[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an":3,"chapter-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-88":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Intergalactic Emperor: Starting With The Ancient Goddess",{"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},1601452,2070,"Chapter 88: A New Day","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-88",88,"\u003Cp>After Reva left, Xavier stood still for a moment. Silent. The master suite door clicked shut behind her, and the apartment felt too quiet. A hum from the ceiling panels buzzed faintly, the city outside flickering through the wide panoramic windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed, rubbed the back of his neck, and stepped toward the main console near the entrance. The biometric panel blinked in standby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his palm to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin blue light scanned up his arm, and then the console beeped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Security Protocol Unlocked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Owner: Xavier – Identity Confirmed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Would you like to initialize full apartment lockdown and set biometric access?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier muttered, \"Yes. Do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Processing...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New security profile established. Apartment access limited to owner only. Additional users: none.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled his hand back and turned to leave, but his pocket buzzed. Incoming call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Angel...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yo,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So?\" Angel’s voice came through—teasing, smug, half-laughing already. \"How was the date?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could’ve told me,\" Xavier said, walking across the massive living room. \"That Reva wasn’t... human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a short pause on the other end. Then: \"Didn’t think it was important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"C’mon, Xavier,\" Angel said, \"you’ve been in this city long enough to know half of it isn’t human. Space-breeds, bio-mods, altered bloodlines, beastkin—you name it. Vampires, elves, dracs, it’s all normal here. Reva being a vampire from outer space is like ... someone being from Canada or Europe. Not a big deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier sighed again. \"She tried to bite me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She locked the door, turned off the lights, and tried to bite me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angel went quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She said it was a surprise,\" Xavier added flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I’m gonna kill her,\" Angel muttered. \"She said she’d be cool about it. Told me she’d just hang out and have a chill time. Stupid fangy woman. I’ll call her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait,\" Xavier said. \"Before that—how do you know her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angel went silent again, longer this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...It’s a long story.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve got time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the right time for it,\" she said. \"I’ll tell you someday. Maybe. Why do you ask?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier stared out the window. \"No reason. Just curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sound more than curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not,\" Xavier said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angel clicked her tongue. \"Fine, fine. Anyway—I haven’t heard from her yet. After I hang up, I’ll call her and chew her out for pulling a Twilight on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also,\" Xavier said, walking toward the elevator, \"you know anyone who does custom security systems? Like real custom. I don’t want anything default. I want the whole network stripped and rebuilt. From scratch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just moved into a new place. Big place. Came with a whole bunch of built-in protections, AI sentries, retinal locks, multi-floor firewalls. All corporate stuff owned by the Blackwood family. Obviously, they are my enemy so I don’t trust them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angel responded, \"I’ll try to contact them, but no promises. They’re pretty busy these days. Might take a while to get a slot, but I’ll let you know if they’re available.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before hanging up, she added, \"Oh, and the fake report’s ready. The DNA, the suicide angle, the whole package. I’ll send it over once this call ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier headed down to the second-floor apartment. As soon as he opened the door and stepped inside, he found Lilia and Lyra standing near the wall, arms folded, staring at him like he just committed a war crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked. \"...Did I miss something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Xavier tried again, casually. \"Have you two eaten yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilia clicked her tongue. \"We already ate. Just came back from Seraphina’s restaurant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lyra nodded. \"I ate too... but I can eat again if you haven’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already ate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilia scoffed. \"Of course you did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier raised an eyebrow. \"What’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilia didn’t even blink. \"Seraphina told us everything. How you brought a girl to the restaurant... then took her to the new apartment. Together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier rubbed the back of his neck. \"She was insisting. And I hadn’t seen the apartment myself, so I figured... might as well check it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a short silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xavier added, \"You two want to check out the place too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to see your love nest,\" Lilia snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilia’s eyes narrowed. \"Don’t act dumb. I’ve seen you jerk off here naked—more than once, by the way—so now that you’ve got a bigger place, you won’t have to jerk off anymore. You’ll just fuck girls in peace without anyone disturbing you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier’s expression tightened. \"It’s not like that. Nothing happened between me and Reva.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lyra stepped closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Way too close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sniffed his chest, then his neck, then moved up to his face. Her expression was oddly serious, almost like she was performing some kind of ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned to Lilia and said, \"She’s not lying. Her scent’s all over him. Chest, neck, face... mostly those three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier’s phone buzzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier backed away from her. \"What are you, a detective now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed his phone and checked to see Angel had sent him the fake report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Lyra and Lilia and muttered, \"Don’t waste your brains sniffing me. Go sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t look convinced, but it took a while... and eventually, the tension eased. One way or another, the three of them ended up sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morning came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier had breakfast at Seraphina’s restaurant and then returned to the apartment to get ready to leave for the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier put on the academy uniform, and stepped out of the apartment. The sun hadn’t fully risen yet, but he was already outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xavier wasn’t planning to take his bike to go to the academy today. Instead, he walked to the nearest pick up station and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood even though there were empty seats to sit. With his eyes on the sky, and hands in his pocket, Xavier let out a sharp sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time for Dominic to fulfill his second promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was also the day when Xavier would officially commit his second murder.\u003C\u002Fp>",1013,"2026-06-06T09:45:27.083Z",1,"novelbin.me","a131265804522a38fe8d25500cf5e0fa6774c4accb42bb766343c64931114edf","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-89","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-87",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-cover.jpg"]