I Am The Last Villainess He Has To Kill

Chapter 122 – Because Your Life Is So Brilliant And Beautiful

Carefully holding him, who was dropping in her arms, Bella poured out the tears she had been holding back with an exhaling breath.

His weak, shallow breathing sounded clearly in her ears.

‘I need to treat it quickly…’

Slowly lifting him up, she headed for the imperial palace. At that time, all those who were searching for the Crown Prince within their own search range saw black wings with moonlight in the forest. She appeared across the sky with the crown prince they had lost in her arms.

“… Your Highness!”

“Call the doctor first.”

Bella put him to bed, and she held his hand tightly as the doctors came and treated him.

“There is not much bleeding. I don’t know why, but His Highness has a good resilience.”

She listened to Rio’s explanation without letting go of his hand.

“…I think you can wait until he wakes up, though for the time being, he’ll have to rest well without overdoing it.”

“Then, is he okay now?”

“First… we have to wait.”

At those words, Bella bit her lip and looked back into Kiehl’s face. She wiped his tear-stained cheeks to soothe her nervous heart.

“… I’ll stay here. Everybody out.”

Everyone left, and only the escorts, Rinee and Rio, remained. The two of them looked at each other and stabbed their sides to tell the other to talk.

“Lady Bella… I have something else to tell you.”

“What is it?”

Rio, who had more responsibility for this, slowly approached Kiehl and opened his chest.

“Ever since Lady Bella-sama took the heart… it’s not getting better here.”

She could feel the magical power of the Demon Realm filling the wound where the heart was forcibly taken. The next moment, Rinne cautiously asked Bella.

“Grandpa Jen said he would be fine if he was fed the Demon King’s blood…”

Upon hearing the words, she lengthened her fingernails and cut deep into her palm. With each drop of blood passing down his neck, she could feel the magical energy gradually entering around the wound. Although his breathing was subtle, he gradually gained strength.

“I guess it works.”

“But you spilled more than half of it.”

As the twins wiped Kiehl’s mouth and looked at her, they secretly hoped that she would draw blood for Iwer’s potion.

Bella noticed their request and removed her palm from Kiehl’s mouth.

The twins backtracked and poked each other’s sides while saying, ‘You say it.’ Seeing Bella tearing her own lip and feeding her blood to Kiehl, they quickly left her room.

“…You made a point in spilling it.”

“I know. I said he needed a lot…”

Bella cried endlessly at the warm breath that escaped between his small lips.

— “I think he thought his life would end without you.”

That was the same for her.

Just because he was the male lead in this novel, didn’t she want him to be happy? How precious and warm this little sigh was. It was enough to fill her heart.

* * *

The night Bella stayed up all night giving him her blood. Testimonies of people who saw her flying in the sky poured out in the Imperial Palace and the Capital. In a bar in the Capital, inconclusive speculation was exchanged over the sighting.

“Since she came from the Animal Kingdom, isn’t she originally like crows?”

“It’s too big for a crow… Maybe an eagle?”

If so, it made sense that she entered the Cruelle family as an adopted daughter because the symbol of Cruelle’s coat of arms was the eagle. At that time, a young man wearing a hood, who was drinking alone at the next table, burst into laughter.

“Puhaha. Just looking at it, isn’t she a demon?”

At those words, the atmosphere in the bar instantly turned sour.

Most of them, obviously, saw the black wings and thought of ‘demons’ though nobody said the word. In addition, her figure rushing with the Crown Prince in her arms on a moonlit night didn’t seem like something a hideous tribe would do.

“If she’s really a demon, there’s no way she’d protect the Crown Prince like that.”

“That’s right, that’s a harsh word. Are you a bastard from the Merken family?”

Unfortunately, it was the silver eagle who said that.

* * *

When Kiehl opened his eyes, he saw his familiar room. He had ached, and there were pains all over his body, which he found oddly bearable. However, his chest, which was constantly in pain, seemed to be fine.

‘…Am I dead?’

As he got up from the bed in a daze, he could see Rinne and Rio asleep while working on the sofa. Even though he died, he thought he wouldn’t have to do the duties of the Crown Prince.

Before closing his eyes, he thought he saw Bella.

He couldn’t remember if it was a dream or real life, whether he was touched by her hand or not…

“Rio.”

Rio opened his eyes at his call and hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

“Rinne, Kiehl is awake.”

Rinne also raised her head and shook her hand.

“Did you know you were missing for four days? You woke up two days after we found you.”

“…I see.”

He thought it must be a complaint about that much work. How much he wanted to get rid of this shackle-like job.

— “I hate you for doing this.”

Though now, he needed to concentrate on something so he could last another day. He slowly stood up and headed to the desk.

“Kiehl, you need to rest. Get some more sleep.”

“… I’m okay.”

“No. You’re not okay.”

It was only then that he found a black cat sleeping curled up in his chair.

“….?”

Bella kept sitting in the chair doing his work, and when she was too tired, she fell asleep in the form of a cat. On the other hand, Kiehl was very surprised because he had never had an illusion of a cat before.

In the meanwhile, Bella, who heard the talk and went down under the desk, yawning loudly.

Kiehl tried to ignore the cat and picked up a piece of paper from the desk.

“You’ll be behind in your work anyway…”

And in front of his eyes, the cat turned into a human. Even though he was really surprised, Kiehl only kept his eyes wide open as if nothing had happened.

She uttered the first thing she wanted to say when he woke up.

“I love you.”

“….”

Kiehl quietly put the paper down and turned his head to look at Rio. Until now, his illusions about Bella hadn’t interfered with his daily life.

But in the form of a cat, even using magic, suddenly telling him she loved him…

‘…Looks like I’m finally crazy.’

Then, Rio rubbed his finger under his nose and opened his mouth.

“That really is Lady Bella.”

He glanced back and forth between Bella and Rio and nodded slowly.

— “Disgusting.”

…Bella obviously left.

She met him on the verge of death, and she hated him. Seeing that his head was still a bit dazed, he thought it was a dream.

“Excuse me. I’ll let him know that he’s awake.”

Then Rio tapped Bella on the shoulder and spoke.

“Lady Bella, wouldn’t it be strange to say that all of a sudden?”

“Why?”

“He thinks he’s dreaming now.”

With those words, Bella gently took Kiehl’s hand and lightly pulled his back as he stared at her in a daze.

“This is not a dream.”

When the sound of the twins leaving came loud, Kiehl stood there blankly. The past two days, while nursing him, she had been putting her mind in order. However, it must have been too sudden for Kiehl because the last time they saw each other, she had spoken so harshly.

“I’m sorry for speaking badly then.”

“….”

“I’m sorry for coming back so late.”

He thought he was downright crazy or having a dream that felt too realistic. Either way, he hugged Bella carefully, wanting to enjoy this sweet repose. Fearing that if he closed his eyes, she would disappear, he could not close his eyes even as the tears gradually covered his eyes.

Bella felt him tremble, and she patted him on the back.

“You know. I still don’t understand what you did.”

She pushed his chest out and looked up at Kiehl.

“I was really angry, too.”

“….”

“I love you.”

She lifted herself on tiptoe and kissed his lips lightly.

“So, I’ll let you off the hook.”

Kiehl gazed blankly at Bella.

They say dreams reflect reality… was he such an imaginative person? The visions of Bella he always saw were the images he had seen in his memory. She was always far away, even in his dreams.

“…This isn’t a dream?”

“It’s not. You idiot.”

Bella reached out and pinched Kiehl’s cheek lightly with one hand.

“You… you said you hated me.”

Now, she held his cheek with the other hand and stretched his cheeks out. Every time he blinked his eyes, tears fell on Bella’s hand.

“When did I say I hated you? I… I said I didn’t like you torturing yourself.”

“I didn’t fall off the horse on purpose…”

Bella loosened her pinching hands, and she wiped away his tears.

“I’m sorry. I misunderstood.”

“…Are you really Bella?”

“No. I’m a ghost.”

With her kisses, small smiles and her pranks, Kiehl gradually accepted that the Bella in front of him was no illusion. If it was not a dream but a reality, he should say the first thing he had to say.

“I’m sorry for deceiving you all this time.”

“….”

“When I went to the Demon Realm, I didn’t think Bella would accept my heart…”

Bella moved closer to him.

“I will always be by your side.”

He was her favorite character in this novel.

“I love you.”

This heart has grown too big, like the sea.

It sometimes hit her like a tidal wave… although sometimes it was so deep she couldn’t breathe. The vast sea became more and more overwhelming the more she looked at it, and minor problems were swept away with the sound of the waves.

His breath, his scent, the morning sun behind him.

…It was brilliantly beautiful.

So, she made up her mind once more to fully accept all of this… even if she lived a hellish life. To be with the life that always makes her forget all of that. It was short enough to endure the eternity-like time, though because his life was so brilliant and beautiful.

Bella’s confession shone to Kiehl like a beacon guiding a lost ship that his long-cherished wish had come true. He gently placed his hand on her cheek as he approached.

The tears were salty, and the lips were sweet.

Just like Bella’s fairy tale, the melancholy curse is lifted with just one kiss.

“…I love you, too.”

That was what she wanted to say so much.

“I love you.”

He answered each moment when lips and lips parted. Nonetheless, unable to express his overwhelming feelings, he carefully kissed her on the neck.

Bella undid his second button.

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