Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 301

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301 – Home #2

I brushed my fingers over the drawings behind the wardrobe.

Birds, clouds, the sun, and the moon.

Flowers, butterflies, a woman holding a child’s hand. These were familiar images, as if I were peering into an old childhood sketchbook...

No, it was exactly that. These were drawings I made when I was a child.

When I was much younger, I used to doodle like ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) this all over the house.

Yes, as a child, I loved making things and drawing. Since I only stayed indoors, it was about all I could do.

━A tree? That’s good.

No...

It might have been the praise that I enjoyed more. A large hand ruffling my hair...

Seuk.

I knelt on the worn floor. But it wasn’t enough, so I put my palms on the floor as well.

“Just as I thought.”

Moving on all fours like a wolf, I could see much more from the lower perspective. Like the countless drawings etched under the old table.

But the strange thing was that this habit of doodling was a memory of ‘Lee Seong-eum,’ the original me.

Hiding behind the wardrobe and doodling, being patted on the head—all of those were memories of ‘Lee Seong-um.’

But why...?

“Theo-kun, what have you been doing?”

Stella, who had been watching me for a while, asked.

She had been patiently keeping silent as I looked around the cabin for about ten minutes.

As I pondered whether to tell her the truth—that this place resembled my childhood home—I noticed the circle of wolves surrounding the cabin.

Giiik.

I decided to go outside and talk to the wolves.

“What is this place? Do you know who lived here?”

The wolves looked at each other and murmured. Since I couldn’t hear them, it must be an extremely small, secret language that only wolves could understand.

Then the giant wolf, Kubilai, who had been lying down, slowly opened its eyes and said.

━I know who lived here.

“Can you tell me who it was?”

━But I have no obligation to tell you. I heard you met Angala-nim? There must be a reason you returned from her unscathed.

Srrrr.

The wolf raised its massive body.

━Show me the reason.

Its face resembled a crocodile more than a wolf, with an elongated snout. As it bared its fangs, I understood what it wanted.

Even if I didn’t, Stella started to fuss beside me.

“What’s going on? Are you going to fight him? So suddenly? Why?”

But there was no time to explain.

The giant wolf’s front paw was already coming down on me, a weight like a steel beam falling at a weak construction site.

—Fairy Steps!