Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 375

The lines that appeared across Ayra’s body were clear as circuit paths, extending from her fingertips all the way to her forehead.

As I rubbed my finger lightly over one of the lines that stood out on her soft, supple-looking chest, I asked,

“Does it hurt or anything?”

To that, Ayra calmly replied,

“It doesn’t.”

“That’s a relief. But really, it’s showing all the way down to the tiniest corners. Right now, I feel like I can actually understand how mana flows through your body.”

As I looked at the black lines, now and then a rainbow-colored shimmer would flash across them like a glint. It must’ve been the mana coursing through Ayra’s body. It was beautiful.

I wondered what it would feel like to touch it, so whenever I saw one of those glimmering colors, I would gently rub it with my hand.

When my hand brushed near her smooth navel, Ayra scrunched her brow and let out a small groan—“Ugh.” It was more a noise of pain than of pleasure or stimulation, which startled me.

“Does that part hurt?”

“There are spots where mana builds up strongly. Those parts are the ones that glow brightly in rainbow colors. Normally, they’re invisible to the human eye. But Teo, it seems you can see them.”

I thought I could understand what Ayra meant.

It was like arterial sclerosis, where blood flow gets blocked—except this was happening in Ayra’s mana lines.

Since mana wasn’t flowing smoothly and was instead building up, it emitted that vibrant glow. I thought it was beautiful, but medically speaking, it was probably a bad sign.

“Wouldn’t something bad happen if you left it alone too long?”

“Sometimes I get headaches, but it’s tolerable.”

Headaches, huh.

Somehow, I had a gut feeling that it might help if I touched those spots directly.

There was no real basis for my confidence, but I felt like I could do it, so I took Ayra’s fingertips and began pressing down firmly on the spot where the mana was stagnating. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

“Ugh—ah, what are you doing?”

Ayra furrowed her brow tightly as if she were in pain. Did she think I was trying to harm her? I explained honestly.

“I pressed on the stagnant mana in your palm to release it.”

“......”

Swish.

Ayra looked down at her own fingertips.

“...You’re right. It feels lighter now.”

“Instead of leaving it alone, it seems better to press and loosen the blockage. I think I can handle it—would you let me try for a bit?”

“......”

Before answering, Ayra silently gazed down at her fingers.

Then, with a drawn-out hum through her nose, she grabbed a nearby towel, covered her body, and rose from the water.

Shhhh.

Watching the water stream down her smooth skin and curves, I wondered if I had let the atmosphere carry me too far and said something inappropriate.

I was starting to think this nice moment might be coming to an end—

Swish.

Then Ayra sat down on a nearby stone bench and said,

“Then go ahead.”

So she only stepped out of the bath because she wanted to.

I followed her out of the water. I brought over another clean stone bench and sat behind her.

“Um... may I remove the towel?”

Ayra’s back was still wrapped in the towel. If I was going to massage her, I would need to remove it. Ayra didn’t give an explicit answer.

But she didn’t reject me either—so maybe that was permission.

Swish.

Finding my courage, I carefully tugged at the towel.

Just like untying the ribbon on a beautifully wrapped present, the towel unraveled easily in my hands.

And so, Ayra’s smooth, pale back and the striking lines across her skin came fully into view.

It was a beautiful back.

Taut skin with no excess flesh. A graceful curve stretching from her neck to her hips.

Breasts large enough to be seen even from behind, and a waist shaped like an hourglass from her sides to her pelvis. She even smelled wonderful.

“Then, I’ll begin.”

Swish.

I placed both my thumbs, now filled with mana, on Ayra’s back and pressed firmly.

As I rotated my thumbs to break up the stagnant mana clumped below her shoulder blades, Ayra flinched.

“Ugh....”

Was that painful?

Still, Ayra didn’t tell me to stop, or to be more gentle. She probably understood that massage could be painful depending on the pressure.

Press—

My hands moved down from her shoulders to her back and spinal muscles. And I couldn’t help but be impressed by how resilient and vibrant her skin felt.

Truly, with a body like this, it was only natural that Ayra would carry herself like a noble and haughty queen.

Well—she was actually a queen. But even if she hadn’t been, with looks like hers, she probably would’ve lived a life of admiration no matter where she went.

She might’ve ended up as the bride of a king or prince from some kingdom.

No matter what social class she was born into, Ayra was clearly someone fated to stand above others.

***

After a few minutes of pressing her back—

Ayra lay down gently on a long towel spread across the floor. That left her long, graceful body fully exposed before me.

“Lying down like this makes it easier for me to press.”

“......”

Ayra didn’t respond this time either. But she had agreed when I’d said, “It would be easier to massage if you lay down like this,” so I was grateful.

Swish.

I began pressing in earnest along Ayra’s back and waist. Adding my body weight to the strength of my thumbs, the multicolored mana glows across her body began to fade one by one.

“Ugh—ugh.”

Twitch, twitch.

Ayra trembled as she let out groaning breaths. But now I could tell—it wasn’t painful. It was just the right amount of discomfort.

Sometimes pain can feel refreshing, and Ayra seemed to be in exactly that state. My modest half-fairy strength must’ve been hitting the sweet spot.

Huff...

On the other hand, the fatigue was hitting me first. My body wasn’t in great shape to begin with, and massaging someone took more energy than expected.

Something wet—maybe sweat, maybe just water from the bath—rolled down my forehead and landed on Ayra’s back. My hands were starting to lose strength, but I couldn’t stop now.

This was a rare chance to touch Ayra’s body, to share physical intimacy. I didn’t want to back off now just because I was getting tired.

Who knew when I’d get another opportunity like this?

I had to give it my all.

Press—

“Ugh—uh.”

“Does it hurt?”