Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 121

(EP-121.1) Hunting #1

121 – Monster Hunt #1

It was very early in the morning, people were just starting to wake up.

The time when only the early birds chirped, and when the cool honey-like dew flew down the soft petals-.

“Heuik, heueek-.”

I was running the perimeter of Ark.

I was heaving for air, my eyes were turning yellow, my heart and chest hurt like they were being ripped apart, and my throat was throbbingly dry.

It was very tiring and difficult, but if I showed any signs of slowing down even a little bit-.

“Hey, what are you doing!? There’s not much time left! Don’t stop and run! If you can’t run, then walk!”

Thanks to Elga poking me in the back with a stick, I had no choice but to keep running.

“Run a little more! It’ll be two laps soon!”

“Heuieuk, hieuek, heeek...!”

An ugly groan escaped from my mouth.

When was the last time I pushed myself to the limit like this? But what was certain was that this would be the most physically exhausting thing I’d done as of late.

“Heeuu-.”

“Good, you’ve done 2 laps-. You took 30 minutes-. Now, cut this down to 15 minutes-.”

“Heuu-. Heuuuuu-.”

Elga was saying something, but I couldn’t register it at all.

Taking in the morning wind, I spread eagle on the ground whilst soaked in sweat.

It’d been a few days since I started jogging at dawn, but today, I felt like Elga was being particularly hard on me. I didn’t know why, though...

“Theo Gospel, it seems that you ran faster today than last time.”

Probably because Mirna was watching me jogging today, but she came over to where I was laying down. She then took a water bottle and poured everything on my head.

Chareuuuu-.

The cold water felt pretty good.

“Here’s a towel.”

As I wiped the water off my face and neck with the towel Mirna handed me, Elga, who hadn’t broken a sweat despite running with me, snorted.

“Are you his ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) sister? What’s with this concern all of a sudden?”

“Theo Gospel is my suitor.”

“Heuung-, a suitor, huh?”

Elga looked at Mirna with thin eyes. Mirna didn’t say anything and just replied with, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

But Elga looked like she was waiting for this and continued.

“The word ‘suitor’ means that you’re not yet family, right? Strictly speaking.”

“... And? What are you trying to say now? I don’t like that look, Lady Lioness!”

With her sensitive intuition, Mirna seemed to have noticed that Elga was plotting something. But Elga was not merciful enough to let go of her prey’s vulnerability.

“If he hasn’t become your husband yet, then Theo is single. And if he’s single, it means he can do whatever he wants with other women, right? Like this.”

Elga suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me up into a hug. With her tracksuit half open, my face got buried between the valleys under her tank top.

Malrang malrang.

The warmth and softness of Elga’s chest touching my face made me feel like I could just fall asleep right now. Her apple fragrance wafting into my nose felt pleasant and relaxing, but-

“What are you doing...!?”

Screaming in horror, Mirna quickly yanked me away from Elga.

It felt like I lost something, the same sense of loss from a child missing his mother’s warmth.

It was sad. But then, another soft thing touched my face. It was a handkerchief.

“How blasphemous! A man and woman committing a thing like this so early in the morning...! Ah, Lioness’ frivolity is now smeared on my suitor’s face...!”