It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 64

“Huh?”

Kitty paused, holding Gridwolf’s bow. Not only she, but Jackal and Hogwood, who were running towards her, stopped short, blinking in surprise.

“Gridwolf’s bow…”

“Huh, no way. It’s out?”

Moreover, it didn’t end with simply drawing the bow. The magic flowing from Kitty’s hand, which held the bow, spread out in concentric circles.

The beastmen touched by the warm light gradually felt a sense of comfort washing over them.

Theo, Deon, and Ethan, who were close to Kitty, instantly felt the madness that had gripped them recede.

The three wolves stared at Kitty holding the bow, momentarily speechless.

“Kitty, that’s…”

“Soft paws! How did you do that!”

Deon shouted, a hint of embarrassment in his voice. But Kitty couldn’t possibly answer that question.

“I don’t know either…!”

Sigma, seeing Kitty flustered right in front of her, wore a sly smile. Her cheeks flushed with awe.

Kitty’s magic was undeniably superior to Jerian’s.

“Ah… Kitty, you really are…!”

“Ugh, don’t look at me like that, you pervert!”

Kitty retorted, readjusting her grip on the bow. Thanks to learning archery from Elliot, her posture was near perfect. The problem was…

“Soft paws, how are you going to shoot without arrows or a bowstring? Even if you glare like that, you just look cute to me. You know?”

“…”

As expected, others couldn’t see the bowstring. And Kitty couldn’t find any arrows either.

“Soft paws, shouldn’t you associate with clever leopards rather than ignorant, strong wolves? Hurry…”

Sigma smiled, twisting her lips, and reached out to Kitty. Kitty pretended to be helpless, waiting for her to approach, then swung the bow.

Thwack!

With a dull sound, Sigma’s glasses cracked. Kitty had imbued magic into the bow and struck Sigma’s face with it.

“I said I don’t like it!”

Thwack!

Kitty’s soul-filled swing hit Sigma’s head again. Sigma, who hadn’t expected Kitty to attack in such a crude way, couldn’t avoid it and staggered.

No, the biggest reason she couldn’t retreat was that her head was dizzy from the first direct hit.

“Why do you keep obsessing over me!”

Kitty struck the imitation Blue Moon [a gem that induces madness in beastmen] that Sigma was holding. Sigma barely managed to salvage the gem inside the cloth pouch.

As the gem that Kitty knocked away shattered on the floor, the beastmen who had gone mad from the Blue Moon’s energy gradually regained their senses.

“What is this…”

“Lady?”

Everyone’s attention turned to Kitty and Sigma. Sigma gritted her teeth, searching for a way to escape the situation.

Soon, her eyes narrowed as she spotted something.

“Soft paws… I’ll treasure the scar you gave me today.”

Sigma smiled and leaped high into the air. Theo, Deon, and Ethan seemed to prioritize protecting Kitty and the bow, as expected.

‘In that case…!’

Sigma took out the gem from the cloth pouch in mid-air. The imitation Blue Moon that Jerian had created was useless in front of Kitty.

But what if it was this imitation Blue Moon, enhanced with the magic obtained from Kitty’s hair?

Thunk!

Sigma landed in an instant and plunged the sharp gem deep into someone’s heart.

“Kugh!”

Clyde, whose heart was pierced, gritted his teeth. Despite the deep wound, instead of blood, only intense magic surged.

The light magic circles that Clyde had maintained instantly flickered and died. As the surroundings darkened again, Sigma shouted.

“Retreat!”

A bustling movement rippled through the crowd. When the fox beastmen, freed from their madness, barely managed to relight the fire with magic, the leopards had already disappeared.

On the floor, fox beastmen saved by Kitty’s magic and leopard beastmen attacked by wolves were mixed together, slumped and exhausted.

The wounded wolf beastmen also caught their breath while staunching their wounds, but their numbers were few.

“Clyde…?”

Kitty quickly rushed to Clyde, still holding the bow. The gem that Sigma had plunged deep into his heart seemed to have been sucked into his body, leaving no visible scar.

Theo, Deon, and Ethan brought torches and illuminated Clyde’s surroundings. Kitty trembled as she examined him.

Messed up blond hair, tightly closed eyes, and a firmly shut mouth made him look as if he were dead.

“Clyde…”

Just as Kitty was about to get closer to check his breathing, Ethan pulled her back.

“Get back, Kitty.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Clyde opened his eyes wide. His entire eyeball looked bloodshot, as if all the blood vessels had burst.

“Krrr…”

Clyde began to snarl at Kitty as if possessed by an evil spirit. Theo frowned and grabbed Clyde from behind.

“Hey, get a grip. You don’t even have the strength in your body…”

For now, Clyde was alive. Other than the gem being sucked deep into his chest, there seemed to be no external wounds.

Relieved, Kitty narrowed her eyes and examined Clyde’s condition.

“Clyde seems to have been affected by the Blue Moon’s madness. Sigma stabbed a Blue Moon into his heart.”

Moreover, a Blue Moon enhanced with her magic. Kitty’s blood pressure rose, and she felt disgusted by Sigma’s evil deeds, but she couldn’t leave Clyde like this.

“Theo, please hold Clyde’s face so he can’t move.”

“To purify the madness?”

“Yes. It’s stronger than other madnesses, so I don’t know if it will work, but…”

Kitty first pressed down on the top of Clyde’s head with her hand. Even in human form, Clyde expressed his dissatisfaction like a beast, ‘Grrr…’

Kitty was a little scared when the method that had saved other beastmen from madness didn’t seem to work.

She had never failed to free a beastman from madness when she touched them.

As Clyde’s threat grew stronger, Deon stood in front of Kitty.

“Soft paws, is there something wrong with your magic?”

“No, I’m fine. It seems to be because the enhanced imitation Blue Moon is stuck in Clyde’s heart.”

But if she couldn’t remove the Blue Moon’s madness, Clyde’s safety was at risk. Moreover, Clyde, who had no external wounds, began to pant slightly.

Kitty focused her mind and looked at Clyde’s chest. The magic flowing from the Blue Moon was slowly engulfing his entire body.

“Clyde!”

If she left him alone like this, Clyde’s condition would worsen. Kitty gently pushed Deon away.

“I’ll try to purify it little by little.”

“Soft paws, what if you get bitten?”

Deon asked with a worried voice. Kitty smiled brightly like sunshine.

“But I can’t let Clyde die. I’ll try even a little.”

“…”

Deon looked at Kitty’s eyes, which had become much stronger than when she was young, and stepped back.

“Krrr… Woof!”

Meanwhile, Clyde, more possessed by madness, opened his mouth threateningly to bite Kitty.

Ethan frowned as if annoyed and took off his glove, shoving it deep into Clyde’s mouth.

Kitty looked at Ethan in surprise.

“Ethan…?”

“I’d be annoyed if this guy bit you.”

‘I’m still waiting patiently,’ Ethan swallowed the rest of his words and gripped Clyde’s lower jaw tightly.

It was a somewhat violent act, but it was more important to him that Kitty not be bitten by the fox cub.

“Be careful, Kitty.”

“Yes.”

Kitty lowered her gaze to Clyde’s chest. She was planning to put her hand directly on the chest where the Blue Moon was embedded and pour her magic into it.

As she was about to reach out, Ethan stopped her with a prickly voice.

“Kitty. Are you thinking of putting your hand on that guy’s chest?”

“I’m going to try that first.”

“…Do it with the bow. Not with your hands.”

Ethan added that the imitation Blue Moon was also a relic of the goddess, so it would be better to use Gridwolf’s bow.

Theo and Deon glared at Ethan with fierce eyes, but Kitty didn’t notice.

“If Teacher thinks so…”

She smiled at Ethan as if thanking him for his concern. Theo and Deon’s insides were burning at their younger sister’s naivety.

‘Ethan, just you wait until you come to the dorm.’

‘Why is the guy who said he’d gradually distance himself so we’d be less sad when we part being so clingy?’

Following Ethan’s advice, Kitty carefully lifted Gridwolf’s bow and aimed it at the spot where the gem was embedded.

Tap—

As she touched his chest with the bow, Clyde, who had been writhing while chewing on Ethan’s glove, lost consciousness and collapsed.

His body, which had been so docile as if he had never resisted, made a popping sound after a while and shrank.

“Oh my.”

Clyde transformed into a fox and spat out Ethan’s glove, slumped down. He seemed to have lost consciousness.

Confirming that the madness had disappeared, Kitty’s eyes sparkled as she closely observed Clyde’s fox form, which she was seeing for the first time.

His entire body was covered in soft golden fur, incomparable to the wolves. The tail was thick and fluffy, enough to stimulate a cat’s hunting instincts.

Kitty hugged Clyde, who was as cozy as a yarn ball, and spoke to him. But even though he was free from madness, Clyde didn’t wake up.

‘Other beastmen also lose consciousness for a few hours after being freed from madness…’

Kitty tried to erase her uneasy feelings.

When she raised her head, everyone was already surrounding her. Jackal, Caris, Hogwood, and Forward swallowed hard, seeing that the venomous madness had been completely purified.

‘I knew she had the goddess’s magic, but…’

‘Seeing her hitting a leopard with a bow because there were no arrows, she’s become a true wolf [acting like one of them].’

Kitty wondered why the wolves were looking at her with such intense gazes, then suddenly looked at the bow next to her.

‘Come to think of it, this bow is said to be a symbol of the training ground…’

Her heart pounded as she saw Forward’s gaze turn towards the bow. Feeling like a thief caught in the act, Kitty spoke first.

“Forward, I’ll be sure to leave the bow quietly under the tower.”

Then Forward chuckled and slowly knelt on one knee. It was a posture that knights would take when showing loyalty to their lord.

The wolves, as well as the foxes, were surprised and stirred when Forward, who only gave simple handshakes when greeting the heads of the family, lowered his posture.

Forward looked into Kitty’s clear and pure eyes and said as if declaring.

“No. That bow is now the young lady’s.”

No one could refute those words.