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

"How, how could this happen... How can this happen! This is impossible! That stinky crow is bluffing again!"

While walking on the animal path, Yimi vaguely heard a burst of angry cursing. She moved her legs and walked over curiously.

It was the same person she had met yesterday, the black and white woman who had almost bumped into Reimu earlier.

Marisa clutched the newspaper and covered her mouth in disbelief.

Hearing the sound of Yimi stepping on the grass, she looked back, stared at Yimi's face in a daze, and finally focused her gaze on the imperial coin in Yimi's hand.

"..."

"Wow wow wow! It's true!!"

Marisa flew towards the Hakurei Shrine wailing and crying.

6

After Chapter 6, you will be my Shikigami.

Completely unaware of what was missing, Reimu patted her pillow and prepared to lie back down for a few hours' nap.

"Reimu! Reimu Reimu Reimu!"

Why does someone come and disturb me as soon as I fall asleep?

This time, Marisa didn't even wait for her to open the door; she flung it open violently. In the sunlight, she immediately saw Reimu, looking haggard (dark circles under her eyes from not sleeping well), a different look than when they met yesterday.

In Marisa's eyes, Reimu, who was so weak, was supporting the quilt with one hand, as if she was determined to cheer up and greet her friend even though she was extremely weak.

In fact, he was preparing to find a broom to chase her away.

Marisa covered her chest in pain, and the little hope and luck she had was instantly shattered.

She looked at the other end of the room and saw the bed that had not been made up after the kitten slept there, proving that there was indeed evidence of another person living there.

So I was just forcing myself to hold on yesterday? As a friend, she hadn't noticed at all...

Marisa helped Reimu lie down and said, "Don't move for now. Have a good rest. I've heard everything."

"...If you hadn't come, I would have rested. What have you heard?"

Marisa didn't reply, but grabbed a handful of mushrooms from her pocket and put them down.

Reimu took a closer look and saw that it was a handful of matsutake mushrooms.

"Where did you get this stuff?"

"There are plenty in the forest. Stop talking. If you feel unwell, just lie down. I'll buy you anything you want to eat!"

"what?"

What's wrong?

Reimu rubbed her eyelids.

Are you looking sick from staying up late?

But after looking at the matsutake mushrooms on the ground, Reimu lay down leisurely, feeling both angry and amused: "Leave the stuff with you and go out. I'm not going to die soon. I just need to rest for a while."

She was still comforting me and didn't want others to see that she was uncomfortable.

Marisa rubbed her eyes, stood up and left: "Don't worry, I will help you teach that child well."

"?"

Who are you teaching? If I let you teach that person, wouldn’t your life be ruined?

Reimu noticed something strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

After closing the door, Marisa ran into a heartless dwarf walking towards her. He was Ibuki Suika, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan, and she seemed to have a good relationship with Reimu.

"Oh, did you watch the news this morning? That crow was really bold in writing."

She greeted Marisa.

Marisa patted her shoulder heavily and said, "Reimu's condition isn't optimistic. Let her rest for a while."

"what?"

-

"Meow, meow, meow~"

Singing in a strange tune, Yimi held the imperial coin and knocked it. From time to time, two weak monsters came over to take a look and were scared away by the thing in her hand.

"see it……"

"This is the next miko..."

"What she has on her hand still smells like the Red Killer. Go tell everyone the news is true!"

Such discussions could be heard faintly from the bushes.

The human world is ahead. Teacher Huiyin told her yesterday that there are many monsters on this road. Yimi has walked this road so many times and has never seen any monsters.

"Um, ears."

She reached out and rubbed her ears. Meihong seemed to have said yesterday that this was the reason why she was reported.

But she forgot to bring back the hat from the previous world.

Yimi turned back into a kitten, put her shoes into the storage space, and walked towards the human world with graceful steps. She felt much more normal after turning back into a kitten.

“Meow, meow…”

"Meow meow?"

"rustle--"

There was a tremor in the grass nearby, and a brown-haired cat wearing a green ZUN hat poked its head out.

His eyes changed into vertical pupils of a different style, and he looked around for the source of the sound, and finally locked his gaze on a rather strange-looking cat on the road.

The cat demon shook the two tails behind its butt, pursed its mouth into three parts, and tiptoed towards it cautiously.

"Meow?"

Yimi vaguely sensed something and her steps gradually became slower.

Seeing that she was alert, Cheng suddenly pounced on her, bit her neck and ran in one direction.

There's a cat thief!

Yimi immediately turned back into human form, and the sudden increase in weight on his mouth caused Cheng to fall heavily. Fortunately, Yimi was in front of him to act as a buffer.

"It hurts, what are you doing?"

Orange held his head and stood up.

They clearly have no demonic powers, so how come they suddenly turned into human form?

"You want to steal the cat."

Yimi stood up and looked down at Cheng who was sitting on the ground, especially the ears on her head.

He looks like a little kid like her, but like her, he is a kitten that has not grown into a normal big cat. This makes Yimi feel a little bit of identification with Cheng.

But even though it has a tail, this kitten can wear a skirt.

Yimi lowered her eyes and pointed at her butt in shock: "You have two tails!"

"Of course I am Nekomata!"

Orange stood up proudly and dusted himself off.

Yimi patted her shoulder sympathetically.

This kitten is even more abnormal than her. At least Yimi only has one tail like a normal cat.

"Meow?"

Cheng twitched his ears in confusion and looked Yimi up and down: "Why can you transform into a human? You don't even have any demonic power."

“Because I’ve grown up.”

"what?"

"You want to steal the cat."

Yimi suddenly started to think about what had just happened.

"Who wants to steal a cat? I just want to take you to a safe place. I have a lot of kittens."

Cheng grabbed Yimi, bent over, buried his face in her and sniffed her.

"It doesn't smell like a monster, nor does it smell like a human or anything else. It's so strange. Is it because it's too weak?"

Orange's eyes once again changed to a different style of vertical pupils, and he pursed his lips, a malicious look written on his face: "Will you become my Shikigami?"

"God formula?"

Yimi didn't understand what this was.

"After you become a Shikigami, I will give you delicious food and fun things to eat, and take care of you like my own sister. You just need to help me when I fight."

“Is there any grass that smells nice?”

Yimi can't forget this.

"Cat grass? I can give you as much of that stuff as you want."

"Then I will."

Seeing his evil plan succeed, Orange stretched out his claws and took out a spell card: "Then let's sign the contract!"

She will soon become a monster with a Shikigami like Lord Lan and Lord Zi!

"Sa——"

Driven by her demonic power, the spell card approaching Yimi was bounced away and deeply embedded in the tree nearby.

"Well?"

If you don't believe it, try again.

Still got ejected.

She picked up the spell card sadly: "I should be able to do it."

Her wish is to collect a Shikigami and become a powerful monster like Lord Lan.

"No matter what, you are my Shikigami now. We can sign it after I have trained well."

Cheng took Yimi's hand and said, "Come with me, I want to take you to see Lord Lan!"

7

Chapter 7 Social Death Penalty.

Yakumo Residence, the residence of the monster sage Yakumo Yukari. There are rumors that the place where she lives is called the Lost House, but in fact the Lost House is the abandoned village where Orange lives, and Orange also raises a litter of wild cats there.

Although she is one of the oldest monsters in Gensokyo, Yakumo Yukari has to sleep for 12 hours every day and hibernate in winter.

During her sleep, her shikigami, Yakumo Azumi, acts as her eyes and ears. Although she is called a shikigami, Yakumo Azumi is also a powerful nine-tailed fox monster.

At this moment, she was walking towards the Hakurei Shrine with a serious face and a newspaper in her pocket.

Although the Bunbun Daily is a column for fun, it also depends on who she is spreading rumors about. Hakurei Miko is the guardian of Gensokyo. If you directly spread rumors that someone is going to be replaced, what kind of commotion will it cause?

"Master Lan, Master Lan."

The mischievous Shikigami ran over from behind.

"Orange, wait a moment, I don't have time to play with you now."

Lan turned around and wanted to touch his shikigami's head a couple of times to appease him, but what caught his eye was a cat head of another color.

Cheng was seen holding Yimi's armpits and struggling to lift the cat, which looked not much smaller than her, to show its owner.

"I have a shikigami!"

"I am a shikigami."

Yimi raised her hand in greeting.