Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 258

(EP-258.2) Like the Wind #3

258 – Like The Fleeting Wind #3

Elga fell silent. Her brows were furrowed and her face twisted, as if she was itching to strangle me right then and there.

However, after calmly thinking through things from various angles, I realized that this moment was not necessarily a crisis.

If Elga intended to harm me, she would have called the guards to capture me like prey rather than talking to me like this. Or, she would have killed me herself.

The fact that she hadn’t done so meant there was still room for dialogue.

It seemed there was also confusion in Elga. And that confusion could likely be an opportunity for me.

In fact, it wasn’t as if I hadn’t prepared for unexpected situations like this.

Even though it was a bit cowardly, I think I’d try using the method I had planned for in advance.

I stood up, and straightened my shoulders and chest.

Confidence was crucial.

“Actually, you know it well, don’t you? Elga-nim, you’re no longer in a position to back out. The one inside your belly will also inherit this red mana or something.”

“What, what!?”

“Right now, inside Elga-nim, there’s a little Angmar.”

“━━─!!!”

Elga screamed. There was no other way to describe it but a scream. It made me wonder if it was really that devastating.

But from Elga’s perspective, it made sense.

To find out she had been manipulated by the very descendant of Angmar she sought to eliminate, and to top it off, now carrying his child—Could there be anything more terrifying for Elga?

* * *

Sometimes, there were things that would be better left unknown. There were many times when it was better to just live without knowing. For example, when she learned the truth about how babies were made.

Little Elganes, who thought babies were brought by lions, was shocked by the truth and didn’t speak to her parents for several days.

‘You said lions bring babies!’

The betrayal of a lie.

It would have been better not to have known─that was what she thought. The same went for now. The sense of betrayal and shock was many times worse than that moment.

“Elga-nim will give birth to a little Angmar. And your name will also become Elganes Von Angmar.”

“......!”

Elga seemed to be on the verge of collapsing from the horrific truth. She wanted to believe it wasn’t reality, but it was all too vivid.

“I’m giving birth to an Angmar...! That can’t be...!”

“But it’s the truth. Elga-nim, you’ve already crossed an irreparable river. Think about it. If Elga-nim reveals the truth to everyone now...”

The irritating half-fairy fell silent. But Elga wasn’t an idiot, she understood very well what would happen next. The impregnable fortress of authority of the Lioness would crumble.

━Look, there goes the traitor.

━Hiding Angmar’s spawn wasn’t enough, now she’se even giving birth to one? Ugh, tsk-tsk.

“No!”

Elga shook her head violently, then composed herself and glared at the half-fairy.

“How could you do this to me!”

Suddenly, Elga remembered that this half-fairy was seeking revenge for his fallen family. Indeed, he was telling the truth.

This was revenge itself.

Such a productive yet horrifying revenge. Elga couldn’t understand it. So many things were incomprehensible.

Her heart oscillated desperately between heaven and hell, filled with the urge to scream into the distance.

All her unresolved emotions finally surged up, and she burst out into tears.

That was right.