The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 137

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137.

When Lillian embraced him, Ren tried to push her away.

“Lilly. Do you want to get hurt again by being reckless?”

“You always call me your heart. I guess you want to live without one at times like this.”

This is strange.

I didn’t want to scold him at a time like this, but something made my eyes sting, so my response didn’t come out nicely.

Lillian hid her face against his chest.

“…You told me to meet again after 4 years.”

“…”

“So please be patient just a little longer.”

…That topic was very effective.

When I actually heard those words, I made an expression like I was wandering through space, so he didn’t press further and let it pass.

Lillian carefully touched his exposed areas.

I tried hard to convince myself it was a healing act, but I kept feeling embarrassed.

As the face-flushing silence continued painfully.

Eventually, he was the first to speak.

“…Could you say anything, Lilly?”

“Hm?”

“So I don’t go crazy.”

“Because of the rampage? It seems to be calming down compared to earlier-.”

“…I might go crazy in a different way, so don’t ask too many details.”

Something other than rampage is scary.

Anyway, what should I talk about.

“…Ren, you know.”

“Yeah.”

“I always called you Villain in my head.”

“…”

Ren lifted his head to look at the sky.

He seemed to be holding back a sigh.

“The sins I committed… must have been great.”

Pfft.

Seeing that, Lillian puffed up her cheeks with air, but eventually sound leaked out.

He narrowed his eyes and glared at Lillian.

Lillian quickly hid her face against his chest.

“At first, you were so scary…”

“…”

“I acted like I wasn’t afraid, but you seemed like you’d kill me if I had no usefulness.”

Lillian smiled softly, recalling the time when they had just started being together.

“But that wasn’t why I kept calling you Villain.”

“Then?”

“…I was betrayed and killed by everyone I loved.”

So I didn’t want to like anyone.

I wanted to keep This Man just as ‘Villain’ in my head too.

“Once I start calling someone by their name, I get attached too easily.”

“…”

“People who mean nothing to me can’t hurt me.”

They can make me angry, but that’s different.

Real wounds hurt more when there was affection.

Lillian bit her lips.

Ah, this.

I really, really had no intention of saying this.

Since it seemed like it had become time for honest conversation anyway, I spilled it out like rapid fire.

“That spider web pattern you sometimes show when looking at me – I actually hated that too.”

Ren was looking at her, she knew.

But Lillian deliberately didn’t look back.

Even if Ren suddenly changed his mind and revealed all the destructive impulses he’d been hiding, it was already too late.

“I was a little scared.”

Maybe quite a lot.

“You could turn me into a snowball anytime.”

For him, one touch without malice.

One light breath.

The Annihilation Ability User could erase everything, every moment, all the time.

So even in moments when he was more gentle than anyone, I was actually scheming.

‘Hmm, I need to be useful here but not act too shameless, or I’ll be in big trouble, right?’

For survival.

“When I heard about your childhood Rabbit story… I was actually a little scared.”

“Lilly-.”

“Still, Ren. I never pulled my hand away first, not even once.”

Lillian carefully took his hand.

“…And divine punishment never came down, not even once.”

“…”

Lillian lifted her head.

Ren was staring at her intently without saying anything, as if mulling over those words.

The hand supporting her back seemed to tense up.

…Lillian was embarrassed and looked away with a pout.

He told me to say whatever came to mind in this situation, so I did my best.

Most of all, Lillian didn’t want to have any more regrets.

‘Your Highness… Please don’t destroy this world.’

Being dishonest for so long and then parting that way would be too sad.

“Well, that’s how it is.”

“Lilly.”

“Yeah?”

When Lillian lifted her head, he pressed his lips firmly against hers.

“…!”

A thrill ran down her spine.

Just as he seemed to pull his lips away, when he bit her lower lip, she gasped in surprise.

“Ah.”

He slipped in before she could blink.

The wet sensation touching her tongue made one corner of her head tingle numbly.

Her shoulder blades twitched on their own, and it felt like crackling bubbles were bursting one after another in her head.

When he pulled his lips away, his voice had become rough.

“…Why.”

“Hm…?”

Lillian looked up at him in a dazed state.

The spider web pattern was frighteningly dark.

“I was really prepared to wait for a long time.”

“Ah…”

“I don’t know why you keep making me go crazy with how much I like you.”

As soon as those words ended, the pattern grew even darker.

‘What exactly is the standard for that thing.’

I don’t know.

But instead of that, I think it would be okay to trust the look in his eyes or his hesitant touch.

Lillian slowly kissed the mark first this time.

Her breathing was labored.

When their lips met again, it was even more so.

* * *

‘If you ever come to love someone so much you want to crush them.’

‘I hope that person is very, very afraid of you. I hope they hate you.’

Ren didn’t even know such a curse had been placed on him.

He had never been interested in anyone to begin with.

‘I never knew destructive impulses and love could feel so similar.’

He wouldn’t have felt such emotions if it weren’t for Lillian.

“Ren. Wait. Wait.”

Lillian pounded on his chest, getting angry at him.

“Breath… I can’t… breathe…!”

Ren reluctantly pulled his lips away.

“Lilly… Your lung capacity is worse than I thought.”

“…”

“If it’s worse than mine when I’m on the verge of losing control, that’s a problem.”

She would need a lot of practice in the future.

Lillian glared at him and pushed his shoulder away.

“You seem to be fully recovered, Your Highness.”

“Hah, I think I could use a little more care.”

But Ren also got up from his spot along with Lillian.

His physical condition had definitely improved.

“Lilly, I hear people approaching over there.”

“…! Who?”

It was Ramio running toward them with his guards.

“Wah! Sister, Your Highness! Where on earth have you been!”

“Where were we, you ask.”

Lillian scolded him.

“It’s not that far from the cliff over there. It shouldn’t have been difficult to find us.”

“What…! Sister, you’ve been missing for a whole week!”

* * *

A whole week.

‘It definitely didn’t feel like even half a day.’

That fact was surprising, but the group left beyond the strait was in chaos.

– Miss, are you alright?

“Marguerite, how is the situation right now?”

– While you and His Highness were missing, we were beside ourselves-.

In the meantime, Kail had quickly returned to the country.

‘I can guess what his ulterior motives are.’

He must be trying to turn the succession rights in his favor while taking advantage of Ren’s absence.

Lillian calmly looked up at Ren.

Though it was embarrassing to admit, after wiping off the blood and changing into new clothes that Ramio’s group had brought, he seemed to be glowing.

“Lilly, here.”

Lillian bit her lip as she looked at the hand Ren extended.

Why was this.

They had done equally embarrassing things, so why did he look so peaceful while all the embarrassment was Lillian’s burden?

And unable to wait even 2 seconds, he took Lillian’s hand first.

Ramio asked curiously.

“Are you two dating? Honestly, you’re at the point where you just need to get married.”

“We’re in the stage of getting to know each other again.”

“…?”

It’s true though.

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