[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-448":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},336735,598,"Chapter 448: A Demon’s Embrace","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-448",448,"\u003Cp>Looking at her with tired eyes, I found myself losing all strength in her embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting her do whatever she wished with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a gentle smile, she continued holding me close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Life has never been kind to you, my dear Frey... This is the first time I’ve ever seen you break like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m tired, Sansa. I’m tired, and I can’t keep going anymore. This life has taken so much from me... all that’s left inside is emptiness, alongside a burning flame that keeps devouring me. And I don’t know where to unleash this searing fire...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to every word I spoke ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa held on to me even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn’t you let me finish it?\" she asked softly. \"I could’ve given him a merciful death. Then you wouldn’t have needed to stain your hands with your closest friend’s blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, I found myself laughing again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really had tried to end it instead of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I never allowed her to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to Danzo was my fault. Mine alone... and the responsibility is mine to bear. No one else’s.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, Frey? Why do you torture yourself like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I’m a sinner. And this is my punishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it means losing yourself... and surrendering to the fate you’ve been running from all this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I lay down on the bed beside Sansa,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at the ceiling, lying on my back, while she lay beside me, gazing at my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me, Frey... would you die with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that strange question, I turned toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die... with you?\" I asked unconsciously, and she nodded softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at me. I’m a filthy demon who finds pleasure in the suffering of others. Even your agony right now, tearing you apart, I find it enticing... and beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing her hand over my face, Sansa smiled warmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For me... I’ve already lost everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the world, Sansa Valerion is already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there are still some eyes that see me as I truly am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cold fingers wiped my tired eyes, and she let out a light laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the only reason I keep going, Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when I’m a filthy demon contradicting all that is alive...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if you ever find yourself unable to go on .. If life tortures you beyond what you can bear .. Then let’s die together !\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can drown us both in my shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll die at the same moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A peaceful, gentle death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An escape from the horrors of this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die together...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I repeated quietly... and smiled as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she said really did sound beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>free\\NovelBin.c o(m)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A perfect escape from all this suffering and torment that had torn me apart until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We could do it someday... somewhere far away, where no one can see us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, I followed along with her suicidal thoughts, causing her to nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someday... but not today, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just stayed silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying now, here with Sansa...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that even possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, the Engineer would never allow me to die. So there was no point in even trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason, I felt that wasn’t the real answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t die, can you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if seeing right through me, Sansa spoke quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though she had known this from the very start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s only natural, Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You still have so much left to live for...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much, really...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you talking about?\" I asked, trying to deny her words, but she was already several steps ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have your sister, Ada.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have other friends .. just as precious as the one you killed with your own hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have a dark fate waiting for you in the future, and a destiny you’ll battle against, trying to change it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have so many things that keep you from dying, don’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stayed silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I couldn’t deny her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I lied to myself, claiming the Engineer wouldn’t let me die...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t lie to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because deep down, somewhere within me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I refused it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I refused to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then live, Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as you’ve always done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the future still holds tragedies far darker and crueler than anything you’ve faced before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you’ll endure. And you’ll keep moving forward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Sansa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll suffer greatly, Frey. But at the very least... you won’t be alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll be with you, always. I’ll be your strength .. and your demon who torments your enemies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ultras? Let’s kill them all! Let’s go to the battlefield and slaughter them one by one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll keep moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if one day, you decide you can’t go on any longer ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you can reconsider my earlier offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying together in the end wouldn’t be so bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But let’s find a beautiful place for that, shall we?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t want to die in the middle of a battlefield, covered in blood from head to toe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa kept talking without pause, pouring out all her wild thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suppose, in her own way, she was getting back at me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I had unloaded all my misery on her these past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hearing her ridiculous talk about suicide now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found myself laughing unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trembling that had overtaken me eased slightly, And for a brief moment, I regained a part of myself that I thought I had lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really are a demon, Sansa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps others saw her as nothing but a filthy creature, spreading death wherever she went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to me... she was like a sedative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calming presence that kept me whole through the darkest nights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was truly grateful to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of her ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could still keep going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed she could see my thoughts clearly, Because she smiled at me and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally... you should really stop showing me this weak side of yours. Otherwise, you won’t like what I’ll do next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to her playful warning, I could only sigh and smile at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lady...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, I realized how tightly Sansa was holding onto me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying side by side, she wrapped me in a firm embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not running away this time...\" she whispered, as we slowly drew closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I replied softly, as our breaths intertwined one last time before our lips met for the first time ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bound together in a long, stolen kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa was fierce... as if she had been yearning for this moment for a very, very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she were trying to draw something out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t have the strength to push her away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I simply let her do as she pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so we kissed, passionately, for a long while...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A first kiss, then a second... then a third...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even realizing it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa had become something irreplaceable in my life.\u003C\u002Fp>",1168,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3417b80907761061b441f6ef6d5c26a31c53b8f11fc54483a843e2542505bbc","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-449","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-447",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]