I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

Madoka's expression froze. "Homura said I should have a normal relationship?"

What kind of relationship did they have before? Aren't they both girls? She hadn't even considered dating before college!

31

Chapter 31 It’s all about trust.

"For you to eat."

Yimi clumsily peeled an apple with a safety peeler and threw the peel on the ground.

"Buzzing—"

Compared to the one at Homura's house, the robot vacuum cleaner seemed a little noisier, so it sensed the noise and swept in the apple peels she had thrown away.

"What's going on? Didn't you say that robot wasn't working well?"

Xunzi looked at her husband in confusion.

Because the product is substandard and an old model, it is stupid enough to identify human feet as garbage.

"Shhh."

Zhijiu raised his index finger and looked at the kitten with a smile, "I don't know what happened, but as soon as she came back she asked me if I had this thing, so I took it out of the warehouse and gave it to her to play with."

She seemed to keep this thing as a pet and named the robot Xiaobai, which was quite interesting.

Under the gaze of the two, the stupid machine thought Yimi's shoes were garbage and pushed her toes, but the kitten thought it was just acting coquettishly and squatted down to pat its head.

It should be the head.

"Ah... To children, the world is full of new and exciting things. It's a pity that they all grow up to be boring adults like us."

Zhijiu tapped his wife's forehead with his index finger: "It would be terrible if she couldn't grow up properly."

"Mom, can you come over here for a moment?"

Xiaoyuan was in the room, with the door half open, waving at Xunzi, as if she wanted to have a talk.

There's no way around it. As a man, Chiku can't get involved in topics related to adolescent girls.

Xunzi never refused her daughter's dependence. She slowly walked into her daughter's room and closed the door.

"What's wrong? Did you suddenly find a boy you like?"

Xiaoyuan was willing to share with her many things about the campus, such as Teacher Kazuko complaining about not being able to find a suitable partner, and Hitomi receiving several love letters.

"Or is it just another matter between friends?"

Xunzi sat on his daughter's bed naturally.

"This time it might be about love."

Xiaoyuan lowered her head and twirled her hair with her fingers shyly.

She didn't tell anyone about Sayaka and Hitomi. It wasn't something that could be resolved by talking to her mother. Sayaka seemed sad and walked out on her own after a day, probably because she had a new friend.

If only Sayaka hadn't made the sacrifice.

"Eh?"

She made a sound of surprise, and Xunzi ruffled her daughter's hair. "Which silly boy is so lucky?"

"He's not some stupid boy, he's just..."

Xiaoyuan pointed her index fingers together, not quite sure herself.

"Really? They're starting to protect me?"

"no……"

Even though it was Yimi who told her, it was obvious that Homura knew more than just her, because she was seen looking at Sayaka with an inexplicable look in class.

But it wasn't a complete belief. Madoka could indeed feel that even with Sayaka present, Homura still paid more attention to her.

Add to that the word "restart", the situation of dreaming about the other person at that time, and the key word that Yimi said, it is difficult for Xiaoyuan, as an adolescent girl, not to have some associations even if she is simple.

This made her even more confused: "Mom, what would you think of me if I fell in love with a girl?"

"Ok?"

Xunzi took her hands off her thighs, stroked her chin, and thought for a few seconds: "That being said, Xiaoyuan, you should be more worried about the other person's parents, or what she herself will think, rather than what her mother will think. Does Xiaoyuan like someone who happens to be a girl, or does she simply like girls?"

There is an essential difference between the two. For example, some people often think that if a girl likes a girl and another girl also likes a girl, they can naturally get together. But ordinary men and women will also have their own screening standards.

"I don't like girls."

Madoka wasn't so sure.

"I don't know what happened, but a girl who could make Madoka think that must be very cool, right? So, does that child know about this?"

The reaction was surprisingly calm...

"Probably..."

Xiaoyuan didn't quite understand it either.

She didn't have many memories of Homura Akemi, and she didn't know that things were as she imagined. She just had an inexplicable liking for her from the first sight, but she really didn't think about it that way.

She was more concerned about what kind of mentality the child had when she restarted. She had to care about this because what Xiaoyan was carrying might be more profound than she imagined.

Could it be that in the original time, she actually paid that price to become a magical girl, and finally sacrificed herself, forcing Homura to restart to save herself?

No, the final sacrifice might not be the key. Homura had been telling her not to become a magical girl from the beginning, perhaps just to prevent her from falling into such a price. And normal love and so on...

Compared to love, she really still cares about what the child is carrying, but she doesn't know how to tell her mother about this.

Surely I should find a chance to open up to Homura, right? It was really hard to feel that others had been doing something for her, yet she was kept in the dark and didn't know anything.

"Love is a two-way thing."

Xunzi patted her head and said, "If the other party agrees to be with Madoka, then this is considered a normal relationship."

"If this is Madoka's own choice, and she's considered all the things she might encounter in the future, then Mom and Dad don't have any problem with it. But before that, Madoka should ask her about her opinion."

She pinched her daughter's cheek.

Mom has always been so gentle.

"Let me guess, it shouldn't be Sayaka, right? That kid has a cool hairstyle. Or is it Renmei? Speaking of which, Renmei has always rejected other people's confessions. If it's her, it will be difficult to deal with. Their family has very strict parents..."

"no!"

"Could it be someone else? Could it be... the kid who gets along so well with Yimi?"

Xunzi covered her mouth in surprise.

Because Yimi took the initiative to go find Homura Akemi today, and Homura Akemi even sent her back, so naturally it seemed that they had a very good relationship.

"This expression seems to be accurate."

"I've already said it, but I'm not sure..."

……

……

The end of the weekend.

Mitakihara Junior High School, on the rooftop.

Because there are so many places to rest and get some fresh air in Mitakihara Junior High School, most of the time, there are only Madoka and Sayaka here during lunch break.

But today, Sayaka apologized to her, took her second lunch box and walked out of the campus, saying that she wanted to make compensation and take responsibility.

It also left room for her and Homura Akemi to talk.

"Humura, I already know everything."

"Know what?"

Homura Akemi lowered her head to calculate the date, and her heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that blue-haired, loudmouthed guy who told Madoka about Witch Night? No, even if she didn't tell him, Kyubey probably wouldn't miss the opportunity to cause trouble.

"Humura, this isn't your first time meeting me, is it?"

Xiaoyuan said it directly and openly.

It's as incredible as something out of science fiction, but since even wish fulfillment exists, there's nothing unbelievable about it.

"Did Kyubey tell you?"

Homura Akemi's movement of opening the bento box froze slightly.

Madoka shook her head slightly. "No wonder I always feel so sad when I see Homura. I don't know what happened, but you must be feeling very sad. No one understands you after you started over."

She is still so gentle.

How did she know that? It was only less than two weeks away, and as long as she could defeat Witch Night, she would finally get the happy ending.

She had been trying hard not to express her grievances over the weekend, so why did she still find out?

And why did he have to expose her at this moment? He had already decided not to be weak anymore...

Touching the depression and grievance deep in her heart, Homura Akemi almost couldn't hold back her tears.

She has always been that weak and introverted fourteen-year-old girl, but she only reveals her true side in front of Xiaoyuan.

"Madoka... no, this has nothing to do with you."

She restrained herself and stiffly returned to a cold expression, "Kaneme Madoka, knowing nothing is the best outcome for you."

"How can it not be related? You've already made it very obvious."

Xiao Yuan stood up and turned her face away. "Before you open up to me, can I ask you a question about my past self?"

"..."

Not knowing whether to reply, Homura Akemi lowered her head.

Madoka was embarrassed and didn't look at her: "What was the relationship between me and Homura before? We weren't... in love, were we?"

The latter sentence was spoken very quietly, but because there was no one on the rooftop, Homura Akemi heard it clearly.

She stopped holding the lunch box for a while, and her brain took a while to restart and react.

Aren't we talking about Witch Night?

Finally, the blood color on her face moistened to her ears, and she lowered her head and stopped looking at Xiaoyuan.

"Sorry, I lost my composure!"

Xiaoyuan, noticing something strange, blushed and bowed repeatedly to apologize, "That's a weird thing to say. Please don't think I'm a bad person..."

"It's lovers."

Homura Akemi suddenly looked up and replied seriously.

"Eh?"

"It's lovers."

Repeated it once more.

I don’t know what happened, but I just agreed.

This is all to make Madoka trust her more.

32

Chapter 32: Meat floss.

In the eyes of the kitten, a machine is something like a vacuum cleaner that requires human control. Although the Xiaomei Flame Tube Sweeping Robot is called a machine, it can move and eat by itself.

After lunch, Yimi walked outside with a rope, the other end of which was tied to a part of Xiaobai's lower body, and walked quietly in front.

The design of this old machine also took the problem of recognition errors into consideration, so it was equipped with a manual steering function, that is, as long as someone pushes it in a certain direction, it will automatically move in that direction.

This resulted in the robot vacuum cleaner, which was being led by Yimi by a rope, following her steps quite obediently.

But it was walking too slowly, and without any clues. Even when Yimi stopped, it didn't stop with her.

The sweeping robot walked in the direction that Yimi had just pulled, and kept pushing against Mami's shoes.