Chapter 14: Cat~ Mom's Kiss~

Your Symbiotic Contract with Bai Yan has been completed.

From now on, you will be each other's most intimate partners.

……

Leaving the Spiritual Space, you returned to the familiar Classroom.

Li Wei had thought it would be an extremely tough 'battle', after all he had not only tied up the teacher but also cast a seemingly area‑wide offensive spell at the entire class.

But.

He never expected that Bai Yan, through a skillful apology and explanation, would interpret his actions as—an instinctive move to protect her.

Then, under Bai Yan's off‑the‑cuff explanation and highly cooperative demonstration, he turned into a Cat that can absorb and store magical energy for use, possesses the Mimic skill, has a certain level of humanoid intelligence, and is a special, mutated, Zero Rank monster.

……

Perhaps the Cat's earlier actions intimidated this group of high‑achieving students living in a greenhouse; after Bai Yan completed the contract and explained to the teacher, returning to her seat, no one dared to provoke or mock her any longer.

An unprecedented, peaceful morning passed just like that.

Noon.

The sun shone brightly, and a gentle breeze blew.

On the rooftop terrace, Witch Miss spread a picnic cloth along the edge of the railing and placed the double lunch she had just bought at the school supermarket on it.

Two tuna sandwiches, two chicken salad rice balls, a bottle of milk, and a bottle of strawberry Yakult.

Cat knew that Witch Miss, in order to complete the Daily Task today, had deliberately run to the supermarket during break to buy a breakfast that she stuffed into her stomach.

After finishing a bowl of porridge and a drawer of small buns (six pieces)—the 'over‑completion' portion of breakfast—she even planned to eat two more sandwiches and two more rice balls?!

Cat expressed that it was shocked.

Clearly, in the previous memory recall, Witch Miss's appetite wasn't like this!!

Sure enough, is a woman's stomach a bottomless pit?!

As Cat was preparing to reorganize its perception, Witch Miss gently poked its head with her index finger,

"Xiaohei, this is your share."

"You seem not to like cat food... would you like to try human food?"

Witch Miss tore the sandwiches and rice balls apart, placed them on a disposable plate, and pushed them in front of Cat.

The sandwiches were the standard tuna + scrambled egg + sauce flavor, and the rice balls were the basic type sprinkled with shredded seaweed and filled with chicken pieces mixed with salad dressing.

But the scent that erupted, belonging to 'real food', almost made Cat drool at that moment.

This is what a cat should eat!

Thanks to Witch Miss, she actually realized this!

Baby, my good daughter.

Cat let out a satisfied "Meow~~" to Witch Miss, tossed a wink~, and then, without concealment, used the newly improvised magic Invisible Hand in front of Witch Miss to pick up the sandwich and bite it piece by piece.

Ah~

A day without having to bow down and scoop cat food~

Lazy, huh!

Witch Miss, watching Cat's skillful and leisurely way of eating, felt both surprised and a bit gratified.

After spending last night and this morning together, Witch Miss could clearly feel the change in Cat's attitude toward her.

Now she must fully trust Mom, which is why she shows her abilities openly in front of her!

Thinking that, Witch Miss couldn't help but laugh, and the rice ball in her mouth tasted even better.

After the meal, the milk went to Cat, the Yakult to Witch Miss; the two happily chortle, completing the final happy step after the meal. Witch Miss leaned against the wall, Cat leaned against Witch Miss, and they cuddled, rubbing their bellies as they digested.

On the quiet rooftop, the surrounding sounds suddenly became extra loud.

From time to time came the sound of birds flapping wings, the breeze rustling leaves, cheers from the distant playground, and the giggling footsteps on the campus path…

Time at that moment became gentle and slow.

This was a post‑meal time that Witch Miss had never experienced—so leisurely and warm.

She took off the tall hat she always wore, got up and perched on the rooftop railing, squinting slightly and facing the wind,

"Hey, Xiaohei."

"Meow?"

Hearing Witch Miss call it, Cat, now with the Human-like Setting, had to respond with a sound.

But Witch Miss did not continue speaking.

She silently gazed at the distant scenery, and after a long while said,

"What does your Growth Guard System look like?"

"Here it's all full of characters, what about you?

Aren't they all... meow meow meow meow meow meow?"

……

Your imagination is really big!

Even if it's just a rant, Cat, not wanting to answer the question, simply tilted its head and stared at Witch Miss with its cute and charming big eyes.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing Cat's expression, Witch Miss laughed to herself, a bit awkwardly,

"I don't know whether you understand, but Cat, I really want to tell you, thank you."

Saying that, Witch Miss bent down, lifted Cat, gently rubbed her cheek against Cat, then kissed the bridge of its nose.

(ΩДΩ)!!!!

Cat's pupils suddenly contracted violently, and this sudden 'attack' made its tail explode outward.

Kissing a little Cat like that, Witch Miss has wanted to try for a long time!

The feeling of whiskers and the fuzzy little face touching the skin is an indescribable joy.

Sure enough, it's the fuzzy one that saves the world!

After bumping her head against Cat again, Witch Miss let out a slow sigh and placed the fluffy one back on the ground.

Now, the expression on her face suddenly turned very serious.

Choosing to have lunch on this rooftop that few ever set foot on was for a reason.

She… must hurry to finish this life‑threatening Task 5!

But…

This is way too much to ask of anyone!

After a long, deep breath, Witch Miss finally pulled her near‑breaking emotions back.

She cleared her throat, and after uttering a few words, her voice cut off immediately,

"Burst… reality…"

No, no, no, no!

Sure enough, it's still too shameful!!

She, who usually can't even speak loudly, now has to read this aloud…

Even in a place with no people, she can't do it!!

Wait.

There may be no people, but there's still Cat!!!

Cat can't!

"That… what… Cat."

"Meow?"

"Turn over there."

"Meow?"

The Cat, who had originally pretended not to understand human speech and tried to get away with cuteness, was forcibly pinned to the wall corner by the maddened Witch Miss.

"…"

"Cat! Don't move! Don't move, got it! Better tuck your ears away too!!!"

No.

Tucking the ears away is a bit too much to ask.

Anyway, jokes aside, to see the imagined scene, it still struck a "plane‑ear" pose, hiding its little upright ears.

Anyway, with sneaky peeking and eavesdropping, the eyes and ears on the body aren't that important, you see.

Now, finally free from the gaze of any breathing creature, Witch Miss felt her inexplicable nervousness ease considerably.

But…

One failure has made her somewhat resistant to this passage now.

No no no no.

Success is a hard road; if she can't overcome even this tiny tiny tiny tiny difficulty, what future does she have?

Right! She must think like this! Can't overthink!

All of this is for getting stronger!

With eyes closed, wildly giving herself mental suggestions, Witch Miss finally mustered all her strength and took the first step down the road of no return.

"Burst! Reality! Shatter! Spirit! Exile… this world!"

In a self‑destructive moment, Witch Miss almost shouted the words.

Fortunately, the only responses were the noisy shouts from the afternoon school playground and the rustle of wind over the rooftop.

"Hoo…"

That sentence seemed to drain all her strength; Witch Miss clutched the railing with both hands, lowered her head, and breathed wildly.

Once you have the first time, there will be countless more.

Although during this time Witch Miss's shout seemed to startle some students below the Teaching Building, causing her to retreat into a corner for a long while, she still painstakingly repeated the line twenty times.

"Now I have a feeling of 'Ah~ whatever, it doesn't matter~'."

Leaning against the tall brick wall, Witch Miss hugged her knees, wearing a hopeless expression, and weakly said to Cat's rear.

"Cat, do you understand this feeling?"

No, Cat doesn't understand.

Cat is already exhausted from holding back laughter, really.

"I kinda want to die, but actually not that much."

"Really?"

If you know I took a Magic Power Recording, what should we do?

The Cat quietly tucked the crystal generated by the Magic Power Recording into the 【Shadow】 space with its tail, still struggling to keep its cute innocent cat face.

"But… how to say.

Now, on the contrary, there's an unprecedented sense of exhilaration."

After all, the lower limit has been reset; in the future you'll be grateful for my excellent teaching!

Cat thus babbled wildly to itself in its mind, completing a secret conversation it could never say to Witch Miss in this lifetime.

Leaning against the corner again for a moment, Witch Miss's emotions finally stabilized from the brink of collapse.

She stretched lazily, glanced at her daily tasks, and then, in a slightly relaxed tone, said to Cat:

「Now the task left is dinner, hobbies, exercise, and weapon practice! 」

Because today is the first day there's no way, the playground is too crowded, exercising is also inconvenient, so I can only do it at home.

But from now on we can put this exercise task in the morning to complete.

Morning training seems more helpful for strengthening the body, and I heard that the awakened ones of the close-combat system also put their important training in the morning.

For close-combat training, one has to work quietly and secretly, so it's indeed good to find an empty room at home and set it up for practice.

「So what can be done now… is still hobbies。」

After organizing her thoughts, Witch Miss leaned back against the wall, feeling somewhat at a loss.

「Ah…… hobbies. 」

「Hey, Cat, specifically speaking, what hobbies, what should we do? 」

「……」

Cat never expected that Witch Miss would ask such a philosophical question.

Don't you have something you usually want to do but can't because of various reasons?!

You…… don't play games?!

Game! Shopping! Playing! Hey! My foolish daughter!

The shout in Cat's mind was not transmitted to Witch Miss via brain waves.

She, worried about hobbies, still pursed her lips and muttered to herself, thinking hard.

「Hmm…… liked……」

Also can't be studying……

Magic practice also won't do…… skill training also won't do……

Want a somewhat proper hobby……

「Should be able to kill time, but preferably not waste too much time……」

Just when Cat thought this useless witch was beyond help, she suddenly clapped her hands,

「Ah! I've thought of it! 」

Hobbies!

Hobbies!

Something I've always wanted to do, especially envying others for doing it!

Witch Miss's black eyes lit up instantly, just short of carving four big characters on her face—waku waku!

Under Cat's horrified gaze saying "Hey hey hey, this seems a bit not good!", she grabbed the Cat huddled on the ground preparing to flee.

「Cat! Come, Mommy hug one~」

Saying that, Witch Miss shoved her head into Cat's belly.

This isn't even a hug!!

As Witch Miss's head kept pushing upward from below, her restless hands quickly pressed down on Cat's front paws; then she flipped over, straddling and firmly pressing Cat beneath her.

「Meow hahaha! Little kitten, you can't run away now, right! 」

Cat:?????

「Cat~~ Mommy kisses~~~」

「mua, mua, mua, mua, mua! 」

Save…… save me!!

This series of kisses made Cat simply feel despair.

Do normal people suck cats like this?

Ah??

Be a bit normal for me!

Although petting cats is also a hobby, can't you learn the proper way to pet cats!!

You…… you don't come over!!!!

「Cat-repair! mua! 」

On the corner of her mouth, which had just drunk Yakult, there was a rich strawberry and lactic acid flavor.

Strawberry, Yakult, and a maiden's lips—Cat likes all of these.

But.

He never imagined that the combination of these three would be such a terrifying existence!

Thus, for the forty-five minutes before the lunch break ended, Cat underwent unprecedented torment.

But…… Cat is just a weak, helpless cat.

Confined by Witch Miss's 18 points of strength, he couldn't even struggle or escape.

Because Witch Miss's agility is far above his!

He could only endure, with his fur rubbed into explosion by Witch Miss, being dragged back to the Classroom, continuing to suffer torment during the break, until the hour of that task ended.

When seeing Witch Miss withdraw her face buried in his belly, somewhat unsatisfied, Cat finally experienced the taste of self-binding.

Rebel…… Rebel Son!

This patricidal Rebel Son!

Breathing in the long-lost fresh air, Cat licked her own disheveled fur while furiously cursing in her heart.

But, what does all this have to do with Witch Miss, who had fully enjoyed the 'Mommy kisses' happiness?