The Return Of The Exiled Villain

”Finally...”

Gray closed his eyes as a massive surge of understanding flooded his mind.

He finally comprehended it.

The Law of Seduction wasn’t about forcing desire, manipulation, or superficial charm. It was the art of making someone fall in love with you, not by taking, but by giving, by becoming the one person they never knew they needed.

It was about patience, sincerity, presence, and the slow erosion of loneliness until the other person chose you willingly, even when they had every reason not to.

He had conquered a genuine Kamidere, a being with a true God Complex, not through power or tricks, but by making her fall in love with him while allowing her to keep her pride and divinity intact.

The realization crystallized perfectly within his soul.

BOOOOOOM!

The stagnant energy inside Gray’s body detonated.

His cultivation base, frozen at the Early Master Realm for so long, shattered completely.

The breakthrough was violent, clean, and unstoppable.

Early Master Realm → Middle Master Realm → Late Master Realm → Peak Master Realm.

Then, without pause or bottleneck, it blasted straight through the Grandmaster threshold.

Early Grandmaster Realm... Intermediate Grandmaster Realm… Late Grandmaster Realm… Peak Grandmaster Realm…

The power kept rising, refined and purified by the Law of Seduction itself, until it finally stabilized at a new, breathtaking height.

[Rank: Late Great Grandmaster Realm]

Gray opened his eyes.

A deep, tranquil aura radiated from him, vast and impossibly stable.

His meridians had expanded dramatically, and now, his heart even felt as if it was breathing mana instead of absorbing it from the surroundings.

”Fuuu...”

He exhaled slowly, feeling the overwhelming strength now flowing through every cell of his body.

”So this… is what true seduction really means,” he murmured into the empty white void.

The final Kamidere door dissolved into golden motes, fully absorbed into his Dream World.

Gray looked at the spot where Isis had vanished one last time.

”I won’t forget you.”

Then he closed his eyes and withdrew from the Dream World.

After nearly half a year inside, it was time to return to reality.

The first thing he felt was the familiar softness of his recently acquired dorm bed. Then came the faint scent of flowers and fresh leaves, a smell that definitely didn’t belong to the dorm.

He opened his eyes.

Elárien, the beautiful silver-haired Elf Princess, was sitting gracefully on a chair right beside his bed, legs crossed elegantly, watching him with her usual calm, slightly aloof expression.

Her long, pointed ears twitched once when she noticed he was awake.

”…You’re finally awake, huh?” she raised an eyebrow, sounding mildly surprised, as if she genuinely hadn’t expected him to wake up anytime soon.

Gray shifted slightly on the bed.

Crrk... crack!

The moment he moved, his entire body let out a series of soft cracking sounds, joints and meridians adjusting to the massive surge of power he had just gained.

”Mhmmm!”

He stretched both arms high above his head, letting out a deep, satisfied hum as new strength flowed through his muscles.

A small grin appeared on his lips.

”I feel better than ever,” he said, turning his head to look at the Elf Princess.

”How long was I out for?”

Elárien leaned back slightly, her golden-green eyes steady on him.

”You’ve been out for exactly three months and seventeen days. The semester has already ended, and it’s currently the summer holidays.”

She paused for a moment, then added with a faint trace of curiosity,

”Which… you should’ve been at Gloria Academy right now, and not at this academy, from the information Headmistress Aurora told me.”

Gray nodded slowly, processing the information without any visible panic.

”I’ll need to speak with Headmistress Gloria back at my academy to see if she’s going to let me take late exams or make me repeat the first year.”

Elárien tilted her head slightly, studying him.

”And what if she wants you to repeat the first year?” she asked, genuinely curious.

From the few days she had spent interacting with him before he entered his ”deep meditation”, she had already noticed that Gray was not the type of person who liked wasting time.

Gray thought for a second, then shrugged lightly.

”…Then I’ll make a deal with Aurora. If I talk with her, she’ll definitely want me here.”

At those words, the corners of Elárien’s lips curled up ever so slightly, before her face returned to its usual, elegant, and expressionless state.

”Then, shall I contact Headmistress Aurora?” she asked.

”Mhm,” Gray nodded.

He was planning to ask Aurora to teleport him directly to Gloria Academy so he could handle everything quickly.

He also wanted to see Lyra and the others as soon as possible. Especially Lyra… she must have been worried sick after not hearing from him for nearly four months.

Elárien stood up gracefully, her long silver hair swaying behind her like silk.

”Very well. I’ll inform her right away.”

Before she turned to leave, she paused and looked back at him. Her voice was calm, but there was a subtle softness hidden beneath her usual dignified tone.

”Also… while you were asleep, I took care of your body every day. I made sure your meridians didn’t stagnate and kept your room clean.”

She looked at him directly, her golden-green eyes shimmering slighly.

”You saved my life and my people. I haven’t forgotten my words from before. I still intend to repay you properly… by becoming your wife.”

Gray blinked once, slightly taken aback by how straightforward she was even after all this time.

Elárien didn’t wait for an answer. She simply gave a small, elegant nod, as if the matter was already decided in her mind, and turned toward the door.

”I’ll return once I’ve contacted Aurora.”

As she walked out, Gray let out a soft sigh and leaned back against the headboard, his lips curling up to a faint smile.

”Lick~”

Suddenly, he felt a small tongue tickling his arm, causing him to let out a small laugh. He gently raised his hand and noticed Atrinae, gently licking his forearm.

Her small head turned towards him, letting out a small hiss.

”I missed you, too,” he gently stroked her little head with his index finger.

”Hiss, hiss~”

Letting out a small sigh, Gray slowly sat up in bed.

”Status Panel.”

[———✵ Status Panel ✵———]

Name: Gray Vireux D’Aurélion

Titles: Vessel of Beauty & Destruction, Exiled Noble, Incubus In Human Form

Race: Human

Class: 𖤐 Villain 𖤐

Rank: Late Great Grandmaster Realm [0%]

Divine Abilities: ✵Law of Seduction✵

Unique Skill: [✧Swap✧]

Unique Talent: Nullification [3540/3540]

Innate Blessing: [♛ — ✧Crown of the Abyss✧ — ♛]

Active Skills: Soul Chasing Extremities [100% (Severing Pursuit)], Nine Illusionary Dream Steps [2% (9th Step)], Spirit Eyes [Great GrandMaster (38%)], Nine Heavens Thunder Claw [Great GrandMaster (Perfected)]

Passive Skills: High Mana Recovery, Parallel Mana Processing, Heightened Senses, Sinful Mind [Class], Villain’s Presence [Class], Cruel Instinct [Class], Shadow of Sin [Class]

Equipment: Demon Converging Gourd (Godly), Phantom Loop Earrings (Godly), Sealed Unnamed Rapier (High Emperor), Ring of Gluttony (Early Saint), Trascendent Robe (Intermediate King)

Dimensional Storage: 1x Intermediate-grade Mutated Saint Qi Orb, 1x Low-grade Saint Qi Orb, 60x Great Grandmaster Qi Orbs, 7x Bottles of Bloodvein Poison, 6x Spirit-grade Daggers, 23x Poisoned Needleboxes, 81x Package of Essence Blood (1x Saint-level Mutant Worm Essence Blood, 3x King-level Essences, 77x Great Grandmaster Essences), 43x High-grade Spiritual Crystals, 192x Intermediate-grade Spiritual Crystals, 422x Low-grade Spiritual Crystals, 192.029x Gold Coins, 12.990x Silver Coins, and 120x Copper Coins.

Sword Spirit: Atrinae (Nine-Colored Attributeless Snake)

——+——+——+——

”Check details,” he tapped on the Law of Seduction.

[Ding!]

[Your current power is nowhere near enough to utilize the Law of Seduction! Except for the additional strength you get from breakthrough minor and major realms, you won’t be able to manifest the Law of Seduction!]

[Please reach the Emperor Realm!]

”Tsk!”

Looking at the panels in front of him, Gray clicked his tongue.

This damn status window didn’t even want him to see the true power of the Law of Seduction.

[...You came back faster than I expected.]

Suddenly, Jasmine’s voice echoed through his head, causing him to let out a small smile.

”I missed you, Jasmine,” he sincerely spoke before she could utter another word.

[....]

Jasmine didn’t speak after hearing those words, but Gray simply brought out the Demon Converging Gourd and took out of his inventory every single Qi Orb and Essence Blood.

”Hiss!~”

Atrinae instantly coiled around his arm after seeing the orbs and blood essence floating in the air.

Gray chuckled before directly grabbing the Intermediate-grade Mutated Saint Qi Orb and throwing it at her.

”Here... this should be enough for you to break through the Saint realm.”

”Hiss~~~”

She instantly coiled around the Qi Orb before closing his eyes and started absorbing it, not wasting one more second.

Then, Gray grabbed the rest and threw it inside the Demon Converging Gourd, slowly converting it to Demonic Energy.

The process took ten minutes, and with that Demonic Energy, he started converting it back to Divinity.

”...This is all I can do for you, Jasmine. Hopefully that’s enough for now,” Gray sighed after seeing the little ounces of Divinity that he got from everything.

[...Gray, you didn’t need to do that for me yet.]

Jasmine finally spoke again.

”I promised to fully recover your power, and well... I spent basically half a year doing nothing to help you. So, this is the last I can do,” Gray shrugged it off.

[Right...]

After a bit of hesitation, the little ounces of Divinity dissipated from his sight as Jasmine finally absorbed them.

With that done, he put the Demon Converging Gourd back in the inventory.

But before he could do anything else, Jasmine spoke once again.

[I’ve missed you too.]

That was enough to make Gray smile.