"Can someone tell me what happened here?"
Xie Wen pressed his slightly throbbing head and looked gloomily at Hua Mei Meow, who wore a sheepish expression.
Those unconscious Fish-Man guards were clearly Scarlet Tiger-sama's handiwork. But weren't you supposed to be keeping the other cats out of trouble? How had you ended up joining in yourself?!
"Well, this might not be Miss Huamei's fault either, meow..." Meow Jūshirō, the only one who hadn't joined the tour of Ryugu Palace, spoke up in the other cats' defense. "This mermaid princess's scent is simply too enticing to us. Even I feel the urge to join in now, meow."
As Meow Jūshirō spoke, his eyes never left Shirahoshi's fish tail, and his own tail kept swishing behind him.
So Poseidon had this strange trait too?
The corners of Xie Wen's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"Waaaaah! Daddy! Save me! They want to eat my tail! They're so scary!"
Seeing her father and brothers arrive, Shirahoshi immediately threw herself toward King Neptune. Caught off guard, the Little Furball Cats clinging to her tail were sent tumbling. Only Jinx Meow kept her teeth firmly sunk into it and was carried over to Xie Wen and the others.
"Let go already! Can't you see you've scared her to tears?!"
Xie Wen rushed forward, grabbed the Little Blue Cat by the Scruff, and pulled her off Shirahoshi's tail.
"I wasn't even biting hard! Letting me nibble won't cost her any flesh, meow! Just let me nibble for five more minutes! Three minutes is fine too, meow!"
Jinx Meow gazed longingly at the "delicacy" receding from her, stretching out her paws in unwilling surrender like a feline Erkang.
Fortunately, Xie Wen's Kato Cat's Paw proved reliable. After he worked his magic, the Little Blue Cat finally stopped making a fuss