i reincarnated as a villain of a romance novel

chapter 9

I laid there fuming . The pillow aren't as comfortable as the ones from the black castle . It'll take a few days to ship my remaining luggage here . This apartment complex is definitely a lot bigger than my old apartment . A lot nicer too . This place doesn't reek of cigarettes 24 /7 and probably wasn't used as an active chem lab once or twice

SURPRISE Augustine from the novel was the basic handsome prince from every other novel that has a prince in it. Caught up palace politics he was pressured and abandoned ever since birth .

He was the child of the kings second wife . His mother died giving birth to him the king furious that the love of his life passed away because of him and banished him in to the cold palace . On they outside he is the typical diligent prince with a friendly demeanor but in reality he was the cold as the walls of his childhood home
With no one at his side to survive he schemed but after meeting with the heroine his two faced mask finally started to cracked . As if breathing fresh air for the first time it felt like weight was lifted up his shoulders

But he knew that if he kept the heroine to close people would not only use her against him but to bully her because how dare a commoner steal the princes heart . She must be a witch

So no matter how much it hurt he pushed the heroine away

I looked at the ceiling and pondered . At first I related his character . We were both born in a world that was against us and the moment we opened our eyes we knew . But unlike him I had my sister

Tsk .. a frown was evident in my previously emotionless face .

Thankfully the next morning I managed to talk to the magic theory teacher and make up a sob story about being a late bloomer and an illegitimate child not knowing mom etc. etc.

She seemed sympathetic to my situation and advised I should come to her as soon as I started showing symptoms of my abilities manifesting to get it on paperwork

But during the day i made up my decision to avoid the first prince like the plague . I'll just need to have a good relationship with the heroine and other side leads who's holding out for a hero anyways

For now I'm heading to the library I need have some alone time away from yesterdays disaster the classic smell of old rotting books hits my nose . Heading in to the library I find a quite spot in the corner out of sight . Grabbing a random book I swiftly head over there .

pretending to read while practicing some shadow magic under the table .

I'm corrupting my shadow in to different shapes and size . i have taken a liking to shadow magic its doesn't give out an aura like dark magic and the only uses could be to manipulate the users body or doing some snooping as the shadow could only hear but not speak . giving the phrase the walls have ears a whole norther look .

although shadows are visible, someone had to be actively looking for it to be noticed . Yes there is limitations since shadow magic is an extension of dark magic it is weak against light magic and very difficult to use during the day . That's why I'm trying to learn to use shadow magic at at lunch . Especially to spy and to listen in on conversations .

I'll need this skill in the future to find the McGuffin since the location of said artifact is always changing and usually guarded in short it's especially difficult to get my hands on .