The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Where is this place?"

Slowly moving his body, Menku surveyed his surroundings. When he saw the sun, now completely swallowed by darkness and with a golden ring around its edge, his eyes widened slightly.

"Holy crap, isn't this the scene when a mage awakens?"

"That means I'm currently in..."

"The Witch's Night Banquet!!!"

The cat screamed in fright, its mouth agape as it looked around at everything. At that moment, it remembered Wang Xiaoming's words of advice.

"This damn thing only deviates by a tiny bit?!"

"This is all the way to his maternal grandmother's house!"

Miku, who was cursing under his breath, suddenly twitched, because the excruciating pain that had awakened him intensified at this moment!

"Forehead..."

"Wang Xiaoming, I'll settle this score with you later!"

Miku, gritting his teeth, managed to squeeze out a sentence. He glanced at Iggy, who was sleeping soundly beside him, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Iggy is not made of flesh and blood, but is a body created by Iggy using the Cell Coin based on his memories, so he will not be affected by the Witch's Banquet!

Moreover, this silly dog ​​was sleeping soundly, its tongue was sticking out and it didn't even realize it!

After disgustedly shoving his tongue back in, Miku let out another painful groan.

"That fucking hurts!"

Miku, his face contorted with rage, cursed Wang Xiaoming inwardly. Iggy wasn't made of flesh and blood and wouldn't change because of the witch's banquet ritual, but he was!

Moreover, he wouldn't believe what Wang Xiaoming said; that bastard's heart is black!

Furthermore, there is a hidden core within the mage, namely that the knight and the monster are two sides of the same coin!

"That bastard did it all on purpose. All those things he said before were just to put my mind at ease; he had it all planned out in the first place!"

As Miku gritted his teeth and endured the pain, he secretly vowed in his heart that he would give him a good beating if they met again in the future!

At that moment, many people around Miku, driven to despair, suddenly exploded, their bodies replaced by grotesque monsters!

"Wow, the Phantom was developed so quickly!"

The pain within his body surged like waves, one after another, sweeping towards Miku's brain, while at the same time, layers of hallucinations appeared before his eyes.

Countless specks of dust drifted into the distance with the breeze and thick smoke, and the figure in his arms slowly closed its eyes.

Despair! Despair!

A devilish whisper rang in Mie's ears, as if tempting him to sink into an endless abyss!

"If it were the old me, I might have actually fallen for your trick, but now, shut up!"

Within Miku's body, in the infinite crimson space, beneath the saber-toothed tiger's memory that floated within, a dark purple energy, like an abyss, appeared, and from within this dark purple abyss, a huge shadow slowly emerged.

What followed was even more unbearable pain and scenes that drove the cat to despair.

"Fall into despair!"

Hearing the whispered words in his ear, Miku grinned, revealing his sharp teeth: "Fuck you!"

“Ex~tre~me!”

In a fit of rage, Miku unleashed the power of Extreme, and a golden light pierced the darkness in his eyes. But as soon as Miku closed his eyes, the golden light vanished!

Although it was only for a brief moment, the white knight still captured it clearly.

"Let's go down and take a look!"

The white knight, silently imagining himself, gazed coldly down below and continued to preside over the ceremony.

Before the massive magical polymer within Miku's body, which had fully emerged from the dark purple abyss, could even roar and rejoice at its birth, a golden bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking him straight back.

"Roar!"

A roar filled with savagery, cruelty, and coldness resounded, but what followed was a waterfall of golden lightning and a fireball as bright as the sun!

"Roar...roar...roar...meow..."

The roar gradually subsided under such an attack. The huge magical polymer looked like a wronged little wife, fearfully glancing at the palm-sized memory above its head!

The saber-toothed tiger's memory trembled slightly for a moment, and a deafening roar echoed within the crimson space, as if it were asserting its dominance!

After the saber-toothed tiger memory within his body forcefully suppressed the newly born Phantom, all the cracks on Miku's body outside the body were repaired and disappeared.

"call..."

"That hurts so damn much!"

After letting out a long breath, Miku noticed that his paw pads had become slightly damp.

The only times he could break a sweat, besides the first time he faced Wang Xiaoming face to face, were when he had just transmigrated to this world!

The mere birth of the Phantom at the Witch's Banquet is enough to make him sweat, which gives you an idea of ​​just how intense the pain must be!

The dog next to him was sleeping soundly, which made Miku a little envious.

It's truly easy to live carefree, and this is what he deserves. I couldn't protect him properly before, but now...

Anyone who dares to lay a finger on him, I'll smash their head off!

"what!!!"

At that moment, a shout caught Miku's attention.

The light red-haired youth was kneeling on the ground, his skin on his back already torn apart by a pair of fleshy wings like bat wings.

Cracks, signifying the corruption of the Phantom and magic, spread across his face, yet the young man tilted his head back to look at the sun in the dim sky, which had only a sliver of gold remaining.

"I will not despair, because my parents said..."

"I am their hope!"

His hand, reaching towards the depths of the sky, clenched tightly, as if the young man were grasping his own destiny and hope!

Chapter Two: It's so much better to be a weirdo, I'd rather die than be a knight!

"This is the whole process of how a mage is born!"

Miku, lying low on the rock, stared intently at Haruto Soma, who had completely suppressed the Phantom within him using his own power.

"Wow, that's really impressive!"

Having personally witnessed the entire process of the Phantom's birth, Miku was well aware of the dangers involved. If he could not resist the rampaging magic within him or if his will wavered even slightly, then what awaited the "Door" was an abyss of despair and death!

Miku, who possesses his own power, essentially obtained the power to become a magician through cheating. However, Haruto Soma is different; he survived by sheer willpower!

The duration of the Witch's Banquet ritual depends on the number of "doors" within the ritual. Once all the "doors" have been transformed into Phantoms, the ritual will end!

As Miku, lying on the ground, spied on Haruto Misao, the solar eclipse was slowly coming to an end.

The shadows that blocked the sun faded away slowly, like paint fading from a canvas, and the dim sky began to brighten gradually!

Many of the Phantoms born from the Witch's Banquet left the place quickly the moment the ceremony ended, and the White Demon did not try to stop them, letting them go. However, a few fools stayed behind.

As the ceremony ended, dust as fine as goose feathers fell from the sky. Amidst the swirling dust, a white figure carrying a young girl slowly walked towards the location of the lost object.

Meanwhile, Haruto Soma, still confused about his situation, was looking around in bewilderment, taking in his surroundings.

"Roar!"

A sharp roar came from behind Haruto Soma. Haruto Soma turned around in a panic and his face changed drastically because a strange person with a face like closed flower petals was excitedly walking towards him.

"I never expected to find such fine food here!"

The lizardman, wiping his mouth, slowly approached Haruto Soma. "I'm going to have to enjoy this!"

The lizardman, grinning maliciously as it approached Haruto, sensed the vibrant, budding magic within him. Unable to suppress its urge to devour him any longer, it bent over, slammed its arms into the ground, and sprang up like a spring, relentlessly slamming down on Haruto.

"Oh!"

"It's over!"

Sitting there dumbfounded, Haruto Misao let out a scream and covered his head with his arms.

Seeing this, Miku scoffed, "What an old trick!"

It would be a lie to say that the White Demon didn't pay attention to the Wizard, since he was the only one to become a wizard in the entire ceremony, and the rest were all defective products who failed the test!

If the other party wants to complete their plan, they must protect Haruto Misaka and make him willingly become their pawn.

The trope of stepping forward and entrusting one's child to another halfway through life is also a tried-and-true method in this situation!

Sure enough, before they could even get close to the mage, they were blocked by a suddenly appearing golden magic circle and bounced away.

After tumbling several times on the ground as he was sent flying backwards, the lizardman saw the white figure holding the girl in her arms, and his eyes revealed deep fear and apprehension.

"How could something like this exist here!"

The lizardman cursed under his breath and dared not linger any longer, instead quickly fleeing the area.

Haruto Misaki stared in disbelief at the golden magic circle slowly rotating in the air, a hint of envy in his eyes.

"This power..."

Just then, the White Demon, carrying the unconscious girl, appeared before him.

"you are?"

"You're doing great. You didn't lose hope and survived despair!"

White Demon praised Haruto Soma in an approving tone, while Miku scoffed disdainfully from the side.

"That old fox is really cunning!"

After White Demon finished speaking, he handed the unconscious girl to Haruto Soma.

"You've now qualified to become a Wizard!?"

"Wizard?" Confused, Haruto Soma recalled the golden magic circle from earlier and hurriedly asked, "Does 'Wizard' refer to the kind of power we just saw?!"

"That's right, and you can have that power now too!"