Chapter 36 – How Cats Get Eaten – Part 1

“Nyan?”

In the end, the conversation ended up being just the two of us in the drawing room. Cheshire tilted his head, as if he couldn’t understand the intent of my question.

“Answer me.”

When I urged her, she rather asked me back.

“I guess I just heard right… ?”

I nodded, and Cheshire’s face turned red like an apple.

Because the question I asked her was none other than ‘Does she have a lover?’.

When Cheshire couldn’t answer and was embarrassed, I added a few words.

“If you have a lover, try to raise her pay. If there is someone you want to be responsible for, you should definitely help. You are also an official of El Balom.”

It is not a lie when the executives say that if they find someone precious to them, they will help that person both materially and mentally.

However, my intention in asking this question now was a little different.

‘I have to go to bed to get the unique ability stealth.’

However, I also had no intention of seeing the executives as mere tools. Why? Because that’s what Elfriede does.

I predict that she won’t have a lover due to her personality of betraying anything, but there are quite a few exceptions in the world.

So, if Cheshire has a lover of her own, she plans to never have sex with her.
I was thinking of making

Anyway, that’s what I thought. Cheshire didn’t answer and scratched her cheek, avoiding her gaze.

“You were there too?”

“That… No way… I’ve never had a boyfriend before… “

“Have you never had one before?”

“Nyan… “

Cheshire nodded her head.

“Because I betrayed this and that, I couldn’t create a spirit… Anyway, so… “

“Then there is a man who has a crush on you.”

“Hmm, I guess I betrayed those feelings too… In fact, because I’m so good that I don’t have to go into a relationship… “

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“…I’m sorry.”

Silence fell for a moment.

Cheshire added her words with a slightly intimidated face, as if she was embarrassed even thinking about it herself.

“Sah, actually, there were times when I thought I wanted to be in a relationship too, but it didn’t work out… What happened like that Looking back now, I’ve never had a crush on anyone in my life, and I’ve never been in a relationship.”

“Then are you a virgin?”

“Nyan?”

Asking directly is a little funny, but it was the most important part.

Looking back at her physical relationship with Elise, it seemed that her stigma would properly absorb her abilities only if the other person was her virgin.

In the first place, it is better to solve the question then and then.

“Virgin… Nya, nya right, right I’m a virgin… “

“Right. Go do your thing.”

Cheshire replied, scratching his cheek.

“I… But why did you ask these things… ?”

“I’m going to go do something.”

“Nya, Nyan.”

Invite them out of the blue. Do you have a boyfriend, someone you like, or a virgin? Cheshire must have been embarrassed to ask such things.

But she said, ‘I’m going to fuck you,’ and she couldn’t say it straight away. I beckoned him to leave.

“Would you like to go?”

Still not understanding, Cheshire looked back at me with her hand on her doorknob.

“Okay.”

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After Cheshire left the drawing room, I too tried to rob the place and leave.

Suddenly, someone else came into the parlor and sat across from me.

With impressive mint-colored hair, she is codenamed Sea Turtle. Tyr was in charge of El Balom’s construction.

“Why?”

But Tyr just stared blankly at me. Frustrated, I asked one more time.

“You ask why? If you ask me one more time, it’s turtle soup for dinner tonight.”

“Captain. Are you going to sleep with Cheshire? To gain the stealth ability. If you think about it roughly, it seems that sleeping together absorbs your own abilities.”

“You are quick-witted. Well, it wasn’t hard to guess. Anyway, why is that?”

“I just want to be confirmed. It’s because I’m worried that I might end up wearing armor.”

Her eyes were all on my stigmatized forearm.

He seemed anxious that I might say, “Let’s have one of the officers wear armor, too,” Without acquiring the stealth ability.

“I think so, but it’s not easy.”

“Oh shit… What else is not easy! Are you crazy?”

Her Tyr twirled her index finger against the side of her own head as if she was mad.

“Among the items brought from the Duchess of Cherno’s house, there are also sardines. If you use that, the beastmen just go into heat and go wild. Can I use that?”

“I don’t like it because it looks like a drug crime. Not easy.”

“Cheshire might want to. He must have sexual desire, but he too.”

“I don’t know.”

“If it were me, I would just give it to you. Are my skills needed for the organization? I’d give it to you if it were me. Yes?”

Since the main race of this world is human, sagebrush is not classified as a drug.

And when I thought about it, the sea turtle became cheeky again.

“And you told me to change that attitude.”

“Sorry. But since I always do construction work, I have no social skills.”

“So what.”

“Sorry.”

I was bored and slapped Alice’s butt, but it must have been a very bad habit.

Since educating executives is as important as educating children, I decided to pursue Tyr a little more.

“Tyr.”

“Yes.”

“What did you do wrong?”

“I spoke in a slightly cheeky tone. The captain probably has his own worries too, so I just spoke my thoughts arrogantly.”

“No more?”

“I smoked. I’m sorry I didn’t smell it and came to you.”

“Also.”

“Are there any more?”

I picked up the ermethylene hammer I had left on the drawing room table. Then Tyr’s eyes widened.

“I do not know. Sorry. If you let me know, I’ll fix it right away.”

“If I don’t know, will my life in El Balom end?”

“No. Sorry.”

“Sorry, it’s not the problem, why don’t you know?”

“…”

Tyr eagerly rolled her eyes, but couldn’t move her lips. In fact, I don’t know what Tyr did wrong besides what he said.

“Are you rolling your eyes while I’m talking?”

“Sorry.”

“What are you looking at? The captain says.”

“Sorry.”

“Let’s stop saying sorry. Now, Tyr doesn’t seem to have done anything wrong anymore, right?”

“I think, but… “

“Okay. Then I’m a crazy bastard who longs for an executive who has done nothing wrong. That’s it.”

“Sorry. I’m really sorry. I will act politely in the future.”

Tyr lowered his head until his forehead touched the drawing room table. It was only then that I had the heart to let Tyr go.

“Okay. Then report it now.”

“What?”

“Which buildings were designed, which ones were completed, and how much it costs to build each one now. Break down the cost and report it there. What did the workers pack for snacks, where did they sleep, how much time did they take for a day’s rest? Report all that.”

“…”

“Write it in the form of a report. Until tonight.”

“Sometimes I want to retire from the El Balom executive.”

“Ellis said the same thing.”

“How did it go?”

“I was told there was no severance pay, only execution.”

Tyr left the room with a depressed expression.

– If you’re like me, I think you’ll just give it to me. Are my skills needed for the organization? I’d give it to you if it were me. Yes?

It was a little later that Tyr would come to regret those words.

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Meal time.

As if he had become a skull bar, Tyr held up his fork. He had a bunch of reports piled up beside him.

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.

‘…I’m an academy dropout, can you read the report?’

“No, no.”

She immediately erased the thought from her head. She said it because it really looked like her head would be smashed if she got caught.

No taste of rice I should ask the chef for more soup.

As Tyr moved to her kitchen, her eyes caught the attention of the chef.

“Who is preparing the meal?”

“Ah, Cheshire’s meal.”

The welfare of El Balom is pretty good. She was serving individual meals tailored to each officer’s taste.

Florian, who came up with such an idea, is competent, but the chef who turns it into reality is also competent.

“Okay. It’s a lot of trouble.”

She was about to leave the table without thinking.

‘Hmm…’

She took out a sprig of black pepper from her pocket and started frantically pouring it onto Cheshire’s plate.

– Not easy.

Florian said so, but in fact, it was because using the incense was too easy for Tyr.

‘This is all for the sake of the organization.’

And there was such an expectation that if Florian and Cheshire go to bed, they might be able to slow down the time a bit.

As I looked at her, the moment I put the peppercorns in her pocket again… Cheshire, who had come to pick up the tray, made eye contact with them.

“What?”

“…!”

Hmmmm, Tyr cleared his throat.

“Ah, I got confused about the food tray.”

“Are you stupid? It’s like I can’t do anything except build.”

After saying that, Cheshire swept away his plate. It was wagging its tail on his hip.