I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 26

Ch 26

I was sure a wolf had lunged at me, but it didn’t hurt.

“Am I dead again?”

―Slap! Slap!

I slapped my cheeks, but it didn’t hurt at all.

“I guess I’m really dead this time.”

When I opened my eyes, it was very dark all around.

“I hope Killian got away safely…….”

Maybe it’s because I died once, but even though it was a shame, I didn’t feel a great sense of loss. I didn’t have time to develop any attachment to my second life.

Suddenly, she looked down at her hands, and they were clearly visible again. However, she couldn’t tell where she was. It didn’t seem like the underground maze. There were no torches or brick floors, and there wasn’t the damp stone smell that was unique to the underground.

“Dolorein.”

“Eek!”

I was startled by the appearance of a child in front of me and screamed. The child’s hair was pure white, and its eyes were bright blue, making it look like a doll.

“Who, who are you?”

Then, the thing that looked about four years old tilted its head and smiled. For a moment, I was almost fooled by the angelic smile, but the teeth visible between its smiling lips were unsettling.

“Gasp!”

Sharp like a beast’s teeth, like a wolf…… Could it be!

“Could it be the wolf from before?”

“Yes.”

Then, as if it was happy that I recognized it, it smiled bashfully. Its smile was so lovely, but its teeth looked like piranha teeth, which was scary. If it weren’t for its teeth, it would look like an angel.

“Where is this?”

“Dolorein. You’ll really let us be together now, right?”

What does that mean?

“I’ve waited so long. I waited well, just like you told me to, so let us be together now.”

“What are you talking about?”

Aria couldn’t shake off the thing that was hugging her. It was so small, barely reaching her thighs, and its appearance was that of a child.

‘……Ah!’

It seemed like she heard a sound, and the white child began to appear blurry.

“See you soon again, Dolorein.”

‘Aria!’

When Aria opened her eyes, Killian was hugging her with a pale face. He was breathing roughly as he hugged her, as if he couldn’t calm down.

“No! Please……!”

You need to check if I’m okay, Duke.

She thought that, but she didn’t know how to react, so she stayed still.

His shoulders were trembling, as if he was crying, so she couldn’t say anything.

“Ugh, please……!”

He slowly dropped what he was holding, and the cold floor that touched her bottom felt terribly chilling.

But there was a problem.

“Killian.”

Her body was strange. It was one thing that it was talking on its own, but she was strangely very hungry right now.

“Aria?”

“Killian. I’m so hungry.”

Aria was definitely hungry. However, the pattern on her arm was very hot, and it felt like that hunger was disappearing when she touched him.

“Aria.”

She instantly flipped his body over. Killian, who was pinned beneath her, looked flustered. Even when he was pinned to the floor, he was a truly beautiful man, like a sculpture.

Aria put her finger between his lips. Then, she pressed on the soft flesh inside with her hand and pulled it out, and a long thread stretched and then broke.

“Aria?”

“I’m so hungry, Killian.”

She was definitely crazy. But she couldn’t overcome this crazy hunger, so even though she thought she was out of her mind, her judgment was completely clouded.

“Ugh.”

Aria gently opened the shirt he was wearing and put her hand inside. Then, she stroked his Adam’s apple and touched his collarbone. Then, she undid a few more buttons and ran her fingertips over his well-defined pectoral muscles.

“Killian.”

“…….”

“It feels like I’m getting better when I touch Killian.”

And she stroked his chest with her palm. Then, his hardened chest brushed against her fingertips, and he seemed flustered by it, looking at her and stiffening his body.

At that moment, she came to her senses.

“Ah.”

“…….”

“I, I’m sorry!”

“…….”

“I think I’m going crazy!”

When she looked at his face, she felt even more guilty.

Aria didn’t hurt anywhere at all. Maybe that wolf from before was just a hologram. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for her to be okay.

Killian didn’t run away and was still holding her in the same place as before.

Then, that means he disappeared while I was unconscious?

“Haa. Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? You suddenly collapsed like that, and I was…… Ugh, I was really…….”

In the original story, he didn’t cry. Except for the day his parents were unjustly killed.

“Killian, are you hurt anywhere? There was definitely a wolf earlier…….”

His body collapsed sideways as he hugged her again. She didn’t hit her head, but the cold stone floor that touched her back felt even colder than before.

“Calm down, Killian.”

“I thought something had happened to Aria.”

Because of his arms that were hugging her waist, Aria was uncomfortable even while lying on the floor. Her chest was wet, because he was still crying.

That’s why she was gradually regaining her composure. As she regained her composure, she felt embarrassed. How could she touch a crying person like that?

Besides, what was that hunger? Even now, Killian’s cold body temperature that remained on her hand felt so good…….

She shook her head to get rid of that thought and patted his back.

“What was that wolf from before? It was definitely a big white wolf, right? And its eyes were bright blue!”

“I don’t know. It disappeared as soon as it lunged.”

“Then, could it be some kind of illusion magic?”

“I don’t know. Right now…… I can’t think of anything. It feels like my head is completely stopped.”

She couldn’t tell what kind of expression Killian was making because he wasn’t showing his face. But if this was acting, he was so realistic that he could win an Oscar.

And since he was a person who had lost his memory, he might be different from the mastermind I knew.

It was only now that it really started to sink in.

“I’m sorry, Killian. Were you scared?”

“Young Lady’s heart stopped beating earlier.”

The way he called her had returned from her name to her title.

Has he regained his senses a little?

But his voice was trembling. As if he was forcing himself to say something he shouldn’t.

“Oh my god…… Really?”

The reason he was pressing his face against her chest was because he seemed to be checking her heartbeat.

“How’s my heartbeat?”

“…….”

“It’s beating well now, right?”

He finally showed her his face, and his eyes were bloodshot. Aria felt sorry that he had cried, so she wiped his eyes, and she saw him close and open his eyes.

His violet eyes became teary again and then blinked, shedding tears again.

It was so beautiful, like dropping water onto a jewel.

“Hahaha…….”

“Why are you laughing?”

“……I don’t know.”

Then, Killian narrowed his brows and moved away from her. As he moved away, Aria felt the air was as cold as his body temperature had been.

“I will never do anything this dangerous again. Or go out at night.”

“Then, you won’t be able to find your memories.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

It matters to me, Duke.

It seems like the big incident has passed, but it didn’t feel like a big deal because what she experienced wasn’t that big.

The big deal right now is that the mastermind cried because of me.

“Let’s go back, us.”

When Aria saw that Killian looked angry, she smiled as she took his hand. Then, he frowned even more deeply and shook off her hand.

“Yes.”

He seemed to be angry no matter what.

Well, if he had regained his senses, he had a reason to be angry. There was no way he wouldn’t know that I touched him like that as soon as I woke up and then tried to gloss over it by moving on to another topic.

She tried to think that way and could only keep smiling.

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He didn’t say a word even when they returned to the room. He didn’t even ask her to hold his hand, so it felt like he was really angry.

“I’ll sleep on the sofa today.”

“Are you going to jump off again like last time?”

His sarcastic tone felt sharper today.

“Wouldn’t it be okay if we tied me up before I sleep?”

“That’s good, let’s tie you up.”

He brought a bandage. So, when Aria held out her arm, he tied it to her arm. Then, he left a long tail, so she looked at him.

“Killian?”

“Wouldn’t this be safer?”

I thought he was going to tie it to the sofa leg, but he tied it to his own arm.

“Then, Killian has to sleep on the sofa too!”

“Let’s sleep in the bed, both of us.”

“No. Killian has a fiancée, remember?”

“Stop saying that about the fiancée now.”

It seemed like he had calmed down for a moment, but he seemed even angrier now. Why is he like that now, even though he was okay earlier?

Could it be that his memory has returned and he knows that he broke off the engagement a long time ago?

Aria felt like her heart was shrinking for a moment.

“You’ll regret it when your memory returns.”

“Did I love my fiancée?”

“Uh…… Maybe you’ll love her later.”

Judging by his reaction, it seemed like he didn’t know that the engagement was a lie.

Even so, it was dangerous. He was the type of person who realized his feelings for Melina late.

In the original story, Killian realized his feelings when he sent Melina to Lionell after using her to find his weakness. Without even knowing that Melina and Lionell had already had such an affectionate relationship.

It was already too late when he realized it while watching Melina and Lionell confirm their affection for each other and become genuine.

“How can Young Lady be so sure of that?”

“Because it seems like you’re maintaining the engagement because you care about her even now.”

“What makes you think that?”

“Because you’re a Duke, and she’s a Baron’s Young Lady. On the surface, it’s not an engagement that makes much sense.”

Aria unknowingly said the words that Christine had said. When she read the original story, Melina was kind and gentle.

“And that person, I’ve never met her, but I know she’s a very good person.”

“How do you know when you’ve never even met her?”

“I just know.”

“……Are you saying that because you’re worried about when my memory returns?”

“Yes.”

“Did such a person touch me like that?”

“Th, that’s…… I’m sorry.”

He didn’t care and was tightening the bandage that was tied to her. Aria wondered if she should stop him, but she just watched, and his expression seemed a little softer.

“I think you’ll regret it when your memory returns.”

“Even if my memory returns, my current memories won’t disappear.”

“You might want to erase them. If you love that Young Lady very much, you might regret being so close to me…… Ah!”

Aria was helplessly pulled because he suddenly pulled the bandage that was tied to her.

“Killian!”

Her right arm and his left arm were tied together, and her ears became hot because he pulled her into a hug. She felt his hand that was tied to her intertwine with hers and bury his face in her neck. Aria’s body shrank because it was ticklish, but it was even harder to straighten her body because of the voice that was whispering in her ear.

“Then, I don’t want to find my memories.”

“……What?”

“I said I don’t want to find my memories.”

The strength with which he was hugging her increased, but she couldn’t shake him off because she remembered him crying earlier.

“If I can’t find my memories forever, I can be with Aria Young Lady.”

His voice was trembling, so she found it hard to think that his words were fake.

“It’s because Killian is anxious right now. Maybe you’ll regret saying this when you find your memories.”

“Then, let’s do this.”

He let go of what he was holding, so she could turn around. For some reason, his eyes were wet again. His eyes were bloodshot, and it suited his violet eyes very well.

“If I don’t regret it even if I find my memories…….”

“…….”

“Then, Young Lady must listen to what I say.”

That couldn’t be true. She knew that he had liked Melina so much that he had staked his whole life on her.

“Th…….”

“You must listen to whatever I say.”

She couldn’t say no because his gaze was too fierce. Otherwise, it felt like she would become a gazelle being bitten by a black panther.

“Yesss…….”

“Did you promise?”

“Ugh, yes…….”

He smiled as if nothing was wrong and was pulling Aria’s hand. As if he was saying let’s go to the bed together.