Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wants me to turn myself in.

Amamiya Natsuki's eyes lit up: "It's grown cat ears?"

"What's with that expectant look on your face?" Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but exclaim. "I don't want weird things growing on my body! You haven't even left the room looking like that!"

“Actually, you can. Just say you’re cosplaying a catgirl.” Amamiya Natsuki’s eyes were full of anticipation. “Take off your hat first, let me see.”

"No."

Kaguya Shinomiya gritted her teeth and refused.

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "There is no distinction between men and women in front of a doctor."

“That’s right,” Mrs. Kaguya chimed in from the side, “I want to see how cute little Kaguya is now.”

Amamiya Natsuki pondered, "Is it the cutest person in the world?"

The silly young lady blushed: "How can something that grows weird and strange be cute!"

A medical examination is necessary.

Kaguya Shinomiya said no, but her body obediently cooperated, allowing Natsuki Amamiya to take off her hat.

The moment the hat was removed, a pair of silver-white, fluffy cat ears popped out.

As if it had been suppressed for a long time, the silver cat ears twitched slightly in the air.

"Super cute!"

Mrs. Kaguya's eyes sparkled, and she pulled out her phone from somewhere and started snapping photos.

Kaguya Shinomiya instinctively covered her ears, looking at him with embarrassed eyes: "You're still taking pictures?"

You're having strange growths on your body and are extremely distressed, yet you still have the mood to take photos?

Do you even have a mother like you?!

“When girls encounter something cute, of course they want to take pictures and save it.” Mrs. Kaguya made a peace sign and smiled happily. “Speaking of which, when you were very young, your mother wanted to dress you up in all sorts of clothes, and the catgirl maid outfit was one of them.”

Kaguya Shinomiya gritted her teeth: "Don't impose your weird hobbies on me!"

Click.

Another camera shutter sounded.

"stare--"

Kaguya Shinomiya's gaze shifted, her eyes turning fierce as she looked at Natsuki Amamiya.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Amamiya Natsuki admitted her mistake. "I don't know why, but my right hand suddenly stopped obeying my commands."

Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head and looked at him: "Unnecessary organs can be donated to others."

"I'm so sorry."

Natsuki Amamiya apologized as she pressed the shutter button.

Click.

Another rare and collectible photo of the catgirl lady has been acquired. You don't even need to consider the angle or lighting; every photo is worth collecting. If you show it to the maid Hayasaka, she'll definitely give it a very positive review.

The silly young lady was both embarrassed and angry, her pretty face flushed red: "...You're still taking pictures!"

"I'm so sorry."

"Stop apologizing while you're doing it!"

"..."

Seeing that the silly young lady was starting to get angry—and she really was angry, with the fluffy silver hairs on her ears standing up—Amamiya Natsuki knew when to stop and obediently put away her phone.

"Prepare for treatment." Amamiya Natsuki sat down by the bed. "I'm not sure if the treatment skill will work. If it doesn't, then we'll have to eat the oranges used for scurvy treatment."

Oranges are consumables, and there aren't many left, so it's best not to use them if possible.

Mrs. Kaguya asked curiously:

"How should Xiaoxiashu be treated?"

"Massage therapy".

Amamiya Natsuki stretched out her right hand and gently touched the ear of the silly young lady.

The warm, furry touch came from her fingertips, and Natsuki Amamiya couldn't help but gently pinch it.

"Well--"

The silly young lady couldn't help but let out a soft hum, and her cat ears suddenly twitched.

"So cute, it's so energetic when it moves." Mrs. Kaguya's eyes lit up, and she reached out to pinch the silly young lady's other cat ear.

"So soft."

"The furry texture feels so comfortable."

"It feels so relaxing."

"..."

Snapped!

Kaguya Shinomiya, unable to bear it any longer, slapped the two away, covered her ears with her hands, knelt on the bed, and shouted with a flushed face, "You two better stop this!"

Despite calling it treatment, Amamiya Natsuki didn't know exactly how to do it. The cat-eared girl was seeing it for the first time in her life, so she could only use the treatment methods of a bad doctor to help.

Fortunately, it really worked.

A few minutes later.

Kaguya Shinomiya's silver-white cat ears suddenly disappeared, turning back into her delicate, snow-white human ears.

"It's finally back to normal..."

Kaguya Shinomiya clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It turned back so quickly," Mrs. Kaguya said regretfully. "I wanted to play a little longer."

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but puff out her cheeks: "I'm not actually their biological child, am I?"

“Kaguya actually found out…” Mrs. Kaguya’s tone darkened, then she suddenly made a peace sign, “That’s right, we are actually long-lost sisters.”

Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."

"Chika is still waiting for me outside. I need to get out of here soon; I can't stay in the room any longer." Amamiya Natsuki interrupted the mother and daughter's exchange and looked at Kaguya, asking, "Has the tail disappeared?"

Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lower lip and reached behind her to touch herself: "It didn't disappear."

“Then let’s continue the treatment,” said Natsuki Amamiya. “Let me take a look at the tail first.”

"It's okay if you don't want to look, right?" Kaguya Shinomiya knelt on the bed, her hands pressing down on her skirt, her pretty face flushed. "Anyway, it has nothing to do with the eyes."

Amamiya Natsuki spread her hands and said:

Even if you say that, I still need to know where the tail is, right?

“Right behind…” Kaguya Shinomiya stammered, too embarrassed to say the word.

“I know, it must be the tailbone,” Mrs. Kaguya said with a smile. “Apes’ tails are all located there, and catgirls should be no exception.”

Kaguya Shinomiya did not deny it, because the cat's tail did indeed grow in that place.

"I'm very curious," Mrs. Kaguya said, raising her right hand. "How did little Kaguya wear panties after she grew a tail?"

Upon hearing this, Amamiya Natsuki looked curiously at the silly young lady.

To be honest, he was also curious.

Generally speaking, a cat tail is something like that, where you cut a hole in your underwear and stuff it in... It's just a short tail, you can't possibly wrap it around your waist, right?

Kaguya Shinomiya blushed and looked at her mother, shooing her away:

"You can go out."

"How...how outrageous!" Mrs. Kaguya covered her face with her hands. "Little Kaguya doesn't want me anymore and wants me to leave."

"Get out." Kaguya Shinomiya gritted her teeth and couldn't help but say, "You don't know how to heal, so there's no point in you staying."

Mrs. Kaguya: "I can keep an eye on Natsuki and make sure you're not bullied."

Amamiya Natsuki raised her hand and said:

"I promise I won't bully Kaguya."

"..."

After saying a few more words, seeing that Kaguya Shinomiya had made up her mind, Mrs. Kaguya had no choice but to agree and re-enter Natsuki Amamiya's shadow to wait.

The room quickly fell silent.

"Shall we begin now?" Natsuki Amamiya looked at Kaguya and suggested, "Your current position isn't convenient for treatment, how about you kneel on the bed?"

The silly young lady's face flushed red. Just imagining the position in her mind made her feel incredibly ashamed, and she couldn't help but glare at him with embarrassment and anger:

"Can I just lie face down on the bed?"

Amamiya Natsuki coughed lightly: "You didn't quite catch what was going on just now... Well, lie down properly."

"..."

The silly young lady bit her lip, silently turned around, hugged her pillow, and lay down on the bed.

The indoor lighting was still dim, but after so much time, Amamiya Natsuki's eyes had adjusted. Looking down, she could clearly see a silver cat tail peeking out from under the silly young lady's skirt, looking slender and elegant.

"I'm starting."

Amamiya Natsuki stretched out her right hand and gently grasped the silly young lady's cat tail.

The moment she grasped it, Natsuki Amamiya clearly felt the tail in her hand suddenly tighten, trying to break free.

really.

If a cat's ears can move, then its tail can too.

Amamiya Natsuki tried pinching it and found the fluffy texture quite nice. Then, she reached up along the tail and her fingers quickly touched the edge of the silly young lady's skirt.

"W-What are you doing?!"

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but put her hands behind her back, tightly covering her skirt, and turned her head to look at them in a panic.

“Of course it’s treatment,” Natsuki Amamiya said matter-of-factly. “Remember your ears from earlier? To eliminate the side effects, you need to massage the base of your ears; pinching the tips won’t work.”