I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 63

Ch 63

What was given to Aria was the Crown Princess’s ring. The Crown Princess’s ring that had only existed once in the Kalendia Empire.

It was created initially by the Emperor, who dearly cherished his daughter, to differentiate her from the Crown Princes.

That Emperor demanded it be made more splendid and magnificent than the rings passed down to the Crown Princes.

“I’m supposed to wear this at the engagement ceremony?”

“Yes. His Majesty gave it to you personally.”

“Ah… But I already have the Crown Princess’s ring.”

“You are to wear them on both hands, by His Majesty’s order.”

“Ah…….”

Aria’s palms began to sweat profusely. She was planning on breaking off the engagement once Lionell became Emperor.

The fact that the Emperor was treating her like a true Crown Princess made her feel suffocated.

“T-the dress, you just need to take my measurements, right?”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

“Then I’d like to return to my room.”

“Yes.”

Aria hurriedly headed to her room as if fleeing. She ran up the three flights of stairs in one go, opened the door, and immediately went inside, slamming the door shut.

Her heart was pounding, and the sound was so loud in her ears that it made her even more confused.

After arriving in her room and being left alone in the dark, Aria was slowly regaining her composure.

“Aria.”

“Leon.”

The divine beast, who had appeared unnoticed, was rubbing his head against her leg and looking up at her.

“Perhaps when I’m sleeping…”

“Yes, I will check every day.”

“Thank you.”

She thought that she now needed to prepare for Lionell to return to the Imperial Palace.

Aria was about to pick up the divine beast, who had been looking up from the floor, and head to her bed.

“You’re late.”

“Kyaa!”

She was so surprised that she screamed. When she quickly turned on the light, a familiar person was leaning against the bed, looking at her.

“Killian?”

“Yes.”

He came because he was worried that Aria might be having a hard time because of what happened at the temple earlier. Even if she had left like that, she must have been surprised.

“Why are you so late?”

“That’s none of your concern.”

But her attitude was colder than he expected, considering he came because he was worried, which made him feel down.

“Ha.”

He was annoyed that Aria had run away from him, but he was still willing to forgive her. After all, he had let her run away.

“It’s rude to enter someone else’s room without permission.”

“It’s not as bad as kidnapping someone without permission.”

“Ugh…….”

Aria was speechless and stood with her back against the door for a moment, wary of him.

Both Lionell and Killian were entering and leaving her room as if it were their own, which she disliked. However, she felt that Lionell was doing it out of concern for her, while Killian was just trying to use her, so she felt different when facing the two of them.

Although neither was particularly pleasant.

“I know you can’t sleep alone.”

“…….”

“I came to put you to sleep.”

“I can sleep alone.”

“Are you going to use the restraints again? Are you going to tie my legs up?”

“…….”

Aria felt strange because he seemed to know her too well, probably because of the time he had spent in her room. It almost felt like concern.

“That’s none of your concern.”

The more she felt that way, the more she reminded herself that he was trying to use her.

Killian was an opponent of Lionell, whom she supported, and he was the core figure of that opposing force. For her to trust him was like a doe offering its neck to a lion.

“You’re more cold-hearted today. We even kissed earlier.”

“That was because you threatened me. I’ll scream if you don’t leave.”

“Go ahead. If you scream, others will come running.”

Aria had no idea how to overcome this situation where Killian was tormenting her. Yet, she also felt strange because she didn’t feel lonely with him in the room.

“Did you kiss Young Lady Melina?”

“Yes.”

He was lying. He hated Melina so much that he would have a fit if she even touched him.

“Was it a peck, or a kiss?”

“Both.”

“……I see.”

He somehow felt that Aria was paying attention to his words, so he hid his smile by covering his mouth with his large hand.

Killian was pleased, wondering if Aria was hurt by his words about kissing Melina.

Just imagining himself kissing Melina made him feel nauseous, but when he saw Aria’s face, which looked like she was about to cry with a disappointed expression, his heart felt strange.

She was clearly the woman who kidnapped and harassed him.

Strangely, she was someone who made him feel at ease.

It was true that he came here for his own purpose. But he had only intended to play along until he achieved his goal.

He didn’t realize that he would be so concerned about Aria without even realizing it.

Of course, he had truly lost his memory at first, so it wasn’t a complete lie either.

“Let’s try other methods as well.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sleeping together.”

“No, I don’t want to. I want to do that for the first time with His Highness Lionell.”

“Ha.”

He found it absurd that she would say that. He didn’t know if it was because of the rumors that she bought and discarded men, or if it was because she felt that way about Lionell.

But it was clear that he felt very unpleasant and couldn’t even pretend to smile.

“His Highness might not be your first.”

“I was His Highness’s first kiss.”

“…….”

Killian thought that was true. Crown Prince Lionell had never been close to another woman before. That was partly because of Aria’s tyranny, but whether by choice or not, he was not the kind of person who was close to women. He was famous for not giving them any room.

“I was also a first.”

“With Young Lady Melina?”

“No. Kissing the Princess.”

“But that was Killian doing it as he pleased!”

“The Princess also did as she pleased with His Highness.”

“Ah…….”

She somehow felt embarrassed that Killian had heard everything from the bathroom when she had talked with Lionell in her room.

“B-but still…….”

“Yes, still. It’s a meaningful thing.”

She was getting caught up in Killian’s words again. It was as if denying her encounter with Lionell would also deny her encounter with Killian, but then her words would become useless, so she couldn’t deny it.

However, she didn’t remember at all that she had kissed Lionell. That was because it was done by the real Aria Dolorein, not her.

She had possessed the body on the very next day.

Wouldn’t the Dolorein Princess have lived happily if she hadn’t possessed her body?

Thinking that way, she felt somewhat sorry. But she hadn’t wanted to possess the body, and she was having such a headache because the Dolorein Princess had accidentally kidnapped Killian.

“Aria.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s continue the test. You were the one who agreed to that idea, weren’t you?”

“But I don’t want to sleep together. That’s… I want to do that with someone I really like.”

Those words made it sound like she was saying that he wasn’t someone she liked, which made him feel disgusted.

Yet, he deliberately thought that he didn’t care who she liked. He was just annoyed with her and wanted to make her pay the price for harassing him.

The fact that he felt a little pleasure in the process of doing that to Aria and that the time he wanted to spend with Aria was increasing was probably because Aria Dolorein was more interesting than he thought, and he was sure it was because of that.

She was much more clumsy than she appeared, easily swayed by his words, and couldn’t lie.

That was because she was the complete opposite of the people he had always been wary of.

Killian found it fascinating and also found her interesting.

It wouldn’t be bad to punish her a little.

That’s what he was thinking. He had been kidnapped and humiliated by her.

“Then let’s just kiss.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Killian easily lied. He had no intention of just kissing her and backing off. He had just deceived her by watching her approach him with an innocent face.

However, when he saw Aria meeting his gaze with an innocent face at his lie, his conscience pricked him a little, and he didn’t want to treat her so badly.

“We can’t do the same kind of kiss as before.”

“That’s also a kiss.”

“Who calls that a kiss? Even a greeting is more passionate than that.”

“That’s a greeting? Then does Killian kiss everyone like that?”

“…….”

He was momentarily speechless when Aria asked in a flustered manner.

“That’s just a manner of speaking.”

“I didn’t know. I guess I should greet people like that from now on. I wondered why everyone seemed so scared of me. So that’s why. Kissing on the cheek is normal, but it’s because I didn’t do it…”

“…….”

She really thought that was true. She had learned that people greeted each other like that in France.

Killian urgently approached her, who was thinking that she really should greet people in the French way from now on.

“I’m joking.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a joke, so don’t say that.”

“What are you talking about?”

Aria was even more confused because his expression as he looked down at her was strange. His expression seemed both resentful and happy, making it impossible to figure out.

“The kiss.”

“Ah.”

She realized that she had been played by his wordplay again.

She wasn’t even upset anymore. It was clear that he was doing this to her because of his need for compensation. And it was a good excuse to get rid of a political rival.

She thought that there wouldn’t be a better prey than her.

“If we kiss, will you leave?”

“Yes.”

He smiled and lied. He was looking at her ear, which now had only a red hole left where her earring had been.