"Wait, meow!"
Angel's voice made the little girl stop and turn around.
The moment they saw the little girl's face, Angel and Luigi immediately exchanged a glance.
Angel had called out to her not only because she was taking on a mission here, but also because... from the side, the shape of the little girl's mask had seemed rather unusual.
It looked like a fox mask... covered in magical patterns?
And when she turned to reveal her face and they saw the mask clearly, both Angel and Luigi confirmed that it was indeed a red fox mask.
And foxes belonged to the canine family.
"Cat... Cat Brother? Were you calling Little Red?" The little girl looked at Angel, her clear gaze showing through the holes in her mask.
Little Red? Was that her name? As Angel pondered this, he silently recalled another creature also named Little Red—the skeleton behind Flora that existed in the Nightmare Domain was also called Little Red.
What a perfunctory name.
After that bit of inward snark, Angel thought again of what the little girl had called him... Cat Brother?
Was it because he had cat ears on? Or had he unconsciously meowed again just now?
Angel asked Luigi through the Mind Tether and received an affirmative answer: when he had told her to wait, he really had added a "meow."
Angel: "..."
For some reason, his face felt hot.
Angel silently repeated to himself: Just treat it as a verbal tic. A verbal tic. Wizards having verbal tics is perfectly normal... As long as I'm not embarrassed, no one can make me embarrassed.
Besides, meowing did have its benefits.
Perhaps that was why the little girl had been willing to stop?
"My name isn't Cat Brother. You can call me Angel..." Angel explained with a