The Villainess Is A Beast Tamer
“Sorry, Theron doesn’t like guests,” she sneered, glaring at the man who decided to bother her. with a finger still on the collar of the large tiger, she walked forward dangerously close to him with her not so little friend in tow. “He’s also not too fond of being interrupted before meal time.” this time, she let go of the collar, allowing the beast to pounce as she licked her lips, watching as the intruder tried to hide behind his arms, only to get bored and pull at the leash right before he was mauled. Bending down, she gave him a good few scratches under the neck and a chaste kiss, before focusing back on him. “Seems like you didn’t wet yourself there, congrats. You did better than we expected.” she laughed, it was then he saw not one more set of eyes, but over twenty sets of predatory gazes on him. “Here’s some friendly advice, your majesty. Try running, and they’ll pounce.” with that, she walked off with her tiger, only to be stopped as he grabbed her wrist, breaking free of his cold sweat. “Please, don’t leave me alone here!” he whimpered, his eyes looked as sad as the wolves whenever she’d stop petting them. closing her eyes, she pondered for a moment. “If I do, will you do me a favor in return?” she asked, her expression never once shifting. nodding frantically, she pulled his own wrist, releasing her’s from his grip and walked him beside her as she took him out and away from the cats. As they continued walking, he tried to break the silence. “Thank…” he started but she interrupted. “Don’t thank me yet. The birds can be quite aggressive when mating, it’s going to be a few minutes, a pure miracle you didn’t die sooner.” she told him, still walking leisurely as she wanted to ensure Theron got his exercise. Gripping his wrist harder as a warning, she finally came to an abrupt stop. “Annul our engagement, and stay away from my family. Do not ever speak to me again.” she ordered, the beast growling up at the prince. “No!” it was now her turn to be surprised as he bowed, head nearly touching the pavement. “Anything but that, I will do anything my lady wants whether it be gold or asking for the most expensive jewelry. But the one thing I will never do is annul our engagement!” His eyes sparkled, and for the first time she saw confidence within them. Just why was he so insistent on marrying her to the point he went from crying to a totally different person! As her mouth hung agape, she heard the yelling of another boy. “Theia!” It was Nyx. ——————————————— What’s worse than finding yourself reincarnated in a novel you read and not being the main character? Why, it’s being reincarnated as the very villainess even the villain family looks down on! Too kind for her own good to do things the villain family deems normal, yet too cruel to the heroine. Except she was never cruel, only framed! Theia Argyris, the villainess of the novel “Love Blossoms in the Spring”. the weakest of her family, engaged to the third prince, the first male lead, and the future emperor. in order to survive her childhood and future inevitable death where she’s beheaded and her remains are “fed” to wild animals, just how will she manage? Simple, she’s going to become a real villain, one her family can’t even look down on, and dominate her own life. But why won’t the prince annul their engagement? What’s with her secret magic that plot never mentioned? and more importantly, how does she look so cool with the ability to tame so many beasts? ——————————————— Warnings, a lot of violence, this is a villainess novel! With a well villainous family. Strong female lead, and possible cursing. cover drawn by myself. read around 5-10 chapters before deciding if you enjoy it. You can also refer to this as “Beast Taming Villainess” if it’s too long. season 1-; chapters 1-39 season 2-; chapters 40-N/A
Introducing Phius
"Hm? Is there something you'd like to ask me, young master Nilos? Lady Rion?" She asked, deciding to have her own conversation as the grown ups conversation begun to derail from backhanded compliments to sheer insults and threats of murdering one another.
The girl with the pink hair looked away as though she were caught doing something wrong, but the blue haired boy took away at firing off his questions. His purple eyes were so bright and shiny as though he didn't know of the terrible place the Argyris estate was. "Thank you for inviting me, Lady Theia. I hope we can become friends! Are you and young master Arkadios close? I'm really jealous, I want to get along with you too, Archie."
It sounded like they were already close, by the sounds of it. "I'm only here to guard Lady Theia, that's all, we're nothing too close." He responded likely not wanting to deal with the boy as well, handing him over to her.
"That is true, he is only here to be my guard for a little while. I do hope to have a good relationship with young master Nilos as well." As always, his questions for her only increased as soon as he heard those single two sentences. If the Argyris family had signature silver eyes, the Elyas family had signature magic, then the Leventis family had signature curious natures if nothing else.
Clasping his hands, he smiled even brighter than before. "How much longer? How long has it been? Why is it Archie and not an Argyris knight? Do you really want to get along? Could I call you Theia instead of Lady Theia or Lady Argyris? I've been meaning to ask but that's a really pretty animal around your neck. Could I touch him?"
Even with the adults threats to each other drowning out some of his questions, she could still hear the majority of it and my there were too many to respond to. "It's nothing more than a few weeks at most, young master Arkadios had decided to come to the Argyris estate in order to train his swordsmanship and magic in an unfamiliar environment for awhile, that is all." She smiled, lying through her teeth with ease.
Although she'd seen Arkadios training a few times with Rosalyn's guard, that was just a cover story. "As for Phius," she hummed, pressing a kiss to his head before turning back to him, the snake returning to hissing at him. "He's quite docile compared to my other beasts. If you'd like to, please go ahead and touch him." Yet again, she reminded others that Phius was docile compared to her other beasts, insinuating that she had stronger beasts hidden away while dodging the formality question.
Twiddling her thumbs, the pink haired girl spoke out as Nilos happily stood up and wandered over to her. "Lady Theia," she swallowed, she wondered whether this girl would pick a fight too. "May I touch him as well?" She asked, not making eye contact. The pink hair boy sighed as he spoke for her.
"Rion had been excited to attend for the past few days. She's wanted to talk to Lady Argyris for awhile now regarding the creature around your neck." Much more stuck up, that's the Vasilakis family she was used to.
Humming, she stood up, nodding at her as Nilos arrived by her side. "If Lady Rion would like, please feel free to pet Phius," Holding her hand out, Phius slithered until his head was resting at the chin of her palm. "Hold out your hand." She ordered Nilos who did as she instructed.
She made sure to not try and ruin her hard work for the past few days by placing her thumb on his head, placing a finger to her lips as he calmed down a bit, slowly slithering onto Nilos. She easily rearranged him to be wrapped around better, Phius was quite a long snake at the end of the day. "He likely won't choke you, but just in case try not to make sudden movements." She commented casually as she turned towards Rion.
"Would you also like to hold my Phius?" She asked, the girl quickly shook her head. "That's too much of an honor, I'm happy just to be able to touch him." Sizing her up, it's more likely she wanted to hold her but was afraid the weight of Phius would crush her and she'd embarrass herself while in front of others.
Nilos was delighted to hold Phius and was gushing at him as the snake expressed her internally feelings outwardly, attempting to bite him a few times and even choke him as Rion begun petting him. Comparing Nilos and Rion were night and day, one was hated and the other was appreciated. He seemed to like her pets way more.
Finally taking him back, he slithered onto her with ease and wrapped around her body, tail curling around her waist and nudging against her. "Good boy Phius, I'm glad you didn't bite. It would of been a pain to deal with venom bites." She praised him, purposely choosing her words.
Instead of being turned off, Nilos and Rion looked more excited than anything. "Does he normally bite? What species is he? Is he really venomous, that's so cool Theia can handle it!" mixed in with little mumbles of, "So he was venomous, I assumed so because of his scales. Lady Theia is truly amazing to not only raise him but to have the confidence to handle him with others." She couldn't deny it felt good hearing that.
She noticed the adults had also begun quieting down and were more focused on their children than anything. "Ah. Did I forget to mention Phius was venomous? I apologize." She hummed as the doors opened again, stealing everyone's attention as the guests she were pleading for to not arrived finally entered.
Walking up to them, she stared at the red haired woman who's eyes bore into her, smiling condescendingly at everyone as she tapped her foot, a boy with piercing red eyes beside her and a timid expression. "Lady Theia Argyris greets the third prince," she curtsied for the boy first, moving onto the woman. "Lady Theia Argyris greets Lady Selene Giehl."
Hello! Thank you for reading <33 Hope you enjoy. ^^ was anyone wondering just when the third prince would show up, haha? I really did enjoy getting to write about Phius, though.