Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Clamor
“Umm…” The ears of the catgirl, whose body was curled up inside the big, coarse, hemp clothing, twitched . The fear and apprehension within her vertical, amber-colored pupils had never disappeared, while a shadow of a male, adult homo sapien reflected within it .
“Don’t flail about . I won’t be able to do anything if your wound gets infected later . ” Ji Bai slightly furrowed his brows . He felt the delicate ankle on his hand trying to retract, yet its owner wasn’t doing so due to a lack of courage . While holding onto the cat-eared girl’s sole with one hand, he gently covered the wounds on her ankle with a handkerchief .
“Nyaau~” The cat-eared girl shivered while her hair seemingly bristled . Her two ears jumped upright, while the shivers on her petite body continued unceasingly . A sizable amount of tears had begun to accumulate within her vertical pupils .
“Sigh . . ” Seeing the delicate expression of the girl ahead of him and how her large eyes were trying to hold back her tears, Ji Bai silently sighed . He was very helpless towards kids like them; they couldn’t withstand pain nor hardship, yet their expression made it hard for one to be angry and scold them .
After being silent for a while, Ji Bai took out a delicate, blue wool ball from his pockets . He then shook it in front of her eyes .
“Nyaa~ Nyaa?” The cat-eared girl was stunned at the beginning . Her ears unknowingly twitched . Following which, her lustrous agate-like pupils began to rotate together with the wool ball on his hand like a pair of marbles .
Oh, it seems like it’s effective . If kitties love to play with wool balls, it’s possible that the Asiatic cat-race will be interested in it as well . “You can play with this first . The next bit may be a bit painful . Bear with it a little, okay?”
“Nyauu??” The catgirl, whose thoughts were held captive by the woolen ball on Ji Bai’s hands, saw him throw it towards her . Two of her claws approached it in an instant and held onto the wool ball flying towards her . She didn’t hear Ji Bai’s warning at all .
After seeing that the catgirl’s attention was absorbed completely on something else, Ji Bai wiped the sweat off his forehead . One needed to know that the things he was doing now were illegal in the strictest sense . Looking at it on a higher level, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that he was rebelling against society . If some people whose goals were to make headlines all-day caught on and decide to instigate things, he would probably be labeled as an enemy of mankind .
Alright . Let’s finish this in a splurt and pray that no other setback appears . Ji Bai thought quietly . Following that, he exerted some force into his hands, held onto both ends of the ribbon and tied a knot .
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“!!??” Nyaaaaa!! Uuuu…” A sharp screech of pain that was similar to the sound cats make while mating broke out into the horizon . It was so loud that even the deaf could hear it . In a wink of an eye, a large hand appeared and promptly sealed the girl’s mouth .
“Don’t make a noise! Are you trying to kill the both of us?” Ji Bai had suppressed his voice to the lowest it could possibly be as he urged the catgirl . She was holding back the tears in her eyes and had a pitiable expression on her face .
If this screeching was to travel outwards, the criminal charges of him helping the demons would certainly be irrefutable . What should he do if rumors began spreading for a few days and deteriorated into something else? After suffering untold hardships to get himself back to human society, he had no intention to be labeled as a demon and banished forever!
“…Have you calmed down?” After a while, Ji Bai unhurriedly asked with a vigilant look on his face as he looked at the catgirl that was in his arms whose emotional fluctuation was gradually stabilizing .
“Mhm, mhm, mhm~” With glistening tears in her eyes, the catgirl nodded her little head like her life depended on it .
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Seeing that the emotions of the catgirl were stable, Ji Bai could relax a bit at last .
He admitted that his actions were perhaps somewhat crude . He was a knight, not a nanny, and was clueless about coaxing demon kids and making them behave . The only thing he was knowledgeable about was the most efficient way of cutting down demons .
It was right at this moment that noises suddenly emerged from the entrance of the alley .
Crap . Did I not stifle her yell properly and it went through at the end? Did everyone hear it?
“Stay here, behave and don’t move . Wait for me to return . ” Ji Bai wrinkled his eyebrows and said to the catgirl before he left . Her injuries had stabilized and he was planning to go out and look at the situation .
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“Are you handing me over to those people, nyaa~?” The young, cat-eared girl curled up her delicate body and said in a timid tone . Her eyes were filled with a look of fear .
“…I will not be handing you away . ” Ji Bai swept the dust off his pants and slowly stood up . He walked towards the alley exit, leaving behind a catgirl looking at him in a dazed expression .
Ji Bai slightly knitted his eyebrows after walking a short distance . As a matter of fact, he was also stumped; he didn’t know why he would end up in such a situation either . It was already an act of great benevolence to not give the catgirl’s position away . In theory, he had no obligations to help her fix her wounds .
As he slowly approached the alley entrance, he found that there was no one gathered at the alley corner . Ji Bai finally relaxed, and immediately leaned against the wall, leaning his head out to survey the area .
At the exact noodle restaurant where he was eating noodles a while ago, four teenagers wearing their formal knight attires were arrogantly standing outside, yelling something . Those four people were precisely the radiant knights that he had seen earlier .