It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 142

“Father, Kitty is talking about Gridwolf catnip.”

“It’s an improved variety with a stronger scent than other catnips.”

In the end, Theo and Deon helped Jackal see reason, rather than Kitty. Jackal stared at Kitty silently for a moment.

The golden eyes in his hardened face trembled slightly. Jackal couldn’t accept the harsh reality that his youngest cat daughter preferred catnip to him.

Soft—

Kitty tightly grasped Jackal’s hard, calloused hand.

“I like Jackal very much, but I need catnip right now.”

“…….”

The moment he felt her soft paw, he couldn’t hear any more complaints. Jackal looked down at Kitty’s hand, which seemed to be getting softer as the years went by, and opened his mouth.

“Then let’s do as you think.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Family always supports each other. I’ll send a reply to Nero.”

“Thank you for believing in me, Jackal!”

Kitty smiled brightly. Once again, she felt like she knew who she took after, being so precious to Theo and Deon.

* * *

Kitty went straight back to her room and wrote a letter of greeting to Nero.

She also added that the Gridwolf side was planning to respond using catnip and elite leopards, so they should pretend to search for Jerian as they were doing now to deceive others.

‘Jackal said he would write a detailed letter.’

After sending the letter, Kitty had to move quickly. Now that Jackal’s permission and Gridwolf’s cooperation were promised, it was necessary to check the condition of the catnip.

Theo and Deon were busy training the knights, so Kitty visited the catnip field with Elliot.

“I can go alone, Sir Elliot.”

“My lady is strong and brave, so she can go anywhere alone.”

Having said that, Elliot stuck even closer to Kitty.

“But the catnip field and the Wibis mansion are off-limits. Those two are always dangerous zones for you, my lady.”

Kitty pouted at Elliot’s words, as if he were treating her like a child.

“Sir Elliot, I’m no longer a child who loses control in front of catnip. I’m almost an adult.”

Elliot, who had been training Kitty hard since she was a small kitten, knew his disciple’s growth better than anyone else.

The current Kitty was the strongest not only among the members of the Gridwolf mansion but also among the beastmen [humanoids with animal features].

It was only natural since she had two of the goddess’s relics that others couldn’t even use properly.

But—

“You’re getting wobbly as you get closer to the catnip field, my lady.”

“Ah.”

Kitty shook her head to clear her hazy mind. The problem was that she felt better as she got closer to the field.

“Kyaa—!”

I love catnip!

Kitty’s eyes, which had instantly turned into a cat’s with a *poof* sound, were saying just that.

Elliot chuckled and held Kitty in his arms to keep her from losing her mind.

Kitty, who had returned to her animal form, used to slip out like liquid, but she couldn’t escape Elliot’s skilled arms.

“You’re just like when you were little.”

“No, I’m nottt.”

“Yes, yes. Shall we look around first, my lady?”

Kitty looked around, showing her displeasure with her twisted tongue.

The catnip was not as lush as it could be because Hogwood had used some of it to appease the leopards he had taken hostage.

However, if it could disarm her, a cat, to this extent, there was no need to wait any longer for the catnip to grow.

“This is enough, I think. Isn’t it?”

“Yes, well…….”

“Master, please make sure to bring a catnip sample. Have I told you how much I respect you?”

“Yes, yes. I know it well, so sleep well.”

‘I must prevent the Lord of Wibis from dating our lady in the catnip field.’

Elliot reaffirmed his determination and moved the intoxicated Kitty back to her room. Barniel chuckled as if he knew this would happen and offered Kitty warm soup.

Despite such care, Kitty was only able to come to her senses after about three hours.

‘It’s still powerful.’

Kitty nodded, drinking a glass of warm water. If she could transport these catnips through spies without being detected, she could render all the cats in the vicinity incapacitated for about an hour.

Then all that remained was to persuade Sebil and the elite leopards based on these facts.

Kitty headed to the prison in the basement of the training hall. Six wolf knights who discovered her accompanied her as escorts.

The leopards, who were silent and not talking in the iron cage, keenly recognized that a cat and wolf knights were approaching.

“…….”

But that didn’t change anything.

If it had been before, they would have been on alert because the enemy was approaching, but after hearing Sigma’s revelation, they gave up on being elite leopards.

Kitty knew the reason well.

“I see you’ve read Sigma’s report that I sent you.”

Sigma’s report stated that Leopid had made the elite leopards orphans. He sacrificed their parents, regretted it, and brought their children up to raise them as murderers.

It was only natural that the elite leopards, who had never doubted that Leopid had taken care of them, would lose their will.

‘They could suspect that the report was fabricated, but they don’t, so Delta and Sigma must have shown suspicious circumstances many times.’

Of course, the reason why the leopards in the iron cage believed the contents of the report was probably because of their leader, Sebil.

He had already seen the truth through Polly’s mirror.

‘He said he had also watched the stone containing Sigma’s statements several times.’

The leopards, who had been denied what they had believed in all their lives, looked empty. In other words, they were in the best condition to accept a new mission.

Instead of coming on strong, Kitty spoke calmly.

“……As you know, Jerian, who is acting as the leader of the cats, killed my family. So I know how you feel.”

Betrayal, anger, and shame and contempt for their weak selves who didn’t know the truth.

A gentle voice soothed all the emotions that those who had realized that they had been loyal to Leopid, who had killed their precious people, must be feeling.

“The one who deceived is at fault, not the one who was deceived.”

“…….”

“So you don’t have to feel guilty. It’s more important to try not to be swayed anymore.”

The comfort that only someone who had endured steadfastly even after losing her mother and siblings could give reached their hearts.

Sebil, who couldn’t say anything, opened his mouth after a long time.

“So, what does the Gridwolf Young Lady think we can do?”

“I think you can help me.”

“Was this a setup to use us?”

“Well, if you say so, it is.”

Kitty shrugged as if she wouldn’t make excuses. Her rich silver hair, tied up in pigtails, fluttered gracefully.

“At least I won’t deceive you to get help. So I hope you will help me.”

Kitty handed a small map into the iron cage. Sebil accepted it quietly instead of snatching it away as usual.

The map showed how far the Gridwolf mansion was from a part of the cat territory.

“The marked place is where Jerian’s hideout is. Nero told me. I want you to go there as spies.”

“I don’t know why you’re leaking this information.”

“I don’t trust you, but I trust the wolf knights of Gridwolf.”

The wolf knights behind Kitty all had proud faces.

“If you say you won’t help, I won’t take you out of here, and then this information will be useless.”

Even though she was spitting out a kind of threat, the leopards didn’t show anger.

Instead, they seemed to be pondering how they could use the opportunity Kitty had offered them.

Jerian.

The reason why the members of the Leopid family drove the leopards crazy and sacrificed them was because they needed a show for the authority of the cats.

If Jerian hadn’t coveted authority and honor, the sacrifice wouldn’t have been necessary.

But now, Kitty was saying that she would give them a chance to throw that resentful guy into the abyss of destruction.

Sebil made eye contact with each of the elite leopards. Everyone’s eyes contained the same opinion.

“If that’s the case, I want to do it even if you don’t ask.”

“I knew it.”

Kitty reached out into the iron cage.

The Gridwolf knights flinched for a moment at the bold action, but they were soon able to calm down.

Soft—

It was because they saw Sebil’s eyes, which had not wavered at all, shaking the moment he shook hands with Kitty.

* * *

“It’s so frustrating.”

Jerian muttered nervously, scratching the sofa in the underground hideout where the sun didn’t shine well.

If he didn’t relieve his itchy body like this, his flesh would rot.

Like the heart area where the skin was rotting bluish as if it were bruised.

‘It doesn’t seem like this happened because I couldn’t see the sun.’

Jerian unbuttoned a few of his shirt buttons. The skin around his heart was all bluish. The sight of purple blood vessels bulging over the burst blisters was truly gruesome.

It would have been better if he didn’t know why this happened.

‘Am I an unqualified guy like Delta Leopid?’

Jerian, who had lived looking at other people’s faces until he was deprived of immunity from the Icaruses [a group or organization], had a good sense of energy.

He keenly captured the rejection reaction that Blue Moon was spewing out whenever Delta tried to get close.

The jewel from Delta’s body rejected Delta.

He laughed it off, thinking that the goddess was a picky and noble being, but now he was feeling that rejection reaction himself.

An unqualified guy.

The necrotic skin on his chest seemed to be saying that.

He felt humiliated every time he saw the skin that didn’t seem to belong to a living animal, but on the other hand, he snorted.

‘That weak cat will never accept it.’

When we met in the cave last time.

Kitty couldn’t attack him because of a baby fox. It meant that although she had grown splendidly on the outside with the support of the wolves, in the end, she was a weak cat inside.

Even if Kitty was lucky enough to get Blue Moon, the end would be destruction.

Jerian raised one corner of his mouth and smiled.

It was then that one of his pale subordinates carefully reported.

“Um, Jerian. The elite leopards are secretly asking to see you. What should I do?”

Jerian’s mouth tore even higher.