Having found a demon, I've decided to raise her.

Chen Ming hugged the landlady and gently rocked her, as if he were coaxing a child.

Although the landlady was a little annoyed, she was still quite pleased to receive a hug. Looking at his face, she said—

"Chen Ming."

"Ok?"

"Actually... there seems to be something strange about this mark that's bothering me."

The landlady rolled over and lay in his arms, raising her left foot. She had taken off her white stockings to sleep, so she was barefoot when she woke up.

The landlady had a very delicate figure; she could bend her legs in front of her, exuding a supple beauty, with her back slightly taut.

In fact, every time Chen Ming sees girls so soft and gentle, he thinks that perhaps girls really are made of water, so delicate and beautiful.

Then there was also a mischievous thought: what would happen if I tickled them when they were doing such difficult moves?

Will I get cramps?

Chen Ming was thinking about all sorts of random things. He was probably fed by Lucifer, so he didn't have any evil thoughts. He simply thought that the landlady's legs and feet were very flexible and beautiful.

She lifted her foot, looked at the two feather-like marks below her ankle, and said—

"Yuqian said before that this is the mark of a magical girl with two tattoos, right?"

"Correct."

Chen Ming was brought back to his senses by the landlady's sweet voice. Yu Qian had indeed said the same thing to the landlady earlier.

Two-Striped Magical Girl... the two-striped seems to refer to a level.

He looked at the landlady's ankle; there were only two feathers, which probably indicated the number of markings? Does more mean stronger?

He tried to ask—

"Did the landlady find out something? Could it be that she can use magic?"

"This one……"

The landlady tilted her head and said—

"It seems like nothing has changed."

"I see."

Chen Ming didn't care, because it was hard to say whether obtaining power from an unknown source was good or bad, so it was better to remain vigilant.

The landlady looked at him and said—

"But then I remembered something."

"What is it?"

"Before this mark appeared, I had a strange dream..."

"Dream?"

Chen Ming raised an eyebrow. The strange dream reminded him of the dilapidated world he had seen with his sister.

Could it be that the landlady also...?

He asked—

"What dream?"

The landlady scratched her head and said—

"It was... in a galaxy of stars, Shiro asked me if I wanted to become a magical girl..."

"noob?"

"It's a cat."

"You mean it was a dream you had before the mark appeared?"

"correct."

"And now, after all this time, you're only telling me?"

Chen Ming was both amused and exasperated. How could the landlady be so carefree? She couldn't say anything when he asked her before if anything strange had happened, and she still couldn't now.

The landlady looked away and said—

"I couldn't remember before, and it was just a dream, who would have thought it would be related? After all, what's wrong with girls occasionally dreaming of becoming magical girls? Isn't that normal?"

"Ah, this..."

That seems to make sense.

Chen Ming smiled helplessly and said—

"Indeed, who wouldn't want to be a magical girl?"

It's normal for boys to have dreams like this.

Chapter 298 Bullying her, protecting her

White cat...

Could it be that there's something wrong with that cat?

Chen Ming thought back to his cat... He was raising it, so it was his, no problem, that's what he believed in his heart.

It does seem a little unusual.

I remember the first time I met the white cat, it brought him a pile of old paper money, as if it wanted to buy him something to eat.

At the time, I just thought this cat was very well-behaved and sensible.

Now that I think about it carefully, it seems to have gained a touch of intelligence. However, after Chen Ming started scratching its itch frequently, it seemed to become no different from an ordinary cat.

Aside from being a bit aloof, when she wants to be touched, she just walks around him and doesn't actively snuggle into his arms.

A feeling of being both close and distant.

However, he felt that cats are just like that, unlike dogs, who are very clingy and affectionate towards their owners, like licking their boots.

Cats are supposed to be aloof and indifferent to others, but when they want to play, they'll keep hinting at it. If you ignore them, they'll lie on your keyboard and pretend they don't want to talk to you.

Chen Ming lowered his head in thought, and unconsciously stroked the landlady's head with the same caress he used to pet a cat, his hand running down her back, which made the landlady feel a little strange.

It's itchy...

"Um……"

The landlady blushed slightly and scratched her toes in the air.

Chen Ming shook his head and said—

"Is there really something wrong with the cat? I think it's just a normal cat."

"..."

Lucifer had just returned from the balcony when he overheard them discussing cats.

A normal cat?

What ordinary cat would buy things with money and provoke Cerberus? Cerberus's frown alone could scare countless cats and dogs to death.

It's probably only Chen Ming who would truly raise Cerberus as an ordinary dog, and Cerberus seems to enjoy it.

Lucifer walked by carrying a basin of clothes and said—

"Actually, that cat has some problems."

"Really?"

Chen Ming looked at Lucifer. She was probably the most reliable person in the family. Since she said that, there must be something going on.

Lucifer nodded and said—

“I felt something was unusual from the beginning, and then the landlady had a mark on her foot, which confirmed it.”

"...You noticed something was wrong so early, why didn't you tell me?"

Chen Ming scratched his head. It turned out he had been kept in the dark all along, genuinely treating the cat like a normal kitten and even feeding it cat food... which it clearly enjoyed...

Well, Cerberus is enjoying her dog food, but that doesn't mean she's an ordinary dog.

Lucifer smiled and said—

"Because it didn't seem malicious, I initially wanted to observe it first."

"Ok?"

Chen Ming looked at Lucifer. The young couple already knew each other very well. Lucifer knew his character very well, and he, in turn, understood Lucifer's way of doing things very well.

When faced with unusual individuals, Lucifer usually chooses to strike first and control them before taking any action, rather than observing the situation gradually.

She was, after all, the former Queen of Hell, so she's always been quite decisive in her actions. Like Dong Yi, Yu Qian, and the zombies—she subdued them in a single encounter.

Why have you kept dragging out the white cat issue until now?

It can only be because of him.

Because Lucifer has no way of being certain of victory without affecting him.

In other words... the white cat is enough to make Lucifer wary? Although it didn't show any hostility to a large extent, it must have some skills to prevent Lucifer from interrogating it directly.

Chen Ming raised an eyebrow, looked at Lucifer, and said—

"Is the cat really that amazing?"

It's still a bit hard to believe, after all, the white cat really didn't show anything special in front of him. It was such a cute little thing that he would pet and make it meow. I really didn't feel any danger.

Lucifer put the basin back on the washing machine, then walked over and said with a smile—

"It's because it's so well-behaved around you that I haven't broken ties with it. That's also why I haven't told you about this. A gentle approach might be more effective than a forceful one."

"Forehead……"

Chen Ming scratched his head, wanting to see if cultivating some friendship without knowing anything about it would be effective.

Hmm... a honey trap?

The word inexplicably popped into Chen Ming's mind, and he quickly shook his head.