To witches, 1:50 in the afternoon on Saturday was equivalent to six in the morning for land-dwellers.
Ding-dong!
The knocking came down like a sudden rainstorm, at a frequency like nine tails hammering away at the highest difficulty of Taiko no Tatsujin.
"Kitten, it's already this late. Why are you still sleeping? Time to get up!"
Olivia's voice came from outside the cat nest.
Jiang Han was finally awakened by the racket.
"Meow-ow-ow..."
So early in the morning—Olivia really was...
Rubbing her cat ears, Jiang Han still forced herself awake. She wrapped herself in her sleeping robe, slipped her cotton-socked feet into indoor slippers, hugged the still-warm Magma Jewel—shaped like a plush Cat Lamp doll—and headed for the door.
The moment she opened it—
Whoosh.
Olivia slipped in through the crack in the door, saying as soon as she entered, "It's already this late. You should get up!"
She did not mention going out, but kittens only needed to understand what she meant without it being spelled out.
But unexpectedly...
"This is for you."
Olivia handed over an upscale paper bag with an exquisitely chosen parchment-colored background.
Jiang Han accepted it with a baffled look, then tentatively asked, "Can I open it?"
Was this something I could fleece from the boss cat too?
"Of course."
Having received permission, Jiang Han opened the paper bag.
Inside was a fruit with a rarity rating of Level 6. Plant and animal rarity ratings followed the same system as ring levels: generally topping out at nine rings, with special cases reaching Legendary.
It was the fruit of a Charmfruit Tree, a staple ingredient in high-end self-cook restaurants and a fruit beloved by most giant cats.
It tasted salty and sweet, carrying a naturally enchanting creamy fragrance, and it was a natural ingredient for milk