Thud..
“Huff… Huff… Huff…”
Meanwhile, in a small alley two streets away from the catgirl’s residence,
Franlot, holding a kitchen knife, used the Basic Swordsmanship and Sword Aura given by the System, and finally, with difficulty.. took down three Bronze-level gang members who were chasing him.
At this moment, his HP was only a sliver, his stamina nearly exhausted, and even the hand holding the knife.. was trembling slightly.
Actually, with his A-rank Sword Aura skill, if used well.. he could easily one-shot these small fry.
However, this attack was Franlot’s first real battle, and he was somewhat immature in every aspect.
“Looks like it’s just the three of them.. thank heavens.” Letting out a long breath, Franlot leaned against the wall in exhaustion and slowly sat on the ground.
Looking at the task on the System Panel in front of him, which had turned red.. he sighed again.
“Avoiding danger is only human nature. You can’t blame me~” he muttered to himself.
In his eyes, Mierpasi should have already lost her life by now.
In that situation..
If he had chosen to take her with him, not to mention it would affect his own escape speed, the people who would have chased after him.. would definitely not be just these three.
And he barely managed against these three. If there were more, he, a “Son of Destiny,” would probably have died here.
After all.. these people’s main target was Mierpasi.
Being able to protect her for this long was already the best he could do. It counts as repaying her favor!
So.. no need to feel guilty!
Thinking this, Franlot’s mood, which had been a bit low due to the failed task, improved quite a bit.
But.. he would have to find someone else who could trigger a task…
Where to find one?
……
In a daze, the catgirl seemed to hear many voices around her.
They were constantly cursing her, showing their ugliest faces, baring their sharpest fangs, spitting the deadliest venom…
When the scene before her gradually became clear… the girl saw.
They were people she had once helped.
Why.. why did she always treat people kindly, be gentle and charitable..
But in the end.. she ended up like this?
A teardrop slowly slid down the girl’s cheek..
But the next second, she felt something gently brush across her face.
This is…
Slowly opening her dazed eyes, the catgirl saw the person before her..
“Ah! You’re awake..” Holly, who had just wiped her tears, slowly leaned in a bit closer.
The expression in her eyes.. was the friendliness Mierpasi hadn’t seen in a long time.
Although she had just woken up and was still dazed.
But.. the catgirl could still feel that the girl in front of her was looking at her with… a strange gaze.
Although it didn’t seem like a malicious gaze, for some reason, this look made Mierpasi feel.. a bit scared.
“Um.. are your ears.. real?”
‘Huh? What kind of question is that?’
“Of course… Eek!?” Before Mierpasi could finish her sentence, Holly’s curious hands had already reached out!
Gently rubbing her fluffy cat ears, then stroking them…
Fwoosh!!
As the catgirl’s fur stood on end, her fluffy big tail also instantly shot up!
And.. at this moment, this fluffy tail that looked very strokable appeared within Holly’s attack range!
The next second, the girl’s hand, in the instant before the catgirl could react… grabbed hold of that fluffy tail!
“Don’t 😮 … Meow… Mrow ♡ ♡ ♡–!?”
Under Holly’s somewhat rough treatment, the catgirl instinctively lifted her bottom slightly, the base of her tail trembling continuously as if electrocuted…
Her entire upper body instantly lost strength and flopped forward…
“Hey! Uh, are you okay…” Holly caught Mierpasi’s body in some confusion, her pitch-black grape-like eyes blinking innocently.
“Uuh… purrr..” At this moment, the catgirl’s throat involuntarily let out a series of purrs, her cheeks flushed, a seductive look gradually appearing in her cat-like eyes, her gaze sticking like glue.. wandering over Holly’s body.
“..Water…” Not until this gaze made Holly’s cheeks burn did she feel the catgirl in her arms weakly pushing against her, so weak it was almost negligible…
As well as the words mixed in between the involuntary “purrs”…
“Uh.. oh! Okay!” Holly quickly got up and fetched a glass of water for her.
However, Mierpasi didn’t want to drink. Instead, she took the glass tremblingly and poured it directly over her own head!
Gradually, the wet cat ears and tail stopped twitching involuntarily, and the catgirl herself sighed in relief, leaning back on the bed…
“Um..” Holly seemed to have noticed that while she thought it was nothing, rubbing ears and tail.. should be quite a taboo for a catgirl?
“I.. it’s okay.. Sorry, I scared you just now, meow..” Seeing the Holy Sword Bearer’s extended hand, Mierpasi instinctively shrank back, and with her drenched appearance…
She really looked pitifully adorable, making one instinctively want to thoroughly bully her.
Creak…
And at that moment, the door was slowly pushed open..
“From the sound, is she awake?” Amisa, who had just entered the door, saw this scene.
She first quickly scanned the wet, pitiful catgirl up and down, then looked at her own disciple who was holding a water glass and staring blankly at her.
“You.. did you awaken?”
‘Awa..ken? Awaken what…’
Holly, who didn’t understand her master’s meaning.. suddenly saw her master’s face bloom with a very kind smile.
Then she ran over in two steps and directly pulled Holly into her arms.
“Truly my disciple.. but if something like this happens in the future, just come to me, your master, okay?”
‘Huh… Huh??’
The Holy Sword Bearer now had a head full of question marks.
But before she could continue asking, Amisa, who had clearly come with a task, had already released her and looked at the catgirl on the bed.
“If you’re awake, come with me.. the Lady wants to see you.”
‘The Lady…’
The moment she heard that word, the catgirl’s ears, which had been drooping, instantly perked up!
This Lady was the one who saved her.
Actually, she felt a bit conflicted inside…
The other party seemed, according to rumors.. not a good person, but she had saved her…
When she was being blamed, mocked, and betrayed by those she had once helped.. this Lady was like a divinity…
Reaching out from the sky, she saved her from drowning in the mire.
‘So.. how should I repay her?’
Actually, this matter.. simple as it may be.
Because now she really had nothing.. only this life.
‘But this worthless life of mine.. maybe the Lady doesn’t care for it either?’
The catgirl smiled bitterly and lowered her head, the little light that had been in her eyes.. quickly fading.