Bella quickly covered her mouth with both hands. Her eyes widened in pure fear.

In the Ambar Empire, magic was completely forbidden also rare to have.

Bella stared at Leon, who was happily showing the sparkling blue lights to the crowd without understanding how dangerous it was.

Then the truth suddenly hit her hard.

This guy… this guy…

Cold sweat ran down her back.

“The final villain of the story…” she whispered shakily. “That crazy psychopath…”

Bella stood frozen in shock. She couldn’t believe it. The boy standing in front of her was the future final boss of this world.

No wonder he acts insane! Stupid Bella! How did you not recognize him? You recognized the heroine immediately!

Bella mentally screamed at herself in panic.

Then Leon’s smug voice interrupted her thoughts.

“Why are you making that face? Did you finally realize I’m better than you?”

Bella stared at him blankly. Fear squeezed her throat so tightly that she couldn’t speak.

Am I lucky or unlucky? she thought desperately. I met both the heroine and the final villain on the same day! No, this isn’t the time to fangirl. I need to survive. I need to run away from him!

Bella forced a huge smile onto her face.

“Wow, Leon! You’re so amazing!” she said brightly. “That blue light was beautiful! You looked so cool! The magic matched your eyes perfectly, like a prince from a fairy tale!”

Actually,You terrifying villain!

“And your fluffy blue hair flying in the air looked really pretty too!”

Bella desperately praised him, hoping he wouldn’t hate her in the future.

But Leon only stared at her with a confused expression.

What is this weird girl talking about? his face seemed to say.

Realizing her fake compliments were failing, Bella quickly changed her approach.

She lowered her head sadly.

“Today was really fun,” she said softly. “I had a great time with you. I hope we can meet again someday.”

Leon frowned. “What are you talking about?”

Bella looked at him with teary pink eyes.

“It’s time for us to go our separate ways.”

For a brief second, Leon’s eyes shook slightly.

But Bella was too busy planning her escape to notice.

“What do you mean?” Leon asked sharply, stepping closer. “Why do we have to separate? You said friends stay together!”

Ahh! I taught this future psycho the wrong lesson! Bella panicked.

Leon stepped even closer. His eyes darkened.

—Destroy them. Kill them all.—

Suddenly, a terrifying voice echoed inside Leon’s head.

He grabbed his head painfully and staggered backward.

“UGHHH!”

Bella’s panic disappeared instantly.

“Huh?! What happened? Are you okay?!” she asked, quickly reaching toward him.

But before she could touch him, Leon shoved her away hard.

Holding his head in pain, he turned and ran into the dark alley.

Then he disappeared.

Bella blinked in confusion.

“Huh…? What’s wrong with him?”

*****

Twenty Minutes Later…

Bella sat on the side of the road for twenty minutes, waiting for Leon to come back.

But he never returned.

Finally, she stood up and brushed the dust off her clothes.

Now her fear was gone, replaced with annoyance.

“That jerk!” Bella shouted angrily into the empty street. “I was trying to give a happy ending, and he just ran away?! Leon, if you grow up and try to kill me someday, I’ll kill you first, you little brat!”

She crossed her arms proudly.

But one second later, her face turned pale.

“…No, I can’t. He’ll definitely become much stronger than me.”

She let out a helpless sigh.

Then suddenly.....

A cold, heavy hand landed on her shoulder.

Bella’s whole body froze.

A chill ran down her spine.

Slowly, she turned her head.

A tall dark figure stood behind her, covering her in shadow.

“Finally found you.”