novelraw Chapter 150
Chapter 150
Chapter 150: Hello Cat Person, I’m Dragon Person
“Go sit on the sofa.”
The meows from the cat in the box were incessant, sounding truly anxious.
Xia Li settled the Evil Dragon on the sofa and then busied himself under her odd gaze.
Closing all the doors connecting to the living room, Xia Li still felt uneasy and carried a chair to block the balcony door.
“Are bad guys going to break into our house?”
Lucia, hugging the oversized sheep plush, went into battle-ready mode at Xia Li’s actions.
If bad guys really did enter the house, she would go up and give them a couple of punches.
In the rules of this society… illegal entry into a residence allows for self-defense!
Lucia silently watched Xia Li bustling about. Finally, Xia Li brought over the pet carrier placed at the entrance and opened the cage door facing the cat litter box in the living room.
“Whoosh!” A black shadow flashed by.
It darted into Mianhua’s litter box with lightning speed.
“Meow~ Meow~”
Mianhua stood outside her own toilet, disgusted by the cat who had suddenly invaded her territory.
The kitten pawed at the plastic basin. The adult cat inside was much larger than the two-month-old Mianhua.
Seeing that she might not be able to win a fight, Mianhua’s tail puffed up like a pinecone, and she stealthily hid behind Xia Li.
『Ah…』
『Much better. 』
Rustling sounds came from the litter box.
Wuqi expertly buried the cat litter, shook the granules off his paws, and then walked out of the plastic basin.
As soon as he came out, Xia Li, on high alert, meticulously scooped the litter box clean, packed it up, and threw it in the trash can.
『Don’t judge a book by its cover, I’m actually quite clean…』
Wuqi licked his paws, muttering to himself.
Xia Li glanced at him, and Wuqi stopped licking his paws. The man and the cat stared at each other for a moment.
『So…』
“Meow…”
Wuqi tentatively spoke.
The meow that came out of his mouth automatically transformed into human language, reaching Xia Li’s ears.
“Meow meow meow…”
『You can understand what I’m saying, right?』
“Yes.”
“Meow!!”
『Holy meow!』
Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Wuqi was still startled when Xia Li nodded in response.
He was so scared that he even blurted out his verbal tic.
“Meow meow meow…!!”
『That’s not right, why can you understand me?… I’m speaking Other World Cat Language, humans in this world shouldn’t be able to understand it!!!』
“I don’t know.” Xia Li shook his head.
“And, it seems, only I can understand.”
Xia Li squatted down. Wuqi also sat down on the floor. He looked down at this cow cat with a terrified expression on his face and reached out to touch the bell on his chest with some concern.
『Wait!』
Wuqi’s four paws propelled him into the air, leaping back half a meter.
『Could it be… you’re also from the Other World?』 He seemed to have thought of something.
Xia Li nodded.
Wuqi was stunned, his mouth wide open.
『Are you also a human who transmigrated to Nick Continent and then returned to Earth?… Quick, quick, tell me, how can you transform back into human form?!!』
“Nick Continent?”
Xia Li was certain that this was the first time he had heard this term.
“I haven’t heard of it. I went to another world.” Xia Li said calmly.
When he adopted Wuqi, Xia Li had guessed the general situation.
So now, hearing Wuqi say it himself, he wasn’t surprised.
In contrast, Wuqi’s gold-rimmed black eyes were wide with astonishment.
『Wait, wait, wait… Ano-another world?』
『Then what’s your golden finger, a system? Superpowers??』
“I don’t have anything like that,”
Xia Li paused, recalling the three years he spent adventuring in Azure Continent. He really didn’t think he had any golden finger.
Apart from his strong learning ability, his physical qualities and mastery of magic were only at the level of ordinary humans.
If you had to say golden finger…
He wondered if being recognized by the Demon Repelling Sword counted as a golden finger?
“Our world doesn’t have superpowers, only magic.” Xia Li said.
『Magic?』
『Oh! You transmigrated to a magic continent…』 Wuqi quickly understood.
『I didn’t expect there would be other transmigrators like me on Earth. I knew it, I couldn’t be the only unlucky one in this world, hahaha…』
『I’ve found my people, finally found someone who understands me, brother, do you know how much I’ve suffered all these years!!』
“Meow… Meow!!”
Pitiful meows echoed through the living room.
Mianhua lay beside Xia Li, looking at Wuqi with an expression of sympathy, as if looking at a foolish cat.
『Wuwuwu, brother, your name is… oh, you’re called Xia Li, right? I heard those people calling you that earlier…』
『Do you know how many years it’s been since I’ve spoken to a human? Since returning to Earth, I haven’t been able to communicate with any living creature. Even cats, who have the same body structure as me, I can’t talk to them!』
『Intelligence, the intelligence gap is too big! They can’t understand my language!!』
Wuqi’s heart ached as he spoke of his past.
Perhaps it was because he had suppressed his emotions for too long, his meows were endless.
Xia Li even saw tears glistening in those cat eyes.
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Unfortunately, Xia Li had never been a cat and couldn’t understand Wuqi’s feelings.
But as a fellow transmigrator from Earth, he could sympathize with Wuqi.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have rescued him from the pet hospital.
“Xia Li?”
Lucia, who was watching TV on the sofa, finally couldn’t sit still any longer.
From the beginning, Xia Li had been talking to that black and white cat.
If it were any other girl, she might think her boyfriend was having some kind of problem.
But Lucia was different.
She would only think that Xia Li was playing with the cat.
“What are you playing?”
Lucia wanted to join in.
As soon as she walked over, the cow cat, who was sobbing just a second ago, tucked his tail between his legs and backed away repeatedly.
『Brother, this is your girlfriend… right?』
Wuqi looked up in terror.
In his eyes, he saw not only a young girl with a perky ponytail but also a monstrous beast radiating an overwhelming sense of pressure.
This brought back terrifying memories for Wuqi of fighting monsters in the Other World.
“Xia Li, this cat is scared of me.” Lucia pouted.
She also wanted to join in, but like all other species, this cow cat showed a natural fear of her.
“It’s okay, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t scared of you.”
Xia Li pulled Lucia’s small hand, making her stand beside him, and then said to Wuqi,
“This is my girlfriend, Lucia. She’s from the same Other World as me.”
“Meow…”
『He-hello, little girl. 』
Wuqi took a difficult step forward, summoning almost all his courage.
“Hello hello,”
Lucia chuckled, finding this cat quite amusing.
“Hello Cat Person, I’m Dragon Person.”
Lucia reached out to shake Wuqi’s paw, but Xia Li grabbed her dragon claw and stuffed it back into his pocket.
“This cat is called Wuqi. He can understand what you’re saying.”
“Huh?”
The Evil Dragon looked up.
Xia Li explained the general situation to her.
Lucia quickly understood.
After all, she was a dragon from another world, and her ability to accept things was very strong. No matter how fantastical the scene, it seemed normal to her.
“He really is a Cat Person??”
Looking at the cow cat again, Lucia had a new understanding of him.
“Meow…”
Wuqi hid under the table, nodding vigorously.
“Can you do magic?”
“Meow…”
“He has superpowers,” Xia Li acted as an interpreter.
“He can predict the future, but that ability weakened after he returned to Earth. Now he only has a three-second precognitive ability, and it only triggers occasionally.”
“Three seconds…”
Lucia thought to herself, that’s so lame.
Just a little bit faster than a dragon’s intuition.
However, Lucia now understood what it meant to be tactful, so she didn’t say it out loud.
“Xia Li, why can you talk to him?”
Lucia was more concerned about this.
According to the rules of this world…
Humans couldn’t understand cat meows.
Wuqi’s voice sounded like ordinary meows to Lucia, definitely not the human voice Xia Li described.
“Do you sense any traces of magic being used?”
Xia Li was also concerned about this and asked Lucia.
Lucia shook her head. “No…”
Dragons were very sensitive to magic. Since even Lucia hadn’t noticed anything, the connection between Xia Li and Wuqi wasn’t related to magic but something else.
“I think it’s because of this bell.”
After pondering for a moment, Xia Li grabbed the reluctant Wuqi.
Ignoring his resistance, Xia Li flicked the golden bell around his neck.
“Jingle~”
“Can you hear the bell?” Xia Li asked Lucia.
Lucia listened carefully and shook her head after a while.
“This bell is hollow, right?”
“It is hollow,” Xia Li said, “but I can hear its sound.”
“Meow…??”
Wuqi, who was bracing himself with all four paws, froze.
Xia Li’s words plunged him into another kind of fear.
『You can hear the Golden Bell’s sound?』
『No way, the Golden Bell is a divine artifact, its power is my power, only I can hear the sound it makes…』
『Why can you hear it too?!』