Voyage Of The Villainess

"How long will it take to reach Hellarez?"

Dorris asked as she took a seat on a huge barrel. Due to her short height, her feet didn\'t reach the ground when she took her seat. She tried to stretch her feet to reach the ground.

"Around one week and a half..." Malaya simply stated. 

"This is so boring. We have been three days on the sea and there is nothing I could do anymore but to stare endlessly on the sky or the sea." Iris chimed in.

"Hmm..." Malaya pondered for a bit. "Since it would take a while to reach the island, how about we get to know each other more by playing a game."

"A game?!" Dorris excitedly said.

"Sounds good." Rein who just came out from the kitchen with beverages, said as he distribute them to everyone.

"What kind of game?"Elred said with all smiles as he closed the book he was reading.

"Hmm. Could I choose the game to be play?" A sinister smile formed on Iris\' lips. 

"Alright. Let\'s play the classic truth or dare." Iris said firmly, leaving no room for refusal.

"Alright." Malaya agreed though she have this bad feeling she couldn\'t shake off. 

"Rhyme! Come play with us!" Dorris called out as she pulled Rhyme who was just getting out of his cabin.

"Ah, what?!" The clueless Rhyme just let Dorris drag him.

"Let\'s make this cat, join too." Iris grinned as she pulled out a black cat inside the barrel where Dorris was sitting.

Everyone gasped and at the same time stepped a few steps behind. Afraid that they would receive scratches and the farthest was of course, Malaya. Well, she had still allergies to furs and she was the first victim who receive scratches. \'But now that I think of it, why did not my allergy act up, when I got near to Kayden on his form?\'

"What are you doing here?" Iris asked.

"That is none of your business." Kayden averted his gaze.

"This little..." 

While Iris and Kayden were having their lively talk, someone was approaching them with glinting eyes.

\'I\'m not sure since we still have some distance back there. But if I\'m not...\' Malaya\'s eyes sparkled with delight.

\'That fur, that smooth-looking fur, let me touch it, let me touch it.\'

"Let me touch it!" Everyone yelped when Malaya dashed towards Iris and Kayden.

Rein\'s eyes widened with a sudden realization. "Stop her!" he ran after Malaya.

While Dorris also did the same. "Milady, No!"

\'No one can stop me this time!\' Malaya wholly and with greater determination avoided all the obstacles. She slid downwards as she brought out a talisman and tore it.

"Stop!" Dorris cried out loud. 

Iris raised a brow at the riot happening to the ship. \'What a bunch of weird people...\' She sidestepped when Malaya appeared in front of her.

\'Give me, give me. give.\' 

Though even without speaking, Iris could clearly tell what those looks Malaya was giving to her. 

"Have you gone nuts?" Iris said as she stepped backward. Kayden who was on Iris\' hold felt the ominous aura of the prey coming to him.

"Yes!" Malaya stated. "You must have no idea while everyone brags about how smooth those furs are, makes me really frustrated. And even in this life, I couldn\'t still touch them because you made me allergic to furs." 

"No. I didn\'t." Iris said blankly. "It must some sort of detail that only this world has."

"Just let me touch the cat, please?" Malaya said as she inched closer.

Iris thought for a moment. Behind Malaya, she could see that both Rein and Dorris were running towards her.

"Fine, here!" Iris threw the poor Kayden towards the hungry wolf, ah, the girl who longed to touch animals.

"What?!"

Malaya caught him swiftly. Everyone came to a standstill when Kayden flew to Malaya\'s arms. One minute, then two minutes, three minutes...

"It seems you\'re alright with him," Iris said which made Malaya\'s eyes sparkle.

Even Rein and Dorris exchanged confused glances at each other. 

"I\'m-I\'m not allergic to him!" Malaya raised Kayden high in the air and the latter tried its best to escape from Malaya\'s hold. She couldn\'t stop herself from grinning ear to ear.

"You look like a pervert," Iris said as she started to walk away getting an empty glass bottle on one of the barrels.

"Say whatever you want, I\'m not going to let him go now!"

"You!" Kayden kept protesting to this weird girl bobbling him up and down. "Bring me done!" 

"I won\'t!" Malaya cheerfully answered as she twirled around. 

Though both Rein and Dorris were unsure of what was happening, it seemed a good thing seeing Malaya this happy. 

"Alright, it seems you can touch him without any reaction. Now let\'s start playing." Iris said as she tossed the bottle up and down. Everyone\'s attention turned towards him. 

Kayden saw his chance to escape when Malaya glanced towards Iris. He shook his whole body.

"Ah!" 

And he was finally free from this woman\'s hold. He ran inside the cabin. Malaya just simply smiled wryly. "Hahaha, I guess I scared him too much."

"You do know that he is human deep inside. To do such things to him, his pride must have taken a toll." Iris sat down on the barrel. 

"Well, sorry I guess, I got too much excited." Malaya also sat down beside her. 

"Alright everyone, let\'s start!" Iris declared. Rein and Dorris sat on crossed legs. While Elred and Rhyme also did the same.

"Um, what are we going to do again?" Elred asked.

"We are going to play truth or dare." Iris simply stated. "We will spin this bottle first, and whoever ended up being pointed by the mouth of the bottle will do the bidding of the one who turned the bottle."

"Oh, I see," Elred said. \'Truth or Dare huh...\'

"Since I\'m the one who suggested this game, I\'ll be the first one to spin the bottle," Iris said and everyone agreed with her.

Iris started to spin the bottle. It spun and spun until it stopped to a certain person. Iris grinned wider looking towards that person. 

"Truth or Dare?" She said with a sly grin on her lips.