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
A Father and His Daughter
In moments like these it were great to understand exactly what was happening. "A simple snake like that doesn't discern whether she's a real beast tamer, Damon." The king sighed while leaning back, rubbing his temples.
Taking out his pipe, he was about to light it before taking the briefest look at her that she didn't even realize before putting it back away. "Do you not think we've been keeping observations on her, or do you believe I am a fool who cannot tell the difference?" He questioned the king, eyes glaring into him.
Shaking his head, the king stood upright again and thought about it for a moment. "No, you've always been very thorough. I will permit it on one condition." He replied, staring at her as she held the snake in her hand, letting it slither around.
Closing his eyes, the Duke leaned back and allowed him to speak, crossing his arms. "If she were a beast tamer, you are to immediately build a sanctuary within the Argyris estate and report to me periodically about her progress." As if expected it, the Duke scoffed.
"You've always been like this," he spoke while getting up, dusting himself off. "even all those years back you said the same thing when i married her." That caught her attention, just how far back does this story go that the novel never mentioned?
Picking her up, the snake slithered into her neck as he pulled it out easily, nearly squishing it between his fingers while walking towards the door. "How is she?" The king asked, bringing him to a holt before the door.
Pausing briefly, the Duke had an almost somber look in his eyes. "If you're so curious go check on her yourself. I'm sure she'd love to see you." She couldn't tell if the last part was sarcasm, but wondered if he were referring to her mother, considering the earlier conversation, or the two absent wives one being hurt and the being under house arrest currently.
Leaving without saying anything, she guessed that only the Argyris family would act like this, she needed to take notes once she survived. Survived not the hunt, but the Duke.
Carrying her back to his room, he practically just left her on the bed while staring from a chair across the room by a desk. He was just staring, but she swore there was a hole he stared through. Breaking the silence, she finally managed something incomprehensible out, it's not like it mattered since he wouldn't understand a baby.
"Ba." It felt embarrassing, but she didn't think an infant would know that a snake is called a snake. The last thing she wanted was the Duke's suspicion of her already knowing things. Outstretching her hands, she decided to stare back at him, rather than look away out of fear, she couldn't let it become a habit.
Opening his hand, the struggling snake was ecstatic as it was let down, making it's way towards her. Gladly taking the opportunity to just distract her nerves and play with it, having enough looking at the Duke, she begun to observe it's scales and eyes, looking pure blue and the iridescence never failing to amuse her.
She wasn't sure how many hours passed, but the clock in the room only moved by five minutes as the snake once again slithered to her neck, resting there as her stomach let out a small growl, not being fed her lunch due to greeting the family and getting stuck as something to observe in two different rooms.
Looking up she had nearly screamed. Why was this beast so close to her? She thought as she now observed him, his footsteps as silent and nonexistent as his presence when appearing before enemies, or in this case his own child. As her stomach growled again, she hoped she didn't turn look as humiliated as she felt.
The Duke blinked, the first time she'd seen any expression like that. Not one of cockiness, resting bitch face syndrome, a smug look, or anything similar. His face was filled with momentary confusion as his lashes fluttered repeatedly while staring at her stomach. She wondered just went through his head.
Do children eat solid foods? It's not like she's a regular child anyways, she was an Argyris the Duke thought before making his way towards his bag. Did he even have food? The answer was no, he didn't. He was stuck at a stalemate, get her mother excited to have her back and then not give her back, or let this child starve and worry her mother.
Saved by the door opening, in came his attendant, the man with brown hair and violet eyes, smiling brightly. "Hi hi! My family's made it safely if you're wondering." He closed the door behind him, only to try and leave as soon as he saw the Duke staring a hole into his child.
"You took too long. I'll kill you," the Duke said while getting up, the other man sweatdropping as he tried to go for the doorknob, only to have a knife thrown beside his head. "Hurry up and get something to eat." He ordered, the man confused.
"Did you not eat last night? You don't typically eat more than one meal." He asked as the Duke looked at him as though he were a completely idiot, which he probably did believe he was, actually.
Pointing towards the child, the attendant immediately got the message and excused himself to take care of it, even if it weren't the Duke's estate, he sure treated it like it were, she thought as he sat on the bed, the weight lowering it slightly as he leaned back, hand running through his hair, for the first time looking a mix between calm and relieved.
Turning his head to look at her, she heard him mumbling something she didn't quite understand. "That damned bastard needs to retire and name an inheritor immediately with how senile he's become to not even recognize a hostile and venomous species handled by a child to be enough concrete proof they're a beast tamer."
Thank you for reading! <33 the stories beginning to unravel a bit more…. especially with the ending! ^^