I reincarnated as an elf .......and married the yandere villainess. Chapter 247: It’s today

The morning of the coronation began before sunrise. Atheline simply couldn’t fall asleep anymore.

His eyes opened slowly in the darkness of the royal chambers. For several monts he remained motionless beneath the blankets, listening.

The room was quiet. Only the steady breathing beside him disrupted the quiet occasionally.

The distant sounds of palace servants already beginning their duties sowhere beyond the walls could barely be heard.

He glanced at the faint glow of moonlight filtering through the curtains, a peaceful sight. Yet his mind refused to remain still.

’It’s today’

The word lingered in his thoughts. After everything that had happened; he had regained a part of his mories, married Lilith, and all the ss that surrounded them. Today had finally arrived.

Atheline stared at the ceiling for a while then slowly sat up. Beside him, Lilith remained asleep... or appeared asleep. With her, one could never be entirely sure.

He smiled slightly before quietly leaving the bed. The room was getting cooler by the day. Winter had begun creeping southward, not enough to freeze the court but enough to make mornings colder.

His body could barely feel the cold, it even felt natural.

He walked toward the balcony doors and opened them carefully. Cold air greeted him imdiately. The Court stretched before him, even in darkness, he could see lights. Thousands of them.

It was beginning to wake up and people were already preparing for the gathering. Today wasn’t rely important for the palace. It was important for the entire kingdom.

Atheline rested his hands against the stone railing and a mory surfaced slowly.

It was almost a week ago, after they had settled on everything for the coronation, when he decided to take the final reward.

The mory appeared clearly.

He had been alone then, sitting in his study after he had managed to escape one of his many royal tutors. The stress from everyone had started to slowly transfer to him.

It was affecting him and Lilith could see it which he didn’t want. Since getting those mories he had been getting a little more frustrated faster than usual which he knew was probably just a small side effect and would probably vanish in a while.

At that mont, he had been examining the small pill in his hand and the system window that floated before him.

It had appeared the mont he decided to take the Power pill to enhance his power. He didn’t know who would challenge him during the Coronation but he needed to be cautious.

At first glance, the pill seed impressive, not compared to so of the absurd rewards he’d received previously.

Then he had asked for its use and limitations. He had read it twice then a third ti, because he surely misunderstood.

He hadn’t.

The pill increased energy reserves permanently. Without limit, restriction, or conditions.

Atheline rembered staring at it for several minutes then imdiately becoming suspicious. Nothing that powerful ca without consequences especially when the previous rewards weren’t the best.

It just felt a little too coincidental.

The system confird his concerns. The increase affected his Aether core, not the body. aning if his Aether reached levels beyond what his core could withstand the result would be catastrophic.

He would naturally beco corrupted.

The universe hated free advantages, but he still took it. Refusing would have been idiotic.

The mory remained vivid.

The pill itself had been surprisingly ordinary. The mont he swallowed it everything changed.

Atheline rembered the sensation perfectly.

Infinite energy.

It wasn’t quite literally but close enough.

Aether erupted through his body like a flood. His veins felt like molten glass. His soul felt as though soone had ignited a fire inside it.

Power surged through every part of him. Growing then multiplying then growing again and eventually multiplying. He was expanding limits almost forcefully then breaking them again.

Atheline rembered collapsing to one knee because of its scale. The amount of power suddenly existing inside him was absurd.

For one brief mont, he understood. He understood what truly powerful beings felt. What monsters at the top of the world experienced.

Even he could feel it, the increased and where his power was currently being restricted at.

EX rank, the rank beyond SSS.

Atheline was left in complete disbelief. It seed too easy, he didn’t know why he felt that but it felt as though he was being spoon-fed power or a dam was slowly opening sowhere.

Then imdiately after, he discovered the problem he had been fearing the most. His body couldn’t keep up, not even close.

The mont he attempted drawing upon that power pain exploded through his muscles. His Aether channels felt like they were tearing apart.

Atheline rembered coughing blood onto his study floor.

The system imdiately inford him that using his full energy reserves would likely cripple him.

It might be temporary or possibly permanently depending on how stupid he decides to beco.

Atheline had chosen not to test the warning. Instead, he learned his new limits. His body could safely handle high SSS rank output. Anything beyond that beca increasingly dangerous.

Which ant he technically possessed EX-rank energy but only the body of an SSS-ranked individual. It was like attaching a mountain-sized reservoir to a river.

The water existed but the river simply couldn’t carry it all, yet.

His body would adapt eventually. It might take months or even years. Who knew.

The power wasn’t going anywhere. He would eventually grow familiar with it. Elves have long life spans after all.

Atheline returned to the present.

A breath escaped him. The mory faded with the mist-filled breath. The cold morning air made it even more visible than usual.

A week had passed since then and he still couldn’t access his true power but perhaps that was fine.

Today wasn’t about power it was about responsibility. A much more frightening concept.

A voice ca from behind him.

"Couldn’t sleep?"

Atheline turned.

Lilith sat upright in bed, her dark hair slightly disheveled with a calm expression. Apparently, she had been awake, or just woke up, or had simply decided pretending was no longer necessary.

With her, all three possibilities seed equally likely.

Atheline smiled.

"Mmh... just a little bit over excited."

"Really?"

"Yes."

She studied him.

"Good. How’s your body doing?"

"Fine, I’ll get used to it soon."

Lilith had witnessed the aftermath. Including the part where he accidentally shattered half the furniture in his study.

An unfortunate incident since the furniture had done nothing wrong.

She rose from the bed and approached the balcony.

He watched her quietly.

The morning light had begun appearing beyond the horizon and soft gold was replacing darkness.

She stood beside him looking toward the city. Thousands of citizens filled the streets already, waiting for them.

Atheline suddenly felt nervous again. She noticed imdiately.

"Everything is going to be perfect. Didn’t you make sure it was?"

Atheline laughed.

"Can I be nervous?"

"No."

"Why?"

"It’s too late."

He sighed dramatically while she smiled. A knock interrupted them.

The day had begun.