Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 233

(EP-233.2) #1

233 – Dawn #1

The man repeatedly banged his head on the floor. His forehead split open, and blood started to flow, but he didn’t stop.

I had to make him stop before he gave himself a concussion. There were still many questions I needed to ask.

“That’s enough, stop it.”

“I, Theodoros Gospel. No, the Rank 3 Basago. I failed to recognize the remaining master and brought disgrace. This is a sin worthy of death....”

Why did this bloodied man’s face remind me of Finance Minister Belmott Douglas?

Their directions might be different, but...

In any case, I was fairly certain now that he wasn’t the traitor to the Demon King. This allowed me to breathe a bit easier.

* * *

After about an hour, the man’s broken arms and legs had completely healed.

I didn’t know how a human body could regenerate so quickly, but as mentioned before, regenerative abilities were a characteristic of the Ars Nova.

“Please call me Basago. This body has waited for the day my name would be called again by the master. There is no greater joy than hearing my name spoken once more.”

The man Theodoros, or rather Basago, despite being freed from his restraints, neither fled nor attacked me. On the contrary, he seemed anxious to tell me something.

“Indeed, I had no idea. That master’s blood still flows. Even I, Basago, who was granted prophetic power, could not foresee this.”

Basago said he had never thought of my existence. Then, Professor Balan, who was beside him, said.

“In a situation where we don’t know who the traitor is, or who might target the Demon King again, we had no choice but to hide our identities.”

“I see. A wise decision. A half-fairy... who would have known? Moreover, you executed and perfected the plans I had made several steps ahead.”

Basago excessively praised my insight.

“To gain the trust of the Queen and everyone’s family. And then, at the height of their favor and vulnerability, you aim for their heads! Truly, a gentleman’s revenge.”

... No, I wasn’t really thinking about it that way.

I was more on procreation...

“Basago, the young Demon King’s plan is this...!”

Balan explained in my stead, and Basago raised his eyebrows as if he had heard something bizarre.

“Children...? I had never considered such a method. Indeed, that’s an approach for revenge. There must be an ultimate truth in it that I cannot comprehend.”

Well, no...

There was none.

Anyway.

The more I talked with him, the more I realized that he had a lot in common with the “Demon Monk” that ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) appeared in the original.

“My goal was to be sold to Lady Lioness and make my way to the royal palace. It was a perfect plan. But at some point, I realized something had gone wrong.”

This made it increasingly difficult for me to ignore the one question that’d slowly crept up within me.

Could it be...

Was this guy the real Theo Gospel?

The true Demon Monk...

Was I wrong about having possessed the Demon Monk’s body?

「You have calmly judged the situation!