Whispering Verse

"Speaking of which, there is one more thing this time. Shade, you said last time that your cat can turn into a doll and follow you through the gate of time."

After a brief moment of emotion, the witch continued the conversation.

"Yes."

Shade nodded:

"It's probably because it's a little too simple."

"Meow~"

The cat squirmed in his lap, trying to find a more comfortable position.

"So I have new ideas."

Miss Carina stretched out her hand to Tifa, and Tifa took out a dark brown glass wine bottle that Shade was very familiar with from the pocket of her dress. The bottle contained a purebred that was smaller than Mia. White cat.

The outsider narrowed his eyes:

"It looks familiar..."

"I was very lucky. I bought a semi-finished potion of [Cat in a Bottle] from the local black market some time ago. This potion has expired for thirty years, and the seller said that it It was once contaminated, but was purified. But it doesn't matter, there is a potion master in the council. I gave one-sixth of the finished potion to the touts on the black market, and got it at a price that was almost free."

The witch's white hands shook the wine bottle slightly, and the white cat "sleeping" in the bottle immediately melted into liquid in the bottle. Shade was now basically certain that this was the bottle of potion that Priest August had shown him. (Note)

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, this thing appeared in front of him again.

"Miss Carina, do you want to..."

Shade has basically understood.

"Now this bottle of precious magic potion is basically ready for use. However, because it expires for a long time, its efficacy is greatly reduced and can only last less than three minutes. I want to test it."

She uncorked the bottle and looked at Shade, who praised:

"You really have some ideas."

"Yes, I want to test whether someone who has deep trust in you can be affected by your spell if he turns into a cat. If so, I will find other ways to turn people into animals. "

It does sound feasible, but it involves the degree of mental mutation when the body is transformed, which is a relatively high-end metamorphology content, so careful experiments are required:

"Miss Carina, do you want to drink it yourself?"

"Of course not. My level is too high and the potion has a poor effect on me."

She uncorked the wine bottle and handed it to Tifa behind her. Tifa shook the bottle again, and the liquid that gradually solidified into a half-cat shape was reflected again, and then without hesitation, she drank the liquid after the white cat melted.

Shade opened his mouth slightly to express surprise, and Mia's eyes widened in horror, but unfortunately no one noticed it.

After drinking the liquid, the bottle in Tifa's hand suddenly fell, and she covered her mouth in pain.

"What's wrong?"

Carina stood up nervously and tried to support her, but Tifa shook her head with a painful look on her face:

"Miss, I feel so hot..."

As if his body couldn't bear the pain, he slowly squatted down and disappeared behind the sofa. Even though she was a witch who had seen a lot of things in the world, she looked behind the sofa with a surprised expression.

Shade had already stood up, carrying Mia around the coffee table and coming to the back of the sofa where Miss Carina was sitting.

The black-haired maid was no longer visible there, and her skirt, white stockings, shoes, hair accessories, garters, and underwear were scattered on the floor. And a pure white cat was huddled on those clothes in a daze.

It wanted to stand up, but its four short legs seemed unable to support its body, so it held on unsteadily.

"Meow~meow~"

He opened his mouth slightly, but what came out was a cat's meow. The small white cat looked at the surprised Shade in confusion:

"This cat... is so beautiful. Oh, it really turned into a cat."

"So what do you think will happen?"

asked the relieved witch.

"Becoming half human and half cat..."

Somehow, I suddenly thought of my friend Professor Manning.

"Meow?"

Mia on Shade's shoulder did not appreciate the beauty of this "Tifa cat" like Shade did. It was blowing up its fur and making an unprecedented intimidating cry at the Tifa cat on the clothes.

Obviously, little Mia believes that her position in this family has been seriously threatened.

Mia kept showing her teeth and claws, so Shade transferred it from his shoulder to his pocket. Then he bent down and picked up Tifa Cat from the pile of clothes, then walked back to the front of the sofa and sat back in her original position.

"This is also the first time I've seen someone use this kind of magic potion."

Miss Carina looked very curious, and Mia took advantage of Shade to sit down and escaped from his pocket to the sofa. Seeing Shade holding the white kitten, it continued to grow fur and growl in a low voice.

Shade reached out and touched Mia twice. When her voice weakened, he picked up the towel that had been prepared and covered it with the pure white Tifa cat who was still trying to stand up on four legs.

The cat, probably smaller than Mia, was squirming under the towel. After a few seconds, Shade frowned and brought the towel over. A cat was still a cat:

"like water off a duck's back."

"It was also expected. If it succeeded so easily, I would be surprised."

The red-haired witch said, then motioned for Shade to hand the white cat to her.

The new white cat Tifa and the orange and white cat Mia raised by Shade are both in the shape of kittens. But whether it was due to the potion, Tifa's body temperature was higher and softer. But this was someone else's "cat", so Shade handed the cat over.

Because she also had cats in her manor, Miss Carina used a very familiar technique to put the little white cat on her lap and stroke it:

"This is my first time touching you like this."

She said jokingly to the cat.

Seeing that the cat was taken away by others, Mia finally returned to her original state. It jumped onto Shade's lap, and even patted the place where the white cat had been lying with its paws, and then lay down again, with its little head against Shade's legs, and looked at the cat being held on the other side of the coffee table.

The white kitten, who was still in a confused state, didn't even notice the hostility he suffered.

"Anyway, you can use this key from 3014 next time. If it has nothing to do with Miss Feliana, remember to tell me and I will think of ways to find other keys."

"Okay, let's use it early on Sunday morning."

Shade said.

In fact, according to the time, the new key will be opened on Saturday afternoon. But he also wanted to take a break. He was no longer as anxious about everything as he had just come to this world.

"That's fine."

Miss Carina nodded, and seeing Shade staring at Tifa Cat, she asked curiously:

"Is there something wrong with this cat?"

"I just want to remind you that there are still one minute and three seconds until three minutes. Because the duration of the potion varies between different individuals, you'd better take Tifa to the bedroom as soon as possible."

Shade's eyes moved toward the window. Although it was still foggy today, the sunlight in the early autumn morning was still strong. He could even see the dust falling in the sunlight:

"After all, cats don't wear clothes when they return to humans... The extraordinary system of this world is really reasonable. Summoning a skeleton horse will not produce a harness, and the transformation spell does not include clothes."

"Knight, you are truly a gentleman."

The Duchess, who was holding the cat, commented. She played with Tifa's tail. She didn't know what she thought of, and a smile appeared on her lips.

Nothing interesting happened today. Miss Carina stayed with Shade all day, personally copying Miss Feliana's notebook in the study. She knew those Fifth Age texts, so copying them went smoothly.

As for Tifa, after she successfully transformed back into human form, she changed back into clothes in Shade's bedroom. After she came back from the bedroom with her head down and her face flushed, pulling the hem of her skirt, she didn't speak to Miss Carina until she greeted the chef who was invited from the high-end restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue to bring ingredients for lunch.

Of course it was inappropriate for a maid to treat her master like this, but Shade could understand that the brunette seemed very angry at Miss Carina for playing with "her" tail.

"Is there anything strange about a cat's tail?"

Shade touched Mia's tail and flicked it. The cat glanced at Shade and saw that he had no intention of moving the two rings on his tail, so he lay down next to him again to enjoy the peace of the afternoon.

It wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening that Miss Carina, who had fast hands, finished copying the notebook. She discussed it with Shade again, and there was a blank space in her notebook. She looked at Shade's house as she spoke:

"You live in such a big house by yourself, isn't it too tiring to clean? Also, you don't wash your own clothes, do you?"

She saw the clothes hanging on Shade's balcony in the morning:

"How about this. From now on, I will send maids to clean your house and wash your clothes every week. A young gentleman like you must make yourself more respectable. In the past, you only used a room on the second floor, but it is different now. Come on, Shade, instead of hiring a housekeeper who doesn’t know where she comes from, why don’t I send a trustworthy servant to help you.”

Her suggestion was quite good. Although Shade was a little embarrassed, some rooms had to be swept and mopped every week even if they were not used, and the windows had to be wiped every three to five. This was indeed very troublesome. Besides, when he was doing laundry a few days ago, he had thought about hiring someone to do the housework, so he nodded in agreement.

He found a spare key to his home and gave it to the black-haired maid in charge of the matter. He also agreed that every Saturday afternoon, a servant could be sent from the Duchess's estate to clean the house, and he would deliver the clothes to be washed in advance. Put it in the basin, lock the door that does not allow entry, and leave a note explaining the areas that need to be cleaned.

I chose Saturday because he was not at home on Saturday afternoon and cleaning would not disturb him.

As for safety issues, Shade is not worried at all. His secrets are hidden behind the hidden walls in the basement. As long as the study on the second floor is locked, the most valuable items in the house are actually the furniture. But except for those left by Detective Sparrow, most of the furniture at No. 6 St. Teresa Square was moved from Miss Carina's estate, so Shade was not worried about theft.

"However, this way, when I go to the doctor every Saturday, I need to take Mia with me."

He stood on the edge of Saint Teresa Square as night fell, waving goodbye to the leaving motorcade.

When he turned around to go home, he happened to meet his neighbor Mr. and Mrs. Smith who were returning from walking their dog. The old gentleman who used to work as a department secretary in the Kingdom's financial department obviously knew Miss Carina's motorcade.

He cautiously nodded to Shade and said with a sigh:

"The young people today are really amazing."

Shade took it as a compliment.