Mercenary Group
“Were you scared?”
After making sure the beast was truly dead, a short while passed…
Then, all of a sudden, like he was talking to himself, Valdo muttered under his breath.
I answered honestly with a “Meow.”
Yeah, I was terrified!
But more than that, Valdo’s fighting was seriously cool!
I mean, that thing was huge… he called it a monster, right?
Facing something that big, all alone, and not even trying to run, staying calm and composed while fighting it, that’s incredible.
If I were a cute and sexy female cat, I’d have jumped right into his arms like, “That was amazing! Take me right now!”
“Alright, alright. You did well holding out.”
I don’t know if my thoughts got across to him or not.
But Valdo let out a relieved breath, took me off his shoulder, and lifted me in his hands, gently stroking my back.
Looks like he was smoothing down my fur that had been puffed up earlier.
Yay~ time to get as many pets as I can.
Maybe it’s because of this tiny kitten body, or maybe Valdo’s just good at it, but… I actually kind of like being petted like this.
“Nyaa~”
“But it helped that it was alone and not in a pack. Even for me, if a group of even small monsters came at once, I’d have no choice but to run.”
Huh…? Th-that was small?
I stared at the monster’s corpse in disbelief.
I mean, that thing had to be over three meters long!
Then… how big are the large ones?
Nope. Absolutely do not want to run into those!
“Still, it helped that my leg healed. Even I’d have had a hard time taking that on while injured. Not that I had any intention of losing, though.”
“Nya~!”
“But… yeah, the healing does feel a bit too fast. When I got run through with a sword, I figured I might have to quit the mercenary life for good.”
“Miya!?”
“Relax. Of course I paid the bastard back, I ran him through with my sword too. Stabbed him straight through the heart, so there’s no way he’s still alive.”
No, that’s not what I was worried about!?
W-wait… stabbed through with a sword… is Valdo really okay…?
But he’s walking around just fine right now… so I guess he’s okay?
Man… why did I have to end up as a kitten whose only redeeming quality is being cute…
If I was going to get reincarnated in another world, I wish I’d been something cool and strong and reliable, like a dragon or a griffin!
Then maybe I could’ve actually helped Valdo while he’s injured…
“Miu…”
“What, worried about me? Heh, it’s almost like you understand what I’m saying.”
Laughing, Valdo started roughly ruffling my head with his big hand.
He was petting me so much my head started wobbling… but, well, I am just a cute little kitten with nothing else going for me.
I’m not being useful at all, so I might as well let him do what he wants.
But hey, Valdo, if you did this to a real kitten, you’d probably be hated by now!
Be grateful it’s me!
… That’s what I was thinking when it happened.
Faintly, my ears picked up the sound of footsteps crunching through the snow, approaching from deeper in the forest.
Thinking it might be another monster, I instinctively turned my head.
But this time, there was no sharp, beastly smell like before.
At the same time, Valdo must’ve noticed too, he looked in the same direction.
Then, after a moment, a grin spread across his face.
“Heh… looks like luck’s still on my side. Or maybe, you’re the one who brought it to me?”
“Meow?”
Just as I tilted my head, several figures emerged from the darkness between the trees.
The moment they spotted Valdo, their faces lit up, and they shouted, voices ringing through the snowy forest.
“... Captain Valdo!”
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