[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-story":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-story-the-villain-s-story-chapter-229":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain's Story",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},746754,986,"Chapter 229 [229] What They Faced.","the-villain-s-story-chapter-229",229,"\u003Cp>In a lavish room, filled with the colors of silver and gold, lay a grey-haired boy, sulking in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bow lay beside him, as the boy cried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You think you are the only one?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'His' voice was heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood there silently...looking at Henry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure materialized... A golden-haired man wearing a metal mask, and possessing jade green eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat on the bed, whilst looking at the crying boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Our little Henry Fornum, A child who had the trauma of being Talentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child born in the wrong time, in the wrong generation, overshadowed by his siblings...and most importantly his sweet, talented Brother.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said...and I stood still, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To bear the brunt of expectations, Expectations that would be fruitless. His talent overshadowed by the immense talent possessed by his brother, Ezra Fornum.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To have your entire efforts, your hard work all amount to nothing, because of someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would you feel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have the skill you spent so long to master...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, picking up the bow beside Henry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Be mastered within a second by someone else?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bow disappeared into grey light...and He went over to henry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How tragic...right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The trauma of being Talentless. The Trauma of Knowing that no matter what...You will never be recognized for your own efforts because of the presence of someone Greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who overshadows, dominates your effort with pure talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand hours it took one to perform, Mastered by another in a second.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted Henry's crying face, which was hidden in his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You know...right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[544 times...yet no success.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah...I know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery changed. turning to dark...the last thing disappearing being Henry Fornum,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know...Henry never...ever could surpass Ezra...despite doing everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young girl, bound by chains...and a gag placed on her mouth so she could not scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pink haired girl...witnessing horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Serena...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared again...and hs damned voice was heard again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A young girl, Destined for glory, A Talent...daughter of the Head, the HEAD of the association, the strongest Human Organization of Awakened...kidnapped, alongside her mother.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...I stared at her figure...her eyes open due to metallic contraptions that made her watch...'everything'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sight of her helpless mother...the screams of her misery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To watch her own mother, her 'elegant' mother, her beautiful mother, her strong, prideful mother...be raped by demons right in front of her eyes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to see the 'sight.'...but could not look at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My face scrunched up in horror and discomfort as I looked down...unable to witness it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Don't look at that...look at her.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice tempted me to look at the poor child...forced to watch her mother be raped,defiled and tortured in front of her eyes...and being forced to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To see such a thing at such a tender age...such a traumatic event that made her mind go broke...after countless days of torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An event that broke her mind, an event that her brain shut down from her memory...but it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl...Serena Soubuelle...was gone!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held up her face...towards me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken face...the emotionless eyes that still shed tears...and the face devoid of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The trauma of being broken, The trauma of torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That broke the young mind of a girl that even the medicine of this age could not fix it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you like it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smiling mask...as he held up her face...made my heart hurt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Trauma of a Father who couldn't protect his family...and had to watch his daughter go insane...and his wife a 'filthy' mess. And Being unable to fix anything.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery changed...and showed Harrison Soubuelle sitting in a chair, with soulles eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside of a room, and watching His daughter connected to a machine that examined her mental state from a window...and a machine that he himself made for his daughter...for her health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The traumatic experience for a man to lose everything...yet he still tried to be the best father he could be!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harrison's dead eyes...as he ripped his hair apart...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I could have been there...earlier...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pαпdα Йᴏνê|,сòМ [I could have prevented this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...I...I could have saved them.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harrison's voice rung out...and James laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He still tried his best for his daughter even after this, and yet you made excuses to hide yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Thump!* The beating of my heart resounded in my ears...unable to watch this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That is the Trauma of a Man who lost 'everything'.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with bright red hair, a strong physique covered in sweat swung a sword countless times\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah Ardor...the Hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Well...look who we have Here!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James said, laughing as he watched Elijah swing his sword tirelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Hero!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said as he circled Elijah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The protagonist!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice rung throughout the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Hero! The Protagonist! The Brightest Light! The Holiest Light! Celestia's Hero! The one who tried! Hope! The one who opposed Oblivion!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He danced around the room as he yelled out some of Elijah's titles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yet...he couldn't do anything!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To try so hard...but still fail to protect what you wanted to protect!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You know it...right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked me...and I looked at him hate and contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[554 Times! But not a single Win!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He declared as he raised his hands high up in the air... as the flames from Elijah's Swords flared up behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Elijah never won...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Correct!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile creeped me out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[554 times! 554 iterations...and in all of those...not a single win for our poor hero!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah's tired figure fell on his knees...struggling to catch a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He doesn't know it yet..but he will soon...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But even now...he lives with fear of his effort not being enough. Of being weak at the most important time to protect his loved ones!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A fear that was realized to reality.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He failed once.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He failed twice!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He failed thrice!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And continued to fail.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at Elijah,s figure...gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[yet...he was still the hope! He never gave up. Even after crushing defeat so many times...all his strength could measure up to was to provide time!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And yet he still tried. He still tried his best. He never gave up! He never stopped trying.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile widened...and his voice seemed to be close...whispering in my ears even though he was so far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The trauma of being the Hope...but not fulfilling your purpose despite your best efforts.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed...and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Have you ever heard of this? That the Villain has to win only once, Whilst the Hero has to win 'everytime'?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed towards me...the 'villain.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I knew...or thought it was at Aranus who he was referring to...but was I wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In his case...the Villain won every time, And he only had to win once. A victory that was far away, A victory that didn't seem possible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fight against Impossible odds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Sinister laugh...looking down at Elijah...who still continued to train even though I could see his body failing...wanting the sweet release of Rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That is trauma of being the Hope, But never being able to accomplish what you were meant to accomplish. And the responsibility that came with it.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-02T11:57:26.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","d1361bd2fb0549d7a508c84ebcd46db8ce083b2345d59b3c31e8b09ebb4492a9","the-villain-s-story-chapter-230","the-villain-s-story-chapter-228",910,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-story-cover.jpg"]