[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess":3,"chapter-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-105":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm in Love with the Villainess!",{"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},895180,1171,"Chapter 105: Built In Double Tap...?","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-105",105,"\u003Cp>And while I would like to go on an all-out spell clash with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the noise attracted the attention of several professors who had been hiding within the district, and they were now quickly closing in on the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xander himself didn’t seem to sense it, too focused on ending me to pay attention that both he and his entire group were about to get obliterated from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed to end this quickly before something else came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I appeared behind Xander, this time no longer holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fun, if not laughably weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I elbowed him from behind, an observer literally appearing mid-strike as he teleported him away before the full force of my blow could meet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-Huh!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stumbled slightly, not expecting to suddenly just hit air after making contact for less than a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t matter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down to where Xander had been teleported from. There it was—the mirror artifact I wanted to fuse with the staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like the observer didn’t bring it with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUMBLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire building suddenly shook. Outside, a barrage of spells hammered it, trying to bring it crashing down and eliminate all the students inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The professors aren’t really holding back anymore, huh!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed, and more importantly, was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How rich is the academy that it just allows its professors to topple a huge building just for a semi-monthly examination!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind that, I need to get out quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor began to warp below me as I began to transport, but not before another student saw me trying to get away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-Hey, bring me with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The student detonated the ground below him in an act that I could only describe as incredible survival instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They literally used the explosion to propel themselves across the ruined hallway and grabbed my legs the moment I successfully cast the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-Get off me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I returned to Corvus’s building, the same place where I teleported the staff before I began fighting. But not before bringing someone else with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I did it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung my leg hard into a nearby wall, smashing him clean through it. He released my leg and lay unconscious in a pile of stone rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-God...\" I laughed, been a while since I’ve seen a student that ballsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even crazier, a student without any combat experience having enough survival instinct to think quickly enough to do something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kid practically invented rocket-jumping on the fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rubbed my leg where he’d latched on and clicked my tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still... kicking someone through a wall first thing after teleporting... yeah, that’s definitely gonna lead to a painful headache once he wakes up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked over and checked his pulse anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just unconscious—apparently not enough for the observers to bother taking him away yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You’re welcome, I guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could’ve teleported him back there and let the professors turn him into collateral damage. Instead, he gets a free evacuation and a concussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucky bastard... If I didn’t respect the impressive display of self-preservation he showed, I would’ve sent him right back without batting an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dragged him by the collar and dumped him in a relatively intact classroom, propping him against the wall like misplaced furniture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d wake up eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably very confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably with a new fear of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fair trade for getting unintentionally saved, I guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright... back to business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My gaze shifted to the two artifacts, the mirror still in my hands and the staff just on the floor where I teleported it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to be dramatic or to hesitate—not like this was my first time fusing. This also definitely wasn’t the strongest item I had fused before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mirror Husk]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Multiplying Staff]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Synergy Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mirror Husk + Multiplying Staff]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fusing]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Echo (Unique)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-Huh...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared in disbelief as I didn’t receive an item this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I checked around just in case it may have appeared around me, but... it was nowhere to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a ring, not an eye, not a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it clearly worked; maybe it gave something other than just a simple item?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stop being an idiot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hovered my hand over the item notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Echo (Unique)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fuses with the user’s body, creates two echoes of the user’s movements that mimic half of the user’s destructive output]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A literal echo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my fist, punching a nearby wall while severely holding back to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall didn’t crack as expected...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall exploded outward as two violet silhouettes, identical to me, repeated the punch twice. Even with my clear restraint, the force was enough to completely shatter the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"D-Damn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chuckled. This was a better result than I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean I was done experimenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, I could hear the tap of my shoes against the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened again: two silhouettes copied my movements, adding two more sets of tapping sounds like I moved two more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time I tested with spells, and just like before, the effect repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fireball in my hand grew larger like I cast the same thing another two times, same with the footsteps, and same with the punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It effectively doubled my output without me needing to hold onto anything or think about anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the sheer power of the new artifact I had just obtained, a strange thought suddenly popped into my mind...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could actually be useful in bed as well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah...\" I slapped myself in the face. \"Get your head out of the gutter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed, feeling the sting of my own blow, before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It echoed my movements again, causing me to hit my face two more times than intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, yeah... I deserved that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the question is... how do I disable its effects so I don’t just keep multiplying my actions even in the most mundane scenarios?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Echo (Off)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... that’s convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just needed to think about it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","49efaeedd902a7600b1518831c5b90f4329606fe572b4fee267313c71e4ae891","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-106","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-53",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]