It was another beautiful morning, and Adele woke up from her sleep, with First Snow, who had transformed into a kitten, sleeping soundly beside her, sprawled out on her back.

Adele yawned and stroked the kitten’s soft belly.

Her hand brushed against something soft and pink under the fur…

Ahem, it was a good thing that when First Snow transformed into a cat girl, she didn’t fully transform according to a cat’s anatomy, otherwise, no one would be able to accept the resulting cat girl.

It would be too sanity-shattering.

Adele got out of bed and walked to the usual spot where First Snow ate her cat food by the windowsill. She opened a can of tuna and chicken and poured a small handful of cat food into First Snow’s dedicated bowl with a little paw print on it.

The next moment, there was a thud on the floor.

 

Obviously, a certain greedy kitten had smelled the food and instantly woke up, jumping off the bed.

Congratulations, First Snow, your boot-up speed exceeded 99% of kittens worldwide!

Adele turned her head and saw a snow-white kitten stretching her paws forward, her eyes narrowed, her ears and tail arched back, performing a standard “kitten stretch.”

First Snow even scratched the floor with her paws to sharpen her claws.

Finally, the kitten meowed softly and came to Adele’s side, rubbing against her legs, her tail wrapping around the girl’s ankle.

Adele gently stroked First Snow’s head and ears.

Her voice was filled with affection and care.

 

“You greedy little kitten, I’m going to class. Be good at home, you can go out and play if you want, just remember to come home for meals.”

“Meow~”

It probably meant “Okay.”

First Snow was very well-behaved and obedient in every way.

Then, First Snow started to eat her canned food with her head down.

As for Adele, she went downstairs alone to make breakfast, which was actually just heating up the convenience food stored in the refrigerator.

After eating, she went to school as usual.

 

Yes, it was another ordinary day… or was it?

At the beginning of the morning reading class, Adele was about to take out her books from her backpack.

But what she took out was… a cat head!?

The surrounding classmates were all reading seriously, only Adele and First Snow, who was in her backpack, looked at each other, both frozen in place.

Well, not completely frozen, at least Adele’s hand instinctively stroked First Snow’s soft fur in her cat form.

“…”

Seeing First Snow’s excited expression, as if she wanted to shout, Adele quickly put a finger to her lips, motioning for her to be quiet.

 

This was probably what “wanting to meow but holding back” meant.

“You little rascal, you really are a handful.”

Adele murmured helplessly, taking out the book she originally wanted from her backpack, and also taking out everything else.

This way, there was plenty of space in the backpack, enough for First Snow to roll around in.

Only Adele’s desk was piled high with books, attracting the attention of many other students.

First Snow didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving for the time being. She sat in Adele’s backpack inside the desk, looking at the outside world curiously through a gap in the zipper that Adele had left open.

It was the classroom where Adele usually studied.

 

Although the classroom wasn’t anything special, First Snow was a famous “street cat” in the academy, she had been to most of the classrooms.

But because it was related to Adele, First Snow chose to sneak into Adele’s backpack while she was having breakfast and followed her to the classroom.

Adele’s strength had indeed increased a lot. In the past, she would have complained about the weight if her backpack was a little too full.

But now, a whole cat could sneak in without her noticing.

Of course, there was also another possibility.

First Snow was really light when she was in her kitten form.

Did her mass transform into some strange space?

 

Actually, there was an explanation for this in the magic world.

For any creatures or foreign races with shapeshifting abilities, the changes in their weight after transformation existed in another dimension.

They transformed in that mysterious dimension and then returned to reality.

This perfectly complied with the law of conservation of energy.

Don’t think that places with magic and magical creatures defied science.

On the contrary, the definition of science was an ordered system of knowledge based on testable explanations and predictions about the form, organization, etc. of objective things, it was systematized and formalized knowledge.

As long as supernatural phenomena like magic, witchcraft, and superpowers, including supernatural abilities, could be summarized and categorized into an ordered system of knowledge through various methods in the future, becoming a systematized and formalized knowledge that anyone could understand…

 

Then, it could also be called “science”!

So it wasn’t that the end of science was metaphysics.

It was that metaphysics, after being understood, became science.

Adele: But how did you transform?

First Snow: Adele makes a good point, meow, but I just thought about it and transformed, meow.

Adele: It seems that you have no connection with science.

First Snow: But kittens don’t need to study, meow.

 

Adele: You little…!

Well, although Adele hadn’t expected First Snow to sneak into her backpack and come to school, it was quite pleasant to pet the cat in her desk during class.

Adele wouldn’t blame First Snow.

She was just a little worried that First Snow might be bored.

So she told First Snow early on,

“If you’re bored, sneak out during breaks.”

“Meow meow!”

 

But First Snow didn’t seem to have any such intention.

She preferred to stay by Adele’s side, it made her feel safe and content.

So, keeping a cat really depended on the person.

Some people kept cats, but the cats ignored them.

While some people were like walking catnip, it wasn’t them petting the cat, but the cat petting them!

The teacher who was teaching Adele’s class actually noticed that there was a very powerful magical creature in Adele’s desk.

Then she thought about how Principal Winona had gone on a business trip and didn’t seem to have taken her Cat-Bird, First Snow, with her.

 

So, the identity of the magical creature in Adele’s desk, emanating a powerful aura that couldn’t be ignored, became obvious.

Although she wanted to criticize Adele for bringing a cat to class…

But then she remembered that First Snow was the principal’s cat…

Ah, well, it was better to avoid trouble.

It was really impressive that Adele could train the principal’s “notorious” Cat-Bird to be so well-behaved, staying quietly in the cramped desk.

But in reality, the teacher probably wasn’t a cat person.

Otherwise, she should know that cats loved to stay in small corners, especially to secretly observe people from inside.

 

Although it might sound a bit creepy, it was probably the safe and controllable territory that cats desired.

And she was also by Adele’s side.

First Snow tried her best to hold back from purring happily.

Soon, the class was over.

First Snow thought she could finally come out of the backpack, so she poked her head out first.

Before Adele even realized it, she was noticed by the other students beside her.

“A cat!?”

 

“It’s real…”

“Why does it look familiar? It seems like…”

“The principal’s Cat-Bird!”

Adele was speechless.

First Snow, seeing that she had attracted too much attention, quickly retracted her fluffy head.

Tang Linlang came to Adele’s side, also looking surprised.

“Adele, is that really… the principal’s Cat-Bird?”

 

“…It can only be that little rascal.” Adele smiled, a little troubled.

“Wow, Adele is so amazing!”

“I’ve never heard of anyone being close to the principal’s Cat-Bird.”

Adele tilted her head, thinking.

So that was how First Snow was seen by others?

A lazy and carefree kitten, not hating humans, but quickly running away if they got too close.

Senior Li Lige should have a deep understanding of this, after all… she had fed First Snow cat food for three years for nothing!

 

But First Snow still seemed unwilling to let her touch her head, and would even get angry if she was secretly touched.

But after the student council was taken over by that cold and short girl, First Snow didn’t even have cat food anymore and wouldn’t appear in the student council offices.

“C-can I pet her!?”

Tang Linlang asked excitedly.

The other vampire girls also wanted to pet First Snow, but firstly, she was the principal’s Cat-Bird, they didn’t dare.

Secondly, well, they weren’t on good terms with Adele.

After all, they had more or less looked down on and envied Adele in the past, so they often mocked her.

 

But the current Adele… who would dare to mock her now!

Unconsciously, Adele had become someone many people couldn’t reach.

“You’ll have to ask First Snow herself about that.”

When responding to Tang Linlang’s request, Adele’s attitude was still full of respect. She wouldn’t make decisions for First Snow just because they were close – close enough to share a bed.

If First Snow was willing, Tang Linlang could naturally pet the cute kitten.

If First Snow wasn’t willing, of course, no one could force her to agree.

First Snow, who was in Adele’s backpack, felt her heart pounding when she heard Adele’s words.

 

As expected… liking Adele… was the right decision!

Also, this student who was talking to Adele, her name was Tang Linlang, right? She seemed to be Adele’s friend.

Since she was Adele’s friend…

First Snow’s little paws pawed restlessly. After hesitating for a while, she decided to agree, just let her touch her paw for a bit!

Just once!

And she could only shake paws, no touching other parts.

Other parts were Adele’s exclusive, especially her sensitive ears, tail, and wings! And her belly was definitely off-limits, meow!

 

Winona: …I should be under the car, not in the car, seeing how sweet you two are.

“Meow!”

A clear meow came from Adele’s backpack.

At the same time, First Snow not only poked her head out of Adele’s backpack, but her whole body smoothly emerged. Then she flew to Adele’s desk and slowly retracted her golden wings.

There was another commotion in the classroom, the other vampire girls were all envious.

Especially when they saw Adele casually petting First Snow.

Almost everyone was questioning their past selves in their hearts.

Ugh, why didn’t they get along with Adele earlier!

Now they couldn’t reach her anymore, she was likely to become Princess Dorothy’s consort!

Adele probably didn’t know how exaggerated the rumors about her had become.

But in reality, it wasn’t that far off. Both Dorothy and Hermione had decided that Adele was their lifelong partner.

Adele ignored the vampire girls around her and looked at First Snow with a surprised expression.

Judging from First Snow’s “meow,” she seemed to be willing to let Tang Linlang pet her.

It was really surprising.

But the next moment, First Snow raised a paw and looked at Tang Linlang, who was beside Adele.

Tang Linlang looked at Adele nervously and confusedly.

“First Snow probably only wants you to shake her paw, nothing else.”

“…I see, but that’s enough. Hello, Senior First Snow!”

Tang Linlang said formally, looking a bit cute.

But First Snow could indeed be considered a senior kitty.

She had watched the entire academy being built, and she had been living here ever since, seeing countless students graduate… not that kind of “seeing off”!

If nothing unexpected happened, she would also see Adele, Tang Linlang, and the others graduate in the future.

But perhaps, that would also be First Snow’s last year in the academy.

Because after that, she would probably choose to stay by Adele’s side.

She wondered if Winona would feel like the cabbage she had raised had grown legs and run away with the pig that had been eyeing her.

When that day came, Winona would become First Snow’s family.

If Adele dared to bully First Snow, Winona would definitely not let her off the hook!

Tang Linlang reached out excitedly but cautiously and shook First Snow’s paw.

“Wow, so cute! I want to have a cat too.”

Hearing this, Adele raised an eyebrow and simply said,

“You’re not allowed to have one that can transform into a human.”

“！？?”

Tang Linlang had never even thought about such a thing!

But Adele’s concern was quite reasonable.

Because Tang Linlang’s family was now so rich that they couldn’t even spend all their money.

In that case, if she wanted to buy a cat girl, she could probably do it, right?

It was worth mentioning that cat girls belonged to the Beast-Ear race, not the Beastman race.

Beast-Ears were what people commonly called cat girls, dog girls, and so on.

As for Beastmen… in layman’s terms, they were furries!

They were basically humans with animal characteristics, as opposed to animals with human characteristics.

First Snow was a magical creature on another level, much more advanced than them.

After this little interlude after class, First Snow was sent home by Adele.

Of course, no one could stop the little Cat-Bird if she wanted to wander around elsewhere.

As for Adele, she finished half a day of classes as usual and said goodbye to Tang Linlang after school.

Then, she was ready to go back to her dormitory for a nap.

The girl usually didn’t cook for herself, she always ordered takeout.

Because First Snow was still staying in her dormitory, she would take First Snow’s taste into consideration when ordering takeout and would also buy her delicious fish and other things.

But before Adele even reached home, more precisely, when she was walking in a secluded area…

Suddenly, a dangerous aura spread around her.

But Adele was no longer the same as before, she didn’t panic or try to find a chance to escape when encountering trouble.

She raised an eyebrow and quickly locked onto the source of the dangerous aura.

It was two girls with almost identical appearances, slowly walking out from behind the flowerbed not far away.

The only difference was their hair color and clothing style.

Adele’s heart skipped a beat.

If it was them… then it was no wonder.

The black and white twins, two of the villainous heroines who had bullied Adele in the past.

But they hadn’t adapted to Adele’s change, and the result… was that they were dealt with by someone tougher.

They were actually still up to their old tricks.

It had to be said that the two girls gave Adele a great sense of psychological pressure.

But she still appeared calm.

“It’s you, as expected.”

Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro exchanged glances, their hearts skipping a beat.

They more or less thought that Adele should be afraid of them.

And in this situation, they were sure that Adele wasn’t with any other Sequence One.

But she dared to challenge the two of them alone.

Could it be that her strength had increased again in just a few days!?

The two sisters were shocked and suspicious.

But while they were distracted, Adele suddenly turned and ran!

She still hadn’t changed!

But for Adele, no matter what the situation was, it was always right to run away first!

As long as she was alive, there would be girls to protect her!