The garlic in Yu's hand was not held steadily, and he fell to the floor with a bang, about to roll over the black leopard.

She was afraid of provoking it, so she quickly squatted down and moved a few steps to scoop the garlic back into her arms.

The leopard's gaze followed the garlic from the moment it saw it, and the black panther did not often look mournful like the leopard, and even if it was wronged, it was generally not visible.

"Eat...... Eat? ”

Anyway, Yusen stretched his hand and the garlic in his hand a little towards it.

“……”

The panther glanced at her, raised its front paws, and walked in Yu's direction alternately from side to side.

Yu tried hard to make himself look very calm.

- Don't show a panicked look in front of the predator.

The panther did not lean forward and sniff what was in front of him like other animals, but raised his left paw with a cold expression and slapped the garlic in Yu's hand to the ground in the distance.

The garlic rolled all the way over there, hit the wall, bounced back a few times before stopping, and the panther in front of her didn't even look at it.

[If it was rescued, it wouldn't be so fierce to face others......]

Yu didn't dare to hide back, and stood there trembling in the posture of holding garlic.

The panther took a few more steps forward, lowered his head, and opened his mouth to Yu's hand.

[…… Be...... Is it because it doesn't want other people to live here......]

It's nothing if you don't have a hand, but if you do it when you're emotional, you might get even worse after that.

If you eat it, you can at least run out of the house while it is gnawing and lead it away......

[but that also ......]

Yu closed his eyes tightly, not thinking about the hot and humid gas that was getting closer to his hands.

[…… Run into the kitchen, let it hold a bag of flour on its teeth, at least it can be contained...... I've heard that animals seem to prefer to pick and choose fatty places to eat, so they ...... by themselves compared to 檜 It's easier to eat. ]

Yu had heard that no one had lived here for a long time.

And the old couple before was also gone a long, long time ago, so ...... During this period, if no one wanted to come and live here, she didn't believe it.

Except for the old and strange aesthetics, the other places are very good, and the interior space is also very large, and there is a small yard......

……

[Haven't all the people who have been here before been eaten????] ]

Yu felt his finger being bitten by the panther.

This leopard's tongue is not very hot, and it may also be because its hands are warmer due to emotional issues...... She felt a little cold.

And it also has barbs on its tongue.

Barbs on the tongue of big cats are more threatening than small common domestic cats, wild cats.

The part of the wrist is bitten by its fangs, and the fingers and palms are held in its mouth.

Hurt.

It hurts both in the wrist and in the hand.

Yu wanted to pinch the other party's prickly tongue so that it couldn't lick his hand as if he was tasting it, but he was afraid that the other party would open his mouth and bite off his hand directly or step back-

Either the hand is gone, or the skin and flesh on the hand are scraped off by the barbs on the tongue.

"By the way, ——...... today"

He quickly finished frying shredded potatoes and set aside the lid to prevent the heat from dissipating, and then he began to roll out the cakes.

At this time, he looked out of the kitchen with a rolling pin and a small ball of noodles pulled down, and saw that his little brother who was related by blood was crying silently, and 'his' hand was being bitten by a small leopard.

(※ After that, I don't add quotation marks and explanations.,It's him when you call Yu in the eyes of others.,So when writing Yu for him, most of them describe the situation of Yu in the eyes of others and in their cognition.") ）

"The ......" The hand holding the rolling pin trembled slightly, but he sensibly didn't immediately slam it at the panther.

Because according to the current situation, Yu's hand has not yet been broken.

But not necessarily if you do it yourself.

“…… Brother, what should I do......"

When Yu heard the voice, she made a voice of grievance that she couldn't even think of herself.

Although the leopard hadn't even eaten half of her fingers, it ...... I can't stand the pressure.

[If you want to bite, bite faster......]

The barbs on the tongue, attached to the soft palms and fingers, seem to be licking but not very similar, I wonder if it is a leopard that wants to eat elegantly...... Bite off slowly or something.

There were many conjectures, but she had no idea what it was supposed to do.

"What, calm down......!" Yu hurriedly stuffed the rolling pin into the pocket in front of the apron and stroked Yu's hair, "You also, calm down......"

He shuddered and reached out to the leopard's head.

The panther glanced up at him.

"I—I'm not malicious—" Hiraku smiled as hard as she thought was kind.

The panther was still holding Yu's hand there, and he didn't let go, so he touched the panther's head unhindered......

It looks like a long-haired variety, but it doesn't feel particularly fluffy to the touch, and it has a kind of ...... How to say it.

It's like wearing black or white clothes that are hard to the touch but so fluffy that you want to touch them again in the winter.

Anyway, I didn't know how to describe it, so I couldn't help but rub its head along the circle.

“……”

The leopard let go.

Yuta withdrew his hand.

The panther increased the strength of its jaws little by little, so even if Yu's wrist was pressed against the sharp fangs, there was no bleeding, but the skin was very red from the teeth.

The palms of his hands had been scraped by the barbs on the leopard's tongue, and in some places they had also become red, and in others there was already blood visible.

The panther turned to stare at the panther.

Hiraku stretched out his arms to protect Yu behind him, looking at the leopard nervously.

“……”

There was no noise-like roar in the panther's throat.

Its two front paws stepped back a bit, then leaned on its hind legs to support its body, and put its claws on its shoulders, opening its mouth again.

Hiraku closed his eyes, but didn't let go of the arm that was protecting Yu.

Yu tightened the hem of his clothes, not daring to look at it.

“…… Ah......h

Yu heard this.

It's not a stumbling one.

“…… I...... It's not ......"

Hiraku opened his eyes in shock as he heard the creature in front of him speak.

"Before...... It's all like that...... ......"

The panther's claws were still on his shoulders, and Yuya behind him reopened his eyes, and the claws he saw were relaxed after putting his nails in.

Plush and fluffy, it looks good to pinch.

The panther kicked its hind legs behind him a few times, dropped its front paws back to the floor of the living room, and walked to the old photo on the edge of the couch with a graceful big cat stride.

"They're all going to make me ...... The one who bit his hand said he was playing with me......"

The Black Panther's words are not very sharp, but they are all words that are brewed and spoken, so they don't sound stumbling except for speaking slowly.

“……”

Yu poked his head out from behind him and looked at the leopard, but his hand was still gripping the leopard's clothes.

She saw what the leopard was looking at.

She'd seen that picture before.

[Isn't it because you've grown up!?] ]

She was relieved to find out that the leopard was not really fierce.

"Because you...... You haven't had teeth like this before, have you? Is that you in the photo? Teeth should be ...... at that time The bite doesn't break or something, does it? ...... now"

Yu said as he noticed that the panther had turned his gaze back to him and silently shut his mouth.

Although I want to rua, I ...... Hand pain.

"Well, I don't know...... In short, you are the one in the photo, 'まぐろ', really black...... Miss? Unfortunately, we can't communicate with those two...... But then we're going to live here, and if we're doing anything wrong, please advise me......"

He withdrew his hand and bowed earnestly to the panther.

Heyu's 'a lot of advice' is a scene, this ...... It's just that you can't be more serious.

If you don't come to advise, if you provoke it, you really don't even know how to die...... Uh, I guess that......

“…… Really black? Yu frowned and looked at the panther.

[What a simple and straightforward name...... It's really dark. ]

Wait,

[Miss?] ]

Yu looked up sharply and tugged at his clothes frantically.

"Brother, this is called really black, is it a female......

Can't tell.

Because the sound is low.

"Well, that's what the person in charge said when I checked in...... It is said that the owner of the family once changed the house to a different appearance because of a quarrel, began to separate, and later rescued a young psychic beast that had lost its relatives and owner, and because the other party's coat was very dark, he named it True Black, and took it to the hospital for examination, and found that it was a female black panther...... But it wasn't long after that that the two men were justified by—"

"Roar—"

The panther named True Black roared at Hirashi as if to stop talking.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your sadness......" Craned his neck and quickly bowed his head.

True Black seems to be frowning as well, but his face is completely black except for his eyes, and only the tip of his nose and ears are slightly lighter, so he still can't see his expression clearly.

It waited with its golden-yellow, majestic-looking eyes.

He lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his head for a while.

[It turns out that I don't know how to get along with people......]

Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then became excited.

That's it! Big! Cat! Huh!

"Brother, it seems to be fine, can you continue to cook? I'd like to talk to it for a while, right, do more, right? Really black, are you a picky eater? ”

Yu wanted to drive the kura back to the kitchen to be in this rua cat by himself, and then he thought that it was dinner time, so he called its name directly as if he was closer.

"No...... Eat ...... all" The panther blinked a few times, raised his paw to pull at his ears, and finally put his paw on the door of his head.

[Cute.] ]

"Well, then I'll prepare some other ...... later," Hiraku smiled politely at Maguro in the distance, then squatted down and slowly took Yu's hand away from his clothes, "...... Pay attention to safety, if you have anything, you must call me ......! ”

After whispering to Yuyu, he stood up and nodded at them, and went back to the kitchen.

"You wait a minute, I'll go and rush my hands, it's not good to keep things like this......"

Yu grinned and waved his bleeding hand at Maguro on the side of the sofa and ran to the bathroom on the first floor.

-

[But this voice...... Huh? ]

Yu washed his hands and sorted out what had just happened.

“……”

[I remember the same voice as the one who came to pick me up...... Yes??? ]

She thought back for a moment about the length of her body that she had just seen Makoro claw up.

…… It seems that the chief can match the strange 'person' before?

[Do you even pick up someone else's child home after pretending?] ]

It is worthy of being a creature that has grown up within this worldview.