It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 127

“Then, Lady Kittia, please come visit us sometime.”

“Thank you for the gift, Lady Katrina. I will make good use of it.”

Katrina waved to the wolf envoys as they left the mansion. I also wiggled my soft paws at her.

‘Hashuka seems very happy that he can stay in the bear territory.’

It was a natural reaction since the merchant guild had opened up a new market, but I didn’t expect them to give away so many shares of the guild.

When I told my brothers this story, they looked troubled, as if they had heard some ominous news.

“I’m all for Kitty raking in money with her soft paws……”

“You’re not thinking of going far away just because you have plenty of independent funds, are you?”

I shrugged at the two of them, who seemed to be suffering from separation anxiety.

“The more sources of income, the better, right? I think I can make even more wonderful knitted works if I don’t have to worry about money.”

They praised my scarf as the cutest thing ever, even now.

The wolf envoys’ carriage had already reached a fork in the road. Now, the group that Ethan brought would head to the central training ground, and we had to go straight.

When I glanced outside, Theo and Deon didn’t hold me back, even though they had sullen faces.

“Just go say hello and come back. If Ethan tries to get too close, defend yourself with Father’s fur cloak.”

“I’ll run over if Ethan does anything funny, so keep that in mind.”

“Yes.”

The look in their eyes was fierce, as if they had heard about what happened last night.

I obediently lowered my tail and headed towards Ethan. I didn’t have to walk much. He was coming towards me too.

“Kitty, be careful.”

When Ethan said that and put his arm lightly around my waist, my brothers coughed fiercely, as if their lungs were full of air.

“Kheluk, the waist!”

“Ahem, take your hand off!”

“…….”

Ethan glared at them and put his hands behind his back. He would have easily ignored Theo and Deon’s words in the past, but what on earth had happened?

“Goodbye, Ethan. Thank you.”

“I hope those guys give you a lot of information.”

His blue eyes turned to one of the Gridwolf’s carriages. It was the carriage where Sigma and the other panthers were knocked out and loaded.

“That’s what will happen.”

Because I had a way to get information out of Sigma.

“I’ve also sent letters to Clyd and Hogwood, so we might see each other again soon.”

“You’re talking about that guy before you leave, Kitty.”

His brow furrowed slightly. It was the face I had seen often when I was being taught by him.

I stepped a little closer to Ethan, who had his hands behind his back, instead. I was just trying to give him a farewell kiss, but sighs leaked out from all directions.

“Then, Ethan, see you next time.”

I tiptoed and leaned forward slightly to kiss him on the cheek, as he was much taller than me.

But he pulled his head back slightly. As I moved closer as much as he pulled back, my body, which had been on tiptoes, momentarily lost its balance.

Thud—

I hugged Ethan momentarily to avoid falling. When I looked up, I saw his face looking satisfied.

‘He was trying to make me fall on purpose!’

Ethan still had his hands behind his back and lowered his head to kiss me lightly on the cheek.

“Remember who you’re hugging right now.”

“…….”

“What I said wasn’t a joke, so give me an answer when we meet next time.”

Ethan was clearly asking me a favor, but his low voice didn’t make it sound like that at all.

No, I wasn’t even sure if I heard him correctly because of the sound of my heart pounding.

I stared at him blankly and then smiled.

“I’ll think about it.”

“…….”

“Ethan, don’t play these kinds of pranks on other people. Otherwise, you’ll turn into a cat and roll around in your closet full of black clothes.”

As soon as I said that and kissed him on the cheek, his eyes deepened with desire,

“Ahem!”

“Kitty, swing Father’s fur cloak!”

Because my brothers ran out and made a fuss, I couldn’t say any more farewells to Ethan.

* * *

“You’ve returned safely.”

“Baby, come here.”

As soon as I got off at the Gridwolf mansion, Caris reached out to me. I quickly flew up, forgetting that I was in human form.

“Caris, Jackal!”

Wolves are wolves, and Caris easily caught me. Jackal’s big hand was placed on my head.

“A lot has happened. I’ll go inside and tell you everything.”

The two of them had prepared so much food for us that the table was about to break.

Most of it was salmon dishes or snacks made with milk, which I liked.

I slowly tasted them and told them what had happened in the bear territory.

“You caught Sigma.”

Jackal and Caris’s expressions couldn’t have been good when they heard that name. They seemed to be enduring it, wanting to pierce Sigma’s stomach right away, but they were holding back for my sake.

“I think we can get information out of Sigma if we use Anne and Marie, who are trapped in the Gridwolf’s basement.”

Anne and Marie were Jerian’s spies.

We don’t know how much information Jerian leaked to Anne and Marie, but it was clear that Sigma didn’t know either.

‘Jackal already figured out what Anne and Marie knew and didn’t know when he interrogated them before.’

The two of them weren’t very strong-willed, so they spilled everything they knew in front of Jackal and Caris.

They were not very useful information, so we couldn’t use them anywhere and kept them locked up in the basement, but they finally became useful.

“Sigma probably knows that Anne and Marie are Jerian’s subordinates. But he probably doesn’t know what information Anne and Marie know.”

Through Polly’s mirror, we found out that the panthers sacrificed their own kind to help Jerian.

If Anne and Marie pretended to know a lot about it and coaxed Sigma, we would be able to get new information.

“How many panthers were sacrificed, and did the sacrificed panthers know about it or not.”

If they made the panthers go crazy with Blue Moon [a substance that induces madness] and chase the cats without knowing why, Delta’s rule would be shaken.

The route that Jerian took the cats on was so rough that it was difficult to move even when you were sane.

I heard that most of the panthers who were chasing the cats at the time died not because they were attacked, but because they lost their footing.

‘We don’t need a ruler who sends their own kind to such a place.’

If Sigma, Delta’s confidant, released the related information, it would be very persuasive.

‘I wonder how Jerian’s followers will react if I pass that on to Nero.’

Jackal, who was listening to me, asked a question.

“But I don’t know if Jerian’s subordinates or the panthers will listen to the wolves.”

That was true.

Even Sebil, a panther who had leaked information as an experiment in the bear territory, would have scoffed if I had shouted, ‘Delta betrayed his own kind!’

But I had Polly’s mirror, and I had something I had asked Katrina for in order to use it usefully in this situation.

Tak-

“This is a stone that Katrina gave me as a gift. It’s small, but it contains more of the aura of a sacred object than any rock in the bear territory.”

The reason I was able to find out how my dad and brothers died was because the rock containing the magic of the sacred object remembered the situation.

In other words, this stone could record the scene I wanted with video and sound.

“Showing it in a moving video will have a greater impact than conveying it in words or writing.”

I showed the stone to everyone in Gridwolf.

Sir Elliot, who had been listening to my story quietly, shrugged at Jackal and Caris.

“At this point, shouldn’t you give me, the young lady’s teacher, a special paid vacation?”

The two of them always showed a cold reaction to Sir Elliot’s jokes, but this time they showed signs of affirmation.

“It’s a bit difficult to take a vacation right now, but we’ll think about a bonus.”

* * *

A cool air lingered in the panther territory today. Ben stared at the cloudy sky for a moment before entering Clyd’s camp.

“Lord, a letter has arrived.”

“I’m a little tired right now because I’m about to cast a defensive spell for the wolves.”

Clyd, who was pretending to be coy with a sly tone, jumped up from his seat as if he was popping up after seeing what he was handing over.

“It’s a letter from Lady Kittia!”

“……!”

Clyd, who had easily torn off the Gridwolf’s seal, opened the letter and checked the soft paw print at the bottom first.

It was still a smooth and flawless pink jelly, wondering if the wolves were getting water on their hands.

‘Seeing that she used stationery and envelopes with the Polly family crest, it seems like she did something there too.’

Well, he had no intention of being surprised by Kitty’s performance.

“Ben, please get me a cup of tea. I want to read it reverently and leisurely.”

Clyd sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace, which he didn’t usually sit on because it was too hot.

He took a sip of the tea that Ben brought and read the first line, and somehow his heart fluttered and his stomach ached.

[To my precious friend, Clyd.]

“Ben, did you put alcohol in the tea?”

“The two words ‘friend’ seem bitter, but let’s just say I put alcohol in it.”

“…….”

Clyd read the letter with a glare.

It briefly stated what kind of time Kitty had spent in the bear territory. His mouth dropped open at the part where she received shares of the merchant guild.

[So, I have a favor to ask of you.]

Just as he was about to get to the important part, a loud knock was heard. Only Hogwood’s fist could make such a loud noise.

“Come in.”

“Haha, I heard my daughter-in-law sent a letter, so I was wondering if there was a story about me too.”

Clyd hated the black-haired wolf even more than he already did.