Villainess X Villain: They are obsessed with each other!-Chapter 19 -: 18 Is there another transmigrator beside me?

Chapter 19: Chapter: 18 Is there another transmigrator beside me?

Julius stood outside the restaurant. The street was quiet now. Smoke still drifted from broken windows.

Beside him, Rosel held his hand with both of hers. She stared at the building without blinking.

"Alfred, have you moved all the slaves?" Julius asked.

Alfred stood a step behind them. He bowed his head. "Yes, my lord. I took them to a safe place."

Julius gave a small hum.

Earlier, in the underground hall, Alfred had returned after doing what he was told. Clients. Workers. Guards.

All of them had been left there with their limbs cut off. The stone floor was red. The air smelled of blood.

At that time, Julius was about to walk away.

Then Rosel spoke.

"Can you save the others?"

Her voice was soft. Her eyes were wide.

Truthfully, Julius did not care about the others. They were strangers. Their lives meant nothing to him.

But when Rosel looked at him like that, he could not refuse.

So he saved them. All of them. He sent them somewhere safe.

Julius let out a long breath.

"Alfred. How many were there?"

"Including clients and workers, around five hundred," Alfred replied.

He paused. "There are also some high-ranking people I have not found yet."

"Alright."

Julius bent down a little so he was closer to Rosel’s height. He pointed behind them.

"Do you see the carriage?"

A black carriage stood at the end of the road.

Rosel looked back and nodded. "Yes, I see."

"Go inside," Julius said softly. "I will be back."

He let go of her hand.

"Alfred, go with her," Julius said as he straightened up.

Alfred bowed and walked to Rosel. He held out his hand. "Come, little lady."

Rosel placed her small hand in his. They walked toward the black carriage. The wheels creaked as the door opened.

She stepped inside.

Julius stood still and watched until the door closed.

Only then did he turn around. The softness left his face. His eyes turned cold again.

"It is strange," he muttered.

In his past life, he had never met her. In this life, he had never seen her before today.

She did not look like anyone he knew.

So why did his chest feel tight when she looked at him?

The sky had grown dark. The street was empty. Not a single person was outside.

"Is this some trick from the author?" he whispered.

In his past life, when he was about to go and kill the author, a message had appeared before him.

DIE! IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING!

He hadn’t thought much of at that time.

But if the author could send him into this world, then that being was not normal. Not human. Not weak.

So who was he?

And more than that—

"Why do I feel this strange care for this girl?"

"In TST, both my Rose and Julius had acted strangely around her. They were cruel to many people."

They destroyed lives without blinking.

Yet they never harmed her.

Never.

"Was she connected to something bigger?"

It did not make sense.

She was born from slaves. She had no strong family name. No famous bloodline.

Yes, she had a rare power. She could see the paths of fate. She could see choices before they happened.

Because of that, people had given her a name.

The Daughter of Destiny.

A title born from fear. But even that did not explain this feeling. Julius closed his eyes for a moment.

"Affection without reason is dangerous." he muttered as he took a step.

"In a world ruled by power and fate, feelings like this are rarely simple. Either fate is pulling strings... or someone is."

And if fate itself is playing games, then it has chosen the wrong opponent.

"Hah..."

Julius let out a slow breath to clear his thoughts.

"Whatever this is... I must be careful."

He stepped toward the restaurant building.

He raised his right hand.

A large red circle appeared behind his back. It glowed like burning iron. Strange lines moved inside it like living marks. Heat filled the air.

He spoke under his breath.

"Infinite Cast: Fireball."

A huge ball of fire formed in front of him. It burned bright red and gold. The ground beneath it cracked from the heat.

The fireball shot forward.

It hit the restaurant.

In one breath, flames swallowed the building. Wood cracked. Glass burst. The roof caught fire as if it had been waiting for it.

Julius did not look back.

He turned around and walked toward the carriage. His face did not change. Not even a blink.

He stepped inside.

The carriage began to move. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Behind him screams echoed.

"Help!"

"Someone please help!"

"Fire! Fire!"

People rushed out of their homes.

Doors slammed open. Feet pounded against the stone road. The flames climbed higher. Smoke rose into the night sky.

The street, quiet just moments ago, turned into chaos.

The locals tried their best to put out the fire.

They even called for spell casters, but it was already too late.

Two buildings next to the restaurant burned down. Luckily, no one in those buildings died.

Once the fire was finally under control, the tired locals went back home.

Only the officials and the spell casters stayed behind to guard the area.

However, they were not the only ones watching. In the distance, a quiet carriage stood in the dark.

"Damn it! How did this happen?" a man cursed from inside.

His face was completely hidden in the shadows. "In the original story, nothing like this was supposed to happen..."

He pushed the carriage door open. The moonlight fell on him, revealing his face.

He was very handsome, with long black hair and dark eyes. He clenched his teeth.

"F*ck! Is there another transmigrator here besides me?"

His name was Nikel Velentina, the eldest brother of Rosalina Velentina.

He chewed his lower lip.

’I should have taken her with me if I knew this was going to happen. Damn it! I shouldn’t have hesitated!’

In TST, she was an extremely powerful character.

Nikel knew exactly how much she helped the protagonist. He had wanted to take her away so he could use her power for himself.

But he had been too afraid of the main villain, Julius Augustus Hayes. If Nikel took her, the plot would change.

In the original story, She was the only reason the protagonist managed to escape from the villain so many times.

Without her, Julius would have killed the protagonist for real.

That was why Nikel had held back.

He knew the protagonist had a cheat system, but even with that cheat, the protagonist had died to Julius again and again.

If Nikel changed the plot now, how could he possibly survive facing someone as cold and dangerous as Julius?

"Ah—!"

Nikel clenched his fists so hard that his skin broke. Blood slid down between his fingers.

"For months... I kept waiting," he growled. "Damn it."

He had been watching this place for months. Every day he asked himself the same thing.

"Should I take her?"

"Can I face Julius if I change the story?"

Each time, fear stopped him.

He knew how strong Julius was. Even with the hero’s system, even with cheat-like power, the hero had died again and again.

That memory alone was enough to freeze his courage. So he waited, unable to decide what he should do.

Then today—

A message from his informer.

There was a fire.

He rushed here at once.

But when he arrived, the building was already burning.

People had filled the street. Officials were present. Spell casters were there.

He could not step forward without drawing attention.

So he could only watch.

"Please... let this be an accident," he muttered.

If it was an accident, then nothing had changed. No new player. No new threat.

But if it was not....

Then whoever took the girl was another transmigrator.

Someone who knew the story. Someone who moved before him.

And if that was true, then that person had to be on this continent.

And that person would not be kind. Because they took her.

Nikel slowly loosened his fists. Blood dripped onto the ground.

"If there is another transmigrator... then I must find that person."

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