[{"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-137":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},895284,1171,"Chapter 137: I Have A Stalker...?","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>\"You’re Cael Arden, right!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She whispered to me, but even in a low voice, I could absolutely feel her excitement and idolization in her tone and the way she grabbed my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want from me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I want from you!? Everything, of course~\" She giggled, unabashedly trying to drag me off to god knows where in this nightclub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t resist; if anything, someone like her could lead me somewhere of importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blindly looking around nightclubs for information would take the entire night, but an S-Rank who looked like she knew her way around the place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that’s what I call lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the karma from saving that family was already working?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She led me to an isolated room on the building’s third floor, quieter, richer, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around, seeing weird pictures of me plastered everywhere on the walls, covered in lipstick and other things that I definitely didn’t think I’d been seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Definitely weirder than the first floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Clear Mind]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve had my fair share of stalkers back when I was an assassin... but those stalkers were after my head, not... whatever the fuck this is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’re you doing this part of town~?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could ask you the same thing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the examination? I just didn’t care about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could tell, but I mean the entire thing right now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona smirked, heading to the large bed in the room and sitting on it, the entire mattress seemingly dipping under her weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gods... that thing looks soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family works with the Cold Iron District... we own most of the establishments here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are very forthcoming with that information...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona jumped out of the bed and immediately hugged me; it felt like she was trying to mark me with how tight she was holding me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her physical strength was impressive; there was no denying that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why wouldn’t I be! I just met my idol in the flesh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I teleported out of her grasp. This is going nowhere... but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her family works with the Cold Iron District? I can work with that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is, she’s way too goddamn clingy for me to do anything without making Evelina crucify me once I return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t take a step closer...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flicked her head the moment she stepped closer to hug me again, enough to actually hurt an S-Rank like her, but not enough to make her mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still needed her as a valuable asset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re no fun... but that’s exactly how I imagined you to be~.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what Evelina had to deal with the first time we met? If so, I have to apologize to her once I get back. I hate dealing with myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clasped her hands behind her back, rocking slightly on her heels like a child being scolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re here for them, aren’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I narrowed my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona rolled her eyes dramatically and leaned forward, lowering her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Night within. Night without.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course she did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her family \"owned most establishments\" here. There was no way the largest underground organization operated in her backyard without her at least sniffing around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what makes you think that?\" I asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She skipped back toward the bed and flopped down face-first into the pillows before turning her head toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you broke two of their scouts ten minutes ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted one finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m an S-Rank. I’m more than smart enough to know when two people die next to my territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The blood splatter was everywhere. I could see it through the windows when I squinted enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The explosion was loud as hell, of course I’d know... I’ve also happened to hear one of those explosions firsthand before, so I’m more than familiar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, this was her backyard. Of course, she’d know random details like that. But... once again, this conversation is getting nowhere. If she’s just going to say information I already know, then I’d rather just leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to know more about them, you’re talking to the right person~.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind, she’s perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... I’m not going to give them to you that easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deal? I could work with that, if she wants power, fine, some influence? I could ask Vivianne to give her that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you’re speaking my language.\" I grinned. \"What do you want? Money? Gear? Power? Name it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... or more specifically, at least for just a day, even if it’s just pretend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clapped her hands together as she begged, was that seriously the only thing she wanted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not interested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just pretend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evelina will kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can live with that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl... she’s absolutely crazy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m starting to like her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... her personality and conviction, at least, I still absolutely hated how I’m the target of that affection. The last thing I needed was to get on Evelina’s bad side again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I can bargain for something else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about godly power—?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crossed her hands dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she even refuses godly power? Do I really have no other choice? Of course not... no matter how stubborn someone can be, there’s always something else they might want instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the easiest way to get that out of someone is simply to just leave. The more desperate someone is for something that only you can give.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The easier they’ll break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget about it, I’ll just find someone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wave at her dismissively, walking towards the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLASP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bingo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wait... what about having me join you in your plans instead? Will that work for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hook, line, and sinker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t even have to use profaned prince to get it out of her; now I have a willing ally that won’t hunt me down for forcing information out of her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve got a deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head around and smirked at her, giving her a proud thumbs-up. While Evelina might still get jealous, at least this one’s far easier to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She exclaimed in excitement. Fiona didn’t seem to realize that she had just been played.\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","89deb7d8d3bb9c9eacebd6c2be9af4f8f91a8de4511c470867871b207b37c5cd","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-138","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-136",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]