I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 36

Ch 36

“If I do that, will you let me rest today?”

“Yes, I’ll let you rest in bed.”

She somehow felt his words were unusual, but she thought the promise of rest was genuine, so she decided to follow him obediently.

The Lionell of the original story was normal, so there was nothing for her to misunderstand.

Rather, Aria Dolorein did all the precarious and dangerous things: kidnapping, confinement, training, forced marriage…

“Come here.”

He took her hand and led her to the bed, and Aria somehow felt like she could trust him. Lionell had always been trying to please her.

There was no way someone trying to please her would suddenly do something violent.

Besides, Killian was outside.

If she were truly alarmed and shouted, Killian would help. He was someone who followed her like a mother duck.

“Do we really have to go to the bed?”

“We’re going to the dressing table, aren’t we?”

“Ah…….”

She felt her ears burning because she had somehow misunderstood on her own.

“Hahaha. You’re lewd. When we get married, be lewd often.”

“Hush, don’t talk nonsense!”

Aria was so embarrassed that she had misunderstood on her own. So, to avoid his affectionate gaze, she looked elsewhere and reached the dressing table.

She sighed and sat in front of it. And, as she habitually looked in the mirror, her eyes met his.

Somehow, his bright red eyes seemed to be captivating.

Lionell was smiling brightly every time their eyes met through the mirror. Then, he took something from the sofa where he had been sitting and placed it on the dressing table.

“You came here with a plan, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

What he took out was an awl, a lighter, and a bottle of alcohol.

Aria looked at the awl with a fearful gaze, and Lionell, seeing her expression in the mirror, somehow wanted to hug her. The changed Aria Dolorein had returned to the innocent appearance that had once made his heart flutter.

Even though he thought he shouldn’t force her, he kept unknowingly trying to impose his feelings on her.

He understood the actions she had taken towards him. In the past, he had hated such irrational actions, but now he could understand them.

It was just that the situation had changed a lot, and he didn’t do it because he thought she would run away if he did.

“It’ll be cold.”

“Ugh…….”

He took a cotton ball soaked in alcohol to her ear. Since she wasn’t wearing anything on her ears today, no other preparation was needed.

Lionell deliberately stayed close to her ear. He liked how Aria’s expression changed to be similar to his whenever his voice reached her.

He liked how she would say she hated him, but whenever they touched, she would return to her affectionate face from before.

It was because Aria was still cold to him, and couldn’t forgive him for being so harsh to her.

“Are you nervous?”

“Yes…….”

Aria, who spoke honestly, felt very cute. And he deliberately didn’t just wipe her earlobe, but meticulously cleaned her ear cartilage and the hole.

Aria couldn’t see her ear clearly, but she felt a strange sensation because he seemed to be cleaning it obsessively.

As soon as the cotton ball fell, a cool sensation spread, and she involuntarily got goosebumps on her neck.

Then, she saw him sterilizing the awl with the lighter. As Lionell waved his hand to cool the red-hot tip of the awl, a long, thin smoke rose.

“Ah…….”

He waited for the heat to cool down enough so she wouldn’t get hurt, then brought the needle to her. Nevertheless, Aria was pale with fear.

‘I didn’t even get my ears pierced in my previous life!’

She was someone who hated pain more than anything else in the world.

Whether Aria was worried or not, Lionell was focused on Aria, holding her ear close to her.

Thanks to Lionell’s expression as he gently touched her ear and tried to pierce it with the awl, Aria began to feel a little relieved.

But he kept trying to make eye contact with her, as if he was deliberately not piercing her immediately.

“It’ll be okay.”

“I don’t like being in pain.”

“It’ll only hurt for a moment. I’ll be careful not to hurt you.”

His words seemed to travel through her ears and directly into her heart, so Aria somehow felt truly relieved.

However, because Lionell smiled again after realizing she was relieved, she started to worry about Killian, who was outside.

“Don’t tremble, Aria.”

And that one word calmed her down a little more. It might be because Aria Dolorein, the original owner of the body, truly loved Lionell very much.

“Your Highness.”

“Yes.”

“Did I really love Your Highness a lot?”

“Yes.”

He answered without hesitation, and Aria thought she had asked a pointless question.

“Hnnngh……!”

As Lionell approached as if to pierce her, she was terrified and involuntarily made a strange sound and squeezed her eyes shut. He, finding that cute, stopped for a moment and looked at her.

“I said it’ll be okay.”

“Ah…….”

Aria, who had opened her eyes slightly, had a vain hope that it was already over, and was disappointed to see that he hadn’t pierced her yet.

“Please do it quickly.”

“Do you want to rest in bed that badly?”

“Yes.”

Then, he made a strange expression and brought the awl closer. Soon, a tingling pain, as if fire had been applied to her ear, came.

“Haaah…….”

As soon as her ear was pierced, physiological tears streamed down her cheeks. Then, his breath deeply touched her cheek.

“It’s okay. It’s almost done.”

“Ah, ugh…….”

His low voice, speaking right next to her ear, felt hot like candle wax dripping down her ear canal and onto her heart. She felt strange, as if she had become a doll enchanted by his voice.

“It’s done.”

When she involuntarily closed and opened her eyes, he smiled brightly, moving the bloodied cotton ball to the side. When she looked in the mirror, a piercing made of ruby, the same color as Lionell’s eyes, was in her right ear.

“It suits you well.”

As he said those words, he was blushing even more. It was Aria who had her ear pierced, but it was Lionell whose ears had turned red.

Aria was amazed that only the pierced part of her ear was turning red and then gradually getting better. It was like a feeling that was bearable as long as you didn’t touch it.

“Now, go.”

“You have to pierce mine too.”

“I’ll do that tomorrow.”

“Why?”

Because something terrible will happen if we do it now!

She had to swallow those words. Somehow, because he was looking at her shyly and regretfully, she wondered if she should pierce his ear.

But she was already physically exhausted to do anything more than this. And when she thought of Killian outside, she couldn’t do this again.

“I’m tired.”

He looked disappointed, but he soon looked at her ear once, then smiled contentedly and said.

“Okay.”

Then, he took her hand, stood her up, and led her away.

Aria was surprised when he sat her on the bed and then sat next to her.

“Weren’t you going back?”

“Yeah. You said we’d rest in bed.”

“In the same bed when we’re not even married?”

She said those words and then thought of Killian again. She remembered that she had often fallen asleep in the same bed as Killian lately because of her sleepwalking.

It felt like even if she claimed it was an accident of implied intent, no one would believe her.

“Come here.”

“I can’t…….”

As Lionell laughed and tried to lie down, Aria grabbed his shoulder. Then, Lionell, surprised by her active behavior, felt his heart drop.

“Are you being proactive again?”

“Huh?”

“I’m sorry for everything. I’ll really do better now.”

“What are you talking about?”

Aria was flustered and took her hand off his shoulder. It seemed like she was a little afraid of him, so he decided to restrain the urge to show her his feelings and hear her answer.

“Just… that’s what I meant.”

He said that, but he was secretly disappointed that he couldn’t lie down in the same bed.

Still, he remembered that Aria used to often come to his room and sleep with him, so he was able to suppress his disappointment.

And he was relieved to see the rose drawing he had given her when he was five years old, attached to the top right of the canopy.

“I’ll let it slide today.”

“Okay…….”

She didn’t even know that such a thing existed in the corner of the canopy.

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After sending Lionell out, she felt so tired that she was about to collapse.

“May I come in?”

“Yes.”

She was somehow bothered by the fact that Killian was coming in with a blank expression. It was chilly outside now because of the early autumn weather. She also thought that he had a right to be angry since she had made him stay outside in the cold for so long.

“I’m sorry. Are you angry?”

“…….”

The way he was walking towards her without answering felt a little scary.

“Are you… very angry?”

When Aria involuntarily hesitated and stepped back, he approached her faster. Then, he looked at her ear and smiled, but it was a smile that didn’t feel like a smile.

It was like a distorted smile, as if he was holding back his anger.

As their eyes met, her heart started pounding with fear again.

“What is this?”

Killian, who seemed very angry, stroked her ear with his finger as he spoke.