By midnight, the fervor of the Moon God Festival had faded from Saint Krui Di Monastery, and the light of the Moon Lantern had gradually dimmed and disappeared into the vast night sky over Bulida.
"You really are quite a bit heavier than Cat Boss."
Carrying Big Gray Cat in his arms, Lanchi walked along the corridor toward the High Priest's Hall deep within the Main Division Hall.
"Meow meow meow!"
The Talia cat began struggling in Lanchi's arms again.
She was furious, but she had promised Lanchi that she would not speak once they arrived. All she could do was warn him like this.
Important figures from Saint Krui Di Monastery could appear at any moment now that they were here.
By the understanding she and Lanchi shared, if Principal Violet kept telling the truth later, she would not make a sound. If she noticed a lie, she would immediately alert Lanchi.
"Are you acting spoiled? My adorable Little Grey Cat."
Lanchi smiled and hugged the liquid-blanket-like gray cat a little tighter, lowering his head as he spoke.
"Meow!"
Talia grew even angrier, but when she heard Lanchi call her Little Grey Cat, she inexplicably felt as though some of her strength to resist had left her body.
If he had pressed close to her and called her that at such close range in person, she would definitely have thought Lanchi had gone mad and was spouting all kinds of strange things.
But now, with one person and one cat, they somehow seemed able to say all the things they normally could never say as naturally as if it were nothing.
Only at times like this could she hear Lanchi call her that.
Lanchi really seemed to think of her as a cat.
He could always blend perfectly into