"If you don't give me random nicknames, then I think this is my honor." Aiden smiled, waved his hand at the black-haired witch, "Then, Miss Witch, see you next time."
"Mm, this 'next time' won't be long." Bayonetta also waved her hand at him.
Watching Aiden and Enzo push the door and leave the bar, the black-haired witch, in the quiet bar, thought for a bit, then turned her head to glance at the wine cellar, and muttered, "Anyway, you won't starve to death, so I'll let you stay quietly for two days."
Afterwards, she forcefully bit and crushed the lollipop in her mouth, and in the sky-full flying hair strands, turned into a black cat.
Coming out from the bar, Aiden headed straight to Enzo's sports car, but Enzo, after stepping down the stairs, turned back and looked at the bar's rooftop.
"Aiden, looks like you and that cat aren't fated, it ran off." Enzo said with some regret for Aiden, "Maybe you should've stayed."
"And then be eaten by her?" Aiden didn't even turn his head, propped open the car door, jumped into the passenger seat, and fastened his seatbelt.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Enzo opened the car door and sat in, "Alright, to be honest, she really is a difficult woman to deal with. Not staying should count as a good thing."
However, just as he finished saying this, a meow came from behind the car, then, the two of them heard a light thud, as if something jumped onto the car's trunk lid.
"God, it actually came here." Enzo turned his head to look, and found it was actually that black cat, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"Looks like I really am fated with her." Aiden looked at the cat, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes, not understanding what the witch wanted to do.
But he still greeted the black cat, and gave her a nickname, "We meet again, Miss Cat."
Upon hearing this "Miss Cat", a look of puzzlement appeared in the black cat's eyes, but Aiden's acting this time was excellent, she didn't notice anything suspicious, just let out a soft "meow" as a response.
After that, she gently used strength in her four limbs, actually leapt onto Aiden's shoulder, and then laid down.
"Looks like it wants to go with you." Enzo glanced at Miss Cat, looking at her lazy appearance, and sighed again, "See, even a cat's personality is better than that witch's, no wonder you didn't want to stay."
Aiden glanced at the cat on his shoulder, and internally complained, 'Such a strong rosemary scent, are you afraid I won't recognize you?'
But what he said out loud was, "Enzo, talking bad about someone behind their back isn't good,"
Enzo said carelessly, "What's there to be afraid of, she can't hear it anyway. Maybe she's already put on a nun's outfit again, fiddling with some scriptures."
Hearing this, Miss Cat, who was squinting her eyes, slightly raised her head and gave him a glance. Aiden could even feel the two front paws resting on his shoulder had already extended sharp claws.
So he jeered gloatingly, "Better not, I think she's actually pretty good."
"So you regret it?" Enzo looked at Aiden, then started the sports car.
Amid the roaring sound, he continued, "Regret is useless. She was probably just messing with you earlier. You think I don't know nothing really happened between you two?"
"Don't look at how she looks like she's seducing everyone she sees, in fact she's super innocent, probably hasn't even tasted a man yet. Tsk tsk, I don't know how old she is."
'As always, naggy and… a foul mouth, huh…'
Aiden sighed and thought, 'If Enzo knew Bayonetta was right here in the car, he'd probably ditch the car and jump off directly, right?'
"Alright, Enzo, focus on driving." Aiden pinched the bridge of his nose, then suddenly remembered something…
"Enzo, can you call a designated driver around here?"
Enzo's luck was pretty good. They didn't run into any cops on the way, and smoothly returned to his home.
Including the time spent at the bar and the trip back and forth, it had only taken a little over two hours. So when the two men and one cat got back, the lights in Enzo's home were still on. His wife and kids were still waiting for him to return.
Getting out of the car, Aiden tried to carry Miss Cat down from his shoulder, but unfortunately, Miss Cat gave him a very rude swat with her paw and knocked his hand away.
"Alright then, if you like lying there, then lie there."
Aiden helplessly shrugged, but his shaking shoulders made it uncomfortable for Miss Cat to lie on, causing her to bare her teeth at him in annoyance.
Then Aiden followed Enzo into the house. At this time, Enzo's two kids were sitting on the sofa watching cartoons. When they saw the two come in, they immediately left the TV and ran toward Enzo.
At this moment, Enzo's daughter Edna noticed Miss Cat lying on Aiden's shoulder. As a little girl, she had little resistance to cats. She immediately ran up to Aiden, looked at him obediently and asked, "Uncle Aiden, can I hold the kitty?"
"That depends on whether she's willing or not." Aiden glanced at Miss Cat on his shoulder, then crouched down on purpose.
And Bayonetta in this life hated two kinds of things the most, cockroaches, and crying kids. Though Edna was very cute, didn't cry, and this wasn't even their first meeting, she still didn't like her.
After glaring fiercely at Aiden, she nimbly jumped onto the top of Aiden's head, avoiding the little girl's outstretched hands.
Feeling the four paws clawing around on his hair, Aiden sighed, then stood up and said to the girl, "Unfortunately, seems like she doesn't agree."
The little girl immediately pouted in grievance.
Patting the little girl's head, Aiden waved to Enzo and returned to the second-floor bedroom Enzo had arranged for him.
"Come down, Miss Cat. You lying on my head like this, I feel like I'm possessed or something." With Aiden's current physique, he wouldn't even feel heavy carrying a car on his back, but he still wasn't used to having something sitting on his head.
But Miss Cat was unmoved, and even shifted into a more comfortable position.
Aiden was helpless, so he tried to forcibly take her down, but again got smacked by a paw.
Pulling at the corner of his mouth, Aiden simply gave up on her, undressed and went to bed.
Hanging his clothes up, he lifted the blanket and crawled in. As soon as he lay down, Miss Cat on his head naturally couldn't stay there and had to jump down, landing by the pillow.
"Go find your own place to sleep." Aiden smugly said to Miss Cat.
But before he could enjoy that feeling for more than a few seconds, Miss Cat stepped over his face and went to the other side of the bed.
Feeling the soft paws and tail brush across his face, though it felt quite nice, Aiden still counterattacked. He sat up at lightning speed and grabbed Miss Cat's tail, lifting her up.
And then, he got bitten by Miss Cat, making him instantly let go.
Looking at the teeth marks on his wrist, then at Miss Cat hugging her tail, Aiden wasn't angry. He just muttered, "Hope I don't need a rabies shot."
Then he ignored her and went to sleep.
Soon, his breathing became steady.
Seeing that Aiden seemed to be asleep, Miss Cat released her tail. At this moment, she had a strange feeling, that Aiden might've already recognized her true identity.
But she wasn't sure, because aside from giving her a nickname and chatting a lot, Aiden really did seem to treat her as a cat, at least showed no politeness.
Her dark vertical pupils stared at Aiden for a while, then she walked a circle around the bed, finally leaping onto Aiden's chest, curling up, yawning, and slowly closing her eyes too.
But what she didn't notice was that, at this moment, a faint smile had already appeared on Aiden's face.
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Soon, the night passed.
When Aiden woke up, what greeted his eyes was… a round, fluffy cat butt.
So he immediately turned his head to the side. If Miss Cat had turned back into human form, he might've looked a bit longer. But a cat butt… really wasn't worth seeing.
Though he turned his head, the corner of his eye still saw Miss Cat lying on his chest, sleeping. It was just… her sleeping posture was unbearable to look at.
She was lying in a big X-shape like a human. Probably due to turning into a cat, she couldn't quite control her instincts, a bit of her tongue was even sticking out. Luckily, she didn't drool in her sleep, otherwise it would've been quite the sight.
Seeing this, Aiden silently took out his phone from his system space, then...
Snap!
He took a photo of this moment.
'Miss Witch, don't ever mess with me in the future~' Aiden thought with a wicked smile.
Then, without mercy, he grabbed Miss Cat's tail, sat up, and lifted her up.
And then came Miss Cat's sudden counterattack, startled from her sleep.
Aiden couldn't imagine that a cat could actually do a mid-air flying kick, but the real pain on his face and the four faint claw marks told him, even turned into a cat, Miss Witch was still highly aggressive.
Grimacing, Aiden got dressed while exchanging stares with the cat sitting on the bed.
But the anger in Miss Cat's eyes made him too afraid to act rashly.
Just like that, they stared for a while. Suddenly, Aiden smiled. He felt that turning into a cat, Bayonetta was far more interesting than Jeanne.
At least, she didn't jump on his face to lick him every time he teased her like Jeanne did.
Just as Aiden was wondering whether to apologize to Miss Cat or just show her the photo he took, outside the door came little Edna's voice.
"Uncle Aiden, Dad told me to ask if you're awake. We should have breakfast."
"I'm coming, Edna, just wait a moment."
Sending the girl away, Aiden turned back to Miss Cat, reached out his hands, "Come on up, time to eat. Maybe Enzo prepared your favorite dried fish and cat food."
Saying this, Aiden couldn't help laughing again, imagining Bayonetta as a cat, lying on the ground eating dried fish or cat food.
'But… why did it feel kind of horrifying?'
Aiden quickly shook his head, trying to erase that mental image.
As if sensing what Aiden was imagining, Miss Cat suddenly launched another mid-air flying kick toward him...
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