity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surprisingly simple method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That will keep you from disappearing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm—yes. Though to be precise, there’s a bit more ‘work’ involved. But if you can fully control Kalannon’s power, I can avoid erasure. I have my own means of managing that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not exactly an offer I have a reason to refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the proposal actually worked in his favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alon nodded, Kalannon clapped her hands together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, please find the symbol.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……The symbol? Wait, wasn’t that monument in the kingdom the symbol?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was just a stone infused with Kalannon’s power. The real symbol is somewhere else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Alon was about to ask for more details—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the world began collapsing inward, as if it were being crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon turned to Kalannon in alarm, and she, too, hurriedly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, Alon? Please, I really need you to do this. You have to reach the symbol within a week, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A week?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Right now, there’s… something weird lurking near the symbol, but please, I’m counting on you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll try my best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t just try, you absolutely mu—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could finish her sentence—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing. Never mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had returned to his original location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was back in the palace where he had entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scanning his surroundings, he let out a quiet sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I guess I should get going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arriving at the audience chamber, Alon faced the King of Luxibl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exuding the majesty of a ruler surpassing even that of a mere duchy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Pamilono of Luxibl looked down at Alon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beside him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a very familiar face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Jenira?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quick-witted younger sister of Syrkal, the woman who had sought him out during the previous ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She now stood beside King Pamilono, as if serving as his strategist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon blinked at the sight for a moment before stepping forward toward Pamilono.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you Marquis Palatio?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, resonant voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon, accustomed to such situations, prepared to bow politely in greeting—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Only to be interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he lifted his head again, he saw Pamilono looking at Jenira with a bewildered expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, at the shattered remains of a wine bottle in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oops, my mistake. I accidentally broke the bottle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the broken neck of the wine bottle like a makeshift weapon, Jenira apologized in a tone that lacked any sincerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drip—Drip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like drops of blood, red liquid trickled down from the broken glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s face twisted in confusion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pamilono cleared his throat once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Welcome to Luxibl, Marquis Palatio.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exuding his regal authority once more,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another wine bottle shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, I’m really sorry. I keep making ‘mistakes.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t she just smashed that against the wall on purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon thought as much but dared not say it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Jenira, still holding a broken bottle, stared intently at Pamilono.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon was just about to tilt his head in confusion when—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Marquis Palatio, welcome.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike before, King Pamilono’s tone now carried an unmistakable formality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Alon saw Jenira nod in satisfaction—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now had a clear grasp of exactly what kind of situation this kingdom was in.\u003C\u002Fp>",1929,"2026-06-02T12:43:45.412Z",1,"novelbin.me","6e8b0956120f67444dd5d043849fe2146cbe0747b055ce42f3d83562b80dc803","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-401","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-199",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecame-the-patron-of-villains-cover.jpg"]