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

She saw this cat several times when she passed by on her way home. It wasn't afraid of people at all. It must have been raised and then abandoned. It was alone (the cat), just as lonely as she was.

"Meow!" Don't touch if you don't give me food.

Yimi breathed at her, still brooding over the fact that she was kidnapped before.

Origami lowered her head and rummaged through the bag, pulling out a small cake without cream and placing it in front of the cat.

"Meow~"

The cat's voice became much more coquettish, and it lowered its head to taste the human's delicious food, even forgetting to take shelter from the rain.

But she kept stealing glances at the cat dealer in front of her, fearing that he would kidnap the cat again when she wasn't paying attention.

Origami remained motionless, letting the relentless rain pummel her head. She seemed to be thinking, or perhaps forming an idea.

Finally, she held open the bag with both hands, which still had plenty of space even when it was full, and said to the kitten, "Jump in, and I'll adopt you."

"Meow?" Maomao looked up at her, took the tray of small cakes and took a step back to show his attitude.

Origami placed the bag on the ground and pushed it towards her: "Touch it and I'll support you."

"Meow." Don't touch.

"Call me and I'll support you."

"..."

Looking at Yimi who was eating quietly without making any noise, Origami stretched out her hand to her.

The kitten, who had been on guard, dodged to the side, but he didn't expect that the girl in front of him, who had undergone a lot of devilish training, could still burst out with agility even without any equipment. She directly predicted Yimi's escape route, grabbed her collar, and put her in the bag.

"Meow?"

The cat was kidnapped again!

Yimi tried hard to scratch the bag, but when she looked down, she saw more cakes under her.

Eat first.

As Origami ran towards home in the rain, carrying the heavy objects in the bag, a black-haired girl with a medical eyepatch covering her left eye stood at the end of the alley behind her, stomping her feet hard while holding a cat bag.

……

"I'm home."

The girl whispered something to the empty house and took off her sacrificed shoes. Her white socks were soaked through and even stuck to her flesh color, becoming transparent and clearly showing the shape of her toes that should have been hidden in them.

She took out a towel and wiped her hair, then looked at the kitten that had walked out of the bag.

I found that all the sugar I bought outside had been consumed. Although there was a layer of plastic packaging for protection, it was obviously not as hard as the skill book made of layers of rice paper.

There was still some residue visible on the culprit's beard, so Origami pinched its furry face and shook it left and right as punishment.

"Meow?"

Yimi looked around at the unfamiliar environment and walked around without any fear, leaving small plum blossoms on the clean floor.

Origami lives in a small apartment, which is simple and has only the necessary furniture, without giving off an overly strong sense of life.

Just as she was wondering, Yimi's neck was grabbed again and her hind legs were pulled apart.

"It's a girl."

"Meow!"

A small plum blossom was also printed on Origami Tobiichi's profile.

She rubbed her face, thought for a while, took out her cell phone, took a picture of Yimi's distinctive face, and sent it to the only contact besides her colleagues and teachers.

Origami: I have a cat (laughs)

Shizhi:? ?

Shizhi:? ? ?

Origami: It chose to follow me

Shizhi:? ? ? ? ?

Shiori must be lamenting how rare the kitten's fur color is.

Tobiichi Origami put down her phone, looked at the cat's wet fur, carried it to the bathroom, and took off her clothes one by one.

For some unknown reason, the fighter's delicate body shows no signs of exercise, and may even be inferior to some people in the sports club at school. His fair skin is like a delicate lady who has never left the house, and the clean water from the shower wraps him in a transparent and reflective veil.

The water droplets slid down the curve of her jade neck to the front, passed through the C cup and dripped from the reddish part in the center. The splashing warm water made the cat at her feet, which was already wet, curse and shake its head to try to dry its fur.

But the next second, the shower sprayed directly on Yimi's body below the neck at close range.

"Old Wu!"

Chapter 17: Take it to school

If you don’t have pet-specific shower gel, try not to bathe your cat. Anyway, Origami, who considers himself a full-time new cat owner, has learned the first lesson of raising a cat... or should it be considered the second?

Last night, when she wanted to go to bed as usual, she was scolded by the cat with honey on its mouth until about twelve o'clock. Finally, she was given a ball of wool to play with and she instantly became much more obedient.

Although the next day was the weekend, she was still woken up by a phone call early in the morning, although it was her own fault.

"Hello, are you Miss Tiangong?"

"My last name is Tobiichi."

"This...you should be Miss Tiangong, right?"

"My last name is Tobiichi."

"Please think carefully again, do you have a nickname called 'Miss Tiangong'..."

"My last name is Tobiichi."

The person on the other end of the line took a deep breath and practically shouted, "Excuse me, are you 'Tiangong City's Most Beautiful Woman'? Your package has arrived!"

"I'm."

The girl hung up the phone and calmly went downstairs to sign for the express. She saw many passers-by standing there eating melons, and she calmly took the items home. Her strong face and psychological strength made the courier and passers-by stunned.

Yesterday she bought some basic pet supplies from a store in her local city. Since she had no experience in raising pets, she just picked whatever was more expensive.

Living alone, she has saved quite a bit of money with a high-paying job like AST.

"Ah!"

I sniffed my nose. It wasn't an itch caused by an allergy to cat hair, but it was the price I finally paid for staying in the rain last night.

Origami moved the box of canned food, which even a boy would find difficult to lift, and looked at Yimi, who was sleeping like a dead person at the foot of her bed.

I have been sleeping since yesterday.

The girl opened a can.

"Meow!" Yimi got up immediately after hearing the sound. The cat didn't even wake up fully when it staggered over and started putting food into its mouth.

It was a close call, if it was a second later I would have starved to death.

"..."

The girl stroked the kitten's soft fur.

Apart from barking very loudly yesterday, there is nothing wrong with it and it doesn't scratch me.

"Ding dong~"

The doorbell ringing early in the morning on the weekend was very rude. Through the camera on the doorbell, she could see that it was not another courier or the infamous NHK charge, but her only contact besides her colleague and teacher, Gokawa Shiori.

The girl opened the door.

"Good morning Origami, I'm here to see the cats."

"Please come in."

The white-haired girl pulled her in and quickly closed the door, as if she was afraid that something in the house would run away.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw Yi Mi showing off her food, which made Shi Zhi feel very conflicted.

It's obvious that he has never been exposed to real food, which is why he has such a special liking for a box of cat canned food today. He should give his child something good to eat.

Shizhi walked over and sat down next to Yimi: "Does it have a name?"

"Get out." The answer was very decisive.

Seeing that Shizhi actually came to her house, Yimi simply stopped eating and ran to hide under the bed.

As expected, the cat dealer wanted to sell her to the devil Shizhi. It was a pity that Maomao thought she was kind enough to let her take shelter from the rain yesterday.

Origami didn't try to catch her, and explained to Shiori, "It's usually not afraid of strangers."

Usually... didn't you pick it up yesterday?

"I thought Origami would give her some weird name."

"Strange?" Origami tilted her head.

Shiori gave an example: "For example, 'Ultimate S Demonic Leather Queen'?"

The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally Origami said, "Shiori is a bit perverted."

Shizhi: "..."

Is this your line?!

"By the way, how did Origami pick it up?"

Although they had already discussed during the meeting that the innocent Yimi might be taken away by a passerby for a small favor, and they also had a plan to deal with this situation, such as having Miss Lingyin, who has a high favorability rating, go and get the cat back as the owner, they didn't expect that Origami would pick it up...

Last time, Shionai was also picked up by her. She doesn't look like the type to bring cute things home.

"It will come on its own."

"Meow!"

Shizhi actually heard a rebuttal in the cat's meow.

She scratched her cheek: "Come to think of it, Teacher Lingyin also has..."

"This child has been abandoned." Origami reached out and scooped up the cat, petting its little head. "I've found him several times in different places and at different times. He survives by begging for food from passersby, and he has nowhere to go even when it rains heavily."

"..."

I simply can't say it. If I say it, won't Miss Lingyin seem irresponsible?

But origami itself is hostile to elves.

"But Origami, is it really okay to have a pet?"

In fact, there are not many people who keep pets in Tiangong City. As mentioned earlier, space earthquakes may come at any time and destroy buildings that have been loaned for who knows how many years. If a space earthquake happens when the owner is at work and not at home, cats and dogs that can hide outdoors in time will have nowhere to go if they are hit.

Therefore, most people who keep pets are retired elderly people who can accompany their pets at all times and who have not lost their mobility. They can take their pets to shelters when the space earthquake alarm sounds, or they are simply rich enough to leave their pets to be taken care of by pet shops while they go to work every day.

Although space quakes are not a very frequent "natural disaster" in recent years, they happen to occur as frequently as winning the lottery in Tiangong City, where elves often appear, causing panic among the people.

"Well... although it's a bit inappropriate to say this after you've bought so much, I was thinking if Origami can't take care of it, you can leave it to me. Do you remember there's a child named Yoshino who's boarding at my house? She usually lacks company at home..."

"Hermit." Origami called out Yoshino as the code name for the spirit.

Actually, this was also said for Yimi to hear. The two of them had met last time, and according to Shiona, they got along quite well.

Origami looked down at Yimi, who was held by her, and hid her entire furry body behind her back as if she understood what they were saying, leaving only half of her head exposed, staring at Shizhi with a malicious look.

After noticing that Shizhi was also looking at her, Yimi quickly retracted her head so that Shizhi could only see her tail.

"It doesn't want to go." Origami held the cat on his lap and stated the fact.

"...What if there's a space quake?"

“I take it to school.”

"what?"

“I take it to school.”

"..."

How can you bring a cat to school? Shizhi wanted to say this, but thinking of the two unimpressive head teachers and deputy head teachers in her class and how much favorability she would lose if she said it in front of Yimi, she decided to avoid the topic for the time being.

There was no reason to send Origami away. All she could do was subtly remind Yimi, "Speaking of which, if you run into that elf with white light all over its body and the ability to divert its own misfortune again, what are you going to do?"