In My Favorite Novel As The Final Villain

'What were those statements? 'That HIM... It could be the same one that the Curse from that time spoke,' Theos thought, his eyes showing absolute coldness.

In his arms lay Luna, resting with her eyes closed after the intense headache that almost made her faint.

"HE will be a thousand steps ahead of me...", Theos muttered, starting to analyze every word Luna said.

This meaning, parsing simply meant that he is much further ahead, much more powerful than Theos, or, at least, has many more advantages than Theos.

However, the number "thousand" would have a hidden meaning? Perfectly could be, as possibly not.

'If he is someone, he is undoubtedly in the shadows...', Theos concluded, without much more to say.

Luna hadn't told him much, possibly not everything, however, Theos wasn't going to force her to say more.

After all, he could see the extreme pain Luna felt; it was no ordinary headache.

'But, if the person who attacked Luna said this... It means that he saw HIM, he has met HIM, so there are two options: HE is controlling that person or the person escaped from HIM after meeting HIM,' Theos concluded.

Looking into the void, he created several possibilities in his mind:

'If it's the first option, there could be several alternatives for that, like HE controlled that person to warn Luna. Therefore, it would be a kind of trap to manipulate Luna and, consequently, try to manipulate me...'

'But that doesn't make sense; that would mean he wants us to keep us on our toes; why exactly, why does he want something like that,' Theos asked himself, finding no answers.

Finally, I sigh, for now, thinking about the other option:

'If it's the second option, that would mean that his powers aren't that powerful. Or it was simply an oversight, or that he wanted the person to escape to warn me and Luna. But then again, that doesn't make much sense...'

Theos' mind was exploring all existing and non-existing possibilities and options, however, he couldn't find something to highlight.

In any given case, he only had a single hunch:

'On most occasions, it is almost most appropriate that HE has done this on purpose to warn us. That means only one thing... He wants us to move, wants us to do more things, gains more power...' Thinking about this, Theos felt a strong confusion.

It was more than clear that HE wasn't going to kill him, at least, for now, it was because... HE considered him useful? He considered him an object to gain more power?

A vein bulged from Theos' forehead, throbbing, full of rage and anger.

How could he accept being a puppet in someone else's game? How could he stand idly by knowing that a person was manipulating him?

The time he fought against that curse, he knew, he already knew this was happening. However, he didn't know that the difference was so brutal as to be described as being a thousand steps ahead.

That time, he didn't despair; he had formed a small army, increased his relationship with Luna, became much more powerful, entered the academy, defeated a King, entered the Forest of Treasures, and finally, had the actual cure for Luna's parents.

It could be said that he didn't focus much on what the Curse had said that time. But now, with what Luna had said, he must focus if or if on this.

'Although, what Luna said... That his destiny is not to be together with me and that, if he doesn't fulfill his destiny, HE will always be more powerful...' suddenly, Theos' mind was able to connect all, or at least most of the dots.

His crimson eye glowed brightly. 'If this is true, if this is true...', he thought repeatedly.

Theos' mind created several possibilities, but only one took on more meaning, one that made him feel a random roulette of different emotions.

"And if... Most likely, HE wanted to warn us to move, and if the subject wasn't controlled by HIM, or at least wasn't completely controlled at that moment and what he said was something sincere and honest, that means HE wants to', thinking about this, Theos swallowed saliva.

His face turned pale, however, a smile appeared on his lips, a crazy smile full of emotion, making a clear contrast with his current emotions.

"Yes, if HE wants... That we move the plot, that we change the novel," Theos muttered, in an almost crazed state.

She felt that he had discovered everything, everything that was missing, his bad hunches, more strange things going on...

[The Host has discovered HIM.]

Hearing the notification from the system, Theos further confirmed that his assumptions were correct.

However, the crazy grin faded from his face, this time, he raised his eyebrow with curiosity and suspicion.

'I had already discovered the existence of HIM before, why does this appear,' Theos inwardly asked the system.

Unfortunately for him, the system did not answer that question, choosing to remain silent.

There were also more suspicions. From the system's notification, he could almost fully confirm that the system knows about HIM's existence and, apparently, the system's secrets.

But for now, he did not pursue this issue, choosing to analyze and discuss it later. Now what is more important to him is that, why did the system notify that it had now discovered HIM?

'A very simple message, but too vague...', thought Theos.

'Maybe HE's existence boils down to something that wants at all costs to change the plot to gain power. Even his existence may come from changing the plot itself. There is a very small, if almost impossible, possibility that I create him by changing the plot. However, that is impossible, if not nearly impossible, that would leave far more questions than answers...'

Theos' mind traveled wildly to a myriad of possibilities, without successfully finding one.

*sigh*

Finally, Theos sighed, mentally tired.

Too much had happened in just a few days, his mind and fatigue no longer gave out.

Staring at the morning sun, he decided to take a break...

"Hmmm," the soft gasp of a waking Luna made Theos stop his movements.

With Luna in his arms, he mine as she fluttered her long eyelashes, slowly opening her eyes.

After a while, Luna was able to open her eyes fully, meeting Theos' concerned gaze.

"Are you okay?" he asked with sincere concern and distress.

After all, she had risked both her physical and mental health to tell him such valuable information. How could he not be concerned and grateful?

Luna watched Theos' worried face with a smile. She smiled sweetly and cheerfully said, "I'm fine, it hurts a little, but I'm quite well."

He sighed in relief. "I thought something serious would happen to you. Fortunately, the curse that was cast on you was a relatively weak one."

Luna nodded, agreeing with that. "By the way, I have to get to class," she suddenly commented, remembering that she had classes at the academy today.

Theos raised an eyebrow. "You can't go," he said, his tone conveying that he wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Why not?" asked Luna with puppy dog eyes, trying to convince Theos.

However, Theos' stance was firm, leaving no room for argument. "No, he can't, he just gave you a big headache that almost made you faint because of a curse, besides... I don't think you can walk very well let's say."

The seriousness with which Theos said all this was unbelievable to Luna, who blushed with embarrassment at the last part.

She felt no pain at all, however, she could still feel the weakness in her legs.

Luna speculated that she wouldn't be able to walk five steps before she fell...

However, she did not see this as a loss. Instead, she smiled happily, pouncing on Theos.

"Fine, I'll stay here ~" she whispered in his ear.

Her voice was sultry and irresistible, like a succubus.

'Since when could she be so erotic,' Theos wondered, dumbfounded.

Nevertheless, he played along. With a smile, he hugged Luna's back. Their two bodies glued to each other.

"By the way, we have to go see your parents to give them the potion, don't we?" said Theos suddenly.

Luna nodded. "Yeah, we're going in a few days... So you can meet your in-laws hahaha," she chuckled.

Then she continued. "Today I am going to call the maids to tell me how they are. Yesterday, I called them just as I returned to my room, and they told me they had improved, so I think we will go in two days since tomorrow you have your so anxious battle."

Theos smiled, indeed, tomorrow he had his so anxious battle.

After that, the two talked for a while longer. After all the accumulated stress of these days, they talked about every day and cheerful things, laughed, joked, and flirted.

They both knew that, eventually, they would have to talk more in-depth about what happened in the bottomless hole.

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