Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 223

(EP-223.1) #3

223 – Discovery #3

Mirna said.

“Lady Lioness must be possessed by an evil spirit. Don’t you think so too, Sir Theo?”

“... Possessed?”

Hearing such words caused me to feel dizzy in a completely different way.

Elga was ‘possessed’ by an evil spirit.

Usually, if a woman conserved her body, refrained from drinking alcohol and smoking, and had another soul within her, wouldn’t pregnancy be the first thing to be suspected?

But Mirna was adamant.

“This is obviously the case. Lady Lioness is possessed by a demon. In necromancery terms, we call it ‘Possession’.”

Demonic possession.

I didn’t know why she had come to such a conclusion, but since Mirna was a smart woman, there must be a reason for it.

My heart, which was ready to get interrogated about Elga’s pregnancy, calmed down a little.

No, it was not that.

On the contrary, I felt anxious because I couldn’t predict what kind of problems and incidents Mirna would cause, as she could make a fuss about Elga being possessed by some demon.

I asked.

“Could you please explain further why you’ve come to that conclusion? I’m not familiar with this area, so I don’t know....”

“Sure. This is the simplest rule for identifying a possessed person. Firstly, possessed individuals exhibit behaviors they wouldn’t normally engage in.”

“... Behaviors they wouldn’t normally engage in?”

“Like someone allergic to apples suddenly eating them. Or someone who never drank alcohol before suddenly drinking it.”

“Ah.”

“Sir Theo, haven’t you heard? There’s a story about the foolish second son of Count Tigris falling from a tree, slipping into a coma, and when he woke up, he was suddenly a different person overnight.”

“I don’t know....”

“The church deemed it to be a demonic possession, and sent exorcists and priests. However, the attempt was thwarted by the opposition from the Tigris Family.”

“Why did they object?”

“I don’t know. Perhaps the Count judged it differently as the once foolish son became docile and wise after being possessed by the demon... Anyway, I think it’s similar to Lady Lioness.”

... I didn’t know if I could agree with that.

Among the novels I’d read, there’d been possessed characters and things would go, “Ah-! The young master is no longer a bastard or recklessly abusing the maids...!” There was a change in how they acted in their everyday life.

In such stories, even if you were just acting normal, the original owner of the body was so trash that those around would think that you suddenly became a good person.

And here, it seemed to be called being possessed by a demon.

“.......”

When I thought about it, I realized that I was no different.

It was amazing that I was going through something a novel character would experience, but at the same time I had to wonder. Could it be that I was also experiencing a phenomenon like the demonic possession?

Seureureuk-.

Then Mirna pulled something out of her arms. It was a bunch of garlic with a pungent, spicy scent.

“This is garlic I sneaked from the party. Lady Lioness didn’t even touch the garlic. Garlic is a food filled with yang ki. So demons avoid this—.”