[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-system-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl":3,"chapter-system-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl-system-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl-chapter-100":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","System Mission: Seduce the Final Boss [BL]",{"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},1690990,2159,"Chapter 100: It all started with a lie, but what now?","system-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl-chapter-100",100,"\u003Cp>What was this feeling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had all of this ended up inside him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking into those dark eyes felt like staring straight into a bottomless pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did his chest hurt so badly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did something ugly twist tighter and tighter beneath his ribs every time Myles looked at him like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s throat burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His neck should have hurt too, considering Myles had a hand wrapped around it, but strangely, the grip itself wasn’t painful. Firm, yes, but not cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not enough to explain why Blake suddenly felt incapable of breathing properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lungs expanded too shallowly, so air went in wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only something like this he never expected to happen, because it’s not as if he knew how much, or even just what Myles actually felt for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kiss, it was supposed to prove something good...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why did it seem like the complete opposite?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake lowered his gaze instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand immediately came up to scrub beneath his eyes before the tears could fully fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What you’re doing is pointless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles’ voice came low and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then fingers slightly dug against Blake’s jaw, forcing his head back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can’t live up to your lies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like Myles could see everything. Every ugly layer underneath him, every hesitation, every contradiction Blake himself didn’t know how to untangle anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And hearing those words from him specifically hurt more than it should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I never lied...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protest sounded weak even to his own ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because hadn’t this entire thing started from a lie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The confession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The favorability system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step toward Myles had originally been calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why did it feel so unbearable now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why are you looking at me like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles’ voice raised just slightly, it wasn’t particularly loud, still, Blake flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, it even looked like he was about to say something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightened. His expression shifted strangely, like he also didn’t know how to express himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Blake was staring at him like he’d been struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Myles released him. Then, he turned away and started walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word escaped Blake before he realized he’d spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strangely loud, especially since, just a moment ago, his throat was hurting like it had been stabbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Myles didn’t stop, so panic hit instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s fingers twitched uselessly at his sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t let him leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Does he really think everything was fake?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made him feel sick was the realization that some part of him believed he had every right to think that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because objectively, wasn’t he correct?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything had started because of the missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of objectives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Blake had needed something from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A false confession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fake affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculated closeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somewhere along the way, Blake had become the idiot who could no longer separate any of it from himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Myles, who can act average and then ruin a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, Blake thought he could do the same, with no strings attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head as cold anxiety began creeping up his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Of course this was hopeless from the start.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe Myles had never believed him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that didn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last favorability level he’d seen was thirteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Unless...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s breathing suddenly faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless it had dropped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless all this time Myles had only been pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Fear Is For The Unloved! (C) activated ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The notification flashed through his head violently enough to make his stomach twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Then that means...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts spiraled instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That means he never stopped thinking of me that way, not even for a second.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That beautiful smile Myles gave him, had that been fake too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he only been humoring him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manipulating him back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word came out breathless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blurred vision swallowed the edges of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles couldn’t leave him here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the only person who had ever made this world feel remotely real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Myles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice cracked apart halfway through the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles stopped walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t go...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those words ringed in his head at the same time, so, suddenly, breathing became impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the one that spoke inside him, it wasn’t his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Myles’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain exploded behind his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest seized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inhaled sharply only for the breath to collapse halfway in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heartbeat slammed so hard against his ribs it hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was way too fast, so much so everything around him tilted nauseatingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers started shaking first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His knees buckled beneath him, but before he hit the ground, strong arms caught him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles’ voice cut through the chaos sharply enough to anchor him for half a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand covered Blake’s mouth carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breathe through your nose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lungs felt locked shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand slid behind Blake’s neck, fingers pressing there firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake tried, but failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he tried again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain stabbed through his chest hard enough to make him want to curl inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything blurred strangely around the edges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not Myles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inhale again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles’ voice remained low and controlled, but Blake could see the tension in him now too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veins standing out faintly beneath his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tightness in his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he held Blake just a little too firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake dragged in another breath through his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was shaky and uneven, but enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing stuttered violently before beginning slowly, painfully, to stabilize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles kept him upright the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One arm wrapped securely around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other hand still against his face, holding him together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually the crushing pressure in Blake’s chest loosened enough for him to stop feeling like he was actively dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heartbeat still pounded painfully fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands still trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could breathe again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles looked down at him silently for several long seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You become weak every time things stop going your way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words themselves sounded cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his voice didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after saying them, Myles sighed softly, almost tiredly, like he was more frustrated with himself than Blake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s eyes burned again immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Myles...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Myles... Myles...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no actual sentence followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because what could he even say now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he tell him he loved him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought tightened his throat painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was saying those words suddenly terrifying, even after screaming them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was supposed to be a mission first, wasn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why did none of it feel fake anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did Myles feel so painfully real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I shouldn’t have tried to understand him this much...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake swallowed shakily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Damn it, damn it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles suddenly lifted one hand and cupped Blake’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head upward until their faces were close again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s breathing nearly destabilized all over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it’s a lie...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles’ thumb brushed slowly beneath Blake’s eyes, wiping away the remnants of tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The touch was gentle enough to hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you take my hand again right now,\" he said quietly, \"you won’t be able to take it back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake stared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pulse stumbled unevenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does that mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myles didn’t answer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a tissue, and began wiping Blake’s face properly with an almost undetectable irritation in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wetness around his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even all the snot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really cleaned him well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, the entire time, Myles avoided looking directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his hands betrayed him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were careful and patient, most of all, they were making him feel warm, although they were actually so cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, he finally looked at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just, don’t do something you’ll regret.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip around Blake’s wrist tightened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it loosened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then it tightened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially if it doesn’t align with your objective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words struck directly through Blake’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the way Myles said it, it sounded like he had always believed there was another motive hidden beneath Blake’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he had never once fully trusted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, why would he say that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would he warn him like that unless he meant it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless this mattered to him too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake’s chest hurt again, differently this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My feelings aren’t that fake, after all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A weak, miserable laugh escaped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, even without the missions, even without the system, he still didn’t think he could leave Myles alone anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s the final boss, but I’m a bastard too, can’t deny.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blake reached toward him again, then took Myles’ hand anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm fingers immediately intertwined with his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no hesitation or pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Myles stilled, as if he had already been waiting for him to walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But somehow, he looked even more frustrated than before.\u003C\u002Fp>",1516,"2026-06-06T13:58:10.545Z",1,"novelbin.me","59dc929b83c94845697620ea91af2f45be505dbf222d75634db9d7cea6c39441",null,"system-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl-chapter-99",121,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsystem-mission-seduce-the-final-boss-bl-cover.jpg"]