I just read Mushoku Tensei maybe because of its influence I want to try this writing style at least once.It's a filler chapter so I guess it's fine to do some experiment lol.

Btw,it's not proofread and thanks for reading [th_084_.gif]

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I was a cat, an old stray cat.

I have been living my life in the city for 10 years.

My mother died protecting me and my siblings a week after I was born.

All of my siblings died one by one either by starving, hit by a car

or getting attacked by a stray dog.

It was a miracle I survived.

I shouldn't know what malnutrition since I am a cat, but whatever.

I am a city cat.

There are 2 reasons I survived.

Compared to other cats, I'm quite strong.

I killed a stray dog that tried to attack me when I was 1 month old.

Compared to other cats I'm quite smart.

Instead of looking in garbage bins for a food

or begging for food from humans by making a cute face

I stole fresh food from 5 star restaurants or the wet market.

Instead of bragging, it's a fact.

I never got caught.

In these 10 years my life was about survival.

Fighting a stray dog or another stray cat

one on one or one against many

I won every fight and I never joined any pact

Why? Because I'm awesome on my own.

Females love me or rather they adore me.

When I was in my prime I was asked every week

I never asked food from humans

And I never made any contact with them

I just took their food

Unnoticed.

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Now after 10 years

I still walk alone with pride

My body full of battle scars

But I'm too old to fight a bunch of stray dogs.

And in front of me, is a bunch of stray dogs.

I can run but my pride doesn't let me.

I have nothing to lose anyway.

And thus, I fight the last battle

Obviously, I lose.

But before I die getting beaten by a dog,

a human chased them away.

I have never lowered myself by getting help from a human.

Usually I would attack the human for hurting my pride.

But I couldn't do anything as I helplessly lay in the alley.

I was born in the alley, fought in the alley and would die in the alley.

Not bad for a cat. I should die here with a pride.

I heard about my distance relatives either the king of the jungle

or the warrior of the jungle.

Lion or tiger or something? I don't know.

Oh my, this guy lifts me, I got a bad feeling about it.

No way, now he is going to send me to a doctor?

Damn! His one of those pet lovers!

Wait until I recover, I will scratch and bite you like there's no tomorrow.

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It's been a week

I live in this bastard’s house eating the food given by him.

Since the last fight I haven’t been able to move my right front leg.

I'm a cripple now.

At first I refused to eat.

But hunger was a scary thing.

And this bastard was cunning enough to make me eat.

You wait until I recover!!

Now that bastard is going out of the house.

He is always going out at a fixed time every day bringing that...is that a sword?

Is that bastard some kind of thug or something?

Now that I'm healthy enough to move around, I should explore the house.

Maybe I should find a way to get out of this bastard’s house.

Hmm...why is some of the house’s furniture cut in half?

Is this guy a nutcase?

Whatever, a cat like me should just head to the kitchen.

So.....where is the food?

Hehehe, so you know the rule number one having a cat in the house.

Never leave food lying around the house.

Always hide your food

But unfortunately, I'm not a normal cat.

Fridge, cabinet, everything I can open with ease.

and I can do all that stealthily

So.....the cabinet....hmm.. no food

Fridge huh? By the way, what’s with the small fridge?

Why is this guy living a sad life?

So...the fridge.....

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Two eggs......in the whole fridge there's only TWO EGGS?

If he is this poor why did he pick me up and send me to the doctor?

That doctor needed money right? I have lived as a city cat for 10 years.

I know everything required money with humans.

Damn, I will just go to sleep now.

This guy may throw me away today since he got no food left.

Can't blame him, I would do the same.

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[Here you go, eat this and get healthy]

Hmm?? In front of me is an omelette.

...................Why did he give me food?

Even for me, starving is a scary thing.

Why?

It's salty....

maybe because of my tears as I eat the food while crying.

Never, in my 10 years of life has someone treated me like this.

Or maybe because I had never tried to approach humans.

For a cat, 10 years is plenty

For me to feel a human’s kindness at the end of my life.

I'm lucky.

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It is time.....

As a cat, I know when I will die.

And as a prideful cat, I can only do one thing for my master.

I can't give him money

Or help him with anything

But, I can get out of this house and die elsewhere.

I will not trouble my master further

When master was out, I sneaked outside of the house.

I lived in the house for two weeks.

But I cherished it more than anything in my life.

I walk with my dying body trying to get as far as possible from the house.

My dead body will not stain that place.

As I walked, I came across a junkyard.

I wandered around the junkyard looking for a good place to die.

Final battle with a stray cat or dog is not bad either.

As I wandered around, I came across a machine master always uses.

That machine is probably broken.

But I decided that machine would be my final resting place.

I mustered the last of my strength and jumped to the machine.

I finally got inside the machine after much effort.

I lay down and closed my eyes.

As I closed my eyes, events from those 10 years flashed through my mind one by one.

I have lived a blazing life.

The survival, the fights, the food, the females......

And master's warmth

I felt everything from my life.

I had no regrets except one thing.

I can't serve master as I should have.

If there's some truth in cat having 9 lives.

I will serve my master loyally for my next 8 lives.

It's a promise

Kang!!

I heard the machine’s lid close maybe because of the wind.

Zing...............................

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=middle width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][pc]Do you want to connect to Emperor Saga?[/pc][/col][col colspan=2 valign=middle width=50% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][pc]YES[/pc][/col][col colspan=2 valign=middle width=50% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][pc]NO[/pc][/col][/box]

What? Is this machine actually working?

I will just press whatever

[The system recognized you are not an existing user]

[Select the name of your avatar]

Obviously I can’t speak human language.

[The system recognized you are unable to speak, you can write your avatar name]

Obviously I can’t write

[The system recognized you also can’t write you can ask your companion to name you]

[Now select......the system recognized your gender as a male, your avatar gender will be a male]

Wow convenient

[Now select the race of your avatar, there's a picture for every race, you can just press the picture you like]

Of course I choose the strongest looking one.

[You may alter.....The system will randomly choose your avatar appearance ]

Whatever, do what you like

[Select a city and kingdom you want to start]

..................What’s with the wall of human text? Whatever, I will just sit idly.

[The system will randomly appoint you the starting point]

[Welcome to Emperor Saga, here, you can............................]

That voice mumbled something for I don't know how many hours.

Whatever, I will just sleep. Wait, why I haven't I died yet?

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As I opened my eyes, I looked at my body

It's a strong body,

1000 times stronger than my cat body when I was in my prime.

But why am I in some kind of cage?

And a human always gives me food at a fixed interval.

The food isn't bad but I hate the fact I'm in a cage.

When I get out I will test my new strong body on that human.

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I don't know how much time has passed.

But one day that human let me out of the cage.

Now it's time to test my strength on him.

My claws are strong but the problem is.

My teeth are also very strong.

Should I bite him or slash him with my claws?

It's troubling me.

But when I was about to attack,

A figure I recognized all too well appeared in front of me.

Master

I tried to hide it but my eyes got teary.

[I will make a pact ceremony now, are you sure about this?]

[Yes,]

YES!!

This time, for sure I will protect Master with all I got.

I will become your Sleipnir

A useful vassal to you

[Now you can name your pet]

I would love it if master would name me Sleipnir.

[Thorin]

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