Chapter 144: Is it funny to be punished for disobeying?

Just as Elsa was panicking over the cute cat ears and soft cat tail she had suddenly grown, a companion of the black catgirl arrived from deeper within the alley.

“Miya!” the arriving green catgirl softly called out the black catgirl’s name.

“Miki!” Miya, the black catgirl, responded with the green catgirl’s name.

It seemed they were all from the “Mi” generation.

Miki walked up to Miya and, seeing the panicked Elsa beside her, asked in confusion:

“Miya, what’s the situation here?”

Miya then recounted the entire story of how she had just rescued Elsa from the main street.

“O-matsuri!” After hearing the whole story, Miki let out a strange exclamation.

“It looks like she’s also a catgirl brought over by the Master, but she must have accidentally hit her head; she subconciously keeps thinking she’s a human. We can’t just leave her behind!”

“Then… then let’s take her with us to do the mission. Time is short, Hayaku-nairon!”

After the two catgirls finished their discussion, Miya grabbed Elsa’s hand and led her along.

“Eh? Where are you taking me?” Elsa hadn’t yet recovered from her initial shock, and now she was being led deeper into the alley by a catgirl she didn’t know. She felt like an innocent child being led away to be sterilized by some despicable adults.

“To complete the mission the Master assigned, of course! Did the Master tell you nothing when he brought you over? We have to set things up in five remote corners of this city according to the Master’s instructions. Milo, Miqi, and Mixi have already finished their parts; only our two locations are left. If we don’t finish before dark, the Master will punish us severely!”

“No, I mean…” Elsa was about to explain that she didn’t know any Master, and that she was actually a witch who just happened to not be wearing her robe today, and that she had no idea why she grew cat ears and a tail. She was about to tell them everything when she suddenly noticed a red collar around Miya’s neck.

Not just around Miya’s neck, but the green catgirl, Miki, who was running ahead, also had a similar collar.

Initially, she thought it was just a decoration, but from their conversation, it was clear that this was a binding tool set by the so-called Master to control the catgirls. If a catgirl disobeyed the Master’s wishes, the collar would immediately contract, strangling her until her tears and saliva flowed uncontrollably.

‘Did I just accidentally get involved in a catgirl trafficking incident?’

‘I have the Ice Wolf Clan matter to investigate! I don’t have time for another incident!’

‘Well, as the only demon-genius witch of the Starsea Magic Academy, I can certainly manage to free these catgirls from their Master’s shackles while I’m at it.’

Thinking this, Elsa pulled Miya back, stopping her.

“Wait a minute, let me see!”

“Eh?” Before Miya could react, Elsa had grabbed her and was staring intently at her neck.

Elsa stared seriously at the collar around Miya’s neck, completely unaware that her own cat ears were twitching non-stop due to her concentration, tickling Miya’s cheek.

Miya involuntarily tilted her head back with a look of comfort, like a cat being scratched.

“Um… what are you doing? Don’t do that kind of thing here! Our time is precious. If we don’t finish the mission in time, the Master will surely…”

“Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, you’ll never have to live in fear of things like this again!”

Elsa displayed a confident smile. She had basically figured out the principle of the collar. By injecting a tiny amount of magical power into the collar and performing precise manipulation, she could destroy it in no time.

Noticing that Miya and the new catgirl hadn’t followed, Miki, who had run quite a distance, turned back once again.

“Hey! What are you two doing? If you keep dawdling, the Master will get angry!”

However, the moment the words left her mouth, a deep voice suddenly echoed from the wall.

“I’m already angry!”

Hearing the voice, Miki looked horrified and immediately prostrated herself on the ground in submission.

Elsa, however, wasn’t particularly bothered. She simply turned her head in confusion to see what kind of “sacred being” this so-called Master was.

But when she saw the figure emerging from the shadows of the wall, Elsa’s eyes widened in shock, and her movements to dismantle the collar froze.

It was a powerful, broad-shouldered man—no, this guy didn’t look like a human at all.

Although his body structure was identical to a human’s, his head was that of a literal wolf, not anthropomorphized like the catgirls. Combined with the massive silvery-blue tail behind him that could sweep floors, there was no doubt: the creature that had suddenly appeared before them was a member of the Ice Wolf Clan.

‘The Ice Wolf Clan?! How did he appear inside Tsumuguri City? How did he get in? Has the city’s barrier been breached?’

Elsa’s face filled with panic. She had learned from the documents she researched that the Ice Wolf Clan’s combat power was incredibly formidable, capable of instantly breaking through an enemy’s encirclement and launching an irresistible attack from behind.

She hadn’t expected to encounter the very Ice Wolf Clan she had wanted to investigate right here.

Which meant the signs discovered in the village outside the city were left by this guy or his accomplices. They definitely had a scheme.

“You lot! Why are you still dawdling here? If you don’t finish setting up all five locations as I ordered before tonight, don’t think you’ll ever return home to see your families!”

The Ice Wolf man shouted angrily at the catgirls. However, from the looks of it, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Elsa.

It seemed in his eyes, any cat, black or white, was a good cat as long as it helped him complete the mission.

“That’s enough!” However, at that moment, Elsa suddenly brandished her wand and pointed it straight at the Ice Wolf man’s head. The Ice Wolf man was utterly astonished, unable to understand what this “big white cat” thought she was doing pointing a piece of junk at him.

‘While the Ice Wolf Clan can’t move freely during the heat of the day, I must strike first and defeat him!’

With this thought, Elsa swung her wand and launched an attack.

However, she was horrified to find that the magic she intended to cast did not burst from the tip of her wand.

“Eh?” After repeating the attempt two or three times with the same result, Elsa couldn’t help but look astonished. “Why can’t I use magic? What’s going on?”

“Hey, you stupid catgirl! Were you just trying to attack me? Do you really think you’re a witch? Hmph, since you’re so eager to die, I’ll oblige you!”

Leaving those words, the Ice Wolf man suddenly transformed into a blur. A second later, he was right in front of Elsa. Before she could react, he grabbed her throat with his powerful palm and pinned her firmly against the wall.

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