--- ???'s perspective ---

"Poor little cat, are you hurt?"

Heard these words, the cat froze his body up. His eyes seemed to be fixed at the little girl's face, as like he was experiencing something different about her from the other people, which put him into a shock state. Feared that the cat would ran away if she made sudden moves, she slowly bent down, reached out her hand. The black cat jerked his body back a little, but somehow, he stepped on his tail and fell back behind.

I need to calm him down, or else he will run away!

The girl realized the situation as so. Slightly pull the cat('s tail) back to her, she began to pet him. The cat squirmed a little, trying to run away, but she gently hold him down and started to pet him. However, despite all of her attempts, the cat still frantically struggled. Thinking for a bit while still hugging the cat, she decided to put him into to sleep to heal him later. With that in mind, she put a hand on his head, then recited a spell. It was quite effective, as the black cat just fought back weakly, and slowly descended into a sleep.

--- Holy Cat's perspective ---

He knew he should felt thankful if someone was trying to help him, but he felt agitated. That tiny girl over there had to call him "poor" and "little" instead! He opened his eyes wide, stared the girl to the core of her soul, hoping her will be scared and go away. While still staring at the girl, he muttered in his head "Inspect."

Status WindowName:AliceAlignment:Chaotic NeutralLevel:???Class:CryomancerRace:HumanGender:FemaleTitles[Arsonist]

[Wanted]

[Animal butcher]

[Master of Disguise]

[???]

As he read to the "Cryomancer" part, only then he noticed the costume the girl was wearing. Nah, not a mage robe like traditional magician, she was wearing a white short gown inside a blue blazer jacket, it went quite well with her bluish bed hair. Still kept his stare on the girl, he checked the other part of the status window. With her job, it was a bit strange to get the [Arsonist] and [Wanted] titles, as ice shouldn't burn down things. As he trailed his eyes to the [Animal Butcher] title, all his angers were gone like a wind.

Dangerous! What does this woman have in her mind right now!?

When her eyes were fixed to him, he got the chill in his back. Right then, he was imagining about a big hot pot of soup, with potatoes, carrots, broth and rare ingredients, filling the air with delicious smell, the fire was flickering like dancing, and a beautiful girl with her content face swirling the bot around then around. Only then, a black cat tail floated on the surface of the pot, like an evidence for a life had existed on the surface of Arstarth not long ago.

I don't wanna die! Or at least, not as being butchered then become an ingredient!

As that evil woman reached out her hand, he unconsciously shifted his body backward, only to step on his tail and fell down. Tried to get up quickly, he turned his head 180 degrees, ready to run to live for another day. However, with a villainous smile on her face, she pulled his tail backward while he (tried to) root his claws on the ground.

"Don't worry, little cat. I won't hurt you~~"

No. No no no no no no noooooo!!!

He screamed like crazy, but all the sounds he made were "meow"-s. Saw the little resistances he can put up with all his might, the crazy woman seemed to have the decision of put him out of commission once and for all, Pulled the pitiful cat down in her laps, she strangled the cat up, while kept hitting on his head repeatedly again and again.

Calm down, calm down me. I need to concentrate the strength and agility to my legs, then I can hop out and run away with the top speed right away.

Ready to do what he thought, he jumped out of the woman hand quickly. Ran away for some distance, he turned back to the evil woman, stuck his tongue out, then turned forward and disappear inside the village, never met the cat meat lover again. Or at least, that was what he imagined.

Right middle of his jump, a wall of blue ice suddenly materialized before him. Without any mean of braking in the air, he planted his face to the ice, then slipped down to the ground. Even no health point had been lost, that was hurt! Used his left paw to rub his nose which was connected to the wall not long ago, he forgot about the existence of the butcher behind him, Biggest mistake of his life until then. Once again, a certain cat was being pulled back, only this time the cat had his paw covered his face in shame.

"Frost Crystallize."

The soft voice once again sounded in his ears, he looked down his body in horror. Ice started to form up half of his lower body, immobile him immediately.

"So she wants to save me for later!"

Squirmed weakly, he couldn't get out from her hug. The last thing he saw before blacked out was a devilish smile of a crazy girl.

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---- Mummy Cat's POV ----

Slowly opened his eyes, all he could see was a white ceiling.

Great, did I just descend to the Grand Hall once again? I haven't even lived for a full day yet...

He sighed, used his front paw to scratch his head. Wait, paw? So in the next life I still a cat? Stared thoughtfully into his paws, he realized his body was fully covered with bandages from head to toes. With a quick scanning, he opened his status window.

StatusHealth:14/14 Mana:10/10Stamina:30/30Satiety:70%

Unn, why did she heal me up? Was there any ulterior motive behind this?

Got up from his fluffy bed, he realized it was night time already. He was in a small room with various random stuffs laying around without in any order, a small bed (more like a upgraded pillow) and a big bed not long from his place. Crawling across the room silently, he jumped on the bed to see who was it, only to see the young girl who caught him earlier. She was in a light blue pajama, slept soundlessly while clutching her blanket, with a peaceful face. Thought back to the situation that afternoon, he might be a bit paranoid about the title, forgot that she was still a little girl who was like thirteen years old.

Right then, he had two options. To escape right now through the window, or to stay back with the girl until tomorrow so that he could find a way to explain with her. While the latter sounds more logical, he couldn't risk the chance of being eaten before he could wake up in the morning. After a while, he came up with a conclusion: He would write a letter to explain to her, and then leave after that soon.

With that solution, I can solve the misunderstanding, thanks her and also sorry for my rude behaviors earlier. Perfect idea!

However, as always, his luck decided to toy with him again. Just when he started to move, his tail was pulled back once again.

Just what did my tail do that she hate it so much?

The girl hugged the cat tightly next to her chests, he could even heard her heart's beat.

"Mommy, I missed you..."

He heard her mumble silently. A girl who separated from her parents this early, I wonder if she was an NPC, or a chosen one like me? Didn't want to wake her up, he stopped squirming around and just rest there to wait until morning. There were two things he was certain for now, he should help this kid a bit to repay her kindness, and he shouldn't disclose his identity for now, just in case the girl was on another team.

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Author's note: Finished this at nearly 0 AM, so I'll fix the grammar tomorrow, sorry for that :imdead:

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