Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 380

Chapter 380

This was a spark that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

“How can one dominate the world?”

“By having enough power.”

“How can one become stronger?”

“Those who are loved by God are born strong. God allowed them to wield their power.”

“Then what about those who are not loved by God? Are they doomed to live a pitiful life, content with what is given to them until they die?”

“God only grants power to those who can handle it.”

“Damn it! How dare even God judge me as they please!”

Those born with blue blood and power were enraged.

History books would record them as children of God.

But why was it that the God’s mark —the symbol of love—came from humble peasants instead?

They began to distrust God.

“If we can’t be loved, then we’ll just pretend we were.”

From this point on, the powerful began to imitate God’s messengers.

Using all means at their disposal, they pretended to perform miracles, deceiving the people. Peasants bearing God’s mark were killed to silence them.

But that wasn’t enough.

It was easy to deceive one person, but impossible to deceive many at once.

They wondered. Is there no way to truly obtain real power, not just an imitation?

“If I steal from others, and no one knows about it, isn’t it mine?”

Could divine power be stolen?

Human greed never considers the impossible.

In the not-too-distant future, rulers led by Prince Gerald of the Fineta Kingdom researched how to cut out the God’s mark and implant it into their own bodies.

To their surprise, this method succeeded.

With the sacrifice of the prince’s only sister, Princess Audrey.

“If receiving divine power from God makes me this strong, how much stronger would God’s power itself be?”

“If I steal God’s power and no one knows about it, wouldn’t I become a god?”

Thus, humans began to steal Shadra’s emotions.

Among them, only the evil emotions were discarded, and the good ones were considered important.

Unaware that this would break the god and destroy the world.

A small spark of greed, over 1500 years, would eventually consume the world in flames.

That was the future.

So, Noah had to become the “evil god.”

And so, Noah had to bear descendants, creating vessels for the “evil” of god to pass down through the generations.

Until the savior who would restore this land would arise.

That’s why Noah was born.

“I see.”

It was just that kind of realization.

He knew that even god couldn’t stop this future.

Even if he killed the prince who spread the spark and destroyed the Fineta Kingdom, it would only delay the inevitable and prevent the outcome for a time.

Humans would always find ways to bring down god.

Noah thought of Elaina.

And her brother, Austin.

They symbolized an era of peace.

A great crisis would come to the world, but eventually, they would overcome it. So, he must have descendants in an era where children symbolizing peace exist.

And the one destined to bear his child that had been chosen by God, was Maya.

‘Mine.’

Noah recognized Maya like so.

He didn’t quite understand human concepts like marriage or couples, but since she belonged to him and he had claimed her, it probably meant she was his lifelong partner in that sense.

“Can I transfer it to someone else?”

He hadn’t expected to be rejected like this.

If she didn’t want it, he wouldn’t force her.

After all, she was just an ordinary human.

There were plenty of humans in the world who defied the fate God imposed on them.

He wasn’t interested enough in individual thoughts to influence, persuade, or threaten them.

“There is some way.”

“Perfect! I can transfer it then!”

“…?”

Had he been so disliked that she’d react so eagerly without hesitation?

Thinking about it, his body felt strange.

It was like a weight was pressing down on his throat, his vision blurred for a moment, and his heart felt hollow.

The half of him that was granted by God.

“…?”

It was a subtle change, but it was the first time he had physically felt something like this in his life.

And it was the vivid sensation of a pain that, in reality, didn’t even exist.

‘This feels strange.’

…Strange?

‘This feeling is strange.’

Noah belatedly realized that this was what people called feeling strange.

Had he been so accustomed to assuming things were certain, only to realize that wasn’t the case for others? He was momentarily startled by the new sensation, but…

‘Is that possible?’

He didn’t particularly feel the need to emphasize this as a new emotion.

He didn’t want to.

He had spent so long in a confined space like this, neither belonging to the heavens nor the earth.

To him, time and people were just fleeting backgrounds.

What meaning would there be in pressing a flower petal into a book just because spring was beautiful?

Even if it was God’s mission, if she rejected it, someone else would take her place.

‘If you don’t want it, let go.’

At first, that’s what he had planned to do.

But…

It seemed that wasn’t the case.

Noah tested Maya.

Despite being a mere halfling, far from reaching God’s power, he acted as though she was something significant.

“They will never stop. And eventually, they will desire God’s power and wish to become God themselves. Unless the human race is wiped out or the princess, who will be the trigger of all this, is killed, it will happen.”

He placed the sword in her hand, which had only just healed from the horrible burn scars.

As though it was a trial from God.

Even if the princess were to die here and now, it was something that would happen eventually. He lied and hid the truth.

The reason… he didn’t know.

Was it because she was a human that couldn’t suppress their inner impulses? Had he hoped that she would answer to kill the princess?