Chapter 65 – I Am
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I am a cat. My name has yet…… nyaーーー!!
W-What are you doing nya! Stoー, aー!!
Haa, haa…
To suddenly get thrown by someone, how terrible nya.
Ahem, once again, I’m a cat nya.
Although it hasn’t been a year since I was born nya, I’m a splendid female cat nya!
I’ve recently been picked up by a master nya.
It’s a small human girl with beautiful black hair and black eyes nya.
Master’s hair is incredibly magnificent nya.
Even though master is still a child nya, she lives alone nya. How praiseworthy nya!
It was fate that master and I met nya!
Master gently gave me food when I was hungry and couldn’t move nya.
I won’t ever forget the flavour of the food at that time nya…
Today will be an introduction of a regular day of me and master nya.
「Nya~」
teshi teshi
The start of my day begins by waking master up.1
Master wakes up early in the morning, just as the sun starts going up.
「Nya~」
「n……aah, is it morning…? fua, ah~」
The first thing master does after waking up is change her clothes. Eh? Everybody does that? No no, master exercises every morning nya. The first time she changes is for that reason nya.
After master changes and washes her face, she immediately leaves nya.
She usually returns after around half a koku, I think nya?
I saw master off and rested for a little bit nya…… *mumble mumble*.
Wa! I overslept nya! Master has already returned nya!?
Master washed off her sweat in the bath after she returns from exercising. Nya nya, I hate baths nya…
Master immediately does the washing after coming out of the bath nya.
It’s the perfect day to do the washing since today’s weather is good nya.
Nya nya♪
「Be a good child and don’t disturb me ne.」
U-Nya!? I’m dispirited nya…2
Once the washing is done, breakfast preparations are next nya. Master’s meals are incredibly delicious nya. It’s even more delicious than the food scraps from a first-class restaurant I ate when I was a stray.
「Nya~」
「Are you hungry? Please wait a bit longer ne.」
Nya nya, even though I planned to help, it was mistaken as begging nya…
「Sorry to keep you waiting. The meals ready?」
「Nya~」
U-Nya, as expected, master’s meals are the best nya! Delicious nya~!
「Well then, I’ll be going out, so please come back before dinner okay?」
Master goes out almost everyday nya. Though it seems to be work, for a child to work, how difficult nyaa… But there should be something I could help with nya…
The time when master leaves for work is my free time nya. Going out is fine, idling about is fine, I can do as I pleasenya!
Today’s weather is also good so I’ll go for a walk nya.
I used my personal secret path and headed outside nya.
Nya~, sunbathing on days like this is the best nya~.
*sniff sniff*…… nnya? This smell is…
「Oh, well isn’t it Sakura-chan’s cat. What? Do you want this fellow? Just one okay…」
「Nya~」
I received a fish from the uncle from the fish store nya! I gave my thanks and decided to eat it in a quiet location nya.
Nnya, nnya, delicious fish nya~!
『Oh, well isn’t this little kid eating something nice huh.』
All of a sudden, a voice echoed from behind me.
『You are…… the wild cat that’s been running wild around here nya!?』
『Will you hand that over to me?』
ku…… my fish is being aimed at nya… But this fish is mine nya, I won’t hand it over nya!
『I refuse nya!』
『Ah, hey, get back here!』
I dashed away with the fish in my mouth and escaped nya.
After checked if I was being followed after running for a while, I finally relaxed and placed the fish by my feet nya…
……What nya!? There’s only a portion of the fish left nya!?
It seems I bit too hard and it fell on the way here nya…
ku…… the dropped fish has surely been stolen by that wild cat nya… what a blunder nya…!
I’ll take a nap since I’m frustrated nya…3
U-Nya… it’s already evening nya… Did I oversleep nya?
Let’s go back home and eat master’s food nya.
I’m back nya~
The sun had already gone down when I returned home nya.
I took the secret path and entered the house, then went to master nya.
「Nya~」
「Oh? Where did you go today?」
「Nya~」
「Mm? You’re awfully dirty ne. It won’t be good if you don’t take a bath ne.」
What nya!? I hate baths nya!
「Ni~」
I cry out in protest nya! I violently oppose nya!
「That’s no good okay. I won’t let you enter the futon if you’re not clean okay?」
I also don’t want that nya! The futon, it’s warm and feels good nya.
To endure the bath I hate nya, or to endure the futon I love nya…… an ultimatum nya…
「If you obediently take a bath, I’ll give you some dried bonito today.」
What was that nya!? That fluffy ‘the more you chew it, the tastier it is’ katsuobushi nya!?4 I’ll take a bath with pleasurenya!!
「Nya~」
「fufu, I understand. Once dinner is finished, please don’t struggle in the bath okay?」
For the sake of katsuobushi, I can endure through anything!
「Okay, here’s the katsuobushi, just as promised.」
「Nya~」
Katsuobushi nya, katsuobushi nya♪
Delicious nya~!
In front of katsuobushi, I don’t have to bother with that strange man who always comes at around dinner time nya.
That strange man turns up to dinner everyday nya.
I hate that strange man because he touches master excessively nya. The time master and I can touch gets reducednya!5
When dinner finishes, master will clean up and the day will end nya.
After that, master will sleep after taking a bath nya.
I’ll go in the futon first and…
「Now, it’s time for a bath you know?」
U-Nya, like I thought, I hate baths nya!
「Ni~」
「That’s no good. Since I paid the katsuobushi in advance. Or would you rather never have katsuobushi again?」
「Ni~」
I don’t want that nya. There’s no other way nya… I am a lady who keeps her promise nya! I’ll do my best for the portion of katsuobushi I’ve already eaten nya!6
……It’s not like I was defeated by those words about katsuobushi earlier nya. Really nya!
「Hey, behave yourself. So dirty…… if you hate baths, then please don’t get dirty.」
「Ni~」
The water! I’m being attacked by the water nya!
「You’re clean now. Now, let’s soak in the bath.」
「Ni~」
Drowning, I’m drowning nyaー! hafu…..
「fufu, does it feel good?」
「Fu-Nya~」
It’s strange nya, but master doesn’t have any fur covering her body nya, I wonder if she’s alright nya? Although master has a lot of fur on her head, wouldn’t it be cold since she has no fur elsewhere nya? I think I’d be cold if I didn’t have any fur though nya… Is it because it’s hot right now, so it’s fine without any fur nya? Or is it that every human doesn’t have fur nya? Does fur grow when it’s cold nya? Humans are strange nya…
「Now, shall we get out before we get dizzy?」
U-Nya, it feels so good I almost fell asleep nya.
「Let’s wipe your body~」
Nya! I hate being scrubbed nya!
「Ni~」
「Hey, don’t struggle…」
U-Nya nya, master will become weak if I lick here nya!
lick
「Hyan」
Now nya!
「Ah, hey! Kya.」
shake shake shake
「Aah, stop flinging water everywhere!」
That should be sufficient nya.
「Geez, aren’t you still wet!」
Oh, I got caught again nya…
「Look, it’ll be better with this.」
U-Nya~, I got scrubbed in the end nya…
「It’s about time to sleep okay. Good night.」
「Nya~」
Our day ends with that nya. Good night nya…
tl note
the first line of the chapter and the chapter title is a reference to a book called ‘I Am a Cat‘
Chapter 65 – I Am
~
~
I am a cat. My name has yet…… nyaーーー!!
W-What are you doing nya! Stoー, aー!!
Haa, haa…
To suddenly get thrown by someone, how terrible nya.
Ahem, once again, I’m a cat nya.
Although it hasn’t been a year since I was born nya, I’m a splendid female cat nya!
I’ve recently been picked up by a master nya.
It’s a small human girl with beautiful black hair and black eyes nya.
Master’s hair is incredibly magnificent nya.
Even though master is still a child nya, she lives alone nya. How praiseworthy nya!
It was fate that master and I met nya!
Master gently gave me food when I was hungry and couldn’t move nya.
I won’t ever forget the flavour of the food at that time nya…
Today will be an introduction of a regular day of me and master nya.
「Nya~」
teshi teshi
The start of my day begins by waking master up.1
Master wakes up early in the morning, just as the sun starts going up.
「Nya~」
「n……aah, is it morning…? fua, ah~」
The first thing master does after waking up is change her clothes. Eh? Everybody does that? No no, master exercises every morning nya. The first time she changes is for that reason nya.
After master changes and washes her face, she immediately leaves nya.
She usually returns after around half a koku, I think nya?
I saw master off and rested for a little bit nya…… *mumble mumble*.
Wa! I overslept nya! Master has already returned nya!?
Master washed off her sweat in the bath after she returns from exercising. Nya nya, I hate baths nya…
Master immediately does the washing after coming out of the bath nya.
It’s the perfect day to do the washing since today’s weather is good nya.
Nya nya♪
「Be a good child and don’t disturb me ne.」
U-Nya!? I’m dispirited nya…2
Once the washing is done, breakfast preparations are next nya. Master’s meals are incredibly delicious nya. It’s even more delicious than the food scraps from a first-class restaurant I ate when I was a stray.
「Nya~」
「Are you hungry? Please wait a bit longer ne.」
Nya nya, even though I planned to help, it was mistaken as begging nya…
「Sorry to keep you waiting. The meals ready?」
「Nya~」
U-Nya, as expected, master’s meals are the best nya! Delicious nya~!
「Well then, I’ll be going out, so please come back before dinner okay?」
Master goes out almost everyday nya. Though it seems to be work, for a child to work, how difficult nyaa… But there should be something I could help with nya…
The time when master leaves for work is my free time nya. Going out is fine, idling about is fine, I can do as I pleasenya!
Today’s weather is also good so I’ll go for a walk nya.
I used my personal secret path and headed outside nya.
Nya~, sunbathing on days like this is the best nya~.
*sniff sniff*…… nnya? This smell is…
「Oh, well isn’t it Sakura-chan’s cat. What? Do you want this fellow? Just one okay…」
「Nya~」
I received a fish from the uncle from the fish store nya! I gave my thanks and decided to eat it in a quiet location nya.
Nnya, nnya, delicious fish nya~!
『Oh, well isn’t this little kid eating something nice huh.』
All of a sudden, a voice echoed from behind me.
『You are…… the wild cat that’s been running wild around here nya!?』
『Will you hand that over to me?』
ku…… my fish is being aimed at nya… But this fish is mine nya, I won’t hand it over nya!
『I refuse nya!』
『Ah, hey, get back here!』
I dashed away with the fish in my mouth and escaped nya.
After checked if I was being followed after running for a while, I finally relaxed and placed the fish by my feet nya…
……What nya!? There’s only a portion of the fish left nya!?
It seems I bit too hard and it fell on the way here nya…
ku…… the dropped fish has surely been stolen by that wild cat nya… what a blunder nya…!
I’ll take a nap since I’m frustrated nya…3
U-Nya… it’s already evening nya… Did I oversleep nya?
Let’s go back home and eat master’s food nya.
I’m back nya~
The sun had already gone down when I returned home nya.
I took the secret path and entered the house, then went to master nya.
「Nya~」
「Oh? Where did you go today?」
「Nya~」
「Mm? You’re awfully dirty ne. It won’t be good if you don’t take a bath ne.」
What nya!? I hate baths nya!
「Ni~」
I cry out in protest nya! I violently oppose nya!
「That’s no good okay. I won’t let you enter the futon if you’re not clean okay?」
I also don’t want that nya! The futon, it’s warm and feels good nya.
To endure the bath I hate nya, or to endure the futon I love nya…… an ultimatum nya…
「If you obediently take a bath, I’ll give you some dried bonito today.」
What was that nya!? That fluffy ‘the more you chew it, the tastier it is’ katsuobushi nya!?4 I’ll take a bath with pleasurenya!!
「Nya~」
「fufu, I understand. Once dinner is finished, please don’t struggle in the bath okay?」
For the sake of katsuobushi, I can endure through anything!
「Okay, here’s the katsuobushi, just as promised.」
「Nya~」
Katsuobushi nya, katsuobushi nya♪
Delicious nya~!
In front of katsuobushi, I don’t have to bother with that strange man who always comes at around dinner time nya.
That strange man turns up to dinner everyday nya.
I hate that strange man because he touches master excessively nya. The time master and I can touch gets reducednya!5
When dinner finishes, master will clean up and the day will end nya.
After that, master will sleep after taking a bath nya.
I’ll go in the futon first and…
「Now, it’s time for a bath you know?」
U-Nya, like I thought, I hate baths nya!
「Ni~」
「That’s no good. Since I paid the katsuobushi in advance. Or would you rather never have katsuobushi again?」
「Ni~」
I don’t want that nya. There’s no other way nya… I am a lady who keeps her promise nya! I’ll do my best for the portion of katsuobushi I’ve already eaten nya!6
……It’s not like I was defeated by those words about katsuobushi earlier nya. Really nya!
「Hey, behave yourself. So dirty…… if you hate baths, then please don’t get dirty.」
「Ni~」
The water! I’m being attacked by the water nya!
「You’re clean now. Now, let’s soak in the bath.」
「Ni~」
Drowning, I’m drowning nyaー! hafu…..
「fufu, does it feel good?」
「Fu-Nya~」
It’s strange nya, but master doesn’t have any fur covering her body nya, I wonder if she’s alright nya? Although master has a lot of fur on her head, wouldn’t it be cold since she has no fur elsewhere nya? I think I’d be cold if I didn’t have any fur though nya… Is it because it’s hot right now, so it’s fine without any fur nya? Or is it that every human doesn’t have fur nya? Does fur grow when it’s cold nya? Humans are strange nya…
「Now, shall we get out before we get dizzy?」
U-Nya, it feels so good I almost fell asleep nya.
「Let’s wipe your body~」
Nya! I hate being scrubbed nya!
「Ni~」
「Hey, don’t struggle…」
U-Nya nya, master will become weak if I lick here nya!
lick
「Hyan」
Now nya!
「Ah, hey! Kya.」
shake shake shake
「Aah, stop flinging water everywhere!」
That should be sufficient nya.
「Geez, aren’t you still wet!」
Oh, I got caught again nya…
「Look, it’ll be better with this.」
U-Nya~, I got scrubbed in the end nya…
「It’s about time to sleep okay. Good night.」
「Nya~」
Our day ends with that nya. Good night nya…
tl note
the first line of the chapter and the chapter title is a reference to a book called ‘I Am a Cat‘
