"Ugh... My head hurts..."
Waking up with a hangover, Xie Wen rubbed his head hard and struggled out of bed.
"What happened yesterday?"
Looking at the cats sprawled around the room in all sorts of strange positions, Xie Wen tried hard to retrace his memories from before he blacked out.
There really wasn't much to remember. Apart from the beginning, when everyone had been celebrating Suika Meow's arrival with a perfectly normal welcome feast, all Xie Wen remembered afterward was a little orange cat constantly handing him drinks, and him constantly drinking...
"Hiss..."
Just recalling that scene made Xie Wen's vision swim, as though he were getting a little drunk again.
He shook his head to clear it, then looked around at the cats again...
Fortunately, Klee Meow and the other little ones weren't there. It seemed Suika Meow had listened to what he said after all.
Still...
Even Scarlet Tiger-sama hadn't escaped Suika Meow's uncanny talent for coaxing others into drinking...
Looking at Hua Mei Meow, who had half her body hanging off the bed and the tip of her little tongue sticking out, Xie Wen couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering.
And another thing...
Dudusi, how could something fundamentally made from a Devil Fruit and a bracer get drunk too?!
Grumbling inwardly, Xie Wen carefully picked up the drunken cats and settled them all on the bed. Only then did he leave the cabin, rubbing his still-throbbing head.
"Xie Wen, you're awake, meow!"
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Little Plushie had been telling Shirahoshi and Suika Meow about "Naruto the Cat" on deck. The moment she noticed Xie Wen coming out, she pounced on him.
But after nuzzling into his arms a few times out of habit, Little Plushie quickly stopped cuddling and leaned back hard, putting her little head as