By the time the two of them finished, it was already almost afternoon.
Furina carefully exchanged some more Dennies.
After all, they had no income yet, so they had to be frugal with this small amount of startup capital.
Glancing at the blonde snek collapsed on the stairs, Furina walked over and gave her a kick.
“Let’s go~ It’s this late, so let’s just save our lunch appetites for dinner…
We’re going to a dessert shop for afternoon tea now.” “Afternoon tea?
Does that mean we can eat cake and stuff like yesterday~!” “Yeah…
Don’t you want to go?” Cissia quickly stood up.
She brushed the dust off her clothes and excitedly grabbed Furina’s arm.
“How could I not?
I want to eat sweets so, so much~” “Eek~ You, you can’t just lean in so suddenly!
Go, go, go, take a shower in the bathroom upstairs first.
I’ll get you some fresh clothes.” “Oh, okay, alright~” Nodding cutely, Cissia went to the bathroom on the second floor.
Before entering, her eyes glanced at Furina’s blue and white bed.
Recalling her own simple sleeping bag, she couldn’t help but feel a bit envious.
Well~ I’m just here to help out, and they’re giving me food and a place to stay.
How can I ask for so much?
Cissia, you’re really something…
After scolding herself internally, she entered the bathroom and began adjusting the water temperature, a bit awkwardly, before turning on the shower.
Taking off her clothes, she tossed them into a small bamboo basket nearby.
Feeling the hot water from the showerhead spray over her body, the blonde snek couldn’t help but squint her eyes.
It was hard to imagine that she had been wandering around just before; now she could take a hot shower here and even go eat sweets later.
“Hiss~ My arms are so sore…
I guess it’s because I did so much work today, I’m a bit tired~ But thinking about the all-you-can-eat hot pot tonight makes me feel so much better instantly.” Knock knock~ “Snek?
I’ve left a set of clothes for you by the door.
Come downstairs when you’re done washing up.” “Mm~ Okay, Manager Furina~” After showering, Cissia gently pulled open the door and saw the shirt and short skirt placed on the back of a chair nearby.
She brought them inside, changed, and walked out in no time.
A fluffy towel was draped around her neck, and her body still carried a faint scent of shower gel.
After drying her hair, she was just about to leave when her attention was suddenly drawn to Furina’s large bed.
“Hmm…
Lying down for just a little bit shouldn’t be a problem, right~ Anyway, Furina is very easy to get along with…” With that thought, she turned and walked to the bed.
Seeing a corner of the blanket lifted, the blonde little snek wriggled inside.
In an instant, Furina’s unique scent enveloped her nose.
The warm, soft blanket wrapped around her entire body, and sleepiness immediately swept over her.
“So comfortable…
so soft…
so~ fragrant…” Gradually, our Cissia fell fast asleep.
Downstairs, Furina had been waiting for about an hour.
She glanced at her phone and then muttered.
“Did that snek drown in the bathroom…
She’s still not coming down after all this time.” The tail behind her swayed a couple of times.
The white-haired cat girl with a ponytail went upstairs, feeling a bit uneasy.
After pushing open her bedroom door, she glanced at the empty bathroom.
Furina scratched her head in confusion, her peripheral vision catching a large bulge in her bedding.
“?
Could it be that this snek is in my bed…
Well, it looks like she showered before crawling in.
If you crawled into my bed without showering, you’re finished, Cissia.” Crossing her arms, Furina walked over and yanked open her blue cotton blanket.
Seeing the snek curled up on the bed, a bit of drool was already about to drip onto her pillow.
Furina instantly stepped forward and patted the other’s cheek twice.
“Cissia!
You snek~ Get up, get up right now, your drool is about to drip on my bed.” “Mmm~ Ah!
S-Sorry—!” “Aaaah~ The snake, the snake touched my hand~!” Just as she got up, before Cissia could even finish her apology, the little snake on her shoulder slithered onto Furina’s hand.
Our cute white-haired cat girl instantly turned pale with fright.
Her body trembled uncontrollably, and she stumbled backward, falling to the floor and banging her head against the corner of the nearby table.
The small top hat fell to the ground.
Furina’s cat ears drooped as she clutched her head, tears welling in her eyes.
“Hiss~ That, that hurts…” Seeing this, Cissia quickly got off the bed and lured the little snake back to her own neck.
Then, with an apologetic expression, she ran over and knelt before Furina.
“S-Sorry, Manager…
Are you okay~” Opening her tear-rimmed, blue teardrop-shaped eyes, Furina glared at Cissia, her face flushed with anger and her lips pouting.
The ears on top of her head were standing on end.
“You, you…” “I’m sorry~~~ I really didn’t mean it…
I was just curious what it felt like to lie in a blanket~ I’ve never slept in such a nice bed before, I was just curious…
Manager Furina, I was wrong!” Picking up the small blue top hat from the floor, Cissia knelt before Furina, apologizing as she held the hat out to her.
“Hmph~ I thought you’d drowned in the bathroom.” Seeming to have calmed down, Furina wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then snatched her hat away and stood up.
After putting the small hat on properly, she turned and walked out.
“Let’s go, let’s have afternoon tea…” “Eh~ Aren’t you angry?” Standing frozen in place, Cissia stared at Furina’s back and asked somewhat blankly.
“What’s there to be angry about?
This Manager is not such a petty person.
If your drool hadn’t been about to drip on my bed, I wouldn’t have been in such a rush.
Just watch your sleeping posture from now on.” “Ah, okay, okay…
Hehe…
Furina~ You’re so kind—” Seeing that the other had already left the bedroom, Cissia quickly followed, leaning close to her side with a silly grin.
“Alright, alright, stay away from me~ Especially that snake on your neck.” “Okay, hehe, okay.” After finishing their afternoon tea, the snake and cat duo strolled around a nearby park.
When night fell, they didn’t go back but headed straight to a hotpot restaurant instead.
Perhaps feeling a bit guilty, Furina paid the restaurant double the price, after all, a certain snake ate way too much.
Sitting at the dining table, Furina picked up a cooked beef roll with her chopsticks, placed it into her dipping sauce dish, stirred it, then looked up at the opposite side of the table, where the blonde snek was eating with her mouth stuffed full, completely lost in the joy of eating.
Sighing, she elegantly stuffed the meat into her mouth and savored it slowly.
“Once you’re an adult, you’ll leave the general store and find any job you can, got it?
This Manager won’t support you for a lifetime.” Squinting her eyes, still looking completely blissful, Cissia nodded.
Ignoring her further, Furina focused her attention on the hotpot, for if she didn’t eat more, Cissia would eat it all.
The next morning, Furina frowned deeply, her eyes snapping open as she stared at the ceiling.
Just as she was about to lament over a nightmare, she suddenly felt something cold wrapped around her body.
She lifted the blanket with a hint of panic, only to instantly calm down.
Seeing Cissia hugging her arm with a silly grin, the other’s tail was wrapped around her thigh clad in pajama pants.
“What kind of snake are you?
Stop crawling into my bed!” “Get up right now and go sleep in your own sleeping bag.” Startled awake by Furina’s thunderous shout, Cissia rubbed her eyes, sat up, and gave an awkward grin.
“Hehe, well, you see, after experiencing your bed yesterday, I just couldn’t get comfortable in my sleeping bag.
I couldn’t help myself and came over.” “Hand, let go of your hand…” Her body trembling, Furina stared at the little white snake wrapped around Cissia’s wrist, her voice tinged with fear.
“Oh, oh, okay, okay…
Hehe, Furina…
just let me sleep in your room, okay?
Besides, with a good night’s sleep, I’ll definitely be able to do a lot more for you!” Quickly letting go, Cissia took a few steps back, then poked her fingers together as she made her suggestion.
“You’re making demands now?
Who’s the boss, you or me?
If you make another request, I’m kicking you out!” “Yes!
Yes…
it won’t happen again.” Her body stiffened, Cissia’s tail went straight as a board, and she hurriedly waved her hands before lowering her head and speaking.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Cissia pursed her lips slightly, seemingly realizing she had gone too far…
She slowly rose from the bed and prepared to head downstairs.
“Wait…
here, take this.” Turning around, Cissia blankly accepted a bag of Dennies.
She looked up in confusion at the white-haired cat girl on the bed.
“You worked pretty hard yesterday.
Go buy a thicker mattress and some bedding…
Let’s get this straight, you definitely can’t sleep in my bed.
At most, you can sleep on the floor in my room.” Rubbing her nose, Furina turned her head away, speaking with a classic tsundere expression.
Her red eyes widened slightly as Cissia looked at Furina, a smile curving her lips.
“Um, thank you, Furina.
I’ll definitely work even harder to help you from now on—”