I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 39

Ch 39

“Let’s eat dinner quickly, and then give me a tour of the Duke’s Estate.”

“Okay.”

Aria said okay to that, but she was planning to return to her room quickly.

Killian was waiting in the room. She had a past record of leaving Killian alone in the room for a long time because of Lionell last time. So, this time, she was planning to go back quickly.

Besides, she came here to eat, but Killian didn’t, right?

Not letting him leave the room and not even giving him a proper meal.

When Aria thought that far, she felt her appetite suddenly disappear. Because she felt sorry.

Even so, she was reluctant to go back.

She couldn’t face him, remembering that he resented her enough to bite her, and that she bit him out of spite.

Besides, she could never win an argument with Killian.

While she was deep in thought, Lionell saw her salad being placed and took the broccoli from her plate onto his own.

“You said you can eat carrots now, right?”

“Yes.”

“You couldn’t even eat paprika before, you.”

“Was that so?”

“Yeah. And you also hated chicken because you said it smelled.”

He continued to rummage through her salad, and after confirming that there was no broccoli left, he picked out a shrimp from his plate and handed it to her.

“Do I like shrimp?”

“Yeah. You only eat this salad because of the shrimp.”

In the original story, their relationship was superficial. So, it wasn’t mentioned that they knew each other this well. Aria realized that their relationship was deeper than she thought.

“Thank you.”

“Eat a lot. You looked like you’ve lost some weight earlier.”

“You can tell by looking at that?”

“I’m always looking at you, how can I not know?”

He said those words casually and then slowly put the salad in his mouth and started chewing.

And she really didn’t want to know if he was constantly looking at her, so she had to try hard not to make eye contact.

But despite her efforts, she had to see him looking at her throughout the meal, and blushing and smiling every time their eyes met.

It felt strange.

Lionell acted as if he knew her eating habits and dessert habits, which she didn’t know well.

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Eventually, after finishing the meal, Aria spoke to her servants.

“Bring another late-night dinner to my room. Don’t go inside, just put it on the trolley. And don’t let anyone pass through the hallway on the 3rd floor. Understand?”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

She said that to the maid who was closest to her and came out of the dining room. Then, when Lionell naturally tried to take her hand, Aria stepped back slightly.

“Don’t hold my hand.”

But he was already holding her hand. Aria wiggled while being held, trying to pull her hand out.

She felt uncomfortable holding hands with him for some reason. It was as if an uncomfortable current was flowing.

“If you do that, I’ll be hurt.”

“Ah……. But…….”

He stared at her intently, and then he looked dejected when Aria avoided his gaze.

“Yeah, I guess I’ve been wrong for a long time.”

Aria wondered if she should let him hold her hand, but decided it would be better not to. She was in a position where she had to make Lionell give up.

The Duke’s Estate was very large. The only places she knew were the ones she had been to several times. The place she knew best was the underground that she went to with Killian.

The place where Lionell in the original story was imprisoned wasn’t the basement of the main building. Maybe he was imprisoned in the underground within the maze. However, it seemed that there were more than just two undergrounds, so her memory was hazy and confusing.

“Let’s go this way.”

“Ah…… Yes.”

For some reason, it seemed like he knew the Dolorein Estate better than she did. Aria had no choice but to follow where he led. Then, they headed to a place with a lot of stairs, and she hesitated a little because she thought it wouldn’t be easy to climb the stairs.

“Uh, where are we going?”

“I’ll tell you if you let me hold your hand.”

“I’ll just follow you.”

“……Uh.”

When he cautiously tried to hold her hand again, Aria pretended not to notice and avoided his hand. Then, Lionell’s face changed to a disappointed one, but he quickly smiled again. She felt sorry for him because it seemed like he was forcing a smile.

But he’s the one who’s going to be with Melina.

“Your Highness.”

“Yeah.”

“You asked me to show you around, but it seems like Your Highness knows it better.”

“Well, yeah. It’s not like I’ve only been in and out of here for a day or two.”

She felt more troubled after hearing his words. He had been in and out so often, and he knew all of her habits enough to take care of her and be considerate of her.

Why did he refuse her, then?

If he was going to be awakened by a single kiss, then he would have loved Aria too.

In the original story, did he not realize that and kill her? It seemed like they had kissed countless times after she was kidnapped.

Since kidnapping isn’t normal, maybe he couldn’t notice his feelings.

Then why is he asking to be kidnapped now?

Her head was throbbing, and the more she thought about it, the more confused she became.

“Your expression doesn’t look good.”

“I’m just a little dizzy.”

“I’ll carry you on my back.”

“No!”

She refused immediately. She also thought that she had been carried on the backs of men too often lately. Killian earlier, and now Lionell.

“We’re here.”

The place they had climbed up to was the rooftop. There was a garden on the rooftop.

“Having a garden here…….”

“I made it. To bring you here.”

She thought that he was amazing in many ways for making a garden on the rooftop of someone else’s mansion.

“Why are they all roses?”

“Because you said…… you said you hated all other flowers because they were worthless compared to roses.”

“Did I?”

“Yeah.”

“My mind has changed……. I like all flowers now.”

Aria liked all flowers. Because of the memory of her mother who owned a flower shop.

But thanks to the previous Aria who only liked roses, she saw many roses of strange colors. So, Aria was captivated and admired them.

There were red ones, and yellow, white, pink, blue, green, black, and…….

“How did you make this?”

“Those are painted.”

When she asked while holding up a rainbow-colored rose, Lionell answered immediately.

“I see. You know what? If you cut the stem of a white rose and make several strands, and then let each strand absorb water with different colors, the petals will come out in different colors.”

“Were you interested in flowers?”

“I just know it.”

Aria couldn’t help but laugh because he seemed to be mulling over her words with a determined expression. Then, she naturally turned her gaze to the sky.

“I can already see the stars.”

Since they had eaten dinner, it was already night outside. The sky was clear with not a single cloud, so the stars that were scattered everywhere were very clear. They were stars that she could hardly see because of the smog and city lights, but after entering the book, the sky was clear, so they seemed very close.

“It’s pretty.”

“Yeah.”

“But why did you bring me out here at night?”

“Because you…….”

When she lowered her gaze to look at him, he seemed somewhat confused. It seemed like he was confused because she wasn’t the real Princess Aria, so she was different from the one he knew.

“You said so. You told me to propose while looking at the stars later.”

“Y-You can’t propose now!”

When she spoke quickly in a flustered manner, he frowned.

“Okay. If you tell me to wait, I’ll wait. But I can’t wait long.”

Aria realized that she was almost in big trouble and broke out in a cold sweat.

“Don’t you want to see other places besides here?”

“Why? Do you want to go somewhere else?”

Rather than that, Aria felt uncomfortable because the place she was in now seemed to be made for a proposal. Just in case, she looked up hoping that wasn’t the case, but as expected.

There was a mistletoe hanging there.

Because they said that if you kiss under it, love will be fulfilled.

“I thought Your Highness might have a place you wanted to go.”

“I want to be with you in your room.”

“Except for that…….”

It was dangerous to keep bringing a strange man she had no interest in into her room, and in the first place, she couldn’t bring him in because of Killian. It would be difficult for the two of them to meet there.

Aria, who felt like she was going to get caught hiding Killian, turned her gaze to the floor.

“Then, do you want to go to the maze?”

Maze? For some reason, Aria felt troubled because it seemed like all the men around her liked mazes so much.

“Why there?”

She was reminded of the wolf that had said it would watch over her. Besides, she didn’t want to go because she remembered dying and waking up again in the maze.

“We often played hide-and-seek there, didn’t we?”

“Ah…… We did. That’s right.”

“Let’s do it again this time.”

But it seemed like going to the maze would be too much. She was physically tired from going out with Killian since morning.

“Th-That…….”

“If I win, you have to show me the face of that guy you call your lover.”

“Excuse me? Then, if I win?”

“If you win, I won’t ask about that bastard anymore.”

She thought that the condition he was setting was very unfair.

“What if I say I won’t do it?”

“Then I’ll have someone find him.”

“Your Highness, shouldn’t you be nice to me?”

“I should, but I think you’d hate it more if I investigated behind your back.”

She was dumbfounded and was blank for a moment. It was Lionell who had said those shocking words, but she couldn’t understand why he was glancing at her as if he was watching her reaction.

“Can’t you not investigate?”

“If I say I won’t, will you believe me?”

“No.”

Aria had never imagined that introducing Killian as her lover would cause her such deep regret.

Besides, Killian was waiting in the room.

Then she had to hurry.

It seemed like there was really no other way.

“Then, shall we finish it as quickly as possible?”