I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 82

Ch 82

“Let’s break off our engagement.”

Lionell’s eyes were strange. His eyes were originally red, but now it was as if a slightly brighter red light had been overlaid on that red, making them look odd.

“Wasn’t it you who sang about wanting to break off the engagement, Princess Dolorein?”

“Your Highness.”

“I’m saying I’ll break off the engagement as you wish. So, what’s the complaint?”

Aria was so unfamiliar with Lionell, who was patting her shoulder, that she stiffened without realizing it.

“Still, you said you’d help until I become Emperor.”

“…….”

“I’ll look forward to it, Princess.”

Aria momentarily made eye contact with Duke Dolorein. So, she said without realizing it.

“Thank you for accepting my opinion, Your Highness.”

“Okay.”

He left the mansion with a smile, but his expression looked like a machine.

Duke Dolorein, who seemed to be about to say something because of Aria’s attitude, looked a little relieved. It was as if he had confirmed that his daughter was really trying to break up with the Crown Prince and find another path.

“Father.”

“Are you okay, Aria?”

“Yes. I really want to become a Petty Duke.”

“Yes. You will become a masterpiece of our Dolorein family.”

It wasn’t a word to comfort her. It was because he really recognized his daughter’s potential.

“Yes, Father.”

Aria still felt uneasy about Lionell, who was somehow strange, so she spoke.

“But if you break off the engagement with me, wouldn’t Your Highness’s support base weaken?”

“……That…… Aria…….”

“Yes.”

“It seems Your Highness is doing this because of the Saintess who appeared yesterday.”

“Yes?”

“A Saintess has appeared, Aria.”

“Ah…….”

Aria knew that the Saintess she had seen in the original work was Melina. She had been hiding the enormous divine power she had from birth, and would later step forward for the temple that was attacked.

“Young Lady Melina Le Hrehner, is it.”

“You knew about it.”

“Yes. Has Young Lady Le Hrehner become Your Highness’s new fiancée?”

“……Yes.”

“I see.”

Aria thought it was a relief that things were going according to the original story, but her heart felt strange. It might have been because Lionell, who had always been good to her, had suddenly changed in an unknowable way, and because of Melina’s strange appearance.

“Your Highness was also in a hurry.”

“Yes. Because Your Highness’s approval rating has dropped a lot right now.”

“…….”

“Even if she’s a Saintess, she won’t be able to become Empress anyway. If your mind changes later…….”

“Father.”

“Yes, Aria.”

“I don’t want to be Empress. It’s better this way.”

She tried to say that and smiled, but she couldn’t help but feel uneasy and stuffy in her chest.

It might have been because of her father, who was so worried about her that it showed all over his face.

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When she returned to her room, Killian’s condition looked serious, unlike how she had pretended to be okay earlier.

“Killian?”

“Aria…….”

He groggily opened his eyes and got out of bed. Aria felt like everything was unreal, perhaps because she had just gone to the dining room and broken off her engagement.

“Aria, what’s wrong?”

“Yes?”

“Your expression isn’t good.”

“Is it?”

“Yes, you have an expression like you’ve seen a ghost.”

“Ah…….”

Unlike when she had forced a smile in front of Duke Dolorein earlier, she couldn’t force a smile now.

She had thought that she would eventually break up with Lionell, but she didn’t know that it would suddenly go according to the original story like this.

“Killian.”

“Yes.”

“I just broke off my engagement with His Highness.”

“Yes? Ah…….”

Killian had an expression as if he already knew. If his face wasn’t flushed red with fever and his eyes weren’t wet, Aria might have felt betrayed by him.

“You knew.”

“Yes.”

Killian didn’t want to lie to her. Rather, he was glad that the Crown Prince had announced that he would get engaged to Melina and cut off Aria, as he had come all this way.

He was actually too sick to come, but he was worried about Aria, so he came anyway.

However, even though he knew it, he was so concerned about her every little reaction that he didn’t know how to comfort her. Perhaps she would be disappointed if she found out that he was happy about this, but he was so happy.

“Weren’t you going to break off the engagement with His Highness someday?”

“That’s right.”

“Then why do you have that expression?”

“What kind of expression do I have?”

“You have an anxious expression.”

“Ah…….”

Aria looked at the mirror on the dressing table at his words. As he said, she had an anxious expression.

“Tell me. Why are you anxious?”

“…….”

“Is it because you still can’t trust me?”

“Yes.”

It was a word that she couldn’t trust him, but she didn’t feel bad because Aria answered honestly. It was as if she had been confirmed that she could let her guard down when she was with her.

“Are you disappointed about His Highness?”

“No. I was going to break off the engagement anyway. But…….”

“Yes.”

“His Highness’s condition is somehow strange. I don’t think he was originally like that…….”

“…….”

“And I don’t know why he bothered to come when he could have just sent the paperwork for the engagement termination.”

“…….”

“I feel strange.”

Even though Aria thought she couldn’t trust him, she ended up telling him everything because Killian came closer to her and grabbed her hand.

Killian smiled faintly and looked into her eyes. Then, he patted her shoulder as if to reassure her and said.

“Now everything is going back to its place.”

“…….”

“Both Aria and I. And also His Highness and Melina.”

“……Killian?”

“Yes.”

Aria momentarily looked at him, unable to understand how he knew that Lionell and Melina were destined to be together from the start.

“Killian, about His Highness and Young Lady Le Hrehner…….”

“That’s also why I broke off my engagement with Melina. Melina’s divine power is higher than the Cardinal’s. So, I judged that it would be better to form a relationship with the Imperial Family anyway.”

“……Ah.”

But Aria didn’t believe those words. In the original work, he was just annoyed by all women, so he had just gotten rid of her when the time was right.

“Aria.”

“Yes.”

“What has to happen is just happening.”

“…….”

“So, don’t be anxious.”

Aria was as if she was bewitched by his words. She could still feel her depressed mood rising whenever she touched him.

“Now that Aria is free, we can focus on each other as promised.”

“…….”

“I will also become part of the Imperial Faction as promised.”

Killian’s fever made it difficult for him to think. However, he desperately wanted to reassure Aria.

And he was happy about this situation.

Because she would turn her eyes to him without having to make her lose all her places to rely on.

Because he didn’t have to realize the bad thoughts he often had.

He liked that she was honest with him when she looked at him. That’s why he wanted to protect her so that she could maintain her current state.

But still, every time he saw her eyes, which didn’t look at him, but kept looking elsewhere,

He wanted to make it so that there was nothing left for her to turn her eyes to.

But he had to endure it.

“Oh, Killian.”

“Yes.”

“I brought food.”

“It’s for two people.”

“I couldn’t eat either.”

“We’ll be eating together. I’m happy.”

Aria found herself staring at him as he spoke as if he was genuinely happy. His cheerful smile looked similar to the way he had relied on her when he first came to her room.

“It’s a relief that Killian came today.”

“…….”

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing.”

She somehow didn’t want to be alone today. She was too anxious because of Lionell’s strange behavior, but she couldn’t rely on Duke Dolorein for that reason. She had to act composed.

So, she decided to think that it was a relief that Killian had come to her room.

He was also someone who shared secrets with her.

“Aria.”

“Yes?”

“I can’t kiss you today.”

“Were you planning to?”

“Yes. But if I kiss you, I think you’ll catch my cold.”

“I was the one who gave it to you…….”

“Then shall we test if it’s okay?”

“No.”

Aria smiled faintly at him, who immediately approached her without missing a single gap. It was clear that it was because her hand was already held by his.

“Let’s eat first.”

Killian led her that way, but the thought of eating again made him feel nauseous. He was originally a machine-like person who ate only a fixed amount and woke up at a fixed time.

“Yes.”

But when he was with Aria, it felt like those rules didn’t apply at all. As if they were completely unnecessary.

“Killian?”

“Please sit down.”

“Yes.”

Aria asked, feeling like he was forcing a smile as he looked at the pasta she had brought.

“Do you dislike pasta?”

“No. I like it.”

“That’s a relief.”

Aria placed the food on the table and gave him the utensils.

“This time, I want to feed Aria.”

“Why?”

“Because Aria has been feeding me every time.”

She remembered that she had fed him quite a lot. Every time, he had accepted it so naturally.

“Killian.”

“Yes.”

“When you didn’t have your memories, I think you didn’t dislike people touching you that much.”

“Even without my memories, I liked touching Aria.”

Killian said that because it wasn’t a lie. Instinctively, he hated touching anyone, but it was also true that he felt good every time he touched her after the orb was split in half and entered him.

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

Aria opened her mouth as he told her to. However, what entered her mouth was not food.

“Mmph…….”

It was his lips.