Accidentally reincarnated into a magic book

Chapter 15 Guess the fans
What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?And the most incapable with the most legs.

The answer is people.

That's right, people are babies when they are just born, and babies can't walk, so they crawl on all fours.

When they are grown up, they can walk upright on their legs.

After that, in old age, when you become an old man and old woman, you have to use crutches when you can't walk, so you have three legs.And it is also the time when man is weakest and most powerless.

Su Le really didn't know what it meant for Sphinx to test him with this well-known riddle.

Or is this kind of riddle inevitable because it is a sphinx?
I think that when Su Le was in elementary school, he was the king of puzzles. If he had a problem of this level, he would not be able to trouble him at all.

"So, Lord Sphinx, I answered the question correctly, can I leave now?"

Of course, the contemptuous words can only be hidden in the bottom of my heart, but in fact, facing the Sphinx Sule, she lowered her voice and respected her.

"No, no, no, it's just a warm-up. Do you think the puzzle I've exhausted all my wisdom in will really be that simple?"

"But I always feel that the anxious look on your face is saying that you only prepared this one puzzle."

"Hmph, just now I thought of another riddle that you will never be able to answer."

"When did you think of it?"

"Yes, I thought of it a long time ago, because no one has answered the first question correctly before, so the second question of this trump card has never been used, and it is definitely not just thought of."

"No, I always feel that what you said is what you thought of 'just now'."

"Don't worry about these details, wise magic book, if you want to leave this place, just answer my question—"

"There are five brothers living together. Their names are different, and they are tall and short. So, what is this?"

After finishing the puzzle, the Sphinx looked at Su Le with a sinister expression.

Then, Su Le looked back at it with eyes full of pity.

Of course, Su Le doesn't have eyes, but if he does, it must be the eyes of caring for the mentally handicapped.

Seeing the Sphinx looking forward to it, Su Le couldn't bear to break his beautiful vision.

"the answer is……"

"Oh? Don't you think about it? It's hard to get the answer so quickly, right?"

Sphinx comforted Su Le.

"But please worry about it. I really don't want to think for a second about this kind of kindergarten-level topic."

Su Le felt that this Sphinx was hopeless.

"The answer is fingers."

There are five fingers on a human hand, each finger has a different name, and the height is different.

Su Le solved this puzzle in his heart, and he also analyzed it logically.

But no response.

"Eh? What's the matter?"

Su Le looked up at the Sphinx, that big guy had an expression on his face that was about to cry.

"I said, don't cry, I, I just guessed wildly, luckily I guessed right."

"Woo... I didn't cry." Sphinx wiped the corners of his eyes, "Sure enough, it's just luck, and he guessed my riddle twice in a row. Who are you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not human, I'm just a magic book out of interest - don't have this interest at all, okay?!"

Su Le himself couldn't help but complain about this cold joke.

He calmed down and said to the Sphinx: "Anyway, I got the answer right, right? Can you let me leave now? Lord Keeper of the Labyrinth."

"Hmph, let's just assume that you answered the first question correctly."

"Hey, what's the meaning of the first question? You're obviously playing tricks."

"Shut up! The area I control here is what I say."

"Sure enough, you're playing tricks."

"Anyway, let's answer my second question."

"No."

"What?!" Sphinx exclaimed.

"I don't want to answer."

"Aren't you afraid that I will eat you?"

"Eat what you want. Anyway, my life has no regrets. In fact, you just want to play me to death. No matter how many questions I answer correctly, you are not going to let me go."

"Rather than being played to death by you like this, it's better to eat me now."

"Come on, like a real man."

"I, how could I go back on my word, you don't believe what I said."

"Because you have lied to me twice!"

"If I get the second question right again, you still have the third question and the fourth question, question 1, right?"

"How, how is it possible, absolutely not like this."

"Then tell me first, how many questions do you want me to answer?"

"Let me think about it, um, how about ten questions?"

"Hey, are you making the rules on the spot?" Su Le protested loudly, but when he rolled his eyes, he seemed to think of something again.

"Since this is the case, then I raise an objection. It is too difficult to ask ten questions. How about we have a competition?"

"Contest?"

"Yes, since this is a competition of intelligence, it would be too unfair for you to always set the questions. Shouldn't you also show your wisdom?"

"—so I think we should swap questions."

"Hmm... I don't quite understand."

"To put it simply, you ask a question, I ask a question, and see who gets the wrong answer first, and the person who gets the wrong answer loses. If no one answers wrong, keep going until someone is out."

"I see, it seems interesting."

"So, Lord Sphinx, do you want to compete with me?"

"Oh, I am the incarnation of wisdom. There is no reason to be afraid at all. Your suggestion is just hastening your death. Forget it, let me accept your opinion magnanimously!"

"Oh, thank you very much."

Su Le said words of thanks, this time, it should be his turn to smile.

"Then, it's my turn to ask the question this time."

"Really? Just show me your wisdom!"

Sphinx said so, but didn't notice the complacency in Su Le's tone.

It fell through.

With the change of the game system, Su Le changed the competition that could end in only ten rounds into two rounds at the fastest.

Of course, Su Le also has the possibility of the Sphinx answering the questions he asked correctly. Originally, he was going to ask him the riddles guessed by a three-year-old child. Well, just to be on the safe side, let's ask a six-year-old.

"My problem is this—"

"Da Ming and Xiao Ming are a pair of twin brothers. Their tall, short, fat and thin voices are all the same. The only difference is that Da Ming has a mole on his buttocks and Xiao Ming doesn't. But when they wear the same clothes, someone can still tell who is right away. Brother, who is the younger brother, may I ask, who is it?"

"Hmm... Could it be someone who made clothes for them?"

"No, the clothes are the same, and there's no code or anything like that."

"That's their parents."

"Even parents, how can they immediately know who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother?"

"Because they saw moles when their parents spanked them."

"...Well, I said it's immediate, which means you can know it anytime and anywhere."

"A person with clairvoyance."

"Hey, you might as well call it a pervert. And what the hell is clairvoyance ability? Where does such a person exist?"

"It's just a kind of ability, and I also have this kind of ability."

"So you are a pervert? It doesn't count, you can know who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother even if you don't look at it."

"Well, the conditions are getting stricter, the answer I can think of... is really the only one."

——What, did you think of it?
Su Le was startled. After all, it was a six-year-old child's brain teaser, so it was not impossible to be guessed.

"That's right, the answer really is Lord Celestine, the omniscient and omnipotent demon king of the abyss who built this labyrinth! I didn't expect you to have such lofty respect for that Lord."

"Respect your size! The answer is wrong!" Su Le gasped, sure enough, he overestimated the Sphinx.

"Impossible! If it is Master Celestine, it is indeed possible to do this."

"No, no, that's not the point. That Lady Celestine is very powerful, right? Very strong, right? Like a god."

The Sphinx nodded his head when he heard Su Le's question.

"But, isn't it a foul to use a god as an answer?"

"How about if I just casually answered the question about your five brothers and said it was Lord Celestine?"

"Impossible... Sir Celestine is not five."

"But you can really do it, right? You can become five brothers, with different names and different heights."

"Well... indeed"

"So this kind of answer is cheating, you can't use a omnipotent answer like God!"

"If it's not Lady Celestine, what is the answer?"

"Want to know? If I say it, it means you lose."

"Damn! I want to know the answer! Say it, but I won't agree easily."

"Hmph, then I'll be merciful and tell you the answer."

"That's right, the answer is Daming and Xiao Ming themselves!"

(End of this chapter)