Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 290

(EP-290.1) Depression #3

290 – Fairy’s Depression #3

Srrrk, srrrk.

Stella took off her boots.

Her white legs and bare feet were now brightly illuminated by the crackling fire. As an active elf, her legs were slim and toned.

Srrrk, srrrk.

Her ten toes wiggled. It was a simple action, but still felt oddly peculiar. Then Stella spoke up.

“Taking off your shoes helps regulate body temperature.”

“Yes, I actually knew that.”

“Liar. What did you think I was going to take off? You’re a naughty little kid, aren’t you~? Mufufufu.”

“......”

I felt annoyed.

To be honest, just as Stella said, I had imagined that she was going to slip off her jacket instead.

Even though I pretended not to care, I secretly had some expectations. But having my hopes and curiosity trampled like this made me feel as frustrated as someone who just buttoned their shirt wrong.

So, I decided to throw a comment at Stella.

“It smells with your shoes off.”

“W-What!?”

Stella trembled as if deeply embarrassed by my words.

I didn’t know if it was because she was drunk, but her small, white face turned as red as a tomato, and it felt like she would burst if I poked her with a needle.

“... Elves don’t smell! Don’t you even know that, Theo-kun? Ha, really.”

... Wait, was that true?

I sniffed the air.

Although my sharpest sense was hearing, my ability to smell wasn’t too bad either.

Though, all I could smell was the scent of alcohol, the leftover stew, and the smoke of the burning bonfire.

The only thing that could be called a human scent was the slight smell of sweat from my body.

“You really don’t have any scent?”

“Yes! Elves don’t smell! You could have known that if you read the first chapter of the Introduction to Fairy Science. Theo-kun, you’re getting an F with this performance!”

... I was suddenly getting an F?

It was possible not to know some things, though...

I’d been treating her nicely recently, but now she was lowering my grade like this!?

“Are you making things up because I don’t know much about elves? Who doesn’t have a scent?”

“Elves don’t! We’ve lived as hunters since ancient times, so we evolved to not give off any scent. Smelly elves couldn’t hunt and starved to death!”

Was it something like natural selection? If a hunter’s body gave off a strong scent, deer or rabbits would likely catch the scent in the wind and run away.

In the end, only the elves with less body odor could successfully hunt, get married, and have children.

It made sense. _{ƒгeewёbnovel.com}

Though the logic was sound, I still found it hard to fully believe. So, I slowly approached Stella while sniffing the air.

Stella pushed me away with her hand.

“What... what are you doing!?”

“Checking if you really don’t have a scent.”

“Hmph, fine, sniff all you want... See if you find anything!”

“Hmm.”

After letting out a quiet hum, I moved closer to Stella’s neck, chest, and lower areas. Aside from a faint whiff of alcohol, there wasn’t any hint of body smell—it was completely odorless.

Sniff sniff.

However, when my nose got too close to her thigh, Stella finally seemed to lose her patience and pushed my face away with her foot.