Chapter 42: Burial Chamber of Angels (part eight)
“……”
『……』
“……W-what is it~?”
『…….』
The silence was very awkward.
In addition, it was difficult to read the expression of Palug whose smile disappeared, it was hard to circle around it.
Please give some reaction.
Why did I say such a thing, I was embarrassed about my self-satisfied look.
No, it was fine even if it was embarrassing.
I decided to settle this not with battle but with wisdom, it was my last ray of hope.
If this was a wrong information, my survival after this was in danger.
After all, it was a straight line towards me being eaten alive.
『Ufuh.』
Unexpectedly, there was a strange voice coming out of Palug.
Gradually, her face was twitching and finally her face broke into a smile as if to say she couldn’t hold it back anymore.
『Ufu, ufufufu. Why do you know about it?
Oh no, ufufufufu. That was a secret between my King and I~.
Eh~, hundreds of years have passed, how did you find out?
Ufufuh, aah~, how embarrassing~.』
Palug covered her face, looking over here from between the gap of her fingers, her tail was swishing back and forth as if troubled.
You looked like you were having fun, Divine Beast-san.
Where was the serious person just a few moments ago?
Ah, no, if that serious person was busy, she didn’t have to force herself to come back.
This person who advance to the gag route by her own will should increase my survival rate.
Anyway, was it really fine to win by a riddle match?
I was supposed to cornered and was about to die, I wondered if this person loves telling a riddle so much.
『I can’t believe it, there is someone who challenges me to a riddle match in this era!
Prepared yourself, daughter of an alchemist.
Here is the match that will decide your fate. This is the beginning of hardships beyond imagination.
Once the match starts, not even God can stop it. If you want to withdraw, this is your last chance, you know?』
“I am the one who challenge you, and I will not run away now! Bring it on, Messenger of God!”
There was no way I would withdraw, I miraculously succeeded in saving myself from being eaten alive by a cat.
Whether it was a tough match or not, it was better than sitting around and waiting for my death.
『Aah! The annoying Curse from my God!
I cannot escape from this constraint that was granted to me by my God who dotes on the diminutive human beings.
I cannot help it, I really don’t want it, I really, really don’t want it!
But alas, I have to accept this riddle match.』
Palug was exaggeratingly lamenting in a tone of voice as if acting on a play, as she hugged herself in anguish.
No matter how I looked at this angel, she was in high spirits.
『If this is a normal match, it will be my complete victory.
Then it will be boring and become a breach of contract with my God.
So, I will give you, who is just a human being, a chance to win.
If I made a mistake even once, it will be my defeat. You lose when you made three mistakes.』
Palug thrust three fingers before me as she said that.
She seemed to give me a handicap.
In this case, let’s get as much as I can get.
“I understand. I guess I can make two mistakes, right?”
『Yes, furthermore, every time you made a mistake, you will give me one third ownership of your body.』
“Um……Palug-san, human beings will die if you pluck one third of their body.”
『Wait……don’t say such scary things. I’ll only mark you a little bit.』
“Mark?”
『Don’t worry. I will return it to normal if you win.』
I said that word many times without voicing it while nodding in agreement.
What did she mean by ‘mark’?
I became uneasy, I wondered if she really could return it to normal.
『Then, I will answer you.
Walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening……
An infant walks with their limbs, an adult walks with two feet for a long time, an old man who walks with a stick.
In other words, the answer is human?』
“……Correct.”
The first question was easily answered.
Perhaps in the southern continent, there was the famous riddle of Sphinx that was said in my previous world?
There was no use in regretting, let’s think positively.
Because I thought of that riddle, I pulled myself into this advantageous situation, this was the most satisfactory outcome.
It was unexpected that the riddle was solved easily, but I succeeded in earning myself time.
I was barely keeping myself from thinking negatively.
In contrast, Palug was so pleased with herself that she spontaneously jumping up and down.
『I did it~~! Yay~!
As expected of me! I’m so smart!
Now then~, this time it’s my turn to ask, okay?』
Palug assumed a mysterious pose that looked like some kind of martial art, somehow she seemed very excited as she was saying that.
Unlike her appearance, she was as childish as a little child.
By the way, until this monster was found by Auguste, she had been living for a long time.
『He dies every night and revives every morning.
He runs all the way in a day and he will not stop walking no matter how tired he is.
Who is he?』
Incomprehensible words came suddenly.
Died and revived every night, was it a zombie?
Or, was it a magical beast or a phantom beast of some continent that I didn’t know?
No, there wouldn’t be such a problem like that.
Palug said that it would breach the contract with God if it didn’t favor human beings.
So, problems that human beings could never solve should also be a breach of contract.
Something that disappeared every evening, and revived as the sun rises.
Shadow?
But shadows didn’t walk thousands of miles.
Was there anything else that linked to sunrise and sunset?
No, wait.
Rather than being linked—
“Sets in the evening, rises in the morning, and from our standpoint, this star goes around us—the answer is the sun!”
『Ufufufufu, correct. Perhaps that was too easy?』
“No, it was very difficult.”
『My, my, how splendid. Next time, let me give you a problem that you cannot afford to be humble, okay?』
Palug answered with a large smile.
Oh no, should I have pretended to struggle a bit?
『But before that, Erica Aurelia, it’s time for you to ask.』
As if she couldn’t wait, Palug was beckoning me to start.
Well, what kind of riddle should I make?
Since I didn’t not particularly like riddles, I hadn’t prepared anything.
Palug seemed to really love riddles.
She would have already covered the basic riddles of this world.
Then, now was the time for my so-called modern knowledge cheat.
Even a common riddle in my previous world would be a riddle that nobody knew in this world.
After hesitating for a while, I asked Palug.
I chose a simple problem that even children in my previous world would know.
“A big flood on the top, a big fire at the bottom, what is it?”
A smile appeared at the mouth of Palug.
It seemed that a riddle that didn’t exist in this world had drawn the interest of the divine beast.
Yosh, if she is thinking about it carefully as she is, I can spend the time to think about the next riddle, I was thinking about silly things.
『Hmm~, to say a big flood, if it’s a pot, it is an exaggeration.
The submarine volcano should not be known yet by people.
Oh, I remember. Long ago, I have seen it on the southern continent.
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