I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

This was indeed something that surprised Roswaal.

"Did something happen?"

"I don't want to talk to you about this."

Garfiel crossed his arms and turned his gaze to Natsuki Subaru: “Let your boss tell me.”

"..."

Natsuki Subaru is a deeper person than Roswaal imagined.

"The trial still exists, and the technique left by my mother has not been destroyed."

Beatrice told them the news.

Emilia clutched the necklace around her neck: "I know, I will complete it."

51

Chapter 51: Maybe you are the only one.

The three trials set by Echidna are 'facing your past', 'the impossible present', and 'the possible future'.

The first of these was a difficult problem for Emilia to overcome: her forgotten 'past', the most vulnerable part of her life, which was defenselessly revealed in the illusion of the trial.

According to Roswaal's original plan, he should have done something to Parker so that Emilia would temporarily lose her greatest support in the world at the critical moment, making the difficulty of the trial doubled.

Although he is the beast of the end, what Parker placed on Emilia is just a clone after all. It is still very easy for Roswaal to modify some things. However, when Imi was in the mansion, she used the Love Train on Parker. On the first day after arriving here, Ram beat Roswaal up.

Now, in addition to being forbidden from pursuing Yimi, he has also made a vow not to attack Natsuki Subaru and the others again. Naturally, he has no chance.

"Jos, Mother Fortuna..."

Just as José said, some things are better forgotten. Knowing who she had lost and knowing that everyone in the forest was frozen by her, Emilia felt so painful that she could hardly move forward.

But it hasn't reached the point of collapse yet.

It turned out that a few days ago, the look in Qiu Si's eyes when he looked at her had such a meaning.

……

"You don't seem worried at all."

Beatrice sat on a stool, flipping through the book in her hand carefully.

"Maybe it's because I believe Emilia can definitely pass that trial?"

Natsuki Subaru was sitting on the ground, making handicrafts with cardboard.

Although he is a otaku, he is not a useless otaku. He is proficient not only in sports, but also in things like women's clothing, false voice, and handicrafts. It's a pity that these skills cannot be fully utilized in the other world.

However, the frog prince he had encountered earlier seemed to have given him a glimpse into some business opportunities, like copying fairy tales and selling them for money in this world...

"finished."

In terms of handicrafts, he can even make Gundam-shaped ice sculptures, so it is not difficult to use some cardboard to modify Xiaobai into a realistic small tank.

He put Yimi, who had turned into a cat, into the opening on the top of the tank, leaving only his head outside.

"Meow?"

"Very good, Lieutenant Yimi, attack Beatrice!"

buzzing-

Pushed by Natsuki Subaru, Haku moved towards Beatrice. The muzzle of the paper cannon hit Beatrice's calf, instantly bending it slightly, causing Haku to flip sideways.

"Meow!"

Yimi quickly jumped out of the tank.

Beatrice glanced at Natsuki Subaru and snorted coldly.

"A little girl who keeps reading will become a nerd."

Natsuki Subaru reached out and snatched the book from her hand, taking a look at it.

He doesn’t recognize many words, and it seems that two of them are “childcare”?

"I'm a little girl too, why should I read this kind of book?"

"Mu! How rude!"

Beatrice quickly snatched it back. "Someone like you who only thinks about what to eat next won't understand the joy of acquiring new knowledge."

Although reading has almost become the only means of leisure since staying in the Forbidden Library.

"For someone like me whose lifespan may not reach seventy, it would be painful to waste my entire life learning knowledge, right?"

Natsuki Subaru noticed that as soon as he finished speaking, Beatrice lowered her head and looked a little lost.

"Feel sorry."

For a great elf with a nearly infinite lifespan who cannot commit suicide, it must be very painful to watch the people who accompany him gradually leave.

Beatrice quickly pulled herself together, grabbed Yimi and put her on her lap, and stroked her fur with her increasingly skilled hands: "The book says that clothes should be changed every two days. You haven't changed the clothes you're wearing for almost half a month, right?"

Yimi shook his ears and didn't respond.

"Let Rem trim your hair tomorrow, and then learn how to braid it, okay? And as for learning about writing, Betty picked out some suitable books. The best way to learn about writing is to read..."

Yimi looked up at her cautiously: "Betty."

"What's wrong? Are you tired of studying?"

"I'm leaving soon."

Yimi didn't know why, but she always felt that it was not a good idea to say it out loud.

"Ah, Betty knows. If you don't want to learn, Betty won't force you. Anyway, you are already so strong that you don't even need Betty's contract, hum!"

Yimi's ears drooped: "I really want to leave."

Beatrice pinched her beard. "I'm really going to get angry. Don't tell such lies! Betty has checked everything out, and there's nothing wrong with you."

"Or do you want to leave? Betty knows. After all, you're so scared of Roswaal, and he's really mean-spirited... There's nothing we can do about it. Since you can't take care of yourself, Betty will take care of you."

Beatrice raised her head and turned away.

Even though she can't even cook properly.

"I want to leave this world and find my mother."

Yimi clenched her nails. This was probably the biggest problem she had ever encountered in her life as a cat after almost starving to death, although she didn't know what the difficulty was.

"So didn't I tell you—"

Beatrice slowly lowered her hands: "Where are you going? Take Betty with you!"

It had been four hundred years. She had endured four hundred years of loneliness. Although half a month was quite short compared to four hundred years, and although she didn't even know whether this little girl was the daughter of Minerva (the Witch of Wrath) or Daphne (the Witch of Gluttony)...

She thought she had obtained it, but in the end she still had to lose it, even though as a great elf she should have been prepared to lose it from the beginning.

"But I can't bring anyone with me."

Yimi turned back into human form, and clenched her little hands together as if feeling guilty.

Beatrice took two steps back from her: "Do you really have to hurt Betty like this..."

My mother is like this, my brother is like this, Roswaal is like this, and Luz is like this. Why are you like this too?

So it was just her wishful thinking? That's right, all her feelings were just her wishful thinking, that's all.

"Don't cry."

Yimi raised her hand and wiped her tears with her sleeve. "At most a week, I'll be back to play with Betty."

Cat is almost ready to go home. Cat is a bad cat who likes to run around and make grandma angry.

"Beicuizi..."

Faced with this scene, Natsuki Subaru felt only the embarrassment of going to his friend's house as a child and happening to run into the other's mother beating and scolding him.

"The other world Yimi mentioned probably isn't what you understand. It really just refers to another place, just like my hometown."

He wasn't surprised by this, as the kitten even pulled out a smartphone.

For a moment, he wanted to ask Yimi to take him away as well, because his parents were still alive, but when he thought of Emilia who was still trying hard on the trial, he opened his mouth but couldn't utter a single syllable.

Beatrice just cried and thought her tears had dried up.

"It's a deal? You're only leaving for a week, right?"

A week was a short time, but leaving did not bring her any sense of security.

"we have a deal."

Beatrice grabbed Yimi's hand: "You may have many friends, but Betty..."

Maybe it's just you.

52

Chapter 52 Would you like a cup of tea?

"If you dare to lie to Betty, you're dead."

It was as if everything had returned to normal, with only the tear marks on her little face proving that Beatrice had indeed cried just now.

She closed the parenting book and pretended to be calm as she turned around. "Betty, get you some books for little girls. If you run out like this, someone will trick you into giving them lollipops. Humph."

"..."

"Yimi."

Natsuki Subaru watched Beatrice leave before speaking: "Uh, what you just said about leaving this world, is that true?"

"It's true."

"..."

This little girl can really travel through time and space at will. In fact, she is the most powerful person in this world, right? He had the impression that this girl had done nothing, and suddenly she could travel through the world.

"Then, can you take me with you?"

Natsuki Subaru was just trying to ask this question.

He couldn't go back now, but if he could get a clear answer, he would probably feel more at ease, because if he found his own value, he would abandon his parents...

"No."

"Yeah……"

Natsuki Subaru tried his best not to think about what would happen if he couldn't go back, and stretched himself: "Come to think of it, I always felt that even if the sky fell, I would still have Yimi to hold it up. I'm really not used to being separated all of a sudden. In my eyes, you are simply Nobita's Doraemon."

"I want to study retrospection."

Yimi hugged her shoulders and sat away from him.

Previously, Natsuki Subaru had successfully cleared the goodwill he had accumulated by being a 'companion who fought against Diego'.

"Because you make the big fish meat into a lot."

"Big Fish...you brought this up again. Have I ever helped you?"

Natsuki Subaru looked puzzled, "Could it be that there is actually a bigger death returning above me?"

"That's right, you traced back, I took away the fish meat, and then there was more fish meat."

"...Only after hearing this vague language did I slowly begin to believe that you really are just a fart."

Subaru lowered his head, lost in thought. "It's a blur, but I managed to understand it. Could it be that what you just said is a bug similar to the item jamming bug in save games? Speaking of which, you're pretty special yourself. If that's the case, then using death and return to spawn items is actually possible?"

He suddenly had a good idea: "I heard that Reinhard's sword is very powerful. If we work together, wouldn't we be able to obtain many magical weapons..."

Thinking of this, he quickly slapped his face.

This idea is a bit scary. What if I open my eyes after dying and find myself in the royal capital? Everything that happened along the way will be gone. Even if I die and return, I should cherish my life.

"It seems like a long time has passed. Why hasn't Emilia Tan come out yet? I'll go see her first. If I'm the first person Emilia Tan sees after she goes out, she'll definitely be very touched, right?"

Thinking of this, Natsuki Subaru hurriedly said goodbye to Yimi and ran towards the trial place.

But he found Mary hiding in the bushes.