How To Get My Husband On My Side

Chapter 16

In its wide-open mouth, I could see rows and rows of shark-like teeth, and, oh my God, were those... skeletons?

Goosebumps erupted all over my skin. I stumbled back in fear, biting my tongue to avoid screaming. The monster made a strange sound and flapped its short arms. Instead of cute, animal-like paws, it had claws in place.

"Po, po."

"S-Stay away..."

"Po, po, po, po."

Its growling should have felt threatening, but somehow it sounded funny instead. Its flapping arms didn't look all that terrifying either.

"Don't..."

"Po, po."

"Don't come closer..."

"Po, po, po."

In spite of all of my desperate efforts, the curious monster waddled up to me, making strange noises all the while.

The sight of its wide-open mouth filled with skeletons was nightmarish, so I involuntarily closed my eyes, praying hopelessly that I wouldn't end up like those poor souls. Then, I felt my body get thrown up into the air.

Foreboding cries rang out from afar.

It sounded like someone was wailing. Maybe it's just the sound of my racing heart.

Wasn't it too pathetic for a girl to die like this? I had been trying to not get killed by my husband, but that didn't mean that I wanted to die by a Popo monster instead!

The monster clutched me tightly with its short arms and waddled around, searching for something. Then, its ears pricked up and I was dragged to a nearby rock. I wanted to scream, but it would most likely tear off my head in one bite as soon as I dared to make noise.

A sudden and ominous chill rose in the air, making me feel suffocated. The sound of hooves approaching resonated across the forest.

A scream was stuck in my throat. My gut, twisting with anxiety, was telling me that I should not show any signs of being here. Sparing the Popo monster a glance, it seemed like it was also holding its breath.

"Hwuuu..."

The horse and its rider that had been steadily approaching me and the monster, finally came into view.

If it hadn't been for the moonlight, I would have thought that it was just a knight. Sitting on a gigantic pale blue horse, it certainly looked like one. It just didn't have a head.

In its armor-clad arms, I could see it holding a decapitated head.

Was that a Dullahan?

It was even more horrifying than I could have ever imagined. The Dullahan stopped its horse for a moment and stood still. Only when the Popo monster and I were about to die from holding our breath for too long, did it slowly continue to move the beast forward down the road.

Cold sweat ran down my back as I saw it move further away.

My feet touched the ground. The monster had put me down on the forest floor and waddled away. I was numbly watching it walk into the distance, when I suddenly noticed shadows moving around me. The thick, python-like vines that had dragged me down my horse were shadows.

My ankle throbbed.

I raised my hand and wiped off the sweat dripping down my chin. Looking at my palm however, I saw that it was blood, and not sweat, that was stuck to my face.

"Po, po."

The Popo monster came back from the bushes it had rummaged around in and placed a large green leaf on my forehead. I gazed at its eyes while dumbstruck.