《I Want To Become A Cat!!!》


 Nya

    Yaho, minna-san. (C/V  For those who are not affiliated with the anime community as much,(though I highly doubt it) it means ¡°hey, everyone.¡± super casually.) (translations may not be exact cuz'' I mean....I''m not Japanese)


    Hm? Who am I?


    I¡¯m Yulia, a girl that loves cats and is beloved by them. Ah, and I also want to become a cat. Are you shocked? Fufufu.


    Well, that¡¯s the normal reaction I guess¡­... Mama and papa were pretty freaked out about it at first too. When I was five, they thought I had something wrong with my brain y¡¯know? Isn¡¯t that rude of them? But they were really worried about me, so they went over to the church to have the healer-sans give me a check-up. And of course, I had nothing wrong with me......besides an abnormal level of obsessing over cats..... They hoped that I wouldn''t be as infatuated by cats when I got older, but nope! I am forever a lover of cats desu!!


    I''m twelve now, and I still love cats dearly as they do love me.


    Ah, chotto matte. (C/V translator is here again!   It means ¡°wait a second¡±.Translator-chan, out!")


    ¡°Ahhhhh, kawaiiiiiiiiiii~~~~~¡± I squeal quietly while petting the cat. The fur is soooooo soft even though it was a stray. She was white-furred which reminded me of the fur on the royals¡¯ coats. And since she always looked condescendingly at everyone besides me, I called her ¡°her highness Nyaia-chan.¡± She started coming to where I fed the strays a few days ago. (C/V Everyone should know this one right.....)


    ¡°Ara, Glutton, Maou, and Spots-kun are here too?¡± I smiled, seeing them softly pad over to where her highness Nyaia and I was. ¡°Here, I have some food for you guys too.¡±


    Glutton is a gray cat with white streaks that loves to eat and Maou is a black cat with narrow eyes that look like he¡¯s glaring at you. Spots-kun is an orangey-red cat with tan spots, hence the name. I¡¯m kinda terrible with coming up with names, so I was worried they wouldn¡¯t like it, but they were really nice and purred at me. The trio is usually seen together for some reason, and I¡¯ve been feeding them for a long time.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.


    Eh? When did I start liking cats?


    Ah¡­..that was when I was three months old.


    It was my first time meeting a cat. I was in my mama¡¯s arms while she was talking to our neighbours. About what they were chatting about I can¡¯t remember. But the kitty I remember suuuuper clearly. It was a tiny cat with short white fur with blue eyes and it meowed at me. It looked like it wanted to be friends so I started babbling like the baby I was and reached for it. My mama noticed and probably thought I was just getting restless so she put me on the ground, keeping one eye on me.


    I somehow half-dragged half-crawled myself over to where the cat was and started petting it. The smol cat seemed to laugh happily and it purred loudly when I was stroking its fur. My mom noticed the purring sound from the cat and came over and picked me up again, worried that the cat would hurt me. I started getting teary-eyed and ended up crying while reaching for the cat.


    When I started crying, the cat started meowing sadly as well. It sounded like someone was about to kill its kin or something. My mama looked like she didn¡¯t know what to do, so she cautiously picked up the cat by the scruff of its neck and held it close to me. She was ready to jerk the cat away if it looked like it was going to hurt me.


    But for some reason, once the cat was near me, I stopped crying and started laughing and petting it again. The cat also stopped meowing pitifully the moment I stopped crying and purred very loudly.


    Hai, end of my past~! Ever since then, I¡¯ve seemed to have an affinity with cats and such.


    Why do I remember something from when I was still a baby so well you ask? Ehe, I don¡¯t know either¡­. Somehow, anything that has to do with cats, I end up having a really clear memory of it¡­..  (C/V ¡­¡­.are you sure you weren¡¯t born in the wrong body?....)


    Mini Theater!


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    Yulia: Answering C/V ¡°Yep! I really wish I was born as a cat instead!¡±


    C/V: ¡°.....¡±


    C/V: ¡°......That was a joke¡­.¡±


    Yulia: ¡°Eh? D-Demo...atarimae desho?¡±   (C/V translator ¡°B-but isn¡¯t it obvious?¡±  )


    Yulia: ¡°It¡¯s even in the title¡±..... ¡°I Want To Become a Cat!¡±


    C/V:  ¡°No comment¡­¡±


    Mini Theater! END

 Duke Cash鈥檚 Cat

    Fuuuuuu~~~.....


    Hi, hi¡­..  Why am I looking at the sky?


    Eh...asking a question again? Don¡¯t you get bored of it? Ma...iya¡­.it¡¯s because the blue reminds me of this azure coloured cat-beast I saw yesterday on my way home from buying food. The cat-beast was so big!! It''s like the size of a horse y¡¯know????? Isn¡¯t that amazing?!!?? It also had black horns on the side of its head and it had three tails instead of one. (C/V translator here!     ¡°Well¡­.whatever..¡± Translator-chan out!)


    Nyaaaaah~~~~~~  Thinking about it makes me wanna cuddle with cats now. Eto, eto, are there any cats nearby?? Ahhhhh, I¡¯m having a cat deficiency right now! It¡¯s an emergency!! (C/V translator   (is being a translator my job now?) ¡°um, um.¡± )


    I start walking faster and faster in hopes of passing by a cute cat quicker. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a cat. I was going so fast, I overshot before I could stop my feet.  I immediately halted my steps and went back to where I thought I saw the cat.


    I kneel down in despair, emitting a gloomy aura.


    ¡°Ehhhhhh¡­¡­ *sighs* I¡¯m so disappointed¡­.. It turns out it was just a picture of an adorable cat nailed on the tree.¡±


    ¡°People who deceive others using cats should be punished!!¡± I said out loud indignantly.


    ¡°Hm?¡± There seemed to be words on it. Haha silly me, focusing on the picture of the cat instead of the probably important words.


    In this kingdom called the Estyner Kingdom, ruled by King Estyner Aurelia Mikael Eugeen Emmiel Velquir IV (the fourth). Yah, it¡¯s such a long-ass name¡­¡­Apparently, the longer the name the better it is for the royals¡­.so stupid. I wonder why they think like that. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Commoner citizens don¡¯t get to learn how to read or write or go to school. Education is for the nobles or rich merchants or peasants. Yep, I think it¡¯s totally unfair, but I can¡¯t go against those trashy nobles and royalty so¡­.tsk tsk.     (C/V Yulia¡­.did your personality just change?!? *Sweats*)


    Luckily, my late uncle was pretty rich and he had been an avid collector of all sorts of books, so when he died, his will said he was going to give all the books to my family. My uncle was a pretty cool guy and we got along well. He always shared his snacks with me and read me stories too. I kinda miss him¡­..   But nevermind that! When the books arrived at our home, I started trying to teach myself how to read and write, cuz¡¯ why not? It could be useful in the future.


    ¡°Etto...l-lost...cat of duke¡­¡­.C-Cardlman? Curdleman? Cashlmain? Hmm...that doesn¡¯t sound right.¡± I frowned, trying to figure the duke¡¯s name out.


    I suddenly had an epiphany and yelled, ¡°Ah! I think it was¡­.Carschlmane!¡±


    If I remember right, he was the lord of the South district, close to the East district of where I live¡­...


    ¡°Fufufu!! I am all powafulllll-desu!!¡± I grinned victoriously.


    ¡°But then again, why do they always have such annoying, hard to remember names? Seriously, damn you, you nobles!¡±  I muttered, after checking that there were no other people around


    ¡°Wait. Duke C-Cashman. No, Duke C-C-C¡­.C-Carschlmane might be a comrade! ARGHHHH your name is so hard to sayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!¡± I yelled.


    ¡°He probably loves his cat a lot, seeing as he even put up ¡°lost¡± search papers¡­. Hoho, he¡¯s definitely a comrade then! Fufufu, as a fellow understanding cat lover, I shall help you out!! Be grateful Duke Caaa¡­.a¡­..whatever, let¡¯s just call you Duke Cash.¡±    (C/V I pity the duke for having his name changed unknowingly to him.


    ¡°? Ara? That cat looks pretty familiar¡­¡­¡± I mumbled to myself, looking closer at the picture.


    ¡°!!!!¡±


    ¡°NYANIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!??!?!?? That...that, that looks like her highness Nyaia-chan!!!! But there¡¯s no way¡­..¡± I uttered a cry of disbelief.


    ¡°Hmmmmmm¡­¡­.but now that I¡¯ve been staring at it longer...the picture does resemble Nyaia-chan¡­  But why would she leave her pampered life with the Duke?¡± I mused.


    ¡°Ah, but cats like to wander around and maybe see other cats, but then Nyaia -chan got lost¡­¡­.no wonder..¡± I breathed out loudly.


    Well, that¡¯s solved now. All I hafta do now is wait for her highness to come around at feeding time and take her back to the duke.


    Mini Theater!


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    CLOSED


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 Scary Butler-san

    Hai domo minna-san¡­¡­I am currently being intimidated by an old butler-san desu¡­.. *cries*


    Now, how did this happen? Well, it goes like this.


    As expected, her highness came around during feeding time at lunch. After all the cats were done eating and left, I gently lifted up Nyaia-chan and started walking to the Duke¡¯s Mansion. (I caught a Nyaia!)   (Referencing Kumoko and Alaba¡­..from ¡°Kumo desu ga, nani ka?)


    ¡°Meowwww¡­.¡± Her highness looked up at me from my arms and meowed questioningly at me. Inner me - So cuteeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!


    ¡°Your highness, Nyaia-chan, I¡¯m bringing you back home to Duke Cash¡­ Uh, no. I meant, bring you back home to the Duke that lords over the South district.¡± I answered her, regardless if she understood it or not. I can¡¯t speak cat despite how much I want to, which is really unfortunate, but I think Nyaia gets it what I mean.


    ¡°Nyaaaa¡­¡± Nyaia seems to meow understandingly somehow, and just enjoyed the ¡°ride¡± back home.


    After walking for a few hours, I finally reached the inner of the East district. I searched for the largest and most lavish looking mansion.


    The Duke¡¯s home was really quite easy to find because it was the best out of all the other houses in the district.


    I gulped nervously, the tall walls and gates were quite intimidating to the short me. I mean, I¡¯m a normal height for a child my age, but I still had to stand on my tippy-toes to reach the black bell next to the gate.


    I guessed it was a magic bell because there was no ringing sound like the commoner houses. A few moments later, a stern-faced old man- ahem, ¡°butler¡± came to the gate and asked me what I wanted.


    ¡°A-ANNO! I heard t-that the Duke had lost his cat...And I think I found it so¡­.¡± I was sweating bullets inside, my voice grew smaller and smaller as I spoke.


    The butler appraised me from head to toe before finally opening the gate and telling me to follow him.


    Inner me- YOSHA! He got what I meant, but human interaction still sucks! Speaking sucks! (C/V  ¡°YES!!¡±  or ¡°YEAH!!!¡± kinda like a cry of victory.)


    Virtual tears were flowing down my face when I suddenly thought of having to speak to more people¡­..I regret¡­...Is it too late to go back?...... *T-T*


    The butler-san told me to wait in the guest room and served me some tea before leaving to get the Duke.


    Uwaaaaaaa, the teacup looks super pricey!! It¡¯s gotta at least cost a gold coin¡­. I should be careful in case of breaking it¡­.


    Ah right. Our kingdom¡¯s currency goes by bronze coins or ¡°copper¡± we call it, silver coins as ¡°silver¡±, gold coins as ¡°gold¡±, and finally the most valuable one- Magic beast cores. They have a lot of uses besides just being currency. You can use it to power a magic weapon, nobles use water cores to have running water, you can also eat them like hard candies with no taste to get stronger apparently, is what I heard.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    Though, it¡¯s way too expensive for commoners to have. It¡¯s because you have to harvest magic beast cores by killing magic beasts, but it¡¯s really dangerous because some of them have some intelligence and they can use magic.


    There are a few elements of magic. There¡¯s fire, water-


    Ah. I¡¯ll talk about that later, the final bossjust came.


    The butler walks back in with a slightly fat looking middle-aged guy with a mustache and blond hair. Only those of royal or noble blood have blonde, black, brown, or reddish hair. Those who aren¡¯t, have hair colours like white, blue, orange, purple, green etc.


    Never mind that, the man looks pretty friendly, but with humans, you never know.


    The butler introduced me to the duke, saying ¡° This is the Duke of the South district. Duke Carschlmane.¡± After he finished saying that, he bowed and left to stand at the side.


    The duke nodded at the butler and turned back to me, saying. ¡°Hello there boy, my butler says you found my baby?¡±


    There are so many things wrong with that sentence just now I¡¯m not even going to tell him to fix it¡­..I¡¯ll just retort in my mind¡­.


    First of all¡­.I¡¯M NOT A BOY!!!! I just have short white hair, and I¡¯m only wearing shorts because it¡¯s convenient to move around in!


    Second of all¡­.It would¡¯ve been hard to understand what you meant by ¡°baby¡± if it wasn¡¯t me!!


    Third¡­..y¡¯know what...I¡¯m not gonna even bother¡­ ai- my head hurts...


    ¡°U-um¡­.yes...y-your dukedom¡­ I have found your cat...I think.¡± I sounded as unsure on the outside as I was inside. Ahhhhh my palms are sweaty. Speaking is so hard when it¡¯s not with papa and mama or my precious cats¡­.


    I held Nyaia up and put her on the table. The duke immediately looked overjoyed and crooned disgustingly. ¡° Tia!! My baby!! I¡¯ve found you at last! I¡¯m glad you''re unharmed baby, but why did you wander off? Do you know how worried father was??¡±


    I saw her highness secretly do an eye roll so human-like I almost snorted out loud.


    The duke was elated and spoke loudly ¡° Thanks, boy!! My baby''s likemy child, I¡¯m so glad you found her!! I''d like to give you a reward for bringing Tia back to me, what do you want?¡±


    Uwa.....his speaking suddenly went all floppy and informal..... Say, ojii-san, are you really a noble?(C/V "uncle" )


    The butler immediately spoke up, looking really concerned ¡°Sir! There is a possibility that the young lad stole your cat and returned it for a reward!¡±


    He speedily turned his head to glare at me.


    Which brings me to this current situation¡­...I swear I¡¯m innocent¡­


    I was annoyed and scared at the same time, unable to retort.


    ¡°Now, now, simmer down Eilus. I¡¯m quite sure he didn¡¯t do that. Otherwise, my baby, Tia wouldn''t have followed him so obediently without scratching him or being frantic the moment she came back to me.¡±


    Nyaia, or Tia, also meowed loudly as if agreeing and went over to my feet and rubbed against me.


    ¡°See? I was right.¡± The duke laughed triumphantly at the speechless butler. I¡¯m starting to feel sorry for butler Eilus-kun for having to serve such a care-free master¡­¡­.


    ¡°Now, what is your wish, boy?¡± The duke asked again.


    I knew that it would be impossible to ask him to turn me into a cat.


    ¡°U-um, then would it be possible for me to attend the prestigious ¡°Magic and Combat Academy¡± ?¡± I timidly asked.


    The duke looked surprised for a moment before bursting into laughter again. Seriously, are you all dukes this weird and laugh-happy? He probably thought I was gonna ask for gold or something. Kukuku, I¡¯m not that dumb.


    ¡°Haha, I wasn¡¯t expecting that at all. What an interesting boy, very well. Your wish will be granted. Go to the Academy in three months and tell the register that Duke Carschlmane sent you. They will know what to do.¡±


    I bowed my head low in gratitude.


    But seriously, should I tell him that I¡¯m actually a girl?........ He¡¯s probably gonna register me as a boy¡­..ahhhhhhh, I hate speaking, so whatever. I¡¯ll just deal with it. Being mistaken for a boy is fine I guess.