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Chapter 104 – Looks Like I Love You Too Much
Even in the morning, Kiehl thought he was rotting inside.
“Miss Bella says you and I are destined.”
He saw Iwer’s potion on top of the cactus pot that Rosanne had brought. Bella’s compulsion to accept that woman pierced a hole in his heart. With each breath he took, the cold wind turned his insides.
“Rosanne. I hate you.”
“I…”
“I don’t understand why you open your heart completely just because I’m a little nice to you.”
“….”
“I’ve sent my intentions to refuse you again and again, why…”
Even though Rosanne was crying, Kiehl hated seeing it even more.
“Don’t make me a bad person by crying like that. It’s disgusting.”
Tears fell from her eyes.
“…It’s too hurtful for you to say such a thing.”
“….”
“I have liked you for a very long time.”
Knowing that, Kiehl had endured it all along.
“You are bad to me.”
“I know.”
“Someday…. I hope you get the same back.”
He glared at Rosanne with a cold expression.
‘I’m already experiencing that.’
Because, at first, he opened up when Bella was nice to him. Even though he brought her here, he was unable to acknowledge her intentions of refusal.
From the flower pot that Rosanne was holding, she took out Iwer’s potion.
When she hid the potion bottle in the hat, he was a bit spiteful. He knew it was too much, but the cat in the trap kept rejecting him and raising her fur. If she fell into this little trap, he’d be able to kiss her even briefly.
If he didn’t do that, it seemed that he wouldn’t be able to soothe his broken heart.
“…You are pretty.”
He slowly draws closer, hoping that this time will last forever.
One, two, three…
Counting inside, he slowly removed his lips. Since this was a kiss he had been doing since he was little, this was the end of the trick to hide his desires. When he drew a line for himself and faced Bella, white light shimmered in her red eyes.
He had never seen her shed tears.
“…Why are you crying?”
Did she hate it enough to cry?
As usual, he came up with the worst answer first and slowly raised her hand to her cheek.
* * *
Bella couldn’t stop the tears from the moment their lips lightly parted as his warm hand caressed the cold tears that fell slowly. They said that greed knew no bounds. Just like Shuria said, she should have stopped when she received the love befitting her place.
“…Bella.”
The sound of his whispered voice calling her name sounded like a bell signaling where she was now.
“What to do…”
She checked the foam of the waves that once touched her toes and looked around, where she thought the shore was an endless expanse in sight. The ship that was drifting on the sea of emotions is broken into pieces…
Now, she was immersed in this heart of unknown depth. Even though she knew where it would be going, she had to admit it.
…The meaning of this sea.
“Looks like I love you too much…”
The hat she was holding in her hand dropped to the ground. In time with the sound of it falling on the floor, Bella lifted her feet and took one more greedy step towards him. The lips that touched again did not fall after a while.
Kiehl’s breath became her only breath before she sank into the deep sea and choked.
“Ha…”
After the sound of a single breath surrounds the two, each other’s lips go deeper and deeper into each other. For her, it was a moment she had only dreamed of, but for Kiehl, it was a long-awaited moment. They were intoxicated with each other’s body scent that it was breathtaking.
As his tongue danced softly in her mouth, her strength is gradually running out. Kiehl held the back of Bella’s neck and continued this dance.
Just as they danced at the imperial ball, he took her into a fairy tale.
And at the kiss, like a curse had been lifted, large black wings spread from her, sometimes aching back. Kiehl felt Bella’s magical energy quickly restore her body. Even though she was not even a dream demon, she seemed to be recovering after eating his spirit.
“Ah…”
When the wind that came from a single flap of her wings embraced them, the two stopped kissing like sweet rain and only looked at each other’s lips.
Kiehl put his hand on her back.
“Bella.”
Then, he gently lifted her hand and kissed her palm.
Looking up, the amber eyes with a slightly red tinge engulfed Bella. His breath moves in her hands and tickles her whole body.
“Be my wife.”
— “You will be charmed for the rest of your life.”
She must be charmed by those words, too.
‘Can I seduce you like this?’
Although she felt a little remorse… her greed, which was too late to turn around, dominated everything and moved her lips.
“…Yes.”
And then.
Bang.
It was Jenkins who opened the door.
“Miss! What magic is this?!”
Iwer and Pur, who had been sitting close to the door and had their ears pressed against it, fall flat with their faces on the ground.
“Please give me a heads up before you open it.”
“Oh, my…”
Zanbar, following Jenkins from behind, climbed over them and clicked his tongue.
“Wow, I feel really dirty because Zanbar is ignoring me.”
“Me, too!”
Bella turned her head slightly, her face flushed.
“…Miss, what are you doing now?”
A slightly surprised Jenkins and a very surprised Zanbar. And as soon as she saw Ewer, who frowned and tried to guess what the situation was, her heart started beating calmly.
“Ah…”
“You’re not trying to eat the Young Master right now, are you?”
Jenkins was really worried and walked slowly. Even the wings that she couldn’t take out because she couldn’t recover spread out. Then, Bella realized her condition and reached out to block Jenkins from approaching.
“Everyone, don’t come close. Now that I’ve used Iwer’s Potion…”
Both Jenkins and Zanbar, who were approaching, stopped and took a step backwards.
“No, Miss… Are you trying to seduce the Young Master with something like that?”
“I didn’t know you were going to eat him like that.”
“Ah, Miss. Did you mean to make a potion to seduce the Young Master?”
Bella gulped.
“N…no… this is an accident—”
Of course, she thought that the accident was eventually changed by her will.
“Miss, I’ve never seen you like that before. You’re unscrupulous.”
“I like it. How wonderful!”
Even if she looked like this, she is the head of the demon realm, so wouldn’t it be okay to throw away a little bit of that conscience?
At that time, Iwer, who was lying on the floor, raised her head.
“But… this isn’t my potion?”
“…Huh?”
“Wouldn’t I know the smell of my blood? I don’t smell anything.”
At those words, Bella turned her head and looked up at Kiehl again. His eyes were definitely a little bright to be the eyes of someone who was enchanted.
“Why?”
Come to think of it, charmed people speak a little slowly.
“Ah… that bottle…”
“It contained something strange, so I moved it to another place to investigate. Was it a potion?”
Bella gulped again.
“You… Are you sober now?”
“What do you mean?”
He glared at her viciously before kissing her palm again.
“I’m sober.”
Bella’s face grew red, and she was speechless as Kiehl continued his words.
“Crown Princess.”
His smile, which was strange a moment ago, now looked a little happy.
Iwer and Pur, enjoying this situation, smacked their lips.
“I did, I did. I won.”
“No! You don’t…!”
“Tell me quickly, did you kiss?”
Bella jumped on the spot and turned into a cat, her face red.
“This… shut up!”
As Bella ran through the open door, meanwhile, people outside were freaking out at the sight of a black cat late at night.
* * *
After transforming into a cat, Bella was surrounded by her worries all night long. She had to accept that this novel could not go the way it was written. Still, there was something more difficult to accept than that tragedy.
— “Looks like I love you too much…”
…What was he talking about?”
He wasn’t charmed by the potion?
The events of a moment ago continued to fill her mind, and her lips dried up.
“Ahh, I must be crazy!”
She was not a pervert, but why did she keep thinking about kissing him? Bella tapped her mouth with the cotton bat.
— “Be my wife.”
However, when he hit her mouth, the look in his eyes came to mind.
“Uwaahh!”
That night, Bella roamed around as a cat, trying to get her thoughts out.
“Stop thinking, please—!”
How could she face Kiehl’s face now?
* * *
That time.
Juan Cruelle, who secretly hid in the imperial palace under the name ‘Ian,’ was holding back his anger inside.
‘When can I see you again?’
It took quite a long time just to win the favor of the guards, exchange information, and create a new identity. It was because there were many faces who knew him, he was tired of just dodging here and there.
He thought that after the first contest was over and most of the young ladies had failed, there would be a chance to meet Bella.
‘…That lion cub is very meticulous.’
It had become more difficult for him to enter the main palace and meet her.
Besides, because of that magical explosion, there was a very high chance that Bella would become the Crown Princess.
‘She obviously had no intention of becoming the Crown Princess.’
Juan also vaguely guessed that. Nonetheless, he didn’t think that she would fall in love with him because she didn’t want to be the Crown Princess since, although he seduced her so insidiously in the Cruelle family, she did not come easily.
Still, he couldn’t give up.
It was because he had never even conveyed his feelings. He thought, and thought, and thought.
‘…In the end, should I reveal my identity to the main palace?’
However, if that happened, Shuria Cruelle wouldn’t be standing still. As he thought that, it was a dilemma.
‘I have to stop that Miss from becoming the Crown Princess for now.’
As he thought that, he turned her gaze and beckoned to Myu in the distance.
“Ian. Why are you here at this hour?”
“Is Miss Rosanne still crying by any chance?”
“Uh, don’t even mention it. She didn’t even eat from morning till night…”
Myu hit her chest with her hands as if her insides were burning.
“What happened?”
“I don’t know. Miss Bella came for a short visit this morning.”
At those words, Juan’s eyes brightened slightly.
“And I heard that she went to meet Kiehl… His Highness, did she meet him or not?”
“His Highness Kiehl?”
Myu glanced at him and let out a big sigh.
“After that, she’s just crying like that.”
Juan looked through the window at Rosanne, who had been crying under the covers all day. Whatever the case, if Bella took Rosanne with her to see Kiehl…
‘Hmm… It’s still worth using.’