Free Web NovelChapter 49: [F+] Rank
7 A.M.
My wife woke me up.
I got out of bed, suddenly feeling a surge of power coursing through my body. The muscles across my back and shoulders trembled with raw power as I stretched.
"Congrats. You reached [F+] Rank," my wife’s sweet voice drifted into my ears.
I turned around, glancing at my wife, who was lying on the bed with a smile on her lips. She seemed genuinely happy about my achievement instead of showing any jealousy or hatred.
I nodded happily before mentally summoning my status.
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Title: The Chosen Villain
Name: Vyral Carlson
Age: 19
Rank: [F+] (102/15000)
Potential: [SSS+]
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Title: King of Knights
Name: Arthea Albert (Wife)
Age: 18
Rank: [F] (4732/5000)
Potential: [SSS+]
Then I said to my wife,
"You’re almost there. In a few days, you’ll reach my rank. By then, I suppose you’ll be able to do more things instead of just using knives."
I could tell because I had taken good care of her during that time. The system had provided me with plenty of [Spiritual Water Wine Flasks] and [Primal Blood Crystal Stones].
But then I realized it had been a long time since I had last looked at her status in detail.
So, I decided to open it.
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Martial Arts: (Restricted)
– Sword Adaptation (SSS+)
– Close-Combat Art (SSS+)
...
Bloodline Skills: [Locked]
– Blood Rage (SSS+)
– Killing Intent Pressure (SSS+)
– Enhanced Reflexes (SSS+) [Passive]
...
Psychological State:
– Stable
Current Emotional State:
– Deeply in love, yet still holding onto complicated feelings.
Physical Condition:
– Severed tendons in both arms and legs (inflicted by a special element, preventing regeneration): 8% restored
– Mana core: 100% restored
...
Personality:
– Kind-hearted, stubborn, obstinate, with tsundere-yandere tendencies.
Hobbies & Wishes:
– Wishes to beat her husband to a pulp and torment him every day.
– Enjoys sword training, martial arts practice, reading books, and sleeping in her husband’s arms.
– Wishes to have a dozen children with her husband in the future.
– Wishes her husband would tell her he loves her and kiss her on his own initiative.
– Wishes her husband would become a good man.
Fears:
– Fear of her husband’s unpredictable thoughts.
– Fear that her husband will never change.
– Fear of her husband abandoning her and marrying another woman.
I stared at the virtual screen indifferently for a few seconds before glancing at my wife.
I kept my expression blank as I asked,
"Do you love me?"
...
My wife tilted her head before replying in a calm voice.
"Of course not. I hate you... I really hate you."
She frowned at the question with a grin.
"Why did you suddenly ask me that? Don’t tell me someone as cold as you has fallen for me?"
I looked at my wife with a complicated expression before heading to the balcony for some fresh air. Even so, I still gave her the same soulless answer.
"I would never change."
So... she had fallen in love with me. I hadn’t expected everything to turn out like this. Perhaps, thanks to the Galaxy Blanket, our relationship had taken a different turn. But I knew the ending would never be a good one.
It might end up just like my relationship in my previous world.
My wife would never have the happy ending she dreamed of. I was certain of that.
Never.
As usual, I barely felt any guilt about it. A twisted smile formed on my face as I looked up at the sky. Even I was surprised by myself.
"Damn it. I really am a heartless monster. Even now, I still treat her like a tool."
Ting!
Ting!
Ting!
[Congratulations, Host. The Gods are very pleased with your progress. She has already fallen in love with you.]
[You won her over with your coldness, cruelty, and brutality. You accomplished the impossible.]
[Support Level: Extreme]
[Calculating rewards...]
Ting!
Martial Arts:
– Wind God’s Kick (SSS+): By channeling power into your legs and unleashing a high-speed kick, the resulting force creates razor-sharp winds capable of slicing through everything.
– Wind-Splitting Swim (SSS+): Allows you to move through water with incredible speed and agility, cutting through currents as if they didn’t exist.
Bloodline Skills:
– Basic Regeneration (D-) → Basic Regeneration (D)
Your body automatically uses mana to rapidly regenerate wounds over a short time, consuming minimal mana.
– Inverse Mana Core (F-)
Born with the ability to recover mana faster than ordinary people.
Items:
– (x50) Primal Blood Crystal Stones: Capable of healing any injury and temporarily increasing mana.
My pupils widened for a moment as I gazed at the virtual text. The corner of my lips curled up in amusement as I rubbed my chin.
Indeed, it was well worth it.
I really liked Wind God’s Kick and wanted to see what it could do. It would become both my ranged attack and my close-combat attack.
I wondered how many [SSS+] martial arts manuals my wife had learned. Perhaps, she had mastered every manual of the Pendragon family.
"Sorry. It’s your fault for marrying your daughter to me. I’ll take everything you have."
Then, my attention turned to [Inverse Mana Core].
I never thought she had a passive bloodline skill like that. Possessing it meant she had almost endless mana reserves.
But unfortunately, its rank was only [F-]. It also had certain limitations, but that didn’t matter to me. As long as I continued taking good care of my wife and she fully recovered, my bloodline skill would continue to evolve.
A grin spread across my otherwise expressionless face.
"Perfect."
[You’ve grown much closer to her, but she still has some complicated feelings toward you. Keep loving and flirting with her. The Gods are certain you’ll have a dozen children before you turn twenty.]
I blinked a few times before returning to the room, ignoring the system’s message.
The Gods were wrong about me.
I could never do that with her. She might love me now, but I was certain that, in the future, the deepest part of her heart would hold nothing but hatred for me, even if she still loved me.
