In My Favorite Novel As The Final Villain

Chapter 3: Exchange

"You're a completely differt person, you're not Theos, or am I wrong?" the voice asked suddly, making Ark jump.

'If he knows, th why didn't he kill me in the first place?' wondered Ark, caught in an internal conflict.

Still, calm on the surface, Ark nodded, confirming the Supreme Lord's words.

'There's no point in lying now that you know. Besides, I don't know what could happ if I lie to myself or lie to him.... I should have a pretty scary anti-lie skill.', Ark concluded quietly, waiting for the voice to answer.

"You know? You are someone else, but in a literal sse; an unknown soul merged with Theos' soul, giving you origin," the voice replied as if it was the most natural thing in the world. But Ark was paralyzed, like a block of ice.

His expression stiffed, as did his muscles, and he didn't ev breathe.

'I'm a new being, what's the point? I'm Ark... Not Theos', Ark repeated several times, beginning to doubt his very existce, ev though he remembered everything from his past life.

But without pausing, the voice roared again. "Right now, the unknown soul is dominating because you hav't awaked the memories of Theos, but don't worry, I'll help you with that."

The next momt, the whole room was filled with a strange sound... a snapping of fingers.

"AGGGHHHH!" wincing, Ark fell to his knees, clutching his head tightly.

Fingers dug into his scalp, and from his ears came a deep red liquid, blood.

"AhHhhhhHhh!" he cried out in pure pain.

Ark began to remember his tire life on Earth.

He had be an orphan, abandoned by his parts. Growing up in an vironmt full of danger on the streets, young Ark was always cautious. Sometimes he was ev beat to death for stealing food.

It was an overwhelming feeling, unfamiliar and .... terrifying.

Ark had read several web novels, but the protagonists never felt anything wh they had the memories of their predecessor if anything, a vague feeling of empathy or pity.

But this time, Ark felt Theo's true emotions. He felt like him.

'I've be imitating him for so long, I don't ev know if I'm imitating him or ..... I am Theos,' Theos thought, still confused on an existtial level, but not letting that stop him.

'I will be Theos, at least in this life; I will no longer be Ark... I am now Theos Von Fall, the successor of the great Fall Clan,' Theos concluded, accepting his new idtity at that momt.

He didn't know how he had died; he just appeared in this world. He didn't ev know if he had died, but it didn't matter now; his ambitions were on another much bigger goal.

"What now?" the voice asked casually, but ev for Theos he felt a spark of curiosity in its tone.

"Now that..." Theos said, repeating his words as he wiped the blood from his nose and ears. "Now I want to be powerful, but not just powerful like in my previous life... I want to be the most powerful," Theos said with conviction.

The voice fell silt. A silce that Theos, in his new life, did not find uncomfortable, but strangely peaceful.

"And how do you think you will manage to be the most powerful? And what do you want to be the most powerful for?" the voice asked. This time, there was no trace of indifferce but true curiosity.

With his glowing eyes, one as dark as the night itself and the other brighter than the sun itself, black and scarlet, Theos stepped forward.

"I want to be the most powerful to rule everything, I want to be the ruler of everything... I want to be the epitome of perfection."

"And for that, I want to exchange with you."

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