[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with":3,"chapter-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-387":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With",{"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},1218030,1602,"Chapter 386:","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-387",387,"\u003Cp>After barely appeasing Celeste, who pouted at me for bringing up Stardus, we continued on, up and down the hill, me leading the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Whew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…What the hell is going on here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Now, for some reason, the wind was blowing harder up the hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought her to this place, a unique meadow with green hills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, there were few people in sight, but as we traveled deeper into the hills, the wind began to blow strongly, accompanied by mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's because the secret I told you about is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Can't we just fly there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her elegant silver hair whipped wildly in the wind, and I replied with an embarrassed smile as she looked irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably not, this is a place of special powers, and if you don't go the way it's supposed to be done, it won't open up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I see, seeing as how my powers aren't working. And the fog doesn't clear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste threw her hands up in the air and muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…She already tried to stop this fog and wind but it doesn't seem to have worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, it can't be helped, can it? Come with me, I'll lead the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I say that, holding out my arm with a smile on my face, Celeste takes my hand with a blunt expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her slightly slender, cold hand touched my palm, I hid my embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Mmm. I held out my hand, expecting a \"What the hell, I don't want it, get rid of it!\" reaction, but she took it without too much hesitation, which was rather embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing? Come on, let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, as we walked hand-in-hand on the windy hill, Celeste kept her other arm in front of her face and kept asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seriously, what kind of date is this…? I really hope there's something great at the end of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sounded annoyed, but I just smiled and replied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, you don't have to worry about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did I came to this hill somewhere in the US with an excuse for a date?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I didn't come because I found a date spot online somewhere but because there's something here, something that, with a high probability, would appeal to Celeste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, for that reason, we continued to climb the foggy hill, not seeing a single thing in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it wasn't all smooth sailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway up\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…! Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, something came flying towards us from the shadows in the strong wind, and I reflexively pulled Celeste into a hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I thought that Celeste should be stronger than me, so I quickly let go and apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmmmmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste didn't seem to mind at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…On the contrary, she nodded and hummed, her cheeks slightly flushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except, somehow, she started to slide away from my side. Before I knew it, I had let go…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a side note, whatever garbage had flown in earlier had already been reduced to dust by Celeste before it even touched us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We walked on for a few more minutes, the wind at our backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…So, what are we going to find?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste was starting to get annoyed by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're almost there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Whooooooooooo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind had finally stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking uphill for a long time, we finally reached the open flatlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…We were still shrouded in thick fog, but now that we could see the flatland, we knew we had reached the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there it was, filled with fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confident that I had reached the top, I could finally smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had finally made it to this place I could never reach on my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Surely, this isn't the end, is it, Egostic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up there in the fog, when Celeste asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. This is just the beginning. Now, Celeste. Don't you feel something is off?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean…? Wait a minute. Um…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She mumbled that, her hand on her chin, as if she sensed something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave her a hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try using your sun power. I mean, try to channel it to its fullest extent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Okay. Hmph…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my words, Celeste immediately closed her eyes and stretched out her hand to chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a clear sound, a warm golden color erupted from her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, as if the ocean was parting, all the thick fog on top of the hill began to dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When our vision finally cleared, what we saw in the distance was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was shining from behind, like a halo and a white stone statue rose so high that it pierced the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's almost as tall as a building, and it's carved with a figure of a man that looks so imposing that it's almost divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…No way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. That's right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt something in front of Celeste, who was trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chuckled, spreading my arms wide against the backdrop of the stone statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to the Statue of the Sun God.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A statue of the Sun God and the only remaining statue in the world that depicted the Sun God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original story, Celeste was a devotee of the Sun God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was saved from a hopeless life by the god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even then, she was in agony when the Sun God ordered her to destroy the world, which shows just how badly the Sun God was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the bottom line is that she still doesn't know the true nature of the Sun God, and she's still a Sun God fanatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she didn't know was what the Sun God looked like when he manifested as a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would she feel if she saw it for the first time, not as a 1:1 scale figure, but as a 100:1 scale stone statue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm pretty sure she'd die of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This… this is what the Sun God really looks like…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, on a hill in the sky, towers a giant statue of the Sun God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled bitterly as she continued to stare up at the divine figure, her hands clasped together in prayer, deeply impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…For her to act like that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How cruel of me to encourage her to betray the Sun God with her own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if that god tried to destroy the world…Phew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I pondered these complicated thoughts, I looked up at the Sun God himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a sharp-looking man with plain hair and a nonchalant expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Well, more accurately, an androgynous figure with no gender, but whatever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There he was, the beginning of all tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who killed the God of the Stars, destroyed the God of the Moon, and sealed himself away after a long battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…And the man who caused Stardus and me to suffer so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hellios, God of the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I will take you down, and I will take you down hard.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I muttered that as I looked up at his brazen carapace, then turned and walked away with a smirk on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what better way to defeat him than to have his only saint betray him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I crept quietly to the back while Celeste was preoccupied with the statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small stone gate was visible behind the scaffolding on which the Sun God's feet rested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Although it takes pure solar power to reveal this Sun God's image.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I had already shown up, there was no need for any more security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought in mind, I opened the stone door and saw…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took out the silver ring with the golden stone and examined it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the Sun God's fifth holy artifact, and my greatest purpose for coming here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ring of the Sun God, Invidia, also known as the Ring of Jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking it out, I turned to Celeste in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Ah, Egostic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I approach, she turns around, finally noticing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you satisfied?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Yes. Very, very satisfied. Thank you, Egostic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, being near the Sun God's statue made her seem more reverent and holy than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled wryly, hiding the ring behind me, and told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not done yet, I have one more gift for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…A gift, what is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked, puzzled by my words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled and asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Celeste. Would you mind giving me your hand for a moment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still puzzled by my words, she offered me her left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took her hand and…beneath which a statue of the Sun God stared at us….I took out the ring I had been hiding from her earlier and slipped it on her ring finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gasped in surprise and blushed bright red at my sudden action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chuckled slightly, then said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's another of the Sun God's artifacts, the Sun Ring. I thought you might like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for always being with me. And it suits you well, Celeste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my words, she quickly withdrew her hand and wrapped it around her flushed face, pointed at me and said in an angry tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Then you should have said that earlier, you're misleading people…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph… Anyway, thanks, Egostic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at the ring like that, and chuckled when I saw Celeste muttering that in a slightly relaxed voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to be more conscious of the fact that I gave it to her than the fact that it was an artifact of the Sun God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Somehow, putting the ring on Celeste's finger right under the Sun God's statue felt a little odd, like I was stealing his holy maiden right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh well, good is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought quietly to myself as I watched Celeste turn the ring around and around in front of me, hiding a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…That's good enough for me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1646,"2026-06-03T14:38:02.429Z",1,"novelbin.me","c99dcdf424f896d98238f37de3858a53d86594c98243fbdbf153126d1de113f2","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-388","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-386",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-cover.jpg"]