Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 42

[19] (EP-42.1) Too Many Secrets #3

042 – Too Many Secrets #3

The great houses of the North, East, West, and South.

Those were the great families that ruled the four corners of the land.

And Angmar could be considered the shepherd of the flock.

After all, it was said that David Angmar, the formerly ordinary shepherd, was chosen by God to subjugate the four great families and lead the continent towards peace.

━Long live David Angmar, the King of Kings!

People hailed David Angmar, who had ended the long war, as king, naming the Kingdom ‘Angmar’ after him.

His family became the rulers of the kingdom for generations, and their very words turned into the will of Gods.

The highest authority in name and reality, encompassing the church and the realm.

It was the Angmar’s who stood at the center of it all.

At least, until the Mage King Solomon Angmar was torn to shreds by the great families....

All the family members were captured and executed, and now, not even a remnant of the family remained.

Nevertheless, the impact of Angmar’s centuries-old reign still existed in the kingdom.

The Taboo Legacy was one such influence.

It was a worldly treasure that Demon King Solomon Angmar possessed.

This was the Taboo Legacy.

Wasn’t there a rumor that whoever obtained it would get the kingdom?

Of course, only the former heads of the four families, who vanquished the Demon King, knew whether it really existed or not.

Aira, Elga and Mirna’s grandfathers were such figures...

But all of them had been buried in graves, and all that remained was a rumor.

Yet, that Taboo Legacy was now here in Gracia!?

Well, at least, according to Mirna Draco, it was...

Anyway, with this in mind, I felt a kind of thrill.

Was this fate?

Wasn’t this some kind of revelation that I, Theo Angmar, would get his hands on the legacy!?

“What are you doing here?”

Suddenly, someone approached me while I was standing on the second floor’s balcony. Turning my head around, I saw bright golden hair swaying to and fro amidst the glittering moonlight.

“Elga-nim, did you finish your talk?”

“Roughly? Anyways, what are you doing here alone?”

“Nothing, I was just thinking about the Taboo Legacy.”

It was actually a pretty good timing for me that Elga came here.

Hopefully, Elga could give me some information about what happened while I was away.

“Do you really think the Taboo Legacy is in this city?”

“I don’t know, but that’s what the Draco’s said. That fellow claimed that she finally got some information here a week ago. There’s nothing definite though.”

“I see...”

A week ago?

According to the original story, Mirna Draco shouldn’t be in Gracia right now.

However, since I successfully suppressed the rebellion, the Draco Family did not have to return to Angmar.

As a result, they managed to acquire information on the Taboo Legacy. It could be said that this was a twist of fate that I had created...

Seueuk.

Elga stood next to me and looked down at the balcony before saying, “The Demon King’s treasure. Seriously, why do people even believe that kind of fairytale... A treasure that bestows the rulership of the entire kingdom upon obtaining it? Could there truly be such a thing?”

“So Elga-nim does not believe it?”

“No. Just obtaining some kind of treasure wouldn’t make you a King, just like how one doesn’t simply become a King by pulling the ax of a self-proclaimed goddess out of a rock.”

“Is this the story of Lioness, the Lion King?”

“Yes, the ‘legend’ of my ancestor. He pulled out an ax that was embedded in some rock and was recognized as a King. It was just a made-up story, and the truth is, it was because he fought well that he got to be King.”

“I see...”

“What, do you also believe in it, that Taboo Legacy? You don’t look like the kind of bumpkin that would fall for that kind of nonsense, though?”