Chapter 123
Why do they call you "Katie"?
Chapter 123 Why do they call you "Katie"?
The next morning, as soon as Zag finished washing up, he was horrified to find a calico cat in his house—
No, it's the Three-Flower Fairy!
"Snow, a snowball!?"
In his fright, his voice changed when he called out for Snowball.
"You're disturbing me! You stupid dragonborn!"
Snowball looked quite busy, glancing around, but still meowed as it explained, "Weren't you worried about who would take care of Mrs. Marsh? So I found a fairy to help! Now you can rest assured!"
After saying that, it emphasized, "By the way, there's a commission, 2 pence a day, but you have to pay that!"
Before Zag could even feel moved, he heard those words, and the slightly bitter emotions that had just surfaced were immediately suppressed.
He muttered to himself, "Two pence a day for a fairy, that should do, right?"
At the same time, Mrs. Marsh said to Zag with a look of delight, "Look, I just opened my eyes this morning and saw Snowball sitting at the door with it! Oh dear, the little guy must have been starving! He just ate two creamy fishbreads in one go!"
"Uh, I guess Snowball brought this back to take care of you, um—why don't you want to name him?"
As Zha Ge spoke, Chong, who appeared quite calm, gave San Hua a wink.
Having already witnessed how Snowball and Zag interacted, the calico confidently meowed, "Don't worry, I'm all about getting paid. I'm very professional. You can even ask me to change my name to 'Idiot,' it's just a name!"
"Then let's call her Katie! Oh, Katie, you look so ladylike! Grandma will make you some little dresses later! Do you like pink, purple, or red?"
Mrs. Marsh happily picked up Kitty—no, she should be called "Katie" now—and gently weighed her in her arms, adding, "You're too thin. You need to eat more; you at least need to grow as strong as Snowball!"
Upon hearing this, Zag turned to look at the "sturdy" Snowball.
She looks like she's gained a lot of weight; at least the creamy fish paste mini bread wasn't a waste of money.
"Hahahaha, Katie, hahahaha!"
Snowball laughed so hard he rolled around, while Katie, standing to the side, looked like she was enduring a lot of humiliation.
Zag could barely understand that the pronunciation of "Katie" in Northor was like "Mimi" in Chinese, meaning that Mrs. Marsh actually named Sanhua "Mimi".
If calico really is a cat, that's fine, but—
Sanhua is a fairy, a fairy whose age is unknown but certainly not young. She might be older than Coal Ball, not to mention Mrs. Marsh.
"You said it yourself! I'm paid to do things! My name doesn't matter! Katie!" Hahahaha!
Snowball rolled around and meowed incessantly, making Katie's face turn black with laughter.
After a long pause, Katie finally managed to utter a soft "Hmph!"
Mrs. Marsh thought that Snowball was jealous because she had been holding Katie and neglecting him, which was why Snowball was rolling around on the ground and meowing. So she quickly bent down and picked Snowball up as well, saying gently, "Good boy, you have to treat your little sister well. Since you brought Katie home, you have to take on the responsibility of being a big brother!"
Katie, who was called "little sister," darkened even more, but then, as if realizing something, she meowed at Snowball, "Good baby."
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Snowball's fur was so irritated by Katie's barking that it hissed angrily in Mrs. Marsh's arms, "Shut up, you piece of shit!"
Mrs. Marsh grew impatient and gently patted Snowball's fluffy head: "Snowball, how could you be so mean to your sister?!"
Seeing this, Katie got even more excited: "Good baby—"
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"Shut up! Shut up!"
Snowball struggled, jumped off Mrs. Marsh's arm, glared at Katie, and then darted away.
Mrs. Marsh immediately panicked: "Snowball!"
Zag quickly reassured Mrs. Marsh, saying, "It's alright, I'll go and comfort it. You can take care of Katie."
Mrs. Marsh muttered worriedly, "Really, didn't it bring Katie back on its own initiative? Why is it jealous?"
I really don't understand what kittens are thinking!
Taking the opportunity, Zag refined Snowball's plan, saying, "That's how cats are, they change all the time. It seems Katie and Snowball aren't suited to live together, so I'll have to ask you to take care of Katie."
"Okay, okay then, that's the only way."
Although Mrs. Marsh spoke with some reluctance, her face flushed with joy.
Helford was still wearing that pink floral vest, and had gone from being embarrassed at first to being quite Zen-like.
He calmly lay down next to the sofa, scrutinizing Katie, who looked equally calm. The two—cough, a werewolf and a fairy—made eye contact for a moment, then quickly looked away, one licking her fur, the other wagging her tail, as if nothing had happened.
"Thank you, Snowball."
Using the excuse of going back to his bedroom to pack his things, Zag went upstairs, found Snowball in the attic, gently patted its head, and said...
"I'm just doing this so you can work better and then make money to support me! You stupid dragonborn!"
Snowball offered a sophistry.
Zag didn't refute, but instead scratched Snowball's chin again, causing it to purr.
After a long while, it meowed again: "You're welcome."
The weekend went fairly well. During the weekend, Zag made an appointment at the black market enchanting table to enchant his second dagger, choosing the [Frozen Enchantment].
Just like with the [Burning Enchantment], after using it once, Zag completely mastered the entire process of the [Freezing Enchantment]. He was also pleasantly surprised to find that the recovery time after completing the second enchantment was much faster than the first time.
Snowball replied, "Of course! It means that, from a mystical perspective, your physical resilience has increased!"
Zag corrected, "It's magic resistance."
Snowball meowed loudly, "Bullshit! That's all made up by Golden Palace!"
"Alright, alright, the great Snowball is definitely right."
While giving Snowball a perfunctory reply, Zag tidied up some temporary items in the basement of the sentry post.
Most of them are magical items with minor contamination; the highly contaminated ones are locked up directly in the association's headquarters, where the preservation conditions are much better than at the sentry post.
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However, Zag still wanted to familiarize himself with the content of his upcoming work and any remaining issues.
"Redcurrant Winery—isn't that the winery in Dongcheng District?"
Zag looked at a basket filled with several wooden planks bearing claw marks and read aloud the note clipped to the basket.
The note only said "Redcurrant Winery," and these items were placed directly in the basement instead of being stored in the safe—meaning the matter was still in progress and he would likely have to deal with it after returning to work on Monday.
Snowball sniffed around the basket, seemingly not finding anything, and suggested, "Let's look in the file folders! Don't unfinished requests have special file folders?"
As Snowball spoke, Zag had already walked to the filing desk and started rummaging through the file folders that contained unfinished commissions.
Divider line [Redcurrant Winery]: The only winery in Dongchui Port, and also the only winery in the entire Dongchui territory.
Unfortunately, the people of the Eastern Territory don't really like the wines produced by the Redcurrant Winery; instead, they prefer the wines produced by the Highwood and Holland wineries.
However, Redcurrant Brewery still has a very wide range of worker supporters in the Eastern Territory. After all, the low transportation costs have made them the leader in the Eastern Territory's beer industry. Unfortunately, the promulgation of the alcohol ban has greatly affected their pillar industry.