Chapter 192 - Responsibilities (3) (1/2)
Ben didn't get the chance to answer as the kitten revealed herself standing on the windowsill. I couldn't stop myself from groaning as I hoped she wouldn't jump on one of the sculptures again. But when the tallest sculpture was about to shatter onto the floor from one of her powerful jumps right after my thought, it made almost every priceless piece collapse like a domino with it.
I covered my ears and squeezed my eyes, not wanting to watch my hard efforts wasted. Unfortunately, I could still feel Luke's hot blaming stare before I opened my eyes to see the members of the art club with their jaws dropped. Although I pitied the pure heartbreak in their eyes, I could predict the anger that would be directed towards us next.
If things couldn't get worse, the kitten jumped into my lap as it purred like it deserved a reward. It was obvious it appeared like I was the owner of this cat. I guessed this was the reason why pets weren't allowed in the school. I shot a blaming look towards Ben before he silently shot me back a look that I was the one who brought the cat inside the school in the first place.
”She's not my pet!” I shouted, feeling it was unfair.
Luke lightly pinched my arm to tell me to be quiet instead of making the situation worse. He rose from his spot and proceeded to explain the whole incident.
”This is a wild kitten as you see there's no mark indicating that it's tamed. When we came into the room, the kitten was already here from the opened window,” Luke pointed out the small details.
We all nodded our heads to agree before Alex added to support Luke.
”We decided to go to the art room to grab some supplies and references for our next mission, but the kitten took a liking to Rika,” Alex sighed.
”You know how it's hard to control wild creatures,” Ben narrowed his eyes like it was a threat since he had a higher standing than them.
”We'll help you recover them!” I suggested as I had enough mana left.
It lifted the pressing atmosphere of the room as Alex comforted them by telling him he could recommend some of their artworks to the creative division of his family company. Meanwhile, the three of us managed to expend the remaining bits of our mana to put the room back to its glory after thirty minutes.
”The Roselia family also supports talented artists,” Luke added after finishing repairing the last artwork while hiding his long breaths.
”And the Nuelle family isn't far behind as well,” Ben smiled to warn them to keep their mouths shut for more potential recommendations.