Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 129

[19] (EP-129.2) The Wise Queen #4

129 – The Wise Queen #4

Today, I realized that the gap between me and Aira was too overwhelming. Worse still, I couldn’t come up with a good strategy to overcome it.

“Hey, what are you guys doing, this late at night?”

Then someone suddenly approached.

It was Elga, who was running with her turtleneck tracksuit and short shorts which left her white thighs exposed.

“Oh, it’s Elga.”

“Aira, why are you out walking at this hour? You always go to bed early.”

“It’s because Theo wants to go for a walk today.”

“A walk?”

“Yes, I even saw Theo’s tail.”

“... Tail? What tail?”

Elga looked at me with a narrow gaze. Her blue eyes seemed to question, “Hey, what are you up to?”

“Haa-eu-um.”

Aira yawned.

“Now that Elga mentioned it, I’m getting sleepy. I’m going to bed now. Theo, let’s go.”

“Understood.”

I took Aira back to her room. Seeing her climb into bed, I closed the door and turned my head.

There I saw Elga looking at me with an angry expression.

“A walk with Aira, huh? What are you plotting?”

“Plotting?”

“You, don’t tell me-.”

Elga suddenly closed her mouth just as she was about to say something. It was not like Elga to stop talking halfway through, so I asked in return.

“Tell you what?”

As I urged her to speak, Elga looked around and cleared the surroundings before leaning closer to me, speaking in a voice only I could hear.

“You’re not aiming for Aira too, are you?”

“What nonsense is that?”

“Isn’t it? Well, even you wouldn’t be so stupid, are you? I mean, it’s Aira. She’s not the sanest. As you know, she’s not normal.”

Elga massaged her temple.

I didn’t expect her to gossip behind her cousin and the Queen like this.

Although she didn’t say it out loud, it seemed that Elga knew that Aira was not normal.

“Becoming an Archmage fries your brain. It is said that Mages who break through Rank 6 have deteriorating minds from seeing the gate of truth or something.”

“Hmm.”

I’d heard this story before. The Black Mage Grandfather of the Board of Arc was said to have lost his mind as he reached the 6th Rank.

Suddenly, I felt afraid.

Would I also lose my sanity after reaching Rank 6?

Useuseuseu- As a chill ran down my spine, Elga crossed her arms and mumbled, “Hmm-.”

“But recently, Aira has changed a lot compared to before. Her personality became a lot calmer. I can actually hold conversations with her now.”

“From Elga-nim’s perspective, has Aira-nim changed a bit?”