Chapter 2. I Want Your House

Eliza grumbled and looked around. Fortunately, the cloth that had been laid down from the wreckage of the carriage was more than enough to hide her body.

She rolled the tiger over the remaining cloth. It was as big as a house, but it was not so heavy that Eliza, who had turned into a human, could not drag it.

“Heuk, heuk! It was so heavy that I almost died.”

Eliza barely managed to drag it inside the villa and collapsed on the spot. No matter how light and nimble she was, it was very difficult to drag a tiger several times larger than her body.

Eliza turned her head, catching her breath. The tiger next to her was still not moving.

“This isn’t a wound he got from dragging it, is it?”

She sat up, feeling a sting at the new bruises that were occasionally visible through his fur. She still didn’t know why she had brought it here.

“…Bringing a predator home. I must be crazy.”

Eliza looked at the tiger with drowsy eyes.

Strangely, she couldn’t take her eyes off him. Anyway, since she brought him here, she had to treat him. She didn’t want to leave a corpse in the house.

“I should just treat him and send him away.”

Eliza got up from ber seat and searched through the cupboard. Bottles of medicine that had been used up. Even medicine that had been made not long ago. She took out a bunch of miscellaneous medicines and stared at the affected area.

What medicine would be good here? This herb? Or maybe this would be good.

Although it was only medical knowledge she had picked up here and there while living alone, she was pretty good at it.

“Ah! This will do.”

Eliza smiled and grabbed the medicine bottle that had rolled to the tiger. No, she was about to grab it.

“Who…”

“Ahk!”

The suspicious voice was heard at the same time as she struck the wooden board she was holding. The blow was so strong. She could feel a slight vibration on her wrist.

“Gasp!”

Eliza, who opened her eyes late, gaped at the sight before her eyes. The tiger, who barely opened his eyes, had been hit by a wooden board and had lost consciousness again.

“This, this time, it’s not really dead, is it…?”

Fortunately, there seemed to be no major problems except for a small bump on his head. Eliza sighed in relief as she swept her chest.

“I’ll treat it, so when you wake up, be quiet and leave quickly.”

Her heart was still pounding. It was not a good idea to invite a predator into the house. Eliza bit her lips as if pushing away her fear.

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The man dreamed of someone touching him.

‘Is this really a dream… ..?’

His consciousness, straddling the border between reality and dream, made him hazy. He could only vaguely sense the scent of herbs brushing his sensitive nose.

Stroke.

Stroke. Stroke.

Ah, again. The unidentified cotton that regularly stroked him touched his pitch-black fur. The pain subsided as the small but warm heat traveled over his body.

The scar that had penetrated his leg no longer felt painful. The man slowly opened his eyes.

“Are you awake?”

The man’s face hardened as he made eye contact with the rabbit that was smiling brightly at him.

“This is where I live. I brought you here to treat you because you collapsed on the mountain behind this house.”

The man looked around blankly. The outdated building. Unlike the facilities that showed traces of time, the traces of meticulous cleaning were evident.

“…You?”

A pleasant low voice echoed through the room.

“Ahem. Of course I did it all. There’s no other animal here, right?”

You should be thanking me. The rabbit grumbled, saying that if he was left alone, he might have died.

“I think there’s a wound I don’t know about.”

The cute tail trembled slightly, but soon tilted its head with an indifferent expression.

“I don’t know about that either. Isn’t it a wound that you got after you fell?”

It was obvious that she was lying, but the tiger didn’t add anything. While he was absentmindedly staring, the rabbit examined the tiger’s body and soon spoke in a bright voice.

“It’s healed well. Once you can move a little, you can go back to where you were.”

“……”

The tiger didn’t say anything for a while and just stared at the bandage that wrapped the wound. He opened his mouth, staring blankly at her neat appearance after tidying her hair in the morning.

“I’m not going.”

“Yes?”

“I’m going to live here.”

Did I hear you wrong?

The unexpected words confused her.

“Um, uh, it seems like you’re mentally confused because of your head injury…….”

Eliza tried to calm him. It’s understandable that he’d wake up in an unfamiliar place and lose his mind.

She added in a soothing tone.

“I’m not telling you to leave right now. I’m not that heartless. You can leave when you can move without much trouble. Okay?”

“I’m just going to live here.”

I’m going crazy.

Eliza touched her hair. He looked like an adult, but was he still a minor? Eliza rolled key black eyes.

Otherwise, there was no way he wouldn’t have recognized even the basic situation. She absentmindedly stared at herself reflected in the eyes that sparkled like silver beads and quickly shook her head.

“Excuse me. Can’t you see me right now?”

“I can.”

“Do you know who you are?”

He shook up and down along his head. At least he wasn’t mentally ill. Eliza regained her composure and spoke.

“Okay, if your head isn’t hurt, think about it carefully.”

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