Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 150

(EP-150.2) Aspect #3

150 – New Aspect #3

People chattered all day about the incident that occurred earlier.

The news of a bounty hunter from outside Ark attacking Queen Aira had spread like wildfire.

“Hooee, hooee! Hoeee-! Get your newspaper! Newspaper!”

“Hoenoi, one newspaper please.”

“Theo Gospel, thank you every time. Hoeeee...!”

Even the freshly printed newspapers had the headline about Queen Aira’s attack.

「Assault on the Queen of Angmar, Aira Von Tarantera-!」

「The culprit is a bounty hunter contracted by Professor Stella Bellhawk, both the church and Ark authorities are investigating the possible connections─.」

「Representative Ilna Isa of the Bellhawk House claims their innocence in this incident─.」

If there was any connection found, it could lead to a massive diplomatic issue, potentially even a war.

The attack on the Queen was a major event that would be recorded in history books. It was only natural that the world would be abuzz with such news.

“Theo, there is a mandarin duck over there.”

However, the person concerned was going about her day as if nothing had happened, and was leisurely feeding the fish in a pond.

It was a peaceful artificial pond. We were stood on a bridge, gazing at the glistening water. Then, Aira’s brow furrowed deeply.

Did the earlier incident upset her mood?

“No, looking at it closely, it’s not a mandarin duck. It’s a thunder duck.”

“A mallard duck?”

“No, a thunder duck. It sounds like a thunder.”

[T/N: Korean word play here... mallard duck and thunder duck is spelled the same in Korean]

━Keureureung.

“Look.”

For Aira, whether the bird swimming over there was a mandarin duck or a thunder duck seemed much more important than what had happened...

As I watched the giant fish splash and grab the feed, I couldn’t bear it any longer and decided to quench my curiosity.

“Is Aira-nim really okay?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m talking about the bounty hunter. Didn’t he attack Queen Aira?”

“Ah. That happened. Such a thing did indeed occur~.”

Aira spoke as if she was reminiscing about a distant past. It felt as though the encounter with the Hunter had been erased from her mind and no longer remained.

But I was different.

While I usually kept a safe distance from the main character’s party and only observed their movements on the side, they had crossed the line this time.

If I left things as they were, not only Aira but also my own safety and the world itself could be thrown into chaos, so I felt the need to take some action.

There was no guarantee that such an incident wouldn’t happen again.

But Aira just continued to feed the fish.

“Theo, you can’t let such an incident disturb your rare day off, would you?”

“But, is it really?”

“Did anyone get injured?”

That was true, yet still...

As dissatisfaction crept on my face, Aira threw all the feed she had been holding into the pond. The fish below started crazily devouring the all-you-can-eat buffet.

Splash, splash.

After watching that scene for a while, Aira opened her mouth.

“Theo, remember not too long ago when we got caught in the rain together? Did you protest or demand compensation from the sky for ruining your clothes and my shoes?”

“No. But why are you bringing that up all of a # Nоvеlight # sudden?”

“Huhu-.”

Aira chuckled as if she found my question amusing. Then she gently patted my head, though she was still holding fish feed.

“Theo, it’s fascinating how much you don’t know. The man we encountered earlier is like rainfall from the sky, an inexplicable natural disaster that is difficult for humans to comprehend.”

“A natural disaster?”