[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-459":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},336546,598,"Chapter 459: The Promise (3)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-459",459,"\u003Cp>To live your entire life following a fate written for you by someone else...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was familiar with the idea .. and I hated it more than anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this destiny something the Lord of Light set for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel nodded. In that moment, I began to realize I wasn’t the only one whose fate was manipulated by the beings above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, it wasn’t just Uriel. Even Snow... and most of the church, who followed the Lord of Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras who followed the whims of demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Engineer, who played with me—and so many others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I thought about it like that, we were no different from chess pieces on a massive board, moved however those players above wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it that way... I couldn’t help but feel suffocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This life was like a glass cage, trapping us all inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Uriel was one of its prisoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see you hate it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I do. That so-called destiny you follow blindly may very well lead you to your grave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, here she was... about to march with us at the frontlines of the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a death sentence written across the sky .. And all because she was chosen by that wretched being, the so-called Lord of Light, revered and worshipped here as a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel didn’t deserve such a fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not by any means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, Uriel grabbed my hand and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you be sad if I died, Frey?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her question was strange... childish... and cursed, to the point that I felt as if it might really happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... I might even cry for you, if it ever came to that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? I didn’t expect you to go that far for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel smiled, wearing that polite, practiced smile she showed most people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason, I saw something different in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember, Frey, the promise you made to me that day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke of the countless times she had saved me before, pulling my ass out of life-or-death situations more times than I could count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember. I promised I’d do anything you asked. No matter what it was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... so you were serious about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few seconds, silence fell between us as she tightened her grip on my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was weighing on her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t acting like herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to say something, but she hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, I gave her that final push she needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping her hand, I stepped closer, making the moment between us look awkward to anyone watching from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if your god leads you down a path to your death, know this .. I won’t let it happen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wherever you are in this world, I’ll rush to you. I’ll find you. And I’ll fight the entire world if I have to. So don’t hesitate. Speak your wish, and I’ll grant it ..no matter what it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Uriel was surprised, showing an expression she rarely revealed to anyone. Then, she laughed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve become quite the smooth talker, Frey. You’ve really grown during the time we’ve been apart...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowering her head, she could no longer meet my eyes .. not when we were standing this close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve become... a wonderful man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her last words came out faintly, followed directly by her request, giving me no chance to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I found myself facing a request I never expected from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey... Just once, for once in my life, I want you to come for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the time comes, I want you to save me, just once. I know I sound selfish right now... but please, promise me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Promise me, Frey... promise me you’ll come for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Uriel voiced her request ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saving me so many times without ever asking for anything in return,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now was the time for me to be the one to save her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this request...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t something I had ever expected from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for some reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t feel like she was talking about the Ultras or the coming war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted me to save her... but from what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hesitated for a moment, wondering if it was right to promise her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make a promise I wasn’t sure I could keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was Uriel .. Someone I was willing to go to any lengths for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I promise. I’ll be there for you .. not just once, but as many times as it takes. So it’s okay to be a little selfish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deserved that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she asked for the craziest, most impossible thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would never call her selfish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the answer she longed for, I saw happiness light up her face, if only for a moment, as she held onto me without even realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a look full of emotion I couldn’t quite define, she stared at me, tightening her grip on my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, in that moment, something strange happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something only Uriel experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the royal hall where the Belgrade Summit was held, Frey and Uriel stood, holding each other’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were so close they seemed like they were about to embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel was truly happy in that moment .. he had just spoken the words she had longed to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in that moment of pure emotion, where her affection had grown stronger, raising her affection points higher than ever...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something strange happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From between their clasped hands, a violet spark suddenly burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It passed through Frey and struck the Saintess candidate, sending a wave of nausea through her that made her stumble. Frey immediately caught her before she fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel couldn’t understand what she was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Frey standing before her was still the same...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His white hair, now grown longer, and the maturing features that had begun to take shape on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that mysterious aura around him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was alluring to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what she saw for a fleeting moment, but in the next moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality flipped upside down, and the scene before her changed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she stood in the midst of blazing flames and scattered corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still there .. with Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destruction was the only word to describe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the heart of death and despair, Uriel saw countless dead faces strewn across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one particular corpse caught her attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what she saw froze her in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead girl lying there...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel’s body, slaughtered in the most brutal way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Backing away in fear, she tried to run, clinging to her only hope in that nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed his hand once more .. but it wasn’t the warm hand from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold, lifeless... and cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand stained with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she raised her eyes to him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized her mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the Frey she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing a strange black mask and clad in a jet-black armor, holding a sword unlike anything she had ever seen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey was drenched in blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the blood of all the dead surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s alright, Uriel,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a voice she had never heard from him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just a nightmare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single touch, he brought her back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a bad dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words echoed in her ears...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel found herself back in the royal hall, staring at the Frey she loved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his dark eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw his shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And instinctively, she took a step back ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripped by a feeling she never thought she would have for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>",1290,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","39bd0e8e62edec4b64a3132ef3a8c0080f562a9a120a556f37200df96f022319","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-460","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-458",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]