Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Traveler the Kitchen God, you really are amazing _1 Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Traveler the Kitchen God, you really are amazing _1 “Aina puffed up her little face and said, ‘Then why did you agree to let this man with an unknown background live in our house!'”
Ding! Traveler, your Happiness Level -10.

Note: It’s a pity that Wei’er doesn’t allow you to take her sister traveling, otherwise your Beast Eared Girl abduction plan would be half complete, and the days of being both sought-after and avoided would be closer.

Goddamn lolita abduction plan, when did I ever have such a plan?

Traveler, you sigh inwardly that even between close relatives who rely on each other for life, conflicts always arise.

The two sisters glare at each other, neither willing to back down, and you realize that this seemingly scheming little Aina also has a stubborn side.

Note: Traveler, now is the time for you to come out and increase the Favorability of the two Beast Eared Girls. If not now, then when?

So Traveler, what should you do?

You recall the painting you found, do you take it out?

Luo Xi chose yes.

So, the painting was a quest item.

Traveler, you take out the yellowed painting and deliberately shake it to attract the attention of the two girls.

The Cat-eared girl looks at the painting in your hands.

A moment later, those light red eyes blink, as if recalling some distant memory, and her delicate face gradually becomes tinged with a hint of red.

“You, you, you… where did you find this? Quick, give it to me!”

You stuff the painting into your chest, “Not giving it!”

The anxious and stuttering Wei’er is nothing like her usual aloof self, and you feel charmed by the gap moe from this Cat-eared girl.

Your Happiness Level +20.

Note: This might just be the happiness of being a cat owner.

“Brother Luo Xi, let me see.”

Aina leans towards you, and the sweet scent from the Little Lolita with wolf ears makes your head spin.

Your Happiness Level +12.

Note: You really are an impressive chef, Traveler.

Luo Xi: “…”

Aina takes the painting from you, glances at it, and asks with curiosity, “Is this a painting from Wei’er’s childhood? It’s… so cute.”

Even Aina can only describe her sister’s painting as cute.

The Cat-eared girl’s face turns thoroughly red, glaring at you unhappily. If looks could kill, you’d be dead.

The observant Little Lolita notices the line of text at the bottom of the painting, “Wei’er, did you want to become the world’s greatest painter when you were little? Is that true?”

“But why haven’t I ever seen you hold a paintbrush since Aina arrived?”

“Wei’er, did you give up on your childhood dream?”

Aina’s ‘innocent’ three questions strike the Cat-eared girl hard, her expression turning somber as though she’d been petrified.

Traveler, you sigh again, realizing this Little Lolita with wolf ears is truly cunning, a typical example of a devious little sister.

You take back the painting from Aina and give it another look, realizing only now that you hadn’t noticed before, but indeed, the painting style is pretty cute.

“Sister, I have an idea,” Aina says with a twirl of her eyes and seizes the moment. “Dreams only mean something if you stick with them, right? Sister, you can take up your dream again and become the world’s greatest painter together with Aina.”

Traveler, you silently applaud Little Aina’s suggestion in your heart.

After a long pause, the Cat-eared girl shakes her head and says, “I’ve already given up painting a long time ago.”

Traveler, you ask, “Why?”

Although you haven’t spent much time with the Cat-eared girl, you feel that Wei’er doesn’t seem like someone who would give up easily.

Wei’er looks at you and lets out a soft sigh, “A year before Aina came to my house, a wandering painter with Mutation Syndrome came to Grey Stone Street. His painting skills were extremely superb; anyone or anything he painted seemed as if they could come to life on the canvas.”

“Because his talent was so astounding, he was even specially invited into Winter City to exhibit his paintings to the knights and nobles.”

“Back then, I thought, as soon as he left the City, I would beg him to teach me his skills.”

“But after he went into Winter City, he never came out again.”

“Rumor has it, while he was painting, he accidentally splashed some paint on the child of some high-ranking person who was running around, and for that, his hands were chopped off.”

“For a painter to lose his hands is to lose life itself.”

“So he killed himself.”

The Cat-eared girl’s saddened expression as she speaks, “After that, I realized that painting can’t save people like us, no matter how good our skills are, we won’t get respect from the people inside the City. If that’s the case, what’s the point of my learning to paint?”

“So I gave up.”

“Wuu, wuuu…”

Traveler, you hear sobbing from the side.

Aina, rubbing her eyes, throws herself into Wei’er’s arms and sobs, “Sorry, Wei’er, I didn’t mean to bring up your painful memories.”

Wei’er gently strokes her sister’s hair, “It’s okay, but listen to me, Aina, you absolutely can’t just follow someone before you’re of age, understand?”

With that, Wei’er also glares fiercely at you, Traveler. In her mind, you’ve been categorized as a suspicious pervert who might kidnap her sister, and now you’ve embarrassed her by showing her childhood painting.

Poor Traveler, the Cat-eared girl has taken note of you in her little book~
Luo Xi: “…”

Traveler, you silently prepare to go back to that room and clean up a bit more.

Wei’er calls out to you and asks, “So how did you find my painting?”

“In the crevice between that table and the wall,” you answer.

Wei’er muses, “So it fell into that awkward corner. No wonder I couldn’t find it. By the way, have you finished cleaning the room?”

“Yes.”

“Right, give me back the painting.”

“Not giving it.”

You slip the painting paper into your Dreamland bag.

The Cat-eared girl lunges at you, catching you off guard, and you fall back onto the sofa. She pins you down with her legs and reaches for where you put the painting.

You are being ‘pawed’ by ‘salty cat hands’…

Ding! Your Happiness Level +32.

Ding! Your Lust Value +11.

Note: You’re not right.

“Where did you hide my painting?” Cat Cat is visibly upset.