It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 50

To initiate the disruption in earnest, it was crucial to confirm that both Anne and Marie were indeed spies sent by Jerian.

So, Kitty immediately selected another maid who appeared least likely to be a spy for Jerian and assigned her to work alongside Anne and Marie.

The reasoning was that if Anne and Marie were Jerian’s spies, they would try to eliminate Baniel, as he would hinder their movements.

‘But to put the plan into action so quickly… If it were Jerian, he would have carefully surveyed the surroundings for at least a week.’

However, perhaps because they were wolves, their actions were bolder and more impulsive than Jerian’s, who was more like a cautious cat. This impulsiveness allowed Kitty to quickly confirm that Anne and Marie were indeed spies sent by Jerian.

Eden and Cleed, who were with her, also witnessed Anne and Marie’s attempts to get rid of Baniel, making it easier to justify their expulsion later.

Kitty clenched her fluffy paws tightly, a flicker of deep anger in her emerald eyes.

The enemy who stole her dad’s and brothers’ abilities and killed her mom and siblings.

‘I must definitely with these hands… um.’

With these cotton-like paws, even if she hit them, it wouldn’t hurt much. They were soft to begin with, and lately, her fur had become so lush that her paws resembled big cotton swabs.

Kitty lowered her clenched hands and rephrased her thoughts.

‘Anyway, I will definitely take revenge.’

* * *

Now that I knew that Anne and Marie were spies sent by Jerian, I had no intention of treating them favorably.

A few days later, I approached Flora and Paul and made a request.

“Please arrange for Anne and Marie to have separate accommodations, preferably far apart. And assign each of them a roommate.”

“You mean, so they can’t communicate with each other?”

“Yes. Prevent them from exchanging information during work or meals. Also, please do not provide them with paper, pens, or ink.”

This would prevent Anne and Marie from exchanging information through letters.

Any writing materials they brought as personal belongings should only be used to record and transmit the false information I leaked.

“Give them plenty of breaks, but not at the same time. They’ll need time to send letters out.”

Eventually, Anne and Marie would send letters to Jerian without verifying that their information was different.

Paul reviewed the employee schedules and smiled kindly.

“We will do that. However, it might be a little difficult for them to get breaks.”

Flora nodded in agreement.

“If they want to leak information about our young lady, they will have to work very hard.”

If Paul and Flora, the most diligent people in the mansion, said that the workload would be difficult, it would be an amount I couldn’t even imagine.

If I were to assign that much work to other employees, they would likely ask for some leniency.

“Do as you please.”

I had no intention of being considerate of Anne and Marie, who were following Jerian’s orders.

After I left, Paul and Flora summoned Anne and Marie and immediately adjusted their schedules and changed their accommodations.

They also offered sincere words of comfort, explaining that they would have to work harder since Baniel, who had joined at the same time, was unable to work.

I pretended not to know about it and headed to the training grounds for my morning training. As Lena helped me change my clothes, Marie rushed over.

“Young lady, I will be attending to you this morning.”

If it had been Lena or another maid who said this, I would have responded kindly.

But I had no intention of being particularly kind to a spy who was trying to steal my information and pass it on to Jerian.

Didn’t Karis and Jackal give me advice?

“If someone tries to harm you, deal with it like a Gridwolf, Kitty.”

“Sometimes you need to show them who the master of this territory is.”

It was the advice I received shortly after I announced that I would hire Jerian’s spies as maids.

Since Anne and Marie were stealing my information and passing it on to the enemy, I needed to respond appropriately.

That didn’t mean I was going to throw a cup of hot tea at them or scream at the top of my lungs.

But they seemed to think of me as an easy-going kitten, so it was time to let them know that was not the case anymore.

‘The more they do, the more those who need to extract information will cling to my side.’

I had always been wary of those who received orders from Jerian, but now I needed to change my approach.

“Alright, Marie.”

I said haughtily and began to walk. Cleed, who always came to escort me at this time, showed interest in his eyes.

On the way to the training grounds, Cleed asked, shaping his mouth so that Marie, who was about three steps behind, couldn’t hear.

“Did you decide to act haughty?”

“Yeah. I’m going to make them regret making a dishonest choice.”

I’ll make them work so hard that they’ll wish they could borrow even a cat’s paw.

Cleed’s face showed satisfaction at my answer.

“You’ve definitely become smarter. You’ll have no trouble settling in the fox territory.”

“Fox territory?”

“No one knows where the young lady will go when the temporary adoption ends.”

Jackal and Karis spoke as if I should naturally spend the rest of my life in the wolf territory. Eden told me to stay at his mansion. But…

‘You never know what might happen with a cat. I might end up settling in the fox territory.’

I smiled as a form of insurance. Cleed smiled even more satisfactorily.

“Right. We need to use those quickly so that the young lady can take the rabbit beastkin [a person with rabbit-like features] she likes, right?”

“That’s right. How is Baniel doing?”

Baniel, who had been taken away for spilling hot water when I was having tea with Eden and Cleed, was now living with the fox squadron members.

No one was hurt, but I had no intention of imprisoning or punishing a maid just for spilling a kettle of hot water.

‘If I had forgiven her on the spot, Anne and Marie might have tried to get rid of Baniel in some other way.’

I also needed a reliable maid to take with me after I exposed Anne and Marie’s crimes.

Still, just in case, Cleed was monitoring Baniel. He said that Baniel, with her easygoing personality, wasn’t discouraged even though I had dismissed her, and was spending her days brushing the foxes’ fur.

He also said that she had no connection to Jerian or the leopards, so I was planning to bring her back into my service when things settled down.

‘If we become friends, I might be able to stroke her fluffy rabbit ears…?’

I love rabbits!

I felt refreshed as things progressed as I intended. I stretched and muttered.

“The weather is really nice today.”

Rumble—!

At that moment, thunder shook the sky. The dark clouds that were already prominent became even more ominous.

Cleed stared at me, who was smiling slyly.

* * *

It started to rain around the time I arrived at the training grounds and began training in earnest. Kitty went into the auditorium with Elliot and continued training.

Marie was waiting for Kitty’s training to end under a damp and dark tent, watched by five fox beastkins. Of course, she wasn’t just standing there idly.

Marie was tasked with cleaning the glass beads, rubber balls, wooden swords, and bows that Kitty would use during her magic practice.

The amount was considerable, so Marie moved her hands busily and thought.

‘That cat seems to have a worse temper than I thought.’

Jerian had clearly stated that Kitty was an innocent and timid cat. Such a cat had witnessed her mother’s death right in front of her eyes, so she should be depressed and withering away by now.

But Kittia Gridwolf was very different from Jerian’s predictions.

She always walked with her shoulders and neck straight like a wolf, and the others in the mansion looked at her as if they adored her.

She didn’t particularly hide that she was a cat, but she was loved by everyone. Perhaps because of that, Kittia was extremely haughty.

‘Just for spilling a kettle of hot water, she would tell them to drag the maid away…’

According to the contract with Jerian, she had to stay by the cat’s side for at least a few months and extract information.

So, she shouldn’t do anything that would make her look bad. She had to cater to her as much as possible to make her like her.

‘Annoying.’

Marie suppressed her anger and moved her hands busily. The foxes’ surveillance was so strict that she couldn’t dare to put poison on anything.

Then Cleed approached her slyly.

“You’re Marie, right?”

“Ah, yes.”

“I’m the young lady’s escort, so I’ll be seeing you often in the future.”

Marie knew about the man in front of her as well. Cleed Foxtain. The heir of the Fox family, and since there were quite a few foxes in the mansion, it seemed that his magic power had recovered considerably.

‘I don’t know what the cat said to make such a big shot act as an escort, but…’

Marie lightly shook the hand that Cleed held out. After shaking hands, Cleed put his hand in his pocket and opened his mouth as if lamenting.

“It’s going to be very difficult to serve the young lady. You’ve seen it for a few days, but she’s such a picky person.”

“Ah…”

Marie looked as if she deeply sympathized. Cleed suppressed the urge to laugh and began to skillfully leak false information.

“Her magic power is so poor compared to other wolves, so the mental shock must be great.”

Kitty’s magic power was unique in its importance and power, but Marie, who didn’t know the truth, absorbed the information that Cleed was leaking.

“With that body, it will be difficult for her to participate in battle properly even when she becomes an adult, so she’s even more nervous.”

“Ah, so there was such a story…”

“She’s so picky that sometimes it’s hard for me to handle her.”

Cleed said as if complaining and slyly added a word.

“She decided to settle in the fox territory when the temporary adoption ends, but this is…”