It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 48

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‘Jerian managed to plant two of her people.’

Since two of them passed the final interview, she might have hired even more beastkins to apply for the maid positions.

Wolves have strong pride in being powerful animals, so they wouldn’t accept a cat’s request for a small sum. It would have been quite burdensome for a wolf to infiltrate a wolf family.

‘She must have considered those aspects when deciding on the payment.’

Kitty walked out of the hallway leading to the maids’ rooms with a lighter step. She felt good knowing that Jerian had spent a considerable amount to extract her information.

“Kitty.”

Eden appeared before her, walking lightly. Unlike Kitty, he looked dissatisfied with something.

Eden moved the location to the study where he always conducted classes with Kitty and asked.

“You seem to be in a good mood.”

Kitty focused her hearing and scanned the study. Although she was still clumsy, she could use her magic to perceive the surrounding noises without taking out her cat ears.

Fortunately, there was no one in the study, so she could answer Eden.

“Yes. Jerian sent two spies without realizing she was exposed.”

Kitty’s voice was full of confidence. Eden, sitting on the desk, pulled out a chair for Kitty and asked.

“I heard you hired three out of the six maid candidates. Explain how you thought and made the decision.”

Listing the thought process logically was a question Eden often asked Kitty.

Kitty calmly answered, thinking back to the maid interview.

“All six finalists passed Paul and Flora’s 까다로운 [picky] document screening. Based on the documents alone, they are the most optimized people for the maid job.”

“Continue.”

“Then they all know that the person they will be serving is a young lady who will soon be seventeen.”

“That’s right.”

“But some of them showed consideration that didn’t suit a seventeen-year-old lady. It was as if they knew my childhood preferences in advance.”

Kitty clearly remembered the way Marie and Anne brewed tea. As if they had planned it in advance, they put three sugar cubes in lukewarm milk tea and took it out on a plate before they all melted.

The probability of a seventeen-year-old lady liking sugar cubes soaked in tea was slim, but if there were two people who thought that way.

“If they are Jerian’s spies, they would know that I am a cat, so such consideration would be possible.”

The reasoning that Jerian, who knew Kitty’s childhood tastes, had tipped off her cronies was indeed persuasive.

“Do you think both of them are Jerian’s spies?”

“Yes. Clide will use magic to monitor their suspicious behavior, so I’ll soon know if my guess is wrong or right.”

“Even so, you’re thinking of hiring both of them as maids?”

Eden subtly suggested replacing one of the failed candidates with one of the hired spies. But Kitty was firm.

“It would be more disruptive to leak different information to the two of them.”

“That would certainly be the case.”

Kitty couldn’t tell what Eden was thinking. He didn’t show it, but she felt like he was a little disappointed.

“Then why did you hire the rabbit named Vaniel?”

“I liked Vaniel because she answered honestly during the interview. She must be quite skilled since she passed the document screening.”

Kitty especially liked the clear light that flickered in Vaniel’s eyes. It was a light that gave a warm impression, like her own magic.

Eden looked 떨떠름 [awkward] for some reason after hearing the answer. Just as Kitty was about to ask why, someone pushed open the door to the study.

“Lord Caris?”

Kitty checked the time. She was so busy talking to Eden that it was already time to learn about love from Caris.

Eden, who greeted Caris, was about to leave but spat out another question as if something was still bothering him.

“There was one more maid candidate who brewed sweet tea to your liking.”

“Ah, are you talking about the wolf beastkin? I remember her because her demeanor was especially elegant.”

“But why didn’t you pick her?”

Kitty raised her eyebrows and said as if it were obvious.

“Isn’t that the person you put in, 선생님 [teacher]?”

Eden, who was about to leave the study, paused with a strange expression.

“When did you notice?”

“You always make sure the handle of the teacup faces a certain direction when you drink tea.”

It wasn’t just placing it in a direction that was easy to lift the teacup. Although she hadn’t seen it often, Eden and Hogwood were always 신경을 쓰고 [paying attention] about the direction of the teacup handle.

“I thought it was 정석 [the norm] to do that when drinking tea in Wibis, but that wolf beastkin also 권했어요 [recommended] the tea only after 맞춰 [adjusting] the teacup handle in a specific direction.”

“…….”

“The knights from Wibis who occasionally visit the mansion with Lord Hogwood don’t seem to 신경을 쓰다 [care] about the direction of the teacup handle that much.”

Then she could think that the strange habit was a habit shared only by Eden and Hogwood.

But the wolf beastkin who applied for the maid position seemed used to 맞춰 [adjusting] the habit shared only by the Wibis family.

“So I thought that wolf beastkin would have served Eden’s family in the Wibis mansion.”

Eden chuckled. He didn’t think Kitty would notice, but he was honestly a little surprised.

Her observation skills and her ability to calmly piece together puzzles based on what she observed had grown 놀라울 정도로 [remarkably] over the past 10 years.

Kitty was a rewarding student to teach.

“Tell me if you change your mind later. That maid will provide you with the best convenience.”

“But I want to meet Eden in person and tell him about my recent situation.”

Kitty folded her eyes into a crescent shape and smiled as if it were a habit. It was an instinctive action she took to avoid being hated when she said something to Eden.

Of course, he wasn’t that scary now.

But to Eden, that smile was taken to mean something a little different.

“……Okay.”

Eden answered briefly, greeted Caris, and left the room.

Kitty was 정신이 없다 [preoccupied] with the sense of accomplishment that she had answered Eden’s questions clearly, but Caris, who had been 뜯어보는 [scrutinizing] Eden with hawk eyes, definitely saw it.

A faint blush spread across Eden’s face, which usually didn’t change much. Eden involuntarily revealed his satisfaction when he saw Kitty’s smile.

It was the expression a wolf would make when approaching a desired prey, silencing its footsteps and sneaking closer.

What was even more surprising was that.

‘The wolf that Eden was trying to attach as Kitty’s maid was 분명 [clearly]…….’

She felt familiar during the maid interview, but she remembered who it was when she heard Kitty’s reasoning.

That maid was the one Hogwood had subtly attached to the genius wolf he had 찍은 [marked] as a marriage partner.

Thanks to the maid who 솔솔 흘린 [leaked] about the beauty of the Wibis mansion and Hogwood’s charm, the genius wolf eventually became Mrs. Wibis.

‘Later, that genius wolf even laughed, saying that there was no man in the world as 멋진 [wonderful] as Hogwood.’

Eden was trying to attach a veteran maid who could make even a woman who had no interest in Hogwood into Mrs. Wibis to Kitty.

Caris couldn’t help but 기함하다 [be astonished] inside.

‘I thought Eden resembled his mother in personality and appearance.’

Of course, a wolf who has captured a desired woman will do anything to make the other person his, but it was unexpected that Eden, who is usually taciturn and 냉철 [calm], would come out so 저돌적으로 [aggressively].

The biggest problem was that Kitty was 살랑살랑 부채질 [fanning] Eden’s heart.

“…….”

Caris immediately understood why Elliot had told her to hurry up with education about love and sex.

“Kitty. It would be good to start the class soon.”

“Yes, 좋아요 [good]!”

Kitty brought her notes and writing utensils stored in the study. Her 기대하는 마음 [anticipation] for the class with Caris was revealed in her 복숭앗빛 홍조 [peach-colored blush].

It would be stranger if the boys in the mansion, including Eden and Clide, didn’t 애끓지 [burn with longing] when they saw this lovely girl.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation once again, Caris sat down in the seat opposite Kitty.

“Kitty, then I will teach you about love between 이성 [opposite sexes].”

“Yes, Lord Caris.”

“After puberty, everyone becomes interested in 이성 [the opposite sex]. Kitty, is there a man you are interested in?”

Caris’s voice contained both subtle expectation and anxiety. Kitty thought carefully and answered.

“Of course! There are so many.”

“많……다고 [so many]?”

“Yes. Except for the maids, there are only men around me, right? I’m always grateful to everyone for their efforts.”

Caris was speechless for a moment. The question of whether there was an 이성 [person of the opposite sex] she was interested in was not meant to be taken that way at all.

“Kitty, falling in love with someone who is not family means your heart is pounding and you can’t stop thinking about that person.”

“…….”

“You 자꾸만 [constantly] want to touch the other person, you become 집착하게 [obsessed] to the other person’s small actions, and you 계속해서 [continuously] want to know the other person.”

Caris asked again, ‘Is there such a person?’ Kitty immediately shook her head.

“There is no such person.”

Caris was a little relieved because it was such a 단호한 [firm] answer that some of the beastkins who had Kitty in mind would be 시무룩해질 [disheartened].

“Okay. Anyway, when wolves who have come of age and become adults love each other, they want more 친밀한 접촉 [intimate contact].”

“What if only one of them loves? One side may not be interested.”

Caris smiled and answered.

“Kitty. If someone you don’t love runs at you saying they love you, I’ll 찢어발길 [tear them apart] them.”

“…….”

“If you really love someone, you shouldn’t do things that the other person hates. If there’s a guy who 지껄이는 [blabbers] that he wants to 망가뜨리고 [ruin] you because he likes you, tell Jackal or me.”

I’ll make it into a carpet to put on the floor of Gridwolf’s bathroom. Caris swallowed the 뒷말 [rest of the words] so that Kitty wouldn’t be 겁을 먹지 [frightened].

Kitty nodded obediently, feeling a strange 오한 [chill].

Caris smiled 우아하게 [elegantly] again and 밀어 [pushed] a thin book with a red cover towards Kitty.

Speaking of this book, it was a textbook that Caris and Jackal had 공동 집필 [co-written] from last night without sleeping a wink.

There were also cute 삽화 [illustrations] that the Gridwolf couple 정성껏 그려 넣은 [carefully drew] so that Kitty, who knew nothing about love between 이성 [opposite sexes], would not lose her 동심 [innocence] in an instant.

“Lord Caris, did you make a 교재 [textbook] directly for me?”

She remembered when she first came to the mansion and learned to read. Kitty felt a 잔잔한 감동 [subtle emotion] as she looked at the red book full of pictures.

“Yes. Read it all first.”

“Yes!”

Kitty sat in a 바른 자세 [upright posture] and slowly read the red book. But even when she looked at the words and pictures together, she couldn’t understand what it meant.

‘Why are there only pictures of people hugging?’

The tail that had popped out at some point was 휘어졌다 [bent] in a question mark shape. Caris was 자못 당황했다 [quite embarrassed].

‘She doesn’t understand what the situation is because she doesn’t have basic knowledge.’

Then it would be better to teach her accurately, even if Kitty might be a little 충격받을 [shocked].

After 고민한 [worrying] for a long time, Caris finally said to the maid who was 대기하고 [waiting] outside.

“Flora. Go to the kitchen and bring a baguette, donuts, and 생크림 [whipped cream].”