Chapter 350

Chapter 353: The Habits of Cats (Please Subscribe!)

After handing over the completed enchantments of the “Roland” series along with the corresponding labor fees to Finn, Izay decided to go out for a drink to reward himself.

Before leaving, Izay originally wanted to see if he could drag someone along with him.

However, after making a round through the Twilight Manor, he found that there wasn’t a single person around.

Ais seemed to have been taken out by Loki, who claimed it was to help her relax.

Haruhi was practicing new magic under Riviria’s guidance and couldn’t spare the time.

Anqi and the others were preparing for an expedition. Bert was secretly training as usual, while Raul had slipped out with Kos and Cruz to take a break amidst their busy schedule.

“How dare they not invite me…”

Izay, upon hearing from other members that Raul and the others had sneaked out to relax, felt utterly frustrated.

Unable to gather a group, he left the Twilight Manor alone.

Meanwhile, on West Street, “The Bountiful Mistress” was bustling with business as usual today.

This three-story building made of stone stood on the main road of West Street, attracting a steady stream of customers. Most of the daytime patrons were ordinary female citizens, while at night, it catered mainly to adventurers returning from the dungeon.

Such a business model, which targeted different customer groups at different times, proved highly popular. The menu and prices changed between day and night.

However, the wealthy adventurers were always charged exorbitant fees.

A certain unscrupulous female owner didn’t even try to hide this fact.

In her words, the store proudly offered exquisite food and fine wine, so adventurers naturally had to pay up!

Indeed, Mama Mia had every reason to be proud.

To this day, Izay still couldn’t quite figure out how she, as a seasoned adventurer and a hero-class existence, managed to improve her cooking skills to such a high level.

It was rumored that all the chefs at The Bountiful Mistress were trained personally by her.

Countless adventurers fell in love with her specially brewed fruit wine.

“The situation during the day is still manageable, meow~”

“The real trouble starts at night when the booze-loving adventurers swarm in… sigh~ just thinking about working every night makes me depressed, meow~”

“Oh wow… you guys must be working hard.”

In a corner near the wall inside the store, Izay sat alone, ordering a dandelion wine to pass the time.

At the edge of the counter next to him, two cat-eared girls were once again finding opportunities to slack off.

No matter how many times it happened, Aniya and Kuroi never learned their lesson. Whenever they got the chance, they would lazily give themselves a vacation.

Perhaps this was also one of the habits of cats.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Unlike Anqi, who was capable and cute, these two were always together because they both liked to slack off.

“By the way, I haven’t seen Ryu anywhere. Is she taking a day off today?”

“Meow~! Are you finally admitting your evil desires, Izay? You’re here just to make a move on Ryu, aren’t you, meow?”

“Are you serious!?”

Ignoring Aniya’s baseless slander, Izay rolled his eyes and paid no attention to her.

Although it was true that his frequent visits to The Bountiful Mistress were related to Ryu, this time he really was just curious.

After all, he hadn’t seen the elf girl for so long; was it wrong for him to feel strange?

And why did this cat always have something against him!?

“Ryu should be in the backyard with the other cats right now, meow,” Kuroi replied with a yawn.

“Backyard—?” Izay looked at her blankly, about to ask further when a loud crash came from deep within the store.

“Hiel~! Ryu has thrown Bunny Sister flying again—!!”

“!!??”

The human girl closer to the backyard screamed, and Hiel, who was about to deliver drinks to the customers, immediately put down her work, puffed her cheeks, and hurried over.

She ran towards the inn’s courtyard behind the bar area of The Bountiful Mistress.

Izay’s head turned to follow the gray-haired girl running past, his expression hesitating.

“What is this…?”

“Recently, Hiel brought back a new friend who just became an adventurer and asked Ryu to teach her, meow~” Kuroi flicked her tail and pointed to the inner door deeper inside the store: “They’re in the courtyard right now.”

“It’s a white-haired girl who looks like a rabbit and seems easy to bully, meow!” Aniya added.

“A newly minted adventurer with white hair… Beier Cranel?”

“Oh, that’s right, Izay, you seem to know her, meow.”

Kuroi remembered seeing them drinking together before.

That time when Mama Mia tricked Izay into paying for honey wine.

“So, are they doing special training right now?”

“Yes, it’s been going on for several days already, meow. Do you want to check it out? The cats can show you the way, meow~”

“Will there be any cost involved?”

“Hmm… Cats wouldn’t bother asking for anything for such a small favor, but if you insist, we might not mind accepting your rear end, meow~!”

“No, thank you.”

Skillfully rejecting Kuroi’s teasing, Izay held his unfinished dandelion wine and followed Kuroi toward the inner door of the store.

Actually, apart from her habit of slacking off, Kuroi was mostly carefree around acquaintances.

Few people knew that this cat actually had a latent perverted side.

Not only did she prefer younger boys, but she especially loved buttocks, truly a perverted cat.

She would probably get along well with the vampire leader from some magical girl zombie anime.

(Isee Ryu teaching Beier battle techniques…)

Ignoring the innocent-looking face Kuroi made earlier, Izay rested his chin on his hand, his expression becoming somewhat peculiar.

Beier didn’t get the chance to learn from Ais, but she was still getting remedial lessons from Hiel, right?

Also… at this point, Ota must already be helping train the cows.

If Beier doesn’t grow faster, she might fall behind.

That person wouldn’t just sit idly by and watch this happen.

Taking action was only natural.

Hmm, understandable!

After pondering for a moment, Izay returned to his calm demeanor.

By this time, Kuroi had already led him through the inner door of the store and into the courtyard of The Bountiful Mistress.

Not only was “The Bountiful Mistress” the trendiest tavern on West Street, but it was also the largest. Its courtyard, larger than the average mansion, was private property accessible only to the owner and staff.

However, if you were particularly close to the female employees, you might be allowed in as an exception.

Until now, no such precedent had been heard of.

But now, it seemed the first lucky person had appeared…

Objectively speaking, Izay was the second one.