Chapter 55. Dekan Picked Up a Cat

Cornelia’s eyelashes fluttered as if she had sensed something.

She turned her head, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Before I got close, Cornelia had already spotted me.

I smiled and shouted to her, “Noon!”

Cornelia: “Good!”

I quickened my pace, trotting to her side and asking, “Cats?”

“Mmm…”

Cornelia’s mood was obviously a little down; she nodded.

I grinned, “Help.”

“Eh?”

Without letting my gaze linger on Cornelia’s slightly stunned expression, I walked towards the group of elf cats.

It seemed these cats had no wariness towards me at all.

I picked up the cat food bowl and walked in the direction away from Cornelia.

Gradually, some elf cats started to follow me; they all wanted the dried fish.

The kittens weren’t afraid of me at all; I was full of affinity.

Then I placed the bowl on the ground, picked up an elf cat, and put a piece of dried fish into its mouth.

“Meow~”

After it finished eating contentedly, I began to tickle its chin.

I skillfully stimulated the kitten’s pressure points and even made a rhythmic sound while petting it.

It was like a lullaby, urging the cat to sleep.

The cat gradually became drowsy.

Actually.

I had secretly used 【Sleep Gas】 for a split second, holding my own breath.

Soon, the cat fell asleep.

Next, I carried the cat back to Cornelia’s side.

Cornelia looked at the kitten in my hands with great excitement, swallowing her saliva.

Cornelia: “Pet?” (Can I pet it?)

Me: “Mmm.”

Cornelia reached out her hand, trembling, with a sense of exhilaration as if a long-cherished wish was about to come true.

However, at that moment, the kitten suddenly woke up, its fur standing on end.

It struggled frantically out of my hands.

Then, scared out of its wits, it ran away in a flash and was never seen again.

“…Looks like I have to knock it out completely.”

I said, holding my chin.

“No!”

Cornelia quickly waved her hands.

Although she was very grateful to me.

This kind of cat-napping behavior wasn't what she wanted.

She wanted to genuinely live in harmony with these cute creatures.

“Let me think.”

I sat down next to Cornelia, leaning against the tree, thinking.

Since I had decided to help her, I had to see it through to the end.

Me: “What are your plans for this afternoon?”

Cornelia: “Free.”

She was planning to take a leisurely nap under this tree.

Me: “Wait for me.”

Cornelia: “Okay.”

After saying that, I stood up and walked away quickly.

I went to the store to buy a lot of medicinal herbs, then returned to the dormitory and started concocting a potion.

My most important use for developing 【Toxic Ground Spikes】 was for hunting.

This was to obtain the crystal cores of magical beasts.

In order to better lure and trap wild beasts, I had also prepared spices to attract them.

If I could create a greater temptation for cats, perhaps it could offset their fear of Cornelia.

This would allow Cornelia to successfully get close to the cats.

Although I hadn't brought the beast-luring spices from the border to the Royal Capital, it wasn't difficult to make.

And I could also use the many raw materials I had just brought back from Mi’e.

Just like that, I quickly concocted the “Cat-luring Potion.”

After it was prepared, I ran back to the back mountain with a small potion bottle.

I sat down next to Cornelia and opened the potion bottle.

As soon as the scent spread, the group of elf cats gathered around me as if they had gone crazy.

But they were still afraid of Cornelia and dared not get too close.

As if a line had been drawn on the ground, none of them dared to cross it.

I sprinkled a little of this potion near Cornelia.

Although the elf cats were still afraid of Cornelia, some fearless ones gradually dared to approach, then sniffed from a distance.

Any movement from Cornelia would scare them back.

Finally, Cornelia remained motionless, and in a state where she was almost turning into a statue.

A cat was finally willing to get a little closer to her.

Even though Cornelia still couldn't pet the cat.

At least she could observe them from a close distance.

Finally, Cornelia had a relatively pleasant afternoon.

“Thanks.”

“You’re welcome. I’ll help you make some more of this potion later.”

I handed the potion bottle to Cornelia.

She accepted the half-bottle of potion from me with gratitude.

After we had dinner together, we returned to the dormitory building as usual, and then parted on the third floor.

But.

I didn't notice.

When I left the back mountain, a pitch-black elf cat had secretly slipped into my shadow…

...

After returning to the dormitory, I first decided to tidy up the living room.

Although my dormitory was very neat.

I didn't want to lose to Mi’e in terms of neatness.

I occasionally had a strange competitive streak.

However, just as I was cleaning.

Clatter.

Hearing the sound of a bottle being knocked over, I quickly ran into the card-making workshop.

I had never thought a thief would break into the dormitory.

“Meow—”

When I opened the door.

I saw a black elf cat painfully collapsed on the ground.

It seemed it wanted to get my cat-luring potion, or even its formula.

So it greedily tasted several bottles that I had placed on the table.

It seemed to be a habitual thief cat.

“My goodness, what’s wrong with you?”

I quickly picked up the kitten.

“Ugh, I’m dying, I’m dying, meow. None of them are poisonous, so why am I poisoned, meow!”

The kitten let out a very disdainful cry.

“You can talk?”

“Of course! I’m a teacher, meow!”

“Would a teacher sneak into a student’s dormitory?”

“…Meow meow meow.”

It seemed I had hit a sore spot, so it started to play dumb.

“What a headache.”

I covered my forehead.

“Hurry up and give me the antidote, meow. This is too painful, meow!”

“…This poison can’t be cured.”

“Meow meow meow? Can’t purification magic cure it?”

“It can’t.”

“How is that possible? What kind of terrifying thing did you make, meow?!”

It suddenly remembered a word that had been circulating in the school recently—netherworldly.

The guy in front of it was probably the one who brought this word.

“What about the antidote, meow?!”

“My research partner might have it. But that’s for humans, it might not work on cats. You’ll have to wait for us to develop it for a while.”

“Help me, meow!”

Although this poison wouldn’t pose a life threat to it for a while, it was really too painful.

“Cat, do you know where I can find someone with a 【Forced Dispel】 spell card? This card can save you.”

【Forced Dispel】 was a sixth-rank spell card.

A sixth-rank would basically have to be a teacher.

And it just so happened to be the weekend.

Except for the teachers on duty, most of the teachers were not at school.

And among the newly promoted third-year students, I wasn’t sure if anyone had reached the sixth rank.

“Go find Cloix! He has this card!”

The Cat Teacher shouted as if he had found a savior.

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