About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"..."

Unlike what was originally expected, the green cat-head was not startled by the sudden attack. She calmly turned slightly to the side to avoid the backstab of the brown-haired girl.

"Damn it, you can even dodge this!? Have you awakened your Observation Haki? If so, watch me use this Crow Flying Move—Ahhhhhhh!"

The brown-haired girl was unhappy that her backstab was so easily dodged, so she adjusted her stance and prepared to try again.

As a result, before her second round of attack began, a huge, dark green, rock-like alien appeared from behind the green cat's head. The unknown strange existence opened its bloody mouth and bit the brown-haired girl whole.

"Even if it's just for fun, we have to consider the atmosphere... 'Doctor'."

After biting the brown-haired girl, the green cat-headed Kal'tsit sighed, put the notes in her hand aside, turned around and spoke to the "Doctor".

"Hey hey hey... I noticed you seemed a little nervous, so I hope you can take a break and relax once in a while."

The 'Doctor' who was originally being bitten by M3 finally mastered Mon3tr in a few seconds. The huge alien became like a cat, rubbing against the 'Doctor'.

"...Come back, Mon3tr"

Seeing this, Kal'tsit sighed and put away the M3, then stared at the uninvited guest with a somewhat dazzling gaze.

"You don't need to worry about my assessment of my physical condition, 'Doctor'. It's obvious that I'm not overworked at all. What I want to ask is, why do you appear so relaxed?"

Kal'tsit frowned and asked the brown-haired girl named 'Doctor' in front of her, while the latter thought thoughtfully with her chin on her hand.

"Why am I so relaxed...eh?"

"'Hey' isn't an answer... Listen carefully, Project Babel is about to officially begin. We have so much to prepare, calculate, and rehearse. Now's not the time for fooling around. You should put away your meaningless rambling."

Kal'tsit said to the Doctor aggressively, but the latter still had a cheerful smile on his face.

"Oh my! I've prepared so much, but I don't know if it will be used when the time comes. And you think I'm slacking off, but I'm actually helping with the construction of the PRTS system! That project is incredibly complex! Any mistake will ruin everything. I'm just biding my time."

"...Then please don't disturb others while you're recuperating."

Kal'tsit frowned and wanted to end this conversation that was wasting her time, but the "Doctor" suddenly came up from behind Kal'tsit and grabbed Kal'tsit's ears and tail with both hands.

“Meow!!?”

Kal'tsit, who had been maintaining a calm and intimidating demeanor, suddenly let out a cute scream and almost catapulted into the air.

"Hahaha, isn't this just making cute noises—Pfft! Wait, wait a minute, Kal'tsit, wuwuwu! I'm only doing this for your own good, wuwuwu!!"

The 'Doctor' first laughed loudly at Kal'tsit's embarrassment, but was caught by Kal'tsit halfway through his laughter, and the scene that followed was extremely bloody.

To use the doctor's own words, Kal'tsit biting directly is much scarier than M3...

"I'm sorry, I was really wrong. Please forgive me for being so unromantic and inappropriate..."

After being ravaged by Kal'tsit, Dr. Tu got down from his seat and apologized.

"...Haha, anyway, I understand your intentions, but you don't have to worry about me."

"That's not right, Kal'tsit. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have fallen first, right?"

The Doctor retorted.

"No... Let me repeat myself. You don't have to worry about me. I've always been here like this."

Kal'tsit rubbed her eyebrows. Only by actually getting along with the Doctor could she know that this girl was actually very serious and stubborn about the things she believed in.

"This is not okay!"

The Doctor once again approached Kal'tsit, staring at her with his brown-black eyes.

"Just because you've been doing this doesn't mean it's right. You just haven't met someone who'll let you stop and take a break."

"..."

Kal'tsit blinked and finally put on a helpless expression.

"...I understand. I'll take a short break later. Is that okay?"

"Hey~ I heard that the guys on -2F are holding their first Dark Duel. Do you want to go check it out with me later?"

"You..."

The doctor happily recommended Kal'tsit to her, as if everything was in her plan, and Kal'tsit could only sigh, because sometimes even he could not resist her stubbornness.

The two of them toured the base, and along the way, either actively or passively by the doctor, they were involved in many strange events.

After playing for a while, the two leaned on the edge of the deck and overlooked the endless wasteland.

"You know, Kelsey—actually, I'm a little scared."

"That's not the kind of word you would say."

Kal'tsit raised her eyebrows and sarcastically mocked the brown-haired girl in her own way.

"Hahaha, I'm different from you. I'm just an ordinary person. And what I'm afraid of is - what will you do after I leave?"

"—"

Kal'tsit was stunned for a moment, while the Doctor smiled.

"Besides me, is there anyone else who would take care of you like this? Reminding you to rest, reminding you to eat, and even helping you put on your underwear before bed—Ahhhhh, I made that last one up!!"

The doctor was halfway through his speech when he was bitten by the lynx again.

"…These are not things you need to worry about."

After venting, Kal'tsit turned her head and spoke softly, and the doctor looked at Kal'tsit's slightly thin figure and smiled.

She gently placed her palm on Kal'tsit's hair and stroked it. Although Kal'tsit's tail and ears immediately stood up, this time the green cat head did not resist.

"That's right, Kal'tsit. Your life will surely be much longer than mine. In the future, perhaps you will meet someone you truly love and who also cares deeply about you~"

“…That’s not something I need to consider.”

Kal'tsit responded calmly while looking towards the distant horizon.

The sunlight is particularly dazzling.

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"Hmm... so dazzling."

Kal'tsit woke up hazily from her sleep. To be more precise, she was awakened by the light that penetrated the room accurately through the gap in the curtains and accurately shone into her eyes.

"..."

The culprit that woke me up was the sunlight, which shone into the room casually with the dancing curtains, while the sounds coming from the beach were louder than yesterday afternoon and night. It was probably because the tourists in Xiosta were already impatient to start today's crazy fun.

Refreshed - if I had to use an adjective to describe how I feel at the moment, these four words seem to be a good choice.

He wasn't forcibly woken up by the deafening beep of the alarm clock, nor did he have to get up urgently for an emergency, nor did his biological clock get disrupted by an overdose of energy potions.

I just lay in bed normally, fell asleep normally, and finally woke up naturally normally.

In a happy mood, Kal'tsit began to think about her actions late last night.

The precise memory lasted until he entered the bathroom and accidentally poured catnip solution on his head instead of shampoo.

As for the memories that followed, although Kal'tsit couldn't be said to have completely forgotten them, they were somewhat vague, like a lucid dream within a dream.

I remember that although I immediately flushed a large amount of catnip, I was still affected by the remaining small amount. I walked out of the bathroom without caring about anything and ran to Orson. Then, after that...

"Sniff"

Kal'tsit's nose twitched, and a very captivating smell entered her nostrils.

"Is it food—Ugh!"

Kal'tsit instinctively stood up, but as soon as she sat up on the bed, her naked white body was instantly exposed under the quilt that slipped down.

Kal'tsit quickly bent her body and grasped the quilt in her hands to block her empty body.

"Kelsey? Good morning."

As if because of the noise he had just made accidentally, Orson walked over from the other end of the room. He greeted Kal'tsit with a smile, and for some reason he was wearing an apron.

"……morning"

"Wow, it's worthy of being the best hotel in Xiosta. They even have a private open-fire stove! It's like they're telling me to show off my cooking skills. There's a seafood market less than 100 meters downstairs, so I bought some ingredients and am making breakfast. It should be ready soon. Compared to that, how was your rest yesterday?"

Orson excitedly spoke to Kal'tsit, and then asked how the old lynx was resting.

"Well, it was nice to rest..."

Kal'tsit responded while putting on the clothes that Orson had probably prepared for her long ago beside the bed. At this time, Kal'tsit was wearing a pure white shirt and underwear.

"Compared to those, um, last night, that—"

Kal'tsit's cheeks flushed slightly, and she asked awkwardly about what happened last night.

Although I have a vague memory of "throwing Orson onto the bed", I really can't remember what happened afterwards.

But it has come to that point. Even if it is me, no matter what, I will probably... well, do that, right?

"Ah, Kal'tsit, you fell asleep last night. You were sleeping so soundly that I didn't wake you up."

“…Oh, I see. I see.”

Kal'tsit blinked when she heard Orson's response, then nodded dully.

"Don't worry, Kal'tsit. I haven't done anything strange. And—well, the pot seems to be boiling. I'll go check it out. Kal'tsit, you should rest for a while."

Orson said to Kal'tsit with a smile, then immediately ran back to the kitchen.

"..."

After confirming that Orson had left, Kelsey sighed, then—

“Mmmmm…!!”

The green cat head crawled into the quilt again and buried its head with the pillow.

—Although I felt a moment of relief that I didn't inexplicably lose my virginity in that state, why would I fall asleep in that situation...!? It had come to that point, with all that foreshadowing, I, I, I could have fallen asleep!? Hmm... Did I accidentally use too much of my usual energy potion? Or maybe if I had just retained a little bit of catnip—woooooo!!

Thankfulness, relief, regret, annoyance - all kinds of emotions mixed together, and the result is that Kal'tsit is in this state at the moment, burying her head under the pillow and twisting around wildly.

Kal'tsit has a clear understanding of her own self-positioning. She knows her own personality very well, and she knows even more clearly that the situation last night might be difficult to replicate.

At that time, Kal'tsit saw Orson lying motionless in Snow Rabbit's room. That scene made Green Cat Head unforgettable.

At that moment the old lynx thought that if she could ever get a chance to be alone with Orson, she would have to keep him for herself.

Orson had been lying in front of her last night, and she had to consider whether this might be her only chance in this life.

And the result is very clear - I didn't grasp it.

——I gave you the chance but you are useless, you are useless...!

Kal'tsit was complaining about herself crazily in her mind.

"Kelsey?"

"--What's wrong"

Kal'tsit, who was twisting and turning a second ago, immediately jumped up after hearing Orson's voice, and quickly put on her usual calm, strategic, and omniscient expression.

"Wow, it boots up really fast... Anyway, breakfast's ready. Feeling hungry now?"

Orson marveled at how quickly Kal'tsit went from "half buried in the quilt" to "neatly dressed and sitting on the edge of the bed," and then invited the old lynx to have breakfast together.

"Although breakfast is important from a physiological point of view, I think I have more important things to deal with right now."

Kal'tsit stubbornly said she didn't want to eat breakfast. Of course, she was actually just still not fully digesting the aftermath of last night's chaos, so she didn't know how to face Orson.

"Are you really not coming?"

Orson didn't say much. He brought over a casserole, and the sweet scent that Kal'tsit smelled when she just woke up suddenly became even stronger.

"...No, I think—"

"Actually, I want to add some new menu items to Rhodes Island. Although I've made these dishes, I'm not sure how to improve them without anyone to taste them and give objective evaluations. Can Kal'tsit help me with this?"

Orson interrupted Kal'tsit and invited her in a different way.

Kal'tsit hesitated for a few seconds and swallowed several times in those few seconds.

——…I feel like an idiot.

In the end, Kal'tsit complained to herself in her heart, nodded, stood up and followed Orson to the dining table in the hotel living room.

"Well……"

Kal'tsit came to the table and was stunned by the dishes in front of her. These dishes with different cooking methods and ingredients were all from the restaurant's menu yesterday. What's more important is that each dish can accurately stimulate her taste buds.