[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-460":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},336547,598,"Chapter 460: The Edge of War","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-460",460,"\u003Cp>The Belgrade Summit had come to an end, and the final touches had already been made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, it could be said that Frey and his companions were standing at the edge of the point of no return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the close of the summit, a strange moment unfolded between Uriel Platini and Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Saintess candidate appeared to open her heart to him, making a mysterious and personal request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted him to save her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from what, exactly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey didn’t know the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he promised to grant her wish .. adding yet another burden to the many he already carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that it bothered Lord Starlight much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those shoulders of his had long grown used to such weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their conversation had been smooth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what followed at the end was undeniably odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, Uriel suddenly stepped away, her hands trembling without her even realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Frey’s confused gaze, she struggled to find the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What did I just see?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a vision? A hallucination?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or as that masked figure had said... a nightmare?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had come the moment she touched Frey .. something had clearly triggered between them. And the experience felt far too real, like something she had actually lived through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That masked man... was it truly Frey?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... what he might become?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel questioned the future of the boy standing before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she quickly rejected the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That couldn’t have been Frey... it’s impossible.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to convince herself .. just as Frey approached her once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her reaction earlier had left him full of questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped closer and reached out his hand .. A simple gesture, meant with only good intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel knew that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t help but recoil from that handn.. the same one where she had seen his shadow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow of a blood-soaked monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She apologized, though Frey had no idea why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He replied gently, then instinctively activated the Affection System to read her thoughts ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to be met with confusion... and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly had happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get the chance to find out—because, as expected, they were interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, well... Uriel Platini,\" she said with a teasing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you knew how to seize an opportunity when I saw you alone with him. But look at you now, throwing it all away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chuckled and casually took her place at Frey’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been watching from the beginning .. Choosing not to step in, as though she had known this would happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See you later, Frey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uriel didn’t bother responding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she hated leaving things like this with Frey, walking away now was the best decision she could make...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least until she could process what she had seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey asked, turning toward Sansa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She simply couldn’t handle your darkness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Handle what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey didn’t understand what she meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn’t know .. was that Sansa, too, had seen a different side of him for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen that same masked monster, wreathed in flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike Uriel, it didn’t shake her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if you turn into a beast who lives off the blood of your victims... nothing will change.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where Uriel was pure and gentle, Sansa was the opposite ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creature who carried enough darkness inside her to walk that path alongside him... all the way to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it. Let’s just get out of here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, she pulled him along ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey left the royal hall behind, and the curtain fell on the summit for good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Frey Starlight’s Pov –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed quickly after the summit ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spent the past few days split between intense training... and occasional moments with my sister Ada, or with Sansa .. whose face I’d been seeing more and more lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last few days, the first fleet set to cross the Demonic Sea toward enemy territory had officially been formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few months, scattered skirmishes had erupted between the Empire and the Ultras...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the battle about to begin now was something entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand warriors from the great noble families, The Empire’s finest fighters..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by the suicide squad I was now a part of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our departure point had been set: the western port of Winterfell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was there that I saw my sister Ada rushing around in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Aegon held the title of Supreme Commander of the war council,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Ada who had taken on most of the work as his deputy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Preparing the army, managing its structure and logistics .. All of it had fallen to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was exactly where she shined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In record time, Ada had managed to organize an army of ten thousand soldiers ... Perfectly, without a single mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair was tied back in a ponytail as she moved tirelessly from one facility to the next, checking on various units without rest, while I followed behind her alongside Carmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen had been glued to her side around the clock—at my request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me, I only stopped by from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when I saw my sister shouting in the face of a man over two meters tall, built like a tank, and radiating S-rank aura pressure...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I finally understood why Sir Alon had appointed her as the Supreme Commander’s deputy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the fact that man was a veteran warrior and one of the noble family leaders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did nothing but bow his head to Ada, apologizing for his mistakes ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in his eyes, I saw genuine respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same respect I saw from most of the soldiers gathered here at the Winterfell harbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s truly incredible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing beside Carmen, the two of us watched her from afar as she worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen, who had observed my sister longer than I had, had already come to appreciate her brilliance long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first, I had to step in myself just to get the soldiers to follow her. Ada Starlight, a D-rank girl who appeared out of nowhere, barking orders at them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But somehow, she turned things around in no time .. Now they follow her without question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She possessed a unique kind of charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A charisma that drew people in effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suppose she was born to lead. Unlike me .. I was born to crawl through the dirt of enemy lands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chuckled softly, and Carmen did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each of you is special in your own way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds like you’ve started favoring her over me. Wasn’t I the one who caught your attention back then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled, recalling the early days in the Starlight family ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when Carmen had saved me from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We had come a long way since then.\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","84cc448b76de3ef2094f90791e352e69e77998e0cf4058655f323631c86a70cf","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-461","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-459",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]