[{"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-236":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},895396,1171,"Chapter 236: A False Alarm","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-236",236,"\u003Cp>\"Okay, you’re coming with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grabbed Kevin by the collar and teleported us to the forest where I first trained him. I let him go, crossing my arms, my face doing a terrible job of hiding how baffled I was by what he’d just said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was that a new spell?\" Kevin asked, eyes wide at the teleportation I’d just used. \"Incredible... you’ve only been gone a few weeks and you’ve already learned a new power, Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, it honestly feels weird that he’s impressed by me, considering the achievement he just pulled off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he mean, he recreated profaned magic? I don’t care how advanced his formula is, there’s no way he should be able to make profaned magic without chaos and divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shoot that tree with a fireball. Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hands, palms aimed at the tree. Magic gathered just beyond his fingers, condensing into something that wasn’t quite light, wasn’t quite dark...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was purple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exact same color my profaned magic used to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the... hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin’s fireball slammed into the tree, obliterating it and leaving me completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was actual profaned magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>H-how...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know I should be proud of him for this, knowing that one of my ultimate weapons just discovered such a powerful element. But after the incident with Beelzebub, anything involving chaos magic is under heavy suspicion now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when it didn’t happen under my supervision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina’s succubus is fine—I made that contract myself, and I’m sure Evelina double-checked everything before accepting it from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kevin...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the reason he has chaos magic is because of a demonic contract, then I absolutely need to see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you make a contract with a demon?\" I asked, my voice coming out sharper than I intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A demon...?\" Kevin repeated, brows shooting up in genuine confusion. \"N-no. I’m not good with contracts, so I didn’t even try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay... another question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about gods? Did you come into contact with any of them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin only shook his head at that, and... even with my trained eye, I couldn’t see any sign he was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed sincere. And he’s definitely not the type to lie to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he actually just create profaned magic without...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Why am I being so rigid about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I literally created my own magic, didn’t I? So who’s to say profaned magic doesn’t have other ways to come into existence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I’m just being an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, dark and light are still completely opposite elements—and so are the gods that govern them. Technically, it still counts as profaned if I factor that in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked back at Kevin—specifically at his hands, still radiating profaned magic. The moment he noticed, he spread his fingers wider, letting me get a better look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really is a good student... which makes the idea of him lying even less believable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t really have a choice. I guess he really did just recreate profaned magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of hurts my pride, to be honest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, do you think you could teleport to the Cold Iron District from here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I’m overestimating him a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The slums? No. I tried. From this distance, using profaned magic to teleport there would be too much for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I guess I was worrying over nothing. His so‑called profaned magic was still way weaker than mine—the one that came from both divine and chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s... actually kind of reassuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it more, I don’t even think what he used should be called profaned magic. If anything, it felt closer to something like \"Penumbra\" than real profaned. Maybe I really did overreact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Beelzebub involved, I think I’m allowed to overreact a little. I have to be careful in case he ever reaches someone close to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You got me worried over nothing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Worried? What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you did something stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be fair, I’ve been ignoring him for a while now. Maybe it’s about time I actually start training him, so he doesn’t end up as a complete glass cannon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or... I could just delegate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. That honestly sounds much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I still need to study for the exam. My photographic memory is helpful, sure, but I’m not going to rely on it completely. There’s a reward on the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not about to wing this like I did with the entrance exam or the first half of the semimonthly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, you should go visit Vivianne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vivianne? Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you two to train together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y’know, Master, you’ve never actually trained me even once, y’know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLAP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flicked his forehead—hard enough to sting, not hard enough to leave a bruise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ow! What was that for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t question me. Besides... all your breakthroughs came from me, didn’t they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t wrong, but that didn’t mean I was going to admit it properly. For now, I’ll just gaslight him into thinking most of his progress is thanks to me. It’s not even a full lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And who knows, maybe I really will train him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, Vivianne can handle him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll have to visit her tomorrow after I finish reviewing today anyway. And it’s already getting close to evening, judging by how low the sun is sinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About time I give my body some rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, I almost forgot!\" Kevin called out just as I was about to teleport away. \"Evelina had me complete some tasks while you were gone. I figured you’d want to know, considering your... interest in her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling it an \"interest\" was putting it mildly, but honestly, I didn’t really care. I trusted Evelina enough to give my students assignments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only deal I’d made with Kevin was that I’d teach him if he agreed to serve Evelina, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess he was keeping his end of the deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I’m also glad Evelina was using him. It means I picked the perfect pawn, since she didn’t even bother asking for my permission before giving him orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d meant it when she said it: what’s hers is mine, and what’s mine is hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I should ask if I can borrow her spies sometime and have them take a few orders from me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See you later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, you brought me here just for this!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, bye~.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Darkfire Step]\u003C\u002Fp>",1078,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","f076d97edb6e8ff9f1f16f0cb4f46110fb32f57528af6eac830cc757d24b7cb3","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-237","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-235",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]