Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 341

Paht.

With a single leap, Elga put a great distance between herself and Aira. Striking nothing but air, Aira looked at her.

“You got lucky, Elga.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Empty bravado won’t work on me. You’ve lost your weapon.”

It was true that Elga's halberd—Crusher was still stuck in the air around Aira. In her urgency, Elga had abandoned her weapon to escape.

Now empty-handed, Elga turned to me.

“Hey, Theo. Got any good ideas?”

“I’m thinking. Individually, we might be slightly weaker, but there are three of us. We [N O V E L I G H T] need to take advantage of that.”

Elga wiped the sweat from her chin with the back of her hand.

“Three? The girl beside you’s been out of it since earlier. I don’t know what’s going on, but tell her to snap out of it.”

She was right.

Since we faced Queen Aira, Mirna hadn’t been herself. It was as if she were shrinking in on herself, and was overwhelmed.

I had noticed, but with everything going on, I hadn’t had the time or focus to address it. But in this situation, we needed Mirna’s strength.

“Lady Mirna, are you alright?”

“No, I’m not. This place makes me sick. The queen... she’s covered in countless horrible things...”

“Horrible things?”

“She’s practically possessed. The vengeful spirits of those she’s slain... the stray souls they’ve attracted... It’s like a massive graveyard. Both the queen and this palace.”

To be honest, I didn’t know much about spiritual matters. But judging from Mirna’s reaction, Aira was anything but normal.

“She’s barely human at this point. It’s a miracle she’s still sane. Even if this is just a reconstruction of the mind...”

“In any case, Mirna-nim, do you think you can join us?”

At my question, Mirna slapped her cheek.

“I have to.”

Good.

Her condition had improved.

Just then, a loud yawn echoed through the air.

“Are you done talking now? I don’t really care—just make this a little more entertaining for me. At least be better than the assassins who came last time.”

Aira looked at us like she were utterly bored.

She didn’t even bother getting up from her throne, and simply looked down on us with an air of absolute supremacy.

Maybe it was just my imagination, but...

It felt like Aira Von Tarantera's existence was just those eyes.

“If you can make me stand up from this throne, I’ll grant you a clean execution. No torture.”

At those chilling words, Elga clicked her tongue in annoyance.

“She's underestimating us.”