[{"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-27":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},894963,1171,"Chapter 27: A Forceful Breakthrough!","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-27",27,"\u003Cp>I headed to my room deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that, despite all of my progress, I never actually managed to break through once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of my power and feats until now have relied solely on my new artifacts and photographic memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant I still had a ton of potential, and luckily for me, with how powerful I already am, a simple breakthrough to a few levels won’t be much of a problem anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I could fix the problems I would cause Evelina in the future when I make myself even more powerful than before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s certainly the right choice here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But getting a breakthrough...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t even know how to achieve it; the only thing I know is that it’s supposed to happen automatically once you master your attunement’s current level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in my case, beginner level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by that logic, shouldn’t I have originally surpassed beginner level a long time ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat at the side of my bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess it doesn’t hurt to experiment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple, unique fireball, a lot stronger than the old dark fireballs I used to cast, but even then, it wasn’t enough to get a breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if I just brute forced it instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t even tell how many times I repeatedly cast the same spell. Before I knew it, the spell in my hands was condensed enough to level an entire building, probably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But again, I didn’t feel any different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant I just wasn’t brute-forcing it hard enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two ways I approached things in life: either smartly or through sheer, relentless stubbornness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And well... stubbornness seems like the perfect method here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t even realize it was already daytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All my focus went on repeatedly casting the same spell again and again, only stopping until my mind reached failure due to the number of spell formulas I was solving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And... I was stupidly close to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any warning, the very condensed fireball in my hand suddenly started to converge on itself, the sheer energy combining into a single small spot that began acting like a mini black hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subtly pulling in a few dust particles and even extinguishing a few lamps in my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tiredly smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fireball finished forming into... something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It entered my palm, the energy that accumulated within the ball now distributing evenly throughout my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was warm, cold, painful, and even soothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was exactly what you would expect to feel after absorbing something called ’Profaned’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chaos and Divine Attunement]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Subtypes: Dark and Light]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beginner: Lvl 2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"F-Finally...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laugh a bit more manically than I should.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CREAK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the door just open?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked to the side, and unexpectedly, it was Evelina, and well... she had an expression that bordered on concern and mild disgust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t blame her... how else would you react to seeing someone who looked like they’d barely slept and was now laughing crazily in their bed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I interrupting something...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina tilted her head in question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just attempting a breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A breakthrough? With what exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She narrowed her eyes, seeing subtle magic floating all around my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you stay up all night casting spells?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to answer her question, but she immediately interrupted me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could have just asked me to help you with that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ask you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, quid pro quo, as the saying goes, if I recall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina grabbed a small journal from her handbag, the cover neatly labeled with ’Breakthrough 101’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But didn’t I trouble you yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was a joke, you idiot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed, not sure whether to be disappointed or amused by the fact that her strongest pawn was literally dumb enough not to catch her tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And where was the old confidence you showed me when we first met?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t tell me you’re getting cold feet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I definitely was more... straightforward then than I am now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was before I was exposed to all her greatness firsthand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, please don’t be mistaken, you are simply... far greater than I had originally imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina raised a brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was curious to what in the world did I even imagine for me to be able to say something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I barely showed him anything... where’s he getting this? Never mind, I should be used to this already.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina thought to herself, shaking her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get ready for class already, we’re going to be late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean what? I thought you wanted this to be a routine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I swore I just felt my heart skip a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m on it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved quickly, preparing as fast as I could, using every spell I had in my arsenal for something as mundane as preparing for school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina closed the door and waited outside while I was preparing, crossing her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did that idiot really just try breaking through just by repeatedly casting over and over again...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",859,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.471Z",1,"novelbin.me","7a2ecbdf278a25d1539ca8295a197867f1828e79e7b7bc28f404d90909c9f0dc","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-28","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-26",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]