Chapter 16 Guardians, but Cat 1 Starfall looked at the ground...
Xingyun looked at the bloody, mangled mess on the ground with a serious expression.
Originally, it was just a way for him to ask questions out of boredom, to see if any of his residents would pass the test and become guardians. Although he had asked countless times and still hadn't passed, he still played around with divination out of boredom.
Today, during a divination reading, the meaning of the cards suddenly told him that there was a surprise in the West District, so he came out of curiosity.
When they arrived at the scene, there were no people who met the requirements; all they found was a cat lying on the ground, its flesh mangled and bloody, with several bones visible, and it was barely breathing.
Starfall doesn't like humans, and even thinks animals are much better than humans. Human malice always seems to arise inexplicably, but cats don't. Cats will let you bury your belly.
"Meow..." The poor cat on the ground let out a cry so faint that only Xingyun could hear it, and its breathing gradually stopped.
Xingyun crouched down, his left hand hovering above the cat. A green aura, representing life, appeared in his hand, and Xingyun infused it into the cat's body.
The cat's chest began to rise and fall slightly, and its body gradually warmed up. The wounds were healing at a visible speed, but the cat remained unconscious.
While treating the cat, Xingyun also divined where the candidate to become the guardian would be, thinking to teach some cat abusers a lesson.
If he doesn't know, that's fine; but if he does find out, he'll still have to clean things up.
After completing the divination, Xingyun doubted his own divination abilities.
The divination indicated that the chosen person was right beside him.
Xingyun looked at the cat. He had finished treating it. The cat was lying quietly on the ground, showing no trace of its previous miserable state.
The meteor shower has adopted a new method of divination.
It turned out to be a cat.
Starfall didn't believe it, so he tried all the dozen or so divination methods he knew and found that the most likely candidate to become the guardian... no, the species, was actually this cat that almost died.
Xingyun picked up the cat; its fluffy fur was so soft and cuddly that it was irresistible. Xingyun's hands unconsciously began to pet the cat.
Starfall: "..."
Starfall still brought the cat back to the other dimension.
Before the cat woke up, Xingyun read about his life.
This unfortunate cat is named Ethan Nix, and its owner is Selene Nix, a teenage girl living in the North End.
The reason she was abused so badly was because Selene's violent ex-boyfriend repeatedly asked to get back together but was rejected, which made her furious.
He secretly stole Ethan, Selene's only family member, tortured him until he was barely alive, and even sent the video to Selene.
After watching the live broadcast, Starfall was furious. Selene's eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed the table where his laptop had been and slapped the head of the scumbag who had come to him smugly asking him to get back together with Selene.
Selene wasn't satisfied, so he smashed the table from below, starting to break his bones.
The laptop next to her was still dutifully playing the video of Ethan being tortured, which Selene had been playing on repeat. Amid Ethan's shrill screams, Selene's tears fell like pearls from a broken string, and she beat him harder and harder with each listen.
Starfall has begun to appreciate Selene and has developed a strong liking for her.
Starfall thought that if Selene killed the man, he would help Selene deal with the trouble that followed, but unfortunately Selene did not, and stopped when the man was on his last breath.
He glanced at the mangled, bloodied scum on the ground as if he were looking at a dead man, and calmly dialed 911.
What followed was that the scumbag had exorbitant medical bills and was bedridden, and Selene clearly felt that the scumbag was suffering more in this state.
While he was watching Selene deal with the scum, Ethan had already woken up, his whole body bristling with anger. He ran down from Starfall's arms and stood a short distance away, his fur standing on end and hissing.
Starfall understands, because the scum who tormented him was a grown man, so it's normal for Ethan to be afraid.
But can Ethan really become a guardian like this? His guardian judgment has approved of him. As long as he is confirmed to be Ethan, then the guardian of Starfall City will truly be Cat.
Let's try communicating first.
Starfall was trying to unleash his affinity, but he had never learned how to use it, so Ethan was still breathing on him.
There's nothing else to do. Starfall can only change its form. Perhaps a female body will make Ethan lower his guard a little?
When Xingyun transformed into a female form, she felt a heavy, uncomfortable weight on her chest. It was because this affected her daily activities that she used a male body. Damn it, even Novigrad and the others didn't have such an exaggerated feeling.
Starfall tentatively reached out a hand to touch Ethan. Ethan stopped getting angry and stopped hunching over; he just tilted his head, looking a little puzzled.
The person just now didn't seem like this at all. That's strange.
However, Ethan was still hiding from Starfall's approach. Perhaps due to his wariness of strangers, he was forced to retreat repeatedly by Starfall and almost fell off the table, but Starfall caught him in time.
With no other option, Xingyun had to resort to her final trump card—she transformed into a large black cat and landed on the table.
This time, Ethan stopped dodging and looked up to see two or three meteorites as tall as him, completely dumbfounded.
He walked around the meteorite twice, still staring blankly at it.
Starfall said, "Meow." (Ethan)
Ethan's ears perked up: "Meow?" "You're a cat? Weren't you just a person?"
Ethan's voice is that of a child, with a slightly babyish tone.
"Meow meow meow." Starfall lied to the kitten without batting an eye. "Of course I'm a cat, you're mistaken. Check again if you don't believe me."
Obedient Ethan moved closer to Starfall, his pink nose touching Starfall's belly to sniff, sniffing for a while, then looking at Starfall again, while Starfall waited patiently.
After repeating the process several times, Ethan finally confirmed that Starfall was indeed a cat.
Ethan's nose twitched, and he looked up at Starfall: "Meow—" "You smell like my mother. Are you my mother? I mean, my biological mother."
Starfall lowered its head, finding it strange: "Meow?" "You know you weren't born of Selene?"
"Meow!" Ethan proudly raised his head. "Of course! Mom said I have a cat mom, I have two moms! Mom said they both love me!"
"Meow!" Ethan's eyes lit up when he noticed Starfall's words. "Wait, you know my mom? Then you really are my mom! Mom!"
Ethan plunged headfirst into Starfall's belly and rubbed against it.
Xingyun's words of denial stuck in her throat. Watching Ethan cuddling her affectionately and inhaling her scent, she was speechless for a moment.
"Meow meow meow—" Ethan chattered, "Mom, this is the first time I've ever seen you! So this is what you look like! Mom said my cat mom went to a very far place and it's hard for her to come see me... But Mom is so amazing, she came to find me! Is Mom leaving again?"
As he spoke, he peeked out and looked expectantly at Xingyun.
Starfall didn't seem as wary as before; Ethan, the kitten, assumed that his mother had no guard up at all and was completely focused on her.
She thought, since she's become a female cat anyway, she doesn't have the burden of having big breasts or the distinction between genders, so what's wrong with being a mother?
Having a child is good; she will ensure that the child she loves lives happily.
"Meow." Then, Starfall said, "I'm not leaving."
Ethan jumped around happily, calling out "Mommy Starfall" repeatedly, which softened Starfall's cold and hard heart.
But Starfall didn't forget her main purpose; she wanted Ethan to become a guardian.
"Meow." Starfall caught Ethan, who was still jumping around, and made him stop. "Ethan, I have something very important to tell you."
"Meow~" Ethan's voice became sweet and affectionate, "Mommy, you tell me, I'm listening."
"Meow meow meow." Starfall became serious, trying to deceive the innocent little kitten. "I didn't come back simply to see you, but because the Meow God gave me a revelation. He said that a Meow Guardian has appeared, and the Meow Guardian will protect this city. And you, my child, you are the brave Meow Guardian!"
"Meow?!" Ethan believed it immediately. Starfall felt Ethan was glowing. "Me? Really, Mom? Am I the brave Meow Meow Guardian? Am I the hero who saved everyone? Mom, what should I do?"
"Meow..." Starfall didn't expect the kitten to be so easily fooled. She wasn't smug at all, only worried that Ethan would be tricked. "You're a magical kitten. Mom will teach you magic, and then you'll have to save the world with other people. But everyone should be a good person."
After she finished speaking, Xingyun was stunned for a moment. She actually referred to herself as "Mom" so naturally. However, Ethan quickly stopped her from thinking too much about it.
"Meow—" Ethan was a little impatient. "I'm going to be with other humans? That proves I have the power to protect Mom Selene! Yay—Mom, teach me quickly! I can't wait to save the world and protect moms!"
Protect... Mom?
Xingyun felt that Ethan was really there to ward her off, completely controlling her and easily softening her heart. Before this, she had never understood what it felt like to be soft-hearted.
She's soft-hearted. Little Ethan was tricked into becoming a guardian by her words. He was so happy and even said he wanted to become stronger to protect them. How could there be such an easy-to-scam little kitten?
With a bang, Xingyun transformed back into human form, appearing as a woman.
"Meow!" Ethan was stunned again. He sniffed Starfall and threw himself into her arms without hesitation, calling her "Mom." Starfall had just told him that she could use magic, so Ethan easily accepted that the human woman he didn't know before was his mother.
"Meow?" Ethan asked innocently, "Mommy, now that I know magic, can I become human like you?"
“Of course.” Starfall remembered that there was indeed a magic that could turn animals into humans, but Ethan had to learn it. She hugged Ethan and gently scratched his chin, and Ethan purred comfortably. “But it’s very, very difficult. You have to learn to recognize and learn other basic magic first. Once you have the ability to save the world, you can go back to see your Selene mother.”
"Meow?" Ethan asked. "How long is that? Mom can't sleep without me. She even cried once when she thought I was missing. Mom needs me."
“This city needs you too.” The will of the Starfall City replied, “Don’t worry, it will only take a few months. She will think you are dead, and then she will think you have been reincarnated.”
"Meow—" Ethan, who was only a few months old, had no concept of months and was a little listless. "Okay, even though Mommy will be sad, I can wait."
Starfall, satisfied, took out a magic book and began her days of wits and courage with the school-averse kitten.
A note from the author:
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Ethan the kitten is not afraid of difficulties, has no social anxiety, and is not afraid of anything. He is only afraid of being spanked by his moms.
Ethan is the offspring of a stray cat that Selene used to feed. During that time, she was in a very bad mental state and was being psychologically abused by a scumbag.
Xingyun is a good mother.
The kitten is obedient, and the kitten is good.
Old Ford has released his day's slacking-off post; you can see the full image of Ethan the cat [anthropomorphized].
After admiring the flowers for several tens of minutes during PE class today, I felt so peaceful that I even wanted to write a short essay. I felt very happy because I finished two exams today, but I have another one coming up later. [Clown]
I felt better in the afternoon, so I wrote a side story that sparked a burst of inspiration.
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