[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc":3,"chapter-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-9":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Harem of Dangerous and Crazy Women as a Reincarnated Necromancer",{"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},751460,997,"Chapter 9: Midnight Thoughts","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>That night, Mark couldn’t sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lay in bed in his rented room, staring at the cracked ceiling, thinking about everything that had happened since he arrived in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had died, only to be reborn — and in the process had created an undead slave who was in love with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had deceived an entire guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lied to the governing council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I think... all of this got out of hand way too fast.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his previous life, had he been a nobody?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. Basically just an ordinary guy with a job and a mediocre life — but at least he had been honest. Or he had tried to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ely,\" Mark murmured into the darkness. \"Come out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow beside his bed stirred, and Ely emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the faint light of the room, her pale skin seemed to glow faintly, and her blue eyes looked at him with a devotion that was almost painful to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She obeyed, settling on the edge of the bed with a grace that defied her status as an undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to ask you something,\" said Mark. \"And I need you to be honest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am always honest with you, Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember... anything? From before you met me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely tilted her head slightly, considering the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember fragments... sensations without a source. But everything is blurry. Like a dream that fades when you wake up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember how you died?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vaguely. I remember pain, confusion, and then... nothing. Until I woke up and saw you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark felt a small knot forming in his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that doesn’t bother you? It doesn’t bother you that I... that I...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That you saved me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely smiled — and it was such a genuine smile that it almost hurt to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, you gave me a second chance. You gave me a purpose. You gave me... love.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I didn’t give you love,’ Mark thought. ’I programmed you to believe you had it...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t bring himself to say those words out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master,\" Elyndra said softly, moving a little closer, her cold hand resting on his. \"I can feel your distress. Your guilt. But you don’t need to feel that way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Whatever you did... whatever it is you did... it brought me to your side. And there is nowhere else I would rather be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark just looked at her, searching for some sign of artifice or programming, but found no clear answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only more guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did it matter whether what Ely had told him was real or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did it matter if her feelings were genuine or manufactured?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an empty comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was the only one Mark had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Ely,\" Mark said at last. \"For... for everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to thank me, Master. Serving you is my greatest joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stayed like that for a while, in silence, Ely’s cold hand resting on his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time since he had arrived in this world, Mark felt something close to peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe I’m not a good person,’ Mark thought. ’Maybe I never was. But at least... at least I’m not alone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ely,\" said Mark. \"Tomorrow we’re leaving this place... going far away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And where will we go, Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know yet... but we’ll figure it out together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elyndra smiled, and her eyes began to emit a soft glow that Mark didn’t notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Together,\" Ely repeated. \"I like the sound of that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark closed his eyes, finally feeling the weight of the day catch up with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Together, huh... yeah. I like the sound of that,’ he thought, just before falling asleep\u003C\u002Fp>",618,"2026-06-02T12:17:11.678Z",1,"novelbin.me","fdaa9c9498689f7e839e64922318b99ec2dfe7ecc81b2a632356ba0d03a1be36","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-10","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-8",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-cover.jpg"]