Interrogation 1

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For anyone who has ever kept a cat, they say it's hard to put into words the awkward feeling when a cat brings home something strange from outside.

A sparrow is one thing, but if it brings back a live mouse and spits it out, your heart really drops.

Of course, I haven't kept one myself, so I don't know what that feels like.

I only have a rough idea because that's what a medical school classmate of mine said after moving to the countryside.

But now, I thought I might finally understand that feeling a little.

“Erika.”

After saving the dark mage and coming home, I took off Shun Isa's crow mask.

Then, quietly during dinner, I called out to Eri.

Eri, who had been eating Schweinshaxe with impressive enthusiasm, froze...