(A/N: Their relationship dynamic progresses and doesn't stay exactly like it is in the start)

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.

Before I knew it, daytime had already arrived, and not just that, but I was lying next to Evelina, her body neatly covered by the sheets.


I felt a pang of pain spike through my head, the effects of both the succubus's energy and the heat of the moment from last night overwhelming my mind completely.


I stood up from the bed and checked myself in front of her mirror, seeing a bitemark just on my shoulder, easily covered by the academy uniform.


Even if my head was fuzzy, the events that transpired last night were obvious.


I laughed, leaning over a desk as I ran a hand through my hair.


A feeling I would have never expected to come from me, especially after being so close to her.


Being unable to remember what could have been the best time of my life?


Chapter 57 - Something Official...?