Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 210

(EP-210.1) Summer #8

210 – Cold Summer #8

Lunchtime.

Mirna and I were waiting for someone in the conference hall of the cathedral. After a long, meaningless wait, Mirna let out a long sigh.

“It seems they’re running late. Or, they might not come at all. In that case, it’s best to just give up. You know right, Sir Theo?”

“Yes...”

Perhaps due to anxiety, I felt the urge to shake my legs. Of course, I wasn’t light enough to outwardly express such agitation.

I suppressed the impulse and wiped my hands with the wet tissue on the table. Then, the door suddenly swung open, and a woman with a black cloth over her face appeared.

“Her Majesty, Queen Aira, is entering. Please rise and give your respects.”

Aira soon appeared.

This time, her hair wasn’t disheveled, and she wasn’t without stockings. She was neat and perfect, this was the usual look of Aira.

Seeing her like that, I felt both glad and a bit resentful at the thought that she was doing fine without me. She seemed to have gotten prettier somehow.

At the same time...

I felt the tension creeping in, doubting if it was indeed Aira who ordered my kidnapping.

“.......”

Aira didn’t look at me.

After briefly scanning the surroundings with her cool eyes, she spoke in her usual calm voice.

“Mirna of the Draco Family. What is the reason for summoning me like this? I am a busy Queen. It would be quite disappointing if you called without reason.”

“That’s-.”

Mirna gave me a certain look, perhaps signaling for me to start if I had something to say.

I had plenty of things I had thought about saying, but...

Looking at Aira’s relatively nonchalant expression, I began to wonder if the stories I had prepared would work on her.

As I pondered for a moment, Mirna let out a soft sigh and started talking on her own accord.

“Queen Tarantera. I call you at this time because of what happened yesterday. You wouldn’t feign ignorance about what that might be, would you?”

Seureuk-.

Mirna pulled a black cloth out her pocket.

It was embroidered with a spider and resembled the cloth currently covering the face of the new aide standing by Aira’s side.

Anyone could tell that it was an item of the Tarantera Family. With narrowed eyes, Aira reached for it.

“This..., looks like a hexenzirkel’s hood. Why do you have this, Mirna?”

[T/N: hexenzirkel = circle of witches]

“I wonder if you’re pretending not to know or genuinely in the dark. Do you have no idea what happened last night?”