Taming The Villainesses

Episode 224.1

Episode 224.1

(EP-224.1) #4

224 – Discovery #4

Zzz, zzzz-.

Aira slept well. Getting a good night’s sleep was also a sign of good health.

But when I brought her the cross, her face contorted as if she was suffering from a toothache.

“Ugh-.”

It happened again.

“Ugghh....”

How fascinating.

But I feared Aira might wake up and ask, “Theo, what are you doing?” So I quickly returned the cross to my pocket.

“Hnnng....”

Then Aira groaned and tossed in bed.

Thump, thump.

My heart pounded as if I was doing something wrong.

She should be waking up soon. I was not sure if it was because of the late night party in the hills last night, but Aira’s sleep felt very deep.

“... Aira-nim, are you still sleeping?”

“.......”

No response came.

Only the steady sound of breathing could be heard. I was scared for a bit that she might have fallen into a coma again. Thankfully, it didn’t seem to be the case.

Since it had come to this, why not try one more experiment?

I took out a garlic clove I had prepared from my storage《Squirrel Cache》. Then I gently brought it close to Aira’s nose.

“Ugh, uh-.”

Aira groaned heavily and tossed her body to the other side.

‘Indeed.’

This confirmed what I was suspecting.

That there was a big demonic entity lurking within Aira.

━Is this how you do it? Like this?

━Ugh, I can’t do it either. Queen Aira is amazing.

Many women learned how to make wreaths from Aira, imitating her. Watching her, Aira seemed just like an ordinary princess or queen.

“Tarantera-nim, I don’t know for sure, but didn’t the Queen’s expression become a little gentler after coming out of the dream?”

When I turned my head, I could see Lily admiring Aira from a few steps behind.

At some point, Lily had become Aira’s aide and she proved to be quite capable in many ways, providing valuable assistance.

I watched her for a while.

Then, Lily’s brows furrowed as she suddenly looked flustered.

“Why, what? If you have something to say, just say it!”

“Hey, I have some things to attend to briefly, so I need you to keep an eye on Aira-nim. Got it?”

“Hmm, you didn’t have to tell me. Where are you going? Not that I’m curious. But if Her Majesty asks, we need an answer.”

“Well. Tell her that I went to the administration office for a moment to check on the Queen Contest votes.”

With that, I turned around and set off down the path to unravel the questions that had been swirling in my mind.

First, as I had told Lily, I went to the tent being used as the election management camp and took care of various signing and paperwork.

After roughly finishing up, a young female staff member who had been organizing documents suddenly said.

“That stack of papers would have taken me another two hours to go through. You’re a fast worker, Sir Theo.”

“It’s what I’ve always done. Is there anything else I need to check or sign?”

“No, there isn’t.”

‘Good.’

With that, I slipped away from my seat and headed towards the research building where the professors’ labs were clustered. In fact, the reason I set aside time was precisely to visit here.

“Are you there?”

I was looking for Balan, who was now working as my secret subordinate. Ttok-. I knocked on the door and heard a stir from inside.

━Who is it? Um, it’s a holiday today. I don’t accept meetings without appointments.

“Professor Balan, it’s me. Theo Gospel.”

━Ah!

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