Blacksmith Volume 2 Chapter 13
Today is a school holiday, as well as my long-awaited vacation day.
I was thinking about doing the challenge given to me by Neko-sensei the other day about transformation magic, but because there’s always two people in my room, I decided it would be best to find a quiet place outside to practice instead.
Following the procedure I did in the classroom, my body gradually took the form of a cat, and after I compressed it as well, my body started to shrink accordingly.
“Oh.”
My line of sight became low, and my body became light.
I had completely turned into a cat.
With all four of my legs, I tried bouncing up and down a few times.
As I thought, its light.
Before I knew it, I was having fun from this simple action.
Nyanyaa~ I walked in rhythm with the song I sang as a cat.
Finally reaching the lawn, I plopped my whole body down for a bit.
Ah, the sun feels great~
Students passing by would glance at me from time to time, but they didn’t do anything in particular to me, I was only a cat after all.
Finished with my observation, I decided it’d be good to explore the school grounds a bit more.
This really makes me feel like I’ve become a cat.
Maybe if I find somewhere nice, I’ll even have a nap like this.
I wonder how long I’ll be able to keep the transformation up?
“Shah!” (sfx: Hiss!)
As I was taking my walk comfortably, my natural enemy had appeared before me!
There was a male cat with a wounded face, sharp eyes, and a large body. He was like a king walking in the middle of the road, there was no doubt he was a veteran of many cat-fights.
More importantly, he was currently directing towards me a large amount of hostility.
I wonder if cats have things like territories as well? I’m not sure on the finer details but I do know that he’s not in a happy mood.
I guess for now I’ll just say ‘hello’, “Nyaa.”
“Shah!”
“Nyaa?” Translation: Is there something wrong with your stomach?
“Shah!”
“Nyaa?” Translation: How’s it going? Are you having a good day?
“Shah!”
This is useless, I think his mood is even worse than before.
I guess it can’t be helped, I tried to converse with him, but he’s not cooperating.
I slowly began to approach him.
Understanding my intentions, he readied himself for a fight.
Before that could happen though, I released a bit of my magic compression and made myself bigger.
“Nyaa?!”
The other cat raised his voice in surprise.
When your opponent suddenly becomes double your size you have second thoughts about picking a fight with them.
He immediately decided to flee and disappeared, though I do feel a little bad about that.
I don’t even have to say the results.
Score one win for Kururi Helan.
Returning my body back to a normal cat, I resumed my walk.
Oh, there was grasshopper bouncing in front of my eyes.
Hmm? I wasn’t supposed to be doing anything right now, but before I knew it I was chasing it like my life depended on it… why?
Whatever, right now all I know is that I want to catch it!
I want to catch it right in between my paws!
The grasshopper landed, and I pounced, to sandwich it right between my paws mid-jump… but it got away. I bet this was a special grasshopper that could jump faster than any other!
I jumped! Miss. I repeat! Miss. This cycle happened a couple of times but I couldn’t catch it.
…?! I caught it in my mouth!
*Paku* (sfx: bite) Yup, I caught it well.
I did it!
…ueeeeee. I finally realized I had a grasshopper inside my mouth… I spat it out immediately.
Ugh, I can still taste it a bit. I-it couldn’t be helped okay?! I had no control over myself!
My mind had truly turned into that of a cat. This is dangerous, really dangerous.
From now on, I need to be careful whenever I use this spell.
After re-confirming I was myself, I returned to exploring the school.
The roads that I’ve passed through so many times look completely different as a cat.
It really gives a fresh feeling, everything is new and tickles my curiosity.
Neko-sensei’s magic sure is useful.
As I walked *tokotoko* (sfx: step step), I found a couple flirting together early in the morning.
I recognise both their faces, and the place that they’ve met seems to be a place that’s hidden from sight.
Wow, I just saw something interesting.
The other side wasn’t vigilant of me at all, it must be because I’m a cat.
So I can even use it for things like this, I feel that this also has a lot of bad uses to it as well.
Maybe it was because everything was so new in this form, or because I’ve been like this for a while, but I was feeling a little drowsy.
I was suddenly in the mood to find a place where I could nap.
Thinking about such things, I made my way over to a corner of the school building.
Wait, that’s?
There was a familiar face there.
It was Iris, reading a book alone by a flowerbed.
Spending your holiday reading, you sure are serious.
Though, I don’t really think she’s doing this because she wants too.
Iris is a special presence in the school,