Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 297

(EP-297.1) Master #1

297 – Master of the Forest #1

The spiders, weaving webs at the cave entrance, were whispering among themselves.

Even though I wasn’t drunk, nor was I hallucinating, hearing their conversations made my head spin.

Was listening to beasts more mentally exhausting than I had imagined?

「You have calmly judged the situation!

You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.

All job experience +5」

So it truly was like that...

In any case, this was good news.

I wasn’t sure why or how, but their conversation was definitely worth listening to.

So, I decided to approach the gossiping spiders and try to engage in a proper conversation.

“Was what you just said true?”

My voice echoed in the narrow, dark cave, and the spiders fell silent. For a moment, I thought I could no longer hear them.

But it seemed like they had just stopped talking.

A few seconds passed. Just as doubt started to creep in, that I was simply hearing things or I deluded myself into thinking I could talk to animals like some child—.

━... Did that guy just talk to us?

━I don’t know! He’s weird!

I could hear them again.

I decided I needed to make myself clear.

“Yes, I’m talking to you. I can hear you.”

It was then.

━Krreung...!

The spiders, who had been leisurely spinning webs at the entrance just moments ago, suddenly let out cries like angry lions and began digging into the ground.

Rustle, rustle.

Soon, they were trembling, with only their bottoms exposed above the ground.

━What should we do? This guy must be crazy! He’s talking to us!

━I don’t know! He’s really weird! May the Great Spider help us...!

... Were they afraid of me?

I guessed it made sense. Even though the spiders were about the size of my hand, they were tiny creatures compared to a human. So if I suddenly started talking to them, they would naturally be terrified.

I was also scared the first time I saw the ogres, Gorgor and Dordor. It took quite a bit of effort to convince them.

When I took out a ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) honey candy that I had been saving and gave it to them, they seemed to have finally let down their guard against me.

━Half-fairy! You have the blood of a short-eared fairy. That’s why you can hear us! Of course, that’s not the only reason...

According to the spiders, the reason I could hear them was because I was a half-fairy.

The fairy races that have lived from time immemorial, such as elves and nymphs, had the ability to communicate with animals and beasts.

Come to think of it, Stella, an elf, had tamed various creatures like a blue eagle and hippogriff.

I also quickly became friends with Keongkeong, a dog squirrel that was difficult to tame. Maybe it was because of my heritage as a half-fairy? That would certainly explain it.

━Of course, that was a long time ago when we could talk in the same language regardless of the number of legs. Now even fairies can’t hear us. They’ve degenerated.

━Degenerated!

At some point, the age of gods and fairies came to an end. At the same time, fairies could no longer hear the voices of beasts... according to the spiders.