Talulah, I'm still a child.

“She said, ‘Sister Fiameta, you’re the stray cat, your whole family are stray cats, and she’s a noble domestic breed. If I wasn’t afraid of scaring you, I would have scratched your face and sent you to get a shot.’”

"How did you translate five cats into such a long sentence?"

With a practiced remark, Fiameta released Mandela's hand, letting her land. Seeing her run to Meixue's side, she knew whose cat this was, but Meixue hadn't brought her when she came before.

"Because that's what I heard, the name... Mandela, it sounds pretty good."

Mei Xue wagged her tail, and Mandra wagged her tail too; the owner and the cat looked exceptionally harmonious and loving. Even the speed at which they twitched their ears was the same.

Mandra was actually quite flustered just now, and turning into a cat was a subconscious action. However, Fiameta stroked her chin with some doubt, feeling that there was something wrong with the cat.

"You just found it?"

"Yeah, I just met her. She was an older sister just now, but I don't know why she turned into a cat."

"You must be seeing things, no one can turn into a cat."

"Meow!"

Mandela also realized that something was indeed wrong. She had never done this before, so how could she suddenly turn into a cat?

"But……"

"Maybe someone abandoned it here. And this hospital gown, I'll help you look for it later. Go change your clothes now, they're all dirty."

"Oh, could you also give the cat a bath while you're at it?"

"Of course, if she cooperates."

It's just a cat, so Fiameta didn't really care. But if Meixue wanted to adopt her, she would need to go through some formalities. Speaking of which, wasn't he sleeping at Remi's house last night? Why aren't the two sisters up yet?

It's understandable that Remielle is noisy and likes to sleep, but Remielle never sleeps in.

"Mei Xue, are your sisters Lei Mu'an and the others still sleeping?"

"No, they're already up, um... they've probably had breakfast too."

"Then why didn't they come with you?"

"Because they are still not feeling well and need to rest."

At this point, Mei Xue reached out and scratched Mandela's chin, and the latter rubbed against it with great enjoyment. Fia Meta didn't have any doubts, after all, there are always times when women are not very mobile.

But what Mei Xue said next almost made her smash her head against a telephone pole and die.

"I told them last night that we'd only do it once, but the older sisters insisted on playing until five or six in the morning. Ugh, I'm getting sleepy. Oh, Sister Fiameta, why did you bump into a lamppost? Don't faint!"

While Mei Xue was in a panic, Cecilia had just woken up. When she woke up, she saw not Angelina, but her mother, Felia, whose face was covered with a bandage.

"You're awake. Did you sleep well last night?"

"Yes, Mom, I met so many new friends last night. Everyone was so nice to me, especially that big sister named Laurentina. She taught me so many things!"

"That must have been a good dream."

Felia, who did not understand the meaning behind Cecilia's words, simply thought that her daughter had a dream. At the same time, she felt a little guilty because of her daughter, who had little friends since childhood and no concrete understanding of the outside world. She had never even gone to school.

However, once Cecilia goes to Rhodes Island, she'll probably make a lot of new friends (probably just friends, if it doesn't involve Mei Xue).

But Cecilia was still recalling the dream from last night. Although the sirens spoke in a way that was a little hard to understand, they were all very protective of her. Specter also generously let her and Mei Xue lie on his lap to sleep together.

However, Cecilia still remembered what Specter had said about Mei Xue having a girlfriend on Rhodes Island. Although Specter had explained it to her once before, Cecilia felt it was still necessary to ask her mother.

"Mom, there's something I want to ask you."

"Okay, go ahead and ask?"

Thinking about their future life, Felia reached out and helped Cecilia change her clothes.

"Am I considered Meixue's little girlfriend? Oh dear, Mom, why did you faint?!"

Chapter 252 The Strange Letter to Mei Xue

When Specter woke up, everyone, including Kal'tsit, turned their attention to her. After all, she was the only one present who could communicate directly with Meixue remotely, and she knew the little fox's real-time situation better than anyone else.

"how is the situation?"

"Everything is normal. Although Mei Xue had an accident that day, she was not affected in any way."

Ghost Shark's words finally put everyone's minds at ease. Ever since they left Rhodes Island, they had been very worried about Little Fox's safety, fearing that Mei Xue might really encounter some danger.

Even knowing that Mei Xue is very lucky, as the saying goes, anything can happen. If something really happens to Mei Xue, even if it's just losing a single hair, these guys could turn Laterano upside down.

However, compared to all that, Laurentina was quite surprised when she learned that Ulpian was still alive. After all, Specter herself thought that all the Deepsea Hunters except for her and Skadi were probably dead. She never expected that the most rigid Ulpian would still be alive.

"Oh, by the way, Kal'tsit, aren't you curious about those new Sealings that suddenly appeared in Iberia?"

"...Yes, you know them?"

Kal'tsit frowned. The Sirens were beings she was unaware of. All she knew was that these creatures had already established contact with Iberia and launched an attack on the Church of the Deep Sea.

Although the Sirens seemed to be on the side of the land in every respect, Kal'tsit was still uneasy because a letter from her students in Iberia said that the species was evolving even faster than the Sealings. They had gone from not being able to speak fluently at the beginning to having mastered the ancient Tikkaz language.

Moreover, the entire Siren race is like a supercomputer; what one person learns is instantly shared with the entire race, making its adaptability absurd.

"Those are Mei Xue's men."

Then Specter's words left Kal'tsit completely bewildered. She had been preparing to go to Iberia alone to investigate in a while, but Specter just... wait a minute.

"So you were communicating with them the whole time?"

"Pretty much. Usually, it's after we fall asleep at night that our dreams connect us. To be honest, I was always pulled into the group chat by Mei Xue."

This must have been arranged by the doctor beforehand!

Kal'tsit thought this, and then felt even more annoyed. The Doctor always took Mei Xue out on missions without her knowledge, and even Theresa didn't know the details of the missions. This feeling of being kept in the dark made Kal'tsit very uncomfortable. This feeling of being the only one excluded and the only one who couldn't do it.

In reality, the Doctor may have planted more pawns than she imagined: Rhine Lab, Syracuse, Reunion, Letania, and even Bolivar. Kal'tsit could hardly imagine how many roads the Doctor had traveled with Mei Xue and how many things they had gone through.

Even less than a week after the Doctor returned to Rhodes Island, members of the Queen's Voice of Letania personally wrote to express their desire to establish a cooperative relationship with Rhodes Island, but in reality, this was more likely an instruction from the Twin Queens behind the scenes.

In addition, there are Bolivar's most prosperous city, Dosoles, Colombia's famous tourist city, Siesta, and Rhodes Island, which was originally unknown among major companies, but has suddenly become a hot commodity.

Now, it turns out there's a new species that even Kal'tsit didn't know about, which is also related to Mei Xue. Just how many things are these two hiding from her?

"Ah!"

The professor, who was slacking off, sneezed, grabbed a tissue to wipe her nose, picked up her controller and continued playing the game. She was so bored during the time Mei Xue was away. She couldn't get any good items from gacha pulls, no drops from dungeons, and most importantly, she couldn't sleep at all!

"Sigh, it's probably best not to let Mei Xue leave Rhodes Island so easily in the future."

The doctor's words were met with nods of support from Rosemary, Lily of the Valley, and Amiya. Without the little fox, Rhodes Island was indeed less fun, and Warfarin had become depressed all the time because Meixue was no longer there.

"Speaking of which, I wonder how many people Mei Xue will bring back from Laterano this time."

Although this statement is a bit strange, the professor has a feeling that Mei Xue is really capable of doing such a thing. Putting aside everything else, Surtr and Rei are all after the little fox. However, they don't seem to know much about Mei Xue. The only thing they can be sure of is that Mei Xue is very old, extremely old!

Given these known conditions, and considering Mei Xue's unique nature, the professor didn't believe that the little fox was some unknown entity. The histories of various countries should have records like those of the Great Yan Dynasty, but apart from the Great Yan Dynasty, other places only have a few folk legends.

"It will turn..."

At this point, Linglan's expression suddenly became less gentle. She still remembered the video call from that day very clearly. Tsk, is this what they call forgetting the old love for the new? Linglan thought to herself that she was much cuter than Cecilia, so why did the little fox still go out to steal food?

Just as Mom said, I should knock Mei Xue's brother unconscious and lock him in my room so that he can't go anywhere and I have to take care of him!

"I have a feeling that Lily of the Valley has been inexplicably becoming a bit gloomy lately."

"Yes, yes, what's bothering you?"

"It's probably still related to Mei Xue."

Meanwhile, back in Lateran, Mei Xue, who had just returned to the office, even wondered if she had gone to the wrong place. Someone could tell her how the place had become such a mess overnight, like it had been through a typhoon, with a lot of potholes and uneven surfaces. Anyone who didn't know better would think there had been a war.

However, the sign hanging at the entrance of the office was clear enough that Mei Xue shook her fox ears to protect Mandra on her shoulder and followed Fiameta inside.

Felia and Cecilia happened to be in the lobby on the first floor, seemingly discussing something with Angelina. When Cecilia saw Meixue, her eyes lit up, and she let go of her mother's hand and rushed over. Luckily, Meixue caught her, otherwise Cecilia's clothes would have gotten dirty.

"Brother Meixue!"

"Ah, Mei Xue, you're back! How were you doing at Miss Exusiai's house?"

"Yes, I had a lot of fun. The older girls taught me a lot!"

The little fox seemed very excited, but Fiameta, who knew what he was talking about, couldn't help but twitch her lips. She still couldn't accept this fact, especially since, according to Mei Xue, it was Remian who took the initiative.

Felia's gaze toward Mei Xue was also somewhat strange. Before, it was just admiration, but now it had turned into a scrutiny as if she were looking at a potential son-in-law. After all... Cecilia really liked Mei Xue, but they were both still young, and there was no rush for such things.

"By the way, Mei Xue, Ms. Felia has seriously considered it and decided to go to Rhodes Island for treatment. We'll leave tomorrow."

"That's great! I'll message the doctor right now. Oh, Angela, could you please take care of Mandela for me?"

Mei Xue glanced at the little cat on her shoulder, who exuded a lazy yet proud air. The cat was a bit dirty, and unless it took a proper bath, no one but Mei Xue would want to pet it.

Mandela was clearly unhappy about being handed over to Angelina, and meowed a couple of times in protest.

"Don't run away! If you don't behave, you're a bad cat, and I don't like that!"

"Meow……"

Since Mei Xue had said so, Mandela had no choice but to give in. And the little fox was right; Mandela did need a good bath, but at least Mei Xue should come... Well, at least not another man.

"Is this my brother's cat?"

"I just found her. Sister Fiameta said that there are some procedures to follow if we want to adopt her. Oh right, I still need to send a message. Cecilia, we'll talk later."

Mei Xue hurriedly left those words and ran back to her room. Although the countries of Terra could only communicate between cities due to signal problems, the messengers could still send letters back in advance.

However, just as Mei Xue picked up her pen to write a letter, she found a letter on her bedside table that she didn't know who had sent it. Apart from the recipient being Mei Xue, there was no other information.

"This is..."

With a hint of curiosity, Mei Xue opened the letter and glanced at it. The letter was written in Letanian and was signed Arturo at the end. Mei Xue recognized the name but couldn't remember who it was.

[To Meixue: I am so glad to see you return safely. Otherwise, I don't know when my life would have come to an end. If you want to know more about the past, come to the Church of Requiem at 3 pm to see me alone.]

A strange letter. The little fox scratched his head. Going out alone would be dangerous, but he really wanted to know about his past. The fox was really torn.

But what Mei Xue didn't know was that while he was reading the letter, someone on a rooftop not far away was watching his reaction through a window.

"Have you known each other before?"

The Kingslayer looked at Arturo beside her with some doubt. She knew that he was a powerful fallen angel, otherwise he would not have become her bodyguard along with Red. But now it seemed that this guy had ulterior motives for joining the Reunion Movement.

"We know each other, and our relationship is rather complicated."

Arturo's answer was understated, but her eyes showed a rare emotional fluctuation, and a complex mix of feelings that were impossible to decipher, a mixture of nostalgia, resentment, and helplessness—completely unfathomable.