Rita vs. Pardo: The Dog-and-Cat Showdown

"Ow! Looks like I'm here."

The moment her head bumped into something, Pardo knew she had reached her destination.

When she opened her eyes, she found an enormous refrigerator.

"Waaah~ This is the first time I've seen such a huge fridge. Who does it belong to? They must be an amazing cook."

Pardo's eyes lit up. Impatiently, she used her tail to pull open the refrigerator's double doors, only to be stunned by the neatly arranged mountain of food packed inside.

She sniffed it with her feline nose, and saliva immediately began to drip from her mouth.

Unlike a certain Dark Cuisine chef, these were clearly exquisite dishes that looked, smelled, and tasted wonderful.

But precisely because it was all so luxurious, Pardo found herself unable to dig in.

Even when she usually swiped things, she only took little items like instant noodles, lighters, or things the Flame Chasers no longer wanted.

In short, unless something was ownerless, the more valuable it was, the less she could bring herself to take it. And she had never stolen anything important from someone else.

Pardofelis was a cat with principles!

"Is there really not any normal food? If I secretly eat this, the owner of this fridge will definitely get mad... Wuwuwu, but I'm so hungry~~"

After hesitating for a while, Pardo reluctantly placed a tiny gem inside the refrigerator. She had decided to pay!

It was a gem Eden had tipped her in the past. Though it was tiny and probably the least valuable gem in Pardo's collection, it was more than enough to buy the entire refrigerator.

"Guh... It hurts so much to part with it~ But it's the only thing I have on me right now. Nom nom nom!"

With a miserable look on her cat face, Pardo began