I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 477
Chapter 477: Please Don’t Hit Me
I’m sneaking around like a cat.
I’m perched high in the tall tree, looking down at the three girls below, thinking about whether I should go down and say hello, or how I should greet them.
Sneaking around like a cat.
Speaking of which, how do people in this other world greet each other? Should I just jump down and say… Meow, hello, do you need any help? Or… Hello, I like you, I mean no harm.
And…
These three human girls seem a bit tense. If I suddenly appear, will they instinctively draw their weapons and attack?
It seems… that’s possible, right? After all, the girl named Luni is already injured, and she must be feeling awful right now. The night is so dark, and the area is full of wild animals. Her companions are definitely on edge. If I jump down now, I might really get slashed.
—Although I don’t know if they have knives or what their weapons are.
Sneaking around like a cat…
I climbed down two more branches, feeling like I’m now less than 20 meters away from these three girls. If they look up, they should be able to see me above them.
The three girls were all dressed in the classic traveler or adventurer outfits you often see in RPG games or anime from other worlds—lots of pockets, sturdy and durable, with a large adventure backpack slung over their shoulders.
In fact, adventurers like them are the real “adventurers.” At most, I’m just out here on a camping trip.
“Meow…”
From the treetop, I tried calling out to the girls.
“There’s a cat above us?”
“Forget the cat, how’s your injury? Take off your shoe and let me see.”
“But Ewen, you don’t know any healing magic, right?”
“I brought some hemostatic herbs. Let’s see if they work. The main concern now is the poison from the big-mouth frog. I hope Luni can pull through.”
I don’t know if it’s because cats in this world are considered low-risk, or if my meow was too soft, but even though I was less than 20 meters away from the girls, they didn’t even look up in my direction.
No wonder you got bitten by a big-mouth frog…
I quietly muttered to myself.
The reason I chose to speak from the tree was that I wanted to get their attention first, then talk to them, to avoid startling them. After all, at this distance, even if they looked up and saw me, if they did try to attack, I’d have plenty of time to dodge and avoid any trouble.
Then… should I try again?
“Meow…”
“Meow!”
I called out once more to the girls below the tree.
“Such a cute meow…”
This time, the girl who seemed to be named “Ewen” looked up, and our eyes met—
“Huh?”
Ewen’s eyes widened. “A c-c-catgirl?”
Probably because I was sitting down with my tail swaying back and forth, and not wearing a hat, my signature cat ears were visible. With the help of the moonlight above, the people below immediately recognized me as a “catgirl.”
“A catgirl? What catgirl?”
The girl beside her also looked up in my direction, then showed the same expression as Ewen. “Wow! Such a cute catgirl! Luni, Luni! Look, don’t fall asleep, look at the catgirl!”
“Uh…”
The girl called Luni struggled to lift her head. “A catgirl?”
“Meow.”
I tried to play the role of a ‘catgirl’. “Do you need some help?”
“Wow!”
“Ah!”
My words in “human language” instantly shocked the girls below the tree. They exchanged glances with each other.
“The catgirl… can speak human language?”
“I thought catgirls could only speak the Beast-Eared Tribe’s language?”
“Is this a catgirl who learned human language? Or did we hear it wrong?”
It seemed they were very surprised that I could speak human language.
That’s understandable. Unless they are some very special beings, like Nita, a human-lizard hybrid who frequently interacts with human society with her father, most races only speak their own language. Some races even have multiple versions of their own language, just like how human languages have different regional dialects and sentence structures.
Speaking of which, I haven’t been studying the human language of Grandis for very long. I’ve memorized the “vocabulary,” but I’m not exactly fluent. However, simple communication is definitely not a problem.
The human language of Grandis feels much simpler to me, even easier than english—basically, you can learn it quickly.
“You seem to need help.”
Seeing that the girls were focused on the fact that this catgirl (me) could speak human language, and noticing that the girl named “Luni” had already fallen into a poisoned state from her foot injury, I jumped down to a lower branch.
“If you need help, I can assist.”
“Can the Beast-Eared Tribe cure poison?”
Hearing my offer, the girl who seemed to be “Ewen” stopped focusing on whether I could speak human language and quickly lifted Luni’s left foot. “My friend was bitten by a big-mouth frog, and it’s not looking good.”
“Yes… I understand.”
I jumped down to another branch and observed the girl’s left leg. “Using a purification spell should remove the poison.”
“But purification spells are usually a skill of water mages.”
Ewen was a bit curious. “Isn’t it typical for catfolk to train in combat techniques or fire magic?”
Ewen’s words reminded me of “Yueyue” from the cafe. Hmm… she does know fire magic.
“I’m actually a water mage.”
I extended one hand and summoned a small water orb in the air. “I can help heal her, but… you mustn’t hit me.”
I originally wanted to say, “I’m afraid you might hurt me,” but since my human language skills are still a bit clumsy, it came out sounding a bit off, like “You mustn’t hit me.” In the context of human language, this phrase usually has the connotation of a small, frightened pet pleading with its new owner, “Please don’t hit me.”
So even though I was offering to help, saying “Please don’t hit me” in this situation felt rather strange.
“We won’t hit you!”
Sure enough, my words made Ewen instinctively respond, “If you can heal Luni, we’ll be the best of friends. Whatever you need, if we can help, we will—I swear!”
“Alright, thank you for understanding.”
I nodded and jumped down from the tree.
“Now, please step back a little. I’ll need to check her wound.”
“……”
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