[{"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-25":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},894961,1171,"Chapter 25: My Poor Heart...!","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>I could feel the succubus’ energy swirling around Evelina, radiating from her in waves that made the air around us feel heavy, almost electric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breaths were slightly ragged, and the faintest flush had crept across her cheeks, betraying just how much power she was drawing in at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Careful...\" I murmured, my hands still steadying her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My words sounded pathetic even to me, but the sight of her like this, vulnerable and yet utterly commanding, kept me rooted in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina’s eyes flicked up to meet mine, half-lidded and dangerous. \"Relax,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said softly, but there was an edge to her voice that made my heart stutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m in control. You’re just here to make it easier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed, my pulse hammering. Being this close to her, feeling her warmth and the succubus’s essence flowing into her, was almost unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to lean closer, to... do something, but every instinct told me to wait, to follow her lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn’t be affected by a succubus’ energy; I was quite literally filled with chaos energy, making me nearly immune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I guess sheer attraction can immediately penetrate those defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always look so eager,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, tilting her head, a sly smirk tugging at her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy was visibly affecting her, her body heat rising further as she continued to absorb the power that was laid out in the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s quite cute actually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She muttered without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was quite literally fighting every my mind to not do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To purely focus on the divine magic to stabilize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cute...? She just called me cute...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know how I looked, but if I were to guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I probably looked like a tomato with hearts on my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in a world like this... I wasn’t kidding about hearts forming in my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, I even think it was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And... it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are those... hearts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina chuckled, looking at the profaned eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’W-What...? The thing resonated with my emotions!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked, utterly frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Desire, awe, a desperate urge to be closer, every chaotic thought made visible, and Evelina saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chuckle was low, teasing, and it made my chest tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not supposed to let something like that show, you know,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured, voice a mixture of amusement and... something warmer, more intimate, influenced by the energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I can’t help it,\" I admitted, voice weaker than intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—\" I swallowed hard, my pulse racing. \"You’re... you’re too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips quirked up in that cold, mischievous smile I was hopelessly drawn to. Slowly, deliberately, she shifted closer, until her shoulder brushed mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus’s energy swirled around her like a second skin, making every breath I took feel thick with warmth and tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no use; my chaos energy was quite literally doing nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I weren’t consciously stopping myself, I would immediately be charmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... is that really such a bad thing...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still needed to stay sane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm,\" she purred, eyes glinting with that sharp, dangerous light. \"Do you always get like this when I’m near?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t answer. Not with words. My hands were still supporting her, but the energy radiating from her, the succubus, her own raw magical aura, the proximity, it was unrelenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every rational thought I had was drowning in a tide of sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned slightly, letting her head tilt in a way that made her hair brush my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faintest trace of a smile touched her lips, softening her usual sharpness, and it made something inside me combust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not just... strong,\" she whispered, almost against my ear. \"You’re... attentive, careful, deliberate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat went dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>W-What...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does she mean it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh god, I hope she does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t let it just be the succubus’s energy talking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what seemed like an eternity, she had finally finished absorbing the succubus’ energy within herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, she stood up, brushing off dust from her clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous heat from her body now starting to dissipate as she had managed to control it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And well... I wasn’t really conscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was on the floor, as if I were dead, the surge of emotions too much for me to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina sighed, looking at the clock in her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost time for the next subject, and yet I was quite literally out cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t just leave me like that; she wasn’t that cruel, especially to one who just gave her a massive boost of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guess I’ll skip classes for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crossed her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What am I going to do with you... Cael Arden...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She touched the fabric choker on her neck, feeling a faint trace of the succubus residing within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although... I was a bit much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina chuckled, remembering her teasing and flirty nature while under the energy’s influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never knew I could be that scary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grinned, just like a villainess should after discovering a way to make her strongest servant pass out without even using magic.\u003C\u002Fp>",848,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.471Z",1,"novelbin.me","37ef3cae30cf25a58d9c3a4be46564bcc9e655e6d7fcb4175b47c3c06660c334","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-26","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-24",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]