MPBAGS Chapter 8

A reply came back from the Count.

He was throwing a tantrum, telling them to feed the cat holy water to see if it was a monster. Holy water hadn't worked on Lady Evangeline either, so would it work on the cat?

The butler had doubts but followed his master's orders. The price of holy water was quite expensive. Only nobles could afford to buy this without hesitation.

Hanna was shocked when she found out. If they had holy water, her brother could be cured. To think they were feeding such a precious thing to just a cat.

"Do you want it?"

How long has it been since she heard a human voice? Hanna turned her head and looked around, but there was no one there.

There was only a cat grooming itself. A cat?

Was that the cat Lady Evangeline was said to be raising?

"I asked you a question, so you should answer."

Huh?

"You want that water. You can have it. I'll tell you how."

The cat opened its eyes. Three eyes looked at Hanna.

Monster, it's a monster. Hanna ran away. She had to tell the butler. That Lady Evangeline's cat is a monster! If she reported that, couldn't she get some reward from the butler?

And Hanna stopped.

She couldn't buy holy water with just a reward. What did the cat say? That it would tell her the method?

She thought of her sister getting healthy and laughing brightly while running around. And she turned back. As if it knew this would happen, the cat was waiting for Hanna in that same spot.

Hanna switched the holy water as the cat instructed. She didn't know how it had prepared it, but even the delicate patterns on the bottle containing the holy water were identical.

The butler saw the cat drinking the fake holy water and had no reaction. Only Hanna realized the fact that unlike Lady Evangeline, 'real' holy water worked on the cat.

After that, the cat would sometimes come to Hanna and ask her to do various favors.

Last time, it ordered her to make the lady personally embroider a collar it would wear. Hanna was afraid the lady would get angry, so she handed over the collar and embroidery set and ran away.

It seems the lady really picked up a needle for the cat. The cat proudly showed off the messily embroidered collar.

The lady wrote strange letters on the collar but actually called the cat Pudding.

After serving the monster-like cat and the fearsome lady whom she couldn't bear to look at during the day, her work day would end.

The lady's service paid really well. Even after covering living expenses for two people, there was plenty left over.

Thanks to this, Hanna could stop by the market on her way home from work and overspend on foods her sister liked.

She'll like it, right? Hanna's heart melted gently.

Her sister, who had drunk holy water, was getting healthier day by day. Just a few days ago, she had trouble even eating soup, but now she was making a fuss about being hungry.

When she got home, her sister was sitting in front of the door.

"Sister!"

"Were you waiting outside in the cold?"

"I missed you. You worked hard. Let's go inside quickly!"

"Okay. Kanna, stop being impatient."

Her sister ran into Hanna's arms. It was a dreamlike moment that could easily make her forget about serving the bizarre cat and scary lady during the day.

Hanna thought she had done well to listen to the cat's proposal then.

Was it because she had pleased the cat well? Now she couldn't even hear the cat's cries anymore.