Chapter 478: Cat (1/2)

In addition to the miso soup, they had bread, grilled fish, salad, and fruit for lunch.

“Oh, I’m not used to these luxuries.”

Eckert Techres was enjoying the same food Jin and his friends were having.

After enjoying a leisurely lunch, they had some cold tea. They resumed their conversation while drinking it.

“Well, you said you had a request for me?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Following Eckert’s lead, Jin was finally able to talk about what they had come here for.

“We were wondering if you wouldn’t mind showing us one of your cats.”

“Oh, so you know about cats? Sure, I’d be delighted to.”

Smiling, Eckert signaled at one of the maids with his eyes, who in turn hurriedly left the run only to return just as quickly as she had left.

“This is one of my cats, her name is Aqua.”

She had the same name as a golem maid that Jin had made back on Hourai Island. The reason for the cat’s name could be clearly seen by looking at her.

“She has such lovely eyes, doesn’t she?”

She had beautiful light blue eyes.

“They look like Elsa’s eyes.”

Hearing Reinhardt’s remark, Elsa looked at the cat’s eyes.

“…They do, a bit.”

Noticing that Elsa was looking at her, Aqua meowed at her.

“Would you like to hold her?”

Following Eckert’s words, the maid handed Aqua to Elsa.

Elsa timidly received Aqua in her arms. She could feel the weight and warmth of a living creature.

“…So cute.”

Aqua seemed to be a docile cat, since even though she was being held by Elsa for the first time, she did not show any kind of discomfort. Far from it, she even reached out to Elsa’s face and nuzzled her nose.

“Haha, she seems to have taken a liking to you. She is the most docile and friendly of my cats.”

Eckert was smiling, happy to see that his guests were pleased with her pet cat.

“Can I hold her too?”

Berthie approached Elsa.

“Sure.”

Taking Aqua to her bosom, Berthie’s face couldn’t hold her delight.

“Aww, she’s so cute. I want to hold a baby like this with Reinhardt as soon as possible too.”

Her murmur had come out a little too loud for it not to be heard by the rest.

“Come on, now… humph.”

Saki also fearfully tried to hold Aqua, and feeling the cat in her arms made her face all wobbly.

After Stearleana and Vivian, it was finally Jin’s turn to hold Aqua.

He was able to hold her without her getting her claws out. Then…

“Transinfo Level 3 - Mild.”

He chanted that in a quiet voice so that Eckert wouldn’t hear, and then copied the cat’s behavioral pattern onto a Magi Crystal that he had in his pocket.

The Mild option was a measure to avoid both causing the cat to become startled and his face getting scratched.

Though Level 2 would have been enough, Jin used Level 3 instead. Taking into account that the information copied from a cat would be all jumbled up, he decided to use one level higher just to be sure.

The last of them to hold Aqua in his arms was Reinhardt.

He had feared that she would get so scared that her hair would stand on end, but she proved to be gentle and friendly to him as well.

“Oh, she’s so warm.”

She even began to purr the moment he started to stroke her under the chin.

Aqua seemed to have taken a liking to not only Elsa, but to all of them.

The purpose for their visit had been fulfilled, and there had also been some unexpected results.

The time was 2 PM. Just when Jin was thinking it was about time they headed back…

Suddenly, an uproar seemed to have broken loose inside the residence, and the door of the hall was opened loudly and hurriedly.

“Master! There’s been an emergency!”

“What’s this? We have guests here!”