It Seems Like I Got Transmigated Into An Eroge - Chapter 42 : Bunny Ears For Life!
Realizing the woman in front of me was one of the heroine, countless thoughts resurface on the top of my head. The likely chance of meeting a heroine was incredibly amusing and unbelievable. Honestly, I completely forgot about the other heroines of this game-world.
They all suddenly went poof out of my head. I was so focused on my own life, that I completely forgot about them.
“Justice, huh… Wait a minute, if you’re a detective. Why didn’t you help me earlier?”
“Ya’ stupid? Do I look like someone who can fight? I’m an investigator, not a fighter. Plus, you didn’t ask for my help.”
I contemplated it for a few seconds and said, “Right…”
‘She got a few loose screws.’
“How’s your knee? I saw you limping when you were fighting earlier.”
“Give me a few minutes. It’ll heal up.”
“…Huh? Can you repeat it? Looks like I am hearing things.”
“I said it’ll heal up in a few minutes. Are you deaf? It won’t take long, don’t worry. Now that I think about it… It still hurts like hell when that guy stabbed me. I guess I need to cut and stab myself more, huh?
“You’re the psychopath, not me!”
“Oi—! I’m not! It’s called increasing my pain tolerance! And, I’m being careful about it… Nonetheless! It fucking works! And, I can heal myself!”
“…..” Rinna looked at me in contemplation.
“What?! There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a simple practice that involves self-inflicting damage on myself, but nonetheless, it works. Now that I realize, it looks like I’m poisoned from the stabbing earlier.”
Taking off my clothes and inspecting the wound; I saw the wound closing itself. Rinna also watched the wound close itself with a look of bewilderment on her face.
“Wow~! That means I can cut you?” Rinna exclaimed in amazement.
“Hell no! Where did you get that idea?!”
“Ah, sorry. I was overtaken with excitement for a moment.”
Because of her remarks, I slowly backed away, putting a distance between us. No single person would say that, regardless of its curiosity. She’s definitely crazy.
“Hey, where are you going?” Rinna said.
“You’re creeping me out, go away.”
“It’s only a slip of a tongue! I didn’t mean to say that.”
“Yeah, right….”
In response, she lowered her gaze. Rinna’s bunny ears were flapping adorably, urging me to touch it. There’s one thing that makes me weak — it’s the adorable fluffy creatures.
Despite what happened earlier, the urges inside me can’t help it, so I instinctively grab one of her ears and pinch it. The softness of her fur indulged my senses.
“Kyah—!”
“Wow, so soft.”
“Waaah—!”
Rinna leaped back feets away from me. It goes without saying, she’s not happy with what I did. Because of that, it made me heartbroken — The fluffy ears were out of my hand.
“W-Why are you touching my ears!”
“It looks fluffy. Can’t I touch it more?” I said with a hint of sadness.
“No!”
“Okay…” I lowered my gaze.
[What a cute girl~ I like her Claude. And Claude, someone is still alive.]
[Okay.]
I stood up and scanned the surroundings to check every corpse. There seems to be one missing, the one that I stabbed in the chest. That person is missing. I closed my eyes and heightened my senses, then I caught a figure fleeing away, limping.
[Shifting Point]
However, I teleport myself somewhere far from where the person was. Using my teleportation without using my peripheral vision was too hard for me. Even with a month of training, I’m nowhere near using it decently. I always end up somewhere opposite or on a random place.
Right now, I’m getting light-headed from using [Shifting Point]. Therefore, I ran the rest of the distance on my feet, following the fleeing assassin who was fighting against me earlier. The knee tendon that was cut earlier was fully healed with Diana’s help and I could now run without any issues.
The crunching sound of my footsteps running through the forest was heard by the person whom I am following. Upon noticing it, the assassin threw some small knives at me while limping away.
[Solais]
I fend it off with my sword easily. Since the person showed signs of retaliation, I speeded up and cut off one of its legs.
“Aaaah—! You monster!” the guy screamed at me.
From the voice, I came to a conclusion that the person was a guy.
“Seriously? Are you seriously saying that? You guys attacked me first.”
I uncloaked and removed his mask, revealing his pale-green skin, large ears, wide jaw as its lower fang shows out of its mouth. At first glance, I would say it’s a goblin because of its slim figure, but seeing its facial structure, it’s safe to assume it’s an orc.
This made me grimace, so I stabbed the tip of my sword on its arm.
“Aaaah—!”
“Did Duke Valentin send you?”
“Aaaah—!”
Instead of replying, his agonizing cries almost took my ears out.
“Shut up!” I yelled.
Unexpectedly, the scream made him shut up from its cry and he was looking at me petrified.
“Tell me. Who sent you?”
I moved my sword close to its right eye. He was staring at it with fear in his eyes. Out of nowhere, a feminine voice reached out to my right was teaching me how to interrogate.
“You won’t get anything from him even if you try to threaten him by pointing your blade at him. Look at him, he’s so scared. How do you expect him to speak properly?”
It was Rinna who said that to me. Surprisingly, she managed to catch up to me, so quickly.
“What you have to do is… Cut off each limb one by one, until the only thing that remains is his body and head.”
“Wow, excellent tip!” I exclaimed sarcastically.
“Karadoh, ka, ka!”
“What? Is this orc language?” I looked at Rinna for answers.
I acted dumb despite hearing this guy earlier, speaking the same language as me.
“Yeah.”
“Then it’s useless to get anything from him.”
I raised my sword, preparing myself to cut the head off the orc. He suddenly took out small knives and aimed them toward Rinna, so I took action and struck its head; killing it before he could even throw the small knives between his fingers. The gouge of blood after stabbing my sword on the side of its head was gruesome. I stare at the corpse with a cold gaze.
“Let’s go, I’ll send you there. “I said to Rinna.
“E-Eh? O-Okay… Thank you.”
“No problem.”
Rinna followed me all the way back to the villa; however, during the trip, I stayed silent as I’m trying to calm myself down both mentally and physically. During the fight, I was only imagining them as the creature from last, but seeing the last guy die in my hands.
I was left conflicted by it.
A living being died in my hands. In this world’s standard, killing a person is normal. The quote ‘Only the strong one survives.’ was the perfect representation of how this world works. Being weak-willed will get me killed. That’s why I need to remove that part of me if I want to live long in this world.
What’s hard would be that they act like humans despite being in a different race. I know they will kill me, but I just can’t help it—It’s probably unconscious. My hands are clutching on the hem of my shirt trembling.
“Looks like you’re not used to killing people, huh? That seems to be a surprise from Saintess Irene’s disciple.”
“It’s my first time killing a person intendedly.”
“No kidding? ‘Amazement’ is the only word I can only think of in this situation. Considering Saintess Irene’s position, I thought her beloved disciple would be someone who experienced cruelty and lived a harsh life.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Nothing, it’s just a narrative. But doesn’t it look cool, if your backstory was like that? A boy who lives in the slum with a strong will to live. Then one day, a goddess descended from heaven helping the hopeless poor boy. Helping him to become one of the strongest people in the world. This is his story. Doesn’t that excite you?!” Rinna said with an over joyous tone.
“Yeah, it kind of does.”
I held my chin in contemplation, imagining how great that story would be.
“Fufufu~ And then, on this fateful day, the young boy met the sophisticated genius detective of the century—Rinna Monnet! In the name of justice, she will solve every crime with just the snap of her finger! Unraveling countless mysteries of the world! Her name shall be known across the land! Rinna Monnet!”
I clapped my hands as Rinna was spinning around joyfully while telling all of that to me. Her bunny ears were going up and down—Tempting me incredibly, I bit my lower lip to hold my urge. It looks so fluffy!
Shortly after, we arrived at the front of the villa. There was the grumpy-looking Stephanie with her hands on her side like a wife who caught his husband on something, beside her was—Lily who had tears falling from her face while clutching a transparent silver magic crystal on her chest.
Of course, how would I forget the girl who assaulted me earlier with a kiss—Clara. As usual, her face was looking at me indifferently; however, the aura that she exuded around her doesn’t match at all.
“Where did you go?” Stephanie spoke first.
“Somewhere around here, just getting some fresh air.” I awkwardly smile at her.
“With a…”
Stephanie notices the bunny girl beside her, who was waving at her joyfully. And her response, she averts her gaze on the side.
Definitely guilty.