Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 1

(EP-1.1) Flower Aira

001 – Evil Flower Aira #1

To me, a Queen only exists in the media.

A woman who wears a beautiful jewelled crown and never loses her noble dignity.

That's the image that comes to mind when I think of a Queen.

There was a Queen that I came to know recently.

Aira Von Tarantera VIII.

Quick-witted people would have already guessed by her name that she's the Queen, though not in reality, rather she's a villain character in the novel ‘Villain Hunter.'

That's right.

She's a villain character.

Aira Von Tarantera.

In the story, she is a tyrant. She's someone who's the farthest away from being a good Queen.

According to the description in the novel, Aira was a beautiful girl with black hair and eyes.

Although she was very pretty and outstanding, she had a low position in terms of succeeding the throne.

That was until one day, her brothers and sisters, who were above her in status, suddenly died for a variety of reasons. Ultimately, she became the Queen at a young age of 17.

She had 17 brothers and sisters, but who knew what their fate was, as they all died in a year. The novel didn't describe that part much.

As a result, the child, who was supposed to be the last to inherit the throne, became the successor because she was the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family.

Now, what would happen when a young, foolish girl of the Royal Family, who knew she would never ascend to the throne in her lifetime, suddenly came to power-.

"Guards, off with his head-!"

I was watching the scene unfold right in front of my eyes.

“Please, Your Majesty-!”

Belmott Douglas, the Finance Minister at the Court, was terribly perplexed. He pleaded that the amount of tax levied by the Royal Family was too much and that it would cause a backlash among the lords.

“Your Majesty-! Please, listen to me just once.”

No matter how foolish of a Queen she was, how could she not know what ‘off with his head' meant towards him, who was trusted by many nobles and people?

In fact, the people around who were watching were also making a fuss.

━She wants to behead him?

━Is this for real?

━Heu, no-. Someone do something-.

━Someone say something to that crazy Queen-.

It’d been about three years after Aira became the Queen.

Although she had issued many bizarre orders during her reign, this was the first time she had ordered an execution that ignored legal procedures, so it was natural that people were perplexed.

━What should we do?

━I don't know. What are your plans?

━No-. She's not beheading a thief, that's Lord Belmott-. How can we do that-?

The Royal Guards could only look at each other. Their hands were on their swords, but not moving.

“What are you doing-? I said behead him-. If you won't do it, then I'll do it myself!"

Unable to bear such a sight any longer, Aira groaned and drew a sword from the scabbard of the Guard who was standing next to the throne.

“Ahh, this cool feeling. After wearing the crown, it's been a long while since I've used a sword.”

The sword in Aira's hand vibrated, seemingly eager to taste blood.

Aira would then cut the head off the old man in one graceful swing, with a skill comparable to the Kingdom's Sword Master.

That was the story.

After taking her first blood, Aira would continue on before finally getting deposed. She would then later be hanged on the gallows.

The scene where she struggled and died was very exhilarating to me as a reader, but not to the current me.

“Belmott-. Since this Queen is merciful, despite your audacity to speak nonsense, I'll let you leave your last will.”