Chapter 71. [Nonverbal Communication]

“Stop!? Don’t use your nails!?”

Was such a plea heard, or was the cat startled by the loud voice?

The cat had stopped moving just before clawing at the signature paper.

It was staring at me.

I was already desperate.

I honestly felt like crying. I’m going to throw up. Oeehhk…

Please forgive me. Please, I’ll do anything!

“Yes, yes! All right, let’s hear what you want. What do you want? Tell me. Money? Status? Fame? I’ll give you everything. Or do you want me to play with you? No, no, no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait… You want a treat!”

Her ears perked up in response to the word “treat”.

She knew the word treat. Is that right?

I’ll do anything! So release the hostages!

I’ll get you some treats after the stream!

I appealed to the cat with all my might.

Please! It’s really important!

I want her to know how I feel about it!

After a few moments, the cat quickly retreated.

Did I get through to her?

She turned her back and slowly walked away.

She only glanced back before leaving the room.

I felt like I was being told, “I’ll give you a break this time.”.

“Puhah~? Oh, I’m glad!”

I cried a little in relief. I hugged the autograph paper tightly and hung it higher than before.

I closed the door to my room and calmed down there.

No, no, no, what am I doing with a cat?

“I’m home. …. Hmm?”

I returned to my seat and resumed the stream.

For some reason, the flow of comments is unusually fast. What’s going on?

>Welcome back-nya

>Iroha-chan’s cat voice was great-nya!

>Nyaa, nyaa?

>This is a definite clipping-nya

“Nngh?”

>Iroha has mastered the cat language? (U.S.)

>Nyaa, nyaa, nyaa.

>The cat’s meow is so realistic www

>She was our god? (Egyptian Arabic)

“Nngh?

Wait, wait, wait. What did I do?

The chats was filled with “nyanyanya”.

I quickly opened my browser and brought up my MyTube channel.

I unmute the channel and pull back the seek bar a bit.

I’m saying “Nyanyanyanya”!???

Oh, no. It’s not my hot face, it’s my head!

“Geez, that’s it for today’s stream! I didn’t say that! I didn’t say nyaaaaaaaa!”

>Otsuka-reta-nya~

>Otsuka-reta-nya~

>Otsuka-ret-nya~

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That stream produced a tremendous number of clippings.

Many illustrations were also posted, including one of me with a cat ear, one of me as a cat, and one of me talking to a cat.

Overseas, a collage video was made by applying my voice to an ordinary cat image, and it became a meme.

Furthermore, “cat language” was added to the “Iroha, the Translator Girl” language of learning on the wiki.

“Give me a break!”

As expected, although I didn’t think I was talking to a cat, the damage was enormous.

I was teased by Angu Ogu, and then by Mai.

“Iroha-chan~, nyan nyan. Can you keep Mai too?”

“Yeah, that’s annoying! Don’t touch me!”

She’s clinging to me.

Mai, wearing a cat’s fur, tail, and collar that I don’t know where she got it from, clings to me.

I was pushed down on the bed.

“Nyandee~! Why is it okay to pet that thieving cat but not Mai? Pet me, touch me!”

“Why do you have such a hard-on for cats?

“Oh, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. If Iroha-chan doesn’t keep Mai. I’ll keep Iroha-chan…”

“Oh, you idiot! Hey, don’t touch anything funny!”

“What? Iroha-chan is so selfish. You can’t keep them, and you can’t be kept… Oh, I see.”

“Hey, wait. I’m sure you’re thinking of something bad right now. Ah, hmm? What are you suddenly doing? You idiot. I’m not going to lick it. ….”

“Nnnn, nnnn, nnnn. Heh heh heh, this is skinship between cats…”

“You …… Enough!”

I kicked Mai off the bed and banned her for a while.

She deserved it!

* * *

Well, there is one more thing that I’m worried about other than Mai and the others.

That’s-“Why was it possible to translate the cat language?”

I have indeed been living with cats for a few days.

But the number of times I’ve heard them purr is negligible.

Cats don’t purr that often.

Despite this, I could communicate with the cat in a certain way.

I could do so.

It had been translated.

So, I was curious and looked it up, but I found out that cats basically “Don’t talk by meowing”.

In other words, this ability–

— is beginning to decipher the “nonverbal.”