Don't Touch My Thorn (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 3
No… I didn’t mean to make a mess on purpose. When you growl so fiercely while holding a tiny little animal…
But there was no room for protest.
I was promptly sentenced to confinement in a cage. After Idrish left, I was left all alone.
Perhaps because the forest was right in front of me, all sorts of terrifying sounds echoed.
Whiiik. Kiiik kiiik. Krrr. Kaw kaw. Kaaak ptoo.
Was that last one the sound of someone spitting?
No, now’s not the time to worry about that. Nor is it the time to be paralyzed with fear.
I started sorting through an enormous amount of new information.
This is a world of beastmen. That man’s name is Idrish. A white tiger living hidden in the forest.
All this information pointed in one direction.
It was the audiobook *The Rabbit in the Coil* that I listened to while hospitalized in my past life.
I rummaged through faint memories. I often fell asleep while listening to the audiobook, so the details weren’t clear, but the general plot was certain.
The story was about a female rabbit protagonist who meets a snake beastman male lead, fighting against instincts to build a love story. And, of course, the novel had a villain, and it seems that villain is none other than that guy. That deceitful white tiger who tricked and caged me!
In the novel, the white tiger was royalty. But due to the tiger’s characteristic indifference to others, the kingdom didn’t function properly. He even killed beastmen who protested.
Eventually, a massive rebellion broke out, and the white tiger clan was wiped out.
After that, a power struggle began in the beastman kingdom of Derod between the snake, eagle, and wolf clans.
The one who ended that three-way conflict was the reappearance of the white tiger, thought to be extinct. They devastated the entire kingdom in revenge. At that moment, our male lead, the snake beastman Ozard, appeared dramatically, saved the world, and ultimately gained both power and love in a simple tale.
When I listened to the story, I thought it was just an entertaining love story.
But being thrown into the book changes everything. Especially since I walked right into the white tiger’s clutches!
“If I had realized this sooner, I would’ve gone to our kind male lead Ozard instead of the white tiger. Why did I only figure this out now?”
But what’s the use of regret? I’m already caught by the white tiger.
I had no choice but to start planning my escape.
“Maybe I’m a beastman too, right? Alright. If I can become human, I can escape this cage. But how do I transform? Transform! Transform!”
I strained and grunted, putting effort into every part of my body. But terrifyingly, nothing happened.
After a while, I finally collapsed in the cage. All that effort for nothing.
“…Am I just torturing myself with false hope? I think I’m just a plain hedgehog.”
I let out a sigh through my tiny nostrils.
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“Thirsty…”
I tried so hard to become human, but it was no use. At this point, I must really be just an ordinary hedgehog. And there’s no way an ordinary hedgehog could break out of this cage.
For days, Idrish didn’t show his face. Some servants came to look at me, but none gave me even a sip of water. During the day, I languished under the scorching sun, and at dawn, I barely survived by licking the dew that formed on the bars.
On the third day, when the sun had set and it was dark.
“Chestnut.”
Too weak to even lift a quill, I lay there, rolling my eyes back and forth.
Now I’m hearing things.
Then, with a loud clank, the cage door opened.
What, what’s that? It wasn’t a hallucination?
I tried to jump up, but before I could, Idrish snatched me up.
“Shiiik!”
“You’re surprisingly still alive.”
Muttering that, Idrish, with a serious face, started plucking my quills again.
Ouch, that hurts! What are you doing!
A scream burst out in shock.
I’ll bite you!
I snapped at Idrish’s hand with a chomp! But being firmly held, my mouth couldn’t reach the target.
Ignoring my struggle, Idrish carefully wrapped the plucked quills in a handkerchief and tucked them into his pocket.
Having collected as many as he wanted, Idrish tried to put me back in the cage.
You took me out as you pleased, but putting me back won’t be so easy.
I waited for the moment the cage door was about to close.
Now’s my chance to escape quickly… Ack! My head’s stuck in the door! Open it!
Idrish opened the door again.
Phew, I thought my head was going to get crushed… No, that was actually a trick! Let’s try escaping again!
As Idrish tried to shove me in, and I tried to keep the cage door from locking by sticking my head in, a fierce battle of wills unfolded.
Whooosh!
With the sound of something cutting through the air, Idrish reached toward me.
Is he going to hit me!
Startled, I instinctively jumped, entering chestnut mode.
But then I noticed an arrow lodged in Idrish’s hand.
His hand was right in front of my nose. So that arrow was aimed at me? If Idrish hadn’t blocked it, I’d be pierced through and dead by now.
My legs gave out, and I collapsed.
No, pull yourself together. If someone shot an arrow, another could come soon. Naturally, they’d be aiming for Idrish, but who knows. There might be someone with terrible aim, like just now.
I had no confidence in dodging, but I heightened my alertness to the max. Yet in the deep darkness of the forest, I couldn’t see a thing.
By then, Idrish had already transformed into a white tiger. The white fur on his left paw was stained red from the arrow, but he seemed to feel no pain.
The air grew taut with tension. Idrish stared precisely at a point in the darkness. His yellow eyes glowed like will-o’-wisps. As he slowly stepped back, the muscles in his body moved like a finely crafted work of art.
Grrr. A low, almost inaudible sound made my fur stand on end.
At this moment, Idrish was an untouchable predator, a true beast.
With a thunderous roar, Idrish leaped forward. His massive, rock-like body shot into the air.
“Argh!”
A scream came from the darkness I thought was empty. It wasn’t Idrish’s, of course. A bloodied man, likely the screamer, crawled toward me. Idrish appeared right after, and he wasn’t alone. A dozen men in black hoods, faces and heads covered, pointed swords at him.
A heart-stopping silence followed. The slightest movement felt like it would slice through the taut tension.
The white tiger bared his bloodstained teeth, and the next moment, the hooded men charged at him all at once. The white tiger bit the leg of the man on the far left and flung him.
Hey, why are you throwing him toward me!
The man’s backside came closer in an instant and crashed into the cage.
Crash. With a loud noise, the world spun around.
Ow, my head, my back. I’m going to need two weeks to recover.
I barely crawled out from under the heavy weight pressing on me. And as soon as I did, I locked eyes with the man who had crushed me.
His eyes glinted with murderous intent.
Hey, don’t mind me, just go back to your fight.
But he didn’t seem to think so. Bleeding heavily from his leg, he groaned and pulled a dagger from his chest, swinging it at me.
I’m just an innocent hedgehog companion of the white tiger!
What do these people think hedgehogs are! Why go out of their way to kill the main enemy’s pet!
I scrambled with my trembling legs. It was the fastest I’d ever moved since getting four legs. The man dragged his leg, crawling toward me.
His appearance was so terrifying, I never wanted to see it again, even in a dream.
And so, the unusual chase continued.
The man shouted in a boiling voice.
“Cecilia, Cecilia Erizo…! I’ll kill you!”
Cecilia?
Without realizing it, my legs froze in place. I could feel it instinctively.
The name that man was calling was mine.
I slowly turned to face him. Between the hood, his eyes gleamed.
At the same time, he spat blood from his mouth and swung his final dagger.
Eek…!
Thanks to barely dodging, the dagger grazed past my leg and stabbed deep into the ground. With that, the man collapsed, exhausted.
I sat in front of him, catching my breath.
“Haa, haa…”
Cecilia Erizo.
I mulled over my name for a while.
Who am I? What in the world is Cecilia Erizo…
A breeze blew. Long hair brushed against my back. Surprised by the unfamiliar sensation, I looked down.
In the deep darkness, I saw long, white legs. I felt my body with my hands. So now, I had hands, legs to feel, and arms too. As I ran my hand through my hair, red, straight hair poured into my vision like paint. The hair flowed softly over my five outstretched fingers.
No quills when I touched my head or back. No snout, no tail.
“I… I became human!”
I let out a squeal but quickly covered my mouth.
I couldn’t wake the whole neighborhood and get caught after finally getting this chance.
I don’t know why Idrish saved me, but now that I’ve transformed into a human, getting caught would be a disaster. I could no longer make excuses and would be branded a spy.
I jumped to my feet. The breeze swept over my entire body.
Oh no. I’m completely bare.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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Oh, the situation is so funny, he’s treating him like a horse, “Go, my horse!” 😂😂