Chapter 125 - Kitty (2/2)
”I wonder how Blue will do tomorrow.” Simon sat leaning on a tree stump and patted his newly acquired Azure Tiger.
After being caught by Simon's soldiers, the tiger was brought to Simon as he waited for the arrival of the enemy forces. As stated before, the enemy forces never came and the tiger never really left. Therefore, Simon was left with a Nascent Soul stage tiger that kept on sleeping at his feet.
It felt like a clingy toddler. Simon just could not get rid of it, so he ended up keeping it as his first ever pet.
”I will name you… Meowtin.” Simon patted his huge 1.5 metre tall tiger and fed it some rabbit feet.
”Good boy… now eat more of these and you will grow up to be very strong, or not grow and just become strong.”
The tiger ate from Simon's hand and licked any scraps clean.
”Meow~!” The tiger rolled over and stuck its tongue out like a dog.
”Do you want a belly rub?” Simon felt confused. Usually only dogs want belly rubs, so why was a majestic tiger asking for one?”
The tiger nodded its head and meowed as Simon scratched its belly and rubbed it smoothly.
”Such a high maintenance pet. Maybe Dahlia would like it. Dahlia likes cute things. She might like riding on top of a majestic tiger instead of some normal horse.” Simon pondered on this thought before looking at the tiger again.
”Hey, do you think you can take care of children?” Simon asked with a serious expression.
”Meow!” The tiger nodded and kowtowed as if asking for mercy.
”Good, you will be my daughter's mount. I shall name you Kitty because you need to have a cute name to be my cute daughter's mount!”
”Meow!” The tiger gave a satisfied expression before rolling over again to express its sincere happiness in becoming Simon's 'subordinate'.
'This human won't even let me become his direct subordinate. Instead, I am his daughter's mount? I, an honourable spirit beast of great stature, have come and offered myself to be under your service and you give me to your daughter?! Actually, that is rather respectable. Any good father would assign their best subordinate to protect their family. I can respect this master with pride now, I serve a master that treats his family well!'
”Meow!”
”Oh such a cute little kitty cat!” Simon pulled on Kitty's ears and rubbed his belly.
”Tomorrow I will buy some fish for you to eat! Be a good cat and I will add quails and duck into the mix!”
”Meow meow!” Kitty jumped up and down out of excitement.
'Quail? Duck? FISH? All I can find in this stupid forest is BOARS!!! I HATE BOARS!!! I HATE PORK!!! I CAN'T STAND IT!!! I have not eaten anything but spirit boar for the last century. Why am I so bad at hunting anything else? I am a venerable Azure Tiger… and yet I cannot even find fish.'
”It seems Kitty likes fish, I will remember that when we celebrate my big promotion. There will be more than enough fish, so much that you will not be able to eat for weeks.”
As an Azure Tiger of Noble stature, Kitty had much pride. But after a century of only eating wild spirit boar meat, Kitty couldn't care less about pride. He now serves a master that could provide him with a wide array of tasty cuisine. If he behaves well enough, Kitty might even get some poultry dishes as a bonus.
This is the beginning of Kitty's journey as Dahlia's mount, a journey that would make him feel so warm inside that his predatory instincts could subside.