Villain Simulator-Chapter 140: A Splash of Color in Her Black-and-White Existence.

Veena was cursed.

It was a curse that was passed down through generations in her family.

From her grandma, who acquired it from the Chaos Creature Eclipseon during her battle in the first Chaos invasion, it passed down to her mother, and finally to her.

Eclipseon was a top-tier Chaos creature that dealt primarily with fate.

So naturally, what Veena’s grandmother defeated was just a part of Eclipseon that was projected onto this world.

Nonetheless, what she accomplished was a great feat—a feat that came at the price of a bloodline curse that Eclipseon’s projection cast on Veena’s grandmother before its death.

——[Chaotic Fate]——

➤ Description: A Chaos curse that causes agony and nightmares. It is passed down through the bloodline.

➤ Remarks: It is your fate to be haunted and tormented alone. After you, it’s the fate of your descendants.

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Such a curse plauged Veena.

Because she didn’t know about it at first, she thought her scary dreams were just normal occurrences that happened at night.

Even after learning of the curse and experiencing its effects firsthand, Veena remained firm in her dismissal of its significance.

To her, they were merely bad dreams.

But as she awakened her mana, the nature of her nightmares underwent a drastic transformation.

The injuries she suffered in her dreams hurt her in real life, and she ended up with bruises and wounds all over her body.

One day, when her neck was cut in the dream, she huddled in a corner of her room, trembling in fear of death.

Life became a hell for her.

Even she, who had always been strong, found it difficult to endure.

To hide her frequent bruises, she got tattoos, which covered her flesh in scribbled designs.

Yet pain and bruises were only the beginning of her ordeal.

The true horror unfolded when Veena came into contact with others.

The mere brush of her skin infused others with a primal fear of Chaos, making them recoil back as if burned by her touch.

However, for those brave or foolish enough to persist and maintain physical contact, a bigger problem would arise, as they too would start to suffer from nightmares.

Of course, their nightmares might not be as real and intense as Veena’s, but they were much worse than normal nightmares.

In the end, once they realized the truth, they would all abandon Veena.

Veena and her family had to secretly silence them to prevent the news from spreading.

Due to this, even Veena herself started to get angry towards others gradually, especially if they dared touch her.

Her personality transformed into one of indifference and loneliness, acting as a barrier to ward off the outside world.

Isolation gave her comfort, so she started living alone to keep people from approaching.

Cigarettes and alcohol became her allies, numbing her pain, concealing her loneliness, and providing an escape from reality.

But even these addictions became less powerful as time went on.

So she gave in to them for no other reason than to fill the void in her heart and hide her loneliness behind puffs of cigarrete smoke.

To be honest, Veena really wanted to be with someone and feel the warmth of friendship like everyone else.

But she couldn’t, even if she wanted to.

She had to fight tooth and nail to keep the curse from coming to light and live in constant fear, never knowing when her curse would be exposed to the world.

Sometimes, she would even think of being found out, so her life might end early.

However, the thought of her parents always made her unable to do it.

The family who loved and raised her—the family of the hero who killed Eclipseon—Veena couldn’t bear to see their demise because of her selfishness.

Resigned to her fate, she enrolled in Lumina Academy and took the class [Efficient Control of Magical Power] since it was mandatory. Unaware of the situation it would thrust her into—a situation where she would be forced to hold someone’s hand.

Veena closed her eyes tight there and tried desperately to avoid it, but couldn’t.

"Sorry."

Eventually, with a sincere apology, she reached out her hand to Adrian, who became her partner.

She declined Alex’s offer due to his association with Cypras—the family responsible for her grandmother’s curse—a truth obscured by time but fueling a silent feud between their families.

But Alex, who was unaware of that, continued to send infatuated glances at her.

Even though Veena kept pushing away, he annoyingly tried to intervene while being the minion of that bitch, whose family was responsible for Veena’s present condition.

It was unfair to hold the present generation responsible for the sins of their ancestors; Veena knew it, but wasn’t she herself a victim of the curse her grandmother got?

So why would she suffer alone?

Why should she have to go through all that pain when it was clearly Cypra’s fault?

It was unfair.

But life is like that.

For this reason, Veena had always seen Rosalie as an eternal rival, ever since she had awakened and learned the truth.

She wanted to trample on Rosalie herself.

Nevertheless, despite her relentless efforts, the supporting character Veena couldn’t defy her fate and defeat the protagonist Rosalie.

She always remained one step behind Rosalie.

Even in the entrance exams, where Rosalie got first place, Veena came in second.

While Veena’s ambition to defeat Rosalie was burning brighter than ever that day, she also had a revelation:

’Among the younger generation, no one can compete with Rosalie.’

However, Veena’s perspective shifted upon learning about the commoner boy who, against all odds, defeated Rosalie.

To her surprise, he was also seated beside her and became her partner in the class [Efficient Control of Magical Power].

When Veena came to the academy a week ago to isolate herself due to her condition, she met him first that day.

At the time, she didn’t know who he was, but now that she knew who he was, she wanted to express so much to him.

But years of solitude had made her forget how to be expressive.

Now, she could only watch as his palm approached hers.

She couldn’t even reject him properly and could only close her eyes tightly and let him hold her hand.

’So soft.’

Veena had long since forgotten the human connection, but the warmth of his touch brought back all those good memories.

Even so, Veena was frightened that her curse would also harm him.

He was the one who made Rosalie lose for the first time in Veena’s life.

Despite her initial reservations, Veena had only good feelings towards Adrian, and she didn’t want him to suffer and loathe her like others because of her curse.

But as she braced herself for his reaction, expecting loathing and rejection…

"???"

It didn’t come.

Adrian continued to look at her with the same beautiful smile, prompting Veena to blurt out subconsciously,

"Are you okay?!"

"Huh? Shouldn’t I be?"

He responded with a tilt of his head in confusion, leaving Veena feeling embarrassed by her own assumptions.

Yet, in that moment, such trivial concerns seemed inconsequential.

Though she hadn’t known him for long, the warmth of his palm felt like a balm, easing the burden of her curse and alleviating her pain.

For far too long, she hadn’t felt anything like this—a gentle realization of the beauty of human connection.

Subconsciously, tears welled in her eyes, and a genuine smile graced her face.

"Haaa..."

Veena exhaled contentedly, basking in the moment of peace and warmth.

She was so engrossed in the sensation that she didn’t even notice Alex staring at her with eyes burning with jealousy.

Even if she had known, Veena wouldn’t have cared.

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For her at that moment, nothing mattered more.

Not even the mystery of why Adrian seemed immune to her curse.

It was irrelevant.

Veena was in awe.

The world seemed different to her, as if a splash of color had been added to her previously black-and-white existence.

Despite being an unanticipated exception, Adrian’s presence seemed to have given her life vitality and brightness.

Leaving Veena overwhelmed with happiness.

She was so happy that she almost burst into tears of happiness.

Out of all the dead and depressing people in this world, he was the only one who seemed alive and kicking—a living being in this world of undead scarecrows.

"Veena, are you okay? Why are you crying?"

Even his voice felt sweet.