The Name Doesn't Match the Body, Though?

“Ooh......”

I found myself captivated by the sight unfolding before my eyes.

I had been using 【Grasshopper】 to leap around, searching for a promising clearing in the forest, and this was the 13th one I'd visited.

Finally, I had succeeded in finding the Cysh grass I was looking for.

......And in huge quantities, too.

<Beautiful......>

Omake-sama couldn't help but mutter that as well.

The clearing was blanketed in Cysh grass.

Big clumps as tall as I am are growing all over the place.

Their light blue leaves sparkle, bathed in the sunlight that spills down through the cloudy sky.

With the Kaise trees being so dark, that sparkle looks all the more dazzling.

<With this, that receptionist's ‘task’ is cleared, Emi!>

You're right, Omake-sama.

Since we're short on time, let's quickly gather a few clumps and head back to Yoshanka!

I set down the backpack I'm carrying right there and walk over to the nearest Cysh grass.

But that was when it happened.

“Pii!!”

I heard a high-pitched cry, and the next instant, something slammed into my stomach and I was sent flying.

The force of it is insane; the Kaise trees I crash into along the way snap, one after another.

<A, are you okay!? Emi!!>

Yeah, no real problem, I guess?

I have 【Body Strengthening】 active at all times, and my body, toughened up by that mana transmutation thing, won't get a single scratch from something like this.

I quickly sit up and glare at the enemy that sent me flying.

Standing there was...... a rabbit.

Wait, is it a rabbit......?

At the very least, it has the face of a rabbit.

A white-furred creature: a tiny rabbit face perched on top of a massive body over 2 meters tall.

That's the culprit who attacked me.

Looks like it was hiding in the Cysh grass and so kindly kicked me flying with those thick legs when I got close.

No, wait, more than taking stock or anything else, um...... I mean......

What? What is that creature?

<That's a...... Lovely Bunny! A dangerous monster with a powerful physique! I saw it on the Adventure God's Isekai Reincarnation Broadcast!>

Bunny...... wait, bunny? I see, a bunny...... so that thing really is a rabbit...... but, Lovely? What part of it is lovely?

<Look closely at the forehead, Emi! You can see a red flower pattern, right? The nobility found it so cute that it became the talk of the town, and so it was named the Lovely Bunny!>

No, isn't that wrong? Isn't that the wrong thing to be focusing on?

Shouldn't we be focusing more on that burly body?

<Indeed, they say adventurers fooled by the cute name ‘Lovely Bunny’ keep taking subjugation requests for them, only to get killed instead!>

Just change the name already! Danger Bunny or Massive Bunny would be fine!

<By the way, that flower pattern on the forehead isn't something they're born with! It's war paint, drawn in the blood of the prey they've slaughtered!>

Even its one lovely feature turns out to be not lovely at all!!

“Piiiiiiiii!!”

The Lovely Bunny lets out another high-pitched cry.

Then, slowly rising up out of the Cysh grass, more Lovely Bunnies appear, 4 in all.

<Be careful, Emi! Lovely Bunnies are carnivorous rabbits that hunt in packs! Naturally, humans are on the menu too...... You mustn't dismiss them as mere rabbits!>

No, if there's a human who could underestimate that thing as a mere rabbit, I'd question their sanity!

Actually, I'm shocked at myself for not finding “carnivorous rabbits” all that weird!

This other world has totally rubbed off on me!

“Pii!!”

The first one to appear is probably the leader.

When the Lovely Bunny Leader lets out one sharp cry, the other 4 spread out in a formation to surround me.

Blocking my way with their intimidating bodies, they're like a wall of muscle!

“Pi!!”

“Guh!?”

Suddenly, an impact on my back!

Looks like one of them circled around behind me and punched me flying.

My light body can't resist and goes floating up into the air.

Afterwards I can think of ways to deal with it, like anchoring my feet with 【Adhesion】 or killing the impact with magic power conversion, but an attack from outside my awareness, I just can't react to in time!

“Pi!!”

“Gah!!”

And where I get punched to, another Lovely Bunny!

That one punches me without a second thought too, sending me flying in another direction.

And waiting past that one is yet another Lovely Bunny......!

Before I knew it, the Lovely Bunnies had formed a ring and were rallying me back and forth like a ball.

Th, this is!?

<This is the ‘Muscle Pentagram of Death’!! By continuing to punch their prey in the shape of a star, they kill the opponent without giving them a chance to counterattack! It's the Lovely Bunnies' group special move!!>

Who was it! Who came up with that move's name!

They definitely came up with it as a joke!

Spinning round and round through the air, I check on the Lovely Bunnies.

Every last one of them is smirking, a nasty, leering grin.

Trembling with the thrill of toying with their prey, already dreaming about the meal coming their way.

That ticked me off.

......Don't screw with me, is what I'm saying.

These guys don't get it at all.

Seems like you've got a bit of brains, but you're wild animals, right?

You're killing me to eat me, right?

Then what's with those smirks? It's irritating.

This is life or death. It's not a game.

You should be more desperate to kill me. In order to survive.

And yet, look at this pathetic display.

It's irritating. So irritating.

I'm getting pissed off.

That's why you can't notice.

Your attacks, from the first surprise strike until now.

They haven't worked on me at all.

I glare at the Lovely Bunny standing where I'm about to be sent flying next.

I activate 【Intimidation】.

“Pi!?”

Hit with intense murderous intent from the prey that was supposed to be helplessly getting toyed with, the Lovely Bunny flinches and freezes in spite of itself.

Pathetic.

Even as I'm being punched through the air, I right myself, thrust my right hand straight out, and cloak it in magic power.

With this, my right hand is a lethal blade that can slice through even rock.

I activate 【Mantis】.

Just like that, I sink my right hand, now a blade, straight into the chest of the Lovely Bunny in my path. Deep.

“Piiiiiiiii!!?”

Spraying blood from its mouth, the Lovely Bunny lets out its death scream.

The other 4 seem stunned by the sudden turn of events, just standing there.

That opening is fatal.

I kick off the body of the Lovely Bunny I just killed and head for the next one.

Sure enough, that one can't react either.

This time, I killed it by piercing its throat.

Like that, one by one, I kill off the Lovely Bunnies, tracing a star the opposite way from before.

I don't think it even took 5 seconds.

The last one turned its back to try and run away from me, but it was too late.

Right through the heart from behind, and, there, all done.

“......Weak.”

It just slips out.

<Well, even for a demon realm, this is still just the edge. I don't think any monsters Emi can't handle will appear here.>

Well, for now.

I won.

I survived, and the Lovely Bunnies became meat.

Guuu.

My stomach growls.

......Let's dig in.

I rip off the limbs to make them easier to eat, then tear into the flesh and blood.

Since I came into this forest, all I've eaten is a measly 6 snakes about 1 meter long.

I'm still not full.

I devoured the meat with reckless abandon.

I kind of feel like Emi's getting too strong (again), but it's only that she can beat the monsters on the outskirts with ease, demon realm or not.

It's still a bit further down the line, but she'll be struggling in the next arc.