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YANDERE MALE LEAD X TRANSMIGRATED VILLAIN READER

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𓂃 ࣪˖ ཐིཋྀ𓂃 ࣪˖ ཐིཋྀ𓇢𓆸

𓂃 ࣪˖ ཐིཋྀ𓂃 ࣪˖ ཐིཋྀ𓇢𓆸

||Male reader only.

||The first POV is from YOU.

||The second POV is from HIM.

||The last part is his POV inside the novel.

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. . .

It's already been 1 week since you transmigrated to the novel you once read, just because you always came across the edits about it that made you curious.

And it's not even that good; it's so cliché that you already know what's going to happen the moment you read the first half of the first chapter!

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. You thought

You even used the money you saved up just to buy it, only to get a trash novel.

It's about a crown prince who fell in love with the captive of the rival empire, the lowly Tenth Prince.

And you? You've become the villain that always tries to ruin their relationship as best he can, even to the point that the villain can abandon everything that he worked hard on just because he loves the main character.

So dumb, right?!

So you always tried your best to avoid the main character as well as its freaking harem containing eight individuals.

A freaking eight individuals! You can't even be friends with two or three because you don't want a mess.

It's hard to be friends with lots of people, you know?!

But.... Why is it that the male lead always clings to you now, to the point of him spending every second of the day with you?

Every. Single. Second.

It all started in your first month in this novel.

"𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧... 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚?" one of the courtesans said, caressing your shoulder and clinging to you like a dog in heat.

You didn't really come here for that; you just came here for a drink and talents.

You drank your wine while looking at the three women flexing their talent.

Then you suddenly felt your body heat up.

Fuck. Not again.

"Hehe, master...? Is something wrong? Do you need me~?" The woman by your side came closer to you again, but you just looked at her coldly, making her shiver on the spot.

"𝙎𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙈"

They immediately left, fearing for their lives.

You got up trying to leave this place.

But then you suddenly slip, causing you to fall, but before you could even fall, a gentle and slender body supported you from falling.

"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨..." you said before getting out of his arms.

However, looking at the person in front of you, it seems that the heat on your body became even worse.

That eye is so beautiful you can even feel some stars blinking at you right now; it feels magical... And those lips so plump make you want to take a bite of them.

And not only those... That skin was so smooth and so fair it felt as if an angel itself had descended from heaven.

You suddenly felt something snap inside you.

You push him hard against the floor, not wanting to waste a minute to eat him up right away.

You know it's wrong, but you can't stop. You eat him from every corner of his body, not wanting to waste anything and leave a corner without your mark on it.

You woke up groggily from the sleep, feeling fresh from inside and out.

Then suddenly someone grabs your shoulder as you hear a faint sound of crying.

You sat up looking at the pitiful man in front of you; he's just as magical looking as you remember him to be.

"𝙃𝙞𝙘... 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩... 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚," he said, crying while trying to hide his face from you while still holding on to you.

"𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮."

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡? 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣... 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙚? "He said, finally letting go of his face and looking straight at you.

"𝙃𝙢... 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩?"

"𝙄'𝙢 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡," he said, slowly looking at you deeply.

He sounds so careful and slightly calm.

But you freaking can't!! 𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺... 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵...?

"𝙔𝙤𝙪... 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚... 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?" You sound so careful, hoping, hoping that he will say no!

"𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢..." The moment he said that, you almost blacked out from the shock.

𝘞𝘩𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥?!

You've never seen him before because, apart from avoiding him, you didn't, because he's such a pain.

You didn't want to be tied down with both the protagonist and the other dogs because you know all they can bring is trouble.

While you are still out of focus, coursing every word in the entire universe.

Macriel's eyes darken for a moment before turning back to normal again.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪... 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚?" he said softly and quietly.

"𝘼𝙝 𝙣𝙤... 𝙐𝙝..." 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵... Think fast! "𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚! 𝙃𝙖𝙝𝙖 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬... 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣?"

"𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧...? 𝙒𝙝𝙮"

"𝘾-𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩... 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧?"

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

You thought he wouldn't agree, as he is known to be quite stubborn in the novel.

Surprisingly, he agreed.

After that, you two don't cross paths anymore, surprisingly.

After two years of war, the empire won, just like what it said in the novel.

But you didn't expect it to be this fast; maybe it's because the main protagonist's empire is much smaller than the empire itself.

Unsurprisingly, their empire gave the tenth prince in the name of 'alliance.'

After that, things went super smoothly, and things went on as the script on this world.

You thought it was going to be hard since you unexpectedly spent the night with the male lead, but gladly it wasn't.

Things went smoothly in your life, well... Until it's not.

"𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙡?! 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚?!" You shouted before suddenly standing up.

The noise of the teacup breaking from falling can be heard.

"𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙃𝙖... 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩. 𝙄 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩," your father said, one of the most powerful generals of the empire.

You can only sit down again to calm yourselfdown while massaging your temple.

You thought it was going according to the plot.

No, you're sure it's going according to the plot... So what's happening now?

"𝙄... 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚..."

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤," your father said after his attendant left.

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮."

You walked towards the garden while your head was a mess.

While... He is just sitting calmly at the moment.

Looking at you smiling like an Innocent child, full of warmth.

"𝙄 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚," you said before bowing down.

"𝙉𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮," he said, smiling sweetly at you.

"𝙐𝙝... 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩... 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨... 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚... 𝙒𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚? 𝙎𝙤 𝙪𝙝-" but before you could finish, he stopped you from saying anything.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮?" He said calmly.

"𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩—" then, a lot of soldiers appear out of thin air, dressed in black and pointing their swords at you. "𝙏-𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨..."

"𝙃𝙢, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧... 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣."

"𝙏-𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣?! 𝙄𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'—"

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮." He smiled, but there is no hint of warmth in it. Only intense coldness.

𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘱.

You can only agree in that time, and the moment you agree, it's as if that cold smile just now didn't exist, as it's immediately replaced with lots of warmth.

So now, 6 years later, you're still together.

There he is caressing your shoulder while sitting warmly on your lap.

"𝙈𝙝𝙢... 𝙆𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙚," he said while you fed him some strawberries, before quickly doing what he asked for.

𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳!!

. . .

I've been looking at him, spying on him, tracing every movement he'll make.

Like a snake ready to attack any moment.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 '𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤��'

That's all I could think of at that time.

But I didn't really expect 'him' to be back.

my lover.

. . .

"𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩." I chuckled, putting a coat around him before sitting beside him, looking at the tree we both love.

Camellia.

The tree that witnesses how our relationship blooms and turns into something beautiful.

Just like how it looks during the winter.

"𝙊𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡," he said, chuckling before putting me into his lap, hugging me from behind.

Until it all comes to ruin.

He's back. I'm so happy he's back.

The two years without him are like decades.

But... He's no longer the same.

He won't look at me the same anymore.

Like I'm just a stranger.

And that look of love, that's supposed to be mine has been stolen by that captive!

So I did everything to have him again.

But nothing happened.

So I stole him, that person he adores.

And that dumb prince falls in love with me.

We got married. And he looks so happy; he didn't even know he spent that night with a homeless person.

He didn't even know I ruined everything dear to him, even his reputation.

It's supposed to crumble at that moment; he's supposed to die.

But he, my lover.

He gave everything and ruined everything he worked hard for, that man, just to save him.

He declared a war against the empire, against me.

He stands there, below the tree. Our Camellia.

Looking cold, blood splattered at his body and above all.

He's looking at me like he is ready to kill me at any moment.

How laughable.

"𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧...? 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚; 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙈𝙮𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙚.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚'𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 '𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧."

I said, looking so calm. His sword was pointing at my neck.

But I don't really care; if dying by his hands is my fate, then it's the sweetest death I can ever have.

"𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙪𝙥."

I said, laughing, but all I can feel is the sting I felt in my heart.

It's so bitter.

I closed my eyes, tears and blood dropping down the white snow.

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚?! 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚, 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚?! 𝙃𝙖! 𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨."

I immediately opened my eyes.

My pupils constricted.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪... 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧...? 𝘼𝙢 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?" I said laughing bitterly.

That's the moment that meant so much to me, but he just forgot just like that.

"𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚. 𝙀𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙉𝙤𝙬... 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙚!"

He said as he stabbed my heart.

But at that moment, I can't feel anything but relief.

So... He wasn't 'him.'

I knew it. I always have a hatch... I know he can't hurt me like this.

I raised my hands.

And soon, thousands of arrows fly in our direction.

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There ultimately is one question that bothers many when it comes to Will: Is Will Graham actually a bad person? (because no one knows what exactly swims around in the hot darkness of his mind, but I tried to sum it up anyway)

The thing about Will is that yes, he is certainly not a ‘good’ person. At least not after Hannibal started messing with his head, though I’m convinced Will never was in the first place. However, not only Will’s character, but pretty much the whole show is about the thin and multi-shaded line of good and bad. Moral and immoral. It’s exactly that blurry line that makes Will such an interesting protagonist. He is not the bad guy, neither is he the hero in his own story. He tried to play the roles of both (FBI agent vs killer), managed to fool even himself for a while, but Will knows very well who he is and what he was doing.

It’s an ancient question, isn’t it? What is good and what is bad? Are those two defined by societal norms and standards? Are they based on culture, religion, or is morality something personal? Something only you can decide for yourself?

I’m going to include Hannibal here for a second, because when it comes to Hannibal, the last one of those options applies. The thing with Hannibal is that he has his own philosophies, his own ideals and morals. Hannibal constantly rivals God, claiming that he himself can’t be called evil because God does the same things and isn’t considered ‘’bad’’. Hannibal has his own borders and limits very straight. He can recognise plain cruelty, but the thing with Hannibal is that he is a very stylised manifestation of sin.

Hannibal is religious, though there might not be a specific religion or deity he believes in and he worships no higher beings, he does believe in the ‘’rules’’ of certain religions. He is well aware that he crosses most of those. They hold no value for him. He makes his own rules, plays his own game. In his world, there is no ‘’good’’ or ‘’bad’’ when it comes to actual crimes against humanity. A bad person is for him someone very rude, someone who lacks respect and manners. He doesn’t consider himself a ‘’good’’ person. He is something entirely else. A way of perceiving life and his own morality that no one except from Will can truly understand.

Hannibal, however, is to us a bad person. He is the ‘’ultimate bad guy’’, because the way he feels about Will doesn’t excuse the rest of his behaviour. Hannibal is a sadist, a narcissist, a manipulative and awful man. He kills and feels no remorse for most if not all of his victims. For him killing is an art, a pleasure, he delights in it. For him, that is not as ‘’bad’’ or evil as it is for us (society), though he knows he is alone in that world.

For that same reason, Hannibal doesn’t consider Will a bad person. He considers Will his equal. He knows that the both of them are deemed ‘’bad’’ people to the public, but that doesn’t matter in his world. In Hannibal’s mind, it’s just him and Will against the rest of the world. They are neither good nor evil. They simply are.

So back to Will, who understands Hannibal’s view of morality, but doesn’t necessarily think the same. If we look at it the same way as we looked at Hannibal, in a societal and common sense, yes, Will is a bad person. Can a stereotypically ‘’good’’ person like killing, even if it’s bad men? The satisfaction in killing, even if it’s a bad person, isn’t a moral thing. Someone truly ‘’good’’ would always choose punishment over murder. Then there’s also the fact that Will didn’t blink twice when he and Hannibal ate human meat and that he consumed it, knowingly, without a single complaint.

Will had no issues using innocent people (Chilton, Freddie Lounds, etc) to achieve his own goals. He is as (if not more) manipulative as Hannibal and is sometimes cruel in ways that even shocks the Chesapeake Ripper. Will made absurd sacrifices to get what he wanted, did things no stereotypically ‘’good’’ man would ever think of doing. Then I’m not even talking about maybe the simplest and most ordinary example of how little he actually cares for most things, which is his sweet wife, Molly (her son Walter, too).

However, Will did try to be good. He tried very hard. He wanted to be a good person, to save people. Will can care for others in ways Hannibal can’t. Hannibal has no moral compass, Will does. A broken one, but he does. Will wants to help people more often than he wants to hurt them (The conversation with Bedelia about crushing or saving a wounded bird is a perfect example of this. So are his needs to save dogs and Abigail.) The thing about Will is that he desired to be good. He worked for the FBI, saved many lives, because he understands pain and suffering like no other. He doesn’t wish such horrid things upon innocent people.

During the show, Will's morality is completely tied to Hannibal, so much that Hannibal himself and the stag even serve as metaphors for his corruption, while at the same time, his morality has nothing to do with Hannibal. Will always had dark urges. He always knew that there was something fundamentally wrong with him, with the things he wanted and was capable of doing. Perhaps that’s why he joined the police and later the FBI. He suppressed the worst of him by focusing on the best of himself. By forcing himself to save people through a job, he couldn’t afford to misbehave and do things he knew were wrong. Will’s fantasies, dreams and understanding of killers throughout the show make it very clear that he struggled with his own morality, even before Hannibal.

Then came, of course, Hannibal. Who fueled those urges and gave them attention. Who didn’t create them, but cared for them. Allowed them to sprout and grow until Will got entangled in such a web of situations and feelings that he couldn’t suppress them anymore. Hannibal forced Will to deal with who he really is, he broke Will’s shield. His costume, the same way Will did with Hannibal’s person suit. Hannibal is a ‘bad’ influence on Will because he brings out what’s always been inside him, but was repressed for years because Will was aware that society would label him a monster or a freak if he acted on those feelings. Will felt alone and alienated his entire life, of course he tried everything to not fall into a complete pit of loneliness and darkness.

That was until Hannibal came into his life and Will realised that there was someone who understood him, who loved him for who he really was, even (especially) his ‘darker’ side. Someone who was like him. Who understood how he felt and didn’t see him as an immoral person because of it. Will spent his whole life understanding others, but Hannibal was the first person to actually understand him in return.

Hannibal thinks Will’s ‘worst’ side is the most beautiful version of him. Will himself is torn between what Hannibal (the one person who understands and cares for him) and society (his upbringing, religion, anyone he ever met, norms and values) think of him. He doesn’t know what to believe. He knows he’s a bad person, he doesn’t try to make himself believe he isn’t. As I said, Will still has a moral compass, he’s self conscious about the things he does.

However, there is a great possibility that Hannibal changed Will’s perception of himself. That he made Will see that there’s no need to think of himself as a bad person. Just as a person. A human with urges and desires. Who can decide for themselves whether their actions are good or bad. Law is far beneath them at this point. In the end, Will and Hannibal navigate their own morality through their perceptions of their own actions. They both have a dislike for labels. Good and bad, moral and immoral, those are all labels society has forced upon humanity. Cruelty and kindness are not. Will knows very well when he’s cruel and when he’s kind.

So my conclusion is, yes, Will Graham is stereotypically a self-conscious yet immoral person. At the ending of the series after everything has happened, at least.

But, I think that, just like Will himself, it’s up to you to decide whether he’s truly good or bad. Some people have other reasons to believe someone is one of the two than others. Some believe that if a person can love, or if they feel guilt or know what they’re doing, they aren’t a bad person. Others don’t. I think that’s entirely up to you to decide. It’s just what you like to believe, because believe me, to Will the line is just as blurry as it is to us. He is as unpredictable to Hannibal as he is for the audience. Will is a mystery of a character, certainly when it comes to his morality. And I think that that is exactly what makes him so fascinating.

#long story short #he is a mean little bitch #who's capable of great evil to get his man #but who am i to judge #no I'm joking he's such a beautiful and layered character #I love you morally grey Will Graham #hannibal #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannibal analysis #hannibal lecter #hannigram #hannibal meta #analysis #philo

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