The Villainous Me Turned the Losers into Blackened Bosses-Chapter 135 - A Sunrise Beyond Fate

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“Will, Young Master?”

“Will, classmate?”

“Will-sensei?”

“Little Will!”

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In the depths of a dreamless, heavy sleep, Will thought he heard someone calling his name, urging him to wake up.

Groggily, he opened his eyes…

And saw a shadowy figure with black hair hovering in front of him, lightly patting his face.

Eir?

Leah?

Treya?

Or…

“Wow, you’re such a heavy sleeper. I drank way more than you last night, so why am I already awake while you’re still out cold?”

The person flicked his forehead with her finger, and Will finally opened his eyes fully.

Shuna!

She was sitting close, and even with his slightly blurry vision—since he wasn’t wearing his glasses—he could make out her features.

Shuna looked like she had just woken up as well. Her long black hair was messy and tangled, clearly unbrushed, as she sat in front of him.

She ran her fingers through her hair, smiling unexpectedly sweetly.

Wait, why was it her?

What had happened last night?

Will rubbed his forehead, trying to piece things together, and then it all came rushing back.

Oh, right.

He had gone to the tavern to meet S, only to discover that S was this beautiful girl in front of him.

She could drink like a fish—or so she pretended, only to end up completely drunk herself.

And then…

Clack-clack.

Will heard the rhythmic sound of train wheels rolling.

Oh, right!

This person had somehow dragged him onto a train, and after it started moving, he had ended up stuck here!

And now they had no idea how long the train would run or where it was headed.

“You finally woke up? How are you feeling now?”

But…

Shuna seemed unusually cheerful, holding a piece of black, hard bread in her hand.

She didn’t look the least bit flustered by the situation.

In fact, she seemed entirely at ease, adopting a “let’s just go with it” attitude.

“There’s plenty of emergency rations in the caboose. I checked, and they’ve been preserved with magic, so they’re safe to eat. As for water, we can always conjure some with a basic water spell.”

As she spoke, Shuna casually conjured two water orbs in front of her chest, each the same size as… well, her chest. She squeezed them playfully, making a squishy sound.

She still had the energy to play childish magic games like a boy who had just learned his first spell?!

“No, no, that’s not what I’m talking about…”

But Will was different.

His mind was a chaotic mess, filled with too many things he needed to think about and organize.

Last night, he had deliberately avoided thinking by simply collapsing into bed and sleeping soundly.

But now that he was awake, the night had passed, and he had no choice but to start using his brain.

“What… what should we do now…”

Will frowned deeply.

Since birth, he had never encountered something so “unexpected.”

Perhaps it was because he had been reincarnated into a book he was familiar with, and he had set a clear plan to follow the plot step by step. Coupled with “fate” constantly looming over him…

For the past decade or so, his life had been a steady, methodical journey along a “known” path.

Whether it was nurturing the three girls, training them in the art of blackening, forming an adventurer team, or planning his own life, Will had everything meticulously organized.

He liked this process—everything under his control, with no unexpected deviations.

It was like pulling a gacha with enough resources to guarantee the pity pull, calmly securing the must-have character without any anxiety.

But…

Now…

Looking at Shuna in front of him, sitting in this shabby caboose, listening to the relentless sound of the train moving forward, and breathing in the unfamiliar, slightly dusty air…

It felt like everything had spiraled out of control, galloping in a direction he couldn’t predict. All he could do was cling tightly to the reins and hope not to fall off.

“What do you mean, ‘what should we do’? We can’t exactly jump off the train now, so why not just relax and wait until it reaches the station? Based on my experience, trains usually run for a day at most, so it won’t go too far.”

Shuna seemed completely carefree, biting into the hard bread with gusto, her strong teeth making quick work of it.

“A day is already pretty far!”

Watching Shuna, Will finally understood who the “wild horse” was in this situation and what he had gotten himself into—

He had carefully planned his resources, mapped out his strategy for future pulls…

And then the developers dropped an overpowered, must-have banner with exclusive content, draining all his resources in one go, leaving him empty-handed.

Damn those developers!

Oh…

Wait, he was the developer. Never mind, then.

“Hmm… I’m more worried about my three teammates.”

Will lowered his head, searching the floor for his glasses. He had carefully placed them aside before sleeping to avoid crushing them.

After all, his nearsightedness in this world was quite severe. Without glasses, he might as well be blind.

“I can’t even tell them where I’ve gone. They were planning to tackle a dungeon today. Eir’s probably crying her eyes out, Leah might think I’ve met with disaster, and Treya… she might assume I’m off on some secret mission.”

“Thinking about them… their weapons still need to be forged, and I need to help them synchronize. Once they have their weapons, they need to push further in their respective directions. Otherwise, when we face those bosses…”

“And… oh, right, in a month, someone will show up in Novice Town. I was looking forward to seeing the mess they’d cause!”

“Even if I’m only gone for a few days, I’ve been thrown onto a stage of fate where I can’t predict the consequences…”

He quickly ran through all the possible scenarios in his mind.

Strangely, despite the urgency of the situation, after thinking it through, he didn’t feel “anxious.” Instead, he felt a sense of mental chaos from having too much information to process.

Why was that?

In his previous life, facing a last-minute change before a project launch would have left him sleepless with stress.

At that moment…

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He felt the cool legs of his glasses slide over his ears, and the lightweight blue frames settled on his face, bringing his vision into sharp focus.

“Shuna…?”

It was Shuna who had put his glasses on for him.

Her hands rested lightly on the frames, her black eyes meeting his through the lenses, filled with a playful smile.

At this close distance, he could even see her long eyelashes.

Meanwhile…

The sun had risen, and the caboose was noticeably brighter. Shuna’s eyes seemed to sparkle with light.

“Your glasses were right here. You were looking for them, weren’t you? Put them on and come with me—you won’t want to miss this.”

“…Miss what?”

Without another word, Shuna grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet. He stumbled slightly, still unsteady, as he followed her.

She reached out and pushed open the iron door of the caboose—the same door they had tumbled through last night.

The early morning air was crisp, and the sunlight streaming through the gap was almost blinding after the darkness of the caboose.

“A bit bright…”

Will shielded his eyes with his hand, but Shuna had already pulled him onto the small platform outside the caboose.

Whoosh—

The first thing he felt was the rushing wind from the speeding train, lifting the hem of his clothes.

Compared to being inside the caboose, standing on this small outdoor platform made the speed of this modern marvel of transportation all the more palpable.

Then, as his eyes adjusted to the light…

He saw an endless expanse of fields and the sun slowly rising over the horizon.

Sunlight bathed the grass, which swayed in rhythm with the wind stirred by the train, mirroring the movement of his clothes.

As the sun peeked over the horizon, the shadows on the grass gradually disappeared, the deep green transforming into a vibrant, lively emerald.

In the sky, white birds soared alongside the train, their shadows dancing on the gravel-covered tracks below.

It was beautiful.

In his previous life, Will had ridden trains before, but modern trains were enclosed and stable. Experiencing the sunlight, wind, and open air like this was a first for him.

If…

If he hadn’t boarded this train and had simply followed the predetermined path of fate, he might never have seen such a scene.

This was…

A beauty that lay “beyond fate.”

Perhaps Will had been following the footsteps of “fate” for so long and so far that he had grown numb.

Watching the sun rise in the distance, Will felt as if he had been reborn.

Since he was already on this train…

Hmm…

Maybe he should let go of some things and stop overthinking.

The three girls he had trained personally would surely trust him.

They were fully capable of handling themselves, even soloing A3-rated dungeons. There was no need to worry.

Even without him, they would likely continue doing what they needed to do. There was no way they’d panic and come looking for him, right?

“Inhale—exhale—ah, this feels amazing!”

Shuna stood beside him, gripping the railing, taking a deep breath, and exhaling loudly.

Afterward, she stretched with a satisfied smile.

“So? Watching the sunrise from a train isn’t bad, huh?”

“The wind rushing past your ears, watching the night fade into day—it’s like space and time are flowing around you.”

The wind blew through her long black hair, scattering it behind her.

“This is my favorite time. That’s the beauty of trains that depart at night.”

While Will admired her profile and smile…

His mind was preoccupied with her words.

“Favorite time… the beauty of trains that depart at night…”

Why did those words feel so loaded with meaning?

Come to think of it, hadn’t Shuna mentioned before that, based on her experience, trains usually only run for a day?

Something wasn’t adding up.

As a new form of freight transportation, how did she know that?

“Shuna, have you… ridden trains like this before? No, not ridden—since these are freight trains…”

“Uh?!”

Shuna seemed to realize she had slipped up, her eyes darting toward the roof of the train.

“Ah… ahaha, occasionally… I might hitch a ride. It’s just so fast, you know?”

Makes sense!

As the newest mode of transportation, of course it was fast.

As expected of Shuna, always finding unconventional solutions!

But…

Why did Will feel like…

She had done something intentional here?