The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter44

44. Hunting Festival (3)

“…… Whoa.”

Involuntarily, a sigh came out. Maybe it was because I was clenching my teeth so hard, or maybe I had bitten something wrong during the battle. It’s very unpleasant to have a strange bloody smell in your mouth.

He almost bent his knees, but managed to stand on his own two feet. He spat out the blood that naturally gathered and looked at the blade of the sword, which he had handled roughly to cut off the hatchling’s scales.

It looks fine on the outside, but the sharpness of the blade is not as good as before. The reason was probably because he had been using a sword for a long time. It’s not that it’s not, I’ve been using it since 2 years ago when my hands got thicker.

When the hunting festival is over, you should take the unicorn and get recognition, and tell Venus about the location of the holy sword.

“Ugh… ….”

Carefully loosening the rigid muscles of his body, he drew his sword and approached the dying Hatchling.

His breathing had already stopped, but his huge eyes were staring at me with wide open eyes. He feels like his eyes resent me even after he dies.

As I kept looking at them, I got a little goosebumps, so I closed the hatchling’s eyes with his right hand.

“Let’s see… ….”

As if to prove that the fight between me and him over the course of four hours was extremely fierce, Hatchling’s entire body is covered with sword scars. The glittering golden scales have been hacked to pieces and have lost their original color, and the giant horns it boasts have been split in two and are scattered at my feet.

As I was looking at the traces of my struggle, I realized one thing.

The hatchling. It’s too big to drag it all the way to the citadel.

“…… How did Edwin do this?”

After thinking about it for a while, it came to my mind right away. Edwin did not take the Hatchling’s huge body as it was, but only cut off the head and carried it.

How the hatchling’s head was transported to the fortress was not described in detail. It is highly likely that the subspace pouch was used. It’s not going to have enough capacity to put the whole body in, but it’ll be more than enough for one head cut off the top of the neck.

Kung-.

Separated the hatchling’s body and head by cutting off its head with a sword. And the moment I tried to put his head in the subspace pocket I had prepared just in case.

–Agay Cain, have you subdued the light dragon’s hatchling?

The ring finger of the right hand wearing a ring frowned. It rang, and I heard Venus’ voice in my head.

I hesitated for a moment, then moved my hand again and replied.

“Yes, I am. Have you been watching?”

──I heard and saw through the ring that Aga was wearing. Aga’s fighting style was quite interesting and a spectacle to watch. Whooping…….

The sincerity oozes from the sound of laughter, it seems that these are not empty words.

I nodded my head willingly because it was a caution to be grateful for compliments.

“Thank you. Lord Venus.”

──Yeah, that’s right. But, baby Cain?

“Yes.”

──Aren’t you taking the hatchling’s body with you?

“What. I’d like to, but….”

There is also a transportation problem, and above all, it is a bit difficult to claim the right because the area where Kwangryong’s hatchling was subdued is someone else’s territory, not ours.

It’s not stipulated by law, but it’s an unspoken rule that the owner of the territory where the monster was first discovered has the right to claim ownership of the spoils of the monster.

“I have a lot of complicated issues to explain, so dragging his corpse is going to be difficult.”

──Hmm, so?

“Yes, I am.”

Venus seemed to be contemplating for a while as he lingered at the end of his words. Soon he came up with a new offer.

──In that case, wouldn’t it be better to take out only the Hatchling’s Wrath?

“I think it is possible to do at least one evil, but… ….”

Why are you asking such a question, Venus added, scaring me to think.

──If that’s the case. Why don’t you bring Hatchling’s Wrath to my altar and offer it up? If you do that, as a reward, I can bestow a good blessing on the baby.

“…… What blessing is it specifically?”

──Baby. I watched the battle a little while ago. The physical ability is really good, but the stamina that supports it is a bit weak.

──That’s right. I’ll bestow the protection of vitality so that you won’t get tired easily no matter what you do. How are you?

The blessing of vitality.

If you look at the words alone, what kind of protection is this……. You may have doubts about it.

Here, vitality means energy.

Not s*xual energy, but energy, which refers to the overall activity of the body.

In other words, Venus is saying that he will give me the gift of vitality that I will not tire easily. The price is only the evil of hatchling.

Of course, Yeokrin is an excellent all-purpose ingredient. However, at the same time, humans cannot escape the limits of the material they handle, but the protection of the goddess has no such limitations.

If you turn down a sweet deal like this, you’re just stupid.

After I finished thinking, I immediately nodded to him.

“Yes, I understand. As soon as my business here is over, I will go to Venus-sama’s altar and offer a sacrifice.”

──Oh, really? Then, first of all, separate the scales from the common scales…….

* * *

After half a day.

Only 10 minutes left until the end of the hunting festival.

In the main hall of the castle of Baron Lance, which was the gathering place for the participants, the spirits of each family who had returned from hunting monsters were arriving one after another.

“Now, take a good look everyone! This is the head of the famous black bone skeleton!”

A man who exclaimed excitedly placed the head of a rotting skeleton right in the middle of the main hall floor.

At first glance, it was nothing more or less than a useless skull, although some who appreciated it burst into small admiration. Most of the young ladies were frightened or frowned and were in a hurry to avert their gaze.

“Oh, how could it be? Be fooled…… !”

“Cutting human bones like that in front of everyone, oh my gosh. Oh!”

“Oh, I don’t know who you are, but you really don’t have much dignity. Lady, what kind of family is that person from?”

“Probably, it looks like the son of the Rick family… …. Oh my goodness!”

Kung-!

The moment when an unknown lady’s explanation was about to begin. The man who followed the Rick family’s restraint put down his green hair as if tossing it.

“This is the supply and demand of the notorious Greenskin Orcs!”

Dark, gloomy green skin, protruding yellow teeth along the chin and lips. Even the eyes wide open that even arouse disgust.

Some of the young ladies who saw the orc’s head, still dripping with blood, began to vomit.

“Wow… ….”

“Oh, the head of an orc. How on earth can you see something like that with both eyes open…… ?”

“Oh, really… ! It’s the worst thing I’ve seen this year!”

The greenskin orc is a Class D endangered species. So he made a feat worthy of praise against an opponent that was too daunting to subjugate alone by a man. The ladies who didn’t know that started to criticize her man, and her man took the orc’s head and stepped back shyly.

“Prince Ricardo, wouldn’t the ladies be surprised if you entered with the head of such a terrible orc? Oh, the ball is thoughtless, or is it that he is thoughtless?”

“…… Thoughtfulness? Lord Euler, have you finished talking? You, you, did not bring the supply of black bone skeletons! I and you are all disrespectful, but who is to scold whom?”

“Wouldn’t a skeleton’s head be a hundred times better than an orc’s head, which would make you repulsive just by looking at it? Isn’t that right, Lord Sanchez?”

“Yes, Lord Euler is 100% right. But that’s it. Aren’t the three hellhound heads I brought worth more than the heads of a greenskin orc or a black skeleton?”

“What? Sanchez ball! You want to compete with us right now?!”

“…… Ugh.”

Just as the ugly fight between the three men is about to begin. Leah, who watched this ugliness from a little distance, sighed deeply.

The hunting festival must have been a festival that started based on the spirit of aristocracy to reduce the damage to the people by subjugating many monsters. How did it turn into a childish quarrel scene between men comparing who is better than who?

It was actually a scene of childishness when men who were old enough to hold the supply and demand of monsters in their hands and compete to see if I was good or not. No matter how much it is in front of the emperor, will you be able to get rid of your castle if you build yourself up like that?

Lia thought for a moment that she had come for no reason, so she shook her head without realizing it.

“Why are people with fiances saying that… ….”

A face suddenly comes to my mind when I hear my fiance.

‘…… Surely Cain wouldn’t do that?’

Leah glanced at her pocket watch.

Five minutes before the end of the hunting festival.

Now it’s time to return, but for some reason Cain is nowhere to be seen. She said where is he and what is he doing, he hasn’t come yet?

‘Well, Cain is bigger than I thought. Because she’s incredibly strong…….’

I’m sure he wasn’t hurt or had an accident. It’s true, though, that I’m worried. What should I say? Should I say it’s like the heart of her mother who released her child into her river?

As for Cain, she’s not a child, and she’s not a mother either……. I mean.

“…… I will see if she comes or not.”

Leah cleared his throat and she went forward with her gun. But then, a woman suddenly interjected next to Lia.

“Lea, hasn’t her fiancé arrived yet?”

That woman is the third princess of the empire who quickly became friends with Lia within an hour of meeting her. Iris von Edward.

At Iris’ question, Leah stopped her steps and nodded her head.

“Yes, you haven’t come yet. You will be coming soon.”

“Huh? Hey, isn’t the person entering right now your fiancé?”

Iris pointed to the main entrance on the first floor.

There, where the large iron gate was wide open on both sides, Cain Reinhardt was walking past her, just as Iris said.

“…… Uh?”

“That, that. What is that?”

“Go, Sanchez! Hey, look at that!”

In one hand of Cain, who entered the fort with confident steps, the head of some gigantic monster was lifted.

But, no matter how you look at it, it wasn’t the head of an ordinary monster. That’s right, scales and mane hairs are plentiful on the neck of any monster. Do you mean dozens of pairs of sharp, gray-white teeth?

I don’t know the supply and demand of that monster, which is the size of five or six adult males, but it’s probably not a normal monster at all.

After realizing that fact, the audience began to growl as they looked at Cain and the head of the monster Cain had captured.

“No, what the heck… ….”

“Ho, maybe. Is it a lion’s head?”

“Isn’t it too big for a lion’s head? Plus those scales. Look at the scales on the side of his head. A lion shouldn’t have something like scales attached to it!”

“If not, that means…… ?”

“…… Stand, please Dragon’s neck?”

At the words someone muttered, everyone in the room gasped for breath.

And it was the same for Lia.

‘…… Uh? Isn’t that really a dragon’s neck?’

The scales and mane are in harmony with gold and black. Numerous teeth, overwhelming body size.

It’s a bit smaller than the size of a mad dragon, which is said to be a whopping 20m wide. Its appearance matches that of the Gwangryong described in the book.

Took-.

After walking into the center of the main hall and putting down the supply of monsters, Cain looked up at the second floor.

“This head was cut off after subjugating the hatchling of Gwangryong.”

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“And, Kwangryong’s Hatchling…… ?”

“Ha, hatchling’s head! Hey, aren’t you bluffing too much?!”

A man with a thick mustache pointed at Cain.

However, Cain only briefly looked at her with her nonchalant gaze, but she did not respond.

“…… Ah.”

Just by looking around her audience, I can find the direction where Lia is like a ghost. She made eye contact and she smiled slightly.

‘Lia. You haven’t forgotten the promise you made with me earlier, have you?’

‘Eh, huh?’

‘The promise that if I win the hunting festival, he will release his anger.’

Tuk-tuk, Cain spoke only with her mouth, with a proud face. He tapped the dragon hatchling’s nose.

‘Winning is a matter of course, so please wait a moment.’

“… ….”

…… Oh wow, that’s weird

Why, her heart is beating so fast…… ?