The Villain Professor's Second Chance

Draven is a magic professor in a fantastical realm. He also holds the title of earl and is infamous for his malevolent actions and errors dating back to his youth. His decline is attributed to a curse that impeded his intellectual capabilities and talents. Gradually, he transforms into a villain, losing all that he cherished: his siblings, fiancée, house, domain, and more. Following a wretched death, he reincarnates in the modern world as Dravis Granger. In this new existence, he matures into a highly intellectual individual with no recollection of his past life, eventually becoming a young professor in mechanical engineering and a researcher. However, he harbors an unusual obsession with creating a game, driven by vivid imaginings of another world. This fixation leads him to develop a game mirroring his previous life. Upon completing his virtual reality world, he regains his past memories. Overwhelmed by intense emotions—rage, sadness, and the realization of his former misdeeds—he suffers a fatal heart attack. In his final moments, he hears a voice, seemingly from the world itself, offering him a chance to return to his original fantasy world. However, he would only retain the memories of his modern life, not those of his first life’s mistakes. He agrees and is reincarnated once more, this time with the knowledge of a modern mechanical engineering professor. Yet, Dravis Granger is not just a mechanical engineering professor. He's not merely a straight, brilliant genius professor. He has ideals, and the world is too full of villains for his great idealism. So he strives, using his formidable intellect to become a mastermind. But not as a villain, rather as someone who has lost faith in police and justice, deciding to help people by his own hand. Collecting victims and inviting select talents to join him, he orchestrates several daring stunts, assassinations, traps, and eradicates the scum from the world. Now in this fantasy world, he must survive multiple factions trying to kill him, protect his domain, his siblings, his fiancée, and most importantly: Protect the world. But he hasn't lost the essence of Dravis from the modern world. As a professor in the morning, an earl in the afternoon, and a dark knight at night. _____________________________ "You've hurt my student." Draven stands still, no mana seems to emit from him, but just a single frown. A frown that makes the room heavy. "As a teacher, do you think I would leave you unpunished?" "You seem to believe that I care about your position, Prince Hermit. But believe me," Draven takes a slow step. "Not even your father can protect you from me." _____________________________ One of the King of Kings Series