No… I didn’t bite because I wanted to bite. Holding such a tiny creature and growling so fiercely…
But there was no room for rebuttal.
I was left alone in the birdcagelike confinement, completely alone after Edrish left.
Perhaps because the forest was just ahead, all sorts of terrifying sounds could be heard.
Whoosh. Squeak squeak. Croak. Caw caw. Kaahk spit.
Was that last sound someone spitting?
No, now’s not the time to worry about that. Nor is it a time to be paralyzed by fear.
I started to organize a tremendous amount of new information.
This was a world of beastpeople. That man’s name is Edrish. Baekho, who lives hiding in the forest.
All this information pointed in one direction.
It pointed to the audiobook I’d heard while hospitalized in my previous life, ‘The Rabbit in the Thicket.’
I groped my faint memory. Since I often fell asleep while listening to the audiobook, I didn’t remember it clearly, but the general content was certain.
The story was about a female rabbit protagonist meeting a snake beastman male protagonist and struggling against her instincts to find love. And of course, there was a villain in this novel, and that must be that tricky Baekho who deceived and imprisoned me!
In the novel, Baekho was royalty. But apparently, because of the tiger’s inherent indifference to others, the country didn’t run as he wanted. Moreover, he even killed the beastpeople who protested.
Eventually, a largescale rebellion occurred, and the Baekho family was extinguished.
Afterwards, in the beastpeople kingdom of Derod, a power struggle began between the three families of snake, eagle, and wolf.
The one who ended this threeway battle was the reappearance of Baekho, believed to be destroyed. They vowed to take revenge on the world, and utterly devastated the entire kingdom. Then our male protagonist, the snake beastman Ozar, appeared with a flourish and saved the world, earning both power and love in a simple tale.
When I heard the story, I just thought it was an interesting love story.
But it’s different when I’m inside the book. I even came and got caught by Baekho willingly!
‘If I had realized this earlier, I would have gone to our virtuous protagonist Ozar, not Baekho. Why did I realize this just now?’
But regretting it won’t help. I’m already caught by Baekho.
I had no choice but to think quickly about escaping.
‘Could I really be a beastperson too? Good. If I become human, I can escape this cage. But how do I transform? Change! Change!’
I strained my whole body here and there. But frighteningly, nothing happened.
After a long while, I just collapsed in the cage. It was all wasted effort.
‘…Isn’t this just tormenting me with hope? I’m just a pure, real hedgehog.’
I sighed through my little nostrils.
(This is a time separator.)
‘I’m thirsty…’
I tried hard to become human to no avail. By now, I think I’m just a normal hedgehog. And such a normal hedgehog can’t possibly escape this cage.
During the long days, Edrish didn’t even show his nose. There were servants who came to gawk at me, but no one gave me a sip of water. I slumped under the scorching sun during the day and barely held on by licking the dew on the bars at dawn.
On the third day like this, when the sun had completely set and it was dark.
“Baemsongi.”
I was so weak I just rolled my eyes, still lying down.
I must be hearing things now.
Then, with a clang, the cage door opened.
What, what? Wasn’t it a hallucination?
I tried to jump up, but Edrish grabbed me first.
“Shiik!”
“You’re still alive.”
He muttered, and with a serious face, Edrish pulled out my spines again.
Ouch, it hurts! What are you doing?!
I screamed in surprise.
I’ll bite you!
I snapped at Edrish’s hand! Angang! But I couldn’t reach my target because he held me tightly.
Either way, Edrish carefully wrapped the plucked spines in a handkerchief and put them in his pocket.
Whether he had gathered as much as he wanted, Idrish tried to put me back in the cage.
He took me out as he pleased, but not to put me back.
I waited for the moment the cage door closed.
I quickly ran away in this gap… Ah! My head is stuck in the door! Open it!
Idrish opened the door again.
Phew, I thought my head was going to break…… but actually, it was an act! I’ll try again, escape!
The moment when the fiery fight between Idrish, who wanted to push me in, and me, who wanted to prevent the cage door from locking at all costs, even if it meant jamming my head in, continued.
Swoosh!
With the sound of cutting through the wind, Idrish reached out towards me.
Is he going to hit me?
I was surprised and, against my will, jumped and became bushytailed mode.
But soon, I found an arrow embedded in Idrish’s hand.
Surely, Idrish’s hand was right in front of my nose. So that arrow flew towards me? If Idrish hadn’t blocked it, my whole body would have been pierced, and I would have died right there.
My legs went weak, and I collapsed on the spot.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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