Chapter 20 Cat-eared Yibai: Don’t doubt it, it’s all acting…

All that needed to be said had been said. Diluk still had some things to arrange in the tavern, so he planned to turn around and leave.

Before leaving, he seemed to remember something and discussed it with Yi Bai for a while.

While waiting for the afternoon plan to start, Paimon chatted enthusiastically with Yi Bai.

"Xiao Yibai, you really are a slime."

"...Well, Sister Paimon has asked me this question twelve times."

Yi Bai said helplessly.

"Hehe, because it's really incredible. We've seen little Diona with cat ears and a cat tail in Mondstadt, and we've seen Sugar with dog ears, but we've never seen a slime transformed into a human."

Sora looked at Ishira curiously: "If that's the case, then Ishira's human form doesn't have any slime characteristics at all."

Paimon thought for a second and said, "Oh, right, don't water slimes usually have horns? Yibai doesn't have any."

"I am an elemental creature. This is not a bloodline... it's just a... form."

Yi Bai was silent for a second, glanced at Kong and Paimeng, and whispered, "It's not impossible..."

Kong heard this and instantly became interested. "So, can it grow?"

Paimon: "Wow...I want to see it!"

Paimon and Kong stared at Yi Bai closely, as if they were two Finnas staring at a piece of blueberry cream cake, causing Yi Bai to lean back on the sofa and shrink uncomfortably.

Then, accompanied by slightly trembling eyelashes, a pair of snow-white cat ears appeared out of thin air on the top of Yi Bai's head. The area near the base of the ears was even light pink in color, and there was no sign of any processing at all.

The white plush cat ears, the pure white hair without any impurities, and the sapphire pupils slightly visible under the eyelashes make it look like a pure and beautiful ragdoll cat lazily nesting in the sofa.

But the boy noticed nothing. He didn't have much emotion and looked at Sora and Paimon meekly. Only his ears twitched uncontrollably, as if he was receiving sound signals from the surroundings like a cat.

Kong's eyes flickered, and he tried hard to suppress the urge to touch it.

I just smiled and praised her earnestly, "How cute."

“It’s cat ears!”

Paimon became even more excited. He turned around immediately, then moved closer, raised his voice, and asked curiously, "Can I touch it lightly?"

Yi Bai's eyes showed confusion and he tilted his head.

Paimon didn't hear any objection, and his little hand reached out and touched the back of the snow-white cat ears with his fingers.

!!!!!!!

The cat ears flipped quickly, and Yi Bai's whole body seemed to stand up, and he huddled into the corner of the sofa. He raised the back of his right hand and put it in front of his cheek to cover up the fright and a little redness.

He slowed down, and then used his left hand to touch the ear he had created. The moment he touched it, Yi Bai's pupils shrank.

Yi Bai suddenly realized something and looked at Paimon who was also frightened by his action. He immediately explained softly with a stuttering voice:

"S-Sorry, I didn't want to change into this at first. Maybe it's because I have the impression that cat ears are much more useful than slime horns... so I subconsciously..."

"Don't worry about it." Sora picked Paimon up and then taught him to lower his voice like a child and hold back his laughter:

"Paimon, don't you know that you can't touch a cat's ears?"

"Ah... I... well, I thought the ears that Xiao Yibai created wouldn't be as sensitive as a real cat's."

Paimon touched his fingertips together and looked at Yi Bai with a guilty look:

"I'm sorry I scared you."

"No, I'm fine..."

Yi Bai let out a breath, and his clenched fingers relaxed. The white cat ears followed his closed eyes and disappeared again.

Kong suppressed his regretful thoughts, but the next second, two light blue horns reappeared. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Kong realized that the corners of Yibai's aqua blue eyes were also covered with a layer of dark blue eyeshadow.

This makes him more like a water slime, weak and cute.

He said with a trembling voice: "You can touch it this time."

…

"I'm dying, dying, dying, dying. Where did such a cute baby come from?"

"Cat Ibai and Slime Ibai are kissing mommy."

"I love it so much. Those cat ears are perfect. My white-haired, blue-eyed puppet."

"Really...elegant, gentle, pure and beautiful."

"And there's Paimon, the two little cuties are so close to each other, it's really killing me."

"Let me touch it, let me touch it! Sora, get off and let me touch it!"

"Fluffy... If I can't touch the fluffy, I can just touch the little horns!!!"

"Baby, you are still a baby. Don't ever do this kind of thing in front of those perverts. Just do it for your mom from now on."

"Can the ears that are created be able to perfectly restore the nervous system of a cat's ear?"

"This ability... feels a bit outrageous."

"Can anything really change?"

"So I'm the only one who noticed that: cat ears are more useful than slime horns, so my subconscious mind changed?"

"It feels like Yibai's mimicry direction is indeed to change into whatever is more advanced."

"Well, actually...the tail can be quite useful sometimes."

"This is even more bizarre than the common mimicry of living things. It has directly transformed from one species into another!"

"Don't look for Darwin in the two-dimensional world."

Sora, who had rubbed the Slime Corner, was contentedly transferred to the Angel's Gift before the Abyss Cult's plan began.

When Hoffman entered the tavern, Yi Bai, who had turned into a pool of liquid, also received the signal. He slid on the ground at high speed, passed through the guests outside the tavern and the guards at the side door, and arrived near the pier.

He changed back into the form of a slime, then mobilized all the water elemental forces in his body, condensed and purified them, and finally formed something like a crystal core and threw it on the ground.

Finally, he turned back into liquid before the guards noticed him, moved a little further away from the crime scene, and silently observed the results of his actions.

On the other side, Sora, Paimon, and Diluk had already heard a commotion coming from outside the tavern. With a bang, the door was forced open, and a knight anxiously reported to Hoffman the spectacular sight from the side door.

"Oh no! The side door was attacked!"

"What's going on? Is it the Abyss Cult?"

"No...it's slime...so many slimes!!"

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Under Hoffman's puzzled and bewildered gaze, Paimon almost laughed out loud, and Sora also put his hands on his hips, frowned and tried to hold back his smile.

It seems that Yi Bai's action was very successful.

If I were to take this step, not only would I have to try to avoid the sight of passers-by and the guard at the side door, but my sudden departure might also cause Hoffman to connect the two events and start to doubt me.

Now with the help of a third party, things will always go more smoothly.

Amidst the anxious and strenuous explanations of their colleagues and Master Diluc's highly aggressive sarcasm towards the Knights, Sora and Paimon were finally happily promoted from being Master Diluc's spies to double spies.

Responsible for keeping Diluk from leaving the tavern.

The second after Hoffman left, Diluk lowered his gaze: "Okay, it's time for us to act."

…

At the main gate of Mondstadt, the Ice Abyss Mage led countless Hillilchurls wandering in from afar.

The scene was like a dark cloud looming over the city, but their only goal this time was to curl their lips.

With his fiery red hair shining brightly, Diluk tugged at his sleeves and held up his greatsword.

"Dealing with you is actually the easiest step."

Time was not enough, and everything had to be done quickly. The fire was raging, the wind was howling, and even though they had time to help, the two of them seemed to be just breaking dry grass and rotten wood. No matter how dangerous the ice was, it would be blocked by the sharp blade and flame.

Along with the surprised players, the firebirds soared into the sky, a large number of hillbillies dropped their masks, disappeared on the spot with a hoarse voice, and the ice shield of the Ice Abyss Mage shattered with the explosion of fire elements and then fell to the ground.

Diluk stared at the last mage and approached step by step, intending to put an end to this declaration of war.

In an instant, an inconspicuous water element bubble floated from behind the Abyss Mage, expanded in an instant, enveloped the monster, then pulled it up, drilled into the water mirror that appeared out of thin air, and then drilled out from the water mirror that flashed between the trees not far away.

He stepped on the ground with one foot, unconscious, and chased after him.

“???”

"I've seen this bubble before."

"Is it Ibai??!"

"ah?"

"Is Yibai really from the other side of the abyss?!"

"Does this also need to be saved?"

"Is the slime following my sister really Ibai??"

"Aaaaaa, one second you were a cute little cat, and the next second you're taking an opposing stance..."

"I feel half cold"

"The Abyss is hostile to humans and is still coveting Tevarin. This is a villain."

"But, this water element mirror used for space teleportation... is kind of cool."

The distance between the two water mirrors was not very far. Perhaps the other party's teleportation could only reach this distance. Such a thought flashed through Sora's mind.

Before he had time to think about the familiar feeling of the bubbles that took away the Abyss Wizard, Kong had already approached the tree, and a burst of intermittent electronic music came from not far away.

"Who are you……"

"Your Highness... the one beside you..."

When Kong finally reached the destination, he pushed aside the bushes that blocked his view. What appeared in his sight was Yi Bai, who was kneeling on one knee on the ground, pinching the fur on the side of the Abyss Wizard's neck with one hand and holding up the ears with the other, ready to pull it up.

As if it was an illusion, Kong seemed to see an extra flash of icy coldness in Yi Bai's aqua blue pupils. After Kong stopped and blinked again, those pupils had returned to their former cuteness and tranquility.

The only signs that there had been unrest were the few tufts of hair that had fallen from the palm of Yi Bai's right hand and the trembling, silent Abyss Mage.

"...Yibai?"

Sora said uncertainly.

"Brother Honorary Knight."

The boy stopped where he was, lowered his head, and trembled slightly to calm himself down.