(A/N: Their relationship dynamic progresses and doesn't stay exactly like it is at the start (The one-sided love doesn't last long). Pacing is also relatively fast at the start, but slows down in the future in romance arcs.)

In his old life, he was an assassin, invisible, efficient, and utterly alone.
His only escape came from the pages of a fantasy novel, Crown of Thorns, and the character no one else seemed to understand: Lady Evelina D’Arclight, the proud and brilliant villainess fated to lose everything.

After his death, he wakes up inside that very story, not as a hero, but as Cael Arden, a student at Eryndor Royal Academy. The world is just as he remembers it, right down to the woman destined to fall.

But this time, he’s not a bystander.
With a lifetime of deadly skills and the knowledge of what’s to come, Cael sets out to rewrite the story itself, to protect Evelina, rise through the academy’s ruthless hierarchy, and change a fate written in stone.

As alliances form and secrets surface, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur.
And in a world built on power and prophecy, he’ll prove that even a villainess deserves her happy ending.

Evelina laughed as she entered the academy grounds from her assigned post near the edge of the academy's great forest.


And she knew she had to make an entrance.


Dozens of lances appeared behind her like a halo of death, spinning like bullets from a revolver's cylinder, all waiting to be fired and eliminate their targets with near-perfect accuracy.


She drew power not only from darkyte but also from her contract with a succubus and the essence she had taken from me.


And it didn't take long for her first target to appear.


Two professors, both of them ice mages. 


The two professors immediately took positions beside each other, making sure to cover each other's blind spots as they prepared.


But no amount of preparation could make them survive what will happen next.


Chapter 95 - The Hunt (3)