Transmigrated into a reversed world
Chapter 173 - 173: Weren’t you listening?

Zane got down from the bed, washed off and went downstairs to the dining table to have his breakfast: honey-glazed pancakes and mouthwatering fish porridge.

He enjoyed It, but he was in a dilemma of how to face Viktor. Should he gloss over the truth? He was his first friend coming to this place—he noticed something rushing fast toward him from the corner of his eye and dodged instinctively.

"Bang! Ow! Master…" Greed screamed from pain, rubbing his head as he stared at his master with a pained expression.

Zane realized that it was Greed, and patted his head in apology. Deciding to tell Viktor his age and nothing else, he stood up and left, leaving the stunned Greed who watched his master leave.

Greed stood up and crept secretly through an opened window; seeing the cookies at the table stand, he opened it swiftly and took some.

Meanwhile, Louis has grown increasingly paranoid about his vanishing cookies.

He set traps, suspecting a strange creature was to blame, but nothing was caught. His cookies continued to disappear, and after staying up all night, he still couldn't figure out who—or—what—was stealing them.

He left the kitchen to grab something from his room, his mind racing with fears of an infestation—maybe a giant rodent or some other creature.

He looked for ways to change rooms; he considered moving to his sister's room. His steps alerted Greed, who hadn't yet closed the jar, and the door swung open.

Louis spotted his cookie jar ajar, crumbs scattered across the table, but the room was empty.

He hugged himself, scared his room was possessed by ghosts or something was living inside his room wall, and it ate his cookies to satisfy his hunger and would eat him soon enough; his overactive imagination ran wild.

Outside, Greed flailed as he struggled to free himself from the tree. A branch scraped against the wall with a loud thud, sending Louis into a panicked scream as he bolted from his room.

Louis's heart raced as sweat dripped down his face and he struggled to calm his frantic breaths.

Squatting outside under a tree, Louis barely noticed Mira jogging over until her shadow fell across him. He looked up to see her watching him with concern.

"Are you feeling okay?" Louis nodded in reply.

"Then why are you breathing hard and covered in sweat?" As if reminded of his fears, he jumped up, and held her hand tightly.

Mira was startled by his sudden actions, she looked down and saw his scared eyes and didn't unhook her squeezed hands.

"Something is living in my walls… It keeps eating my cookies up. I don't want to stay there again." His wide, tear-brightened eyes distracted Mira, and she nodded blankly, not hearing what he was saying.

Louis misunderstood and thought she didn't believe him, so he took it upon himself to drag her to his room to show her.

Mira was dragged along, reaching Louis's door. Her cheeks flushed as her heart raced. She coughed softly, trying to shake off impure thoughts running through her head.

"I-lt"s…too fast…" She said the words out loud and was met with Louis's confused gaze.

"What's fast?" Louis asked and turned back, looking around his room for any hidden shadows; his hands hovered on the walls, pointing his index finger at it tentatively.

Mira snapped out of her thoughts, facepalmed, and turned her attention to Louis's odd behaviour.

From his actions, she thought something was living inside the wall. Mira leaned closer to the wall, straining to catch any sound, but it remained eerily silent.

She turned to Louis and asked, "What are we looking for?" Mira's voice was so sudden in the empty room.

"Ah!" Louis screamed, instinctively summoning his hedgehog, which curled into a spiny ball, its black quills jutting out in all directions.

She rubbed her nose, murmuring an apology. Then she waited for his answer.

Feeling his master relax, it uncurled itself; Louis's gaze was filled with blame. Still feeling his heart drumming in his chest, he was almost scared to death.

"Weren't you listening?'' Louis's snarky tone slipped out. "I said something is living in my wall, eating my cookies."

"Did you set traps?" Mira wasn't bothered too much by his tone, feeling she was at fault for not listening to his words.

"No…I just suddenly noticed today my cookies have been reducing since a week ago." Louis's tone was so serious that Mira didn't notice he was being sarcastic.

"But how is that possible, how can you know the exact time…Oh!" Mira shut up wisely, understanding he was being sarcastic.

"Cough…I will help you look around." Mira's ton

e was calm but her hurried steps betrayed her embarrassment.

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