Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 278

(EP-278.2) Fairy and Summer Trip #2

278 – The Clumsy Fairy and the Summer Trip #2

Snore, snore.

Wait... Was she asleep!?

In the afternoon after all the ministers had left, Aira sitting alone on the sunlit throne in the wide, empty space looked like a painting.

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Queen Aira then opened her slender eyes as if she had noticed my arrival, before letting out a long yawn and stretching her body.

“Yaaawn~.”

Watching her already slender figure stretch out gracefully like a black puma was quite a sight to behold. Soon, Aira returned to her dignified queenly demeanor and spoke to me.

“Theo, I’m so bored~. Isn’t there any rebellion breaking out or some secret society of elves plotting conspiracies?”

“... I don’t think there will be any for a while.”

Aira couldn’t hide her disappointment at my answer.

“The country being too peaceful is also quite the problem. As the Queen, perhaps I should consider ruling my subjects wisely.”

“... That, what do you mean?”

“If it stays like this, there will be no problems, and people might start questioning the necessity of the guards and soldiers. Eventually, they might lose their jobs. Then the country could fall into chaos.”

That sounded plausible.

It did make some sense, really.

While I nodded in ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) agreement, Aira asked.

“What happened with those two strange nymphs that clashed? It’s been a while since I ordered them to be captured, yet there’s no news.”

“Well, Yujinoi and Punchinoi are particularly elusive, so it’s been difficult to locate them.”

“Hmm, catching nymphs should be as simple as filling a swimming pool with sticky honey. It’s not like you to have to be told these things, Theo.”

Even so, I doubted that those elusive battle nymphs would fall for such an obvious trap.

In the end, I followed Aira’s wishes and filled the court pool with sticky honey. I didn’t forget to tie candies to tree branches.

... Was this some kind of indulgent paradise?

I felt an odd urge to jump into the pool, but I resisted because I overheard whispers around me.

━Look at that, the Queen’s eccentricities are starting again!

━Filling a swimming pool with honey and tying candy to a tree? I thought things had been quiet, but I guess a person can’t change completely.

━With the sugar factory and sugarcane fields being raided, sugar and honey are already as expensive as gold...

Whether she didn’t hear the whispers or chose to ignore them, Aira looked at the golden, shimmering swimming pool and said.

“I’m going to catch those peculiar nymphs and have them specially perform on stage during the martial festival. A fight between battle nymphs... People will surely flock to see it like cotton candy.”

“Like cotton candy?”

When I corrected her, Aira slightly furrowed her brow.

“Theo, there are times when you don’t seem like a nymph at all. I think ‘cotton candy’ is a bit more nymph-like than ‘clouds.’”

Well, I was not a nymph—I was a half-fairy. In other words, you could call me a half-human. But before I could protest, Aira clapped her hands.

“Come to think of it, I’m not sure if the preparations for the martial festival are going well. I haven’t heard from the officials in charge of the stage in the past few days.”

“Really?”

If we’d lost contact with the people preparing the event, wasn’t that a pretty serious issue? While I was still processing this, Aira hummed.

“It would be wise to send an inspector to check if the event is being prepared properly. As the Queen, it would be best if I went myself, but I need to catch those nymphs.”

She was basically telling me to go.

That wasn’t a bad idea for me either.

After all, I was planning to visit the northern witch forest anyway.