[{"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-51":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},895174,1171,"Chapter 51: Deadly Charm...?","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>I snapped the statue’s hand like a toothpick, for something made out of stone, it was surprisingly brittle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bottomless Daggers (S)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I still wasn’t dumb enough to try to punch through solid rock; even with my strength, it would definitely give me a hard time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple stab to the statue’s chest, and it was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger’s magical effects were more than enough to disable the magic that animated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although fighting while protecting Evelina was more than enough to even the playing field despite the strength difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To your right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina spoke just in time, allowing me to dodge another punch from a statue and planting a dagger in its arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another one down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the longer we stayed in one spot, the more they started to gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t actual fighters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that made them dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d rather trample us to death with their numbers than fight conventionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got it handled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took hold of Evelina, carrying her as I swiftly broke through the statues’ encirclement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once we were on the other side of the room, I quickly let go of her, focusing back on the statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, they were screwed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bottomless Daggers (S)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great thing about daggers is that they were versatile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant they could also act like a throwing weapon, and in which case, those statues had absolutely no counter whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even better, I basically had a gun that used daggers for bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLICK-FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLICK-FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took out two before they managed to reach our new location, but at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer had the numbers that required me to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also... these daggers were dangerously sharp...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t even expect them to cut through stone like butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s all of them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I panted; it had been a while since I used that much energy in a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made sense considering I couldn’t use any magic while being careful to make sure Evelina was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked back to see if she was okay, but her expression was more than just okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked... impressed, but not like in a way I was used to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you just... all of that without magic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I’ve got some experience fighting without magic before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-Good to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cleared her throat, realizing that she was acting weird and immediately snapping out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there anything you need?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-No, it’s just... never mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina walked off, heading to the exit that was now open after the defeat of all the statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I followed behind her, trying to read her movements to see if I could notice anything else useful about her strange behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least... I think it was useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after every second or minute or so, she would look behind to look at me, not in a calculating way, but something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like... nervousness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Odd considering her character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... if I learned anything from the novel about this tomb, it’ll eventually reveal itself at the final trial, at least, for couples who fit the emperor’s criteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A love-themed tomb isn’t a love-themed tomb for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’d you learn to fight like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked while we were on our way to the last trial. \"Even your memories didn’t show anything about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It didn’t show up?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my head, confused, but I guess even her newly enhanced mind-reading ability had a limit; it couldn’t access something that specific from my past life, even if I currently had access to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although... that same limit didn’t apply to the fantasies she did manage to access.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Just my luck...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guess it was a fairly hidden memory, I learned to fight when I was young.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without magic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t my priority; it wasn’t the skill I needed back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple lie. I couldn’t exactly tell her that I was a trained assassin from a past life, transported to this world by a strange panel that ordered me to love her just as I had before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when this world was dominated by magic, that was still an over-the-top explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina looked conflicted about my answer, not sure if she should speak or stay silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, she decided that she should, after all, this entire date was a reward for me after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t just leave me out of the dark, both for her safety and out of common courtesy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I like it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I like the fact you can fight without magic and still win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina answered quickly, returning focus to the path ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that small answer was enough for me to find out what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Photographic Memory]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back during the tournament, when I first spotted a sign of attraction, and second, her whisper to me at the first trial, and now her strange behavior after the second trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if I dug deeper into the novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There it was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smallest passage in a filler arc that I ignored when I first read it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evelina noticed the way Corvus moved, his precision and accuracy deadly even without the use of magic. To her, it was... interesting, beautiful even.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>H-How... how did I miss that!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything from then and now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she attracted to the way I fight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But even if that was true, why would she react that strongly?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve been silent for quite a while. Isn’t this supposed to be your chance to swipe me off my feet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelina briefly interrupted me from my thoughts, her voice in a slight hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her earlier awkwardness was gone after noticing and swiping a few more interesting artifacts on the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess even she wasn’t immune to stuff like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess I’ll find out the answer in the third trial.\u003C\u002Fp>",973,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1347119fb5524fece916aeb110917a729313dfa21f04a2a6aa448d50e4e5c78","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-104","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-103",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]