Chapter 58: Dekan is No Longer Human
Dekan’s expression was slightly puzzled.
“What do you mean?”
Teacher Cat didn’t bother to explain but instead raised its front paw, producing a card on its paw pad.
Dekan took the card and glanced at it.
【Transformation Spell: Spirit Cat】
【Category: Magic Card】
【Rank: Purple Rare】
【Class: 2】
【Effect: After use, the user transforms into a Spirit Cat. Continues to consume mana while active; the transformation cannot be used again within 24 hours after being undone.】
【Note: Meow Meow Meow!】
“You transform into a cat yourself, meow! I want to trade this card for a permanent vial of potion from you, meow!”
“Unfortunately, this card can’t transform enemies.”
Dekan handed the card back, slightly disappointed.
“You cannot use the kind of transformation spell that forces an enemy to change shape yet! Besides, this card can only be made using spirit script! You won’t be able to buy one like it from the market, meow!”
“Hmm.”
Dekan hesitated.
Although it seemed like a good deal at first, he didn’t know how many gold coins he’d lose to this cat in the long term.
“I can tell you, meow, there is no way a Spirit Cat from this school will allow that girl, Cornelia, to touch it. Even the strongest one of me would be scared half to death! If you want to help her fulfill her dream, you’ll have to transform into a cat yourself.”
“……Alright.”
After some thought, Dekan figured the card would make an excellent disguise method.
After all, it was a card that couldn’t be bought from the market.
Even if he had to spend hundreds or even a thousand gold coins on this stupid cat in the future, he would endure it.
Besides, he’d get the cat thrown in too, not a bad deal.
Dekan brought Teacher Cat to the dormitory and then walked to the workshop, where he concocted a diluted bowl of cat-enticing potion for Teacher Cat.
He placed the bowl on the ground.
Teacher Cat quickly began happily licking up the new drink.
After settling the cat, Dekan prepared to test out the new card he had acquired.
As soon as he activated the 【Transformation Spell: Spirit Cat】, he felt his field of vision drop lower and his body felt much lighter.
In no time, he found himself standing on four nimble legs.
He looked in the mirror and saw that he had turned into a gray-furred cat.
“Really turned into a cat, meow!”
Dekan exclaimed in surprise.
And his speech pattern also changed in irreversible ways.
“See? I wouldn’t sell this card for a thousand gold coins, meow.”
Teacher Cat lifted its head, glanced at Dekan-cat.
Hmm, he looked pretty good.
Dekan-cat: “Alright, you can come to me anytime to mooch food and drink in the future, meow.”
Teacher Cat: “Not bad. You are a loyal and honest student, unlike the rumors outside, meow.”
Dekan-cat: “Exactly, I’m a real good guy, meow.”
Just as the two cats were chatting,
“Knock knock.”
The door to Dekan’s dorm was knocked.
It seemed Mia had arrived.
Dekan was about to undo the transformation, but then thought that he might as well test if he’d be recognized in this form.
After all, the coat color was quite similar to his original form.
With a high leap, he unlocked the door latch.
Mia pushed the door open, looked around the living room with a surprised expression, and saw only two cats.
“Dekan actually keeps cats… No, are you the magic academy’s Teacher Cat?”
Mia asked as she looked at Teacher Cat.
“Yes, meow!”
“Where is Dekan?”
“Wait a minute, meow! Why is a girl visiting this guy’s dormitory so late at night? Are you planning to do something…?!”
Dekan-cat jumped to Teacher Cat’s side and poked its head.
“What do you mean, meow! We were supposed to study.”
“Study? Do you think I’m stupid? A man and a woman alone in the same room late at night studying, meow?”
“It’s exactly that, meow.”
While the two cats were exchanging words,
Mia looked at the gray-furred Spirit Cat with surprise.
“Are you Dekan?”
Mia asked.
Dekan-cat: “What do you think, meow, isn’t it a wonderful disguise?”
Mia: “Perfect, this way you can come to my dorm at midnight without any trouble.”
Teacher Cat: “What?! You two are back and forth? You don’t mean you go to her dorm to study, do you?”
Dekan & Mia: “Exactly.”
After saying that, Dekan ended the transformation and reverted to his human form.
He then hurriedly led Mia into the card-making workshop.
Leaving the baffled Teacher Cat in the living room.
Therefore, all night long, the curious Teacher Cat kept occasionally pressing its ears against the card workshop door to listen to the sounds inside, and even sniffed through the door crack for any strange odors in the card workshop.
“Meow? Strange, they really are studying?”
…
On Monday, Dekan came to class early.
Not long after, Cornelia arrived.
Dekan: “New.”
Cornelia: “What?”
Dekan: “Heal, pain, danger.”
Cornelia: “Ready.”
Cornelia also agreed that having a reliable healer in the team was a good idea.
Regardless of his specific role later.
Thus, they agreed to find Chloix after class.
Hearing that a new teammate was joining, Cornelia seemed to perk up during the whole arithmetic class.
She was quite looking forward to it.
Dekan would choose a good person for sure.
Even before class was over, the two of them hastily raised their hands to leave the classroom together.
This made many classmates suspect they were about to rob something.
Dekan had already inquired about Chloix’s schedule from Teacher Cat.
So he knew where to find him at this time.
The two rushed to the magic academy dormitory shortly after dismissal; they should be able to catch Chloix.
However, when they arrived at the target’s classroom, they found several students gathering at the door.
Seemingly all of them were just hanging around to watch the spectacle.
“Excuse me, what’s going on?”
Dekan lightly patted the shoulder of a third-year student from the magic academy near the door.
The student didn’t turn around but continued to observe the situation inside the classroom before answering, “Gossiping. Mr. Flata is causing trouble for Chloix again.”
“Oh? Can you elaborate?”
“Since the start of the school year, Mr. Flata has already caused trouble for Chloix several times.”
“Why does he have to make things difficult for Chloix?”
“It’s said that last year, during a Shadow World event, Chloix injured the eldest daughter of the Prun Marquis’ family. And Mr. Flata likes the second daughter of Prun Marquis, Claire. Claire always speaks ill of Chloix, so Mr. Flata often causes trouble for Chloix as a way to please Claire.”
This third-year student from the magic academy referred to Flata as “Master” not out of respect but with a hint of mockery.
“This Flata fellow is truly pitiful, chasing after a girl with such methods.”
“Shhh! Don’t say reckless things. His family has power and money, and he himself isn’t weak. Don’t provoke him!”
The third-year student who had been focused on watching the drama finally turned around to see who had the guts to mock Flata.
But when he turned around, he saw the male and female in red uniforms standing behind him.
“My goodness! Dekan!”
