The lingering chill wind stopped tormenting Silly Cat and became an invisible cord guiding him onward.
Dejected, Silly Cat followed it to the third-floor corridor. He looked up at the Study door's handle, then stood on his hind legs and clung to the door—
Click—
The bedroom door nearby suddenly opened. Annan stepped out and saw Silly Cat hanging from the study door's handle.
"Meow~"
Silly Cat played dumb.
"You can't go in there." Annan walked down the corridor as the invisible cord quietly dissolved, then picked Silly Cat up. "I'm raising a little spider. You're not very bright, and I'm afraid you'll knock over the Glass Bottle."
"Meow?"
Still, there was no harm in letting them meet.
Annan opened the door. Slanting afternoon sunlight spilled into the Study, filling it with a pleasant warmth.
Silly Cat hopped onto the desk, and he and Annan stared at Little Spider inside the Glass Bottle.
"Meow?"
Silly Cat seemed to be asking why Little Spider was there... But Annan knew he wasn't that smart. At most, he was asking what it was.
"Little Spider was here before you and Lily. Remember to call her Big Sister." Annan patted Silly Cat's head. "She used to be very well behaved, so I often let her out to play. But then she stopped listening, and I was afraid she'd get lost. I had no choice but to keep her in the Glass Bottle..."
Lately, Annan had been thinking about making a larger glass tank for Little Spider to live in.
Even if she was his first pet, Annan wanted to give Little Spider a full life.
His words gave both Silly Cat and Little Spider, inside her nest, an idea.
For once, Little Spider emerged from her nest. Instead of hiding from Annan as usual,