I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 29

Ch 29

“Hold me tighter.”

Aria hesitated for a moment, but then she thought that there was nothing she couldn’t do if it meant Killian could regain his memories, so she hugged him tightly.

As she hugged him tightly as he wanted, he also pulled Aria closer.

She felt a strange sensation from the heartbeat coming from his chest. The strong throbbing made the original story she had read feel like a dream, and it was as if the Killian she knew was fake. The vulnerable man who was relying on her now felt real.

“Killian.”

“Yes.”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

—Grumble

“Hehehe.”

She hadn’t eaten anything since morning, so her stomach felt like it was sticking to her back.

“Haha. Yes, I’m hungry too.”

Killian let go of Aria, who was smiling unguardedly, and she felt relieved by his actions. It seemed like Killian was calming down.

So, the two of them walked again. This time, to get something to eat.

Then, she saw a familiar cafe name and went inside. The cafe was called ‘Ice Flower’.

It was a place that Melina often visited in the original story she had read.

If she was lucky, she might even see Melina. If that happened, Killian might see Melina, regain his memories, and perhaps this precarious life could come to an end.

She was already struggling to pretend to be Aria Dolorein, and with Killian also involved, everything felt difficult.

“Dolorein Princess?”

“Huh? Yes?”

But for some reason, there wasn’t a single customer inside. Only an employee recognized Aria and smiled as they spoke.

“You can go to the second floor, Princess.”

Aria tensed up without realizing it. It was her first time here, but they knew her, and it was a place that Melina frequented.

She worried that she might end up tormenting Melina, just like how the villainess would naturally torment the heroine.

It would be lucky if she ran into Melina by chance. That way, she could say goodbye to Killian.

But she had no intention of tormenting Melina.

She felt strangely intimidated by the situation.

“Ah, would your companion like to wait here and take the food when it’s ready?”

The employee seemed to have mistaken Killian for a page. As Aria was about to say something, Killian, sensing the situation, spoke to her first.

“Go on ahead, Aria. I’ll get the food.”

“Is that okay?”

“Yes.”

She didn’t think anything would happen at a cafe in broad daylight, so she pushed aside her uneasy feelings and said,

“Okay, then come quickly.”

“Yes.”

Aria looked at Killian, who was smiling as he met her eyes, and she couldn’t help but smile back.

Because she was wearing low shoes, she was able to quickly climb the stairs. However, the stairs were subtly higher than normal, so it was a bit tiring. Even though she went up slowly, her thighs were aching, so she would have been in trouble if she had worn high heels. She thought it was a good thing she had worn flats.

“Aria.”

But hearing a familiar voice from the second floor, she wanted to go back down before she even reached the top of the stairs.

“You’re just arriving?”

There was no one on the second floor.

Except for Lionell.

“Your Highness, what brings you here?”

Aria, startled, froze before speaking.

Lionell frowned at her words.

Even in this moment, Aria thought that even his frown was devilishly beautiful, like something out of a sacred text. But Lionell, with a face that showed he didn’t know what he looked like, asked back.

“Didn’t you know I was coming?”

“What do you mean?”

As he walked towards her, the sunlight streaming in through the window made Lionell’s figure dazzling. His fresh silver hair seemed to melt into the sunlight.

“Didn’t you come because of the messenger hawk?”

“What?”

Lionell’s eyes were as red as rubies, and they were sharp as if they were about to draw blood.

Aria suddenly wondered if he had sent another messenger hawk while she was out. The hawk he had sent last time didn’t mention the location. It only talked about the penduline tit.

“Didn’t you get the letter?”

“Th, that… I was scared…”

“Huh.”

Lionell sighed as if he was dumbfounded at her stammering words.

“I thought you might be like that, so I hung it around your neck.”

“But I didn’t see it. I left this morning.”

She rolled her eyes around, trying to avoid his gaze. She thought he would get angry again if she met his eyes.

“They’re both gentle birds. How about trying to get used to them?”

“Why are you so obsessed with messenger hawks?”

“Because you…”

Lionell had come right in front of her and bent down. He was much taller than Aria, and she felt like her neck was about to break as she looked up at him from the stairs.

“You said it was your dream when you got married. For a married couple to talk through messenger hawks.”

She thought of the original story. But that side of Aria felt a bit unfamiliar.

Because the Aria Dolorein she knew was someone who committed evil acts, kidnapped, imprisoned, and forced marriage, and was someone who loved while trapping and abusing.

That Aria Dolorein would talk through messenger hawks.

She didn’t want to die like the Aria Dolorein in the original story, so she tried to act normally. But she didn’t know what normal was, or how to act like Aria Dolorein without being suspicious, and make it seem like she had turned over a new leaf.

“I, I don’t really remember…”

“By the way, what’s with your hair?”

She had dressed simply, but she wanted to add a point to her hair, so she had tied it up in pigtails.

Aria knew very well that her beauty was so radiant that it was beyond compare. It was a beauty that didn’t fade whether you looked at it up close or from afar, and it was a pretty face that looked good with any hairstyle.

“Is it strange?”

She asked that even though she didn’t think it could be strange. Because Lionell’s expression wasn’t good.

“……”

“Is it that strange?”

As he covered his mouth and turned his head, she felt a sudden sense of shame. Her face flushed and her ears turned red.

“No…”

“……”

“Too…”

She felt somewhat embarrassed because of the way he glanced at her. It was like she was doing something shameful, and someone else was feeling the shame instead.

It was strange, like she had just realized the shame she should have been feeling.

“Cute.”

Aria was quite flustered by his words.

Lionell’s suspicious behavior that she had been seeing since the last time.

In her opinion, it seemed like he had just realized that Aria Dolorein’s beauty was amazing.

In her eyes, it was a truly flawless face. She thought that if she had this face, there was no clothes she couldn’t wear, and no hairstyle she couldn’t do.

No matter how much she searched Aria’s room, there were no cursed items that could mentally control people. So, she concluded that there was no other answer than that reason.

“Let go of my hair.”

Aria was flustered when he naturally grabbed and touched her pigtails. He was touching her hair as if he was amused by her embarrassment. As if he thought she didn’t dislike it even though she said she did.

Then, Aria worried that the Lionell she liked in the original story might have been born because of Aria Dolorein’s harsh beatings. But even if she liked that side of him, she didn’t want to set a death flag.

“How did you do your hair like this? You usually hate this kind of hairstyle.”

“I look pretty no matter what I do.”

“That’s… ahem, but still.”

He cleared his throat and couldn’t hide his shy smile as he looked down at Aria.

“Anyway, it would have been better if you didn’t know I was coming.”

“What do you mean?”

“It means we’re destined.”

She felt like her neck was about to break from looking up at him, so she thought about going up the stairs, but then she thought she might get caught and not be able to leave, so she didn’t.

“I’m on vacation for the next three days.”

“Yes?”

“So, stop catching guys who look like me. I’ll go myself.”

“Huh???”

“I’ve already told Duke Dolorein. And my father as well.”

Aria was momentarily stunned by Lionell’s words, which he said shyly as if it was nothing. His face was looking at her with a fresh expression, but the words he was saying were so enormous that her head was rejecting his words.

“Does he like being tied up and taken away?”

“Are you crazy?”

Aria asked him again, thinking she had misheard.

“Your Highness, do you want to be kidnapped by me?”

It was a confirmation kill. Hoping it wasn’t.

“……Yeah.”

Oh, my god.

Aria didn’t know how to respond, so she stared at him, frozen, without blinking. Then, she heard footsteps coming from below, and she snapped back to her senses. It was a good thing the stairs were in the shape of a memory.

“Aria?”

She quickly grabbed Killian, who was wearing a hood, and hugged him tightly, so Lionell couldn’t see his face. It was a good thing they were on the stairs, because on the floor, she wasn’t tall enough to hug Killian’s face.

“What is it?”

“He’s my lover!”

“What?”

“Aria.”

Lionell’s smiling face completely disappeared, and his expression hardened menacingly. Killian, who was being hugged against her chest, assessed the situation and remained still.

“Lover?”

Lionell’s voice, asking her again, was so menacing that she could hear it.