Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45

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“Huh, where did everyone go?”

Louis and the Crown Prince were nowhere to be seen. I had only looked away for a moment, yet they had disappeared in that short time.

I was about to retrace my steps to find Louis when.

A menacing growling sound came from not far away.

It was different from the sound that occurs when cracks appear in the sky….

This sound was like a predator roaring upon finding good prey….

As I looked around nervously, I couldn’t help but freeze in place.

Between the dense bushes, staring at me with glinting yellow eyes as if ready to attack at any moment, that thing was….

“Master, get behind me right now.”

It was a tiger.

Wait, weren’t there only wolves in the original story? Why is there suddenly a tiger!

Kaisis drew his sword and took a defensive stance, and I slowly guided my horse behind Kaisis so as not to provoke the tiger.

The tiger seemed very hungry, dripping saliva, and for some reason its gaze was fixed on me.

Why me of all people! Is it because I look the weakest?

Well, they do say animals are good at sensing such things.

The tiger growled low while looking at me, and I nervously looked at Kaisis.

The moment the crouched tiger leaped toward me.

Swoosh-!

Kaisis swung his sword.

But the tiger nimbly dodged it.

To dodge Kaisis’s attack so easily like that, it wasn’t an ordinary tiger – as if it had received some kind of training.

Roooar-!

The tiger’s roar echoed through the hunting grounds.

Though Kaisis was reliably confronting the tiger, since this was my first time seeing a predator this close, I froze in place.

That’s when it happened.

“What’s with this tiger! Rene, are you okay?”

Louis appeared.

Frightened, I looked back at Louis with tears in my eyes, and Louis grabbed my shoulder and called to me with a stern expression.

“Rene, pull yourself together.”

Then he looked back at the equally frightened Crown Prince and clicked his tongue before saying.

“Your Highness, you pull yourself together too and run away with Rene.”

Though he used honorifics, his tone was completely dismissive.

Then Louis also drew his sword and began confronting the tiger.

The tiger, seeming to feel threatened now that there were two humans with swords, bared its teeth with an even more ferocious demeanor.

“L-Lady Sauver. Let’s hurry and go!”

The Crown Prince tried to take me and flee.

But not missing that moment, the tiger’s gaze eagerly followed me.

“Wait a moment.”

But something was strange.

The tiger was so thin that its ribs were completely visible.

Since starved beasts become twice as dangerous, they said predators are fed properly before being released in hunting competitions.

So why is that tiger so starved?

“Grrrowl-!”

The tiger didn’t back down even though two humans with swords were charging at it.

Moreover, its gaze was still fixed on me.

Why me of all people!

“Hey, Kai whatever, doesn’t that tiger seem strange? It’s too thin.”

“They say all the animals in the hunting grounds are prepared for the hunting competition. If so, someone must have deliberately released a starved tiger.”

“What bastard would do such a crazy thing.”

Louis and Kaisis confronted the tiger while holding their swords.

During that tense moment.

“Roooar-!”

The tiger charged.

Louis’s swiftly swung sword clashed strongly with the tiger’s claws.

Clang-!

Louis swung his sword to shake off the tiger, then released an aura.

But the tiger dodged the aura with agile movements.

It was definitely not ordinary.

Kaisis swung his sword, but the tiger only had its whiskers slightly cut this time too, without suffering fatal wounds.

The tiger growled while looking at me.

I observed the tiger while hiding behind a large tree with the Crown Prince.

For it to be because I’m weak, the Crown Prince was also hiding with me, yet it was strange that it only looked at me.

Seeing how it didn’t even glance at Kaisis and Louis who were attacking it, it seemed as if it had received orders to target only me.

While Louis and Kaisis were briefly regrouping.

The tiger didn’t miss the opportunity and charged toward me.

“…!”

The tiger opened its huge mouth toward me, and I squeezed my eyes shut at its sharp teeth.

Thud-!

The tiger collapsed right in front of my nose.

Kaisis had attacked the tiger’s hind leg.

As the tiger faltered, Louis and Kaisis approached the tiger.

They seemed intent on finishing it completely.

“Whine.”

But suddenly, the tiger made a small crying sound and stopped moving its tail.

Seeing how its ears were also pressed flat against its head, it looked as if it was frightened of something.

Had it become scared of Kaisis and Louis?

-I thought, but if that were the case, it should have run away long ago when Louis released his aura and Kaisis drew his sword.

Why is it suddenly acting like this?

As I watched in puzzlement, the tiger suddenly turned around and began to flee.

Desperately, even limping on its injured leg.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Louis tried to chase after it with his sword, but I felt something was strange and grabbed Louis.

“Beatrice! Something’s weird.”

“What is.”

“That tiger looked exactly like it was frightened of something.”

“Maybe it was overwhelmed by my presence.”

“If that were the case, it would have run away long ago.”

At my words, Louis also seemed to finally sense something strange.

Kaisis raised his sword high and took an even more defensive stance.

“Now that you mention it, that’s true. Why did it suddenly run away?”

“I’m not sure either.”

At that moment.

Rustle-.

A sound came from the bushes behind us.

Thinking it might be another predator, I hurriedly turned around, and what I encountered was….

“A rabbit?”

It was a very small and cute rabbit.

Why is a rabbit in the predator area?

I looked at the rabbit in surprise and suddenly noticed that the rabbit’s condition was a bit strange.

Eyes with a mysteriously reddish glow, fur standing up sharp and pointed like a hedgehog’s quills.

This rabbit was also very different from ordinary rabbits.

“What the hell is that now. A weirdo leaves and a crazy one comes.”

I was agreeing with Louis Sauver’s words when Kaisis stepped in front of me.

“Why?”

“Something’s strange. It feels like being surrounded by dark magic.”

“What?”

That’s when it happened.

Crrrrrack-.

The rabbit’s body began to change.

Not only did its body grow enormous, but horns sprouted from its head and fangs grew out.

The rabbit, which had instantly grown larger than us, roared.

Damn, what is that thing?

I was staring in bewilderment when the rabbit made bouncing sounds, jumped in place, then charged straight at Louis Sauver.

I hurriedly turned to look at Louis Sauver.

“Louis!”

As the mad rabbit charged, Louis Sauver immediately swung his sword and cut off the rabbit’s head.

“Haha, what? That was nothing.”

After a moment of panic, Louis Sauver triumphantly placed his sword on his shoulder and shouted.

Is it really over just like that?

That’s when it happened.

The rabbit’s body twitched, then the two severed pieces began to writhe.

From the head piece with the neck, a new body grew, and from the body piece, the severed neck and head sprouted again.

Damn!

The rabbit, which had instantly become two, glared at us fiercely.

Kaisis, who had driven his horse to block in front of me, soon quietly murmured.

“It seems to be a magical beast.”

“A magical beast?”

No, I was waiting for wolves according to the original story, but suddenly what magical beast?

“Right, physical attacks don’t work on magical beasts. Attacking them only makes them multiply.”

“Then what should we do?”

“We need to attack with holy magic.”

Holy magic?

I hadn’t heard anything about holy magic from Shamal.

I don’t even know what holy magic is, so how am I supposed to defeat the magical beast right now!

“D-does regular magic not work either?”

“Right.”

I bit my lip as I couldn’t see any way to defeat the magical beast.

“Then what should we…”

Shing-.

The Crown Prince drew his sword. It seemed he was going to step forward himself.

At this moment, the Crown Prince seemed to shine with light.

But then.

“For now, it would be best to run away.”

Leaving those words, the Crown Prince spurred his horse.

I’m an idiot for having expectations.

I was about to spur my horse too when Kaisis, who had come close to me, instantly climbed onto my horse.

“Let’s go together.”

Kaisis, who held the reins as if embracing me, kicked the horse’s flanks and skillfully drove the horse.

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