A Strange But Effective Villainess Life - Chapter 126

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Chapter 126
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The Spy Maid swiftly prepared my bedding. After a thorough wash and changing into comfortable pajamas, I lay down on the bed when Piyak greeted me.
【Then I’ll be going, Kiana!】
“Oh? Yes, have a good time.”
These days, Piyak was training with the Spy Maid. She conducted physical conditioning every night, and Piyak seemed deeply impressed by her dedication.
Lately, every morning he would proudly display his strengthened legs and wings, striking various poses in front of the mirror.
【Catch Alex! Alex! Hoi! Hoiit!】
With his own battle cry, Piyak flew off toward the training grounds.
Alex, of all things… Even as someone who supports goal-oriented living, I’d lost the strength to advise against such an unrealistic objective.
I lay there blinking for a moment, then sighed. Sleep wouldn’t come. Though I’d handled it calmly, Sezare’s departure to the Levin Domain carried a certain symbolic weight to it.
Now that I thought about it, we really had been inseparably attached. Perhaps that’s why his temporary absence didn’t feel real.
‘Wow… being tamed is truly frightening.’
With Sezare having been so attentively caring for me all this time, I felt an unexpected emptiness.
Eventually, I sat up and turned on the light by my pillow. That’s when it happened.
“Eek!”
“Just a moment, Kiana.”
A soft voice touched my ear.
“If you tell me to leave, I will. But if you scream first, I won’t even have the chance to speak with you.”
I stared at Sezare, who had approached me, my face nearly losing consciousness.
After catching my breath, I finally understood the situation.
“You….”
I spoke with an expression of utter disbelief.
“Did you just sneak in here? Of all places, into my bedroom?”
“Yes.”
Sezare chuckled softly and whispered.
“Once I entered the Prelai Manor, I can go anywhere.”
Even for a Sword Master, entering the Prelai Manor without permission wasn’t an easy feat.
However, since he’d already entered as a guest, sneaking into my room would have been trivial. My room had no special guards posted after all….
So did he plan to enter my room from the moment we met in the garden, which is why he parted so cleanly and quickly?
“Joshua would never leave us alone together.”
Sezare said with a smile that reached his eyes.
“But how could I possibly give up?”
Wow, that long, curved eye-smile was absolutely brimming with seduction. It wasn’t for nothing that Piyak had called him bewitching from our first meeting.
“Wait. Aren’t you too close?”
“It’s unavoidable. I must keep my voice down.”
Using every trick in the book, Sezare, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed, leaned his body closer to me.
In my empty bedroom, the way Sezare leisurely pressed against me was certainly bold. Yet in the moonlight, his appearance was impeccably neat. His uniform was perfectly arranged without a single wrinkle, his hair meticulously groomed.
In contrast, I wore disheveled pajamas with my hair almost completely undone. That stark difference made me feel somewhat embarrassed.
With a relaxed expression, Sezare slowly took my hand.
“Did you really think I would simply leave after saying I was going?”
Sezare spoke as he reverently pressed his lips to the back of my hand.
“I agreed to return quickly as the Princess ordered, but I hope you’ll contact me whenever you need my assistance.”
His gaze seemed to pierce right through me.
“I’m no longer averse to doing unsavory things, so I can handle anything without dirtying the Princess’s hands.”
I gazed intently at Sezare’s face. Looking closely, I could still see traces of the young Crown Prince in him.
“…But what about your hair?”
“I had it permanently dyed. It’s the same dye that came out of the Academy twenty years ago.”
He lifted my hand and let me touch his hair gently. The softness of his hair beneath my fingertips made my heart clench for a moment.
“When handling matters, I wore a silver-haired wig.”
Nix and Orca, everyone had said “the silver-haired Crown Prince appeared!” So that was indeed a wig. He must have worn it when he appeared in the Forest of Spirits too, right?
He quietly watched my fingers touching his hair and spoke softly.
“Kiana.”
Something felt slightly ticklish.
“I’m obedient, aren’t I?”
As my face flushed, he leaned in a bit closer. His familiar scent gently enveloped me. And there was no room for debate in Sezare’s question.
“Well, yes.”
“I’m glad to have a fake lover who listens to everything, even when I say we should stay apart and act separately, Kiana.”
“Hmm… You don’t like it?”
“Of course not. What man would want to be apart from a woman he loves? I’m only accepting it because it’s your wish.”
“…Then do whatever else you want. Fair and square.”
“What do you think I might do, saying something so dangerous?”
Sezare whispered with a leisurely smile.
Silence enveloped the room for a moment. Embarrassed, I lowered the arm that had been touching his hair. With a soft rustle, the checkered pajama top slipped down below my shoulder.
“You’re too thin. You need to eat well even without me.”
Sezare sighed and pulled my collar back up over my shoulder. His large hand curved around my shoulder in the process.
I swallowed involuntarily. His long eyelashes cast shadows in the moonlight. He whispered in a slightly hoarse voice.
“Will you play with me as promised, Princess?”
“What?”
“You promised we’d play the next level in a different place next time.”
“Next time we meet, let’s play the next level somewhere other than the research lab.”
No… I meant when we meet in the Capital after I go to Arun and he goes to the Levin Domain… But Sezare seemed to have never intended to part ways then.
“In our house’s research lab, I worked as the Princess wished….”
Soft skin pressed against me. I could instinctively tell. I can’t refuse this.
“How about here, I rest as I wish, fairly, Kiana?”
Beneath his gentle tone lay subtle coaxing. My gaze, which had been watching his eyes barely enduring with patience, naturally fell to his red lips.
He smiled temptingly.
And the moment I nodded ever so slightly, our lips met in an instant. My body was pushed back onto the bed as far as it could go. Unlike the sweet and gentlemanly proposal, the kiss was excessively rough, and I gasped for breath.
Edmund Tailyes. In childhood, a man I’d hardly noticed, thinking him “the Crown Prince who had everything.” That man held me firmly, kissing me as if he’d been starving for a long time.
“Ah, mmph, w-wait. It’s too rough….”
“Please understand.”
Large hands had already cupped both my cheeks, leaving me no room to escape. He traced his fingers gently across my furrowed eyes as he whispered with raw hunger.
“I… I’ve held back far too much.”
His persistent closeness and the way our legs began to intertwine left me breathless. Even as I clung to his neck, my body trembled with tension. I’d never faced such undisguised desire before.
“How could I possibly leave this behind…”
He playfully grazed my lips with his teeth as he whispered.
“If I locked you away and spent all my time just biting and sucking, it still wouldn’t be enough time. How could I ever let go, Kiana?”
He held me firmly against his chest, as if declaring he would never release me. My body went limp, then rigid, then trembled. With each breath I felt, my toes curled involuntarily.
“Ah…”
Fierce whispers scattered against my skin, as if he couldn’t hold back any longer.
“…It feels so good.”
It was overwhelming, yet paradoxically, that inescapable sensation felt wonderful. My vision blurred as my breath came in gasps.
“Far more than I imagined…”

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