I Thought It Was a Fairy Tale but the Genre Is Strange

The Three Little Pigs (3)

The scene of Elise’s ruthless violence was nothing short of horrific. The wolves lost all their natural-born predator weapons due to Elise’s punishment, which was close to torture. They fainted, drooling tears and snot, and the glasses-wearing wolf even had his tongue cut off.

We left the horrific scene behind in the ruins and headed to the place the glasses-wearing wolf had mentioned.

To the pig mother’s house.

[Shameless pig. Trying to sell out his own mother and then going to her house, what a piece of trash.]

“Kyarururuk, what a conscienceless b*stard. I want to catch him and make a whole pig barbecue right away.”

Indeed, the unfilial pig who tried to sell out his own mother ironically headed to her house. The reason was disgusting. Having sold out his entire family, the pig revealed to the glasses-wearing wolf that he planned to live in his mother’s house, which would naturally be empty.

Although the plan changed and he sold us out instead, the glasses-wearing wolf was sure the pig had no other place to go and would head to his mother’s house.

My brow furrowed automatically. How could someone with human-like intelligence… Ah, no. Hmm, what should I say? Yes, how could someone with human-like intelligence commit such a heinous act of selling out their family?

It’s a case so terrible that it’s hard to find even in the news.

The Pig Mother’s house wasn’t far from here. They said if you walked for about 30 minutes, you’d come across a secluded field with a small cabin.

I imagined the situation after arriving at the cabin for a moment and then spoke.

“But what do we do after we get to the Pig Mother’s house?”

“Huh? What do you mean, what do we do? We kindly break down the door, tie up the pig, and turn it into a whole roast pig barbecue.”

[What kind of bizarre talk is that! We should ask about the whereabouts of the Black Rabbit and then do such things!]

“Kya ha ha ha, I forgot for a moment. Then let’s find out the whereabouts of the Black Rabbit and have a barbecue party!”

I shook my head at their answer.

“No, it’s not just pigs at the Pig Mother’s house. The Pig Mother will be there too. If we tell her that her child not only sold out their sibling but also tried to sell her out, wouldn’t she be greatly shocked?”

[Oh my! Consideration! I didn’t think that far!]

Elise tilted her head at my words.

“What does it matter? Whether she’s shocked or not, we just do what we have to do.”

[What kind of manners are those to our prince! Cruelty! Lack of consideration!]

“Hmm~ How do you plan to survive in this world with such sympathy? This whole mess happened because you felt pity for the pitiful appearance of the pig in the first place. If you had done as I said, we would be on our way to the Black Rabbit by now~”

Ariel jeered at Elise’s words, but her words were a sharp rebuke. Yes, it’s hard to survive in this world if you act emotionally with a heart full of sympathy. The characters in fairy tales are somewhat twisted and extremely dangerous.

If we hadn’t helped the pig in the first place and had threatened him for information, we would be on our way home by now.

But still. My heart is uneasy.

Rationally, I know we need to hurry to reach the conclusion of going home, but my emotions during the process make me uneasy.

“I understand what you mean.”

“Right? So let’s hurry up and think about grabbing the pig by the scruff of its neck…”

“But still, my heart is troubled.”

Alice stared into my eyes with an intriguing look. I was worried she might suddenly swing her mace, but I mustered up the courage.

“If, as you said, I had intended to go after the black rabbit from the beginning, I would have run away without helping you when you were in danger of being shot. Haha, well, of course, you might not have died because you’re really strong!”

“Hmmm~ So?”

“So, in a way, if I had acted recklessly to chase the black rabbit, I wouldn’t be traveling with you guys like this. I might have been found as a cold corpse somewhere. Hahaha.”

I laughed exaggeratedly to avoid upsetting Alice. Alice tapped her cherry-red lips with her index finger, deep in thought.

“Hmmm~ That makes sense. But I disagree. If you act recklessly out of consideration, you’ll end up in a rough spot. Just like now.”

I gulped and stared at Alice’s mace. I was worried she might carry it around to use it as a tool to find the white rabbit by cutting off my limbs.

[What do you want me to do! If you don’t like it, leave the party! The leader of this party is our prince! The prince does whatever he wants!]

Ahhh! What are you trying to do by provoking her too?

Ariel was strong too, but it seemed difficult to stop the rampaging Alice due to her mad cruelty. I watched Alice nervously, and she looked at me intently before smiling.

“Yeah, the one leading us is the black reaper. I’ll follow your decision for now.”

“Huh? Uh, okay.”

Phew, thank goodness. I was just letting out a sigh of relief when a strong gust of wind blew something into my face, obscuring my vision.

“Ah! What, what is this!?”

I flailed and removed the unidentified object stuck to my face. It was light and rectangular. Paper. It was paper. The paper had a familiar photo and the following written on it:

Looking for my children. Eldest, Honey One. Second, Honey Two. If anyone has seen my precious children, please contact me.

[What is this? A missing person flyer? This photo is of pigs. Could it be a flyer looking for the first and second pigs that the piglet sold off?]

“Heh, that’s right. I think I know who distributed this flyer~”

“…The pig mother didn’t know her children were sold off and kept looking for them.”

I was even more troubled about what to say to the pig mother. It was obvious she would keep searching for her children without knowing anything if I just ignored it and took the pig away.

The reality of losing the first and second piglets because of the youngest one, and now facing the possibility of being sold herself, was a despairing sight.

A troubling choice. I really hate choices like this. But considering the mother pig who is suffering and searching for her lost children, I decided it was right to carefully tell the truth.

“You seem to be deep in thought? Look over there instead.”

Elise looked at me with a meaningful glance and pointed in a direction. There, the path was littered with flyers.

I stared blankly at the scene for a moment, then suddenly felt it was unnatural.

Usually, when distributing flyers, you stick them to trees or scatter them a bit to make them noticeable, right? The flyers scattered there looked as if someone had thrown all the flyers they had.

We cautiously walked towards the flyers. And then, a sense of foreboding came over me. I saw familiar red stains on the pile of flyers.

There was a steep uphill path above the pile of flyers. If someone were to slip while coming down from there, they could get seriously injured.

And it seemed that there had already been victims.

[Shock! Horror! What is that!?]

A pool of blood on the ground. Bloodstains on the flyers. Pupils that had lost focus and were dilated. The unmoving, plump body of a pig. It was clear at a glance. She was dead. She had slipped while coming down the hill, hit her head on a large rock, and died instantly.

“The one who was shocked was our dear, wasn’t it?”

Elise giggled as she walked over to the mother pig’s corpse. She poked it with her finger, as if to confirm that the mother pig was really dead.

[Are you okay, Prince?]

Ariel looked up at me with worried eyes. The unexpected situation made me dizzy.

“…I’m a bit dizzy.”

To think that she met such a futile end while distributing flyers to find her children. It was heartbreaking to think that she was filled with the desire to see her children until the moment she died.

And at the same time, a deep-seated anger boiled up inside me. In the end, the youngest piglet had taken the lives of all the family members.

That child had hidden the fact that he sold his siblings, which ultimately led to the mother pig hitting her head on a rock and dying a tragic death.

How could this happen?

How on earth could such a terrible thing happen? This is the worst of the worst. All the moments I agonized over have become meaningless.

A child should at least be filial, but to lead the family to ruin? I could not forgive this cruel and futile story.

[Prince, how about taking a break?]

“It’s okay, I have something to do first.”

Elise stood up and smiled brightly.

“Hmm, definitely dead. But with this, your worries are gone. Now you can scold the pig without any worries.”

“Yes, let’s go end this terrible story.”

I made a vow.

The ending of this story will never allow the youngest pig to smile happily.

I will make sure he takes full responsibility for what he has done.

I vowed firmly as I looked at the corpse of the mother pig.