Wei Gong thought for a moment, then crouched down and looked at her. "You can come with me, but could you make yourself look more ordinary, so no one can detect you?"
With his strength still unrecovered, it would be troublesome if Merlin the Heartless found him.
Once he regained his strength, he still planned to hang her up and beat her, then forcibly perform a sex-change operation on her.
[You woke up! The surgery was a success. You're a girl now!]
The thought was actually rather exciting.
"Fou... Fou (Okay)!"
Fou thought for a moment before casting a layer of [Cognitive Filter] over herself.
Anyone who saw her would take her for an ordinary white cat instead of connecting her to the figure in the video.
Just then.
Footsteps approached.
Wei Gong and Fou looked over at the same time. A girl in a school uniform appeared at the mouth of the alley.
She wore glasses, and pink short hair covered her right eye. The impressive figure before her made her especially eye-catching.
After seeing him and the white beast, the girl stood there blankly, staring at him.
Then,
tears suddenly streamed from her beautiful purple eyes, and she blurted out, "Senpai?"
"You..."
Wei Gong was instantly stunned.
Good heavens, Junior Schoolmate still remembered her?
Unbelievable!
Even the Fourth Beast had forgotten her. How could a prospective Heroic Spirit like Junior Schoolmate possibly remember her?
Just as her hand trembled slightly and she prepared to step forward and acknowledge the other girl,
confusion filled Mash Kyrielight's adorable face. She murmured softly, "Huh? What's wrong with me? Why am I crying? Why do I feel like calling out 'Senpai'?"
It was truly strange.
Although this was clearly their first meeting, she felt an inexplicable, deeply rooted familiarity.
Everything had happened without warning, and the tears simply slid down her cheeks.
She clearly shouldn't have forgotten, yet she had forgotten everything!
"Maybe... you got sand in your eyes."
Wei Gong slowly withdrew his hand, bent down, picked up Fou, and placed her on his shoulder.
Looking at the girl, he smiled. "The clothes you're wearing seem to be the uniform of Holy Grail War Magic Academy. Could it be that even Chaldea's prospective Heroic Spirit has to go to school?"
"Yes. The doctor suggested that I attend school for a while and interact more with ordinary people."
Mash Kyrielight nodded, placed both hands before her, and bowed. "My name is Mash Kyrielight. I look forward to working with you... Senpai."
"Senpai..."
Wei Gong stared blankly.
It had truly been so, so long since he had heard her address him that way.
Back then, he had lost himself amid those repeated calls of "Senpai."
But now—
Young, he left home; nameless, he returned. His native voice was unchanged, but his spiritual foundation had shattered.
He met his junior, but she did not recognize him. Smiling, she asked where he had come from.
He put away his complicated feelings and smiled. "I look forward to working with you too."
"Senpai, your little cat is so cute. What's its name?" Mash Kyrielight could not help moving closer, her eyes sparkling as she stared at the creature on his shoulder.
"Her name is Fou."
Wei Gong smiled and told her her true name.
He could conceal his identity from many people, but in front of this junior who had always accompanied him, he truly did not want to deceive her.
Fou gazed at her as well.
At that moment, she seemed to sense some wondrous karma.
A mysterious force of fate beyond compare.
The two people and one beast seemed as though they had always been together!
"Fou? That's a lovely name."
Mash Kyrielight froze for a moment.
Although Fou looked like an ordinary white cat, Mashu instinctively mistook her for the white beast in the video.
It was a very strange feeling.
She smiled sweetly and asked, "Senpai, what's your name?"
"Wei Gong."
"Senpai, I look forward to working with you. I'll come visit you at home one of these days."
Mashu bowed politely once more.
In front of this stranger who nevertheless felt inexplicably familiar, she instinctively wanted to get closer.
"All right. You're welcome to visit."
Wei Gong smiled and waved goodbye to her. His smile was incredibly happy and brilliantly radiant.
He smiled until his eyes reddened slightly.
Junior Schoolmate, Doctor, merchant... It's good to see you all alive.
The brutal battles of the past, when she had been willing to die to block attacks for him, had all become so distant that they were difficult to recall.
There's no need to fight anymore. That's good...
After returning home,
Luo Ya stared at his shoulder in surprise. "Wow, where did you kidnap a cat from?"
Back then, she had wanted to raise a cat, but he had said—
[There can only be one pet in this house. Choose between yourself and it!]
And now, he had actually brought a cat home of his own accord. Had he taken the wrong medicine?
Wei Gong replied casually, "It looked a little like Fou, so I picked her up. I named her Fou."
"Ehehe, kitty, come here and let me get a whiff!"
Luo Ya's eyes instantly gleamed with avarice, and her smile was full of ill intent.
As a hardcore virtual cat owner, she had long wanted to experience petting a real cat.
But when she approached, Fou's fur suddenly stood on end. She stared at Luo Ya with extreme wariness.
Because—
she had actually sensed an aura of the same level from the girl!
"Fou... Fou (Who are you)?"
Fou's fur stood fully on end, and she assumed a stance ready to fight at any moment!
This person radiated an aura faintly comparable to her own, making her fur bristle instantly.
Because that aura was even far, far stronger than hers.
It was strong enough to completely crush her!
Even if that bastard Merlin the Heartless split himself and made several copies, he still could not give her this kind of oppressive feeling!
Huh? No, that wasn't right!
The aura around this person was extremely strange, and somewhat resembled the aura of the boy beside her.
Her entire body was wrapped in layer upon layer of restraints, rather like the bondage play she had seen before.
She had been completely transformed into the boy's shape!
"Kitty, ehehe, kitty, come on and let me get a whiff!"
Luo Ya still refused to give up.
If she uploaded a video of such an impossibly adorable kitten, countless people would definitely be green with envy.
The people dying of cuteness would pile up into mountains!
However.
The kitten's entire body radiated rejection, her fur standing on end to the utmost degree.
If Luo Ya forcibly petted her, she would definitely be attacked by those claws.
"What did I do wrong to make you treat me like this?"
Luo Ya could not help grinding her teeth.
When this creature had been on Wei Gong earlier, she had looked utterly comfortable.
Yet she would not even let Luo Ya touch her once!
Luo Ya said angrily, "Damn it, could she be your little lover from a past life?"
"Yes. She was always with me in our previous lives, and she came back this life to repay me."
Wei Gong watched the two little ones interact with a smile.
After he restarted the world, all [Existence] had been deleted, and everyone's memories of him had vanished.
Words, images, objects... everything had disappeared.
Even the Fourth Beast could not recall any memories related to him.
But after Alaya released the exposure videos, his [Existence] began to return.
Although Fou had forgotten every memory related to him, she would instinctively feel favorably toward him and want to draw close.
Truly, surrendering at the speed of light upon meeting!
"Hmph, why don't you say I'm your little lover from a past life?" Luo Ya pouted.
She did not believe a single word of that.
Surely no one would actually get turned on by a cat, right?
People who pointed at cats every day and said, "Transform," were terrifying enough as it was.
If cats could speak, they would definitely snap back—
"Transform your grandmother!"
Just imagine: a giant gorilla lying on your stomach every day, sucking in your air and teasing you in every way. Could anyone tolerate that?
"No, no. You weren't my little lover in your past life. You were my enemy!"
Wei Gong reached out and tugged on her golden twin-tails. "I've raised you for so many years, and you owe me so much. How are you going to repay me?"
"Hmph! Is it really a loss to raise a soft and adorable Little Angel? At worst, I'll graduate, earn money, and support you!"
Luo Ya snorted softly.
With her powerful learning ability, she was destined to make a name for herself in the future.
Once she had earned piles and piles of money, she would make this guy kneel and beg a rich woman to keep him!
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