Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 333

Actually.

I’ve thought this before.

Maybe Aira likes me.

Not simply as a cherished subordinate or servant, but as a man.

Otherwise, why would she have me lick soap off her or kiss her feet? But I’ve never asked her directly.

There hadn’t been an appropriate moment.

More importantly, I didn’t want to deal with the aftermath if the answer was “no”. So I kept it that way.

If I’m being honest, I might have been enjoying that strange tension—something that’s almost there, but couldn’t be touched.

And so, this question could change many things about my relationship with Aira.

But no answer came from her.

“......”

Those half-lidded eyes looked at me. I couldn’t tell if she hadn’t heard me or if she was lost in thought.

Should I ask again?

This time, more directly.

“Aira-nim, do you like Theo Gospel? Romantically.”

“That’s strange.”

Strange?

It was an unexpected answer.

“Theo wouldn’t ask me something like that.”

Ah, that’s true.

I decided to brush it off.

“Because it’s a dream.”

“Is that so? If it’s a dream, I suppose it makes sense. But I don’t quite understand the point. Liking or not liking... Such things aren’t important between me and Theo.”

Was Aira also trying to dodge the question by answering vaguely?

No, it doesn’t seem so. In Aira’s eyes, which were narrowed again, there seemed to be genuine sincerity.

Aira truly seemed to believe that whether or not she liked me didn’t matter in our relationship. But what did that mean?

Was there so much trust between us that it transcends that?

Or was it because there was a wall between the queen and her servant that even affection couldn’t overcome? I asked for an answer, but I only got more questions.

Then she said.

“Then let me ask you. What does it mean to like someone romantically?”

Aira posed the question to me, and I couldn’t quite grasp what she intended by it. Was she genuinely asking?

“To like someone in that sense... It’s as the words imply. Aira-nim must have had one or two men you’ve liked in your life, right?”

“Hmm...”

Aira hummed softly, seemingly in deep thought.

After a brief pause, her lips finally parted.

“Reuben was a kind person. He always complimented me and patted my head. He’s much older than me, so I always had to look up to him. Reuben was tall.”

Reuben.

“Judah and Dan were lively. Both are ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) mischievous, but they were always kind to me. They’d pick flowers for me or bring me birds.”

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