Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 54 Cats, Fruity Fragrances and Mischief

After meeting again after more than a year, Ethan felt that Zhaocai was a little clingy.

He found two quilts as he did before and drew a line in the center of the beds. The bed in the apartment was much bigger and softer than the guild's temporary residence, allowing Zhaocai to do whatever he wanted on it. However, the Ragdoll cat was not satisfied with this. When the gas lamp was turned off, Zhaocai raised his paws to scratch his back.

When Ethan turned around, he saw Zhaocai opening his two paws towards him, and his red cat eyes sparkled in the moonlight.

I need a hug to fall asleep.

Maomao asked him.

Ethan felt helpless. Could it be that Zhaocai is actually "afraid of loneliness"?

Despite this, he did it anyway.

The cat's body was very soft, and its white fur felt cool when it touched her skin. She finally closed her eyes in peace, her eyelids trembling.

Ethan smelled some strange fruity fragrance. In order to identify what kind of fruit it was, he put his nose close to it, but Zhaocai narrowed his eyes and suddenly leaned his head forward.

Ethan smelled the scent of the cat's head as he wished, so his lips naturally touched Zhaocai's forehead.

The cat's prank succeeded and Ethan's mouth was covered with fur.

Zhaocai laughed so happily that his body began to tremble as he was being hugged.

In the end, Ethan couldn't identify what kind of fruit it tasted like.

But he had a good and sound sleep after a long time.

Early the next morning, Ethan's family of three was awakened by the noise coming from the living room. After a muffled sound, it was a man's cry of pain, "My waist, hiss——!"

Miss Chloy was the first to rush out of the room, and she immediately saw Hagrid falling off the sofa and clutching his old waist in pain.

For the big and strong Hagrid, the space on the sofa was indeed a bit small.

"Wait a minute, let me take a break. The armor is hitting my waist. Ouch!"

When Ethan went out, Hagrid's eyebrows were twisted together in pain. He used his own experience to prove to people the harm of sleeping in armor at night. The kind-hearted Miss Chloe ran to the kitchen and brought a piece of hard bread to comfort Hagrid.

But as the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. When Hagrid was suffering from a headache caused by a hangover and holding his broken old waist, Ivy brought another bad news.

The vanguard of the expeditionary force will arrive at Creekwood Town this afternoon. Baron Gladin hopes that his captain of the guard, Hagrid, who once hoped to become a member of the kingdom's army, will be responsible for accompanying them throughout the journey. However, looking at Hagrid's current appearance, it will probably bring shame to the town if he goes there. He walks with his hands on his waist and his steps are unsteady, which will inevitably give the envoys from the imperial capital a bad impression that the town's guards are all useless drunkards.

"Brother Ethan——!"

Hagrid was in tears, as if he had placed all his hopes on Ethan.

Ethan looked at Ivy.

Logically speaking, they were supposed to go there anyway. The Empire's elite knights came for the members of Dream Eclipse, and their job as investigators of the Shelter Bureau was to help them familiarize themselves with local work.

As for the specific work details, you still have to follow the leader's arrangements.

But, today’s leadership is weird.

Ever since she entered the room and announced the expedition's vanguard, she had been staring at the ragdoll cat sitting on Ethan's shoulder like a madman, with the golden hair on top of its head scanning for wealth like a radar.

Ivy approached Zhaocai little by little, trying to appear as light as possible, then slowly raised her hand and reached towards Zhaocai's head, imitating the cat's meow in a soft voice, "Meow, meow."

"Snapped!"

When she was about to touch Zhaocai, Maomao quickly slapped Ivy's hand with her claws, and sent a "don't get close to me" warning to Ivy with a look of disgust. "Uh, Zhaocai doesn't like others touching her."

He defended the fortune.

However, Ivy was not angry at all. She looked at the red mark on the back of her hand with an unsatisfied look. But the golden hair on her head was frightened. It had been eager to take advantage of the chaos to touch Zhaocai, but had to give up when seeing this.

It turns out that Ivy likes cats, and Ethan accidentally learned about his leader's preference.

"Where did you find this cat?"

"I met her in town before. Her name is Zhaocai and her specialty is scavenging."

Zhaocai proudly wrapped his tail around Ethan's neck, which once again made Ivy look envious. Ethan had to drag the topic back on track and asked, "Have you arranged the work for welcoming the vanguard army this afternoon? Are you going to prepare a banquet?"

The drinking culture of the nobility touched upon Ethan's blind spot in knowledge. He had never been able to be considered a noble in his entire two lifetimes, and only recently did he manage to gain the status of a "public official."

"You and I will go. They need someone to explain the situation in Riverwood Town to them. Ethan, you will do this job."

Ivy finally managed to take her eyes off the cat and began to arrange her work seriously.

Ethan's eloquent performance like a politician left a deep impression on her, so she decided to let Ethan do all the work related to speaking in the future. "You don't have to attend the dinner. The commander of this expedition is an old acquaintance of mine, and I have some private matters to discuss with her."

"clear."

Ethan immediately stated that this was a dinner party concerning the dark side of the imperial capital, and it would be better for a small fry like him not to attend. It just so happened that he also had to go to Hearth Bay tonight. He was very confident in the ice arrow scroll he made, and if all went well, he would soon get an invitation to enter the town.

On the other hand, he really hoped that the old butler who often frequented brothels was safe and sound.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, he specially wrote the command "leave anyone alive" in the scroll. He has also been observing the proficiency of the ice arrows in the past two days. At least from the proficiency panel, no one's life was taken by the ice arrows this time.

"By the way, please give a message to the Vanguard Army."

Hagrid waited silently for the two to finish speaking, then he raised his hand weakly and added, "Just tell them that I've been sick at home lately, and I'll personally take them out for a stroll outside the town when I recover."

"Just go back and take care of your waist."

Ethan raised his hand. "Are you still worried with me here? I promise they won't look down on you because of your absence."

"I knew you were reliable, brother Ethan! I'll treat you to a drink later!"

Ivy looked at Hagrid with pity. The last person who trusted Ethan so much was named Marshall. His body should have been sent back to Gear City by now.

Hagrid, who knew nothing about this, walked away holding his waist.

The room fell silent again.

Ethan said, "Well, I'll go get ready too."

"Wait a moment."

Ivy suddenly called him, still staring at the ragdoll cat on Ethan's shoulder, and said, "This kind of cat is very delicate. You can just feed her hard bread, but don't feed her this kind of coarse grain every day!"

"Meow!"

The cat let out a dissatisfied cry, jumped off Ethan's shoulder nimbly, ran into the kitchen, picked up a long piece of hard bread, and started to chew it in front of Ivy as if in protest.

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