When The Villainess Died, The Male Lead Went Crazy - Chapter 66
Translator and Editor: Effe and Yonnee
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Chapter 66
Kylian couldn’t sleep. Until now, Kylian would curl up his body and force himself to sleep, listening to his own breathing. Recently though, Anais Percival had been coming here to soothe him, and that’s when he could finally fall asleep.
Now, however, he couldn’t sleep even though he tossed and turned restlessly.
He was bothered by the smell of dust from the carpet on the floor. Lying on his side with his ears on the floor, he tensed whenever he heard someone’s footsteps. When he thought he didn’t know when the door would open, he closed his eyes at the sound of footsteps passing by.
But she didn’t come. He clutched the broken locket tightly in his chest and crouched down again.
It was a long night. He couldn’t sleep.
It was nearing Anais Percival’s eleventh birthday. Kylian was surprised that she, who had come to his room only in the mornings, had come to his room today openly for some reason.
“What are you doing here?”
“What do you mean, I’m taking a break.”
“That’s my bed…”
He had hoped for her to come, but he had never imagined that she would appear before his eyes so proudly. Besides, she proudly went to his bed and lay down, as if she knew he wasn’t using the bed.
The sheet was new, but had a slight smell of dust. This room was no better than the servants’.
He knew the reason she was doing this was because of her kindness. Like whenever she would openly take his food, he thought that maybe she was now pretending to be mean and to change his room.
But he didn’t want that. This room was close to Anais Percival’s. He hated the idea of being moved to another room. No matter how nice and clean the room would be.
“So what? If you’re annoyed, you can just lie down here too.”
“…I heard that a man and a woman who are not married should not lie in the same bed.”
“Why?”
“They said they’ll have a baby.”
“Right. So you sleep somewhere else.”
He thought that it would be difficult for her and him to have a child, since they were children who had yet to have their coming-of-age ceremonies. What if two only eleven-year-olds had a child?
The child will cry loudly, and Anais will have all her attention going to the child, not him.
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a child?”
“…….”
Kylian balked at Anais Percival’s teasing. He didn’t know why she was making fun of him like this.
“We’re not even engaged yet. And the child will be brought by a stork, but it’s winter now. It’s dangerous to fly in winter with such a heavy thing in its mouth.”
“Pfft…!”
Anais was covering her mouth at Kylian’s words, trying to hold back her laughter. He was ashamed because she was clearly making fun of him now.
“Puhaha…!”
“What is funny?”
“N-No… it’s just…”
Even so, when her eyes met his, she shuddered as if trying to hold back her laughter.
“We just need to keep the stork from entering the Duke’s mansion.”
“…….”
“So come here.”
“The stork is not guilty of anything.”
Kylian didn’t want something else to die because of him.
“Are you afraid the stork might be in danger?”
“…….”
“Then I won’t stop you.”
“Then the child…”
“When the child comes, you just need to ask Father to take care of it.”
Kylian was confused. He can’t figure out why she’s doing this to the point of even taking his bed.
“You want to lie down together?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“I don’t want to see you sleeping on the dirty floor.”
“…….”
Kylian had never slept in a bed before. His mother was already insane when she was imprisoned with him in the western tower within the imperial palace. From the time he was able to walk he had to sleep on the floor.
His mother had never hugged Kylian tenderly, and she had never spoken to him warmly. Most of the places he was allowed were out of her sight.
“Dirty…?”
“The floor is dirty.”
“Then I’m…”
“You are not dirty. So I want you to sleep here so you don’t get dirty.”
Kylian’s heart felt strange because she seemed to be kind to him again. When he was younger than he is now, he had secretly climbed into bed to sleep in his mother’s arms. However, his mother’s reaction at that time was not so good.
[“ You look like your father and you are filthy! Who told you to come up on your own!” ]
The image of his mother, who was angry at that time, was still vivid in his mind.
“Come here.”
“I don’t deserve it.”
“I gave you the qualification. You will be my fiancé, and I want you to be clean.”
“…….”
Kylian thought her words were a friendly command. There was no way he could refuse.
His steps were heavy as he headed towards the bed. He felt as if he was going somewhere he wasn’t supposed to go. He felt all choked up and his heart was racing, but Anais’s expression was gentle as she offered a hand to him.
“Come on.”
“…….”
When he hesitated as he approached her, Anais spoke again and held out her hand. Kylian unconsciously took her hand. Warm heat passed through the hands and made him feel hot as if candle wax had fallen on his chest.
“Why did you let go?”
“I feel bad.”
“Hahaha. Okay. Anyway, come here.”
Kylian pulled his hand out of surprise at her touch. Every time she touched him, he felt weird. His chest was also weird.
Still, he had to listen to Anais as she moved to the side of the bed and patted the bed where she was sitting.
It was warm on the bed, probably because she had been sitting on it. There was a faint smell of dust and dried sunlight.
“Say, You’re the prettiest Older Sis in the world, Anais.”
“…….”
“If you don’t, I’ll get you a spider.”
“You’re the prettiest Older Sis in the world, Anais.”
He did what she told him to do and then lay down slowly as he looked at her. Then Anais lay down next to him and smiled at him.
That was the day he first learned to sleep in a bed.
Until their betrothal at the age of fifteen, Kylian lived with the tenderness she bestowed upon him under the flimsy guise of cruelty. He didn’t understand most of her behavior towards him at first, but that was no longer the case now.
The Duke who summoned Kylian spoke nonchalantly.
“Tomorrow is the engagement ceremony.”
“Yes.”
Although Kylian was a member of the imperial family, he had always acted as if he was of lesser rank than Duke Pervical, and the Duke took that for granted.
The three princes who came before him died, and he accepted it naturally and was still alive. Kylian thought so.
“I like people who know their place well.”
“…….”
“So, don’t act presumptuously.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
Kylian didn’t look up at Duke Percival, who patted him on the shoulder and warned him. Just as how they had been talking every time, he looked at his toes and didn’t make eye contact, as if he was weak and flexible. He acted like that.
Perhaps because of the Duke’s warning, he wanted to see Anais. It was clear that she would be at the training ground at this time. Even though her father taught her to be better at shooting, she insisted on swordsmanship.
Contrary to her, Kylian was aware of his own talent for the sword. That’s why he couldn’t understand Anais’ efforts. He couldn’t understand why she was wasting her time when she wasn’t even talented enough. Besides, she would mainly use a sword when going out to hunting competitions.
“Sir Circe has a really huge physique.”
“Are you envious?”
“Yes.”
Kylian came to see Anais, but there was one more person in the training ground.
“Why are you jealous?”
“The bigger you are, the stronger you are. I want to become strong like you, Sir Circe.”
Seeing Anais talking to Circe with a friendly smile, Kylian felt his heart getting stuffy for some reason. He thought about approaching her, but withdrew his thoughts. Her feet were immobilized, like a tree who had taken root.
“You still haven’t changed your habit.”
“It’s comfortable to hold like this.”
“You can really break your wrists with that grip.”
“I know. So I consciously fix it, but it doesn’t work.”
Anais had a habit of holding her sword strangely whenever she sparred. Even though she usually held it properly, whenever she’d get tense during a spar, she would hold it in a way that was comfortable for her. Even though she knew it’s a dangerous grip that might break her wrist.
“Hold it like this.”
“Yes.”
When Kylian saw Sir Circe grab Anais’s hand to hold it in place, Kylian realized that his heart was not just stuffy—it was hurting.
Finally, his feet were off the ground. But he couldn’t go to Anais. The care and affection she would give him… It was most likely because of how weak he looks.
The moment he’d show her how he was now, she would abandon him.
It was the engagement day.
Fifteen-year-old Anais was very beautiful. Most of the time, she wore a suit or simple dress whenever she’d do her duties as the Young Duke, so Kylian thought that she was strange and dazzling in a gorgeous dress smiling right in front of his eyes.
Even when she was in a suit, she was beautiful. But Anais in the engagement dress was dazzling. She has platinum hair and eyes as clear as the sky. And the way her mouth curves beautifully while looking at him.
The moment he saw her face, he realized that the heartbeat that always made him feel strange was caused by love.
“You don’t want to hold hands?”
“No.”
“Even if you don’t like it, be patient. The engagement ceremony won’t be long.”
Kylian didn’t want to let go of her hand. However, he was afraid that his heartbeat, passing through his hand, would be transmitted to her.
“If we get engaged, will we grant each other a wish?”
Anais asked provocatively, Kylian stared blankly at her for a moment. Even the lips that talk to him are beautiful.
If only he knew that was the last time he could speak to her in a friendly way. If so, he might have told her from the bottom of her heart that he was glad to be engaged.
When Kylian remembered the subtle sad expression his mother gave him, Kylian mistook her for his mother and honored her.
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