Kiyono Inori stared blankly.
"Inori, what's with that super-disgusted look on your face, meow?!"
Elysia Cat puffed out her cheeks and circled Kiyono Inori a few times, meowing willfully. "Look, look, isn't this outfit super cute, meow!"
"My dear Elysia, you're such a hassle."
Kiyono muttered coldly.
As everyone knows, girls are an extremely troublesome species, especially when getting ready for a date.
Not brushing hair while washing leads to tangles. Skincare and conditioner come in seven or eight different bottles. Makeup takes even more time. A carefully polished outing takes thirty to forty minutes.
However,
Kiyono Inori was clearly not an ordinary girl anymore. With Fairy Magic, skincare and haircare could be reduced to the bare minimum.
Makeup was completely unnecessary.
Even before Fairy Magic, she never needed makeup anyway.
In theory, she should have been fast, but this morning she had been delayed for forty minutes and was already exhausted without even leaving the house.
Heavens above.
She finished getting ready in under ten minutes, but a certain pink pig kitty froze in front of the wardrobe.
In short,
the girl was sweet-talked and coaxed into changing outfits over and over again by the pink pig kitty.
A black and gray dress.
Bare legs, ankle-length white socks above her shoes, paired with pale flaxen long hair, giving off a cozy girl-next-door vibe.
To be fair, Miss Pink Fairy had great taste, but—
"This dress is from middle school, and I barely wore it outside. Where did you even find it? Did you turn my closet into a disaster zone?"
Kiyono's voice was dry.
She was already thirsty. Being a cute girl mannequin took stamina.
"Hmph!"
Elysia Cat hummed smugly. "Don't underestimate the organizational skills of a pink fairy. I have way more little dresses than you, meow!"
"I bet several of those were rejected by Mobius…"
"Wow, you really get me, meow!"
The long outfit ordeal finally ended.
Before heading out, the girl blinked, caught the eager Elysia Cat, and pulled her into her arms.
"Oh my, so sudden. Inori being proactive like this, my heart is pounding, meow!"
Elysia Cat meowed expertly. Flirting had clearly become her passive skill.
"Instead of waiting for you to get tired and dirty and crawl into my arms, I figured I'd just catch you now."
"I'm just afraid of getting lost, meow. Cats get lost really easily. A colleague's cat went missing the other day, meow!"
Elysia Cat mewed softly and took the chance to rub against her owner's chest.
"You little…"
"You shameless cat" remained unsaid.
Kiyono sighed. "Forget it. I won't stoop to arguing with a mere Elysia Cat."
…
Kiyono Inori and Elysia Cat went out.
No plan at all.
Tokyo's famous spots no longer interested Kiyono. Mount Takao and Asakusa were endurance tests.
For Elysia, the entire world was new. No route was needed. Wandering aimlessly was pure joy.
Birds chirped on telephone poles. Last night's rain had coaxed a small white flower out of a crack in the roadside stones.
A flower that screamed "Write a four-hundred-word essay praising the resilience of life based on this image" was promptly picked up by Elysia Cat, who declared she would grow it at home.
"Elysia."
In public, Kiyono lowered her voice when talking to the cat.
"…Meow?"
With the flower in her mouth, Elysia's meow softened.
"I should remind you, you didn't pull it out with the roots. Flowers without roots can't survive. Are you an idiot?"
"Hmph. Don't treat me like one, meow! I know this stuff. I'm very confident in plant care. Have you heard of the Green Thumb of Vladivostok? That's me, meow!"
Elysia Cat sounded extremely confident.
Green Thumb was a compliment for master gardeners. Apparently, Elysia's ancient world had a similar saying.
But still, how did a pink pig kitty who plucked flowers without roots earn that title? Could Fairy Magic explain everything?
"Elysia, give it to me."
"What's wrong, meow?"
"Talking with a flower in your mouth is inconvenient."
Kiyono stored the flower inside the Emperor's Scepter.
She glanced at the internal simulation.
The Emperor's Scepter was automatically iterating the Absolute Safety Equation and simulating a plan using a Stellaron as an energy unit.
Absolute Safety Equation led to Savior Trash Can 360.
The Anti-Organic Equation led to the Mechanical Emperor.
Stellaron energy unit simulation used Cocolia, Mother of Delusion's data backup.
The Mechanical Emperor launched the Emperor War.
In the simulation, Cocolia witnessed the overwhelming might of the Mechanical Emperor's army, concluded organic life could never win, and in despair and guilt became a traitor to organic life.
360 bore the mission of salvation.
Then 360 was betrayed again by internal conflicts within the organic life faction.
With over four thousand species, including natural enemies like werewolves and goatfolk, unity was near impossible.
Thus, 360 implemented a plan to turn all four thousand species into one.
In simple terms, use Fairy Magic to transform organic life into trash cans.
Kiyono had indeed added Fairy Magic as a data factor.
But could Fairy Magic really do something like this? This was absurd, Simulation 360.
Since adding the Stellaron variable, the madness level inside the Scepter skyrocketed. Faced with a Stellaron plus the Anti-Life Equation, even Savior Trash Can 360 resorted to extreme measures.
There were no humans left.
If this data leaked, it would be disastrous. Kiyono set the Scepter to stop immediately after completing this simulation and shelved it for now.
"Wow, there are so many people here, meow!"
Before she knew it, they had reached the shopping street near the apartment complex. Elysia Cat clung to Kiyono's arm, looking left and right.
"Inori-chan, Inori-chan! Meow, what's that? It looks super tasty!"
Following her gaze, Kiyono saw a well-decorated cafe.
Wooden exterior, large windows letting in sunlight, tables and parasols on the terrace. It was a sizable cafe.
Elysia Cat's eyes were glued to the cake pictures on the menu.
"…Even with the Candy Knight fairy-tale styling, isn't that just a normal cake?"
"Inori-chan, you don't get it, meow! That little dark knight looks delicious!"
The dark knight was made from cookies and square chocolate.
"Elysia, do you think cats can eat chocolate?"
"Hmm? Probably…?"
"Fun fact. Chocolate contains theobromine. Cats can't metabolize it. It causes poisoning and can be fatal. I don't know if you count as a normal cat, but I think you get the idea."
"…Fine. Then I'll have the strawberry cake, meow."
You just want cake.
Kiyono complained internally.
Considering that in Elysia's own world, eating cake earned teasing from Mobius about gaining weight, and the scale did not lie,
Elysia herself was cutting back on sweets.
But Elysia Cat was unaffected. Cat form and human form did not share a stomach.
"I'll buy it for you."
Kiyono indulged the adorable creature.
"Yay! Love you, meow!"
Elysia Cat rubbed her round face against Kiyono's cheek. Several passersby stopped to watch.
"Alright, keep it down…!"
Kiyono said as she entered the cafe.
This pink pig kitty really had no shame, rubbing her face against a girl in public.
Because of the morning delays, it was past peak hours. The cafe was quiet.
The part-time cashier was a female high schooler, tapping away on her phone.
"Hi, one strawberry cake and one Italian gelato, please. Thank you."
Kiyono smiled politely. The girl looked up and froze.
"You're…"
"Is something wrong?"
"You're Kiyono Inori from Hanasakigawa Class B! I'm your fan. I've admired you for so long!"
Kiyono felt troubled. Elysia Cat chirped excitedly,
"Wow, Inori-chan, even at a cafe you meet music party members, meow. How many girls have you charmed? Such grave sins, my dear Inori-chan!"
Kiyono stared in disbelief.
What are you saying? I've never even hosted a music party!
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else. I just admire your academic ability. Even giving it my all, I can only reach a fraction of your scores."
"Results aren't everything. What matters is that you tried," Kiyono replied gently.
The cashier's mood darkened. "Ah… I didn't really try that hard. I spent all my time rehearsing and such. Sorry. One ruby cake and one Italian gelato, right?"
"Um, strawberry cake," Kiyono corrected softly.
Setting aside the mysterious band girl encounter,
Kiyono also ordered the recommended ruby cake and the cafe's new fruit tea, then took a corner seat with Elysia Cat.
"That girl was really enthusiastic, meow. Are band girls all like that?"
Elysia Cat was curious.
In this world, bands and band girls were everywhere.
Phone calls came with heavy vows like "Let's be in a band for life." On campus, girls carrying instruments were a common sight.
Everyone brought instruments to class. It felt like a music academy.
Kiyono widened her eyes. Elysia Cat being interested in band girls was not a good sign.
She thought for half a second.
"My dear Elysia, can you be a cat and stay with me for life?"
Kiyono stared straight at her.
"Ah… what? That's so sudden, meow!"
Elysia Cat froze, her meows turning soft.
"Most band girls here are like that. Feeling the pressure yet? I didn't even change the order."
"Tch. I thought you were serious!"
Elysia Cat sighed. "Being a cat is easy, but my world is still in crisis. After…"
Before she could finish "after the world crisis is resolved," Kiyono interrupted her.
"As expected of you, Elysia!" Kiyono clapped earnestly. "You used it weirdly, but at least you used it correctly. One point for you."
Her face said, finally, the kid got smarter.
The pink pig kitty exploded in protest, ramming into Kiyono's chest and kneading her stomach and waist with soft paws.
"Hey, stop that. That feels weird!"
Unless covered by a blanket or something, if Elysia Cat did not want to be caught, Kiyono could hardly catch her.
While girl and cat tussled,
the blonde girl pushed a cart over and placed cake, gelato, and fruit tea on the table.
Smelling sweets, Elysia Cat glanced at her cake. In that split second, Kiyono grabbed the back of her neck.
"Got you."
"Meow. Inori's reflexes got faster."
"Of course. I'm amazing."
This was the result of sparring on Jarilo-VI with Cocolia. With low durability, even a single hit from Cocolia hurt badly.
Cocolia could fly, flapping around like a giant moth.
Kiyono's reaction speed improved as a result.
"Hehe, got you, Inori!"
The server did not leave. She sat down beside Kiyono, pulled out her phone, and started snapping photos.
Kiyono froze.
Wait, isn't this Sumimi's Misumi Uika? When did she get here?
"Uika…? Why are you here?"
"I saw Class A talking about spotting you in the group chat. I was nearby, so I came."
She puffed her cheeks. "I invited you out, you said you were busy, and now you're secretly out with a kitty."
Elysia Cat's muffled meow translated to something like, deeply moved that Inori rejected a music party just to date a fairy cat.
"Uh…"
Kiyono hesitated. Declining invitations was instinctive to her. She had no idea Elysia Cat wanted to go out.
Seeing her headache written on her face, Uika sighed.
"Dummy Inori. Technically you can't bring cats into the venue, but you're an insider. Rules don't matter."
She looked at Elysia Cat. "And your kitty is so smart and well-behaved. It'll be fine."
Kiyono blinked.
So what was happening now? She had completely forgotten what Uika invited her for.
Uika grabbed her wrist. "Mana will come later too. Let's enjoy dessert, then watch Sumimi's concert tonight."
Elysia Cat looked excited.
"…Alright. I'll be there."
Carried by the moment, Kiyono half-reluctantly agreed to Sumimi's invitation.
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