[{"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-32":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},894968,1171,"Chapter 32: ’Dark’ Obsession","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>[Dark Manipulation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a glance, I subdued all of them at once, entangling them in dark tendrils that prevented them from moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t want to just beat them up till the brink of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was far too merciful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I’ll treat them as pawns to make Kevin stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’ll be a slow and painful process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they deserve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand up, Kevin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said, crossing my arms as I smiled. \"You studied the book, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Yes! But... I still haven’t been able to decipher a single spell...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, that changes now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I point at the entangled students, each one struggling; they couldn’t even cry or scream for help, the tendrils ensured their voices were muffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s start with the most basic...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Serpent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The serpent of chaos and divine coiled around my body, its eyes pure white and dark, embodying its dual nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was both powerful and intimidating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And although the two elements were drastically incompatible, it wasn’t enough to make it useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... doesn’t that look different than before?\" Kevin asked, approaching the serpent’s head and observing its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even care about the wounds and bruises on his body, already used to the abuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s complicated. For now, let’s focus on the task at hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I snap my fingers, causing one of the tendrils to tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was randomized to see which unlucky bastard would get chosen to be the first dummy to get experimented on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was never really good at teaching; each junior I was assigned back in the day would die before I even taught them the basics of shooting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if I can’t even teach someone how to shoot a gun, how can I expect myself to teach advanced dark magic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... through cheating, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me a second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit into my thumb, using the blood to draw a pentagram on a wall that immediately burst into flames once I finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a piece of parchment appearing from where it had combusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll just let him borrow a piece of my power that allows him to cast some of the spells in the book; a genius like him should catch on after a while.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explaining the actual logic of the book in such a short span of time would be like describing rocket science to an ant; it would be inefficient and take far too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even my deciphering of it was a fluke; Marcellus’ revelation just happened to be very similar to something that was already familiar to me because of my old job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Kevin? I don’t even think it would work for him as well as it did for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sign this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that a demonic contract...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-No... I’m just surprised at how calmly you summoned it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t blame him... it would be one thing summoning this with only him as the audience, but the fact that the entangled students also saw it? It was a terrible risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I wasn’t afraid at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, I already had the perfect spell to keep them quiet after this entire situation was handled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I use a pen?\" Kevin asked, pulling a pen out of his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Usually you would need blood...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I replied bluntly, while it would definitely be more... convenient, demons and their rituals were the opposite of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin sighed, reluctantly biting into his finger just like I did, but even if he was used to pain, biting into his own fingers to draw blood was definitely not something he was used to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWIP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POOF!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contract disappeared quickly after he signed it, a faint miasma subtly surrounding him for a brief moment before entering his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple contract, so simple that even its special effects were lackluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now... I just needed a perfect excuse to make myself seem like a flawless teacher while hiding the fact that I had completely cheated his education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that wouldn’t be hard at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bluffing was a specialty of mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I granted you the ability to cast some of the spells of the book using my power; use that to learn the theory yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I placed a finger on my forehead while nodding to make myself look more knowledgeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Discovering it yourself would make you stronger; it’ll help you be less dependent on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it! I won’t let this opportunity go to waste!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin immediately turned around, extending his palm and pointing it toward the general area of the unlucky, entangled student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Serpent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll start immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin blurted out with more enthusiasm than a pyromaniac who was given a flamethrower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entangled student stared in sheer horror at Kevin’s terrifying, manic grin. He knew that whatever was about to happen wouldn’t be pretty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another very new side of him that I wasn’t familiar with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew he loved dark magic...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that grin of his could even give my obsession for Evelina a run for its money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Guess it makes sense... prodigies are rarely normal...’\u003C\u002Fp>",844,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.471Z",1,"novelbin.me","161ae3815cf953aaa5455add876607d82245abc10c8ca23e7ca5abc80a362ba2","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-33","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-31",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]