civilwarnovels Chapter 952 The Last Routine 131
Chapter 952 The Last Routine 131
Chapter 952 The Last Routine 131
Even though Wiz meant well by saying that, it has now caused them a lot of trouble. They really shouldn't have let that creator do such a mess!
"Hey, hey, hey!" Duster panicked a bit and quickly said, "So, she'll never take it off? Is Lynn going to be a cat for the rest of her life?!"
“No problem!” Wiz said with a smile. “Because it’s a magical tool prepared for people who want to become cats, if they are satisfied with the life of a cat, the hair ornament will naturally fall off.”
So, is it the same as that magical necklace that falls off when you fulfill a wish?
Kobayashi nodded slightly.
“Little girl,” Barnier said again, “didn’t you want to become a cat to do something? Just fulfill that wish, okay?”
"What you want to do after turning into a cat...?" Lynn asked, somewhat confused and bewildered. "For me, I've already achieved my goal of capturing Darst, haven't I?"
"If you can't get it off like this, is there something else you want to do?"
Kobayashi reminded her.
I'm the most experienced one here, and I always manage to do something unexpected at these times, so I have to pay attention to things I haven't noticed.
"I can't think of anything special about this all of a sudden, meow..." Lynn said nervously and helplessly, then suddenly realized something was wrong, "Huh!? Seriously! The ending of the sentence is weird again, meow..."
Lynn's tone gradually became like a cat's, which not only made her feel threatened, but Duster felt the same way.
"Young lady," Barnier said, arms crossed, with a meaningful look in his eyes, "what are you planning to do next?"
"what?"
“If the cat-like transformation becomes severe, one person won’t be able to handle it, right?” Barnier said to Lynn, who seemed a little doubtful. “Wouldn’t it be better to find someone to take care of it?”
As he spoke, he glanced at someone in Lynn's squad.
Kobayashi readily agreed and said, "In that case, Dust should be able to do it, right? After all, he's a teammate."
"Huh?" As expected, Duster made a disgusted sound and asked with a resistant expression, "Why me?"
Barnier's eyes gleamed slightly, and he said in a somewhat threatening tone, "This time, the little girl was also at fault for not listening to the useless shopkeeper's explanation... but the reason it all started was because you borrowed money and didn't pay it back, right?"
He certainly wanted to pass this trouble to Duster; otherwise, he would have to solve it himself in the end, since he cared a lot about the reputation of the magic item shop.
“That’s right, that’s right.” Kobayashi nodded in agreement, helping Barnier put pressure on Duster, saying, “You’re always causing trouble, this time it’s your turn to repay the favor.”
“I’m not taking on such a troublesome role! ...No, wait a minute!” Duster instinctively refused with a disgruntled expression, but then he stroked his chin with some doubt and muttered softly, “If I let Lynn owe me a favor at a time like this…!”
This guy……
He really is a complete scumbag.
Kobayashi leaned close to Düster's ear and whispered, "If Lynn hears this, she'll start saying bad things about you again!"
"Meow meow meow……"
Suddenly, Lynn meowed and then unconsciously mimicked a cat rubbing its face. When she realized what she was doing, she quickly and loudly explained, "No, that's not it! My eyes are just a little itchy, I'm not washing my face!"
"Uh..." X2
Kobayashi and Duster looked at Lynn, who was trying to argue, speechless. Lynn was almost in tears, begging the two of them not to look at her like that.
Finally, the task of taking care of Lynn was handed over to Duster, and Kobayashi left the magic item shop and returned to the mansion, wanting to ask Aqua if she could help lift the curse on the magic item.
the next day.
Within the Adventurers' Guild.
Lynn was lying on top of Duster, meowing and scratching at him, her inexplicable behavior making people wonder.
"It hurts! It hurts! Don't tickle me!"
Duster cried out in pain, then held down Lynn's hands to prevent her from hitting him.
Seeing this, Kobayashi sighed helplessly and said, "You haven't taken off your hair accessories yet... You look like you're having a hard time."
"You're talking like it's none of your business..." Duster pouted unhappily and complained, "When I'm not home, the room gets a complete mess, and I even fight with the stray cats. It's really terrible."
Isn't it already almost like a cat?!
The curse brought by this magical artifact is frighteningly strong.
Barnier, meanwhile, teased Lynn, saying, "Catgirl, do you care about this saury? Come here!"
"Meow! Meow, meow!"
As Barnier teased her, Lynn's eyes were filled with the saury, and she kept swaying her body.
Duster looked at Barnier, who was teasing Lynn, speechless, and whispered, "Hey boss, you're not really happy about this, are you?"
"What are you talking about? I just wanted to test the cat-like transformation, it's not what you think." Barnier spoke nonsense with a straight face, but in fact he was toying with her. "So, the cat-like transformation is progressing much faster than expected..."
He said this with some surprise.
"How could it have turned out like this..." Kobayashi sighed as well, saying, "Lynn only says 'meow' all day now—strange, where did Lynn go!?"
He subconsciously looked towards the catgirl beside him, but she had vanished.
"What are you talking about?" Duster pointed nonchalantly at Lynn's seat and said, "She's right here... not here!? You're kidding, she was just here!"
The seat where Lynn was sitting is now completely empty!
“Hmm…” Barnier pondered for a moment and said, “It probably ran off somewhere while we were out of sight, didn’t it? It really is as fickle as a cat.”
Even the Grand Duke of Hell was somewhat surprised to say this. It seemed that he had not expected that Lynn would disappear right under his nose, despite being known as the demon with clairvoyance.
Kobayashi said with some concern, "I don't know what Lynn might do in her current state. I'm a little worried about her. Alright, let's go, Duster, let's go find Lynn."
“I’m right here.” Duster sat in his seat reluctantly, not moving an inch. He complained with a look of disgust, “I can’t take care of everyone anymore.”
"……What did you say?"
Kobayashi was somewhat surprised by Duster's reaction and subconsciously asked, "Right here...aren't you worried about Lynn?"
"I've been through so much trouble," Duster said helplessly, as if he had given up and really didn't want to care anymore. "I don't care where she is or what happens to her."
"I knew you were a scumbag, but I didn't expect it to be this bad..."
Xiaolin glared at him, then ran out.
"Tsk." Duster clicked his tongue in displeasure, then looked at Barnier beside him and asked, "Shouldn't the boss be keeping an eye on things?"
“I plan to take action when the time is right, and there are good things to be seen here.”
Barnier watched Dust with great interest.
Duster, feeling a little uncomfortable from the other person's subtle gaze, said, "What? The good stuff is... oh no, it's those guys!"
Then he saw several familiar faces at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild.
the other side.
"Haa..." Kobayashi scratched his head in frustration, looked around, and sighed, "I've searched so many places but I still can't find it. Where did it go?"
"Mr. Kobayashi! I'm here to help!"
"Oh, Wiz!"
Just then, Wiz rushed over, looking like she wanted to help.
“I’m very worried about Miss Lynn, let’s split up and go look for her!” Wiz said. However, Kobayashi found it a bit strange.
"Huh? Three people?"
"Wiz, is he over there?... Ah, it's Kobayashi?"
The person who suddenly ran over was none other than Duster, who had just said he didn't intend to get involved.
"Duster?!" Kobayashi asked in surprise when he saw him, "Didn't you say you weren't going to look for him?"
Is he saying one thing but meaning another?
"Is that so?" Wiz asked, equally puzzled. "I saw him frantically searching for Miss Lynn..."
"...Well, a lot has happened."
Duster covered his forehead, looking like he had a headache.
"There seems to be a reason," Kobayashi said without thinking too much about it. "But I feel much more at ease with Duster here. Tell us where Lynn might go."
"Oh, no problem!"
Then Dust mentioned several places Lynn frequented, even areas outside of Axel town, but—
"Has Duster wiped out every place he could think of?" Kobayashi sighed helplessly and said, "Could it be that Lynn left the city...?"
Cats' habits are well known.
If she really ran out of the city, no one would be able to find her.
Wiz said with a worried look, "In that case, where should we look for them..."
"Hey, hey, hey, what should we do..." Duster said with the same helpless expression, then suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted excitedly, "You two, over there!"
Following the direction of his finger, they saw Lynn curled up under a tree, basking in the sun, her eyes half-closed and sleeping lazily.
"Uh-huh……"
"So this is where it is!" Kobayashi finally relaxed and said with a sigh of relief, "Indeed, it's not surprising that cats are taking a leisurely nap outside."
"We searched so hard, yet they're sleeping so soundly here..."
Duster echoed this sentiment with equal helplessness.
"Never mind," Wiz said with a smile. "Anyway, isn't it good that we found it?"
Yes,
Fortunately, Lynn was found at the gates of Axel. If she had really run into the plains or the mountains and encountered a powerful monster, I really don't know what would have happened.
Not long after, Lynn woke up, yawned widely, and stretched lazily.
"Wow, you're sleeping so well... That's strange?"
Lynn seemed to sense something was wrong. She subconsciously touched her head and found that the fluffy cat ears were gone, and even the magical artifact had disappeared.
Duster pointed in surprise at the cat-ear hair accessory that had fallen to the ground at some point, and said, "Your hair accessory...!"
Unbeknownst to her, Lynn's wish had been fulfilled, and the cat-ear hair accessory fell off, completely ending her cat transformation. Congratulations!
The three then returned to the magic item shop.
"—So, I've come to return the hair accessory." Lynn tossed the hair accessory onto the counter with a hint of fear, then asked with a puzzled look, "But why did it fall down...?"
“Hmm…” Barnier was also a little puzzled and said, “So, taking a nap is enough?... Little girl, didn’t you think of anything?”
He seemed to be reminding Lynn to think about it again.
"Is that so?... Ah!"
Lynn exclaimed in surprise, as if she had just remembered something, and then recalled the wish she had blurted out before putting on the cat ear headdress.
"Ah... Cats have it so easy, they can take a leisurely nap. Ah, I wish I could be like you, carefree and not thinking about anything."
After reminiscing, Lynn slapped her forehead with a mixture of helplessness and self-mockery.
"I was thinking of taking a relaxing afternoon nap without thinking about anything..."
She was at a loss for words regarding her wish.
"No, no, no," Duster said, somewhat angrily. "You slept very well while I was taking care of you!"
"Even a cat wouldn't relax with you," Lynn rolled her eyes in exasperation, unable to resist making this comment, but still pursed her lips and said, "...But thank you for taking care of me anyway."
“Oh!...Even so, it’s only natural to be thanked.” Duster said this rather smugly, but quickly added, “And then, Lynn...um...there’s something I’d like to ask you.”
"W-What are you doing... taking this so seriously..."
Lynn was startled by Duster's sudden serious expression, and she took a step back in fear. But Duster grabbed her arm, and she thought he might say something shocking, but instead—)
"Please! Lend me the money!!!"
She never expected such a shocking statement; it was completely different from what she had anticipated!
"……what?"
Lynn's eyes turned hostile.
"Um, someone just came to collect a debt from me." Duster scratched his head awkwardly and said in a low, pleading voice, "If you don't pay me back soon, the consequences will be unimaginable...!"
Kobayashi said in disbelief, "Could it be that you changed your mind and went to see Lynn because..."
"No, that..."
"You jerk...give me back all the emotion I felt!!!"
Lynn couldn't help but shout at Duster.
"Hahaha!" Barnier opened his arms wide with delight and said with a refreshed expression, "Just as I expected, everyone, a great bad mood!"
This guy is a complete and utterly eccentric devil.
However, given her past kindness, Lynn ultimately lent Duster the money as always.
(End of this chapter)