Chapter 365: The First Floor (2)
“Come when I call you. If I ask you to put on a show, do it right in front of me. When I tell you to open a chip bag, obey me. You must always tell the truth and never lie to me. That’s not all. If I tell you to meow, you’ll meow. When the time comes and I get tired of your meowing, I’ll tell you to bark, and you’ll have no choice but to bark.”
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The Countess looked around. “There are too many ears around us for this talk. Let’s go elsewhere.”
She had a point, so we left the plaza, though the next place we went to was a cafe on the edge of the plaza.
It’s also been a while since I was here.
This cafe was where the Five Guild leaders and I first met and where I became a member of all the Five Guilds, so it was a historic site in a way. However, this place, which used to be dominated by the world’s most famous green-star octopus-armed mermaid queen franchise, was now a cat cafe.
“Oh, w-welcome, Master! Woof!”
A group of cats that I clearly remembered seeing in the Golden Heaven Realm ran out the door. No matter how I looked at them, they were indeed the Goldcoin-Biting Cat.
“Woof, woof! Master, we are so touched by your arrival that we can hardly stand!”
“Ah, I’ve already fallen to the ground!”
“We wrote a hymn called the Songs of the Countess Flying to Heaven!”
The cats lined up and lay flat on their bellies. They kept their heads low but stuck their tails up and wagged them hard, barking like dogs because the Countess had ordered them.