Taming The Villainesses-Chapter 338.2

(EP-338.2) Of Hearts #7

338 – Queen of Hearts #7

Elga’s hair shot up. Like an angry porcupine raising its quills, her voluminous blonde hair literally stood on end.

“Don’t lie to me!!!”

“You’re the one who told me about the dot’s location. Want me to tell you the others? There’s one under your right bréast. And a crescent-shaped mark on your left ankle—”

I knew almost everything about Elga’s body. We had spent that much time together.

By now, maybe I knew her even better than she knew herself.

“You liked having your hair stroked. But when things got intense, you liked being scolded. You might pretend otherwise, but you’d get completely work—Ghhkkk—!”

With her face flushed red, Elga tightened her grip around my throat.

“Don’t make me laugh. There’s no way I’d ever ma-marry someone as weak as you! Who the hell are you? A spy? Who sent you to investigate me? How much do you know? Huh?!”

She didn’t believe me.

* * *

“Theo Gospel, don’t even think about dying peacefully. I’ll extract everything in that head of yours.”

Clank, creeeak.

We were locked up in the underground prison of the Lioness villa. A furious Elga had thrown both Mirna and me behind bars.

Did she really think we were spies?

The only silver lining was that Mirna and I were placed in adjacent cells.

“I apologize, Lady Mirna. I was confident, but it didn’t go well.”

I heard a chuckle from the other side of the wall.

“There’s no need to apologize. It’s not your fault that Lady Lioness is stupid. Although Narmi and I did our best to make the spell as real as possible, I didn’t expect her to be so immersed.”

She muttered something about docking ten points…. Then, she added a few more words.

“… However, I am a little envious. You know so much about Lady Lioness. I know the secret of the Lioness family’s documents, but even I didn’t know about those secrets.”

Even through the cold stone wall, Mirna’s voice clearly carried a hint of bitterness. Was she jealous that I knew Elga so well?

There was no reason to be.

“If it had been Lady Mirna who lost her memories, I would’ve done the same. I know quite a bit about you, too.”

“Is that so?”

“You have a tiny pink dot on your left armpit. Lady Narmi doesn’t have it, but you do. It seems that even twins aren’t exactly the same.”

Rustle-.

A rustling sound came from the other side of the wall, followed by the clanking of chains.

Mirna was probably checking her armpit right about now.

「You have calmly judged the situation!

You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.

All job experience +5」

I could picture it, and such was adorable.

“Did you see?”

“I-I don’t know. I’ve never checked.”

She was a terrible liar.

It was probably because Mirna was an inherently honest person.

With that, our conversation came to a brief end.

Taking advantage of the silence, I slipped into a light meditation. I needed to gather my mana in case there was a need to escape this place by force.

Fortunately, I could feel my mana calmly surging through the veins.

I could cast Rank 6 magic three or four times without any problem. That should be more than enough to break out of here.

However, high-level magic would leave significant traces. It would attract too much attention and risk alerting Aira’s unconsciousness and the Ars Nova.

Thus, I should save it as a last resort.

“Sir Theo, what should we do now?”

Just then, Mirna’s voice came from the other side of the wall. I simply looked towards the entrance and said casually.

“It’s about time they came back.”

“Came back?”

Clank. Creeeeak.

Right on cue, the heavy iron door of the prison groaned open. A metallic sound echoed as someone approached with a brightly burning lantern.

It was Elga, clad in armor.

“I knew you’d come, Elga-nim.”

“Get out. We need to talk. The woman stays here as a hostage. If you try anything funny, she’ll suffer the consequences.”

So I had to leave Mirna behind.

Well, even with heavy shackles on her wrists, someone like Mirna shouldn’t have any problem. She could probably slip them off by lucid dreaming.

“I’ll be fine, Sir Theo.”

“Then, I’ll bring you a souvenir when I return.”

“Enough chatter. Move.”

I followed behind Elga, who seemed to be in quite a foul mood. Passing through countless hallways, I assumed we were heading to her office… but that wasn’t the case.

“Elga-nim, isn’t this the way to your bedroom?”

“… I don’t know how you know that, but whatever. I have questions for you.”

Creak.

At last, I stepped into Elga’s bedroom.

It was exactly as I remembered—her bed, the furniture, and even a soft plush toy hidden somewhere in the corner.

“Sit here.”

Elga gestured for me to sit on the chair in front of the bed.

Despite her previous growling demeanor, her tone was surprisingly polite.

“… So, is it true? You’re really my husband?”

“Yes.”

At my response, Elga ran a hand down her face.

“What the hell happened in the future? No matter how I look at you, you’re far from my type. Was it an arranged marriage?”

“No. Elga-nim, you know better than anyone that you wouldn’t agree to something like that.”

“… That’s true. I’d rather bite my tongue than marry someone as weak as you.”

“I know. You’ve always said you wanted a prince who conquers the battlefield. Didn’t you dream of the romance of a prince rescuing you from captivity?”

At my words, Elga made a stunned expression. Well, it was only natural—I just revealed her deepest secrets.

I would react the same if someone told me about the CFO4-1PIJ42A file in my PC’s D drive.

“… Do I believe you? That’s something I never told anyone. How do you know that…? Is this real…?”

Elga looked distressed. Was this how people felt when they were fighting their inner demons?

“Did I seriously end up with such a weak-looking guy…? But why…? I mean, your face is somewhat decent, I guess. But you’re so frail…”

She must have been utterly confused.

Watching her like this was amusing, but at the same time, I felt a pang in my chest. What was so bad about me?

Then, Elga asked.

“Then, are you the secret disciple of a hidden swordmaster? Or maybe a master of a legendary martial art passed down through generations? I’m asking if you’re skilled with a sword or in combat.”

“I can barely slice fruit with a knife.”

“Then it doesn’t make any sense! So why—?!”

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Elga seemed completely unable to understand why her future self had fallen for me. At this point, even I was getting curious. Why did Elga fall for me?

“I’m curious too. What made Elga-nim fall for me?”

Just as I said so, Elga finally seemed to muster the courage after much hesitation and asked.

“T-Then… you and I… we, um… d-did that too?”

“Did what?”

“… S, Sex.”

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