The Otherworld, Goddess, and Anchor 27

Catching mouse is cat’s job

Translated by: SummerPeanut

Edited by: 書梅

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Japan. In a certain mansion’s room located within the urban region.

A girl thought to be the owner of the mansion was relaxing while watching tv.

“Hey hey Navi. It looks like they are doing some kind of cosplay festival there”

Reacting to her words, the housemate with cat appearance peeked at the tv.

“This seems to be the [halloween] festival. Although it’s not something unique to this country, originally it’s a festival where children wear disguises to receive sweets from others”

“Hmm. Am I not allowed to do the same?”

“Well...although it seems like the people of this country don't really pay attention to their age. I believe Alp-kun and Fudgy-kun age would be barely acceptable. I believe even Simon-kun might not make it either.”

“I see. I think it’ll be interesting if the two of them do the halloween thing though”

“(...that two doing it...)”

---Navi visualizing start----

“T-trick or treat! (Alp with devil costume)”

“If you don’t give us a treat, we’ll play a trick on you! (Fudgy with cat costume)”

“Okay come on!! (by Fiona)”

“Eh? (by Alp)”

“Eh? (by Fudgy)”

“Come, play tricks on me as much as you want! To think there's a festival that legally lets young boys do mischiefs to you, what a wonderful festival! Viva Halloween-sama! I can’t help but get excited thinking what kind of pranks they will do to me! If you don’t come to me, I’ll approach you instead!!”

--Navi visualizing end---

“I see, that’s certainly bad”

“?? What are you talking about?”

The goddess questioned the self-murmuring observer.

“Nothing. I only saw a fairly accurate prediction of the future. Anyway, it’s about time to start the main story”

|■ Fraul Kingdom. Alp’s orchard|

“...mm?”

“Tonic, anything wrong?”

Coming near Alp’s residence, Tonic who was watching over the house with a binocular-like tool informed his partner about the situation and his doubts.

“One of them came out from the house. Is he Fudgy?”

“That’s convenient for us. Let’s wait a little until that guy is a bit further away from the house”

The one who came out was Navi but not knowing that, the two of them erased their presences and tailed him from behind.

---10 minutes later---

Perhaps around 500 metres away from Alp’s house, Navi moved to one of the plots within the orchard. Following behind him was a two-man team of Salt and Tonic.

“Oi, Salt. Well, what now?”

“What about a pincer? Or talk to him and have him come with us quietly?”

“Personally, it will be easier for me to have two of yuu come at me at the same time though”

“Nah, it’s not about easier or not. It’ll be troublesome if he tries to run away”

“Even if you say run away, there’s only that house that he can go from here though”

“Dat would be troublesome. I don’t want to scare Fudgy-kun”

“No, as I said that Fudgy kid there is…?!”

Finally realizing something was wrong at this point, they turned to their back where the voice came from.

“Eh? Eh? Were you not in front of us just now?”

“Yes, I was in front of you? What’s wrong?”

“Not ‘What’s wrong?’! When did you get around us?!”

Contrary to his appearance, they sensed an abnormal presence from him. The two of them leapt to keep some distance away from Navi.

“Aah… It’s, like this, yuu see”

He bent down his body and crawled with the momentum as if he was flying parallel to the ground.

And turned around when he reached Salt’s rear.

“Wha?!”

“T-this guy…?!”

Salt who got his rear taken easily, and Tonic who witnessed such occurrence both let out a surprised voice nearly at the same time.

That was not just about his movement---

His appearance also caused them to be surprised.

The outline of his face was slightly covered by animal-like furs---

Sharp claws adorned his slender fingers, and finally a long tail swayed down from his waist.

“W-why is there a beastman here?!”

“Shit, nobody said that Fudgy kid is actually a beastman!!”

The suspicious two-man team obviously lost their composure and let out a disconcerted scream because of the unexpected situation.

“Mhm, let me tell yuu one thing. I’m not Fudgy, yuu know?”

“”Heh?””

Salt and Tonic made a dumbfounded voice at the same time after hearing Navi’s words.

“Does that mean we mistook the target? But there was no one else that looked like a younger brother...”

“There shouldn’t be anyone else other than that girl”

“Ah...that’s Fudgy-kun.”

While scratching his head, Navi smiled bitterly as he revealed the [girl]’s identity.

“Ha? Ah? Heh?!”

“Did that Mimosa have a sister again?”

“If yuu still have any shred of heart, please don’t bring that topic again. Anyway...I’ll have you come with me quietly”

|■ Fraul Kingdom. Alp’s orchard|

|■ Alp’s house. Dining room|

“E-erm, please have some tea?”

“O, okay”

“T-thanks?”

A while later---

Salt and Tonic, the two of them tied down to chairs, were [seated] in the dining room.

Although their bodies and legs were fixed to the chairs, their arms were freed so that they could at least eat and drink by themselves.

Of course, that was only when they were under the watch of Navi.

“Well then, it is about time you tell us.”

“That’s our line. We thought you were Mimosa’s younger brother but found out a beastman instead and before we could even do anything we got one-sidedly beaten up.”

“Not to mention that the real Fudgy is actually dressed in female attire, just what the heck is going on?”

“As I said, this is a misunderstanding!! It’s all Mimosa-nee’s fault!!”

Towards their doubts, Fudgy immediately raised his voice in protest.

“We are the one doing the questioning here though...are you two from the [outsider] group as expected?”

“...”

As soon as they heard the [outsider] word, they stopped talking.

“It seems like yuur lips are sealed tight? I suppose selling out your client will affect your credibility”

At that moment, the sound of pitter-patter footsteps was coming closer to them.

“Fudgy, are you alright?!”

“It’s alright, Navi is there after all… Ara, customers?”

“---! You guys…!”

Although Mimosa and Fiona both rushed into the room, one of them showed a different expression, perhaps because she knew their faces.

“Mimosa-syan do you know them? These two---”

“...Yeah. They are old acquaintances. But thank you very much. On top of protecting Fudgy, you even caught these guys”

“It’s okay. As I said previously...catching mice is cat’s (my) job after all”

Click☆

-Goddess Fiona's believer count: 1233-

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