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2024-10-29 19:42:56'What in the hell are you crying about, hooman? Are you not happy by the fact that you were saved from the brink of death?'
The cat asked back in confusion as he eyed Audrey with a completely bewildered expression. He could not understand what the girl was crying about.
"Oh, Catto! You don't have an idea how mess up all these things are for me. I don't know what to do anymore. What is happening to me? All I just want is to graduate and go to college! Meet a hot guy on campus and get a boyfriend. How hard could that be?!"
Unable to hold back her pent-up emotions anymore, the little girl started to get honest and spoke her mind. The cat, on the other hand, looked back at the crying girl, unsure of what to do with her. Not long after that, he approached her, and then using his right paw, he tried to wipe away the tears that kept on falling from Audrey's eyes.
'Firstly, don't call me by a weird name. I have a nice name of my own. My name is Nero and don't be sad, I won't let anyone hurt you in this world. We will be inseparable here. This is how I will repay your kindness for saving me back there.'
As much as it hurt his ego to admit that he ended up being saved by a nonmagic individual, Nero still has to accept that one irrefutable truth.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Nero was actually a dimension traveler that ended up getting trapped inside the body of a cat when he was forced to flee from a disaster. The escape was so sudden and he was unprepared at that time; not to mention that he was not at his best shape when he performed the space warp since he just survived an ambush back then, and that was why it cost him his body to cross another dimension. Unfortunately, he ended up landing at an uncharted territory called Earth where magic did not exist. because of this, his movements became limited because his power was restricted by the natural law of his current world. Since Earth was unable to accommodate his presence when he was at his full glory, he chose to keep a low profile, otherwise, he might end up messing with its balance, or worst blowing the dimension.
Conversely, Audrey stared at the cat and Nero reflected the other party's gaze with his own pair of yellow eyes. However, the more Audrey tried to make sense of the situation, the crazier she felt. She was being comforted by a talking animal! For crying out loud! The little black cat that she saved suddenly started talking to her, and not just a simple talk, it was even comforting her! If someone told her the same story before, she would surely throw them a look that one would give to a lunatic.
This was so surreal!
"But how? How did it happen? This is impossible."
She was still having a hard time processing the information, so she decided to ask the cat instead.
She did not have a choice anyway.
Well, no one could probably explain to her what was happening right now except this talking cat before her, right?
The previous owner of that body that you are currently residing at died exactly the same time as you need a shell. Using the ancient blood that I had with my body, I diffused it and with its power, I tried to put your soul into a different shell.
"Well, thanks for explaining. I still don't get it."
Audrey retorted as she scratched her eyebrows awkwardly.
The explanation only left her more confused and bewildered than ever.
The two chatted with each other for a few more minutes until Audrey finally felt like believing that everything was happening for real.
Although there was still a small part of her wishing that she could just wake up and windup all of this farce once and for all.
"Base on the memories that I gained, the previous owner of this body was well taken care of. So I wonder how did she end up meeting her untimely death here of all the places?
Well, that is something that I have no idea about. And to be honest, I don't care who might be the culprit or the reason why she died. The important thing here is that the fact that she died worked well for both of us. With her death, you survived and the best way that you could do to repay her is to live this life the best that you can.
Nero advised the other party out of goodwill.
Audrey, on the other hand, nodded languidly at the cat's word of advice, and when the air blew towards their direction she shivered from the cold.
"You are freaking cold. We better get out of here and went back home to your family before you end up dying for hypothermia here and render my effort of saving your life useless."
After saying that, Nero no longer waited for Audrey's answer and went back to pulling the reigns.
"I wonder, what is she doing in the bottom of a cliff in the first place??? It seems that Audrey of this world also died from falling just like me"
The girl concluded and muttered under her breath at the back of the wagon.
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