[{"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-21":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},894957,1171,"Chapter 21: An Upgraded Downgrade","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>With the madman passed out from all the demonic energy in the room, I decided to just take his amulet right then, and there, I already completed my part of the deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I had every right to just take it from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Amulet of Exorcism (S)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Demonic Resistance\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Synergy Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What synergy? I’m not wearing other exorcist items; this is certainly... new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beelzebub’s Ring + Amulet of Exorcism]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fusing]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>W-What...? How can two completely opposite artifacts have a synergy? This wasn’t shown or laid out in the novel at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... if it gets me power, I can’t really complain now, can I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eye of the Profaned (Unique)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Chaos and Divine Attunement\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Demonic Dominion\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Profaned Prince (Evolved From Demon Prince)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what to think at all... instead of an actual item, it just straight up replaced my eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was surprisingly painless, like it just completely erased it and inserted itself like it was always there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And despite being a completely new eye, everything looked... exactly the same, the only difference was, I was now far more powerful than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem? This was completely new territory that I didn’t know how to navigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was power that wasn’t at all mentioned or shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Profaned Prince?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hovered at the tooltip, revealing its small description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mortal version of the demonic prince trait, grants authority on both the living and the dead.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sounds powerful, right? But I wasn’t naive enough to think I was just given power equal to a fully awakened demonic prince in a whim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact... I’m fairly sure this was a weakened version, but even then, at least it was compatible with my own body, so I took it as a win anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for my spells?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Serpent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a combination of chaos and divine energy, but it wasn’t stronger... in fact, it was also weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two completely opposite forces of energy now fighting for dominion and making the overall effect of the spell weaker as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... it did have one major benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can now use elements from the two, including their subtypes, like light and dark; my biggest problem has now been solved in sheer accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheer audacity really does win in the end, I guess...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I returned to the academy with a victorious look on my face. I didn’t even realise that I was now walking like an excited child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[12:45]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Checking my watch, I had spent more time in the Cold Iron District than intended, and now that I had my current task for the day finished, I guess visiting Evelina was the most obvious choice of action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t call for me yet, even I know not to interrupt her when not needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I guess I’m free once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing I took a look at a light spellbook when I visited the Imperial Library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to return just for a simple trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A weakened version of chaos energy...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cup the eye that held the new artifact, feeling its faint energy brushing off my palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it being weakened did bum me out, it was a good thing in the end, my body no longer had to face the repercussions of harnessing pure chaos energy as a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I was now basically casting a stronger version of light and dark, which I preferred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more efficient I can make my current abilities, the better. Pure destructive power wasn’t really something I needed to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reappeared in my dorm, just beside Evelina’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to my surprise, it had been furnished while I was gone, with a simple note left in the drawer, the only evidence of who had done it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the maids and servants back at home... they had furnished it for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seemed to be in a hurry... so we decided to help out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed, placing the note in a drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a bad feeling at all to have other people looking out for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** The Next Day\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nothing else to do and Evelina seemingly not needing my presence, I ended yesterday with basic conditioning, getting my brain used to my new physique and headed off to bed right after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now... now starts my official first day in the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[7:12]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still fairly early...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood up from my bed and turned off my alarm clock, or in this world, a very steampunk version of it and checked my current schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, coincidentally placed by the servants to aid in my academic studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First lesson is on moral and pragmatic applications of day-to-day life...\" I raised a brow. \"What a long name for a subject.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just my first day, and I already don’t feel like going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was never a good student when it came to stuff like this, if I was... I wouldn’t have chosen to be an assassin in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was preparing for the day in my room, just beside my walls, I could hear faint humming coming from Evelina’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sweet, melodic voice fills my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I changed my mind, this was the perfect morning to go to school.\u003C\u002Fp>",879,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.471Z",1,"novelbin.me","93fd7606b5de2c52f69d8d5d868ba661c8b0688fdb2d58399adca226ac310bb3","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-22","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-20",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]