“Meow meow meow!”
(What the heck! How come this little mouse can speak our cat language?!)
The black-and-white cat’s fur stood on end as it assumed an attacking posture towards Xia Xi.
This was the first time it had ever heard a little mouse speak their language. Actually, no, this was the first time it had ever seen a mouse. Could it be that little mice actually spoke the same language as them?
The black-and-white cat tilted its head and looked at its seemingly unfazed boss beside it.
“Meow meow meow!”
(Idiot! That’s not our language he’s speaking at all, it’s the language of those bipeds!)
The bully cat smacked the black-and-white cat on the head with its paw, a look of disdain on its face.
Why on earth did it end up taking in such a spoiled, stupid cat as its underling? If it weren’t for the fact that this guy’s appearance was better than its own, making it easier to get food from the bipeds, it would have kicked him out long ago.
The confusion in the bully cat’s mind right now was probably even greater than the black-and-white cat’s. Although it interacted with these bipeds quite a bit and could more or less understand some of their language, it wasn’t like just now, where it understood a whole sentence with perfect clarity, as if listening to its native tongue.
Xia Xi wasn’t in much better shape. The moment the black-and-white cat snatched him away, that darn system had issued him another temporary mission.
[Temporary Mission: Where are this Princess’s guards!
As a princess, how can you be without guards? Please recruit a little cat as your personal guard, and before you leave, transfer the guard to Bai Xiaocha.]
[Mission Reward (already distributed in advance): Automatic Language Translation
Mission Penalty: Unable to speak for three days.]
Looking at this mission panel, Xia Xi felt like he was grinding his teeth in frustration. This system was dead set on treating him like a princess.
He was just using Hatsune Miku’s body; it wasn’t like he actually was Hatsune Miku. Princess Highness, his foot!
And he also recognized this cat, the one the black-and-white cat called ‘boss’. After all, being chased down an entire street by him left a pretty deep impression, no matter what.
But why wasn’t this bully cat terrorizing his little town anymore? Why had it come to the city?
“Meow!”
(Spill it!)
“Meow meow meow!”
(Are you a spy sent by those bipeds to infiltrate us?!)
Although it didn’t know what this little creature in front of it was—it had a face similar to those bipeds, but a body as small as a mouse, and could even understand and communicate with them—it was suspicious.
“Spy my foot! Did you forget me that quickly?”
Xia Xi frowned, one hand on his hip, the other pointing accusingly at the bully cat’s nose, putting on a fierce front.
He had no choice. When dealing with these animals, you had to act tougher and meaner than them; otherwise, they’d think you were scared and attack.
“Meow meow meow?”
(Who do you think you are? Have we met? Trying to get chummy with me? Your big cat uncle here ain’t a vegetarian!)
With that, the bully cat raised its paw to grab Xia Xi.
“Oh? Have you forgotten the time you and your gang chased me down an entire street?”
The bully cat froze mid-motion upon hearing this, its pupils constricting sharply.
The calico is still after me!
“Meow meow meow meow meow?!”
(Y-Y-Y-You! You’re that stinky calico who can transform?!!)
“Huh? Stinky calico?”
So, Xia Xi didn’t really care about the nickname, but since he was going to use the ‘Cat Senior’ identity now, he should probably show a little self-awareness.
“Meow…”
(I’m wrong, I’m wrong, Sis. You’re not stinky. I’m stinky, I’m stinky.)
The bully cat backed down much faster than Xia Xi had anticipated. Just stating his identity was enough; the cat surrendered without even confirming it.
Actually, it wasn’t that the bully cat didn’t verify. It was just that when it saw Xia Xi, with his biped-like body but also the ears and tail of a cat, it already had its answer.
Besides that stinky calico, what other cat in the world could turn into this form of a cat-eared biped?
At first, it had been misled by its underling and hadn’t looked closely at Xia Xi’s appearance, thinking he really was a new kind of mouse. Now, looking carefully, he was completely the spitting image of those bipeds.
“Meow~”
(Sis, tell me~ How exactly do you turn into a biped’s form?~)
Hearing this scar-faced, not-at-all-cute, rather ugly and fierce-looking tabby cat speak in a forced, cutesy voice, Xia Xi found it hard to believe the sound was coming from it.
Did every little cat have an innate talent for becoming a little cutie?
“Heh, that depends on how you perform. First, you stick by my side and protect me for a day.”
Xia Xi walked up to the enormous cat head (from his perspective) and patted the bully cat twice on the tip of its nose.
The bully cat didn’t get mad at this presumptuous act. Instead, it obediently lay down, letting Xia Xi rub its head.
This whole sequence left the black-and-white cat, who had been waiting to see its boss teach the little mouse a lesson, utterly dumbfounded.
The reason it had followed the bully cat and made him its boss in the first place was that it admired how the guy dared to say and do anything. But it never expected that when faced with such a tiny creature, its boss would so easily cave.
“Meow!”
(I never thought you were this kind of cat! I don’t want you as my boss anymore!)
It looked at its boss, now acting all meek in front of the little mouse, with a face full of anguish, as if suffering some kind of terrible betrayal.
The bully cat didn’t know how to explain. After all, saying that back in its old city it had encountered a calico that could turn into a biped was pretty unbelievable no matter how you put it.
If it told the black-and-white cat that this “little mouse” was actually that transforming calico, its underling would probably think it was crazy, on top of thinking it was a coward.
Whatever. It was just one underling. Let it go~
As long as it could latch onto this stinky calico, it wouldn’t have to worry about food in the future!
“Your underling ran off. Aren’t you going after it?”
Xia Xi watched the black-and-white cat run away inexplicably and asked the bully cat.
“Meow.”
(No need. When it figures things out, it’ll come back on its own.)
“Alright. What should I call you? I can’t just keep calling you ‘you’, can I?”
Xia Xi wondered if cats even gave themselves names.
“Meow.”
(Sis, you can just call me Xiao Dao (Little Knife).)
Seemed like the bully cat was pretty attached to the name ‘Knife’, even choosing it for itself. Xia Xi wondered what kind of trouble it had gotten into to earn that scar on its face.
“Okay then, Xiao Dao. First, take me back to where I fell from.”
“Meow?”
(Sis, where did you fall from? My underling was the one who saw you; I didn’t.)
Xia Xi raised his hand and pointed at Bai Xiaocha.
“There. That blue-haired biped’s feet. Take me there and then wait under the desk for orders.”
“Meow!”
(Roger that!)
