Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Imprisoned in the Rabbit Burrow
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The place I fell into was the village square.
An underground space lit up by magical lights, filled with cute little houses forming a village.
"Is that really Judak?"
"Oh my god, I can actually touch him!"
The villagers came in all sorts of appearances.
Some had human bodies with just long rabbit ears attached.
Others had a suspicious mix of the best features from rabbits and humans.
They approached me slowly, poking at me with their fingertips.
Once they confirmed I was solidly tangible, they got bolder, touching my cheeks or hair.
"Oh my god, he doesn't have long ears."
"But Judak said he was a beautiful half-elf."
"Nope, doesn't look like it! He's human."
The rabbit beastkin surrounded me, scrutinizing me like I was some curiosity, then broke into smiles.
"Wanna come to my place and have some carrots?"
"Wanna touch my ears...?"
Their snow-white skin flushed as they fidgeted shyly or flirted outright.
Some tickled my face with their long ears, others pressed my palms firmly with theirs.
They were all stunningly pretty and handsome, which was nice, but the problem was the guys mixed in among them.
"Nooo! Stop! Don't!"
"I hate it!"
"Aw, come on, what's the big deal?"
"I love you, Lord Judak!"
No one was listening to reason.
As the circle tightened around me, I thought this might be the end when one zipped past with a flash of inspiration.
"Myoran! Myoran, where are you! Help!! Help!!!"
I'd helped Myoran out last time she was in a pinch.
Desperately shouting her name, I saw someone bouncing over from afar.
Wait, someone?
"Judak! Is that you, Lord Judak? Myo."
A cute rabbit with a long beard and long ears.
An actual rabbit came hopping over. A real one.
"Myoran?"
"Yes, that's me, Myoran. I'm the chief of this rabbit beastkin village. Myo."
Incredibly, this rabbit was the Myoran I knew from the gallery.
*
"I never imagined we'd meet like this. I really didn't think you'd use the ticket. Myo."
Polite speech, with weird sound effects at the end of every sentence.
Above all, seeing her holding the shotgun I'd given her confirmed it was the real Myoran.
But how was she carrying something that big?
"I almost died back there."
"You made the right choice. Nowhere's as safe as the rabbit burrow. Myo."
"Yeah."
I glanced around for a moment.
Then I looked down at Myoran again and asked.
"But this is the only place?"
"Of course. Isn't this the safest spot in our rabbit burrow for you to stay, Myo?"
"It does look that way."
I glanced to the side.
There was a barred gate.
Iron bars like something out of a prison cell.
I was locked up in the rabbit burrow jail.
"Why here of all places?"
"It's because the rabbits are after you from all sides... My apologies."
She was right.
"Eeee."
"J-just a little longer..."
"Lord Judak, just once, please let me touch you, just once!"
Rabbitfolk with hearts in their eyes grabbed the bars or reached through the gaps, trying to touch me.
The rabbits were gunning for me from every direction.
Myoran watched the scene and tried to rub her forehead with her tiny front paw.
"I'm sorry. The rabbitfolk trait is to fall head over heels for their benefactors..."
According to Myoran, rabbit beastkin were absolute when it came to affection.
Give a starving rabbitfolk a carrot with pure intentions, and they'd fall in love instantly.
"But still, do you really have to lock me up like this?"
I asked with an ambiguous expression.
Not that I planned to go out there.
But caging me behind bars seemed a bit much.
Instead of answering, Myoran brought up an old story.
"...A long time ago, some starving rabbitfolk received kindness from a human. Myo."
"And?"
"The rabbitfolk fell in love right away."
"Did they repay the favor?"
"They killed the human. Myo."
"What, why?"
Rabbitfolk were innately beautiful.
The village was full of gorgeous men and women by human standards.
"That human fell for the rabbitfolk too, and they soon became lovers. Myo."
"But you said they killed him?"
"They killed and were killed."
"What the hell."
The more I heard, the more confused I got.
Dodging the rabbitfolk hands reaching for me, I looked at Myoran, who lifted her head with a grave expression.
"They loved each other so intensely that they kept at it until the moment of death. Myo...!"
"..."
Rabbitfolk who receive kindness fall in love.
The problem was they didn't just fall—they got consumed by it.
So they devoured each other madly until the end, oblivious to death.
"All because I gave them some food?"
"That's right. Myo..."
After hearing that, I turned back to look outside the bars.
I'd given them food.
I'd given them weapons to protect themselves.
And finally, I'd hooked them up to the gallery for entertainment to cure their boredom.
"I love you I love you I love you I love you."
"I want to put you in my pocket and keep you forever just looking at me I want to put you in my pocket and have you look only at me forever."
Some rabbitfolk were already losing it.
Myoran, sitting cutely on the floor, twitched her ears and spoke.
"But it'll get better once the phase passes."
"When does the phase pass?"
"No idea."
If you don't know, who does?
Just as things were getting serious, Myoran whipped something out from her pouch.
"Don't worry! I've prepared a rabbit burrow escape ticket just in case."
"Ooh."
"Nooo!"
"Bad chief! Harmful beast!"
"Here, use it comfortably."
Of course, if there's a burrow ticket, there's an escape one too.
I felt grateful toward Myoran for handing it over so readily.
"But you're fine."
"Even in a horde of instinct-crazed rabbits, there needs to be at least one normal one, right? Myo."
Myoran stood on her hind legs, clasped her front paws politely, and bowed her head and ears to me.
"Then, if there's another chance, I'll see you again."
"Yeah, thanks. I won't forget."
Rip!
I tore the rabbit burrow escape ticket right in front of Myoran.
Vmmm.
A blue light enveloped me at the same time!
"What the."
Nothing happened.
Still trapped in the rabbit burrow jail, I looked at Myoran, who scratched her ear and replied.
"Looks like it's expired. Myo."
*
Rabbitfolk hadn't had outside contact for ages.
So the last escape ticket from when someone entered the burrow had expired long ago.
"Don't worry. We can just make another one. Myo."
The solution was simple.
Wait for a new one.
In the meantime, Myoran fastened something unfamiliar around my neck.
"...A choker?"
"It's a protective magic tool for the target. Myo."
It looked exactly like a cat collar, but she said it would protect me.
Anyone touching me with impure intentions would get zapped with electricity.
"But why does it look like this?"
"It was originally made for that kind of play. Myo."
Clank.
Myoran opened the barred door.
She stuck by my side as my bodyguard until the new ticket was ready.
I tapped the choker—no, the magic tool—around my neck.
No matter how you slice it, this is humiliating.
'Should I tell Myoran I don't need it.'
The stares from around me only got hotter.
Just as I wondered if the worry was overkill, something furry burst out from behind a second-story house in the village.
"Sorry, Lord Judak, haa, I can't hold back anymore!"
"Gah."
Poof. A suspiciously appealing rabbit beastkin lunged at me—someone who'd probably have tons of fans.
But the instant her hand touched my cheek softly.
Zzzap!
"Kyaaah!"
Electricity surged, subduing the rabbit beastkin instantly.
"Hahk."
She collapsed twitching on the ground, her face showing a strange mix of thrill.
"Fuck."
A curse slipped out reflexively after ages.
This place is hell.
*
- Adrian IP ban in one hour lol
- Judak, you good rn?
- Don't die, gallery dies if you do
- Full HP Elf★) Lord Judak, you okay? Say something at least
- Fuck no don't bully Judak
Hours after Judak's kidnapping came to light, the gallery was pure chaos.
Gallers raging over the impending Adrian-wide IP ban, others spectating.
Gallers worrying Judak might die, or showing signs of seriously plotting a revolution—reactions varied wildly.
- Adrian imperial fucks, make a statement
- Revolution already broke out in our village.jpg
- Few retards = entire Adrian pop suffers
- Just seceding from the empire.jpg
Not even the mods could contain this level of chaos.
As it boiled over on the verge of explosion, a post suddenly went up.
Pure Genius) Ta-da.jpg
(Two-shot with Judak)
(Judak pic huddled in the corner behind bars)
(Face with heart mosaic)
Give Judak back lololol
- Wtf is this
- Rage
- Wait, is that really Judak?
- Why you hogging him?
- So fucking jealous
ㄴ Fr ; galler cuties
ㄴ Jealous of the galler not Judak
ㄴ Yeah I want Judak too
ㄴ What??
- Poster) Hehe how is it?
ㄴ What do you mean how, let Judak go!
ㄴ Nice shot
ㄴ Can I borrow Judak too?
ㄴ Filthy kidnapper! Hand over our Judak!
- Kkhuhuk, brother!!!
ㄴ Kidnapped by an ugly beastkin...
ㄴ Kkhuk, curse our incompetence!
ㄴ Dwarf beauty standards still make zero sense...
ㄴ How tf is that ugly??
A post straight-up bragging about imprisoning Judak.
And there were tons of similar ones.
The angles were sus too.
Gazing up from below, the barred cage, the subtle cower...
- Hmm kinda.
- So you fell to temptation after all, Judak...
- Defiled...
Title: Fuck no it's not
Poster: Judak☆
(Thumbs-up pic from the rabbitfolk fields)
Safely touring the rabbit burrow
Mentally and physically fine so stop the weird rumors!
- What, wasn't kidnapped?
ㄴ Judak☆) Nah
ㄴ Rabbit beastkin not doing anything weird?
ㄴ Fr they wouldn't leave him alone
- Thanks to the chiefㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴ Chief hogging him solo... bad...
ㄴ If not for the chief I'd...
ㄴ Judak☆) Yeah ; surviving thanks to Myoran
ㄴ Not touring, being toured
ㄴ Come back alive Judak
While the gallery was abuzz with Judak rumors, a mysterious post arrived for him.
Title: Judak remember that ghost town last time
Poster: Lloyd
(Midnight crowd with torches pic)
(Demolishing capital crown prince statue pic)
Revolution in Adrian d d ;
A revolution had broken out in Adrian after all.