[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss":3,"chapter-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-61":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain Reborn as Game's Final Boss",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},551266,800,"Chapter 61: Uneasy","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-61",61,"\u003Cp>A wooden door with engravings stood before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor glanced at me once before knocking twice on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a brief silence before—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A commanding voice spoke from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor motioned for me to enter. I didn’t know what to expect from this meeting, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a reason for me to feel nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the handle, I pushed the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What greeted me was a modest office with basic furniture that could be found anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A table was placed at the far end of the room, with chairs on both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man sat on the chair behind the table, his hands locked under his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With greyish-white hair, he looked to be in his fifties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was far from the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person before me had walked these lands for centuries, or even more. It wasn’t like there was a file keeping records of the ages of individuals like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster’s eyes never left mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made myself comfortable on the chair opposite him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of us spoke. Strangely, the silence didn’t feel awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, I couldn’t keep staring at an old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it your hobby to stare at your students?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to initiate the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If so, then I might just take my leave.\" I prepared to depart—or at least pretended to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that the man before me would be fooled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kael Frost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster stood from his chair and made his way toward the window adjacent to the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must say, you are quite talented, as opposed to the rumours I had heard about you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster spoke without looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must apologize for the disappointment,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster stood silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was curious about your journey... well, after you left your house for some enlightenment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enlightenment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, there had to have been a reason for a kid who wasn’t even a proper Iron Core to suddenly show himself after three years and participate in the academy admissions... that too through the commoners’ section.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what’s so strange about that? Anyone could train themselves in such time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, it certainly is strange when you could have easily been admitted for being a Frost. With the recommendation of your household, there was no need to trouble yourself with these tests, was there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found it strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were these childish questions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a well-known fact that my relations with my family weren’t the best. So why was this guy—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am quite adventurous, you see. I had this dream of rising from the mud and becoming a...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped midway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to make it sound cool, but the words just didn’t come to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster briefly glanced at me before gazing out of the window again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lunatic...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really couldn’t wrap my head around this interview I was going through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he learn something about me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D.X.?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t have to be nervous. I just wanted to talk with the top ranker of the new recruits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I did rank first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have read your theory test paper. I must say your understanding of mana is unparalleled. You could already be considered the best in mana mechanics, even among the strongest Immortals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I was still lagging behind a Sovereign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that was expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The academy ranks everyone out of a thousand points for both exams. And you have performed quite fabulously. For that, I must congratulate you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded my head in acceptance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what was going through this guy’s head, but I felt extremely uneasy in his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling was minor in the beginning, but now I could feel it in my guts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was wrong with this guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like the character from the game, but at the same time, I didn’t feel like he was the same one I had always known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t quite put my finger on the actual root cause of my uneasiness, but one thing was sure—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was downplaying this world again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had expected to create my organization in the shadows, believing that as long as I was cautious, everything would flow smoothly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if my existence had never been a secret?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know why I was having these thoughts now, after having transmigrated for a full two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at the back of the man before me, I just felt wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Headmaster didn’t speak for a while. He just kept looking outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he looking into something beyond reality?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was I thinking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My thoughts seemed more jumbled the longer I stayed here—specifically in his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My headache seemed to have returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last year, my headaches had reduced by quite a lot. At least there was no constant pain in my brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But random headaches had started to haunt me from that point onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frequency was low compared to before, but still, once a headache appeared, I felt like I was losing control of my body for an unspecified amount of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like I felt the headache one moment, and the next—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was somewhere else, doing some other work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My memories of that time remained foggy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was starting to happen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... I couldn’t show weakness here. I didn’t want to risk doing something unnecessary before this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the Headmaster once before my vision began to narrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I fainting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to resist whatever was happening to me, but my vision kept becoming muddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I fought to keep my eyes open, I could see the Headmaster turning to look toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black eyes had an amused look in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this his doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What—\" I tried to speak, but my mind stopped before I could voice the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my consciousness dimming with each second... or was everything happening in a single second?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t tell.\u003C\u002Fp>",1003,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.278Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","24ab77fa6fc50fd17eca7acfd5a4771f756ef59428600d3ed1aa94022cf4e258","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-62","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-60",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]