Chapter 14 A Huge Cat

As always its so big

The three siblings have come to Joshuas house.

The mansion of Palaces most wealthy merchant has an area and level of luxury that even the feudal lords mansion cannot match.

The drawing-room we passed through was inside a mansion, and the tea served was marked with the Royal Emblem of the Imperial Household.

I have kept you waiting! Emma-sama!

Joshua enters in high spirit and naturally pushes William, who was sitting next to Emma, aside to sit.

Joshua. This black tea is delicious.

A steady Emma laughs as she drinks her third cup of tea.

Thats a relief! I will prepare it as a souvenir for you.

Joshua smilingly gestures at the maid.

Joshua, we are here today for a request.

Emma stares at Joshua intently.

I accept! answers Joshua with a bright smile.

You havent heard the request, you know?

William is exasperated and retorts.

There is no way I can refuse a request from Emma-sama!

Emmas request is a reward to Joshua. After he saw Emmas popularity at the last tea party, he realized he cant take it slowly to woo her and be petty.

A cat?

Having heard Emmas request briefly, Joshua is surprised.

So you do like cats? Emma-sama? I will present it to you right away! How many do you want?

Joshua What we requested is to introduce us to a merchant who deals with cats

George is also exasperated and retorts. We cant have our fathers birthday present to be given by Joshua.

But one cat price can buy a house, you know?

Ughh

Joshua can buy it, but its too expensive for the three siblings.

There are no companies in Palace that deal with selling cats, so if you think about contacting then transporting, wouldnt the time be not enough?

In reality, its hard. There is even no concept of keeping a cat in a countryside area like Palace. Its because right now, cats are luxury goods for nobles who dont have any worries over food, monsters, or money.

Even though before (in Japan), we can just adopt a stray cat

Emma misses her past life. Especially since our parents house is in the countryside, there were many stray cats, and when I noticed, those cats already became my pets*. Even though we are in the countryside too, the lack of cats here is a severe problem for the Stuart family.

(*T/N: This sentence is about when you often feed stray cats food, they will come to your house again and again. So they became your pets without you noticing.)

A world without cats is like a bubble tea without bubbles.

Stray cats Ah! Theres a rumor about stray cats.

Joshua starts talking more about it.

From a few years ago in the Skyte territory, there were sightings of cats one after another. It was said that it had escaped from a mansion somewhere, but there was nobody who claimed to be the owner. It was even said that the cats went hunting for monsters in groups?

But cats are expensive, wont it be captured by someone?

There is no way people will leave a cat thats worth one house alone. Its likely to make more money than finding buried treasure or winning alone in gambling.

It seems that the cat is particularly huge and nimble, so no one can catch it.

A cat that can hunt monsters surely can live without being caught by humans.

A huge cat.

Emmas eyes shine.

A huge cat What a wonderful phrase.

I want to fluff it.

Skyte territory is very far, nee-sama.

William looks at Emmas shining eyes and reminds her.

For the time being, we asked Joshua to get us a cat catalog, then went home.

The three siblings were never given pocket money, but if there is something they want, they will ask it to father, so our father will buy it and he will be happy to do so too. But its different now.

The three were discussing how to raise money on the carriage returning home, but couldnt come up with a good idea.