“I-It’s not sneaking off…” Mimi’s cat ears shot up instantly.
A look of guilt flashed across her youthful face, but she still tried to argue, “Mimi is on a reconnaissance mission. The Young Miss specifically instructed that every time we arrive at a new place, we must first scout the surrounding environment. The top priority is to find out what good food is nearby.”
“You added that last part yourself, didn’t you?” Theresia looked at Mimi with a calm gaze and mercilessly exposed her.
Come to think of it, Mimi had always been the most pampered one in the Iron Fang mercenary group.
The leader, Ricardo, couldn’t do anything about her; Hetaro and Tivey found this older sister even more of a headache, and even Anastasia was always exceptionally tolerant of her.
Perhaps it was precisely because she was pampered by everyone that this little cat-girl had developed such a whimsical personality.
“Hee hee… Big Sister is so smart.” Seeing that she had been exposed, Mimi simply stopped pretending.
Her cat ears twitched guiltily as she looked up and offered an ingratiating smile, “Please, Big Sister, don’t tell the Young Miss that Mimi snuck out.”
“That’s hard to say~” A mischievous smirk deliberately appeared on Theresia’s beautiful face.
“Mimi believes Big Sister is a good person.” Mimi immediately gave Theresia a ‘good person’ card.
“Eh, I actually got a ‘good person’ card.” Theresia looked at Mimi expressionlessly, unable to help but recall a joke she had seen on the internet in her past life.
When a girl tells you that you are a good person, it is basically a death sentence.
However, coming from Mimi, it had no lethality at all; instead, it had a kind of cute, baby-fierce quality to it.
After all, in this little cat-girl’s vocabulary, ‘good person’ was probably the highest form of praise.
Mimi looked up at the plate in front of Theresia, then at Theresia’s face, her nose twitching slightly:
“What food is Big Sister eating? It smells so good, even better than the grilled meat Mimi ate in Kararagi.”
“This is called a burger, a Dragons Breath Burger. It’s the shop’s signature dish. The golden strips are dragon-whisker potato wedges, and the round bun contains a rock-beef patty and cheese.” Theresia explained with a smile.
Mimi’s straightforward way of speaking was very relaxing.
Her thoughts were written all over her face, and whatever she thought just popped out of her mouth—no beating around the bush, no hiding anything. Find the original chapter at g.com.
What a cute little cat-girl.
Thinking of this, Theresia pushed her own untouched double-patty burger in front of Mimi: “Try it, it should suit your taste.”
“May I, Big Sister…” Mimi’s ears popped up instantly, standing straighter than ever before.
Her amber eyes widened, and her pupils dilated slightly from surprise.
“Eat as much as you want; if it’s not enough, we can order more.” Theresia looked at Mimi, putting on an ‘I’m rich’ attitude.
Anyway, she had more than enough gold coins to spend.
Never mind treating a little cat-girl to a burger; even if she bought the whole shop to let her eat her fill, the balance on her account wouldn’t even shift a decimal point.
“Mimi won’t be polite then.” Before the words had even faded, Mimi grabbed the burger with both hands and took a big bite.
The burger was too big, and her face was too small; with that bite, sauce inevitably stained the corners of her mouth and cheeks, and she even got a bit of the dark sauce on the tip of her nose.
However, Mimi didn’t care at all.
Her cheeks bulged like a chipmunk that had stuffed too many nuts into its mouth, her face puffed out roundly, and she made satisfied humming sounds while chewing.
“So sweet, so good, delicious, delicious… Mimi has never eaten anything like this in Kararagi.” Mimi chattered while eating, her tail swishing back and forth behind her, the rhythm as fast as a metronome.
Her cat ears twitched from time to time; that was an instinctive reaction that only appeared when a cat was extremely satisfied.
“Half a month without seeing you, and you seem even more talkative than before.” Theresia rested her chin on her hand, watching Mimi’s way of eating, and couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Because Mimi is super happy to see Big Sister! Mimi has always wanted to see Big Sister.” Mimi said, grabbing a few more potato wedges and stuffing them into her mouth, crunching loudly,
“The Young Miss said Big Sister went in the direction of Lugunica, and Mimi thought, if only we could go to Lugunica too. As it turned out, the Young Miss really said we were coming to Lugunica, and Mimi was super happy~ Mimi was thinking on the way that she must find Big Sister when arriving in the Royal Capital. I didn’t expect Mimi’s luck to be super good today, meeting Big Sister~”
“Yeah, it’s quite a coincidence.” Theresia looked at Mimi, a surge of inexplicable joy rising in her heart.
Indeed, lolis are cute.
Although she wasn’t a loli-con, she had to admit that cute things just make people feel good.
Especially a cat-girl loli like Mimi; the cuteness level was simply twice that of a normal loli.
The cat ears and cat tail—these two moe points combined created a chemical reaction sufficient to pierce anyone’s psychological defenses.
It was clear that this little cat-girl was really happy; once the chatterbox was opened, it couldn’t be closed at all,
“When we got to the hotel, Mimi wanted to go out and look around. The Young Miss said to finish packing the luggage first, but Mimi couldn’t help it and snuck out. Anyway, Mimi can find the way back alone; Mimi’s sense of direction is the best in the Iron Fang. The one who got lost in Kararagi last time was clearly the idiot Hetaro; Mimi has never gotten lost.”
“Then you’re very impressive. By the way, how is Anastasia lately? What are you doing in the Royal Capital?” Theresia rested her chin on her hand, watching Mimi wolfing down the food.
Half a month had passed, and this little cat-girl hadn’t changed a bit.
Still so talkative, still so hungry, still so cute.
However, her clothes had changed; she was now wearing a more formal mercenary uniform, with the Iron Fang emblem on the cuffs and collar.
Dark brown leather shoulder guards, a small Iron Fang badge pinned to the collar, and a few small pockets hanging from her belt—she didn’t know if they contained snacks or equipment.
Compared to the loose, casual clothes she wore before, this outfit looked more like she was ready to execute a mission at any time.
Mimi swallowed the food in her mouth and nodded, her cat ears bobbing up and down,
“The Young Miss is still so busy, looking at so many, many documents every day. Mimi can’t understand them; Mimi doesn’t understand the business of the trading company, but the Young Miss says everything is fine, telling Mimi not to worry. The Young Miss came to the Royal Capital and said she has to attend some meeting; anyway, it’s very important. Mimi just needs to be responsible for protecting the Young Miss. The leader also said that there are many competitors in the Royal Capital this time, so all members of the Iron Fang should be on high alert.”
When she said the last sentence, Mimi’s expression was rarely serious, and a hint of the seriousness belonging to the vice-leader of the Iron Fang flashed in those amber eyes.
However, that seriousness, set against the sauce-stained corners of her mouth and nose tip, seemed somewhat comical, like a little gluttonous cat trying hard to look fierce.
“Then, shouldn’t you, the super invincible strongest vice-leader, go back earlier to protect Anastasia’s safety?” Theresia raised her hand to brush the red hair hanging in front of her chest and teased.
“It’s fine, the leader and my brothers are both there.” Mimi stuffed the last potato wedge into her mouth, her cheeks bulging fully, and said vaguely.
“And Mimi will go back immediately after eating; Mimi says she will do it, she will! Definitely won’t be like last time in Kararagi, playing until dark before going back. That time, I was scolded by the leader for twenty minutes; it was Mimi’s personal record. Even the idiot Hetaro was secretly laughing on the side; it was too much.”
After speaking, Mimi looked up at Theresia and specifically added,
“But Mimi doesn’t regret it, because that day I watched the sunset with Big Sister. The sunset was super beautiful, super red, just as red as Big Sister’s hair~”
“…Is that so.” Theresia was stunned for a moment, then remembered.