[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each":3,"chapter-villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-chapter-32":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Villainess X Villain: They are obsessed with each other!",{"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},1873814,2480,"Chapter 32 -: 31 Pretend to be kind.","villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>Julius let out a long sigh as he walked side by side with Rosalina toward the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her cuteness is really hard to resist, right?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands were in his pockets. They walked close together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina stayed quiet. Her face looked blank and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inside, her mind was a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I never thought I would let her call me mommy,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When I said I wanted to meet Rosel, it was only to make sure the girl wasn’t really Julius’s daughter by blood.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But the moment I saw her... I couldn’t say no. Just looking at her face made my chest hurt so much.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And now it’s even worse. I need to find a good excuse to explain this to everyone,’ she thought with a small frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My father, that old fart, if my excuse is weak, even a little, he will explode with anger.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But if I give him a solid reason, he won’t dare push me out of the family succession fight.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He knows I could take revenge on the whole family if he tries.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And the elders too. Before I left for the academy, some of them were already loyal to me. I can still cover my tracks.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rose?\" Julius’s voice suddenly broke her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been talking the whole time, but she wasn’t listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you still don’t trust me,\" he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought her cold silence was because she was still suspicious of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you won’t regret choosing me,\" he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice became firm and honest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will stay with you for the rest of my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will support you in everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina’s lips moved just a tiny bit. She didn’t look at him. She kept staring straight ahead and stayed silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Haa... our situation is so messed up,’ she thought bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If things were normal, we would already be a real couple.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’We could have enjoyed these academy days together, laughing and being close.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I swear... that old man will pay one day. And his whole family will die by my hands.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept walking, face still blank on the outside. But inside, her anger burned quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius glanced at her from the side. He didn’t say anything more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just smiled a little, happy to walk next to her, even if she was quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking in silence for a while, Julius spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you’re running for student council president,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina nodded once. \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure you can win?\" Julius asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered clearly from the original TST : Rosalina had lost the election to Alia Ruth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, when the hero entered the academy, things got even worse for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the hero had already charmed Alia and turned her against Rosalina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina stayed quiet for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she answered honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest... I’m not that confident,\" she admitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That girl is kind. Everyone likes her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not kind. And I can’t pretend to be, either. It’s not who I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius clicked his tongue inside his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She really sucks at being evil,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then learn how to pretend,\" he said out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina turned her head and looked at him. \"What do you mean? Do I really need to pretend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked uncomfortable. Julius understood why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is her biggest weakness as a villain.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In the original TST, Rose was smart and very powerful. But she had no talent for scheming or faking emotions.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That was exactly why the past me, the villain Julius, was able to kill her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth at the memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In TST, the hero had tricked me in his 40th regression.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Because of that trick, Julius of that time ended up killing Rose himself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was partly his own fault for falling into the hero’s trap. But the truth was deeper.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The hero had regressed 30 times before that point.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In every single loop, Julius had broken the hero’s plans and killed him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The hero only won once he learned how to scheme better than anyone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Scheming was the key.’ His thoughts continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If Rose could learn even a little of it, if she could pretend, act kind when needed, hide her true thoughts....’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t have to become a completely different person,\" Julius said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you want to win this election, and if you want to stay safe later, you need to show people what they want to see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smile when you don’t feel like it. Say nice things even if you don’t mean them. Act like you care about everyone. Just for a little while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sounds... fake. Weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius stopped walking for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to face her fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not weak,\" he said with a serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A good person doesn’t need to pretend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a bad person? They need it every single time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina’s face turned serious. She glanced at him with cold eyes. \"Are you saying I’m not a good person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius didn’t look bothered at all. He met her gaze straight on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. You and I are the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one way or another, we would both do bad things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then asked a question. \"For example... imagine the worst situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can save the one person you love most in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But to do it, you have to kill a million people with your own hands. Would you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina didn’t answer right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside her mind, the truth came fast and clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’For me... my most beloved is you, Julius.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if it were a billion people... I would kill them all without blinking.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In the end, nothing matters more than you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked back at him. Her voice was calm and steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. I would.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius leaned a little closer. His eyes softened, but his voice stayed firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But a hero wouldn’t. They would let their beloved die to save the million. That’s the difference.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a small, honest smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Believe me... my most beloved is you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would do anything, everything, to save you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightened up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So in this way... we are similar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosalina’s cheeks turned a light red from his bold words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly pinched the back of her left hand, hard, to calm herself down. The small pain helped her keep her face steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius kept looking at her gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, what matters most is that you love me for who I really am,\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But right now... you don’t love me like that yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that’s okay. Because I love you with my whole being.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks turned even brighter red. She looked away, trying to hide it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius continued in a soft but sure voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if you think your most beloved person can accept you exactly as you are...then everything in this world will be fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused for a second, then spoke with full confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, pretend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretend to be kind starting from today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leave everything else to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes shone with determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because in the end... I will make you win this election.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1196,"2026-06-10T05:56:21.839Z",1,"novelbin.me","f1834cbd0a220f37e6846cfe4eea1d1a974cf8b1986c2fad6249009f60b51b64","villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-chapter-33","villainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-chapter-31",220,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fvillainess-x-villain-they-are-obsessed-with-each-cover.jpg"]