"Lady Durandal, may I come with you?"
Looking at Durandal before her, Sheele felt that she needed to build a good relationship with her.
After all, her job was not just cleaning. As Rita had said, her main duty was to take care of Lady Durandal. It would not do for her to be so afraid of her mistress now.
"You want to go too?"
Durandal stared blankly at her, watching Sheele's slightly awed yet earnest expression.
"N-No, can I not?"
"It's not that you can't. If you want to go, then come along."
After all, it was no big deal, so Durandal had no reason to refuse.
Durandal led Sheele toward the place where the cats had gathered before.
However... before they even reached their destination, perhaps having caught the scent of the cat food in Durandal's hand, several cats from who knew where came over to her side, staring at what she held and meowing nonstop.
They seemed to be begging for the food in Durandal's hand.
Looking at the cats, Durandal hesitated a little. After all, this cat food had been prepared for those stray cats without owners.
But seeing the pleading looks in their eyes, Durandal could not bring herself to refuse.
"All right! All right! You can have a little, but not too much. You all have owners to feed you, after all." Unable to refuse the cats' pleas, Durandal took out some of the cat food she had prepared, about a fifth of it, and set it before them.
Seeing the cat food Durandal had put out, the cats became incredibly excited and immediately lowered their heads to eat.
Durandal could not help smiling as she reached out and stroked their fur.
"Lady Durandal is so cute..."
Standing to one side and watching