Having a powerful lord as a father figure, what's wrong with just wanting to draw cards?

Will its mother agree?

Xia's words were like a wake-up call.

"Indeed... if its mother comes back and finds out... oh~ it's a girl... she'll definitely be very worried when she discovers her daughter is missing."

Domi analyzed seriously, and as she thought about it, she suddenly discovered a blind spot:

"No, first of all, it needs to have a mother! Otherwise, it's just a stray cat."

Shia was wondering if Domi was really in a mental state, and she sighed, "Then how are you going to prove it doesn't have a mother?"

"Wait!"

"wait?"

"I'll wait for its mother to appear. If she doesn't, I'll take it away."

Then Domi walked out of the alley, letting the others go first, while he stayed to verify whether it had a mother.

As she and Domi watched their friends leave, Shia sighed.

"Why be so fixated on this cat that can be found anywhere? If you want to keep a cat, there are plenty of them in the market, and they're definitely better looking than stray cats."

"This is fate, Shia."

"fate?"

"Yes, it's like countless invisible transparent threads that connect all things in the world, seemingly unrelated yet inextricably linked."

"When fate brings us together, it will bring the two ends of the thread together and entangle us, just like you and me."

"If you hadn't seen that book about Soul Eaters in the library back then, you wouldn't have set your sights on the Broadfield family, nor would you have silently watched me for three years, and everything that followed would be out of the question."

"Fate is such a wonderful and inexplicable thing."

The streetlights cast a dim glow, but they also illuminated the boy and girl below, as well as the bewildered kitten in the boy's arms.

Shea slightly raised her head and looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky, as if she were pondering or reminiscing.

After a long pause, she said, "I think I understand. Now that you've met this little guy, cherish this connection."

Domi thanked her for her understanding: "It may take a long time, why don't you go back first?"

Shea smiled and shook her head: "It's dark and windy outside. How can I let you stay out alone? What if you get kidnapped by bad guys?"

Domi smiled knowingly, "Then Sister Xia, you'd better protect me."

The two waited until the middle of the night, and it would probably be the next day soon, but Coal Ball's mother still hadn't appeared.

Coal ball, that's the name Domi gave it, it's very fitting and easy to pronounce.

He turned the coal ball around to face himself and asked a cat in human language:

"Coal Ball, why don't you call out a few times? Maybe your mother will show up."

Coal Ball tilts its head: "Meow?"

Shea yawned widely: "Waiting like this isn't going to solve anything. Why don't we take the initiative to look for it nearby?"

"Alright."

With his Dominis perception fully activated, not even a passing mouse could escape his eyes.

Its sensing range is also quite large; circling the alley once can check the surrounding half-kilometer area.

But in the end, they couldn't even find a single cat hair.

Coal Ball seems to be the only cat in the neighborhood.

"Looks like you'll have to come home with me."

Seeing Domi's happy face, Shia immediately felt that all the waiting had been worthwhile.

Since curfew had long passed, I would be punished even if I went back to the dormitory. Since I was doomed anyway, I might as well just give up and spend the day in Xia's dormitory.

Domi first gave the coal ball a bath, washing away the stench and bugs from the garbage dump, before it was Domi's turn to clean himself.

When Xia finished washing up and came out, she saw Domi sitting at the table playing with Coal Ball. The little guy had short limbs and was very funny and cute when he moved.

In fact, she doesn't like keeping small animals, but since Domi likes them, she doesn't mind trying to accept them.

"Where are you going to sleep tonight?" she asked as she walked over to Domi, drying her hair with a towel.

"Is that even a question? Of course I'll go with you."

"No."

"Why not again? We used to be able to sleep in the same bed."

"That was a special case!" Shia remembered that they had just gotten engaged, so...

Later she realized that she couldn't let some goals be achieved too early, otherwise men wouldn't cherish them! She didn't want Domi to become a heartless jerk.

So Domi spent half the lonely night on the hard floor.

Why say half?

Because Domi, blinded by greed and extreme resentment, had sneaked into Shia's bed during the first half of the night, he was unsurprisingly kicked off...

The next day, Domi, along with the cat, was thrown out of the door by Shia.

"It feels like I'm disliked..."

"Meow~~"

The punishment for Domi was issued quickly.

Because he failed to return to school and go to bed before curfew, he was punished by having to clean the stables.

The stables in the academy were set up to train students' riding skills. There were quite a few horses there, and they were said to have bad tempers. Cleaning them was not only a heavy task, but also quite dangerous.

Drawing this punishment is undoubtedly the worst possible outcome.

But Domi didn't think much of it and just went over. Coal Ball seemed to recognize him and followed Domi wherever he went. Its four little short legs moved with all their might, and it followed Domi in a tumbling and stumbling manner.

Domi believes this is a necessary part of a kitten's growth, just like how you have to fall a few times when learning to ride a bicycle, so she lets it be like this, and only picks it up and puts it on her head when it really can't walk anymore.

For some unknown reason, as long as it's placed on his head, no matter how vigorously he moves, the coal ball won't fall off; it's quite amazing.

The man and the cat soon arrived at the infamous stables.

As its name suggests, the place is very smelly, filled with the mixed odor of horse manure and urine.

One by one, the buck-toothed creatures crunched and gnawed at the fodder, their world-weary eyes watching yet another victim come to clean up for them.

Of course, there were some troublemakers among them. Some horses had terrible temperaments and were restless even when locked in the stable. They kept neighing and running around like they had ADHD, making it extremely difficult to get in and clean them up.

For a fleeting moment, Domi really wanted to punch this bastard and show him who the boss was.

But this is school property, and if he does this, he will face even more severe punishment, which will not be absolved even if he is Carlos's son.

Just as he was struggling with this problem, the coal ball on his head suddenly meowed. The sound was very soft, but in an instant, all the horses stopped neighing, and all the spiky things stopped moving, becoming eerily quiet as if they had taken drugs.

"What's going on??"

Not only was Ma dumbfounded, but even Domi was dumbfounded. This situation was too abnormal!

He didn't immediately suspect the coal briquettes; he just wanted to finish cleaning up and leave as quickly as possible, taking it as a sign of their conscience giving him a break.

The cleanup was quickly completed thanks to the cooperation of the horses and the efforts of the three heroes of Black Night Manor.

However, Domi had no other activities after that, and spent the last part of his rest day researching magic in a tedious but interesting way.

-

"Oh no, I'm late! I'm late!"

Early in the morning, a scream came from Nats's room; it was the groan of a body being forcibly turned on.

"Why didn't Domi come to wake me up today?!"

As is customary, Domi should have woken him up an hour ago.

He quickly put on his clothes, and without even having time to eat anything, rushed out of the dormitory, running passionately on the road to the teaching building, leaving the wind behind him.

"Oh no, I overslept!"

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind.

Nats looked back and was surprised to see Domi. Had he overslept too?

The only difference between Domi and him was that he had a piece of bread in his mouth and a black cat on his head.

"Hey!" Domi greeted him.

"Oh, oh...you overslept too?"

“Yeah,” Domi answered as he ran, “I was so engrossed in researching some magic yesterday that I only slept for an hour…”

"Oh no! We're going to be late!"

A familiar voice came from behind me once again.

The two of them looked back at the same time and saw Edward, who was in a slightly better position than them. He was holding a bowl of steaming noodles and eating as he ran, and he was running very steadily.

"What's wrong with you now?" Domi asked curiously.

"Isn't this a bit too exciting? I couldn't sleep all night."

“Oh! It’s azurite, right?” Nats immediately thought of it: “If it were me, I would definitely have insomnia too.”

"Right, right~ This is something that will go down in history! *slurp*"

"This was a real blunder..."

Another voice came from behind Edward.

The three turned around and found it was Argyle, who was even more outrageous. He had a table hanging around his neck and was elegantly cutting breakfast bacon on the table, along with a cup of hot milk.

"Brother, even you..."

"I think I had hot pot again yesterday and got a sore throat. I had severe diarrhea in the middle of the night, so I've decided to get back to a regular, healthy diet."

Natsumi's lips twitched violently. No wonder they're family...

Despite their best efforts, they were still a few seconds late and were ultimately locked out by Stewart, staring at each other with the latecomers from the next class, much like spies having a clandestine meeting.

If no one passes by, it's quite fun, at least you don't have to go to class. But if someone does pass by, you'll cover your mouth and laugh as you walk past.