[{"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-4":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},500656,755,"Chapter 4 Distant Memories","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>\"Fuck! Arghh! Dammit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat curled up in a ball, my quivering arms tightly wrapped around my knees as I muttered a string of curses under my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no one in particular I was cursing, just my rotten luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can't be happening! This can't be real!\" I blurted out, gripping my hair in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I was veering toward denial, but could anyone really blame me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not every single day you discover that the world you live in is a fabricated reality from a video game, and you're a third-rate villain destined for all kinds of gruesome deaths!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I vehemently shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is crazy! What are the odds I didn't just hallucinate an alternate life while I was on the brink of death? Maybe it was all just a fever dream! Maybe I'm simply losing my mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Certainly, losing my mind would be a preferable scenario to what was actually happening to me right now. However, even as I voiced these thoughts, I knew how stupid I sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memories of my previous life as Noah didn't feel like an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I seemed to have experienced every tiny emotion and every bit of pain firsthand. It all felt real. Far too real for it to be a mere figment of my imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, I knew that the game I had played was also real – the game that was now my reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, yeah, I couldn't stay in denial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is this even possible, though?\" I took a deep breath, trying to steady my racing thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, I had read my fair share of isekai novels in my previous life – I was somewhat of an otaku myself. But reading about something and living it are two entirely different things!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what I was experiencing was even crazier! I didn't just become the protagonist of the story or the main antagonist. I didn't even become an NPC or a background character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I just had to go and be reborn as a side antagonist with a minor role in the opening act of the game, destined to later turn into a major villain in the second act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, Samael Kaizer Theosbane – in other words, me – met a terrible end in all forty-one of those storylines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I know what anyone would say in this situation — \"You're overreacting. Just avoid the story routes and you'll be fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that's exactly the problem here! I've already made enemies of two of the protagonists – the male lead, Michael Godswill, and the female lead, Lily Elderwing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ughh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just remembering those two leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Anyway, the point is that I'm already on the bad side of the good guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stage was already set, the cogs were in motion, and the main storyline was about to begin in… what, a few days?! Even less?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If only I had regained my memories a little earlier in life, I could have avoided those two entirely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like almost all normal people, I also used to dream about being reborn into my favorite fictional world and living a different life – a better life – as either the protagonist or an extra!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in all those wish-fulfillment fantasies, I reincarnated with my previous life's memories intact from birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How else would I be able to fully exploit my knowledge of the plot? How else would I manipulate future events to my liking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as a wise man once said, reality often does not meet expectations. Here I was as living proof of this adage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was reincarnated into this game world and grew up without my memories. Then I suddenly regained them one day, but not after I had already started walking down the path of villainy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haaa!\" I sighed through gritted teeth, forcing myself to dispel such chaotic thoughts and take a moment of peace. \"Calm down. Think.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crying over what could've been would get me nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in a situation like this where common sense seemed to be defied, I needed to approach everything with a clear, rational mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's focus on the immediate tasks at hand first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I detached the drip from my arm and unclasped the wristband that was being used to monitor my pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp pain shot through my ribs as I got up from the bed, the cool sensation of marble tiles coming in contact with my bare feet feeling a bit ticklish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of vertigo hit me as soon as I stood up straight, making me feel as though I had just woken from a long fever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weakly, I took one step after another, making my way toward the window near the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body felt incredibly light and fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although nothing was broken anymore since I must've been treated by a top-class healer, it seemed the fatigue and mental exhaustion still weighed heavily on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, I had no time to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached the window and slid open a glass panel, letting a gentle breeze flow inside. The cold air stung my skin as I took in the view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towering skyscrapers pierced the heavens, their peaks lost in the gray clouds. Snowflakes sparkled as they drifted down, blanketing the city below in a pristine white mantle of ice and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a beautiful December snowfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets were teeming with people, while above in the air, I spotted a few Awakened soaring through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what truly drew my attention was the colossal wall on the distant horizon. It dwarfed even the tallest skyscraper, stretching impossibly wide and reaching several miles into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the border of the Western Safe-Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wall encircled the entire continent – or what was left of it, at least – allowing nothing in or out without the Monarch or Dukes' permission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skies were also sealed, protected by an invisible force field that not many could penetrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the snow was only falling in this dome because the Western Monarch willed it so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There must have been around three or four cities between where I stood and that majestic wall, yet its imposing presence was easily visible from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a sight indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sight that served as a stark reminder – I was truly inside that wretched game. Despite how surreal it all felt, that fact was undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another poignant sigh escaped my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, I caught my reflection in the window's glass from the corner of my eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning my gaze toward it, I saw long blonde hair gently falling to my broad shoulders, framing a face so stunningly attractive that it seemed to have been chiseled by the very gods themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was tall, with bright golden eyes and a well-toned, athletic body that was neither too muscular nor too slim – just lean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both my ears were pierced, and a tattoo adorned my right forearm. I remembered getting that. One day, I randomly walked into an ink parlor with my friends and picked the first cool design I saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh,\" I mumbled, resisting the urge to face-palm. \"How stupid was I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, I was dressed in a bland white patient gown right now, and while my eyes and cheeks looked a bit sullen, I still had to admit – I was stupidly handsome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never thought about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, don't get me wrong, I always knew I was good-looking. Some would say extremely gorgeous, even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I never gave it much thought. I was just born with this face, you know. It was normal for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I be happy about something I was born with?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I take pride in that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that I remembered my previous life as Noah and how downright ugly I was, I couldn't help but appreciate my current looks in a new light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to be honest, I was right to do so!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This face I possessed could make anything I wear look good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't exaggerating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this ugly patient gown looked decent on me! I could just wrap rags around my waist and make even that work in a fashion show!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haa! And I still got cheated on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... I mean, it kind of was my fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I treated Lily badly, ignored her, always talked about myself, didn't respect her, and had a trashy personality overall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still! Who would cheat on this face?! If I were a girl, I would NEVER leave someone who looked like me–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, what am I even thinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, focus, man. There's no time for nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head to clear the distractions and started properly assessing the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today is December 24th.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only seven days until the new year – or more crucially, until the entrance evaluation exam for Apex Academy, which I had applied to last month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But passing the exam wasn't a concern. With my skills and future knowledge of the test, I knew I could easily ace it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My real issue was with what would come after.\u003C\u002Fp>",1523,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.485Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","7f09189ab8bbdea4b2eacbff203e3d3476e87ec92a594a95243ea8b9696de9ed","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-5","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-3",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]