Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 176

(EP-176.2) Sand #1

176 – Wind and Sand #1

“Yeah. I heard you’ve been exercising with Elga lately. You’ve been trying to increase your strength or reduce record time, right?”

“That’s right, my lady.”

For the growth of strength and agility, Elga progressively increased the intensity of my training.

The body tended to adapt to resistance and weight, and to avoid plateauing, the intensity of my training needed to be constantly raised.

“The Mana path is the same. It needs increasingly stimulating factors. Theo, the nearby dungeons are no longer enough for you.”

Aira was right. Being a Rank 7 Archmage, she was able to accurately pinpoint the problem that caused my stagnancy.

And I wasn’t that stupid to not grasp her intention. So, I asked.

“Aira-nim is saying that this duel is a good catalyst for my growth?”

“Indeed. Treading between life and death is the true path to growth. The novel says it here~.”

So she was telling me what she read in the novel...

Whether it was about my height earlier or now, it seemed like Aira was deeply immersed in the pleasure of reading, unable to distinguish reality from fiction.

Thus, I lightly advised Aira.

“Aira-nim, the stories in novels are just made-up. You actually don’t believe everything in those scenarios as the truth, right?”

“Indeed, there’re made-up stories. There’s definitely some of that. However, it’s not all lies. If you believe it’s real, it can become real. If you earnestly wish for it, the world will help you.”

‘The world will help you if you earnestly wish for it.’ That sounded like a line from a novel. But come to think of it, maybe Aira was right.

After all, wasn’t I someone who had entered the world of the last novel I read? The stories could be real.

“Theo, it’s not just a story I made up. The great Archmage Solomon is said to have improved his skills through days of dueling.”

“By Archmage Solomon, are you referring to the Demon King Angmar?”

I never expected Aira to bring up a story about the Demon King. So, feeling a bit puzzled and intrigued, I asked, and Aira gestured with her index finger into the air.

“Archmage Solomon and the Demon King are the same yet different. There’s a need to distinguish between the two.”

“I see.”

Before and after corruption, they were treated as separate individuals. It made sense.

And when Aira mentioned that Solomon raised his magic skills by fighting, it felt like there was something about it. Did I also need to fight?

In fact, Professor Balan, who was the Demon King’s follower, also suggested the need to stimulate magic growth through experiences involving fighting and life-or-death situations.

I suddenly wondered.

“Then, did Aira-nim have duels to improve your magic skills?”

“No. I don’t need to do such things.”

“I see, truly remarkable. Then is Queen Aira more powerful than Solomon?”

“Hmm, I’d say I’m wiser. I don’t cling to the impossible task of resurrecting the dead.”

“You mean Solomon’s Nymph.”