Chapter 3. I Want Your House

A soft voice, as if soothing a child, continued.

“Do you think a tiger can live in rabbit territory? That’s common sense.”

“Mhm….”

“Even if the ecosystem has collapsed, why do you think people of the same species should live together?”

At Eliza’s words, his expression briefly became troubled. Was he finally understanding?

“Anything is hard at first, right?”

“Hm?”

Eliza tilted her head at the sudden words, not knowing what to do.

“If I become the first example, wouldn’t it be easier for those who want to live together later?”

Why are you the first example?

Eliza barely swallowed the words rising to the tip of her tongue. The fact that there seemed to be no communication problems made her even more confused.

The tiger’s calm behavior also made Eliza even more angry.

Even though she was the landlord, she was being so lenient.

“You really won’t go out, right?”

If he pushed ahead without asking her opinion, she could act the same way. Eliza put down his persuasion and took action.

“If you won’t listen even after I tell you, I’ll kick you out.”

Even though she had placed the tiger in her bedroom, which was the largest in the villa, she couldn’t leave it like that because it looked cramped. Furthermore, the food she had prepared in the villa was starting to run out.

Eliza used her small body to push the tiger hard.

“Get out!”

“Are you saying that you’re pushing me out now?”

“What?”

The moment he questioned, a large paw appeared in Eliza’s sight. Before she could faint from the sharp claws rising above the paw, it lifted its chin up over her body.

“What, what is this…?”

Eliza struggled, overwhelmed by the weight pressing down on her body. She tried to push it with her front legs and tried to hit him with her hind legs, but it didn’t move.

Eliza’s face turned pale as she belatedly got scared.

I’m being eaten!

“Y-you’re heavy! Get down! Get down!”

“This is pushing.”

The tiger, who spoke calmly, rolled Eliza with his front paw. Roll to the left. Roll to the right. Eliza, who couldn’t bear the shame of her body moving the way he wanted to move, shouted.

“I know, so move this paw away! Move it away!”

After screaming loudly, she was barely able to free herself from the big paw.

Eliza, who had moved far away from the big paw as soon as she got away, glared at him. The eerie sensation still lingered on the tips of her hair. She, who couldn’t easily recover from the shock, trembled and glared at the tiger.

“I saved you from dying. Yet you don’t repay kindness but instead play the opposite way?”

Eliza said, imagining herself biting the tiger with jet large front teeth.

“Get out. Get out when I’m speaking nicely.”

“Is it because I’m a tiger that I can’t stay here?”

He furrowed his eyebrows sullenly, unlike his large body. His drooping ears, which seemed to balance his eyebrows, looked quite cute.

Eliza said, tapping the floor with her hind legs.

“Of course.”

“Then I’ll be a rabbit too.”

“What?”

“I have ears too. I also have a tail.”

He pricked up his small, round ears, which were smaller than a rabbit’s.

“Then it’s the same as you, right?”

How could it be the same? Eliza looked at him with an absurd expression.

‘Didn’t you hit your head on a rock while I was dragging you?’

At this point, it couldn’t be anything but a reasonable suspicion. Eliza was looking at the tiger with a serious expression.

“Urk…..”

The tiger suddenly frowned and groaned softly.

“What, what’s wrong?”

“I think the place you touched earlier hurts a little.”

“Where? Look.”

“Here.”

The tiger pointed to none other than the tail that had been moving well.

Is he telling me to believe this now?

“Look here. It really looks painful.”

It was a face that was shameless. As she looked into his dry eyes, her head started to throb.

“No. There are no exceptions. Get out now.”

“Didn’t you tell me to get out when I’m all better?”

“I changed my mind because I think you’d be stuck there forever.”

“That’s too harsh.”

Contrary to his answer, the tiger looked indifferent and hit the floor with its tail that had been hurting.

“Can’t you just lend me one room? It looks pretty big for a single person. I’ll pay the rent regularly.”

“……”

It was clear that this tiger lacked the common sense that everyone should have.

Eliza crossed his arms and glared at the tiger.

“Isn’t it strange that I live alone in this vast place?”

Dazed. The round eyes stared at Eliza. Instead of the expected answer, only silence swept through the living room.

“Oh, you’re asking me?”

Eliza’s face flushed at the tiger’s belated response.

“Enough!”

A voice so loud that she couldn’t control herself came out of her lips.

“Oh, I’m curious. I’m so curious. Tell me now.”

Her teeth ground out in disgust. As the rabbit’s hind legs intensified, the tiger’s mouth widened.

“Why are you alone? If what you tell me is right, I’ll go out.”

“… Are you really going out?”

The tiger nodded its head up and down. It was still uncomfortable to see him lying down like it was his own home, but this was a big step forward. Eliza looked at him, biting his lips slightly.

“That’s…”

It’s just a physiological phenomenon, but the fact that she had to explain her situation to a strange tiger made her feel ashamed.

“Soon, it’s mating season…”

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