[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam":3,"chapter-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-188":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Young Master's PoV: Woke Up As A Villain In A Game One Day",{"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},500640,755,"Chapter 188: Isn't That What You Wished For? [I]","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-188",188,"\u003Cp>In one of the entertainment districts on the Ascent Isles — one of the few where even first-years were allowed — a young couple was strolling through the upper floor of Skylight Galleria, the largest mall on this floating island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy was tall and striking, with rusty red hair and a rugged yet refined appearance that suggested not only he was rich but also tough. An ever-present brooding expression was plastered on his sharp face — just what appealed to many young women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept stealing glances at the girl beside him — a petite beauty with a cute face and long, strawberry-blonde curls cascading down her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore high-waisted jean shorts and a cropped off-shoulder sweater in pale pink, matching the gloss on her lips. She wanted to look comfortable, casual, and effortless — while still impressing the boy next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though that boy wasn't really her boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't technically a date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't actually a couple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet, anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she hoped that would change. Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them chatted easily, the girl laughing a little too hard at the boy's jokes and playfully touching his arm. Each time, he looked away to hide how flustered he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sweet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was charming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…It was nauseating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, for someone like Juliana Vox Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-haired girl was walking behind the not-quite-couple, easily mixing in with the crowd, observing her targets with the clinical detachment of a biologist studying the mating rituals of lesser creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're like a walking romcom cliché,\" she muttered to herself. \"I can practically see how their relationship will end. It's so hard to watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it really was hard to watch — for someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan, walking beside Juliana, looked seconds away from sobbing. He clutched his chest like he'd just been stabbed in the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the couple in the spotlight were none other than Viktor and Irina — his two childhood friends. His crush and his best friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana scoffed at something painfully corny Irina said to Viktor, then turned to the wounded puppy of a young man beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure you want that girl?\" she asked, raising a pale brow. \"I could introduce you to someone way better. Someone actually compatible with you. It would save both our time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan gawked at her, eyes wide with disbelief. \"Are you saying I'm that hopelessly out of Irina's league?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana blinked. \"Ivan, buddy… you should know by now — I say what's on my mind. Do you really want me to answer that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan made a sound that was halfway between a scoff and a whimper. \"...Wow. You know, I thought I'd never say this to anyone, but you're actually harsher than Samael. Is every Westerner like you two?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana gave a mock gasp in exaggerated offense. \"How dare you compare me to my egomaniac Young Master. I actually have tact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan raised a skeptical brow. \"You just told me I was out of my crush's league and offered to set me up with someone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shrugged, unapologetic. \"Exactly. Tact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without waiting for Ivan, she turned around and started walking away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come,\" she said over her shoulder like you'd call a pup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan frowned and followed reluctantly. \"Wait, aren't we going to watch them for a bit more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana kept walking and gave him a weird look. \"Is watching the love of your life with some other man pleasing you, Ivan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan groaned, dragging his feet as he trailed after her. \"No, but it's like ripping off a bandage, okay? I need to see it. Internalize it. Grieve. Then maybe I can stop being so sad about them all the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana didn't stop. \"Sounds like masochism. I can recommend you a good therapist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go see them yourself!\" He exclaimed and caught up to her. \"And wasn't the whole point of this was for you to study them — whatever that means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana glanced at him sidelong. \"It was. And I did. Now let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>•••\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were on Samael's apartment balcony now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana had donned a one-piece bikini and was sitting in the jacuzzi, relaxing with her eyes closed and head tilted back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her one hand was a lit cigarette. In the other, a… smoothie. A weird combo, but Ivan didn't comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was standing far, far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was flushed red for whatever reason, looking anywhere but in the direction of the jacuzzi tub — until her voice came:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, Ivan, I'll be honest with you. You're not her type.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan practically threw himself off the railing. \"Thank you so much for giving me this crucial insight! Honestly, I didn't notice this fact despite being her friend for, what is it? Oh right, the last sixteen years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana opened one eye, lazily exhaling a stream of smoke. \"Then why are you still simping over her like it's your full-time job?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan looked like he was about to combust. \"Because feelings don't disappear just because they're inconvenient, you emotionless robot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hummed, amused, and took a sip of her smoothie. \"No need to get dramatic. I'm trying to help you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By rubbing salt into my wounds?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By pouring bleach on them so you don't get emotionally gangrenous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave her a deadpan look. \"Again, you and Samael really are cut from the same cloth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana arched a brow. \"Please. If I were him, you'd be on fire right now, and he'd be explaining why it was for your character development.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan paused. Then started crying into his hands. \"Oh my god, it's hopeless, isn't it?! Even you can't help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana sighed and took a puff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, she was rather amused at this point. And it had been a long time since she felt this entertained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around two weeks had passed since Samael practically dumped Ivan into her capable hands and gave her the impossible task of grooming him into a ladykiller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Juliana was irritated. After all, work like this was beneath her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only because of how easy it was, but because meddling in other people's love lives felt more exhausting than plotting a homicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, in the second scenario she got to stab something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Samael had insisted. He even offered to pay in Essence Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Juliana had taken it on — partly out of curiosity, partly out of boredom, and maybe, just maybe, because she needed a distraction from her own emotional hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that she'd ever admit it, but she had a lot of stuff on her mind. Most of it related to Samael, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had changed. Too much. And she hadn't even noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many things about him that confused her — mainly, when did he change to this extent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after thinking about it for a while, she realized she had started sensing that shift ever since he woke up in that hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since that fight with Michael Godswill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, she noticed a few things about him. The look in his eyes had matured. He looked more focused. More put-together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She expected him to be furious. Vengeful even, after being beaten down by a commoner. After what that girlfriend of his — Lily Elderwing — did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead, he looked calm. Composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered thinking it was as if he'd had an epiphany. Like he was still the same person, but now with a new kind of resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His recklessness hadn't disappeared, exactly. After all, he still challenged his father in a Rite of Valor and sent their jet into a nosedive on the way to the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laziness and laid-back demeanor hadn't vanished either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...But the flavor had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His recklessness felt calculated now. As if even when he dove headfirst into chaos, he already knew how deep the water ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his laziness no longer felt like the indolence of a spoiled noble. It was like a panther lounging on a branch — relaxed, but always ready to pounce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what bothered Juliana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd known Samael Theosbane her entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew the sharp edges of his arrogance, the rot behind his charm, the way his smile was always just a little too sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sweet little boy she once knew had grown into a shallow man. Idiotically pathetic. Easy to read. Power without direction. Wasted potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now… now there were new layers. New depths. Thoughts she couldn't read. Things she didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was hiding something. Not just from the world. From her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she hated that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if there was one person in this world she thought she understood — it was him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the one person who couldn't surprise her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one changed this fast. This profoundly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could understand if, after getting that beating, he wanted to turn his life around. So maybe he started working toward it — bit by bit, gradually becoming someone better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his change was instant. Like a snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then there were the things he just… knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That conversation he had with Rexerd was revealing. Too revealing. Like Samael already knew everything that man had spent his lifetime hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then there was the fact that he managed to outsmart her so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pride still hadn't recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite herself, she was intrigued. By his genius. By his mystery. By whatever secret he was trying to keep buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, unfortunately, she couldn't act on that curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not now, at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she'd play by his rules for a while. Gain his trust. See if he was serious about his deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she'd decide what to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because one more thing she'd never admit aloud — but had absolutely realized — was that Samael Kaizer Theosbane, despite all the masks he wore… was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too dangerous to face without proper planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still remembered how she felt when he revealed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How she'd been dancing in the palm of his hand the whole time. How even her own schemes had been nothing more than parts of his grand design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How she had moved exactly the way he wanted her to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was… terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had felt fear — real, bone-deep fear. Cold, sinking, and unfamiliar. The kind she hadn't tasted in years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also… thrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, intoxicating thrill that outmatched anything she'd ever felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More thrill than manipulating her victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More thrill than having complete control over someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this thrill didn't come from power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came from competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From playing the game with someone who matched her move for move. Someone she couldn't predict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who was… an equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she lost, it had been exhilarating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, more than anything, she wanted to know:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that so-called 'equal'… be taken down?\u003C\u002Fp>",1806,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b1255c00670edcfd56eff3c554b9b7facd699588a8edf1d253160db430a1163","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-189","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-187",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]