Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 297

(EP-297.2) Master #1

297 – Master of the Forest #1

... Did it look that way?

I guess it would, from an outsider’s perspective. So I explained to Stella that I was able to talk to the spiders.

However, with her fever burning high due to the centipede’s poison, Stella couldn’t quite grasp what I was saying. Her brow only furrowed in confusion.

“... Reverting to a primal state, hearing the voices of beasts... I’ve heard it sometimes happens to fairies. Is it because of the mysterious magic of the spider forest...?”

Cough-.

Stella coughed.

When I saw blood splatter from her mouth, my hair stood on end. I didn’t have time to dawdle with the spiders anymore.

“Can you look after this long-eared fairy for me? I need to find that evening primrose you mentioned.”

━Sure! But be careful! Evening primrose grows in damp, dark ponds. There will be a lot of centipedes.

“Which way is the pond?”

━Follow the big star next to the moon. You’ll naturally know when you get there. That thick poison can’t be hidden.

“.......”

A place filled with poisonous insects?

Considering how the ogre Dordor avoided the eastern forest because of centipedes and other poisonous insects, I felt quite tense.

But my options were limited.

Lose Stella here or risk heading toward the pond. I didn’t need to think to know which choice I wouldn’t regret.

Rustle.

I stepped out of the cave.

Under the dark moonlit night, the forest north of the wall was eerily silent. Yet, if you listened carefully, you’d realize the forest wasn’t completely still.

━There he goes again.

━Where is he going?

━I don’t know.

I could hear hushed whispers from all around, hidden among the bushes. Conversations from creatures I couldn’t even identify. The world was filled with all sorts of conversations, making my ears ring.

Was the world always this noisy?

It would take some time to get used to this.

I moved forward.

According to the spiders, if I followed the biggest star to the north, I would eventually reach the pond where the evening primrose bloomed.

While walking, I felt followed.

━Looks like he’s going towards the pond.

━Should we tell Kubilai? The pond is Angala’s territory. We can’t follow him there. The poison is too strong even by being close...

━Let’s keep watching for now.

Kubilai.

The name was the monstrous wolf that ruled the eastern forest. I heard it was an incredibly large wolf with ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) thick fur.

It seemed that its subordinates, though unseen, were communicating with one another.

Marmar had told me that the monsters beyond the northern wall had fallen into corruption and ruin, losing their reason.

But hearing all this, not only they had reason, they had their own way of communication and maintained order.

This was good.

If I could communicate with them, I might be able to resolve some of the issues ahead. Whatever the case, it was very fortunate for me that they didn’t attack me right away.