Let’s Kidnap The Male Lead

 

Is there a connection between being reincarnated as a supporting character who is about to be killed and becoming a serial handsome kidnapper?

 

To understand this, you must be familiar with the main story of the original work, “Blood-Stained Flowers.”

 

Calis, an ill-fated prince, was kidnapped by the empress as soon as he was born and grew up being abused underground.

 

One day, he successfully escaped from the underground prison and made it outside.

 

However, shortly after his escape, he was kidnapped again.

 

To whom? It’s me.

 

The reason why Calis, who was imprisoned in the underground prison, was able to escape on his own was that he had the support of another faction.

 

They wanted to use Calis as a political pawn.

 

And the person responsible for kidnapping and delivering the protagonist to them was Vivian Schmidt.

 

It was a bold crime that she would never have committed under normal circumstances.

 

Vivian, who was on the verge of starving to death due to poverty, fell for the promise of a large sum of money and took on the mission.

 

Unbeknownst to her, she was about to get caught up in a dangerous situation.

 

However, the situation takes an unexpected turn. Vivian fails in her mission.

 

Upon discovering Calis’ past, she decides not to hand him over.

 

Instead, she chose to detain the kidnapped Calis in a safe place.

 

It was meant for his protection, but Calis was unaware of this fact.

 

It was understandable. After all, Vivian, who had no money, almost starved him to death.

 

Eventually, after a month of confinement, Calis kills Vivian and escapes.

 

And on the day when his resentment towards the world reaches its peak, he encounters Ludovica, who is his destined fate.

 

‘In short, I’m nothing more than a disposable character created for the fateful encounter of the protagonists.’

 

If I don’t act according to the original work, their first meeting will be ruined, and the story will go off track.

 

‘I wish I could say that it doesn’t matter whether the original work succeeds or fails.’

 

But that’s something that absolutely cannot happen.

 

In the second part of ‘Blood-Stained Flowers’, the two protagonists fight against demons that have appeared in the human world.

 

Trials that ordinary humans can’t overcome.

 

Calis and Ludovica, as true protagonists, find a way to save the world by any means necessary.

 

They journey across mountains and seas, seeking out the legendary creature, the dragon, and eventually finding the holy sword to defeat the demons.

 

Without them, humanity would have faced its demise at the hands of the demons.

 

Recalling all of this at once, I felt despair.

 

If I followed the original story, I would be killed by Kalis, and if I didn’t, I would be killed by a demon beam.

 

In this dire situation, there was only one decision I could make.

 

‘Kidnap Calis, but treat him kindly to avoid death.’

 

That was the best course of action I could think of.

 

* * *

 

A year and a half ago.

 

After falling spectacularly from the carriage and remaining unconscious, it took a whole week for me to finally wake up.

 

The doctor advised me to stay hospitalized for a while longer, but it wasn’t the right time.

 

‘I can’t believe this place was in a novel!’

 

Thrown into confusion by dreams of my past life, I wanted to sort out my thoughts alone.

 

‘For now, let’s just get home and take it slow.’

 

Luckily, the house I had signed a contract for before leaving the family wasn’t far from the hospital.

 

Feeling anxious, I lowered my head and started running towards the house.

 

But then…

 

Swish.

 

Huh?

 

It should have been at least a 20-minute walk, but somehow I arrived in the blink of an eye.

 

‘Was I always this good at running?’

 

As I shook my head in confusion, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the glass window of a shop next to the house.

 

A slightly curved, light purple bobbed hairstyle fluttered in the gentle breeze.

 

And beneath the short bangs, round and gentle eyes stood out, with the pupils sparkling in a golden color…

 

Wait, golden color?

 

Surprised, I dropped the bags I was carrying and approached the glass window closely.

 

‘What is this? Why did it suddenly turn gold?’

 

Since the moment I was born, my iris has been brown. The kind of plain and common brown color.

 

But no matter how I looked at it, the irises were strangely flickering in a golden color.

 

From vivid dreams of my past life to a dramatically enhanced physical ability, and now these suspiciously gleaming irises.

 

Did I undergo some kind of experimentation rather than treatment at the hospital?

 

In the midst of overlapping coincidences, I realized that something was amiss.

 

Fortunately, my golden eyes returned to their original color after a few minutes, and further experimentation led me to discover that I could change the color of my eyes at will.

 

With a change in color, my physical abilities skyrocketed, making me incredibly strong, and my movement speed increased.

 

No one could recognize me when I ran at such incredible speed.

 

However, using this suspicious ability consumed too much stamina, so I could only maintain it for a maximum of 5 minutes a day.

 

After I had a rough understanding of the ability, I decided to dig into the cause of its sudden appearance.

 

But no matter how much I searched through books, I couldn’t find any cases of eye color changing, let alone this ability.

 

In the end, my interest in the ability quickly faded because there were bigger problems waiting for me.

 

The problem was that I was a character who briefly appeared in the prologue of “Bloody-Stained Flowers” and died.

 

Thankfully, after much contemplation, I found a solution.

 

‘I’ll kidnap Calis, but treat him kindly to avoid death.’

 

However, the execution of this plan was not crystal clear, so I pondered throughout the night.

 

‘Should I confine him in a luxurious room? With a top-notch bed and bedding… What else should I do? Ah, let’s just aim for a luxury hotel room-like condition.’

 

Yet, I realized that even in the most luxurious setting, being confined for a month without anything to do would become boring.

 

‘Should I prepare some interesting books? Calis surely enjoys exercising, so I’ll need some workout equipment.’

 

A hot soak in the bath is a great way to kill time.

 

I added a large bathtub to the list of preparations, not forgetting various scented oils.

 

As I continued brainstorming ideas, the list grew to several pages.

 

‘Oh no, this will cost quite a sum of money.’

 

However, there wasn’t much money left in my account. So I urgently brainstormed ways to secure funds.

 

I immediately started various businesses based on information from the original work and memories from my past life, all while concealing my true identity.

 

With the hard-earned money, I diligently created a place to confine Calis.

 

Having accumulated wealth, various illegal and semi-legal activities came easily to me.

 

With the information from the original work, it became even more crucial. I was able to complete all the preparations without anyone suspecting anything.

 

All that was left was to wait for a suspicious person to appear and kidnap Kalis.

 

‘Why is no one approaching?’

 

Unlike in the original work, I knew that if I revealed my wealth, the secret organizations might not approach me. 

 

They could have found someone else who was struggling to make ends meet.

 

Thus, I purposely created a false identity and operated my businesses!

 

But I waited and waited, and no one came.

 

‘Something’s going wrong.’

 

What could be the problem? I had no clue, but it seemed like the secret organizations had found another target besides me.

 

‘If that host handed Calis over to them without hesitation, the original work would be ruined.’

 

I hoped to follow a route similar to Vivian’s in the original work, but I couldn’t hang onto such uncertainty.

 

If no one was willing to assist, then I had to kidnap Calis myself.

 

However, there was a significant problem.

 

‘I don’t know what Calis looks like!’

 

If I was going to capture him, I needed to at least know what he looked like, but I had no information except that he was incredibly handsome.

 

To make matters worse, I had no idea what he was wearing or when he was kidnapped. All I knew was that he was kidnapped on Hildes Street.

 

So, I made a decision.

 

‘I’ll kidnap all the handsome men passing through Hildes Street and confine them.’

 

In the original work, Calis managed to escape on his own a month after being captured.

 

So I decided to bring in handsome men, imprison them for a reasonable amount of time, and release them if they didn’t escape after 30 days.

 

To avoid any trouble if the confined men try to kill me, I made sure to hide my true identity.

 

‘They might enjoy their confinement and choose not to escape… but it doesn’t matter.’

 

As long as I am certain that one of the kidnapped men is Calis, I can solve the problem easily.

 

‘Once I make sure the protagonist, Ludovica, meets Calis, it will be enough.’

 

The crucial point is to somehow find Calis, change the part where I die, and properly follow the flow of the original work.

 

Up until this point, I thought that handsome men were a dime a dozen and that my mission would be easy to accomplish after kidnapping a few.

 

However, life is always unpredictable, as they say.

 

Now, after a year and a half, I find myself being portrayed as the notorious serial kidnapper of handsome men in the media.

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