Taming The Villainesses-Novel

(EP-201.1) Flower Aira #2

201 – Classroom Flower Aira #2

It reminded me of when I was just hitting puberty. 

There was a particularly pretty girl in our class back then. Whenever I had a moment during class, I would steal glances in her direction.

Look, it was natural for people to be attracted to the opposite s£x! 

Moreover, it became even more evident when the other party possessed a charm that could attract others’ attention.

However, at that time, I felt embarrassed. I was afraid to make eye contact and my heart would race.

If by chance she turned her head to look at me, I would quickly pretend to be oblivious. It was a memory from a long time ago, so why was it coming back to me now?

Seuljeok, seuljeok.

This was a spacious classroom.

I was looking at the gazes directed towards Aira from the perspective of a third party.

Aira, sitting in the classroom, was like a magnet that attracted people’s attention to her direction. 

━The Queen of Angmar is attending a lecture with us… Oh my god, how did this happen?

━I don’t know…

Sukduk sukduk.

I could vividly hear the sound of students chatting with their peers next to me, using my sensitive fairy ears.

Nebula, a male elf professor who was lecturing Introduction to Fairies on behalf of Stella Bellhawk, must have noticed this.

After all, the eyes of the students weren’t on the blackboard, but rather on that flowing, silky black hair. 

After a while, he cleared his throat and tapped the blackboard with his hand.

“Well, anyway, there is a structural difference between a fairy and a human body. In fact, fairies are closer to spirits. And that’s it. Any questions?”

Seuk.

Someone raised a hand. It was Aira Von Tarantera sitting right next to me. Was she actually listening to the lecture?

Professor Nebula’s stern face softened a bit. 

“Student, Queen Aira. The floor is yours, take the chance to ask your question.”

“Wrong. Professor Nebula. I’m giving YOU the chance to answer my question.”

“I, I see…”

Professor Nebula fixed his glasses with his leather-gloved hands.

He was probably feeling tense as to what question Aira would ask and how he would answer it.

Seuk.

Though, what eventually came out of Aira’s mouth was completely unexpected…

“When is this lecture going to end?”

* * *

“All right, that’s it for today. Don’t skip your assignments or lectures just because there’s a festival coming up.”

Nebula closed his book, signaling the end of the lecture. The students quickly got up and started to leave. Amidst the rush, Aira’s eyes were half-closed, most likely dozing off.

“Aira-nim, the lecture is over.”

“…….”

Aira simply opened her eyes without saying a word.

As we stepped out into the bustling hallway, we were greeted by a familiar face. It was Elga, with her shimmering golden hair and sparkling blue eyes. 

With her back against the wall, it looked just like a scene from a movie. The only downside was the perplexed and astonished expression on Elga’s face.

“Oh my, I can’t believe it… Aira, did you actually sit through a boring lecture like Introduction to Fairies!?”

Elga looked at Aira exiting the classroom with an incredulous expression.

“Why the sudden change? Did you listen to the lecture? What was it about?”

“The elf professor’s story was boring~. My information on fairies minimally grew.”

I didn’t think the yawning Aira learned anything from the class…

But was that really the lecture?

I remember today’s lecture was about nymph ecology. Apparently, the lectures Aira and I had heard were different.

“Theo, what’s my schedule?”

“You’ve attended the morning Introduction to Fairies lecture. Now, you have some time until the next one, which is the Tea Time Lecture.”

“I see. Then let’s eat.”

“If so, should we go to the student cafeteria?”

However, Elga seemed puzzled by my suggestion.

“Student cafeteria? You’re going to take Aira there? To the place that sells bean sprout soup for 3,000 coins a bowl?”

“That’s why we’re going.”

The student cafeteria was always crowded because the food was cheap and affordable.

Which meant that I could showcase Aira to as many people as possible. Judging from Elga’s reaction, I felt somewhat reassured.

People in this world seemed to have little concept of politicians showing their faces to voters in public restaurants and markets.

This was already an outdated marketing trick in my past world. But here, it might surprisingly be well-received. 

Politicians eating popular local dishes like rice soup or tteokbokki worked as a campaign. 

So, there was no reason for this not to work here.

━Look, isn’t that Queen Angmar?

━True! And isn’t that Lady Lioness beside her?!

Good, there was instant reaction.

Though, this was more attention and gazes than I anticipated, which made me jittery…

The good news was that Aira was a natural born-celebrity, so this much attention didn’t really faze her. 

━Why would the Queen come to the student cafeteria? Is she here to eat?

━You idiot, do you think Queen Angmar would eat a 3,000 coin tteokbokki?

Listening closely, the reactions seemed evenly divided between curiosity and doubts. That was not bad.

We sat down at an empty table for now.

“Hmph, I’m going to have tonkatsu.”

Elga did not hide her skepticism and disapproval about the situation at all. She snorted and selected her menu.

Elga was familiar with this place as she occasionally dined with me here.

“I’ll have lime soda too. Hey, Aira. What are you going to eat?”

“Um….”

On the other hand, it was not an exaggeration to say that Aira was a flower in a greenhouse, living a refined and sheltered life.

“Theo, does the manager of this place not bring you a menu?”

There were aspects of common life that she was unfamiliar with. The source of thɪs content is novelenglish.net . Fir(e).nᴇt

━Did you hear? She said the manager. 

━Well, she probably only ate expensive and good things that the manager explains at high-end restaurants…

Sukduk sukduk.

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