"Inori-chan, are you okay?!"
"Oh my god, Inori-chan, you finally picked up! Why are you still awake this late? You scared me to death. I was just about to call your family to check on you! Are you really okay? You're not very strong, you should go to sleep earlier!"
From the other end of the phone came the bright, energetic voice of a young girl.
She spoke fast, worry pouring straight through the speaker.
"…"
Elysia Cat froze stiff. After turning into a cat, her reaction speed was even faster than in her human form.
The moment the thought crossed her mind,
her paw had already pressed the button. By the time she realized this was not a phone from MOTH, it was far too late.
She shot a guilty glance at Kiyono Inori.
The girl had shifted in her sleep, revealing pale ankles smooth and glossy like fine porcelain.
"Hiii! Hello there, miss with the super nice voice! Are you Inori-chan's good friend?!"
There was no helping it. Elysia had to pull out her signature tactic.
The "Pink Elf Miss Social Handbook."
First, get acquainted with the girl on the other end. Then make sure she did not tell Inori-chan about tonight. Finally, rely on cuteness to muddle through.
Perfect plan, right?!
"Huh? The kitty is saying…?"
What Elysia did not expect was that the girl on the other end could not understand her at all. All she heard was meowing.
How could this be?!
Could it be that only Kiyono Inori could understand the adorable Elysia Cat?
"Hello, hello, can you hear me? One two three, three two one, meow meow?" Elysia Cat tried again, stubbornly refusing to believe it.
"…"
The girl on the other end fell silent for a moment.
"Hey, can you hear me? Inori-chan, why is there only a cat meowing on your side? Did you start raising a cat in Tokyo? If everything's fine, then…"
She did not get to finish.
Elysia Cat slapped the red button, cutting off the call.
She was already drenched in sweat.
The call volume had been way too loud, and Kiyono Inori was starting to stir. Elysia Cat had no idea what to do anymore.
She had completely messed it up. Totally messed it up, meow!
Donut: Hey, are you really okay over there? Why did you suddenly hang up?
Donut: Dolphin waving.jpg
"…"
A single drop of cold sweat slid down Elysia Cat's forehead. Or rather, an imaginary one. Cats were not exactly known for sweating like humans.
Putting herself in the other girl's shoes,
the level of concern would only skyrocket.
That girl was very close to Kiyono Inori. She knew her family's contact information, even her current address.
If it were Elysia herself encountering a situation like this, where a sickly friend who should have been asleep answered the phone in the middle of the night, only cat noises came through, and then the call was abruptly cut,
she would be one hundred percent convinced that something had gone terribly wrong.
She would be insanely worried.
She would absolutely rush over in person to confirm her friend was safe.
Pink Pig Cat's judgment:
This situation had reached the stage where the truth would be exposed no matter what. The only thing to do now was minimize the damage and rely on cuteness to muddle through with Kiyono Inori tomorrow.
Take the initiative!
Typing with cat paws was incredibly inconvenient. To prevent the other party from calling the police or something equally disastrous, Elysia Cat first sent a smiling face.
In the Previous Era, the smiley face was a warm, friendly expression with no hidden meanings. Perfect for making friends.
Donut: Whew… Inori-chan, you finally replied! I was so worried!
Donut: Why are you sleeping so late? Hurry and get some rest! Is it insomnia again? Are you used to living alone? Do you want your big sister to take you to the hospital tomorrow to see a doctor?
Elysia Cat was in tears.
Cat paws might be cute, but typing with them was pure torture. She kept hitting the wrong keys. After stumbling through it for ages, she finally managed to send a message.
Inori: I am not myself.
Donut: ?
The sheer amount of information packed into that one sentence clearly stunned the girl on the other side.
So much so that even after Elysia Cat typed the next message, there was still no response.
Inori: I am.
Inori: Kiyono Inori's friend.
Donut: ?
What greeted Elysia Cat was a flood o f question marks and spammed question mark stickers.
Inori: Um, anyway, that's how it is. Kiyono Inori is already asleep. My phone ran out of battery so I was using hers. I'm going to sleep now. Let her explain everything to you herself tomorrow.
She was burned out.
After typing all that with her paws, Elysia felt completely exhausted. She almost wanted to collapse flat on the bed. Phones from other worlds were way too awful.
Yes, it was incredibly ambiguous.
But there was no helping it. She had at least slapped on the disclaimer of "all explanations belong to Kiyono Inori." She had done her best.
Donut: Ah.
Donut: Ahahaha, I see. That makes sense. Inori-chan really has reached that age, huh. Ahahahahaha.
Donut: This is my contact info, you can add me.
Donut: kitty_wink.jpg
Donut: If you have any questions, you can ask me. I don't know if she's mentioned me before. We've known each other for a long time!
"…"
Life was hard. The cat sighed.
Clearly,
the girl on the other end had mistaken her for Kiyono Inori's intimate partner.
Boyfriend or girlfriend.
Elysia Cat's head hurt. She was just a little kitty!
But saying, "Ah, we're actually not that kind of relationship," at a time like this would be incredibly awkward too.
It would make her sound like a heartless villain.
After all, from the other girl's perspective, she was living under the same roof as Kiyono Inori. Technically, that part was true.
There was no solution.
If she were in human form, Elysia could just call back and explain everything clearly. But right now she was a cat. The other person could not understand her words, only meowing.
Elysia Cat had already started searching:
"How should a cat apologize after doing something bad"
"How do cats tame humans"
"How to turn your owner into a cat servant"
As long as she could charm that girl in advance, she would not have to worry about being bullied later!
Perfect plan!
Elysia Cat felt that being able to think this far made her an exceptional kitty. Even if Mobius or Dr. MEI turned into cats, they probably would not be smarter than her.
"Scientists discover: Through a series of behavioral evolutions and their naturally appealing looks, house cats have developed a subtle control over humans."
"Cats possess traits similar to human infants. Even their body size is close, and holding them feels similar. This ultimately forms a devastating 'cute pet' special attack against humans."
Elysia Cat seriously researched the topic, but as she read, her brows suddenly furrowed.
Kiyono Inori had once said, this might be because a cat's face resembles that of a human infant. Your current proportions are closer to what you looked like as a baby.
She suddenly remembered those words!
It was obvious that Kiyono Inori had one hundred percent read these materials too. Of course she had. She was the girl who summoned Elysia from another world and turned her into a cat. Knowing cats inside and out was only natural.
This was bad. They had learned from the same teacher. Her tricks would definitely not work!
Anxious, Elysia Cat spun in circles, chasing her own tail.
Then, suddenly, she thought of a crucial clue.
Elysia Cat: Oh!
"At 2 a.m., the magical girls and the monster executives of this world will fight at this location."
While slurping noodles,
the girl had said that to her.
"If you're interested, you can go take a look. It's fine if you don't. Here are my house keys and the apartment access card. I'm leaving them here. Don't fall asleep outside. Remember to come home."
Magical girls.
Monster executives.
A fight.
Elysia was not unfamiliar with this kind of content. Children's shows from her own world had plenty of similar themes, so she was actually quite interested.
But at the time,
she had not planned to go.
Kiyono Inori said it was not that important, and Elysia herself wanted to test the "fall asleep in this world to go back" feature of traveling between worlds.
"Hm… looks like I can only use this to make up for my mistake, meow!" Elysia Cat put on a resolute expression.
Magical girls and monster executives.
Magical girls were good, monster executives were bad. In short, as long as she beat up all the weird monster executives, everything would be fine, right?
…
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