The next moment, a small orange figure rushed toward her at high speed, accompanied by a soft, cute cry.
“Big Sister~”
Immediately after, a soft little body dove headfirst into Theresia’s arms.
In fact, before the other party had even entered the store, Theresia had already keenly sensed it.
As a max-level Sword Saint, any magical fluctuation or movement of objects within a radius of several hundred meters could not escape her perception.
“Mimi.”
Theresia looked down at the soft little cat girl in her arms, her expression somewhat surprised.
The person who had arrived was none other than Mimi.
She had bright, shoulder-length orange hair, and two matching orange cat ears stood atop her head, with a small tuft of darker fur on the tips of each ear that twitched with every breath.
The orange cat tail behind her swished back and forth lazily, looking incredibly cute.
“Super happy! Mimi met Big Sister again!”
Mimi tilted her little face up, her amber cat eyes sparkling with bright light, and her tail swished even more happily.
“Your little cheeks are still so soft.”
Theresia couldn’t help but reach out and gently pinch Mimi’s cheeks; the texture was exactly the same as it had been half a month ago.
It was as soft as a freshly steamed glutinous rice ball, slightly indenting when pinched and then bouncing back after being released.
“Mmph, mmph… Big Sister, don’t pinch Mimi’s cheeks anymore. Mimi isn’t a child anymore.”
Mimi pouted in protest, but she had absolutely no intention of moving her face away; instead, she actively rubbed against Theresia’s chest.
Saying no with her mouth, but her body was very honest.
The universal law of cats also applied to cat girls.
Theresia silently complained in her heart, but smiled and said:
“Right, not a child, but an independent and sensible little adult.” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Not just a little adult, Mimi is the super invincible strongest Vice-Captain!”
Mimi patted her flat little chest and replied proudly.
“Then, most powerful Vice-Captain Lady Mimi, when did you arrive in the Royal Capital?”
Theresia looked down at the petite and exquisite Mimi in her arms, rubbing her head while teasingly asking.
Come to think of it, Mimi was the most interesting one among the first batch of friends she had met in this other world.
Perhaps it was the nature of a cat girl, but Mimi possessed the clinginess, liveliness, and curiosity for all new things peculiar to cats, while also having the innocence and naivety of a human little girl.
With these two attributes combined, the lethality was comparable to a weapon of mass destruction, at least for Theresia.
Who could refuse a cute little cat girl…
“Been here for two and a half days. Mimi came with Big Miss, and there’s also the Captain, and my two little brothers; the entire Iron Fang came.”
Mimi pulled her face out of Theresia’s arms and said excitedly, looking up.
“Is that so.”
Theresia nodded thoughtfully.
According to the original timeline, Anastasia should have already rushed to the Royal Capital from Kararagi to participate in the Royal Selection by now.
It made sense for the entire Iron Fang to be mobilized; after all, the Royal Selection was no small matter, and candidates had to bring all their resources to ensure safety and bolster their presence.
Calculating the time, it wouldn’t be long before the other Royal Selection candidates arrived as well.
“Mimi was just walking down the street when suddenly I smelled a really, really fragrant scent.”
Speaking of this, Mimi paused for a moment, then described her entire trajectory,
“Then I followed the scent and found my way here. Through the window, I saw Big Sister’s red hair—red hair is super easy to recognize—and then Mimi ran over.”
“Your nose is sharper than a dog’s. In the future, Iron Fang won’t need to keep tracking dogs; having you is enough.”
“Mimi is a cat demi-human, not a dog!”
Mimi tilted her head up, adding proudly,
“Mimi’s nose is the sharpest in Iron Fang. The Captain even says Mimi is a natural tracking expert. Last time that idiot Hetaro lost his wallet, it was Mimi who found it by smelling his scent. He put his wallet under his pillow and forgot about it, then claimed it was stolen. It turned out his memory was just bad.”
“Tracking expert, could you please get off me first?”
Theresia said, looking at Mimi with a smile.
“Okay, Big Sister.”
Mimi agreed quite readily, jumped down from Theresia’s arms, and then scrambled up onto the chair opposite.
“By the way, Mimi, why are you here by yourself? Where are the others from Iron Fang? Where is Anastasia?”
When Theresia asked these questions, she already had the answer in her heart.
The only reason Anastasia would come to the Royal Capital was to participate in the Royal Selection.
Hoshin Trading Company was the largest merchant group in Kararagi, and as the head of the trading company, Anastasia had enough strength and ambition to participate in the competition for the throne of the Kingdom of Lugunica.
She had already learned most of this information when she stayed in Kararagi half a month ago.
Speaking of that meeting half a month ago, Theresia still felt it was full of drama.
At that time, she had only just transmigrated to this world for half a day and was traveling on a trade route in Kararagi.
When passing through a valley, she suddenly heard the sound of metal clashing and shouts of battle.
Walking closer, she saw a group of bandits robbing a caravan.
The scene was chaotic; wagons were overturned, goods were scattered everywhere, and the caravan’s guards were fighting the bandits, but they were clearly at a disadvantage in numbers.
Theresia didn’t even think about it and acted immediately.
It wasn’t that she had an overflowing sense of justice; it was purely because those bandits had unluckily blocked her path.