[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-return-of-the-legendary-runesmith":3,"chapter-return-of-the-legendary-runesmith-return-of-the-legendary-runesmith-chapter-146":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Return of the Legendary Runesmith",{"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},1562621,2026,"Chapter 146 145- My way","return-of-the-legendary-runesmith-chapter-146",146,"\u003Cp>This is so fucked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was this fucking close! Just a step away from having her in my hands. Finally. After everything I did, all the time I spent, I would've had her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would've conquered that woman. Made her mine, body and soul. I've got the experience — I know how to make a woman melt in bed. And once I had her under me, her anger, that damn cold attitude of hers, it would've shattered. She would've begged for more. Crawled back for my touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would've been mine. My woman. Desperate for every bit of attention I gave her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment I first saw her — that fucking body, that face carved by the gods — I knew I deserved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like me, with my looks, my name, my place in this goddamn society — only a hot beauty like her could stand beside me. No one else was worthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave it my all. I fucking tried. First, I helped that gang of lowlife trash, let them sabotage the Arcane Anvil Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they had to do was kidnap Sylvie and bring her to me. That's it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those useless bastards couldn't even do one goddamn thing right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They failed me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple task — and they blew it! I swear they deserved worse than death. They should've been skinned alive, screaming for mercy for years before I crushed their skulls with my bare hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of those fuck-ups, I lost my chance. I lost her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fucking hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I tried the slow route. Pretend to be nice, act like I cared. Tried to get close. Tried to be her friend, so I could slowly ease my way into her bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And fuck, it was torture. Every time she smiled, every time she leaned close — and I couldn't touch her. Couldn't do a damn thing. My blood boiled. My body screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I held back. Because I had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the academy crawling with guards, there was no way I could grab her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that damn Headmistress! That nosy bitch has been patrolling the dorms every night like she owns the place.Always in the way. Always ruining everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that boytoy of hers… Adrian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God, I've felt the fucking urge to rip that useless head right off his shoulders more times than I can count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell does Sylvie even see in him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She keeps staring at him like he's the damn sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he's special or something. He's not. He's a pathetic, soft-spoken piece of shit who doesn't even deserve to breathe the same air as her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should've been dead. Dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave those men the chance — I paid for it. And they couldn't even kill one goddamn loser after kidnapping him! Useless fucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My forearm throbbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cut was still bleeding — fresh, hot, angry pain pulsing through it like a reminder of my failure. Of how close I was again… and how it all turned to shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today I snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylvie's been ignoring me for days now. Not a glance. Not a word. Just going in and out of that fucker Professor's workshop like he's the only one worth her time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't take it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't play the nice guy, the patient friend, the gentle admirer. That mask broke. Shattered. I fucking craved her — and I was done pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I planned it all. Waited. Hid under her bed like a fucking beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew she'd let her guard down — she always does when she thinks she's alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, I struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment… just a moment, she was mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was under me. Trapped. My hands on her arms. Her eyes wide. And fuck, I was so close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no — the universe had to fuck me over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because guess who walked in like some hero in a cheap play?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That motherfucking commoner!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another piece of dirt trying to play knight. He ruined everything. Everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't hide like this forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I whispered to myself, crouched inside the hollow of an old, rotting tree — the same one I found back in my first year. It used to be a quiet place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A secret. Now, it was just a pitiful hole I was forced to crawl into like a damned rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I knew the knights were out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were sweeping the academy grounds, checking every inch. Every alley. Every shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living like this — hiding, starving, waiting — this wasn't an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't given up on Sylvie. Never.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I needed was half an hour. Just thirty minutes alone with her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I had her to myself, once she truly felt my touch, she'd understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd stop running. She'd choose me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd defend me from the rest of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could make her see. I could make her stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, she was never alone. They hovered around her like fucking flies, protecting her like she was some kind of fragile gem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'They won't leave her alone…' I gritted my teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then — ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea hit me like a jolt of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A diversion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's what I needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A way to pull their eyes away from her for just long enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I knew exactly when to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly how to make them run around like headless chickens while I slipped in — and finally got what I deserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-------**-------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third Person POV:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agh…\" Allen groaned as he slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer on the hospital bed. He was standing in a white space—a familiar place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has come here once, when he got his first directive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And today, he was brought here to be reminded of how big of a failure he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Someone of your age, someone who has fairly less experience than you—nearly killed you. I am curious to know how will you explain yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Came the familiar feminine voice from afar but it reached him clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen had his head lowered, \"I lost because I was weak. There is nothing more to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He admitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was weak. He couldn't react on time. Panic and concern filled his head and that made his reaction slow. And because of that, he nearly died today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I told you to stick to that man. He is your path to greatness.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen gritted his teeth, \"A powerful armament means nothing if I don't have the strength to wield it. And I don't want to survive by depending on someone else!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time this being talked to Allen, she ushered him to get closer to Adrian, even though she never told him why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, I am going to do this my way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>°°°°°°°\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN:- Thanks for reading.\u003C\u002Fp>",1130,"2026-06-06T07:53:02.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","64c9cd715a38c724b6a4581772d50b6ec5c35b7f3705bad5f7711c063e0cac4e","return-of-the-legendary-runesmith-chapter-147","return-of-the-legendary-runesmith-chapter-145",595,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freturn-of-the-legendary-runesmith-cover.jpg"]