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

"Pa" he hit himself on the back.

"Meow!" The cat scared itself awake.

It looked around and finally looked at the little wolf beside it, suspecting that this despicable medium-sized cat was doing evil.

"Meow meow meow!" The cat gave the little wolf a series of meow punches on the head.

"Woo, woo, woo?" The little wolf felt aggrieved and confused.

Yimi shook her head. Now that she was awake, she could continue looking for the body. Before that...

It looked at the little wolf beside it.

"Miaomiao Miaomiao!"

"Woo?" The little wolf looked at Yimi, who was smaller than him, in confusion, not understanding what it meant by making such a strange sound.

But he still rubbed Yimi's head with his mouth bucket as a sign of friendliness.

Yimi was very unhappy because Uncle Nuomi could use the code "汪王往旺" to match the secret code, which meant that the little wolf and it were not the same kind of cats.

The heavy rain that appeared with the spine and today's heavy snow, it seems that the appearance of remains is always accompanied by abnormal weather.

The scene at the approximate location of the remains can be described as spectacular. First, there is an unfrozen spring, and next to it is a giant ancient tree growing on the slope that may have lived for thousands of years. I am afraid that even if ten people stretch out their arms, they may not be able to surround it from the roots.

The ice and snow had not yet melted, and a little turtle appeared from nowhere and crawled slowly along the spring.

"Meow!"

Then a cat's paw reached out and slapped it into the water.

It's fun.

Oddly enough, in this subzero climate, the relatively calm water surface lacks even a thin layer of ice.

Yimi sniffed the air. Perhaps after dispelling the sleepiness, its hunger became apparent again, and it then noticed a strange and dangerous sweet fragrance in the air.

It smelled like food, yet it was unlike anything he had ever tasted before. There was a dampness to it… Yimi's seven-year-old knowledge couldn't come up with a good adjective to describe it, so she could only look down at the spring below, which seemed to be the source of the smell.

The cat doesn't want to go in the water.

"Meow!" It called out to the little wolf who was lying far away by the tree roots and started digging a hole for unknown reasons.

"Woo?" The little wolf took out a hibernating rabbit.

"This guest..."

Without Yimi noticing, a petite black-haired girl walked up behind it. She seemed to be greeting it, but her eyes were looking straight ahead, with no intention of looking down at Yimi.

"You seem to have dropped something in the water."

"Meow?" Yimi stood on his hind legs in confusion, wanting to say hello to her.

"Woo!"

As a result, the little wolf heard its call and did not brake, and was directly pushed out by Yimi, falling into the water with a "splash", taking responsibility for the behavior of bullying the turtle just now.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

The little wolf quickly put down the rabbit in his mouth and jumped around anxiously by the water.

"This guest..."

The girl spoke again, this time she looked down at the little wolf, and at the same time, two objects appeared out of thin air on her left and right sides.

"Did you drop this Siberian tiger over here, or this harmless, cute kitten over here?"

To her left, a tiger that looked like it could kill a camel with one bite was looking around in confusion, and the little wolf lowered its head and groaned in fear when it saw the creature.

In its right hand, it held Yimi, who had just fallen into the water, with its limbs drooping down, lying motionless. This seemed to have awakened some muscle memory from before it could remember.

"Congratulations to the host for unlocking the achievement [Back of Destiny], rewarded with 5% portal energy."

"Congratulations to the host for unlocking the achievement [Golden Axe or Silver Axe], and reward 5% portal energy."

"Meow?"

Yimi jumped off her hands, flapping her limbs.

The girl suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Sir, you are really honest. I will give you this Siberian tiger as a gift as well."

Chapter 15 It's Too Early

The cat had indeed just been knocked into the spring, and felt even more chilled in the biting winter, but the next second it teleported into the girl's hands, and there was no trace of moisture on its fur.

In addition, the other thing that was summoned was also alive.

"Roar!"

The Siberian tiger finally figured out what was going on, opened its bloody mouth and pounced on the girl who looked the most threatening in terms of size.

"Ah! Where are you from?"

The strange girl suddenly showed the fear of a normal person. She jumped onto the towering tree in three or two nimble steps and dived into the tree hole that seemed somewhat inconspicuous compared to the whole tree.

The tiger tried to jump up, but it was obvious that its master had not taught it this trick. Seeing that it could not catch the largest prey, the Siberian tiger immediately turned its attention to the other two.

"Woo! Woo--" The little wolf dragged his trembling body on his hind legs and hid behind the cat.

"Roar--" The Siberian tiger doesn't care whether it is a cub or not. It opens its bloody mouth and rushes forward. From the front, it seems that even a jeep may be overturned by its brute force.

“‘It makes people thin and hungry!’”

Yimi faced the beast head-on, nimbly dodged the beast's bite, and stretched out her sharp claws to draw three shallow bloody marks on the tiger's skin. Then she retreated and took advantage of the beast's overly strong body to do a backflip and land safely on the ground.

The Siberian tiger in the air let out a dull groan of pain. Its huge body, which was as heavy as a metal machine, was kicked out and fell into the lake with a splash, unable to swim out again.

"Strange."

Even a cat that doesn't even fully understand the specific classification of species in the world can still feel something strange.

This time, the starvation of the victim filled its stomach a little, but only a little. The moment this big cat that failed to evolve fell into the water, the substitute no longer provided it with more energy.

Unlike Diego who had done the same thing before and directly cut off the injured piece of flesh, it could feel as if something had snatched food from its mouth.

After wagging his tail and staring at the spring for a while, Yimiliso followed the girl up the tree hole and saw a small space where an adult human could hardly stand upright.

The 'walls' in the tree hole were engraved with murals that looked like they were made by children. The ground was polished very smoothly, and there was also something painted on it in neat squares.

The girl just now seemed to have forgotten that there was a top predator in nature below her, and she placed some rotten leaves and branches in a small bowl as if she was playing house.

Her eyes still didn't move, but she seemed to be aware of Yimi's presence. She suddenly screamed and pointed at a few feet above Yimi's head: "My dear guest, how can you just step on someone else's living room?"

She was pointing to the squares carved into the floor, which marked out the locations of the rooms like a child playing house, but in fact there was nothing on them.

"Meow?" Yimi, who had just awakened, could not understand her confusing behavior.

"Ah, is it a cat..." The girl seemed to realize Yimi's true identity at this moment, and covered her mouth in surprise.

Then, a large pile of items appeared out of thin air next to her hands again. She stared intently at the top of Yimi's head: "My dear, you just dropped something again. Is it these sumptuous meals on my left, or this ordinary Siberian tiger corpse..."

Perhaps it was because food was scarce in the cold winter, and the tiger died after enduring the attack for less than three seconds.

Yimi couldn't understand where so many things came from, but it had the impression that its mother often took out things out of thin air.

He didn't lie when facing Johnny a few days ago, but at this moment he learned bad behavior without any instruction.

Because what was placed on the girl's left hand was not just a feast, but also braised bear paws, pig's head... a combination of cooked food with various parts, interspersed with the ears and right arm of the saint's body!

This is the body that Yimi sensed in this place, and it appeared in this way.

"This is what I dropped." A clear child's voice stammered as he finished the sentence. What Yimi was referring to was naturally the remains mixed with the meal.

The air was quiet for a moment.

"...My dear, you are not honest." The girl said this expressionlessly.

At the same time, countless tiny vines suddenly extended from above, below, and sides of the tree hole, like a group of vicious poisonous snakes blocking all movable parts of Yimi, and strangling the four claws that should have been very flexible at a speed that the cat had no time to react.

"Meow?"

If Yimi could raise his head naturally like a human at this time, he might notice that human faces, some frightened, some confused, and each with a different appearance, were vivid and lifelike.

As if confirming the warnings of previous saints, the greedy will ultimately deserve a bloody lesson.

"Tearing flesh and pulling out entrails—this is the punishment the spring inflicts on those who are greedy. Clearly, all it takes is an honest answer to obtain everything. It can only be said that some people are not born to endure true trials."

"Meow!"

The tiny vines tightened recklessly, cutting through the cat's fur like sharp piano wires, causing trickles of blood to seep out.

"pain!"

It had nothing to do with strength. The tightening feeling of oppression made the cat dare not struggle anymore. Its eyes, which had turned golden by the remains of the saint, stared intently at the girl who finally looked at it directly for the first time.

"Meow!!"

In the end, the cat's entire front paw was cut off, and the splattering blood dyed a large area of ​​vines red.

Just at this moment, the cat finally calmed down.

Compared to cats, which are often belittled in some children's cartoons, plants are the species that truly deserve the word "greedy".

They have no emotions or even intelligence. Relying solely on their vitality, they will absorb nutrients without any care once given the opportunity. Just like its current behavior of sucking blood, it just triggers the cat's substitute, which does not necessarily mean harming others.

“‘It makes people thin and hungry!’”

"This is?"

At the girl's surprised expression, the sharp vines retreated outwards, and every step seemed to be withered and stiff as if it was dying.

"how come?"

Not only the vines that had already scratched the cat, but also those that had blocked the tree holes or were waiting to spread out followed and circled Yimi. Even though she couldn't see it, the girl bound to the spring could still faintly feel that this sacred object, nourished for thousands of years, was expressing the spring's emotions, trembling with the same emotion only animals could experience.

Not scared, but excited?

Then, a sigh came from nowhere, and no one knew who heard it: "It's too early."

"Meow!"

The broken cat claw fed back nutrients from the other party and grew again. The angry Yimi swung his claws and broke the withered vine with one blow.

Having lost its moisture and flexibility, the brittle vines flew out of the tree hole, and the dense thorns formed a fence-like shape on the snow.

At the same time, as if foreshadowing something, the strong wind shook the shape formed by the tree hole and the vine, and it unexpectedly formed an ethereal human voice in the girl's ear.

Chapter 16 Come on!

"Control your power, rather than becoming a disaster yourself." This is another warning left by the saint.

"..."

"Sir, I'm so sorry. You just dropped something else, right?"

At this tense moment, the black-haired girl regained her composure as if nothing had happened, knelt down calmly, and performed a gesture that Yimi had never seen anyone in his hometown use before.

Three items appeared at her hand again: canned soft-shelled turtle, turtle soup, and the ordinary turtle, which corresponded to the turtle that Yimi had photographed at the beginning.

Yimi took a step back, her ears shaped like airplanes: "Neither!"

The girl seemed not to hear and said: "You are very honest, sir. In that case, I will give you all three."

After hearing this, Yimi finally realized what the rules of the spring were.

"The guests took quite a few things. I'm sure you don't want to leave any of them here after what just happened. However, my parents taught me to be honest, so I still need to remind you."

"Everything you just got from this spring must be used up before sunset. Do you understand? Use it all before sunset."

Yimi didn't hear clearly, and had no idea what the human in front of her was going to do, but cats are narrow-minded creatures, and it is impossible for them to forget what had just happened just because the other person suddenly changed his expression.

“‘It makes people thin and hungry!’”

The girl's expression changed: "Wait, what are you going to do?"

I saw Yimi opening its little mouth and biting the dry bark. Although it was just a small animal, it could penetrate the bark directly with its bite force.

"stop it now!"

"Sa——"

The little wolf who was lying under the tree seemed to sense something and jumped away from the foot of the tree howling.

Almost at this moment, the ancient tree, which was already showing signs of withering, seemed to have lost all its moisture in an instant and began to crack. Even without any external force pushing it, it could not bear the excessive weight and collapsed.