I Was Reincarnated as the Weakest Monster, but I’ll Use My ‘Return from Death’ Skill to Become the Strongest! Even as the Weakest Monster, I Want to Get Stronger, Take Human Form, and Build a Harem… But Why Do Only Yandere Non-Human Girls Keep Showing Up? - Chapter 2.18

A two-tailed cat and a cat that can transform into a human leave very different impressions.

“The Golden Blossom Cat… That Golden Blossom Cat?! It’s a dangerous monster! Any creature that gets close to people holds an equal level of danger! Do not let your guard down!”

“Did it… destroy that monster? H-Hey… wasn’t that thing sent by the cat? There’s no way it just killed it!”

“W-Wait, was that cat the reason our village burned down…?”

The elves exchanged wary glances, all eyes locked onto me—now in human form, having just erased the stake-wielding monster.

“……”

This is bad.

I was being treated as the enemy.

Worse, it seemed like they were about to pin the entire disaster on me.

“Hyaah!”

The elves, still frozen in caution, hadn’t made a move yet.

While I was racking my brain for a way to get out of this situation, a blade of wind suddenly came flying toward me.

“Gah—?!”

I tried to dodge, but of course, it wasn’t that simple.

My arm was severed at the shoulder, flying through the air.

“Riel… you… YOU DESTROYED OUR VILLAGE!!”

As I clutched my bleeding wound, Ren stood before me, his eyes filled with fury and tears.

“R-Ren…”

To him, the destruction of the elven village was unbearable.

So much so that he was willing to kill a mere pet cat without hesitation.

“Well then, time to retreat!”

Ren attacked, and I lost an arm without even being able to react.

That was enough to reignite the elves’ fighting spirit.

They no longer saw me as an overwhelming threat.

“Fire magic!”

I turned and ran without hesitation.

The elves’ magic came flying after me from behind.

“……!”

Right before it hit, I transformed back into my cat form.

Since their attacks had been aimed at my human-sized body, my sudden shrinkage caused them to miss.

“Gah?! …REN!”

But Ren’s wind blade accounted for that.

It sliced into my body.

“I really don’t want to die again!”

Luckily, it wasn’t a fatal wound.

I kept running at full speed, weaving between obstacles.

As a cat, I was a much smaller target.

Using my psychic ability, I controlled the remaining swords around me to act as makeshift shields while I fled.

“Burn it all—turn it into a sea of flames!”

One of the elves, unwilling to let me escape, cast a wide-range fire spell to ensure I was hit.

A massive wall of fire roared toward me from behind.

“Whoa, that’s dangerous!”

I immediately grabbed the corpse of the giant spider and threw it behind me as a shield.

Its tough body absorbed the flames, saving me.

“See ya.”

Honestly, I felt closer to death than when I was being chased by the giant spider.

With that thought, I disappeared into the forest.

“…Well, I did prepare for this.”

Using my psychic ability, I lifted a Minotaur that had been following me and sent it toward the elven village.

I had intentionally left this one alive, just in case.

Even while I was fleeing from the spider, it had been trailing behind me.

I didn’t want to use it, but… it was good to have a backup plan.

With the Minotaur arriving, the elves would be too busy dealing with it to chase after me.

“BUOOOOHHHHHH!!”

“Well… it is what it is.”

Hearing the Minotaur’s roar echo behind me, I bid farewell to the elven village.