I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 334

Chapter 334: Nuo’er, Every Morning When You Wake Up

 

Once upon a time, there was a glorious kingdom in the sky.

 

This glorious kingdom proclaimed to the world, claiming that they were the one true God.

 

Angels with waving wings sprinkled light and hope in the world, archangels holding the Holy Bible sang in the clouds, only our compatriots crossed that barbaric river.

 

“They will sink more and more on this day until the river overflows.”

 

By the side of a murmuring stream, the sunlight in the sky was so bright that it was hard to open my eyes.

 

Like a naive and innocent dream from childhood, I seemed to see a familiar figure in this sunlight.

 

“Child, who guided you to the banks of the River of the Beyond?

 

“And who… made your soul rejoice?”

 

“Do not be afraid. You are the favorite of the Rainbow Robe and the Red Moon, crossing the River of the Beyond to find your own path.”

 

Confused, I arrived at the river bank.

In the water in front of me, there was a huge killer whale resting.

 

The killer whale told me with its beautiful song that it would carry me across the river.

I jumped onto the back of the killer whale and lay down to keep my balance.

The back of the killer whale was soft and warm, as if it had some kind of fatal allure.

 

“Follow instinct, follow fate.”

 

I reached out my hands and tried to pinch the soft back of the killer whale.

 

Left, right, left.

 

One, two, one, two, one, two…

 

Left and right, left and right…

 

“……”

 

……

 

“Umm…”

 

I didn’t know how long had passed, but when I opened my eyes, I found myself lying on top of something soft.

 

Lowering my head, I saw a familiar face.

 

Yin Xiamo, Miss Grim Reaper.

 

To be precise, one of the clones of Miss Grim Reaper, known as “Momo”, and also the most special clone on Earth, which could be considered her “original form”.

 

The sunlight outside the window slanted in, partly falling on the computer desk and partly on the computer tower themed after me and Xiao Mo, refracting into rainbow streaks, illuminating the bedroom.

 

Based on this sunlight, I could estimate the time to be between 7 and 8 in the morning.

 

And I was lying on Xiao Mo’s belly, with my hands on the rabbit on the front of her pajamas, one on each side.

 

One, two, one, two.

 

What… What am I doing?

 

The instinctive movement of my body made it hard for me to distinguish between dream and reality for a moment.

 

I remembered… On June 16th, Xiao Mo and I went to Chaoyang Square in the Central District, bought a lot of barbecue there according to my memories, and then went to some roadside stalls to buy some “staple foods” like noodles and fried dough sticks. We returned to the rooftop of the hotel with bags full of food.

 

Then, we sat together on the edge of the rooftop, eating dinner and chatting while watching the hustle and bustle of the city below, lit up by colorful lights.

 

I told Xiao Mo about my childhood stories, and Xiao Mo talked about her experiences in the other world.

 

In fact, that evening was mostly Xiao Mo talking, and I listened quietly on the side. After all, compared to Xiao Mo, who was thousands of years old, I, who had only lived for over twenty years, didn’t have much rich life experience and didn’t have any “brilliant deeds” to speak of.

 

It’s like chatting with an orphan who has had to fend for themselves since childhood in a peaceful city with no parents versus chatting with a child who has survived decades of war without parents in a war-torn country. Compared to Xiao Mo, my struggles over the past twenty or so years really weren’t much at all.

 

Most importantly, I was born in a place that was almost free from war, taken care of by people in an orphanage since I was young. Even if I didn’t have money growing up, the country had student loans available, so although it was harder than my peers, I still managed to grow up relatively smoothly. Xiao Mo, on the other hand, had no family since she was young and witnessed one good friend after another leaving. She had also experienced countless near-death situations.

 

In the end, after eating and drinking my fill, Xiao Mo took me to the sky with her super-sized “Mobius Circle” magic. Xiao Mo’s Mobius Circle magic was completely different from mine. She had abundant magical power and was very proficient in controlling this magic, so she could summon a very large ring, with an estimated diameter of over ten meters, and took us up into the sky.

 

Before long, we entered the “making babies” phase that Xiao Mo mentioned. Of course, it wasn’t really about making babies. Xiao Mo said my body was still in the growing stage, and she didn’t have any plans to raise children temporarily.

 

It was just a relatively harmonious way of saying it. Even with the super endurance physique of the elves, I felt extremely tired when we returned home that night. I quickly posted some drafts on the website, took a shower, and went to bed.

 

On the 17th, there wasn’t much activity. We still went to work at the cafe as usual, wearing our dedicated uniforms. Ye Yuqing kept her word and sent the program recorded at the cafe to the news section of the national channel. The noon news that day reported on the “Upcoming Construction of the New District ‘Mianyun District’ in Shenzhen City, Local Entrepreneurs Establishing a New Type of Cat Cafe” incident.

 

I and the people in the café, like Ouyang Xue and Xiao Mo, appeared on the TV news, and soon we received a large number of congratulatory messages. There were teasing text messages from my old friends like Jiang Wei and Pipi, as well as congratulatory messages from some online friends on QQ.

 

?Well done, I saw you guys on TV.?

?Did you see that? This is our group leader, the group leader is on TV, I told you she’s a loli, right??

?This is the group leader? I’m new here, can someone explain what’s going on? Can girls nowadays write male-oriented novels like this??

?Go for it, Nuo’er, I’m waiting for you to become a big boss and hang out at your café for free food and drinks!?

 

You could feel that everyone was sincerely wishing us well. Correspondingly, this wave of publicity from the national level boosted the reputation of the cafe, and a large number of customers and takeout orders followed one after another. I was so busy that I didn’t even have time for a nap.

 

All I remember is that I made dinner for Dolly and Yueyue that night, practiced “Mobius Circle” several times outside on the balcony, and then took a shower and went to bed. It seems like… I had a strange dream at night? Anyway, since I met Xiao Mo, I’ve had almost all sorts of weird dreams, so I didn’t really think much of last night’s dream.

 

But… what’s going on now?

 

“Nu… Nuo’er…”

 

In a daze, I instinctively continued to “step” on Xiao Mo’s chest, one foot on each side, until Xiao Mo under me spoke in a somewhat delicate voice, and I stopped my movements.

 

“Although I know Nuo’er loves me very much, but you… doing this… we might miss breakfast if we continue like this.”

 

Xiao Mo’s face underneath me was much redder than usual, her originally snow-white and delicate cheeks now resembled ripe fruit.

 

“Or… Nuo’er, are you planning to… do it again?”

 

“Eh?”

 

I was dumbfounded. Because for me, this was the first time such a thing had happened.

 

Usually, Xiao Mo wakes up earlier than me in the morning. She doesn’t need rest and sleeping with me is entirely out of respect for my human habits. Every morning, Xiao Mo wakes up at least half an hour earlier, then hands me the pillow from the bed, and goes to the living room to water the plants and feed the turtles, and do some household chores.

 

The first thing I usually see when I wake up is the little succubus pillow in my arms.

 

But now… I was lying on Xiao Mo’s stomach, and I had just…

 

“Sorry!”

 

Realizing this, I quickly propped myself up with my hands, intending to sit up straight. However, my body seemed to have some balance issues I wasn’t aware of. Just as I straightened my waist, my feet slipped suddenly—

 

“Oops!”

 

This caused me to fall directly on top of Xiao Mo—

 

“Pffft.”

 

And then our lips met.

 

I widened my eyes, my mind going blank.

 

“Sorry to interrupt, but I was wondering if we’re having mackerel or salmon for breakfast…”

 

At the same time, there were three knocks on the room door, and Yueyue, wearing only a T-shirt with a fish can pattern, walked in.

 

“Eh?”

 

The next second, seeing me and Xiao Mo in this position on the bed, Yueyue only hesitated for less than a second before swiftly closing the door with a “clack”.

 

“Sorry sorry! I didn’t mean to intrude, you guys continue…”

 

Um…

 

Yueyue’s interruption instantly brought me back to my senses, and I quickly rolled to the side.

 

Then, the sensation of something unfamiliar being pressed behind me made me instinctively turn around.

 

A tail?

 

Under my gaze, beneath the skirt at my back, a black-furred cat tail was swaying from side to side in response to my movements.

 

This, this, this… Is this my tail?!

 

“Ahem, No… Nuo’er, good morning.”

 

Shortly after, Xiao Mo behind me also sat up. “Go… good morning.”

 

“This… this thing!”

 

I pointed to the tail behind me. “What is this?!”

 

Because I had basically gotten used to wearing girls’ clothing, for the past month, I had been sleeping in pajamas.

 

Now I had two sets of pajamas to choose from. The first set was the bunny ear pajamas I found at the bankrupt company of Lu Xinjian. The other set was the one I was currently wearing, cat ear pajamas that Xiao Mo bought online. Both sets of pajamas were similar in style, more like “nightgowns” than pajamas, one-piece, just like dresses, but with softer fabric.

 

Now, this tail that kept swaying was extending from under my skirt, seeming to be somewhat beyond my control, yet it was indeed a part of my body.

 

I didn’t know how to describe my sense of control over the cat tail. It was a bit like when you listen to really rocking music and your foot or head instinctively starts to sway from side to side. You can still control it if you concentrate, but if you’re not paying attention, it just sways freely…

 

“Not just the tail, huh?”

 

My panicked expression made Xiao Mo smirk in a triumph. She got out of bed, fetched a small mirror, and held it up to me. “And ears too.”

 

Ears?

 

Oh right, come to think of it, since waking up, my ears have felt very strange too. I can’t pinpoint exactly what’s wrong, but it feels like the source of sounds has changed, and even the frequencies of sounds I can pick up have changed.

 

My hearing is even more sensitive than elf mode, I can pick up conversations from old grandpas and grandmas at the entrance of the neighborhood hundreds of meters away…

 

“Cat… cat ears?”

 

In the mirror Xiao Mo held up, I saw my current appearance: long black hair cascading down to my hips, somewhat disheveled like silk behind me. At the top of this beautiful mane of hair were two slightly trembling cat ears.

 

At the same time, my ears on the sides of my head were nowhere to be seen.

 

Though because my hair was too long and too abundant, it wasn’t very obvious in the mirror that my ears were missing. But I could clearly sense the situation there – there was no hearing on the sides of my head, only on the top.

 

In addition to this, my two eyes had also changed completely in color: the left one was a grass-green like a natural gemstone, and the right one was a sky blue like the sky itself.

 

Heterochromatic… cat? Me?

 

“Congratulations, Nuo’er, once again you’ve surprised me. You’ve completed the transition to catgirl mode in less than half a month after awakening the elf mode.”

 

Putting away the mirror, Xiao Mo looked satisfied.

 

“It seems the previous runes worked. Magic is truly amazing, always able to bring me various surprises, never making me feel bored for thousands of years.”

 

“Magic?!”

 

I felt like I was being played, “Uh… the ‘cat ear’ rune that was put into the magic circle?”

 

“I don’t know, I’m not a magic apprentice, let alone a great sage specialized in magic research. I only have instinctual intuition about most magic, and besides, there’s no definite interpretation for all magic now. All we know is that the magic rune is related to ‘cat ears’ or ‘animal ears,’ a neutral term that doesn’t participate in magical reactions. We don’t know what kind of effect it will bring.”

 

Xiao Mo shrugged. “I didn’t have high hopes to begin with, who knew it would actually trigger the catgirl genes in you.”

 

“But I remember it had no effect back then!”

 

I was dumbfounded. “And! Weren’t you teaching me a magic called Mobius Circle? Mainly for aerial transportation!”

 

“I don’t know, the Mobius Circle starter spell didn’t originally include the term ‘cat ear,’ but the cat ear rune isn’t an attack rune or a particularly strong type of rune. It’s like ‘skirt’ in drawing. Some request ‘dress,’ and in this case, adding ‘skirt’ doesn’t make much difference because a dress is a type of skirt. In the end, you can still draw a dress.”

 

“So, what you’re saying is…”

 

I looked puzzled. “I’m already in catgirl mode, meow?”

 

“Hmm?”

 

Xiao Mo tilted her head. “Haven’t you noticed your speech pattern has already changed? Cats have a slightly different tongue from humans, so they speak with a certain accent, just like Yueyue.”

 

“By the way, it wasn’t that Yueyue was rude just now, but I was already awake, went out once, and when I returned, both Yueyue and Dolly had just gotten up and were in the bathroom getting ready.”

 

Xiao Mo glanced at the room’s door, “After I finished my tasks in the living room, I told them to wake you up, so Yueyue might have been a little reckless, thinking we were all up.”

 

Those things aren’t important now, the biggest issue is…

 

“How do I change back… How do I become normal again?”

 

I shook my tail behind me, then reached up to touch my cat ears on top of my head. They were fluffy, soft, much like the feeling of touching the ears of the large cats at the cafe.

 

I pinched my ears again. They were slightly cold, lower than my usual body temperature, and very soft, with no bones inside.

 

“You can’t change back?” Xiao Mo was also puzzled. “Well, I wouldn’t know, I’ve never been a catgirl.”

 

“Don’t say such irresponsible things!” I jumped off the bed and ran to the large mirror in the room.

 

I really had become a catgirl…

 

With cute fluffy cat ears, heterochromatic eyes, one green and one blue, plus a tail swaying with my mood.

 

“……”

 

Now I don’t know how I’m going to interact with those cats at the café.

 

“……”

 

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