Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord Act 3 [Parts 1 to 4] by Satori Tanabata

Author:Satori Tanabata
Language: eng
Format: epub

We walked back along the county road, heading away from the mountain village. It was before noon, and the sun was high up in the southern part of the sky, which meant it was the time of day where shadows were the smallest.

Despite keeping up a litany of complaints, Lemn followed behind us the whole time. Each time he tried to come close and hitch a ride in my shadow, though, I would quicken my pace and create more distance between us.

“Is around here good?” I asked.

“Yeah,” Patrick responded.

After getting the go-ahead from Patrick, we both turned and started heading north. This entire area was barren land—it was just pebbles rolling across the ground and scattered patches of weeds. There would be few shadows here.

“Huh? Where are we going?” Lemn asked, hustling to catch up with us. “This is off the main road.”

Just as the words left his mouth, we both abruptly turned to face him. It was abundantly clear that Lemn was not being entirely truthful in his explanations, and Patrick and I had both picked up on it, which was why we chose to confront him here.

“I’d like you to tell us the truth,” I said.

“What are you talking about?” Lemn pasted on a smile. “I’ve only told you the truth, miss.”

“You said that faith in the god of darkness had only been restored recently, right?”

“That’s right...”

“But that the force of that faith was actually directed at the Mountain God... In other words, I was the cause of it. People started calling me the Mountain God because I was taking down monsters over ten years ago. These facts don’t add up unless faith in you began to re-emerge at that same time, do they?”

“I didn’t realize I had made you so suspicious,” Lemn sighed. “That’s why you’ve positioned yourselves like this?”

He was correct to call us out. While we’d all been chatting, Patrick and I had oriented ourselves so that we stood to the north, while Lemn stood to our south. This meant that our shadows were cast towards the north, away from Lemn, making it that much more difficult for him to think of using them against us. The only power that we were certain Lemn could use was his ability to enter shadows, but there was a good chance he was hiding some other skills, so we couldn’t let our guard down.

“Don’t give me such an intimidating look,” Lemn said, flashing a carefree smile. “Entering shadows isn’t as convenient as you might think. I can only come out of the same shadow I entered, and there are a lot of constraints.”

“That’s a lie,” Patrick said confidently. “When Lady Eleanora came into Yumiella’s bedroom, you jumped into my shadow. But the next time you appeared, you came out of Yumiella’s shadow.”

“And here I thought I was being careful. That must mean you’ve been suspicious of me from the beginning.” Lemn turned to me. “Does that mean your interest in over-leveling yourself was all an act to keep me talking, miss?”

“Oh, yeah, that’s exactly right.

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