6 Why Not Rule the World? (1/2)

After arriving in their hut, the unlikely pair bid each other goodnight. Tarou quickly arranged his latest haul.

'Having a cat as a boss wasn't bad.'

The boss seems to have no interest in eating a mouse like him and is more interested in human food.

Feeling reassured the mouse drifted off to sleep right away. He even dreamed of conquering a rich man's kitchen with his new boss. He was smiling throughout the night thinking about all the cheese, meat, and delicious food he could loot.

Meanwhile, the cat boss stretched her front and hind legs on the ground while trying to process everything that happened.

The day's activities were tiring but her thoughts continued to drift back to her unique situation.

Everything felt surreal. Her initial assumptions appear to be correct – dying led her to a different timeline in a cat's body.

Everything still felt surreal. But she felt nothing but thankful if today is real. Second chances are hard to come by and it's even harder to start with a clean slate. She smiled.

She couldn't wait but to start her adventures as a cat. As a human, she never had the chance to follow her passions. She's going to be the one who breaks the mold.

For the first time, she was up late at night thinking about what to do with her life.

What will she accomplish in this life? In this world?

Mina remembered the statues sporting cat images in temples she read about in history books. The ancients treated cats. She's back to an earlier era.

Why not aim for being a goddess? Should my goal be world domination?

She snickered. World domination! She was destined for great things and she felt this opportunity is too tempting to pass. But maybe she was being too ambitious.

She just woke up in this world. It might be too early to set a goal.

First, she needs to know everything she can about this place. She will survey this territory tomorrow but the thought of planning to be someone great continued to nag at her.

Who knows she might just become the most powerful figure in history?

The loser who left her with a $15 million debt will read about her feats perhaps a hundred years from now.

Her name will go down in history while that loser is on the run. She might even have castles, songs, tales, and poems made in her honor.

'Me ruling the world. People at my beck and call.'

She smiled. Yes, she deserves to be someone important enough to decide someone's life and death.

Lost in her thoughts, her eyelids grew heavier. She felt tiredness creep in, and she drifted off to sleep.