[{"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-41":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},894977,1171,"Chapter 41: A Heated Match...?","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>(Author’s Note: I used a different name in the previous Chapter by accident when I was referring to Corvus, but it’s now fixed)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few more uneventful rounds passed after mine; it felt like a chore watching it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its original description in the novel was far more wondrous and extravagant, describing how the entire tournament was a fight between students who had mastered their respective fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... instead, it looked more like a fistfight; most of the students could only cast basic spells from their attunement before losing energy and resorting to a full-on fist fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While some were more memorable, most were disappointing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after several minutes of disappointment, something finally memorable began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evelina D’Arclight and Lillian Valemont! Head to the field!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Corvus announced the matchup...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire bleachers went wild. After minutes of boring fighting, a sudden good matchup had finally appeared, and it was with the two rivals; this was something that even thousands would pay to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the tired professors who were keeping watch had become more attentive, also eager to see who would win between the two powerful figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The princess of Valemont or the Ruby of D’Arclight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus declared with bated breath, his eyes even more excited than when he saw me fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that everyone in the arena wanted to see this matchup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that included me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, it very well included me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go, Evelina!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouted from the bleachers, catching the attention of the others who were sitting beside me, already familiar with... the rumours surrounding my character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who gives a damn!? Embarrassment doesn’t matter as long as I get to support her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ice Spike]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ice Wall]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian moved first, encasing herself with a huge barrier of ice while casting from behind, unleashing barrage after barrage of spikes meant to overwhelm Evelina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Useless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina snickered. They should have been an even match... but that’s before I came into the picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Manipulation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like Evelina had the same idea as I: to humiliate her opponent by using the most basic means possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this case, using pure darkness manipulation rather than casting any actual spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Portals behind her suddenly manifested, each one unleashing a huge tendril that swatted away each of the daggers without problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina herself even yawned, letting her tendrils do the work for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Face me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She barked, tapping her foot on the ground, an inky substance travelling across the floor and nesting under Lillian’s icy barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK-BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice exploded from below, more tendrils unleashing from below, cracking the ice from the inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian grunted, gliding across the ground with ice to distance herself from the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with her barrier and relentless icy barrage now gone, Evelina’s tendrils found another target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Water Manipulation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian tried to block the tendril’s fast advance by slowing them down with water, but it was no use, even when blocked by a barrier of water itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never slowed momentum at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\" Julius muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One-sided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marcellus finished his sentence, crossing his legs as he looked in intrigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never expected Evelina to gain so much power in such a short amount of time, and what made it worse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them could sense any foul play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, this was all fair, not at all suspecting the demonic energy that was aiding Evelina during the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Think he has anything to do with it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marcellus looked in my general direction while I was continuing to cheer her on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most definitely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius replied, leaning forward with his hands grasped together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lillian, please be okay...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard him mutter under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That won’t work here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male lead’s prayer to the main heroine... something that would usually make everything all better...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if that would do anything against overwhelming power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SNAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina’s tendrils continued to their work, lashing away at Lillian, who continued to weave and dodge, casting her entire arsenal to avoid them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for Evelina... all she did was slowly advance towards her, her eyes focused like those of a predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utter humiliation and a show of dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give up, Valemont.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina cooed, crossing her arms, continuing her advance, enjoying the sight of someone who used to be called her equal struggling against a simple manipulation spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SNAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tendrils finally met flesh, acting like a whip as they hit her left shoulder, knocking her back meters away until she felt herself crash against Corvus’s barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of monstrous training did you undergo, Evelina?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian yelled out with tremendous strain, the single attack alone already blurring her mind from the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Julius and me, Lillian was a pure mage who had nearly no pain resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was now a guaranteed win for Evelina the moment she had landed her first strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monstrous? I think it’s better if you call your training lacklustre instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina replied confidently, smirking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHIP!\u003C\u002Fp>",839,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.471Z",1,"novelbin.me","0bd0193c4b6c382f3a769318ac68b587f4ecab16bf9bbe5376f5ee1ff35b6f1f","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-42","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-40",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]