Morning.
Kiyono Inori woke up feeling thirsty and groggy. She reached out from under the covers to grab the thermos by her bedside, only to touch something soft and fluffy.
Half-asleep, she stroked it a few times.
The texture was even softer and fluffier than yesterday. When she poked it with her fingertip, the cat felt noticeably chubbier.
She opened her eyes.
Sure enough, sleeping beside her face was not Elysia Cat, but the Stelleron Cat she had just pulled yesterday. This big, dumb gray cat was hugging her thermos and purring away.
The pink pig-cat was business as usual, spawning in her bed, a fluffy ball curled up by Kiyono's calves.
"Ah… you two idiots."
Kiyono Inori felt a headache coming on.
She had clearly prepared two cat beds last night using cardboard boxes and soft bedding. Yet both cats still spawned on her bed.
Hey. Do not actually treat yourselves like cats.
Turning into cats was just a result of the system's insufficient processing power.
It was fine while they looked like cats. But once processing power improved and their appearances turned into beautiful girls, this scene would instantly become a very unwholesome music festival.
Sleeping cats would return to their original world.
Just as Kiyono Inori was about to put the two cats back into their beds, system subtitles appeared before her eyes.
Limited-Time Mission Completed.
Stelleron Cat and Elysia Cat successfully stopped the ambitions of the magical pets. The beautiful girl caretaker did not become a magical girl. Stelleron Cat and Elysia Cat successfully saved the world. Congratulations.
"Huh?"
She had no idea how becoming a magical girl was related to saving the world, but a completed mission meant cat biscuits. She read on eagerly.
Reward: Cat Biscuits plus 800.
Due to Stelleron Cat and Elysia Cat's excellent performance, additional rewards have been granted. Settlement process follows.
Stelleron Cat attacked a trash can.
Elysia Cat attacked the beautiful girl caretaker.
Stelleron Cat attacked a trash can.
Elysia Cat attacked the beautiful girl caretaker.
Repeated for three pages.
Kiyono Inori stared blankly.
She could ignore Stelleron Cat attacking trash cans, but what was Elysia Cat attacking the beautiful girl caretaker for three whole pages? Dear Elysia, you did not attack me all night while I was asleep, did you?
Stelleron Cat, exhausted from attacking trash cans all night, recalled the caretaker's instructions and drowsily returned to the hospital base.
Elysia Cat, startled while attacking the caretaker, burrowed into the caretaker's blanket.
Stelleron Cat attacked the beautiful girl caretaker.
Elysia Cat attacked the beautiful girl caretaker.
Repeated for three pages.
What. Even. Is. This.
What were these two cats even doing? Stelle, did you wash your paws? Do not attack your caretaker with paws that just attacked trash cans. Kiyono Inori felt like her face had gotten dirty.
And there was no mention of magical girls or magical pets at all. What exactly had they saved or stopped? They had just been attacking the caretaker.
Two horny cats.
She flipped pages quickly, skipping the endless caretaker attack logs, thinking hard.
She could not let these two cats run wild.
Turning into cats was due to limited system power. They already dared to attack her now. Once the system upgraded and they gained the ability to turn into beautiful girls, she did not even dare imagine it.
Magical Pet Perla and Magical Pet Ruir have entered the hospital to turn the beautiful girl caretaker into a magical girl.
Oh. So it was coming.
In theory, cats saving their caretaker was a touching story. But after reading seven or eight pages of cats attacking her, she felt nothing but irritation.
Seriously.
After spending all night pawing at their caretaker, it was only natural to save her if danger appeared.
Time to show your true power. Elysia Cat, Stelle Cat, turn those magical pets into cat biscuits. Reading the system log felt like playing Pokemon.
The result—
Magical Pet Ruir used transformation and shoved the Gang Trash Can. The Gang Trash Can and his underlings became enraged.
Transformed Magical Pet Ruir was defeated. The scene descended into chaos. The Gang Trash Can used Trash Can Pyramid. Magical Pet Ruir was killed. Cat Biscuits plus 400.
In the chaos, Magical Pet Perla attempted to escape. The Pure Beauty Trash Can noticed.
The Pure Beauty Trash Can preached to Magical Pet Perla. Perla lied. The Pure Beauty Trash Can judged it ugly and invited it to prove Pure Beauty in a duel.
The Pure Beauty Trash Can used a normal attack.
Magical Pet Perla was killed. Cat Biscuits plus 400.
The senior and junior trash cans continued reminiscing about the glorious deeds of Jin Lajitzde and Tatalov, enthusiastically discussing their careers as trash cans.
Kiyono Inori stared.
She read too fast. By the time she realized what she had read, it was already too late.
What. Is. This.
So those two cats really only attacked their caretaker. Saving her had been outsourced to trash cans.
Trash cans.
She immediately thought of the skill book she got with Stelle, The Memoirs of Jianlakitsde. No matter how supernatural the world was, trash cans should not exist as extraordinary beings.
The Pure Beauty Trash Can was not even pretending anymore.
…
The Memoirs of Jin Lajitzde.
Path Chart: Trailblaze and Elation.
The user gains the foundational skill set Under One Bucket. By interacting with trash cans, they may descend the heroes of the Memoirs of Jin Lajitzde into the real world.
Only those who firmly believe that trash can heroes truly exist can equip this strange item. Fewer than those who believe in light itself. Perhaps only souls as pure as infants less than a month old can use it.
…
As expected.
The skill book text had changed. She did not know how strong trash can heroes were, but judging by last night, they utterly crushed the magical pets.
Well… no one suited using it better than Stelle.
There was a saying in Shenzhou: better to destroy ten temples than to ruin one marriage. It had nothing to do with marriage here, but Stelle's bond with trash cans probably should not be severed lightly.
Kids having their own hobbies was normal. The caretaker mindset had fully kicked in.
That was, until she saw the black trash bags.
The makeshift cat bed she had built with cardboard and soft bedding was filled with black trash bags from who knew where.
Trash.
Upon use, immediately causes a single designated target to lose HP equal to 15 percent of their maximum HP.
A souvenir brought back by Stelleron Cat from its adventure. The gift may be humble, but the sentiment is sincere. Please treasure it, meow.
Kiyono Inori was furious.
Stelle baby.
I really need to control you.
Losing 15 percent max HP sounded strong, sure. But only if the target actually ate it. No enemy was dumb enough to eat trash. Completely useless.
Even though the trash Stelle brought back did not emit any bad smells, having this stuff in her room made it look like the Kiyono family's young lady collected garbage.
Without a shred of hesitation, Kiyono Inori destroyed Stelle's collected trash using fairy magic.
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