Chapter 43 (1/2)

Chapter 43

To say that they were ears, they were too fluffy for that

They felt soft to the touch and triangle-shaped

They were certainly cat ears

They were cat ears that were elaborately made

In other words, they looked like the real cat ears themselves

They felt hen I touched it, which

When I noticed that the pulse was linked with ain I realized the seriousness of this situation

If they didn’t return to normal, even if I didn’t die physically, I would die socially

In the meantime, my heart would also die

Actually, my eyes that was reflected in the hand mirror went beyond dead like fish eyes, and more like dried fish eyes

『You look ve~ry cute and they suit you well

If you win, I will restore you to norh if you like it you can stay in that appearance, you know~?』

Palug was s like a Cheshi+re cat

As for me, I would like to respectfully decline

I wanted to argue, but I still hadn’t recovered from the shock, and the words that I wanted to say were not assembled properly

……I kept ht reach my limit soon

There was no such thing!

It wasn’t like that!

Even thoughon a thread, ould you strike me with shame!

No, it’s not the tiure

If you aren’t willing to ask the next question, you can accept your loss as it is, you know?

Feeling asha physical erosion

Tomercilessly demand me to continue the match

I had to think about what question to ask next with a confused head

Neck that came out of the mouth was a yawn1

Bread that couldn’t be eaten was a frying pan2

The one that hit the raccoon’s shoulder was a persimmon3

This was a bad miscalculation

The riddles that I had heard in e-dependent, and it didn’t uage

Right now, it was not good to recycle the japanese riddles

It would only butcher the words that was quoted froe and would not even become a riddle

It was inevitable

I only had to overcome this probleh this

Rather than the usual puns, by turning the gears insideone riddle

“It is both a cradle and a graveyard It is both soft and hard A sun that sleeps in a small sea What is this?”

Palug giggled as she heard my childish riddle

『Oh my, is it fine to ask such an easy question?

It is a soft cradle for a growing life

However, for those who cannot break the hard shell, it is a graveyard

In the transparent white sea,

it is packed with golden yellow yolk similar to the sun

That is……an egg, right?』

“……Correct”

I tried hard but I couldn’t even buy myself time

And now the questioning right shi+fted to Palug

If Ithis time

In other words, I only had a room to make one mistake

However, when I thought that I would be forced to get so equivalent to the cat ears, I didn’t want to ain

『Now then, daughter of an alcheain

It is reedy than any beast

It cannot help but eat what it touches

However, it disappears once it stops eating

It is tas toward its owner, eating and killing them

What is the na?』

About the riddle of Palug, I first thought of dogs, cats, and other demons

‘Eating people’ usually associated with large carnivores

But, was it such a si?

In particular, I didn’t understand about ‘it disappears once it stops eating’

It didn’t die, it disappeared

Was there no corpse remained?

Ah, maybe—

“The answer is ‘disease’ Both anis can be affected by some disease Moreover, after it causes death the disease itself will be gone”

『Ufufufu, I see So that’s what you came up with』

I gently stroked my chest in relief

However, looking atturned into a mean smile

『But, that’s incorrect Disease does not eat anything other than life, and people don’t tame them

The answer is fire

Fire tries to burn everything it touches

If inflas, fire cannot exist

Humans learned how to manipulate fire freely as theirs

However, too much fire will destroy the humans themselves who tried to manipulate it』

Aah, this was bad

I thought that it was a living thing by the word ‘eat’

Certainly, because this was a riddle, the word ‘eat’ could be a metaphor

Now then……noo thirds of your body is mine Are you prepared, Erica Aurelia?

Palug brandished her right hand with a flowing movement

The lit up nails were the same color as my cat ears

I drew back reflexively and covered my face with both hands

Such efforts were also useless, the claws of Palug went through my defense and touched me

(This……this is……!?)

I felt so inside my clothes

So my skin

Because it was blocked by my clothes, the inside of my skirt felt cramped

Considering the length and shape that was touching my skin, it felt like a tail

I moved it and stretched it out of the way

I felt fear that such a thing that suddenly grew could be moved at will

With such steady preparation, Palug was ready to rob my body

『Good grief, unexpectedly there is no response for that The next question has to pack more punch, or else I won’t tolerate it』

In contrast to her words, Palug grinned and showed her sharp fangs

It

fangs

It was the s her own superiority

How vexing

I couldn’t afford to make another mistake

Then, what should I do?

I couldn’t ith a frontal attack

Even in the riddle match I was driven into the corner

I was inferior to Palug, both in power and wisdom

But, was it truly a checkmate?

For , there was a e beyond that of a human

If the monster in the folklore was defeated, how did the weak humans defeat the monster?

For exa alcohol

For exa the form of a small weak creature

For exa information about their weaknesses and their True Name

Each one of those were not fair, they involved cheating and cowardly means

Would it be i unless I cheated or used cowardly means?

But, with a simple foul, it would be h