In this state, the Princess stared at me with a perplexed face.
It was something due to why I was so interested in hunting down so many different species, and why most of them target me specifically.
My answer was simply because I wanted to kill them, they wanted to kill me. Or something like that.
To kill and be killed, the stronger surviving and growing stronger. If there is a strong enemy, fight and kill that enemy to grow stronger. I eat them because I grow hungry, and that by eating them, I grow stronger. This is the law of nature, to which I comply with fully.
I avoid mentioning the fact that I eat everything to gain new abilities. In a sense, it is my responsibility having killed them to take their abilities. It almost seems like a ritual of mine at this point, no one of the group pays it any mind by now. Though thinking about it, my eating of the shells of my prey does appear weird to a normal eye.
After my explanations, the Princess became silent as if she was thinking about something; she even doned an amazed facial expression. I had mentioned that we all change as we grow stronger. It seemed that she was lost in thought around that point.
Well, it's probably not something along the lines of her growing suspicious of me, because she still happily rides on my shoulder.
For now, we kill any monsters that approach us and proceed through the forest.
Today's synthesis results:
[Dissonance] + [Panic Voice] = [Voice of Death]
[Shell Defense] + [Shell Retreat] + [Adamantine Spider's Carapace] = [Fuwa Castle Shell]
[Presence Sensor] + [Recognition Obstruction] + [Sneaking] = [Recognition Difficulty]
[Surging Combat Instinct] + [Survival Instinct] = [Berserker Mode]