[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-228":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","THE VILLAIN'S POV",{"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},336665,598,"Chapter 228 228: Memories of the Fallen Star (5)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-228",228,"\u003Cp>The two elders were none other than the former Lord Izan Starlight and his younger brother .. the same face I had seen before.. Leonides Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter's light was faint compared to his brother's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Izan, with his long white hair and aged face, stared at my father, ready to strike at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing that crushing pressure, my father answered calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abraham Starlight, from the branch family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could see the shock flash across the former Lord's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would a member of the branch family attack the main house?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan spoke as he drew his sword, unleashing a pressure that was no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't attacked anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I simply wish to fight you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the overwhelming force bearing down on him, my father didn't flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And why would you want that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To test myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any warning, he unsheathed Dark Sister and pointed it directly at Izan Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lord immediately unleashed his full strength, summoning eight stars of the Stardust Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even he broke into a heavy sweat when he saw his opponent manifest a ninth star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their swords clashed violently ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their strikes splitting mountains and leveling the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan Starlight was a monster at the very peak of SS rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the strongest in the world at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against Abraham Starlight, who had already stepped into SS+ rank and wielded Dark Sister, The old lord never stood a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a fierce and wild exchange of blows, Izan Starlight fell to one knee before Abraham .. his sword completely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, my father stood tall .. unharmed, unscathed, utterly pristine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight had won. Decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sheathed his sword and slowly stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, news spread like wildfire...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of a man who had toppled the Starlight Family by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone wondered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was this man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought they'd never see him again, assuming he was just some ghost provoked by the Starlights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were shocked when they saw him casually wandering among the branch families afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember when the Lord of the Starlight Family himself came looking for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, things were tense between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after getting to know my father's true nature, everything changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gained the deep interest of the old lord, especially after Izan learned that Abraham Starlight had never intended any harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I often sat down with that old man, exchanging conversation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lived for over a hundred years, and for someone like me who had lived longer than most people here, I found myself learning from him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, my father .. who was always older in spirit than those around him ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>found someone who had lived far longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Izan met Abraham, his admiration grew deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He repeatedly tried to pry the secret of my power from me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>asking how I reached the ninth star of the Stardust Technique...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn't tell him about the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I simply said I figured it out through relentless training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 25-year-old man who reached the ninth star ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a feat not accomplished since Nova Starlight, the first Lord, who had achieved ten stars before his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight grew into a colossal mystery ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a force that drew countless eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there was Carmen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That woman constantly messed with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She often challenged him ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>either trying to kill him or sparring for fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially after that incident…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that period, tensions between the Empire and the Ultras were constantly flaring, and one day, a full-scale assault was launched by one of the Lords of the Ultras .. Gavid Lindman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, Carmen Starlight would have died had it not been for Abraham intervening and saving her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He utterly crushed Gavid Lindman, and the latter barely managed to escape with his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That event forged a strange bond between my father and Carmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bond that was... suspiciously friendly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me wonder .. what kind of woman had Carmen been before I ever truly knew her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially considering she already had a child...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, I saw a memory of my father's where Carmen had invited him to her house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked in with a blank face as I watched the scene unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they entered, Carmen fiddled with a few bottles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about a drink, Abraham?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding bottles of fine liquor, her intentions were painfully obvious ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but my father simply shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, thank you. I don't drink.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the father I knew !\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a man so upright it almost hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His polite refusal made Carmen pout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turning down an offer from an older lady, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling slightly, my father played along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never said I wouldn't drink with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We could always have tea instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow~ The great Abraham Starlight who toppled an entire family... a tea-lover?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You sound like an old man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't the monster I'd seen that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a simple young man, carrying the weight of years he hadn't even lived yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen was much older than him, yet she didn't feel that gap at all when she was around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all her grumbling, she honored his request and went rummaging through her kitchen for tea supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father watched her with a soft smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem... different here, at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Different? How?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're more like a housewife than the fierce warrior I once knew... Peaceful, and unguarded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, Carmen stiffened for a moment ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>realizing she was alone with a man who could crush her easily if he wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I... need to keep my guard up against you, Abraham?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughing, he pointed to the tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm just an old man who drinks tea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Carmen laughed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smooth talker, huh? Abraham Starlight...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're going to cause a lot of trouble for the ladies outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the atmosphere between my father and Carmen grew more... heated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood there, gripping my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was my father really this good at talking to women?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When? How?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did my mother even know what was going on here?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't want to watch anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt so wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please stop... I don't want to see this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, my father managed to control himself till the very end and avoided a catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled in relief as the memory continued...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment there,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost thought Carmen might have been my mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, surprisingly, the Starlight Family didn't hold any grudges against my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan Starlight was a sharp man, and he realized Abraham could become an incredible asset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they both bore the Starlight blood ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if one came from a branch family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan was terminally ill at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sons were unfit to inherit the title of Lord, and that left only one contender ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his ambitious younger brother, Leonides Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonides had lost to Izan in the past, but now he sought the position once again after learning about his brother's illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Izan had other ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future of the Starlight Family wasn't in his sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was it in his selfish brother, whose only loyalty was to power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw it instead ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in that miraculous young man who had appeared from nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan didn't care about origins or background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Abraham had Starlight blood was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, my father didn't seem particularly interested in the family from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Izan Starlight was a smart man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He helped me countless times without asking for anything in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I truly respected him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father knew the old man wanted something from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't resent it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even realizing it, he learned much from Izan ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and benefited greatly from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight slowly but surely became the Starlight Family's deadliest hidden weapon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>without even knowing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, as his fame continued to spread, my father tried desperately to send us a signal ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he appeared publicly ..whether during speeches in front of large crowds, or in broadcasts meant to be seen by all ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he always tried to reach out to us, using words and phrases only we would recognize, or gestures only we could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small things...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but enough to make my heart ache for the days we lived together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was all in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For years .. no matter how hard he tried ..he received no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His repeated failures made him doubt whether we were even in the same world to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I often wondered... if I was the only one who reincarnated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the only one granted a second chance at life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no proof of our existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only evidence he clung to was the story he once heard from me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the Engineer's words, who had told him his son was \"on the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the time, I convinced myself... maybe I'd see you all someday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it just wasn't time yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if he grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he completed all the system's missions to the end ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe then he would finally meet us again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And during that time, so much happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abraham! Fight me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young lord of the Moonlight Family, Drogo Moonlight—Seris' father—would often come to challenge him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, both my father and Drogo were SS+ ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a golden age, with three SS+ level individuals in the Empire if you included Emperor Maekar Valerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw Drogo lose to my father again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He challenged him ten times ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and lost ten times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father's fame only grew and grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And little by little...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight became part of that world, without even realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after living thirty full years there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty years spent searching for his family...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and yet, he never found us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One day... I felt so hopeless, I wondered if maybe you were on the other side of the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't found us within the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he started to believe that maybe...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just maybe, we were in the Ultras Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a reckless idea, without a shred of proof ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I set off for that place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legends of Abraham Starlight were countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day he invaded the Ultras Continent ...alone.\u003C\u002Fp>",1748,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef3fcc7d6034f5ba23a29dc9fe7e61a2e5a5725ba9482492f4a6cfc032d419d8","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-229","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-227",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]