Yu Sheng's reason was, of course, a joke.
In the end, Little Red Riding Hood still called the "parents" from the orphanage into the room, but she didn't use an excuse like "I ordered takeout." She only said there was something important to discuss, and a moment later, a group of people came into the room.
Yu Sheng stood up and looked around. Naturally, he didn't know most of them, so he turned to Little Red Riding Hood for confirmation. "Is everyone here?"
"A few people have to stay in the dormitory area to look after the younger brothers and sisters," Little Red Riding Hood said. "We'll take turns. It'll be safer that way."
"Oh, that works too." Yu Sheng nodded. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed something behind the crowd and couldn't help raising an eyebrow. "...Why is there a cat here too?"
He saw a tabby cat squatting openly on a windowsill nearby, looking for all the world like it had come to attend the meeting as well. Its expression was unbearably smug, and Yu Sheng was instantly stunned.
As soon as he finished speaking, the cat raised a paw and licked it before lazily saying, "Why can't I come?"
Yu Sheng: "...?!"
It wasn't just Yu Sheng. Even Eileen and Huli were shocked. The three of them stared, dumbfounded, at the tabby cat that had spoken in a deep, magnetic voice resembling a documentary narrator's. After a long while, the three of them shouted in unison, "It talked!!"
"It's the King." Little Red Riding Hood finally stood up and introduced it to Yu Sheng with a half-smile. She seemed quite pleased to have finally managed to surprise him. "It's also a member of our 'Fairy Tale' organization, and a veteran member at