[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-52":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated As The Villainess's Son",{"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},1365795,1806,"Chapter 52: [Weapon Selection] [2]","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-52",52,"\u003Cp>\"What can I do for you, sir?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I arrived in front of a table, the male staff handling the weapons asked with a slight bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the best hammer you have here,\" I replied as I looked at the weapons on display.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, but we only have axes here,\" he responded with an awkward smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... There is no hammer then?\" I asked after a brief pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... We do have a war hammer,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what do you want me to do with that? Swing it around my head?\" I questioned, glaring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro, they don't have small hammers. Why are you trying to find them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oliver grumbled as he looked at the swords displayed on another table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't you do anything about this?\" I asked, turning back to the staff member..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want a hammer. It suits me perfectly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... We do have something, but nobody uses it ,\" he replied after thinking for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" I asked, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, because it's hard to use, sir,\" he replied again with an awkward smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show me,\" I ordered, and he nodded before moving backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You found anything?\" I asked, looking at Oliver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will go with a sword for now,\" he mumbled as he picked up a medium-sized sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Az, Professor Lauryn will be our weapon class teacher, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" I nodded before I looked around the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire hall was filled with students as they moved from one table to another to look at different weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Poor souls. They will die a dog's death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stop being so negative.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yeah, yeah.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I looked around the place, my gaze fell on a group that stood out the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oliy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Oliver asked, and I gestured towards the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the main cast stood together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan, Miley, Ashlyn, Shyamal, Arianell, Keegan, Lucas, Tristan, Aimar, and Aaliyah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, Miley was introducing both Ethan and Ashlyn to the rest of the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The whole bunch has assembled in one place, huh?\" Oliver mumbled, rubbing his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you want to go and meet them?\" I asked, my gaze still on the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... I don't deserve to be there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were the one who bonded all of us, Azariah. Without you, it's just the empty shell of the past,\" he replied as he swung his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was Christina, not me,\" I replied, shaking my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I apologize, but bro, Christina was crazy back then....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>remember how she tried to throw your little brother-in-law off the roof?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he asked, and the memories of that day became clear in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... It wasn't her fault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you are still defending her,\" he mocked, looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her mother died while giving birth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her father was grieving, ignoring her, and... .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all she knows is it all happened because of her brother,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I explained, my voice just audible enough for him to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that's why I am saying....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if you were not present, if you didn't helped her, she would have broken down...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, they would have broken down,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he replied, his gaze on Shyamal and Arianell who were talking with Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....You were a kid back then and you don't remember much; you are overthinking,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I replied as I looked at the staff who came with a box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Christina loves her brother now, so don't say anything bad about her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....What about Ashlyn...when are you going to tell her,\" he asked, making me freeze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".....you remember?\" I asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You almost died that day....I won't forget that even if I want to,\" he replied, looking deeply into my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When are you going to tell her?\" he asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".....Never.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both remained silent for a while, not saying anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You deserve happiness, Az,\" he whispered, messing with my hair before walking away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I don't,\" I mumbled to myself with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the weapon, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the box, he said with a wide smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A weapon made from the softest metal in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curiously, I looked at the weapon, which was pitch black with a small handle, on one side having a hammer head and on the other side, an axe head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was light and very comfortable to touch, with the axe side as sharp as a weapon could possibly be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... What's its specialty?\" I asked as I picked up the hammer that felt like a part of my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It bounces, sir,\" he replied smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you throw it and it touches a hard object, it will bounce back to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It... bounces... like a ball?\" I asked with an absurd look on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you an idiot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I growled at him, grabbing his collar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How the will I use it? How the fuck will I cut or hit anything if it just bounces back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-it does cut, sir. You just need to exert proper force, and I already told you, sir, it's a hard weapon to use,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he stammered, his eyes carrying a hint of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed him back as I picked up the hammer and changed its face towards the axe side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-what are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't reply; instead, without any hesitation, I swung it at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cre—ak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And like butter, it cleaved through the table without any problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, it does cut,\" I mumbled with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahh, my table!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the staff's cry, I walked a little further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled softly before I threw the weapon on the ground with little force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like the staff told me, it bounced back from the ground, reaching half the distance I threw it from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Careful, you might cut a finger or two.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I know.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Like the staff said, it's a hard weapon to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I throw it with little force, it won't bounce back the needed height, or if I throw it with more force, it will bounce too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to think about the exerting force, angle, distance and many more just so I can land a hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if I could use it properly, it will be an unpredictable weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's a fun weapon.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Azariah.\" I looked back as I heard a familiar voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Lauryn?\" I asked, looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor Lauryn.\" She glared at me, but I shrugged my shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to the Katana section after you are done with that,\" still glaring at me, she said while glancing at my new weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay,\" I replied, nodding my head as she walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, I should be able to use this weapon if I have a few months of training.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The emperor has decided about your engagement, Azariah.\" I halted my movement as I heard a disgusting voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked back only to find a dark-skinned boy with dark blonde hair looking at me while grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-06-05T21:29:08.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","94a3ca9601ba9a1c414d067b07bc43aa83d8a5d06148d9a5f069f4c3f6ab4820","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-53","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-51",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-cover.jpg"]