Chapter 12 Entering the Gray River for the first time, the old home is completely different...
The autumn wind was biting cold, and the mother didn't have time to look at Mainkuen again. She quickly pulled off Fimini's wet clothes, hugged her icy-cold child, and hurriedly ran home.
“.
The cat splashed water wildly on the beach for a while, then stared blankly at their departing figures.
A gaunt mother held her gaunt child, leaving wet footprints on the beach.
It must be very cold...
It has nothing to do with me.
The cat looked away and turned back to carefully lick its long, wet fur.
Hmm, the down inside is still dry, that's great.
Look at those beautiful tiger stripes, they're so cat-like, nothing could be more cat-like! I, Mainkuhn, am the cat-like person in the world...
......people?
There's still someone here!
Mainkun stretched out his claw and slapped himself hard across the face:
Forgetful! Didn't we agree to be ordinary cats? Didn't we agree to never bother with humans again?
Do you really think they need the monster's help?! How many more people do you want to harm?!
You are a cat! Do you know what a cat is like?
Mainkuen jumped up, buried his head in the fish basket that the mother and child had left on the beach, opened his mouth wide, grabbed a crab and started to eat it, looking more like a wild beast than a wild animal.
Crunch! The half-demon's bite force was astonishing; it swallowed its carapace mixed with white flesh.
The crab opened its beady black eyes and slowly clamped its pincers onto the cat's chin fur, but it didn't cause the slightest harm until the cat's body was completely devoured.
That's right, Mainkuhn.
The half-demon thought to himself as he chewed on a crab leg.
You can't be a complete person when you're human, but you have to make some progress when you're a cat.
The carapace tore through the upper jaw, and specks of blood moistened the downy hair around the mouth.
But the cat yawned, feeling much more at ease.
......
Blood kept flowing from his palate, and Mainkuhn had to swallow it down again and again.
So how do wild animals swallow crabs?
etc.
After calming down, Mainkun took a few steps back, staring in astonishment at the empty fish basket in front of him.
I didn't catch these crabs...
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"Holy crap, this is a water god!" The people of Gray River were all amazed today. "Whose...cat is this? It's so cool!"
A huge, tailless cat with a fish basket hanging from its neck walked along the slab road of the Grey River with a deadpan expression.
The smell is coming from this direction... Humans aren't moles, so why would they live underground?
Ta-da!
As I wondered what was happening, a series of sounds of fleshy pads slapping the ground grew closer and closer.
"Meow~ Meow~" Reporting to the boss! I smell a strange cat!
"Meow—" Hahaha, it must be another city cat that got kicked out with its owner!
"Meow~" Boss, I heard that cats in the city have their testicles removed at a place called 'Veterinary Hospital'. Doesn't that make them female cats? Can I have sex with one?
"Meow!" You can only go after the boss is done!
"......"
It seems that living underground does not prevent them from expressing themselves.
"Ouch—" Stop in your tracks—hand over your butt—
Several round-headed, chubby little creatures pounced on them, baring their teeth and claws.
"Ha ha--!"
Holy crap, holy crap!
The moment it saw Mainkuen's figure, its claws slipped, its fur bristled, it hissed, and it lay on the ground, too afraid to move.
“.
*
Too lazy to deal with the cats that were practically pissing themselves in fear, Mainkun followed the scent and found Fimini's house.
The eaves were low, the doors and windows were broken, and it was just as dilapidated as I had imagined.
After all, that kid was risking his life for just a few Mora.
So even though it's just a fish basket, it must be a pretty important daily necessity for the mother and child.
With a twitch of the hairs on the tips of his ears, Mainkuen could hear the child's long, drawn-out breaths and the mother's soft confession.
"Fimini, Mommy is so sorry... Mommy never imagined Daddy was such a bad person..."
The cat had no interest in hearing why humans were in poverty, and stretched out its large paw to bang on the door.
"I brought you into this world without permission, but I can't let you grow up carefree. I'm really, really sorry."
The claw that was pounding on the door paused, and the vertical pupils widened in surprise.
Is she apologizing? A mother to her child?
...rare.
Ironically, Mainkuen had lived for over a decade and was almost an adult, yet he had never met a mother in the true sense of the word.
The only impressions of her birth mother were of her desperate cries and screams, the only impressions of her adoptive mother were of her constant lecturing and scolding, and as for Kudjavina, there was no need to mention her at all.
"......"
Well, it doesn't really matter. After all, my brother is so good to me, I can totally treat him like my mother.
Mainkuen shook his head, flung the fish basket off his neck, slammed his large paws on the door, and leaped away.
The sounds of confession inside the room stopped abruptly. After a few seconds of silence, she cautiously asked, "Who's at the door?"
"Cough cough..." The child in her arms was startled awake. "Mommy! Are we having guests again?"
"No, no, Fimini, Mom will go check."
The mother pressed her ear against the door and listened for a while before carefully opening it a crack.
"Ah! Fimini!"
The somber repentance was replaced by a joyful scream, and the sorrowful expression vanished like snow.
The mother happily showed her child the full basket of fish, the plump sea fish squeezing and thrashing inside: "We can eat fish for lunch!"
"Yay!"
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Since I've come all this way to Grey River, I might as well search this place out too.
Skipping over rusty rooftops, Mainkuen persisted in searching for people in the form of a cat.
"Ah, Navia, you have a monster on your head, it runs so fast."
"My learned Miss Clarin~ There are no monsters in Fontaine anymore, all the monsters are in Inazuma... Eh!?"
"Young lady, don't be afraid! Let me shoot it down."
With a click, the pistol was chambered.
"No, Miles! He didn't do anything wrong!"
Passing the girls and the old butler, Mainkuen sniffed each house one by one.
If he could, he wouldn't want to smell his brother's scent in the Grey River. After all, the place was dimly lit, cold, and damp, completely unworthy of his brother's fine character and kind soul.
A good person like my brother should sit on the throne of the gods and be revered by all!
The cat's palate was still bleeding. It swallowed a mouthful of bloody saliva and looked up devoutly into the gray river, hoping to intercept some information from the wind.
Wind god, fire god, rock god, or whatever other god, please bless me so I can find some clues today—
!
The wind carried the bitter saltiness of the sea, the stench of rotting dried meat, a hint of madness and despair, and—
Mainkuen abruptly lowered his head. Below him, a haggard middle-aged man held up a bottle, watching Mainkuen frown as he slowly poured a clear liquid into his mouth.
"Hiccup... This beast's fur... is familiar, it's an eyesore."
Hey! You over there, you actually hid here!
A young girl, like a yellow rose, in her teens, is more decisive and efficient than most adults.
"White! Grey River has banned the sale of Les! Where did you get this contraband from?!"
"ah--?"
The man drawled out his reply, responding extremely slowly, as sluggish as a turtle with three missing legs:
"—No, is it only in Baisong Town that it's prohibited?"
"Don't play dumb with me! Everyone knows that Grey River is also under the protection of our Rose Society!"
Navia stormed off, raised her parasol, and smashed the glass bottle in the middle-aged man's hand.
"A harmful creature like Les should not exist in Fontaine!"
White...that name sounds familiar. Wait, isn't that him?! Hey! Why did you suddenly attack, you little brat?
ha--
The moment Navia raised her hand, Mainkun bristled, but what happened next quickly made him clench his teeth and clear his mind.
"No, Les! My Les!"
The despondency and laziness vanished in an instant. The man knelt down on the broken glass with a thud, burying his face in the mud. His tongue lolled out as he licked the water off the ground like a donkey.
"You brat...you brat! Do you know how expensive this bottle is?! My Les...my Les!"
His kneeling was so sudden, his licking so decisive, that the cat on the roof snapped its ears shut, unable to believe what it was seeing and hearing.
Is that really... White?
White, the brother's brother?
How did he become like this?! Where's my brother? How is my brother?!
Calm down, calm down! Mainkuhn, think about it carefully. Wasn't White adopted by a kind person when you were five years old?
The cat anxiously tried to bite its tail, but couldn't reach it.
Stop licking!
Little Navia quickly grabbed the middle-aged man's collar and pulled him up:
“Myles, find a room and lock him in. Once he's had his fill of addiction, ask him who the seller is. Clarind, where are you going?”
"Ah." The purple-haired girl pulled out a musket. "I'll go to his house and see if he has any leftover Les. I'll confiscate them."
"!"
Clarin acted swiftly and quickly found White's residence. She pushed open the door and was greeted by a floor full of glass bottles and the stench of rotting food; there was almost nothing else there.
"This guy, did he replace all the Mora with L'Oréal?" The young girl covered her mouth and nose, and cautiously walked into the dark room with her gun.
"It seems he still lives alone...!"
Before he finished speaking, two beams of golden light shone from the darkness.
"Who's there! Show yourself!"
Claudia immediately put her hand on the trigger. "Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
The silver-black figure immediately leaped out of the darkness, and under Clorind's wary and vigilant gaze, it immediately lay down and rolled over, spreading its belly and slowly winking at the little girl:
"Mmm~"
...So this is the sound I make when I call out.
Even Mainkuhn himself disliked being squeezed.
But the little girl blushed, and the gun slowly pointed at the ground.
So cute, a million times cuter than a dragon lizard.
"That shouldn't be the case."
Little Clorind couldn't control her hand at all, and tentatively placed it on the big cat's fluffy head:
"Could White still keep pets in his condition?"
Upon hearing this, Mainkun quickly buried his head in the little girl's hands and spun it around. He then stood up and frantically rubbed his torso against her calves, his movements extremely obsequious.
"Mimi—"
Why does the little girl care so much!
"Meow!"
Take me to see White!
"Meow!!!"
I need clues! I need my brother!!!
A note from the author:
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The meow of a Maine Coon is so sweet!
Those interested can listen to it on Bilibili~
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