I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 354
Chapter 354: Rabbit’s Foot! Rabbit’s Foot!
The gift Yueyue gave me is a small anklet with a cat paw pendant.
The anklet itself has an adjustable design similar to the cat leashes sold in stores, and the material of the cat paw pendant is unknown, but it feels smooth, much like jade.
Xiao Mo called it an anklet, but I am not very knowledgeable about girls’ accessories and couldn’t tell if it was really an anklet or something to be worn around the neck or wrist.
Speaking of which, with this addition, I now have at least three magical items on me.
One is the “cat bell” necklace that Xiao Mo made to protect me. Another is the “angel halo” Gabriel blessed and threw at me, which was supposed to serve as a flashlight but ends up being used by Xiao Mo to tie my hands during certain activity. And then there is this cat paw anklet from Yueyue.
I think this is the first time I’ve worn something on my foot.
“I recognize this, it’s a magical training tool used by some girls in the beast-ear tribe.”
After taking out the household trash, we walked down a quiet tree-lined path outside the residential area. Carrying a large travel bag, Xiao Mo explained, “To be precise, it’s for the cat tribe, used by their adult cats after they transform. Look—”
As she spoke, Xiao Mo infused some magic into the small jade-like cat paw tool, and a series of magical runes immediately appeared.
“Cognitive change, cognitive modification, primal magic… and these two runes, I’m not very sure about.”
While explaining the floating runes, Xiao Mo handed the cat paw back to me. “The last two are rabbit’s foot and archer’s foot.”
“Why would a tool for the cat tribe have a ‘rabbit’s foot’ magical rune?”
As I took the cat paw anklet, the magical patterns disappeared, turning it back into an ordinary-looking anklet.
“In our place, a rabbit’s foot is considered a symbol of good luck, similar to the concept of a ‘lucky dog’ here. In English, isn’t a lucky person called a ‘lucky dog’? It’s a direct translation as ‘lucky dog,’ which is due to cultural differences.”
Xiao Mo smiled, “So ‘rabbit’s foot’ is a literal translation, the correct translation is ‘lucky charm.’ Nuo’er, you can just understand this rune as something that brings good luck.”
“Does it have any specific effects?” I asked, even more curious.
“What do cognitive changes, primal magic, and lucky charm mean? What will happen if I wear it?”
Xiao Mo showed an expression similar to Yueyue’s earlier.
“Do you want to try it?”
I chickened out instantly, “My intuition tells me not to.”
“It’s not a bad item at all. Yueyue gave it to you, not me, and I didn’t encourage her to do it,” Xiao Mo said, looking at me as if I were a frightened kitten.
“Nuo’er, haven’t you found a way to switch forms yet?”
“Not at all!”
I got annoyed just thinking about it and puffed out my cheeks.
“You have the nerve to ask! Wasn’t it you who messed around when teaching me magic…?”
“I didn’t know it would turn out like this. I thought you could temporarily transform into a cat girl,” Xiao Mo said, looking thoughtful.
“How about… I teach you the magic runes for ‘succubus,’ and you can try those?”
“Go away…”
“Don’t reject it so quickly. Think about it, if it works, transforming into a succubus would switch you out of cat form, right?”
“Yin Xiamo! Just because I haven’t lived as long as you doesn’t mean I’m dumb or stupid! Between a cat girl and a succubus, I’d rather stay as a cat girl!”
“Oh… so you’re not dumb?”
“Do you think I’m dumb?!”
“……”
Xiao Mo and I walked a short distance along the path outside Starry Garden Community, passed through the small vegetable garden at the back, and looked at Starlight Elementary School, where only the dormitory lights were still on. We arrived at an open space not far from the school.
This place could be considered a “small garden” outside Starlight Elementary, and it’s a usual “activity haven” for the children. Kids are naturally curious about everything and need a lot of knowledge imparted to them.
Starlight Elementary is a private school, with most of its area taken up by teaching buildings and dormitories, along with playgrounds, basketball courts, ping pong courts, and badminton courts, leaving no space for planting trees or flowers. But such things are essential for children.
I only learned this from chatting with Li Denghua and Zhou Xiaofei. Nowadays, many elementary schools completely neglect quality education and extracurricular activities.
Physical Education and music classes are often taken over by Chinese, math, and English classes, and even non-core subject books are disregarded.
However, Starlight Elementary places a high value on quality education. They not only have PE, computer, and music classes, but the school also frequently organizes various outdoor activities.
For example, they take students to this garden outside the school, teach them how to plant trees, flowers, and vegetables. When the vegetables they plant grow, they bring them back, and the activity teachers lead them in learning how to light a fire, cook the vegetables, and finally eat what they’ve grown and cooked themselves. This is very beneficial for children’s development.
Besides these, they have outdoor biology classes, such as observing woodlice or catching mole crickets. The kids observe their activities and write reports.
The aim is to enrich the children’s extracurricular knowledge as much as possible, and these activities take place in the garden outside the school.
Now it’s past ten, almost eleven at night, so there won’t be anyone around. Xiao Mo and I decided to take off from this small garden.
“Nuo’er, do you want to start it, or should I?”
Under the bright moonlight, Xiao Mo, carrying a huge travel bag, looked at me with a meaningful gaze.
“I… of course, you start it,” I stammered.
I knew she was talking about the “Mobius” spell.
“My magic isn’t strong enough to travel that far.”
Why did this feel like a husband and wife discussing who should drive on a long trip?
“If I start it, then Nuo’er, you’ll have to help massage my shoulders and take care of the luggage, okay?”
Xiao Mo teased, “Or, to keep me from getting too tired, you could do something fun together with me up there?”
“Go, go, start it already,” I gave her a look. “Summoning a magic circle doesn’t even take up 1% of your brain capacity!”
The Mobius Circle spell not only consumes magic but also requires intense concentration. It’s like driving on the highway, most people can’t do other things while driving because it could cause an accident. I can barely control the magic circle and have a normal conversation at the same time, but adding anything more would overload my brain.
But I believe this kind of thing is a piece of cake for Xiao Mo.
“Ah… I was hoping to trick you, Nuo’er.”
Seeing that I didn’t fall for it, Xiao Mo shook her head regretfully.
“Then I’ll do it… Mobius Circle, rise!”
As soon as Xiao Mo finished speaking, a huge purple magic circle with a diameter of over three meters appeared on the ground in front of us within a second. It lifted the large travel bag into the air, suspending it about thirty to forty centimeters above the ground.
What a fast summoning speed!
I watched with a bit of envy at Xiao Mo’s instant spellcasting. Damn, it still takes me at least five seconds of chanting for the magic circle to form slowly, and a full ten seconds before it’s stable enough to sit on.
It felt like my computer’s graphics card was a GTX 580, while Xiao Mo’s was a RTX 4090. To generate the same spell, I needed over ten seconds, but Xiao Mo could cast it instantly because that’s how fast she was.
“Adding rune elements: ‘princess,’ ‘double bed,’ ‘extreme colors,’ ‘pillow’…” Under my gaze, the girl beside me added several magical runes. The originally dazzling magic circle quickly transformed into a large bed resembling purple crystal.
It felt like one of those grand beds from a princess’s castle in fairy tales, semi-transparent and sparkling.
“So, it really can be done this way,” Xiao Mo said, satisfied as the magic circle transformed into a crystal bed according to her idea. She then added one last rune, “Screen!”
A semi-transparent protective shield rose around the bed.
“Now we won’t be bothered by the wind while we fly,” Xiao Mo said, taking my hand.
“My princess, come.”
With a bunny backpack full of my luggage and clothes, I instinctively followed Xiao Mo onto the bed.
“Can magic really achieve this level of sophistication?”
“Of course,” Xiao Mo replied.
“Nuo’er, did you forget how you mastered the surfing magic just now? Magic runes are incredibly versatile and interconnected. With enough talent, many people can adapt and create their own unique magic.”
Xiao Momotioned for me to sit on the bed. “Come, let me help you put on that rabbit’s foot.”
“Are you sure nothing strange will happen?”
I still felt a bit uneasy. “Sometimes, Yueyue can be a troublemaker just like you.”
“That’s how cat people are, but you can really trust this time. This item is harmless.”
After I sat down, Xiao Mo took my right foot and helped me take off my shoe.
“Maybe… I should do it myself?”
Considering it might be inconvenient outside, I didn’t wear long socks this time. I was wearing comfortable flats with lace socks, which Xiao Mo easily took off.
“Nuo’er’s little feet, hehe…”
Holding my foot in both hands, Xiao Mo gently stroked the top of my foot.
“The skin of the elves is really amazing—so soft, white, and tender. It’s like an artwork that fits in one hand…”
Her words made my face flush, and the sensitive feeling in my feet caused me to let out a soft moan, “Hmm… This body is your creation.”
“I only provided the seed, the growth is all thanks to you, Nuo’er.”
Xiao Mo took the “rabbit’s foot” and said, “I can probably guess what its effect is.”
Instinctively, I asked, “What is it?”
“It’s a tool related to cognitive changes. I obtained a few of these over a thousand years ago.”
Xiao Mo gently opened the ring of the rabbit’s foot and slipped it onto my ankle.
Suddenly, the small gemstone with the cat paw pattern glowed faintly, and a warm stream surged from this foot to my entire body. I instinctively arched my foot.
“That’s it,” Xiao Mo said, nodding as she observed my reaction.
“In actual cats, those pads are equivalent to human toes. Compared to humans, cats are actually walking on tiptoes. This tool should alter the perception of the feet…”
Xiao Mo stood up on the crystal magic bed. “Nuo’er, stand up and try.”
I stood up, completely unaware of anything unusual. “Is there a problem?”
“Look at your feet.”
“My feet?”
I looked down and realized that I was standing on tiptoe, as if wearing invisible high heels. And this movement didn’t make me feel uncomfortable at all.
“That’s the effect. It makes the wearer walk like a cat, reducing the sound,” Xiao Mo explained with a doting expression.
“There, Nuo’er, you’re now over 1.4 meters tall. Congratulations.”
“……”
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