Magical Cat

"Little one, what brings you here again?"

After class, Brian kept Li En behind for observation.

Li En immediately put on a fawning smile, wiggling his hips and striking a pose.

Cobra wouldn't even touch him, saying disdainfully, "Don't even try, you shouldn't keep touching that stuff, it's addictive."

Li En darted forward, his two front paws gripping Corbyn's sleeve tightly, looking pitiful as if to say, "It'll only be for a little while."

Cobra looked at Li En with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he could see such rich and specific emotions on a cat's face.

"Your breed is quite unusual."

The more Brian looked at Lee En, the more unusual he seemed.

Normally, he would definitely study Li En carefully.

However, right now, Corbyn's mind is filled with research on the Seed of Life replicas.

Just then, someone walked into the classroom.

"Mr. Brian, it's rare to see you in the classroom after class."

Melina greeted them as she walked in, and even gave Li En a wink.

"Oh, it's Ms. Melina. Do you need to use this classroom for the next class?" Corbyn asked.

It's clear that he and Melina are just ordinary colleagues and not very close in private.

"No, it's just that it's rare to see Mr. Corbyn after class, and are you studying this cat?" Melina asked curiously.

"Well, sort of. This cat is a bit special." Cobra didn't have the energy to say anything more, just gave a polite reply and prepared to leave.

Melina naturally saw through Corbyn's plan and, without giving him a chance to leave, continued the conversation.

"I never expected that Mr. Brian would also discover that this cat is my student's magical beast. I heard that it was abandoned once, but this cat's talent is quite rare, and its intelligence is also extraordinary."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Corbyn's initial eagerness was replaced by curiosity. "What talent is it that makes Teacher Melina value it so much?"

When Melina saw that Corbyn had picked up the conversation, she immediately calmed down, reached out and patted Li En's little head, and explained, "His name is Li En. Although he has only been hatched for a few days, his growth rate is extremely fast. I suspect that he has the kind of talent that allows him to grow on his own. We still need to study the specifics."

Upon hearing this, both Lee En and Corbyn felt a jolt in their hearts.

"She detected my magic perception skill?"

Li En's eyes darted around.

Cobra's expression turned serious as he scrutinized Lee En with an unusually earnest look.

When Melina saw Li En looking at her nervously, she simply smiled slightly, looking inscrutable.

"Such a rare talent," Cobra remarked, his tone slightly different.

"I suspect that Li En has an extremely high elemental affinity from birth. We can test him again in a while, and we can see that he has a lot more magic power than he does now. It's definitely not something that students can achieve by replenishing their magic power."

As Melina spoke, she picked up Li En from the podium.

"I plan to use Li En as an experimental subject for a research project. I will ask Professor Brian for advice when the time comes."

"Ms. Melina, you're too kind," Corbyn said, but his eyes couldn't leave Li En.

"Well then, I'll take this little guy to his owner. Goodbye, Professor Corbyn."

Melina waved goodbye, hugged Li En, and left without looking back.

Li En stood up from her embrace, looked over Melina's shoulder and saw that Corbyn was still in the classroom, lost in thought, seemingly pondering something.

"What are you doing?" Lee asked.

"Don't worry, Corbyn has taken the bait, he'll come looking for you," Melina said confidently.

"How can you be so sure?" Li En remained skeptical.

"Hmph, Corbyn's research has been stuck on the fact that the Seed of Life cannot germinate and grow. In the end, his imitation is just a seed containing a lot of magic power. A seed that cannot take root and sprout will always remain a seed and will never grow into a towering tree."

I told him he could grow on his own, and he'd definitely be interested. If his seeds had that ability too, his research would be a step further.

Melina's analysis was so logical and persuasive that Li En was completely stunned.

But he soon realized something was wrong.

"No, how come you know so much about his research?"

Li En clearly remembered that Brian was very vigilant that night, acting suspiciously in the house, and hiding the flowerpot containing the Seed of Life in a very secretive way, obviously taking precautions to keep it a secret.

"The Tongxin Society is also very interested in his research." Melina's smile was dangerous.

The two communicated entirely through their magical thoughts, so they weren't afraid of being overheard.

"Are you sure you can fool them?" Li En asked tentatively, sounding a little guilty.

"Don't worry, you have the notes I gave you. As long as you practice well, Brian won't be able to find any flaws." Li En's eyes lit up, and he regained some confidence.

It seems that Melina's previous statement was based on that notebook, which is why she said that Li En had the ability to grow on his own, rather than because she had discovered the magic perception skill.

At that moment, Luna also peeked out from under Melina's collar.

"That old man has gone down a dead end. In fact, the technology of the Seed of Life replica alone is already quite practical."

Luna flicked her tongue and joined the discussion.

"It won't be easy for you to obtain this technology." Li En had seen how much Corbrain treasured that seed.

"So this is what we need you for," Melina and Luna said in unison, accompanied by a malicious laugh.

"Hehehe..."

Through the communication of demonic thoughts, the laughter echoed in Li En's mind, causing him to instantly put on a sullen, cat-like face.

……

That night, after Elaine had fallen asleep, Li En slipped out the window again.

But this time, as soon as he jumped out of the window, he fell into someone's hands.

"Oh dear, you've kept me waiting so long! What are you doing sleeping so late at night?"

Ignoring Li En's bewildered expression, Kawhi Leonard used a few quick flashes to grab Li En and take him back to his room.

Li En only saw the scene before him change a few times before he found himself on Corbyn's desk.

He immediately began to hiss repeatedly, righteously condemning Corbyn's act of kidnapping underage kittens.

"Don't breathe on me. Didn't you come to find me first during the day?"

"And I've also prepared everything you wanted."

As he spoke, Corbyn opened the cover of the flowerpot, revealing the seed of life inside.

Although there was still a transparent glass cover between them, Li En immediately sensed the rich magic of the Seed of Life.

He pounced on it, sniffing greedily, while constantly checking the mission panel.

[Quest: Absorb the magic power of the Seed of Life replica (0.1/25)]

[Quest: Absorb the magic power of the Seed of Life replica (0.2/25)]

"No, so slow?"

"It's because of this glass cover."

Li En immediately banged on the glass cover, making it thump loudly, and asked Corbyn to remove it as well.

Corbyn understood what he meant and shook his head.

"Little one, it's not that I'm stingy, but if we open the glass cover, the Seed of Life will gather a large amount of elements, and if that causes a mutation, it will be very dangerous."

Li En's eyes twitched, and he rolled his eyes at Corbyn.

This "seed of life" is clearly a magic grenade.

"Could this be the use Melina and Luna were talking about?"

"So, am I currently enjoying the smell of a hand grenade?"

Li En thought about it and couldn't help but grin, finding the situation somewhat funny.

But he didn't care about any of that. Once he had absorbed enough and completed his task, he didn't care about anything else.

"Little one, I've been so generous, shouldn't you be generous too?"

As Corbyn spoke, his wicked hands slowly moved closer to Lee En.

Li En was happily sucking on the flowerpot, completely absorbed in the act, and could only watch helplessly as those wicked hands drew ever closer to her delicate body.