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Chapter 301: A Different Shade of Pain (1) · Nov 01, 2026

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301 Chapter 301: A Different Shade of Pain (1) 2026-11-01
302 Chapter 302: A Different Shade of Pain (2) 2026-11-01
303 Chapter 303: The Loop of Sorrow: Awakening in Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
304 Chapter 304: The Loop of Sorrow: Awakening in Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
305 Chapter 305: When Titans Speak 2026-11-01
306 Chapter 306: Nameless (1) 2026-11-01
307 Chapter 307: Nameless (2) 2026-11-01
308 Chapter 308: Journey’s End (1) 2026-11-01
309 Chapter 309: Journey’s End (2) 2026-11-01
310 Chapter 310: The next step (1) 2026-11-01
311 Chapter 311: The next step (2) 2026-11-01
312 Chapter 312: The Calm Before the Storm (1) 2026-11-01
313 Chapter 313: The Calm Before the Storm (2) 2026-11-01
314 Chapter 314: The Hunt Begins (1) 2026-11-01
315 Chapter 315: The Hunt Begins (2) 2026-11-01
316 Chapter 316: No Way Back (1) 2026-11-01
317 Chapter 317: No Way Back (2) 2026-11-01
318 Chapter 318: A Continent Against Twenty-Two 2026-11-01
319 Chapter 319: The hammer and the anvil (1) 2026-11-01
320 Chapter 320: The hammer and the anvil (2) 2026-11-01
321 Chapter 321: Cannon fodder 2026-11-01
322 Chapter 322: Beneath the Crowsʼ Gaze (1) 2026-11-01
323 Chapter 323: Beneath the Crowsʼ Gaze (2) 2026-11-01
324 Chapter 324: Beneath the Crowsʼ Gaze (3) 2026-11-01
325 Chapter 325: Womb of Ashes 2026-11-01
326 Chapter 326: Third-Generation Contracts 2026-11-01
327 Chapter 327: Ashes of Innocence 2026-11-01
328 Chapter 328: Dancing to the Devil’s Tune (1) 2026-11-01
329 Chapter 329: Dancing to the Devil’s Tune (2) 2026-11-01
330 Chapter 330: The Day Death Knocked (1) 2026-11-01
331 Chapter 331: The Day Death Knocked (2) 2026-11-01
332 Chapter 332: The Witch’s Gambit (1) 2026-11-01
333 Chapter 333: The Witch’s Gambit (2) 2026-11-01
334 Chapter 334: Frey starlight vs Beatrice (1) 2026-11-01
335 Chapter 335: Frey starlight vs Beatrice (2) 2026-11-01
336 Chapter 336: The Witch’s Game (1) 2026-11-01
337 Chapter 337: The Witch’s Game (2) 2026-11-01
338 Chapter 338: Snow Lionheart (1) 2026-11-01
339 Chapter 339: Snow Lionheart (2) 2026-11-01
340 Chapter 340: Snow Lionheart (3) 2026-11-01
341 Chapter 341: Snow Lionheart (4) 2026-11-01
342 Chapter 342: The Devil’s Bargain (1) 2026-11-01
343 Chapter 343: The Devil’s Bargain (2) 2026-11-01
344 Chapter 344: The Cost of a Few (1) 2026-11-01
345 Chapter 345: The Cost of a Few (2) 2026-11-01
346 Chapter 346: Maekar Valerion vs Astaroth (1) 2026-11-01
347 Chapter 347: Maekar Valerion vs Astaroth (2) 2026-11-01
348 Chapter 348: Maekar Valerion vs Beatrice (1) 2026-11-01
349 Chapter 349: Maekar Valerion vs Beatrice (2) 2026-11-01
350 Chapter 350: Sir Alon 2026-11-01

Chapter 301: A Different Shade of Pain (1) – Frey Starlightʼs Pov –

Laughter echoed through the living room, wrapping around me like a warm embrace from the family I loved.

Surrounded on all sides,

I felt a deep happiness— a kind of joy I thought had been stolen from me forever… finally returned after a long and bitter journey.

Yet for some reason, beneath that happiness, there was something else.

An emptiness.

A strange void that whispered something important was missing.

No matter how hard I tried,

I couldnʼt put my finger on what it was.

I couldnʼt even understand why I longed for my family this intensely ..

I saw them every day, didnʼt I?

So why did I miss them like this?

And why did my chest feel so… hollow?

Questions with no answers.

As I sank deeper into confusion, my motherʼs gentle hand pulled me back.

She looked at me with soft, worried eyes. ”Are you alright, sweetheart?”

Just hearing her voice was enough to make my heart swell.

Realizing Iʼd worried her for nothing,

I forced the thoughts out of my head.

They werenʼt worth troubling over. ”Iʼm fine… just a little tired,”

I replied with a smile.

She nodded, suggesting I go rest .. but before I could leave, my younger brother clung to my arm. ”Donʼt go! Tell me more about your novel !”

With those innocent, eager eyes staring up at me, how could I say no?

My mother was about to scold him, but I stopped her.

Then I sat him beside me and began telling a fantastical tale .. one full of struggle, sorrow, and a cursed hero trapped in an unending spiral of chaos.

Talking about my story—about Frey Starlight— always helped me escape the weight of the real world.

And when I finished, my brotherʼs eyes lit up with awe. ”That was amazing!” he said, maybe a bit dramatically .. but I could tell he meant every word.

Even my parents seemed impressed.

They both encouraged me to publish it, to share my story with the world.

It was a great idea .. and I decided I would.

Everything was going perfectly.

Almost too perfectly.

So much so that I started to doubt it was real at all.

But along with that joy… a strange feeling kept growing inside me.

A feeling that something… wasnʼt right.

I hated it.

So I ignored it, choosing instead to focus on the happiness I had.

On the life that was unfolding just the way Iʼd always dreamed.

I grew up in a loving homec, landed a good job , published a novel that became a global hit.

I was the happiest man alive.

What more could I want?

Marriage, maybe?

I figured I was old enough to settle down— but a part of me didnʼt want to leave my family behind. ”Now thatʼs a dilemma.”

I thought about it seriously.

Should I bring my future wife to live with us?

But what if she didnʼt get along with my family?

What if I had to choose?

I already knew my answer.

Iʼd choose my family—every time.

Lost in those ridiculous thoughts,

I leaned back in my office chair with a sigh. ”Letʼs just not get married then…”

Decision made,

I left work and headed home.

What should I do when I get back?

Maybe write a new chapter?

Play with my little brother?

Sit down and have a grown-up conversation with my father?

There was so much I wanted to do .. so I hurried home, a smile on my face.

As soon as I got there,

I slipped the key into the lock, and opened the door with a bit too much enthusiasm. ”Iʼm home!”

I called out, expecting to hear my motherʼs voice—the one that always greeted me first.

But this time…

There was no response from her.. ”Ooooh! Welcome back! Took you long enough!”

The one who welcomed me wasnʼt my mother.

It wasnʼt anyone from my family.

It wasnʼt even human.

I froze.

Standing before me .. was a creature.

Tall, cloaked in a black robe that flowed like smoke, four twisted horns crowning its head like a kingʼs grotesque diadem.

Its face was bone-white, marked with black lines— and three glowing red eyes.

He clapped slowly, smiling. ”Welcome back, Frey! Iʼve prepared a gift for you!”

Frozen in place at the sight of this grotesque creature— a being unlike anything Iʼd ever seen—

I failed to notice what was behind it right away.

The living room .. the same one where Iʼd sat countless times with my family— had become a gruesome torture chamber, painted with splashes of red, black, and yellow fluids staining every corner.

But what gripped my gaze more than anything else… were the four mutilated corpses strung up like decorations.

My parents.

My brothers.

Hung by nooses, their limbs had been severed and reattached in the most repulsive fashion.

Their arms and legs were stitched together in a way that formed a single word: ”WELCOME” ”Sorry, I didnʼt have time to prepare anything better!” the creature said cheerfully. ”But I hope you like it !”

He kept talking with unsettling delight, but I couldnʼt hear a word of it.

I was in shock .. paralyzed.

And that awful feeling returned.

That overwhelming sense that something was deeply wrong…

Only this time— it was a million times stronger.

Collapsing to the ground,

I screamed uncontrollably, unable to comprehend what was happening.

Grief. Rage.

Terror. Nausea.

They all hit me at once.

I cried uncontrollably, vomiting everything in my stomach. ”Pathetic…”

As I broke down—sobbing, retching, trembling— that twisted demon simply laughed at my suffering.