I Became a Cat That Sleeps with an Obsessive Tyrant Every Night - Chapter 30

The long, curly silver hair that hung down on the floor had clearly originated from me.

 

 

 

I slowly traced my gaze up through it, starting at the ends.

 

 

 

I saw a hand touching on it.

 

 

 

Do I have fingers……?

 

 

 

Since I hadn’t seen it for a long time, it didn’t feel like it was mine at all.

 

 

 

I moved my fingers carefully.

 

 

 

Ah, they moved.

 

 

 

And I had arms, and…….

 

 

 

I tapped them slowly and focused on my toes and ankles.

 

 

 

My legs felt much longer than they were when I was a cat.

 

 

 

“This…… this…… how…… this…….”

 

 

 

Sanua muttered, jumping up and down with a dumbfounded look on his face.

 

 

 

Somehow, I ended up lying on top of him, straddling.

 

 

 

I looked up and saw Sanua’s golden eyes flinch.

 

 

 

“……aahhhhh!”

 

 

 

Sanua screamed like he’d seen a ghost, and just as he moved away from me, I felt a hand pulling me up.

 

 

 

“Get up.”

 

 

 

Killian’s large hands gripped my shoulders, pulling me closer to him.

 

 

 

When he got up, the chemise that had risen up to his knees fell gently like a stream of water pouring down the top of his feet.

 

 

 

‘Put them on, in case you fall asleep in the carriage.’

 

 

 

If I hadn’t listened to Killian, I would have been naked in front of every man here.

 

 

 

I looked down at my soft, full chemise and breathed a sigh of relief.

 

 

 

Soon I felt the rough rise and fall of his chest against the back of my head.

 

 

 

I slowly lifted my head and looked up at him, rolling the back of my head against his chest.

 

 

 

I felt a strange thing.

 

 

 

It’s definitely a face I see every day.

 

 

 

My heart started beating strangely as if I had never seen him before.

 

 

 

“…….”

 

 

 

Killian’s eyelids drooped as he looked down at me.

 

 

 

I was concerned that he could be upset about my somewhat forceful assistance in getting him up, and his gaze appeared intense and determined.

 

 

 

But it was gone as quickly as it had come.

 

 

 

I looked up at him and couldn’t stop the smile from tugging at the corners of my mouth.

 

 

 

It’s not that I hadn’t fantasized about seeing him as a human being, but I hadn’t expected it to be real.

 

 

 

When I was told that I would become human when I slept, I had hopes that I would soon become human, and when time passed and I met Irina, I had another dream that I would soon become a human.

 

 

 

But as time went on, I began to realize that that day would not come as soon as I thought.

 

 

 

So let’s stop creating more frustration.

 

 

 

Then, at an unexpected moment, it was amazing to see Killian standing tall on his own two legs, instead of seeing him stand from the palm of his hand.

 

 

 

I couldn’t believe I was looking at his face this close right now.

 

 

 

I raised my hand like I was being mesmerized, my index finger brushing against his face.

 

 

 

“……!”

 

 

 

He froze like a statue, but I didn’t stop.

 

 

 

The feel of his skin tingled around my fingertips.

 

 

 

It was real, but it didn’t seem real at all, so I gathered a little more courage and covered his face with one hand.

 

 

 

Killian’s red eyes, which were watching me without taking his eyes off me, seemed to go deeper than my thoughts.

 

 

 

“She’s a human…….”

 

 

 

Sanua stuttered and pointed at me.

 

 

 

Ugh. This is not the time!

 

 

 

I quickly pulled my hand away from Killian’s face.

 

 

 

But his hand was faster, instinctively grabbing my wrist.

 

 

 

“Why.”

 

 

 

“Huh……?”

 

 

 

An unfamiliar voice came out of my mouth as Killian asked why I was taking my hand away.

 

 

 

But a quick glance at his face showed that he was just as flustered.

 

 

 

As I stood there with him holding my wrist, it was as if he was hugging my back and looking down at me.

 

 

 

“I-It’s a human cat!”

 

 

 

Sanua shouted urgently, but no one answered.

 

 

 

“Look, the cat became a person!”

 

 

 

Sanua’s voice echoed in my head as Killian slowly released his grip on my wrist.

 

 

 

“How is this even possible, why are you all still, why?!”

 

 

 

Sanua was tearing out her head and asking if there was something wrong with his eyes.

 

 

 

Ah! Baron and Harrid!

 

 

 

I remembered the two people I had forgotten about and stretch my head to the side and saw them hidden behind Killian’s body.

 

 

 

Harrid, who was sitting with a bewildered expression, made eye contact with me, his eyes widened and he leaned back against his chair.

 

 

 

“Uh……um.”

 

 

 

Harrid wanted to say something to me, but in an unexpected moment he saw me turn into a human, so perhaps his thinking circuit was broken, and he could only make exaggerated hand gestures and couldn’t continue speaking.

 

 

 

Sitting next to me, Baron glances at me with a faint smile.

 

 

 

“You look a lot like Irina, but I can definitely see the differences.”

 

 

 

I smiled awkwardly, unable to see my own reflection at the moment.

 

 

 

“You are indeed the future of the empire.”

 

 

 

“What? Oh, no!”

 

 

 

I shook my head in denial, embarrassed by Baron’s boldness in addressing me with such respect, but he didn’t seem to take it back.

 

 

 

“It’s not a thing or a drug. I have no idea how she figured it out so quickly.”

 

 

 

Harrid raised both eyebrows, puzzled by Baron’s words.

 

 

 

“Even after hundreds of years, there’s nothing that can’t be stolen or destroyed at will……. is a human being.”

 

 

 

Listening to his father’s explanation, Harrid took a deep breath as if he finally understood, then turned to Sanua.

 

 

 

“So Priest Nelas has placed the answer in distant blood.”

 

 

 

Sanua paused, realizing with a start that everything Baron was saying was about him, and he stood upright.

 

 

 

“I’m the answer?”

 

 

 

Sanua crumpled his tattered clothes in confusion as he finally realized his worth, something no one had ever taught him.

 

 

 

He stood for a moment looking down at the floor, then suddenly looked up at me.

 

 

 

“So you became a human because of me?”

 

 

 

Sanua asked, pointing his finger at me.

 

 

 

“Avoid pointing fingers.”

 

 

 

As Killian spoke as if to call attention, Sanua, who was shocked, carefully looked at her index finger, then gently spread her palm and pointed at me like a guide.

 

 

 

“Like this?”

 

 

 

It didn’t look any better.

 

 

 

“So you’re saying I’m the reason you became human?”

 

 

 

Still, he seemed to be a quick study.

 

 

 

“Yes.”

 

 

 

Sanua looked at me and I nodded.

 

 

 

Then Sanua took a step toward me.

 

 

 

Killian immediately pulled me closer to him.

 

 

 

Sanua’s eyes flashed like the midday sun, and without closing the distance any further, he asked me.

 

 

 

“I guess you’re going to have to pay me a lot of money then, huh?”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“What, my……?”

 

 

 

Harrid, the one who might have taken Sanua into another room for a moment, pointed to himself and frowned.

 

 

 

“Then who does.”

 

 

 

Killian asked, setting down his teacup.

 

 

 

Killian and Baron were about to take Sanua, the only descendant of Fabian Nelas, with them.

 

 

 

As they knew that the descendants specified in the book that Fabian Nelas left behind so desperately could not be used as a one-time thing.

 

 

 

But that was the problem, as the person involved strongly resisted and said no.

 

 

 

‘No! Why would I go with you guys? I like living alone like this.’

 

 

 

In the end, they decided to stick with Sanua, offering to give him more money for every hour that passed.

 

 

 

In that time, Baron and Killian discussed and planned to come up with a way to persuade Sanua.

 

 

 

Sanua picked up a handful of cookies and stuffed them in his pocket and said, ‘Okay then.’

 

 

 

“Then take him out.”

 

 

 

Baron said to Harrid, and Harrid hesitantly stood up from his seat.

 

 

 

He looked at his father anxiously until the door closed behind him, but Baron didn’t interrupt him, instead staring at the wall.

 

 

 

The sight of Harrid, a nobleman dressed to the nines at this late hour, and Sanua, dressed in an old, unseasonable tunic, was enough to make them look like two different people.

 

 

 

A thud.

 

 

 

The door slammed shut behind them.

 

 

 

“Why did it have to be his nose?”

 

 

 

Killian said as he sipped his tea, his gaze fixed on me over his teacup.

 

 

 

Killian’s out-of-the-blue question made me and Baron look at him.

 

 

 

Although his eyes clearly seemed indifferent, I felt nervous somehow.

 

 

 

“Nose……?”

 

 

 

“You could have scratched his face or trampled him.”

 

 

 

Ah! You mean the time I bit Sanua’s nose.

 

 

 

I paused to explain, understanding in hindsight.

 

 

 

But isn’t it too much to scratch or trample on his face?

 

 

 

“Just at the time. It was the only thing that caught my eye…….”

 

 

 

I was about to answer him when I realized that I’d added an honorific to the end of my sentence.

 

 

 

Killian suddenly frowned and put down his teacup.

 

 

 

“Why are you suddenly so polite?”

 

 

 

When I was a cat, I felt like it didn’t matter whether I spoke politely or informally, but when I became a human, I suddenly became worried about how to speak.

 

 

 

“Well, it’s……. When I was a cat, it didn’t matter, but now that I’m a human, people have different statuses……. You’re the crown prince, and I’m…….”

 

 

 

“You’ll be …….”

 

 

 

What the hell did Killian just say?

 

 

 

“What?”

 

 

 

I asked with a puzzled look on my face because I couldn’t hear him, and Killian brushed his hair with an uncomfortable look on his face.

 

 

 

“Stop talking so polity.”

 

 

 

“Ah…….”

 

 

 

I thought he’d said something else earlier.

 

 

 

I nodded, unsure of Killian, but knowing that Baron and Killian had a long conversation to have.

 

 

 

“It’s definitely a strange thing. All he wants is money, and he doesn’t even have to live in a nice house.”

 

 

 

Baron spoke with a confused expression as he thought of Sanua.

 

 

 

“But I can’t leave Sanua like that…….”

 

 

 

His wrinkles deepened a little more, marks of past heartbreak.

 

 

 

Killian glanced at Baron, then spoke.

 

 

 

“However, judging by the Sanua Nelas we have now, even if we could persuade him to come with us, I doubt he would be able to withstand the trials of priestly training, which would be four years.”

 

 

 

“Four years……?”

 

 

 

I asked, startled by their conversation.

 

 

 

Baron soon gave me a brief explanation of the priestly training school.

 

 

 

It’s a school for those who have the potential to become priests, he said, and it lasts a total of four years.

 

 

 

There are quarterly exams, and those who don’t meet the standards are eliminated, leaving only a select few in the fourth year, where they discern the duties of priests.

 

 

 

Nature. Humans. Animals, and so on, but very few priests are able to encompass all that exists and exercise divine power over it.

 

 

 

“For nearly a thousand years, Fabian Nelas was the only one.”

 

 

 

Killian looked at me and mentioned Fabian Nelas.

 

 

 

“So, Your Highness, we must somehow convince Sanua to take him with us. There is no way that Fabien Nelas’ only remaining blood relative is powerless; he must have some use.”

 

 

 

“I agree, but we have no power to override his will until we find a way to do so.”

 

 

 

Hearing Killian’s answer, Baron sighed in frustration.

 

 

 

How do we convince Sanua…….

 

 

 

I wasn’t in favor of leaving Sanua in this environment either. Moreover, I was worried about him staying alone in the mountains.

 

 

 

I glanced back and forth between the two of them, then down at the teacup in front of me.

 

 

 

I reached for it cautiously, keeping my eyes peeled, because I was desperate to drink it with both hands.

 

 

 

Actually, I actually missed it.

 

 

 

I lifted the teacup casually and took a deep breath.

 

 

 

It was a historic moment, the first time I’d ever gripped a handle like a human being instead of just slurping warm herbal tea on my tongue.

 

 

 

“Aaaahhhhhhhh!”

 

 

 

I would have screamed if I hadn’t heard Harrid’s scream in the distance.