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An Important Villain Is he okay?
A beautiful golden dome. That's what Arthur's barrier looked like from the outside. Even in the middle of the night, it was shining brighter than the sun during the day. Inside the shield, the tired knights and villagers gathered up together in one place and enjoyed their dinner together. Although they were in the middle of a vicious battle with the monsters, the momentary peace and quiet calmed their soul.Arthur came back after putting up the shield and was quietly standing guard a few feet away from Ian and the kids. The people from Arthur's party all stood quietly behind him since they didn't know what else to do."Brother..""They keep staring.."Ash and Louid whispered one after the other as they took a peak at Arthur. Ian was currently busy preparing their dinner and avoiding the intruders. The intruders being Arthur and his party, and Miss Rianne and her people. Just on the opposite side from Arthur, Rianne was also quietly helping her people make dinner while frequently ta
An Important Villain In need of help!
'Why is your soul in such a unsteady state? You okay?'The Phoenix asked as it felt the tremor in Ian's soul. He was worried since Ian was blocking him from reading his mind so he didn't know what Ian was thinking.It wasn't exactly Ian's doing either. Whenever he thought about the novel, an invisible barrier would appear automatically over his thoughts and block everyone out. Ian assumed that it probably had something to do with the change in dimensions and didn't pry further. But at times like these, he'd feel a stronger connection to Noah than Ian, the person he was compared to the one he is now. 'I'm fine. Just a little overwhelmed I guess?'Ian wondered to himself as he answered the Phoenix. After Ian was done serving food for Arthur, that guy started helping Ian serve food to everyone using his wind. Everything was over in a second before Ian even realized what was happening."Thanks..."Ian plopped down near the kids since he had nothing more to do and started eating his dinn
An Important Villain An Unknown Enemy
"There. Please enjoy."Ian stepped back after handing over a huge amount of food to Rianne and wished her a nice dinner before he returned back to his seat."Is that a space ring?""Hm? Oh yes."Erza asked, curious. She had never seen one before in her life. The only time she heard about them was when reading a history book. They were pretty hard to find and could be counted with one's fingers. "The food stored remained hot?"She asked, naturally curious."Yes. Hot remains hot and Ice never melts."Ian answered as he took out a bowl of shaved ice and a bowl of hot soup both at the same time. One was steaming hot while the other was freezing cold. "Would you like to try some?""Can I?!"She came closer and took a closer look at the food, easily getting distracted from the ring that she was initially curious about. "Sure."Ian handed her the two bowls and patted her head before moving on to his own food. As Erza stood there a little dumbfounded, Ian failed to notice her reaction as h
An Important Villain Let's Follow the Strongest
As Arthur strictly refused the help of his teammates and asked them to go back, they could no longer voice any complains and decided to went back to their station. Although they didn't like how stubborn Arthur was, they also had some amount of self awareness. At least, they knew they wouldn't be able to hold the fort for too long, it wasn't their specialty. As a result, even when they were frustrated after feeling so useless, the only thing they could do was follow Arthur's advice. "I'll do it."Just when everyone had decided to go back, someone unexpected stepped forward and took the initiative. The voice was calm and lacked a sense of tension which was weird considering their situation, but it also gave people a feel of fresh air.As they looked back, they could see Ian standing a few steps away from Arthur, hands in his pocket and shoulder relaxed. Seeing Ian offering the same help that they offered moments ago, that too with such confidence and nonchalance, they all couldn't he
An Important Villain Books >>> Fights
"Idiots.."Sierra, the Queen of elves, one of the oldest beings in Arthur's party, also the one who could actually see the situation clearly from the beginning, clicked her tongue as she looked at the other members of her party.She knew from the moment she saw Ian that he wasn't normal. A guy who reeked of death and yet had the purest aura and mana, a mutation that weird was bound to be unnatural, unique. 'Mana never lies.'That's the beliefl of the elves. The purer your mana is, the greater you are. Even when you're killing people or committing atrocious acts, if your mana remains pure, it means your heart isn't tainted. They interpret it as the person doing bad things in the face of an adverse situation and thus, consider him innocent. Elves also has a tradition of choosing their leader by the purity of their mana. And to Sierra, Ian was nothing but a saint, no matter what the other facts said about him. A saint with unmatched power as well. She just couldn't look away. It was t
An Important Villain Someone worthy
"Aren't they taking too long?"Ash asked, glancing towards the barrier. He was already done with the book that Ian had given him to pass time, yet none of the people that went outside was back yet.Ian, who was seemingly in a daze, snapped out of it hearing Ash's words. When he looked around, a lot of time had indeed passed. Most of the people inside were either asleep, taking naps to recover their mana, or preparing food for the next morning. Considering the position of the stars and the moon, it was past midnight already, meaning the night was almost over. Ian wondered what happened outside during this whole time as he slowly stood up."Should we go take a look?"Ian asked Ash as the boy gave back the book to Ian for safekeeping. He wanted to re-read it sometimes in the future since he enjoyed the story quite a bit so he placed a small trace of his mana inside it. "Do you want me to go out and take a look, brother?"Ash offered, but Ian simply shook his head and headed towards th
An Important Villain Reunion with an old friend
'A monster that can defeat the main character? Now that's interesting..'Ian was thinking to himself while trying to remember the monsters and demons mentioned in the novel.He thought that it might've been possible for Arthur to make a mistake and confuse a demon with a monster. It was a possible scenario for a strong demon to temporarily defeat Arthur. But for a monster to do that, it sounded ridiculous even to Ian. While Arthur's teammates were freaked out and worrying about Arthur, who was practically covered in blood, Ian could only watch from the side and wonder what he should do next. He wanted to go out and take a look, but being in charge of the barrier was turning out to be more restrictive than he imagined. "You alright now?"Ian thought up an idea immediately though. He approached Arthur and stretched out an arm to help him stand up. After drinking the highest grade potion that Ian handed him a while ago, most of Arthur's injuries were almost healed. From the look of i
An Important Villain His First Friend
"Rio?"As Ian stood there speechless at the arrival of this unexpected presence, the party on the receiving end of his confusion smiled the sweetest smile when they net eyes with Ian. "Hey.. Long time no see."But before that person could even properly greet Ian, someone came and blocked Ian's view completely. As the smell of blood reached Ian's nose, he recognised the red that he saw in front of him as the bloodied back of Arthur's. "Young master.. Please get away.. That guy is dangerous.""Brother..""Who is it?"While Arthur was busy warning Ian about the danger of the unknown that stood before them, Ash, Louis and the rest had also arrived and stood by Ian's side before he knew it.Although not as panicked as the rest, even some of Ian's teammates looked fairly creeped out by the presence of something so abominable. Ian couldn't sense it before, but the aura and presence Rio was giving off was indeed those of a monsters. That twisted mana, and those blood red eyes, it should've
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Ian returned. After wondering the continent for half a year, he came back with a 'Bang!'. Right when the nobles all around the country gathered to 'show the hero his place', Ian returned. Crazy hypothesises such that Ian being a Devil worshipper, betraying the country and being on the run or that he's actually a demon etc etc all came to an end as he openly took Arthur's side and threatened the other nobles.Of course, most of those rumours weren't too far off the mark. Ian did prefer villains over heroes, demons over angels, he had no love for their country and lastly, he was a darkness ability user with a twisted moral sense. And! To top it all off, he also preferred these rumours over ones that would hail him as a hero. he'd rather be on the run after being called a demon rather than be called a hero and worshipped. Again, twisted morality. But he couldn't do that this time. There were too many people using his name so he couldn't just let it be as those people got treated bad
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A butler's point of view - 1
"It's been a week since young master lost consciousness."Rob wrote in his diary as he sighed. There was a heavy atmosphere surrounding the duchy ever since the day Adrian fell down from the roof and went into a coma. How or why it happened was still a mystery around the duchy but speculations about an attempted suicide was slowly spreading around. Rob didn't believe them though. The Adrian he knew was too selfish and arrogant to do something like that. Yet, even when he was so sure, a small part of his mind kept lingering over that quiet and motionless room where Adrian was."Ah.. It's been a while."With that, Rob went to take another look at the sleeping Adrian for the 36th time that day. Although he was telling himself that Adrian's situation wasn't that serious, that he'd wake up soon, as he tried to remember all the bad things Ian did in his short lifetime just to mask his worry, he didn't even realise that he was unconsciously heading towards Ian's room again. After worryin
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The Chosen One
Things Ian did(Unintentionally or intentionally) that influenced the future of Arthur's world: First of all, although the effect wasn't that eye-catching at the moment, Ian was going to be known as the figure that erased racial discrimination. Due to him giving shelter to people of all age and race, and the humans around him having constant changes in their views and perspective, it was going to be the seed that erased all future discrimination and racial profiling. Secondly, he was going to be known as the bridge between Humans and the Demons. The Queen of the Demons, Ash's mother who had gone back to the demon world to deal with some 'internal affairs' would soon return with an actual offer of friendship between the demons and the humans. It was Bela's way of showing gratitude to the people who had taken care of her son in his times of need. Ian's love for Ash was plain as day and the care and gentleness he showed when dealing with him was no different from what a parent woul
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Magical Tool
"What..?""That's absurd!""Is that sorcery? Does he think he can fool us so easily?!"There were looks of disbelief, shock and confusion on everyone's faces as they looked at Ash. But no matter how tough they acted or how oblivious they tried to be, the bone chilling aura coming from Ash that slowly filled the room was undeniable. It was an aura that was impossible for any human to manifest, dark and scary."It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not.""I'm not the one behind bars looking at lifetime imprisonment and possible death sentence."Ian shrugged his shoulders in a casual manner as he signaled for Ash to stop. He was only here to give these people a chance. A chance at repentance. If they refuse to grab it, he didn't care less whether they died or lived inside a cage forever. 'Human resources are valuable after all.'That was one of the other reasons why Ian was here. He wanted to bind all these people under contract and have them serve the country. It didn't sit right
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The Real Deal
"You're gonna let them go?" Arthur asked, conflicted, as he looked at Ian. They were currently in an underground prison, the biggest prison that was made on Ian's request under the Duchy. The war criminals, the cult members, were being held here. Seven days had already passed since Ian's soul returned to his body. He was forced to have complete bedrest this whole time by his parents and the kids. They finally let him go after he managed to manipulate them emotionally with everything he had. It was a difficult job indeed. But nothing was impossible for Ian. "Let them go? NO?" Ian asked back in utter shock instead. But it wasn't Arthur's fault that he misunderstood. Ian did indeed say something that could be easily misinterpreted. "But you just said 'It's time to go out.'..?" That's what he said. To the criminals. Not that he meant it literally. "To the hall. TO.THE.HALL." Ian repeated himself twice, once for the criminals and once for Arthur. Everyone captured already had
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A Good Kind of Pain
Ian's time with the kids were cut short as the Dicarious couple arrived in a haste. A part of Ian was happy to see them again after so long. But a part of him was also wondering if they really were there for Ian. What if they were expecting their son to come back? What if the person they expected to see coming to his senses was Adrian and not him? How disappointed they would be. With a mixture of these various emotions coursing through his mind, he failed to make any type of expression when faced with those two people. Neither could he smile wholeheartedly nor apologize and cry. The kids were guided outside by Arthur and Albert, giving Ian and his parents the room to themselves. Ash was reluctant to leave seeing Ian's expression, but the atmosphere was too heavy for him to interfere. So while everyone else went to another room, he stayed, waiting while standing outside Ian's room. The others also didn't force him to leave since they didn't know which was better. "Are you
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Glad to be Back
"YOU!"Smack!"THOUGHTLESS!"SMACK!"BAS-! JER-!! PERSON!"Ian had to wake up from his peaceful sleep with the sound of someone's shout along with the obnoxiously loud yet not so painful smacking of the pillows."Ow ow ow.. what the hell...?""Huh?""I'm back?"Ian woke up rubbing the back of his head that was the victim of continuous battering and looked around. The changed bedroom and the familiar faces made him aware of the fact that he had indeed come back. "What?""What are you talking about, young master? You didn't go anywhere."Both Albert and Arthur looked concerned as they checked Ian's status for any abnormalities. Only after multiple checking did they finally sigh in relief. "Ah no.. ""Hey guys.. Long time no see?"Ian greeted the kids and the Prince and the Knight all together while leaning back on his bed. The one responsible for the ruthless battering from before still had a massive pout on their face as they silently glared at Ian. "Are you angry? I'm sorry. How lo
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A Week Without Ian
Ian enjoyed the tea from hell while having a long and informative conversation with death, or at least that's who he assumed the other person was. He learned about the past that he had locked away and the people he had forgotten. But it all felt distant, like he was viewing the life of somebody else. "Why did I do that? Lock my memories?"Ian was curious. Just by watching the memories of Noah's future, he could tell that he lived a pretty okay life. The daughter he adopted also turned out to be great. She became his family. These were precious memories. So he couldn't understand why he'd lock them up like this. "After I presented you with my request, this is what you told me."Death continued showing Ian another set of completely different memories. An old man, wrinkly hand, white hair, hazy eyes. The room looked similar to the one he was in right now, and so was the person in front of them. "The me right now cannot save a world.""The blade has already lost it's edge.""I've grow
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Unfiltered Memories
"What do you mean by welcome back?"Ian asked, confused. As far as he could remember, never before in his life did he see this man or these scenes. And these weren't circumstances that he'd forget 'by chance' either. "After your first death, you came here.""First death.. Ah.. When I jumped down the bridge?"Ian remembered his last moments as Noah. The music that played, the scenery he watched on top of that bridge, they were all very memorable. Yet, he had no memory of coming to this place.But unlike Ian's thoughts, the guy in front of him shook his head in denial. Not understanding exactly which part he was denying, Ian tilted his head to the side slightly."What death are you talking about then?""You didn't die back then."The guy sat down on the bed, facing Ian and the endless hell behind him as he spoke. "When you were at the verge of losing consciousness, you heard a childs cry.""A child?""Yes. It was the final monster outbreak." Ian wondered what this guy was talking abo
