It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 147

“Ethan, what is that…”

Kitty couldn’t finish her sentence, staring at the sword hilt Ethan offered.

The blade aimed at him trembled. If he had intended to kill her from the start, he would have drawn both swords.

The murderous intent he exuded was directed entirely at himself, who held the sword.

Ethan fought fiercely against the madness that controlled him, uttering each word with difficulty.

“Kitty, before I, ugh… hurt you.”

“Ethan!”

“You should leave me…”

He gritted his teeth. The sword hilt he held out to Kitty shook precariously, as if it would fall at any moment.

Kitty recognized the Blue Moon’s magic swirling like a storm. The madness that possessed him seemed determined not to let the body’s owner die.

The Blue Moon’s magic urged him to throw the sword far away. Ethan desperately clung to the blade, telling himself to stab himself.

“Ethan…”

His body, having absorbed too much of the Blue Moon’s magic, was slowly collapsing. His magic could no longer circulate and began to corrode his body.

As if to say that no matter how virtuous he was, he was not strong enough to withstand the Blue Moon’s magic.

“Kitty, I’m no good.”

Tears welled up in Kitty’s eyes at Ethan’s words. Except for a slight tremor, his voice was as calm and confident as when he taught her.

The words he spoke in that tone were always true and absolute.

That he couldn’t be healed, and that before things got worse, she should kill him along with the Blue Moon’s magic.

If Ethan had made that judgment with his clear mind, it was advantageous and wise to follow it. That was what she had learned while staying in Gridwolf.

But—

“No.”

Kitty shook her head.

“Kitty, I…”

“No. I won’t do that.”

Kitty firmly rejected Ethan’s suggestion. Ethan’s hand, holding the blade, tightened, and blood flowed down his forearm.

“Kitty, do as I say…”

“Ethan.”

Kitty gently brushed his eyes with her fingertips. His eyes twitched slightly at the warm touch.

“Don’t say that while crying.”

“…”

“You want to live with me, don’t you, Ethan?”

The blue eyes, filled with the murderous intent to kill himself, wavered greatly.

Softly-

Instead of grabbing the sword hilt he offered, Kitty grabbed the blade he held. Blood seeped from her hand, gradually staining his body.

At the age of six, when she was exiled from the cat territory.

The day of revenge she had vaguely dreamed of since then was not like this.

She thought she would squeeze out all the strength she had gradually built up, execute Jerian on the spot, and drive him out of the territory as he had done to her and her mother.

If she could complete her revenge with the goddess’s magic that her mother had passed down to her, she would be able to happily finish the path she had walked so far, she swore hundreds of times.

But Ethan before her eyes was more precious than the dream she had nurtured for so long.

“Don’t forget that your happiness is the best revenge against Jerian.”

It was as Nero had said.

Kitty poured all of her remaining magic into his blade and said.

“Ethan, I won’t let you die.”

The blade, filled with her magic, began to emit a subtle light like a ray of light.

Kitty carefully moved the sword, making a thin cut on Ethan’s skin.

Then, the Blue Moon’s magic trapped inside Ethan was sucked out by Kitty. The knights were horrified and reached out, overwhelmed by the dense magic that made it hard to breathe.

“Lady!”

“I’m fine, so please step back!”

Softly-

Putting one hand on Ethan’s arm and injecting magic together, his eyes gradually regained their focus. The overflowing murderous intent faltered and disappeared before the clear and warm magic.

Ethan’s convulsing hand gradually calmed down. Kitty felt his warmth and calmed her breathing.

‘Just a little more.’

It was then.

Zhiing-

In an instant, blue magic burst out in concentric circles from around Ethan’s arm.

The places where the magic swept through stopped time and the flow of air.

Everyone around, including the wolf knights and Jerian, froze in place, unable to move, as if they were turned to stone.

‘This is…’

Kitty struggled to keep her magic from scattering and looked around. It was as if she had suddenly been thrown into another dimension, and she was the only one who could move properly.

Ethan’s hand, which she was holding, also became hard and cold like a marble sculpture. Everything changed so quickly that she got goosebumps.

‘This is not something that can be done with ordinary magic.’

As her emerald eyes darted around, a voice was heard from a distant, high place.

[I finally get to meet you.]

A low and calm female voice that felt threatening. Every time the voice echoed, she felt the magic that tormented Ethan.

Kitty felt an instinctive aversion and sharpened her eyes.

[Kittyia. I have been waiting for this moment since you inherited your mother’s magic.]

Judging from her elegant tone and the content of her words, Kitty seemed to know who she was.

“Blue Moon?”

[Yes.]

“…”

Perhaps because she had assumed that the Blue Moon had a self, the content of the answer was not very surprising.

What surprised her was something else.

Her attitude was gentle, as if answering a perfectly natural question. It was hard to believe that someone with such a warm attitude had driven Ethan to the point of death.

Kitty placed her hand on Ethan’s frozen body and said.

“Please return Ethan and the others.”

[But he is not qualified to accept me. I am not great enough to revive those who have crossed the river of death.]

“Pardon?”

Kitty’s eyes widened to their limit at the word death. But the Blue Moon was calm.

[As expected, other beastkins are different from you, Kittyia.]

“What do you mean-.”

[Only you, with the goddess’s magic, are worthy of becoming my master. It is only natural that those who are not qualified to possess me suffer internal injuries.]

The voice that was heard was still elegant, and Kitty could only let out a hollow sigh. The Blue Moon, which drives beastkins crazy and makes them lose their reason, was a single, conversational entity.

Not even having spoken her thoughts out loud, the Blue Moon continued calmly.

[You might think that if I had talked to someone sooner, these many things might not have happened.]

“…”

[But from the beginning, only you were qualified to talk to me.]

Kitty blinked slowly.

She could understand that she, as the goddess’s jewel, had a completely different way of thinking from ordinary beastkins [beast-human hybrids].

But her heart ached when she thought about the countless deaths that could have been prevented.

[I will choose you as my vessel.]

“…”

[By accepting me, the madness will finally disappear from the world.]

Kitty slowly clenched her fist. She resented the voice that spoke as if there was no way to heal the internal injuries Ethan had suffered.

But the opponent was the Blue Moon, the goddess’s possession. She couldn’t think of a way to go against her will.

It was then.

[You’re as arrogant as ever.]

[Annoying crazy woman.]

A voice of unknown gender was heard from somewhere. Kitty looked at Gridwolf’s bow, which was pressing down on Ethan’s body.

[Hello, Master.]

[It’s the first time we’ve let you hear our voices, Kitty.]

The remaining two sacred objects, excluding the Blue Moon, spoke to her kindly. Then, they began to rebuke the Blue Moon.

[Blue Moon, this child is qualified enough. Not as your vessel, but as the one who is qualified to be the master of us all.]

[She has the power of that person. Completely.]

[…]

[So I think you’ll have to bend your will this time.]

[Prove it.]

Kitty, who was speechless at the amazing sight, felt a warm energy spreading from her chest after a while.

Brilliant magic was blooming from the necklace her mother had left behind.

[My dear.]

“…!”

Tears streamed down Kitty’s cheeks. The warm voice she had heard in her dreams several times. It was her mother.

[You don’t have to worry, Soft Paw.]

“Mom…”

[You just have to be happy. For that, I… can do anything.]

As soon as she finished speaking, warm magic enveloped Ethan. Abundant magic flowed out from Gridwolf’s bow and began to purify Ethan.

The stopped time and space slowly began to regenerate. Warmth returned to Ethan’s hand, and light returned to the eyes of others.

[Master, give the Blue Moon an order.]

[The master is qualified to be the owner of the jewel.]

Kitty steeled her heart. Now that everyone was helping her, she could steel her heart.

“Blue Moon. Save Ethan, even if it costs you your life.”

“…”

“And follow my orders. Don’t act as you please.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the Blue Moon’s magic burst into the air. But this time, the beastkins’ expressions became endlessly languid, as if basking in the spring sun.

“It’s warm.”

“Is this the Blue Moon’s magic that Kitty felt?”

Theo and Deon mumbled blankly. The leopards, who were out of their minds from catnip [a plant that causes euphoria in cats], woke up one by one and felt the warm magic falling like snow.

The wolf knights, who had spent a long time with Kitty, were able to be a little more calm.

“The Lady is up to her antics again.”

“It’s Kittyia, isn’t it.”

Laughter of relief began to bloom little by little. But Kitty’s interest was only in one place.

“Ethan, Ethan.”

Softly-

The moment her hand touched Ethan’s cheeks, the Blue Moon’s magic completely settled into Ethan’s body.

The jewel’s magic slowly permeated his body, filling his internal injuries and giving him new strength.

“…Kitty.”

Finally, his blue eyes revealed a clear light.