The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 3

Sniffling, I opened my mouth, but speaking human words in animal form was no easy task. After all, the oral structure is completely different from that of a human.

Still, after exerting every effort a ferret could, I managed to create something resembling a sentence.

“Take me, take me!”

After muttering that several times, I plopped down.

I had to shout as loud as I could to survive, no matter who I met. I had to get out of here.

“I, human words, first time. Pretty, see me kindly.”

But right then.

Creak.

As if listening to my words, the bookshelf across from me turned completely around, and a secret passage suddenly appeared.

A suspicious secret passage that no spy should ever witness.

‘……Huh?’

And then, a moment later. A breathtakingly decadent beauty emerged from within.

Jet-black hair. Deep green eyes with more green than blue mixed in. Long, sharp eyes and a nose that could cut.

And… the overwhelming dominant pheromones of an alpha spreading from the moment he took a step.

He was wearing a suit that was messily disheveled, as if he was advertising that he was the villain of this novel… so sexy. Enough to stop even a child’s tears.

‘It’s a Saber-toothed Tiger!’

The combination of black hair and dark teal eyes is characteristic of the Saber-toothed Tiger tribe. In other words, he was one of the owners of this mansion.

“Oh, dear.”

The handsome man, who found me frozen in surprise, unable to even prostrate myself, smiled crookedly.

“This is awkward. I didn’t expect anyone to be here.”

Wow, amazing. A cavernous bass voice.

A crazy presence that seemed to emit a black aura from behind!

…Almost captivated, I snapped to my senses as soon as he reached out and screamed.

“Innocent, innocent pretty girl, don’t kill (I’m an innocent pretty girl! Don’t kill me)!”

Honestly, it’s not fair for you to come out on your own and blame me for knowing the secret! Besides, if you want to get technical, I was here for days before you!

I hadn’t even been blamed yet, but I shouted back like that, feeling guilty.

Of course, only in my mind, because I value my life as a ferret.

“Ha.”

Tensely, I glared at him, trembling, and the handsome man let out a short laugh as if something was funny. It was a strange laugh, as if he was relieved or amused.

‘Why is he making that expression at me, whom he’s meeting for the first time?’

But before I could examine the handsome man further, he swept his hair back and asked in a low voice.

“Didn’t you just ask me to spare you?”

A heavy voice pressed against my ear like a rock. I rolled my eyes and gave an answer.

“I, I did……!”

The handsome man calmly closed the door to the secret passage again and took another step closer to me.

His face seemed to say, ‘Should I slice you up or not?’ I took two steps back, but it was still inside the cage.

‘Oh, what should I do?’

Am I going to Ferret Star like this? [A humorous way of saying ‘am I going to die?’]

‘Should I try to act cute?’

First, I was convinced that he was the villain of this novel. Because if there were two villains who looked like that, the protagonists of that novel would fail without even stretching. They’d get sliced up while yawning!

Desperately racking my little brain, I calmly brought my short forepaws and covered my eyes.

This was the best I could do.

“Ferrety can’t see anything. Ferrety doesn’t remember.”

But the handsome man chuckled and tilted his head slightly.

“Judging by the fact that you stared blankly at me for a few seconds, your eyesight seems to be fine.”

“……!”

Wow, that’s annoying, and I have no rebuttal!

This pretending-not-to-know tactic has failed.

What do I do now! How can I survive?

‘Think. Think. I’m just a ferret, but there must be a way to live.’

But before I could finish thinking, the villain knelt down and met my gaze.

An uncharacteristically sweet voice for a villain, but with the eyes of a ferocious beast. His chilling blue pupils were so scary that my mind went blank.

“But why is a baby in a place like this?”

“!”

“Poor thing… it looks like you’ve been hired as a chimney sweep. I clearly told them not to hire children, but this is happening. Isn’t that right?”

Don’t be scared, it’s me!

Answer yes.

It’s not like I wanted to be here, the maids told me to come out only when I was cleaning the chimney because I was in the way!

And… and they don’t give me food. They don’t give me blankets. They don’t light the fire…….

“Hmph.”

Tears welled up. But my mouth wouldn’t open. It wasn’t a matter of the size of my liver [courage], but because the pheromones he emitted as an alpha instinctively suppressed me.

‘Ugh. I feel like I’m going to throw up.’

The pheromones of a higher-ranking beast overflowed in the narrow warehouse. Ferrets are beasts too, but at best they are lower-ranking, not even as big as a Saber-toothed Tiger’s claw. I couldn’t move in the face of such strong dominant pheromones.

“Oh, dear. I hate things that are too weak to answer my questions. Are you scared?”

Hic!

At his troubled words, I started hiccuping.

Answer quickly, I have to answer. Maybe I won’t get caught as a spy.

All I have to do is nod yes…….

“Spy, because…….”

……Hic!

‘I’m doomed!!!’

So shocked that I was about to faint, I grabbed my tail and trembled. Of course, I had no time to examine his expression.

‘I’m going to die. I’m definitely going to die…… Ack!’

Hic!

I squeezed my eyes shut and staggered backward, then hiccuped so loudly that my small body shook. Because of that, I lost my footing and fell on my back.

As if I was telling him to cut open my stomach, I gave up everything and just prayed to die without pain.

‘To think I’d spit out the truth even when the reason is spoon-fed to me.’

It’s all because I’ve lived an honest and upright life. Sniffle.

‘Please, in the next life, let me be born as a beastman at the top of the food chain……!’

So I can live like that, recklessly, with dominant pheromones!

“A spy…….”

He drawled the end of his words.

But, aren’t you going to kill me right away?

“Hiccup!”

Huh!

I cautiously opened one eye, then hiccuped violently again.

I flailed my forepaws and quickly covered my mouth.

“Hic, hic, hiccup!”

Even though it was useless enough to make me want to cry.

“What to do with this. A spy the size of a meatball. The Holy Empire’s lifespan must be over.”

Is he threatening me that I’m a bite-sized snack?

‘I know! I know I’m bite-sized!’

With a simple flick of his finger, he blew off the top of our cage and picked me up by the scruff of my neck.

Now that I was about to die, I had lost my fear and glared at him with all my might, throwing jabs with my chubby forepaws.

This ferret will land a blow even if it dies!

“Is it showing stereotypical behavior because it’s trapped? Self-harm is not good.”

What are you talking about? I was trying to punch you?

But my words didn’t seem to reach him at all. Judging by the fact that the decadent beauty, who had gathered his pheromones, was lightly clicking his tongue and greeting me.

“What’s your name?”

“Uh, I don’t have one…….”

That’s right. The evil Holy Empire wasn’t kind enough to give names to spies sent as young maids.

At best, they would have attached numbers like No. 17 or No. 20.

“If you don’t have a name, you probably don’t have a guardian either.”

But the handsome man muttered quietly as if he was quite satisfied with my answer. Meanwhile, I shuddered at the madness in his teal eyes.

‘I know who that person is.’

At first, I was just terrified and couldn’t remember who he was, but now that I’ve calmed down a bit, my heart was shouting.

A low bass voice, a soft tone. Teal eyes that were somehow twisted. The person that all of that pointed to was only one person.

“Black magician, Kiraxus……!”

Ugh! To be caught by the person who is the number one avoidance target in this novel! How far does my possession misfortune go?

“Oh, you know about me? Then the story will be quick.”

But there was no way to escape, and Kiraxus immediately stuffed me into his jacket. In other words, he put me in the vest he was wearing roughly over his half-open shirt.

“Albinos are rare. I don’t dislike rare things. You even honestly revealed the truth, so should I overlook the spy thing?”

“Re, really……?”

Really? You were an animal with such generosity? No way.

I couldn’t believe it, so I looked up with wide eyes, and Kiraxus chuckled again. But his eyes were not smiling at all, not even a little.

“But it would be too easy to forgive, so there must be a condition.”

He stopped walking and looked down at me, curving his eyes.

“Ah, right. I happen to need a daughter-in-law… maybe I’d spare you if you became my daughter-in-law?”