Mastermind: Genderbent Villainess

"Hmmph! Chest hog." Vira pouted as the door suddenly slammed open.

"..." Tanya stood there, deadpan. She was in the middle of something very important. Words could not describe how much she had put in to bring Penelope into such a mood where they could say things that usually would not be said otherwise.

She had snapped.

Centuries of mental fortitude training, centuries of dealing with annoying ministers and arrogant fools… Tanya had finally felt the fire within burst through her eyes.

'I warned you.' Tanya menacingly glared at Vira with a hatred unknown to many.

This is the first time Tanya had felt such pure fury in her heart.

Penelope looked to Tanya, rather surprised when she saw the young lady's expression. Penelope could feel the heat radiating from Tanya like a fire in the woods. It almost suffocated her in the sheer pressure of it all.

"Vira, do you mind?" Tanya smiled as hard as she could, squinting her eyes and creasing her mouth.

"I just want to see the chest before I lose access…"

"..."

Penelope swore that she was just about ready to cast [Fireball] then and there. If it were not for her will, she might have already sent Vira flying out of the room without sparing a thought over it. Not killing her was being restrained enough.

"Vira, I heard you have a single mother. She must be really lonely now that you are the only person in her family left. You should really take care of your image and make her proud instead of going around the school and touching people's chests." Tanya said, faking her smile and speaking as calmly as she could possibly attempt. Nevertheless, there were audible cracks in her voice.

"Hmmmph! Don't go somewhere you shouldn't talk about. It's only been a few months since I lost most of my family. How would you feel?" Vira responded mockingly, taking a seat at the opposite end of Tanya and Penelope.

"That is no excuse to come in barging through the door. You seem to be using your family's death as an excuse to run ummock. This is something I find rather disrespectful and unfilial." Penelope interjected, attempting to keep her calm.

Tanya felt like she had just about had enough. She stomped her heels onto the cold marble floor and boosted herself to a standing position. Her eyes were filled with resolution as she looked back at Vira. Suddenly, Penelope remembered what Tanya had said she would do should Vira come and annoy her again.

'She's actually going to bed Vira's mother…' Penelope did not actually believe Tanya would do such a thing at first, but after seeing that determined look on Tanya's beautiful face, she could not deny it.

Tanya had set her mind to it. Nothing could possibly stop her now. Vira would forever regret taking Tanya's words as nothing more than an idle threat.

"Penelope, Vira. Come with me." Tanya sighed, clicking her fingers.

SLAM

"Come with us." The homunculi said as they directed out of the door.

"Where are you bringing me? Somewhere more private?! Are you finally going to let me see your chest…?" Vira got up in excitement.

"Just come. You will see a lot today."

Two hours later, after walking out of the academy without so much as a question asked, Tanya and the group had traversed a fair chunk of the forest and had finally found themselves at an ornate temple.

While it may seem rather random, Tanya couldn't care less. She would not bother with explanations over the field trip, today would be something Vira would never forget. Vira would finally come to realise why everyone calls Tanya 'Mommy'.

KNOCK KNOCK

The ornate stone gates opened without much delay. Tanya gestured to the others to stay back for a moment, giving her time to go in on her own.

Receiving her, were two of the guards that she had saved a few months ago. They were not the named guards from the attack, only the common ones that will be forever described as Jeff and Bob.

"What brings you here today, young lady?" Jeff asked with a respectful bow.

"Have you come to receive the blessings of our great deity Crea?"

Tanya shut the door behind her before she suddenly morphed out of her normal appearance into her deity from.

SWOOSH

Her eyes became pure white and her body became green like a plant's, her hair becoming the colour of a banana leaf. However, a certain lustre of gold ornaments had adorned her head and chest, providing a regal and deified appearance to her otherwise spirit-like demeanor.

"GREAT DEITY HAS RETURNED!" Bob shouted, getting down on his knees to bow down immediately. The sound of thumping on the cold hard stone floor echoed throughout the temple. Jeff of course followed suit.

"Yes, I have returned. I am here to meet my chosen priestess. She must come to me as I have decided to bestow a divine blessing unto her. Given her praise-worthy zealousness in spreading my name and worshipping me, I have decided." Tanya's ethereal voice echoed throughout the temple, travelling across all corridors and sending wind pulsing through like pressurised air cannons.

"DEITY!" Yue jumped out of a hallway and landed in a bowing position on all fours.

"You have come to reward me? I do not deserve your recognition!" Yue did not dare to look up to Tanya.

"Nonsense. You have done well. As my first priestess, you have proven yourself worthy of my blessings. Your proactive nature has proven useful in garnering the support of neighbouring nations. As of today, I can tell you that 37,835,102 people have accepted me as their deity.

"Master! This is not enough to repay your kindness! Your power has helped me to right the wrongs done to my family! The people that betrayed my father and my husband, have all been pursued by the followers of the religion. They have been found to be involved in slavery, a sin which was specified by a prophet you sent us last month! Therefore, many of the traitors were hunted down and put to the sword." Yue shouted, grateful for all Tanya had given her. Without the mantle of being the leader of the religion, how could she seek justice for her family? From now on, she could never betray her deity. 

"Yue, you have been chosen as my saintess. There will be no more discussion over this decision. You have earned this with your own hard work alone." Tanya waved her hand forward, stopping Yue from saying any further protests.

"Saintess?!" Yue was absolutely shocked. How could she become a saintess already?

[Job acquired: Saintess 1]

The notification suddenly popped up within Yue's mind.

'I AM A SAINTESS?!'

Yue was just about ready to drop down to the ground and faint.