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riddle part 1

1. "It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening. What is it...?"
"An infant walks with their limbs, an adult walks with two feet for a long time, an old man who walks with a stick.
In other words, the answer is human?"

2. "He dies every night and revives every morning.
He runs all the way in a day and he will not stop walking no matter how tired he is. Who is he?"

"Sets in the evening, rises in the morning, and from our standpoint, this star goes around us—the answer is the sun!"

3. “A big flood on the top, a big fire at the bottom, what is it?”

"Hmm~ to say a big flood, if it’s a pot, it is an exaggeration.
Oh, I remember. Long ago, I have seen it on the southern continent. Like Japan....—The answer is a bath."

4. "It is sometimes a serious illness leading to death.
No matter how powerful their magic is, no healer can heal it.
But this disease will make people and beasts happy.
Is this problem too easy for little girls?"

" The answer is ‘love’.
It is because the death of loved ones can also lead people to death.
But, nevertheless, don’t you feel happy when you fall in love?
Look, what I’m trying to say is, that your heart would tighten with a ‘ kyuuun~’ when you are around that person, and when you think about them, you become excited. "

5. "Cannot do anything, but can do anything.
Does not help with anything, but more precious than anything else.
The existence itself is a blessing, bringing salvation and happiness to those in contact.
However, not everyone wants it.
Who is it?"

" If it is God, He will help people even just a little.
The correct answer of this riddle, is a baby."

6. “It is both a cradle and a graveyard. It is both soft and hard. A sun that sleeps in a small sea. What is this?”

" It is a soft cradle for a growing life.
However, for those who cannot break the hard shell, it is a graveyard.
In the transparent white sea, it is packed with golden yellow yolk similar to the sun.
That is……an egg, right?"

7. "It is greedier than any beast.
It cannot help but eat what it touches.
However, it disappears once it stops eating.
It is tamed by people, but sometimes it turns its fangs toward its owner, eating and killing them.
What is the name of this thing?"

"Disease does not eat anything other than life, and people don’t tame them.
The answer is fire.
Fire tries to burn everything it touches.
If inflammable materials disappear from its surroundings, fire cannot exist.
Humans learned how to manipulate fire freely as theirs.
However, too much fire will destroy the humans themselves who tried to manipulate."

by novel Shini Yasui Kōshaku Reijō to Shichi-nin no Kikōshi
Author: 瀬尾照 / Terasu Senoo
Cp 41-43: Burial Chamber of Angels (part 7-9)