(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.

Not smoothly, not gracefully, but with raw, mechanical force as the rotors roared to life and the entire hull trembled like a dragon shaking itself awake.


The ramp snapped shut beneath us with a heavy clang, sealing the cabin as steam hissed violently through the pipes lining the walls, the pressure shifting and my stomach dropping for a brief moment as the ground beneath us gave way.


Through the window, the academy shrank rapidly, buildings turning into shapes, shapes into patterns, until soon it was just a blur beneath a sea of clouds.


Marcellus leaned back into his seat, gripping the armrest just a little tighter than he probably intended. "…This feels different than using flying discs."


Julius smirked faintly, repeating his previous words.


Chapter 185 - An Elven Ambush!?