[{"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-394":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},1218037,1602,"Chapter 393: I’m on Your Side","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-394",394,"\u003Cp>Chapter 393: I’m on Your Side\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…The sudden battle between Celeste and Stardus, though it was only a short fight, due to my quick restraint, and it was more of a skirmish than a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, it was the talk of the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Celeste, who hasn’t been seen outside of the U.S…suddenly storms South Korea. Why?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, the question of why Celeste came to Korea for what reason became a hot topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shock! Korean S-class hero Stardus faces off against world No. 1 Celeste with a whistle! Overseas experts declare that Stardus is the strongest of the current heroes. There is also talk of her being the hope of the new era…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In particular, the fact that Stardus fought Celeste with a whistle is the most important issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Up until now, Celeste’s battles have always consisted of her overwhelming attacks being quickly blocked by the opposing Hero, so Stardus, who fought on a fairly even playing field, has gotten a lot of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was talk of her being the number one ranked Hero in the world, and now she’s firmly established herself as such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Celeste might have cut her some slack, but…they didn’t know that now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the result was this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stardus \u003C\u003C\u003C It’s not just Korea’s pride, it’s the GOAT of mankind…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not Stardus, it’s a real ‘star’….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Recommended] 4471 [Not Recommended] 1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just that the number of people praising Stardus has increased tremendously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Egotistic \u003C\u003C\u003C\u003C Isn’t this guy a real nut job?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus, the supernova of the rising hero world\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste, the strongest villain in the world\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u003C They’re both in the middle of a fight and stop at Mango’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell are you, manipulating two of the world’s strongest abilities with a few words…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you GOAT\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I worship you GOAT\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I praise you GOAT\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great yellow mango\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=[Comment]=\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Originally, the foreign media said that Egostic was behind Cathedral, but now everyone thinks it’s for sure…It’s the first time I’ve seen Celeste react like that]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[We’re still living thanks to you, S-class hero Apple Mango, please stay with us until the end…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It seems like there are quite a few saint mangos now…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lol and I saw Celeste for the first time, she’s so fucking cute]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmm…That’s it? I think Ice is more pretty…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ice Mango surprise praise]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[KinggodGeneralGuac100ProDaemangoAre you again…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…My fans were also singing ignorant praises of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In conclusion, the surprise visit to Korea by Celeste, the head of Cathedral…For such an unexpected event, it seemed to have been handled well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I didn’t think anything of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I mean, why did you do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm. What, can’t I just visit your country to see what it’s like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…not that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Cathedral, Celeste’s office~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, I looked at Celeste, who was turning her head away, and sighed as if she had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well… it worked out for the best, so I guess good is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I opened my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat was slightly strained from the bloodletting earlier, so I spoke in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew… No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, I sat back down and grabbed my papers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s less than a week until God’s declaration of destruction, so it’s time to get to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste, who had been sitting at the table in front of me with her arms crossed and her head turned away, suddenly glanced to my side with a look of urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste snorted, turning her head away from him at the sheer absurdity of his words, in front of her, sitting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. What, can’t I just visit your country to see what it’s like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only say that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…You know, because I’d be too embarrassed to say I went to see Stardus because you cared about her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let myself go that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…not that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, sounding slightly annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if he was disappointed in her for some reason, he said in a cold voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew…No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he sat back in his seat without even looking in her direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…As if he had lost interest in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, unexpectedly, his reaction of coldness towards her for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Kuung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Celeste was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…No way, was he disappointed in her, acting on her own accord?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened slightly at the realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned her head back towards him and asked cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Hmph. Hmm. Are you angry…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words, he coldly replied without looking in her direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? No. My boss says she’s going to do as he pleases, and she doesn’t care what I say.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…In truth, Egostic said that because he truly thought so. He didn’t raise his head, though, because he was in the middle of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Celeste, already paralyzed with a sense of victimization, it sounded different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he was sarcastically dismissing her relationship with him as nothing more than a simple boss-subordinate relationship…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was all a big mistake on her part, caused by the fact that Egostic was a bit slow to speak up in the first place…Which was quite a big deal, considering she already thought she had offended him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never in her wildest dreams had she ever imagined that she would fall out with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Eh, Egostic…Is he disappointed in me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she pondered that thought with an uneasy expression, she heard his voice in her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph. Celeste. I don’t need someone like you who just wants to get their own way, I guess I’ll just have to be Stardus’ associate after all. I’m disappointed, don’t pretend to know me in the future, then bye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh… No!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…and it was the first time I’d experienced this since I was abandoned as a very young child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly flipping her own trauma switch, Celeste suddenly went off the deep end and began to shake with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was the fact that lately, she’d been accompanied everywhere by Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe it’s because he’s never been this close to her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Or maybe it was because she had other ideas about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already deeply dependent on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coldness of his presence for the first time had made her imagine a life without him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then, she finally realized that even though she was on top, she had always been alone, unable to trust anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her lonely life of chasing after an invisible god, the presence of a like-minded Egostic had been so comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Now, she doesn’t want to go back to that lonely life without him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘First things first, I need to apologize…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worry finally overtook her mind, and she began to apologize to him, her voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mi, I’m sorry, Egostic…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That, ahaha, you were angry, right, I won’t do that again, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, it was Celeste’s first apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…What’s wrong?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I looked at Celeste, who started to apologize with a slight tremor in her body, and felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is going on here? Is this why they say a woman’s heart is a reed…? No, I think this is a different story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…She thinks I’m angry.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not angry. It’s not that big of a deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I scratched my cheeks, she blushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe we should clear up the misunderstanding first…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only then that I realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is she apologizing to me like this, with such an urgent look on her face, because she thinks I’m mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…No. This.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I guess you could say she’s been relying on me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she saw me upset and thought I might leave her, and she was so scared. Something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good story, because the more dependent she was on me, the more likely she was to abandon him and choose me when God declared the destruction of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A good story, in a way…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I didn’t want to see her this upset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…First, I’ll have to reassure her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, I smiled and took her trembling hand in mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m not angry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re lying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, really, I’m not. Why would I be angry over something like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a kind smile, I lifted my remaining hand and grasped her right hand with both of mine as I continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…And you, Celeste. Didn’t I tell you the other day that I will always stand by your side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll say it again right here and now: I’ll never be angry with you, because I’ll always be on your side. The whole world could throw stones at you, and I wouldn’t be angry with you because I’ll always be on your side, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haha, that’s actually kind of blasphemous, but…I follow you more than the Sun God. I’d go toe-to-toe with God if he told me to get rid of you. I just want to see you happy, Celeste….So…Don’t give me that look. Okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled, wiping away the water droplets from her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Celeste looking up at me with an impressed expression, I thought to myself, “Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This happened three days before the Sun God’s declaration of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>",1518,"2026-06-03T14:38:02.429Z",1,"novelbin.me","a2d3420aec1360578adbdd906015a6b6843469f3a14d91a87c395af3235f5215","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-395","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-393",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-cover.jpg"]