Chapter 561

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

After a brief touch, the witch continued the topic.

"Yes."

Xia De nodded:

"This is probably because it is a bit too simple."

"Meow~"

The cat squirmed on his lap, wanting to find a more comfortable position.

"So I have a new idea."

Lady Galina reached out to Difa, and Difa took out a dark brown glass wine bottle that Xia De was very familiar with from her long skirt pocket. Inside the wine bottle was a pure white cat smaller than Mia.

The outlander narrowed his eyes:

"Looks a bit familiar..."

"I was very lucky. Some time ago, I bought a semi-finished product of the potion - 【Cat in a Bottle】 sold by someone from the local black market. This bottle of potion expired thirty years ago, and the seller said it had been contaminated, but it was purified by someone. But it doesn't matter, there are potion masters in the Council. I gave the black market seller one-sixth of the finished potion and got it at a price that was almost free."

The witch's fair hand shook the wine bottle in her hand slightly, and the white cat "sleeping" in the wine bottle immediately melted into liquid in the bottle. Xia De can basically be sure now that this is the bottle of potion that Priest Ao Gu Si once let him see. (Note)

Didn't expect that after tossing and turning, this thing appeared in front of him again.

"Lady Galina, you want to..."

Xia De already basically understood.

"Now this precious potion can basically be used. But because the expiration time is too long, the efficacy is greatly reduced, and it can only last for less than three minutes. I want to test it."

She pulled out the cork and looked at Xia De. Xia De praised:

"You really have ideas."

"Yes, I want to test whether, if a person who already has deep trust in you turns into a cat, it can be affected by your spell. If it can, I will look for other ways to make people turn into animals."

It sounds feasible, but it involves the degree of mental variation during physical transformation, which belongs to more high-end transformation content, so it needs to be tested carefully:

"Lady Galina, you want to drink it yourself?"

"Of course not, my level is too high, the potion has a very poor effect on me."

She handed the uncorked wine bottle to Difa behind her. Difa shook the wine bottle again, dispersing the liquid that had gradually solidified into a semi-cat shape, and then without hesitation, drank the liquid after the white cat melted.

Xia De opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and Mia stared wide-eyed in horror, but unfortunately, no one noticed it.

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

"What's wrong?"

Galina stood up concerned, wanting to support her, but Difa shook her head with a painful expression:

"Miss, I feel so hot..."

Her body seemed unable to bear the pain, so she slowly squatted down and disappeared behind the sofa. Even the witch, who had seen the world, looked at the back of the sofa with a surprised expression.

Xia De had already stood up, holding Mia, bypassed the coffee table, and came behind the sofa where Lady Galina was sitting.

The black-haired maid was no longer visible there. Dresses, white stockings, shoes, hair accessories, sock garters, and underwear were scattered on the ground. And a pure white cat was huddled on those clothes, confused.

It wanted to stand up, but the four short legs seemed unable to support its body, making it sway and lie down again.

"Meow~ Meow~"

Opening its mouth slightly, but what came out was a cat's cry. The small white cat looked at the surprised Xia De in confusion:

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

"Then what did you think would happen?"

The witch, who was relieved, asked.

"Turning into a half-human, half-cat appearance..."

Somehow, he thought of his friend Professor Manning.

"Meow?"

Mia on Xia De's shoulder was not like Xia De, appreciating the beautiful appearance of this "Difa cat." It was bristling, and issued a threatening cry that had never been heard before toward the Difa cat on the clothes.

Obviously, Little Mia believed that her status in this home was seriously threatened.

Mia kept baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, so Xia De transferred it from his shoulder to his pocket. Only then did he bend down to pick up the Difa cat from the pile of clothes, then bypassed to the front of the sofa and sat back in his original position.

"I am also seeing someone use this kind of potion for the first time."

Lady Galina looked very curious, while Mia took advantage of Xia De sitting down and escaped from his pocket to the sofa. Seeing Xia De holding the little white cat, it continued to bristle and issue a low roar.

Xia De reached out and touched Mia twice. While its voice weakened, he picked up the towel that had been prepared from the side and covered the pure white Difa cat, which was still trying to stand up with four legs.

The cat, which was probably smaller than Mia, squirmed under the towel. After a few seconds, Xia De frowned and picked up the towel, the cat was still a cat:

"No effect at all."

"Also within expectations, if it succeeded so easily, I would be surprised instead."

The red-haired witch said, and then signaled Xia De to hand the white cat to her.

The newly appeared white cat Difa and the orange-white cat Mia raised by Xia De both belonged to the body shape of kittens. But I don't know if it was because of the potion, the Difa cat had a higher body temperature and was softer. But this was someone else's "cat," so Xia De handed the cat over.

Because she also raised cats in her manor, Lady Galina placed the little white cat on her lap and stroked it with a very skilled technique:

"Touching you like this is actually the first time."

She joked to the cat.

Seeing that the cat was taken away by someone else, Mia finally returned to its original state. It jumped onto Xia De's lap, even patted the place where the white cat had been lying with its paw, and then lay down again, with its little head against Xia De's leg, looking at the cat being held opposite the coffee table.

And the little white cat, still in a confused state, didn't notice the hostility it had suffered at all.

"In short, you can use this 3014 key next time. If it has nothing to do with Lady Felliana, remember to tell me, and I will find a way to find other keys."

"Okay, use it early Sunday morning."

Xia De said.

Actually, according to the time, the new key could be opened on Saturday afternoon. But he also wanted to let himself rest a little. He was no longer as anxious about everything as when he first came to this world.

"That's fine."

Lady Galina nodded, and seeing Xia De staring at the Difa cat, she asked curiously again:

"Is there a problem with this cat?"

"I just want to remind you that there is one minute and three seconds left until three minutes. Because the duration of the potion varies from individual to individual, you'd better take Difa to the bedroom as soon as possible."

Xia De's gaze moved to the window. Although it was still foggy today, the morning sun in early autumn was quite strong, and he could even see the dust floating in the sunlight:

"After all, when a cat turns back into a human, it's not wearing clothes... The extraordinary system of this world is really reasonable. Summoning a skeleton horse won't appear with horse gear, and transformation spells don't include clothes."

"Knight, really has a gentleman's demeanor."

The Duchess holding the cat commented. She played with Difa's tail, not knowing what she thought of, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Nothing interesting happened for the rest of the day. Lady Galina stayed at Xia De's place for a whole day, copying Lady Felliana's notebook in the study herself. She knew those Fifth Era characters, so the copying went quite smoothly.

As for Difa, after she successfully turned back into a human, she changed back into her clothes in Xia De's bedroom. After returning from the bedroom with her head down and her face flushed, pulling at the hem of her skirt, until the chef who was invited from a high-end restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue and brought ingredients to cook lunch here arrived, she didn't speak to Lady Galina.

It is of course inappropriate for a maid to treat her master like this, but Xia De can also understand that the black-haired girl seemed very angry at Lady Galina playing with "her" tail.

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

Xia De touched Mia's tail, the tail flicked, the cat looked at Xia De, and seeing that he didn't intend to move the two rings on the tail, it lay down beside him again to enjoy the peace of the afternoon.

It wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening that Lady Galina, who had fast hand speed, finished copying the notebook. She discussed with Xia De again, talking about the blanks that appeared in the notebook, and looked at Xia De's house while talking:

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

She saw the clothes Xia De had hung on the balcony in the morning:

"How about this, I will send maids to help you clean the house and wash your clothes every week. A young gentleman like you should make yourself decent. You only used one room on the second floor before, but it's different now, Xia De. Instead of hiring a housekeeper from who knows where, it's better for me to send servants I trust to help you."

Her proposal was quite good. Although Xia De was a bit embarrassed, some rooms had to be swept and mopped every week even if they weren't used, and the glass had to be wiped every few days, which was indeed very troublesome. Moreover, when washing clothes a few days ago, he had thought about hiring someone to do these chores, so he nodded in agreement.

He found the spare key at home, gave it to the black-haired maid who was responsible for this matter, and agreed that every Saturday afternoon, servants could be sent from the Duchess's manor to clean. He would put the clothes to be washed in a basin in advance, lock the doors that were not allowed to be entered, and leave a note explaining the places that needed key cleaning.

Choosing Saturday was because he was not at home on Saturday afternoon, and cleaning would not disturb him.

As for safety issues, Xia De was not worried at all. His secrets were hidden behind the hidden wall in the basement. As long as the second-floor study was locked, the most valuable things in the house were actually those furniture. But except for the ones left by Detective Sparrow, most of the furniture at No. 6 St. Deran Square was moved from Lady Galina's manor, so Xia De was not worried about theft.

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

He stood at the edge of St. Deran Square as night fell, waving goodbye to the departing motorcade.

When he turned around to go home, he happened to run into the neighbor, the Smiths, who were walking their dog. The old gentleman who used to be a department secretary in the kingdom's finance department clearly recognized Lady Galina's motorcade.

He nodded cautiously at Xia De and said with great emotion:

"Young people nowadays are really amazing."

Xia De just took it as a compliment to himself.