(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.

We left the building in a rush, keeping to the shadows and beside buildings to hide our presence as we sprinted to our next hideout.


"Live a little, kev," I replied without looking behind and continued to sprint. "What's the fun in being so overly strategic?"


I laughed, but as always, Kevin just followed his master without another complaint; he was quite the opposite of Vivianne.


All around us, the entire academy had returned to a state of war; instead of students hunting professors for points, the students were now the ones being hunted by the professors.


I guess I could call it the circle of life...


A huge row of spikes suddenly rose up from below, cleaving the building we were sprinting behind in half.


It narrowly missed Kevin, luckily enough, only ripping some part of his uniform.


Chapter 98 - A Reunion With Evelina...?