A Strange But Effective Villainess Life - Chapter 127

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Chapter 127
Every point where our skin touched seemed to radiate heat. My heart pounded so wildly that I couldn’t think straight.
“What… what were you imagining?”
“What do you think I was thinking about while we were pressed together alone in the Research Lab?”
Wherever his hand brushed, my breath caught. The tingling sensation coursing down my waist left me unable to form proper words.
“Ah… oh.”
“He’ll be here soon, so don’t forget.”
As he spoke, Sezare Levin gently bit my skin in a threatening manner.
“Sezare Levin will disappear forever soon enough.”
That’s why he didn’t even care about the breakup rumors circulating about Lorelai. His mind probably contained nothing but thoughts like, “Anyway, it doesn’t matter—just give Joshua the answer he wants and be done with it.”
“Edmund will soon take your side, so I’m merely keeping it vacant for now. Originally, I had no intention of ever leaving it empty…”
My body kept being pushed back and forth. Each time his breath scattered against my ear, my fingers tightened. Before I knew it, I was whimpering like a child clinging to his embrace.
“I had no choice but to hurry and send away the young Prince Joshua. My body was burning too intensely.”
So that meant he’d been aching to hold me ever since then. What surprised me was how he’d deceived even Joshua with such an ascetic, composed expression.
“I’m also… leaving for Arun soon anyway, so… what does it mean to keep it vacant? Ah, it seems pointless.”
And even in my daze, I whispered with a sullen tone.
“And I’m not suited to be Crown Princess anyway.”
“Then we’ll reshape you until you are.”
Sezare answered casually while playfully biting my lips.
“I’m never letting you go now, no matter what.”
As if allowing no gap whatsoever, he pulled me tighter against his firm body.
“Ah… oh.”
“…Ah, really… how am I supposed to leave this…”
Sezare buried his face in my neck and released a pained sigh. Wherever his breath scattered, a strange ticklish sensation made my body flinch.
“While we’re apart for a time, please eat your meals properly. Don’t stay up too late, and don’t drink too much coffee.”
And immediately, nagging followed.
“I’m worried about the Princess’s health too. Honestly, you’re too fragile. I should have you exercise more… damn it, why is your skin so soft even now?”
I couldn’t answer anymore. His hungry lips descended on me once more.
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That night, in a region on the outskirts of the Capital where the Purbis family had all relocated.
A mansion that had been unremarkable to begin with was now nearly destroyed.
“Try reporting us if you dare.”
Unnecessarily brilliant short blonde hair fluttered.
“The state’s fines are easy enough for us to pay.”
The middle-aged man who had once been Duke Purbis trembled on his knees. He’d actually been grateful that the mad dog Alex hadn’t come, but…
Alex surveyed his surroundings with gleaming eyes and let out a low growl.
“One of them is missing.”
“L-Leon! Don’t touch Leon!”
“Where could the insect have crawled off to?”
Alex asked darkly, his eyes burning with madness.
“Ah, did you not know I practiced my blade technique by tearing off the legs of those insect bastards?”
Duke Purbis, already a complete wreck, found himself unable to say anything in response.
I hadn’t managed to deal with the eldest son, but there was nothing more to be done here. I hopped onto the massive Gray Wolf.
“Let’s go back. I really need to talk to Kiana now.”
And so the Gray Wolf bolted toward the Capital, leaving behind the Estate I had destroyed.
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“To be honest, I’ve always thought Sezare Levin didn’t have much luck in romance.”
Before leaving, Sezare had said such things.
“I kept running into unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Well, thinking about it, everyone had called me a punk and evaluated me as “that reckless Kiana’s waste of a commoner,” so it wasn’t without reason.
“I hope Edmund has a bit more romantic luck than Sezare.”
Sezare whispered while stroking my hair. So I told him that Sezare was fine too.
“Sezare Levin was a garbage punk with poor taste and no particular physical abilities, but still, his appearance was absolutely my type. His golden eyes were so beautiful too. Honestly, when I first saw him, I thought he was incredibly handsome.”
Next time he returns, they’ll be blue eyes. Thinking about that made me feel a little wistful.
“Come back safely. I’m worried since you have something big ahead of you.”
I saw him off with a calm but quite anxious expression. Sezare smiled slightly and spoke.
“I can’t die before I make a proper confession. Don’t worry.”
“That young man has always dreamed of a confession. When I find my place and face the Crown Prince and Princess once more, I intend to fulfill that pure-hearted boy’s confession.”
Sezare had said such things in the Forest of Spirits. For some reason, I felt nostalgic, and I slowly nodded, praising that boy’s pure heart.
“What’s the point of just protecting that innocent boy’s confession? He became a cunning adult and didn’t confess, but he did everything he wanted.”
And Sezare was an even more cunning adult, unfazed by my words.
“I didn’t do everything. Who said that was all?”
“…What, I thought you seemed awfully composed.”
“I wasn’t composed. Apparently I managed it. I’ll keep that in mind for next time.”
I couldn’t say anything back, not because I lacked a retort, but because the disconnect was too severe. That little kid with chubby cheeks who could only pitifully cry “Princess, do you want to eat this?” from behind—how had he grown up like this…?
Besides, I was exhausted. My entire body was tingling, and I didn’t have the strength to move a single finger. As I breathed heavily and glared at him, he smiled slightly.
“I think you should build up your stamina a bit more.”
“Here…you’re going to do more?”
“Of course. I’m still holding back.”
He pulled me close and gently kissed my forehead.
“I’ll make an effort for life. To make playing with me more fun than research.”
And honestly, a cunning adult suited my taste better than an innocent boy.
In any case, Sezare, now a cunning adult, left like that.
“Eat balanced meals, see sunlight once a day, and don’t drink coffee on an empty stomach. I’m really so worried.”
After laying out nagging and worry until the very end.
And a few days later.
“Kiana!”
The moment I had been waiting for finally arrived.
“The Northern Region is in complete chaos. Everyone’s panicking over the unexpected heavy snow!”
“Really?”
At Joshua’s words, I shot to my feet.
Before my regression, it was exactly this situation. An unusually early blizzard in the North, far ahead of schedule.
“Finally?”
“…Finally? Have you really worn away all your humanity at this point?”
Joshua clicked his tongue in disbelief.
“If the snow keeps falling like this, almost the entire North will be buried under it!”
I’d heard this news at the Academy back then too. It wasn’t as though I’d been completely indifferent to my father even then.
And while it had been impossible then, now there was a way to make it possible.
“Then I need to leave immediately.”
“…Where to?”
“To the Northern Region, to save my father.”
And the place I rushed to was none other than my Grandfather’s office.
My Grandfather was groaning away, still processing all manner of ducal affairs. In the midst of it all, he was even rummaging through old books searching for things like “methods of stealing summoned creatures.”
“Grandfather!”
I opened the office door and called out.
“Could I borrow Hou for a moment… or rather, could I meet with him?”
And Hou, who had been doing wing stretches inside my Grandfather’s office, let out a startled cry.
【I can’t be used by you! You can’t meet me! I’m Scari’s summoned creature! I won’t follow your orders!】
It seemed he’d noticed that despite his hasty correction, his first words had been the truth.
“Why. You wouldn’t even be able to do wing stretches right now if it weren’t for me.”
I smiled wickedly as I spoke.
“Let’s use those wings that have grown strong thanks to me.”

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