Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 338

Elga's hair shot up. Like an angry porcupine raising its quills, her voluminous blonde hair literally stood on end.

“Don’t lie to me!!!”

“You’re the one who told me about the dot’s location. Want me to tell you the others? There’s one under your right bréast. And a crescent-shaped mark on your left ankle—”

I knew almost everything about Elga’s body. We had spent that much time together.

Maybe I knew her better than she knew herself.

“You liked having your hair stroked. But «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» when things got intense, you liked being scolded. You pretended otherwise, but you’d get completely work—Ghhkkk—!”

With her face flushed red, Elga tightened her grip around my throat.

“Don’t make me laugh. There’s no way I’d ever ma-marry someone as weak as you! Who the hell are you? A spy? Who sent you to investigate me? How much do you know? Huh?!”

She didn't believe me.

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“Theo Gospel, don’t even think about dying peacefully. I’ll extract everything in that head of yours.”

Clank, creeeak.

We were locked up in the underground prison of the Lioness villa. Furious, Elga had thrown both Mirna and me behind bars.

Did she really think we were spies?

The only silver lining was that Mirna and I were placed in adjacent cells.

“I apologize, Lady Mirna. I was confident, but it didn't go well.”

I heard a chuckle from the other side of the wall.

“There's no need to apologize. It's not your fault that Lady Lioness is stupid. Although Narmi and I did our best to make the spell as real as possible, I didn't expect her to be so immersed.”

She muttered something about docking ten points.... Then, she added a few more words.

“... However, I am a little envious. You know so much about Lady Lioness. I know the secret of the Lioness family’s documents, but even I didn’t know about those secrets.”

Even through the cold stone wall, Mirna’s voice clearly carried a hint of bitterness. Was she jealous that I knew Elga so well?

There was no reason to be.

“If it had been Lady Mirna who lost her memories, I would’ve done the same. I know quite a bit about you, too.”

“Is that so?”

“You have a tiny pink dot on your left armpit. Lady Narmi doesn't have it, but you do. It seems that even twins aren't exactly the same.”

Rustle-.

A rustling sound came from the other side of the wall, followed by the clinking of chains.

Mirna was probably checking her armpit right about now.

「You have calmly judged the situation!

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

All job experience +5」

I could picture it, and it was adorable.

“Did you see?”

“I-I don’t know. I’ve never checked.”

She was a terrible liar.

It was probably because Mirna was an inherently honest person.

With that, our conversation came to a brief end.

Taking advantage of the silence, I slipped into a light meditation. I needed to gather my mana in case I had to escape this place by force.

Fortunately, I could feel my mana calmly surging through my veins.

I could cast Rank 6 magic three or four times without any problem. That should be more than enough to break out of here.

However, high-level magic would leave significant traces. It would attract too much attention and risk alerting the unconscious and the Ars Nova.

I should save it as a last resort.

“Sir Theo, what should we do now?”

Just then, Mirna’s voice came from the other side of the wall. I simply looked towards the entrance and said casually.