Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 366

There were many in this world who fought against magicians.

Some among them even developed effective skills and techniques, going on to establish schools and lineages.

For example, the black magic of the Draco family was exactly that. Unlike magic that manipulated internal or ambient mana, Draco-style black magic dealt with soul and spirit.

There were few in the world who could match them in sealing or suppression.

“Shadow Binding Spell.”

I dropped the dagger and stabbed it into Ayra’s shadow. According to Narmee, a shadow was the aspect of the soul revealed by the sunlight cast down upon it.

Honestly, I didn’t fully understand it, but it was enough to know that by stabbing this dagger—imbued with a special incantation—into her shadow, I could seal Ayra’s movements and magic.

Did it work?

Sssssss.

The black arms coiled around my neck, arms, and legs dissolved. Thanks to that, I was now free to move and stretched my hand toward Ayra.

I didn’t need to defeat Ayra—just touching the crown would mean I’d won. That was the rule. So I reached toward the tiara atop her head, about to grab it—

Shnk.

The fingers of my right hand were sliced by something sharp, spraying blood. I was startled, but I quickly realized—it wasn’t real.

“......”

My hand was intact.

But I had a distinct premonition that if I had grabbed Ayra’s crown, my fingers truly would’ve been severed. Yes—what I had just seen could rightly be called a form of “foresight.”

Then Ayra spoke.

“So you saw it too.”

“‘Saw it’?”

“The same vision I did. Look deeper into my eyes.”

At her words, I stared more intently into her pitch-black pupils. And then I saw not just my fingers getting cut off.

I saw myself casting magic toward Ayra—and Ayra counterattacking in response.

The peculiar part was that the vision seemed to be from a bird’s-eye view, as if from another’s perspective. As though someone from above was looking down at me.

“This is...”

“A scene only those with Eyes of Clairvoyance can see.”

“...Clairvoyance?”

“Sight that pierces walls and boxes. And further still—those with eyes that can pierce the barriers of past and future... they can perceive this too. Teo, in your current state, you can surely be invited.”

Woooooooong—

The space around Ayra began to darken. Like ink waves spilling across white paper, it rapidly engulfed everything.

Before I knew it, Ayra and I were standing in midair—not in the tournament arena, but in a void.

The black space looked familiar.

“This place...”

Then my sensitive instincts made me realize I had recently been here before. The bruise on my ankle—if you could call it that—began to throb.

It was the same place.

Where someone had grabbed my ankle.

When my mind had briefly slipped during the explosion of the Teo-Nova spell—the one cast with a hundred years of lifespan—this was the space I encountered.

To be back here now—I didn’t know how to explain it. The queen before me probably had the answer. I asked,

“This place is...?”

“Beyond time. Only those who can see the past and future can reach it. Here, past, present, and future are the same. Time doesn’t flow, so change doesn’t exist.”

To understand, I activated 《Calm Thinking》.

From what I could gather, this was a space governed by rules outside the flow of time.

Ayra’s Clairvoyance—《Chunlian》—was such an eye.

Not just peering through coins in the palm or objects in a cup—it pierced the wall of time and perceived this space beyond it.

That’s how she could reach this bizarre domain.

“I like to call it the Observatory.”

With a wave of her hand, the darkness around us began to clear. Then, scenes played out—like the day Ayra and I first met, or the day Elga scratched my eye.

“My eyes see detailed pasts. From this Observatory, I can witness the pasts of all things.”

She continued.

“But seeing is all I can do. In this place, only souls exist. We cannot interfere in the past. No matter how I tried, I couldn’t.”

“Still... if this is possible—”

“You’re about to say, ‘Then anything’s possible,’ aren’t you? But I don’t like coming here. Because he is here.”

“He...?”

“You’ve met him too, Teo Gospel of Angmar. The man who grabs your ankle—he dwells in this eternity, where time and space hold no meaning.”

***

From a certain point, the girl began to see strange things.

Flowers and trees she’d never seen before.

Giant beasts and fairies.

Being a wise and clever girl, she quickly realized these were visions of the distant past. She had eyes that could glimpse the past.

She scoured old memories and realized the name of this gift: the divine blessing of the Eyes of Clairvoyance—《Chunlian》.

━How fascinating.

Through those ancient-seeking eyes, she learned and honed herself. And she discovered that her eyes could see—not just the past—but a sliver of the future, too.

Of course, she couldn’t see her own future.

Just small things—like knowing it would rain after lunch today.

But just as someone holding a mirror naturally wants to see their own reflection—

She wanted to see her own future. And so, she scoured the past for a method. Until one day, she met eyes with someone.

He was an utterly chilling presence. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}