Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 311
Chapter 311
Then, memories that had been submerged deep beneath the surface began to resurface. These were memories that Ella hadn’t shown him—or couldn’t have shown him.
“Forget about love, morality, and conscience. Just think about yourself.”
“As long as I have you, that’s all I need. As long as you’re safe, that’s all that matters.”
He remembered the reckless things he had said when Aria was pregnant with Ella.
The words that had hurt Aria more deeply than he could have imagined.
He recalled the agony and regret he felt when he realized how he had wounded her, the anguish tearing at his heart. He remembered the emotions he had while preparing the baby’s room, and fleeting images of a hellish landscape.
The hell from his forgotten memories was strikingly similar to the world that had perished—a perfect replica. He recalled how Aria had come to rescue him from that hell, her tears he had pretended to wipe away gently, as he said,
“I was wrong. Even if I die, you won’t escape through death.”
In the moments when God’s malice overwhelmed him and he was descending into madness, Aria’s song had saved him.
“In my world, there’s only you.”
“No matter what kind of world comes, my heart will never change.”
“I never knew I was this greedy…”
He remembered how he had endured and survived after the Valentine incident, how he had spiraled into madness. His memories of enduring the devastation were overlaid with vivid memories of Aria, who had consumed his youth, his entire springtime.
“Say it. Unless you want your head to roll in the mud.”
“I need to know the face of the woman who’s to be my wife.”
“I swear, Aria. No one will ever again deny Aria Valentine.”
“In my life, I’ll marry only once. You’ll be my first and last.”
From the time he was fourteen, so naive and immature.
“But none of that really matters to me.”
“The things that matter to me are when Aria eats something sweet and smiles without realizing it, when she presses flowers in books and shows them off to me, when she makes strange-tasting dishes and offers them to me, when she takes out her sketchbook at every opportunity and draws my face. Those kinds of things.”
So, this was… these were Lloyd Valentine’s… no, his own memories.
‘Ah.’
Lloyd had always been Lloyd. Grand Duke Valentine had always been Grand Duke Valentine. They were the same person from the beginning.
‘Damn.’
Lloyd pulled Ella, who was casually lying on his chest, into a tight hug. She was so precious that he wanted to hold her close, yet he was always careful not to hurt her.
What nonsense had he spouted to this child?
‘So, it was in my past life…’
He had thought that Aria was the only one who had traveled back in time. But that wasn’t the case.
‘The entire world must have been rewound…’
It made sense. Lloyd had already destroyed the future world completely.
‘If that’s true, then Aria’s return point might not have been right after her death.’
Lloyd had memories of the world after her death.
Aria, who had traveled back in time as the last remaining siren, had always remembered her past life. Lloyd, sharing God’s feelings, regained his past life memories later.
His current memories were temporarily erased, but they quickly returned.
It seemed likely that Aria and Lloyd were the only two people in the entire world who remembered the destroyed world.
But more than that…
“….”
Memories from the past flashed through Lloyd’s mind. He closed his eyes tightly, then exhaled a soft sigh as he patted the whimpering Ella’s back skillfully.
“If it weren’t for you, I would have wandered for a long time.”
“Huung…”
“When did you even gain that ability?”
“Dya, upii.”
“…”
And when did you learn the word ‘stupid,’ anyway?
Lloyd quickly ran through the list of candidates who might have taught the exceptionally clever and intelligent Ella the word ‘stupid.’
He thought to himself, ‘It’s a relief that I lost my memories while Aria remembered our past life.’
If his memories had returned the moment Aria came back, what kind of catastrophe would have occurred? The thought alone was chilling—what kind of insane actions he might have taken with a mind steeped in madness.
“This is driving me crazy.”
Even now, he was already…..
Lloyd recalled Aria, who had fled, unable to endure his eccentric behavior. While he could easily dismiss the objections of the rest of the family, he had no idea how to apologize to Aria.
‘Should I get on my knees and beg?’
Would that even resolve the situation?
‘I don’t know.’
Unintentionally, he had caused her immense worry, concern, and heartache… and amidst all this, a sudden thought of joy struck him.
Aria, who had persistently pushed him away, thinking he was a different entity from another world, was actually dealing with the same Lloyd all along.
Why had his past life memories returned? Why did his original memories get completely severed as a result? And when had Elaina developed not just the ability to read others’ emotions but also the ability to convey emotions to others?
How had this tiny being realized that her father hadn’t changed but had simply been transformed?
There were countless questions, but…
“Ella.”
“Dya.”
Lloyd slowly blinked. Elaina reached out to wipe away the tears streaming down his face.
He hadn’t even realized when they had started.
‘The baby can even wipe away my tears.’
Lloyd found Elaina so amazing that he let the tears flow, his eyes drifting closed languidly.
I’m glad it’s just a dream.
And he whispered to Elaina as he touched her forehead.
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