Chapter 43 A Cat's Education

Hao Ren didn't know what a normal newly-awakened youkai (monster) was like, but he suspected that they all had to go through a process of reshaping their worldview and developing new habits. At least that's what his own silly cat was going through: everyone spent the whole day trying to instill new values in this cat, but in the end, it was mostly in vain.

The cat-girl still did her own thing. Her misdeeds included, but were not limited to, rolling around on the soft cushions in the living room, stepping on the sofa with her shoes on, howling on the coffee table, and demanding dried fish from everyone.

Later, when the others returned home, they also joined in on the "get down" training, but the cat simply ran to the roof to get some peace and quiet.

After a whole day of this, Hao Ren was exhausted by the cat-girl. It wasn't until dinner that things calmed down a bit.

Vivian had prepared a table full of sumptuous dishes. This strange family (except for the big-bearded man who was roasting wild rabbits outside) gathered around the dinner table, starting the most pleasant and harmonious moment of the day: dinner. Elizabeth held a sea bowl bigger than her head, devouring her food with the royal demeanor inherited from her father, completely lacking the temperament that her profession, "Princess of the Demon World," should have.

The little girl and Izhaks were now considered celebrities in the southern suburbs. First of all, Izhaks's face was a well-known landmark in the area. After repeatedly checking the list of wanted criminals on the internet, the local police confirmed that this big guy was harmless, and then the surrounding residents slowly accepted the face of the Great Demon. And at this juncture, Elizabeth, who looked like a little angel, was born and started going door-to-door collecting old appliances behind Izhaks—you can imagine how lively this was in the local area.

The two of them standing together were simply the embodiment of an angel and a demon. Even if they didn't do anything, just standing on the street was performance art, let alone running around everywhere.

The southern suburbs were originally a small place where life was as bland as water. The old folks on these streets were always hoping for some news to spice up their meals, so the appearance of Izhaks and Elizabeth was quite a sensation. Hao Ren didn't witness the grand occasion with his own eyes, but according to the big-bearded man, it was quite lively: the anti-trafficking team came three times, the Municipal Public Security Bureau came twice, and the most intense time, the two of them had just walked to the intersection of the old street when four or five old demobilized soldiers pretending to be out for a walk followed behind them—all carrying walkie-talkies…

Fortunately, Raven 12345 had provided them with sufficiently convincing fake IDs…

In fact, Izhaks didn't need to find any work to support his family. Not to mention that he had an entire Demon King's City willing to wholeheartedly support him, just Raven 12345's "unconditional reimbursement for all expenses of the aliens in Hao Ren's home" was enough for Hao Ren to easily support everyone in the house. Izhaks went out to collect old appliances entirely to satisfy his daughter's interests, and the latter actually achieved some results—Elizabeth claimed that she had basically mastered the technology of repairing old washing machines, and was now challenging refrigerators and air conditioners. Her next goal was to rent a store in the southern suburbs to open an appliance repair shop. She felt that this was the happiest profession on Earth, and after running the shop for a few years, she planned to start learning professional technologies such as imperial theory…

No one knew how she connected these two things, but it was probably the unique logic of a Demon World princess.

In any case, the little girl's plan was rejected by her father from the very beginning: minors were not allowed to register for a business license, even if she changed her ID card to that of an adult—the little girl was only a little over 1.3 meters tall on tiptoe…

While listening to the Demon World princess boasting at the dinner table, Hao Ren turned his head to look at the side: a girl with cat ears and a cat tail was squatting at his feet, gobbling down food from a cat food bowl. An uninformed person might have thought it was a case of insane domestic violence—but there was a chair next to her, and she just wouldn't sit on it!

"Can't you sit on a chair and eat?" Hao Ren pressed down on "Roll's" hair. "And can't you use a normal bowl? Didn't we prepare bowls and chopsticks for you?"

"Sitting is uncomfortable," the cat-girl said without looking up. "And the food bowl has a familiar smell. I won't change it. If I change it, the food won't taste good."

Lili nodded repeatedly while holding her rice bowl: "Yeah, I feel the same way about the second point. I used to be particular about my bowl when I ate. My own bowl had its own taste, but I changed it later—my bowl has become a relic, and it was sold for several thousand yuan to a guy in Sichuan who collects Republic of China artifacts…"

"Look at your promising future," Vivian scoffed at this "being particular about bowls" habit. "This is a beastly habit. You haven't fully transformed into a spirit. And a mere Republic of China bowl—have you ever used a bronze cauldron to cook things?"

So Hao Ren always felt that it was difficult for him to get involved in the topics of these aliens at home…

And he wasn't the only one who couldn't get a word in. There was also Nangong Sanba, who had just joined the group and was temporarily staying at home as a demon hunter instructor. This half-baked demon hunter was still in the stage of familiarizing himself with the organization environment. At this time, he didn't know who to talk to, so he simply started an impromptu lesson for Doudou at the dinner table. He took out a stack of ghost-drawn symbols from his body, pointed to the Leyton runes on them with his chopsticks, and taught Doudou to read: "This is a Leyton rune. Demon hunters must learn this. This symbol means fire…"

Doudou happily wagged her tail, stepped forward, and bit off a large chunk of the rune card in a few bites. Nangong Sanba was immediately stunned.

"I suggest you don't teach her about rune cards. If you have to teach her runes, change the props," Nangong Wuyue raised her eyelids. "It's not like you don't know she likes to eat wood fiber. Also, she's biting your chopsticks."

Nangong Sanba exclaimed in surprise. At this time, only half of the chopsticks in his hand remained…

After dinner, everyone dispersed. "Roll" occupied the commanding heights of the sofa and began searching for pet shows, and this time she was watching TV in a legitimate way. Hao Ren went over and poked the cat-girl's head: "Go to Wuyue's room to sleep tonight. Tomorrow, I'll clean up the unused room on the west side of the first floor for you to live in."

The cat-girl was confused: "Why meow?"

Hao Ren felt that her question was inexplicable: "Of course, it's to arrange a place for you to sleep… Don't you have your own room now?"

The cat-girl pointed to a shadow in the corner of the stairs with her tail: "Nest meow."

Hao Ren looked up and saw a basket covered with a velvet blanket, which was "Roll's" usual cat nest. He was immediately dumbfounded: "That's for cats… Can you still sleep in it now?"

As soon as the cat-girl heard this, she ran over quickly and tried to arch herself in her cat nest, but she almost broke the basket. She came back with a sad face: "Meow, I can't live in the nest anymore. I'll sleep on the blanket tonight. You give me a new cat nest!"

"Get a new nest my ass! You have to sleep in a bed from now on!" Hao Ren glared. "Sleep in a bed, learn to wear pajamas, wash your face in the sink, don't roll around on the cushions, you must learn these things!"

The cat-girl lost her patience listening, yawned lazily, wriggled and crawled onto the soft cushion next to the stairs, curled up into a ball, and dozed off.

Hao Ren's education of this cat failed again.

Lili wandered over from somewhere and patted Hao Ren on the shoulder: "Relax, take your time, she'll always learn to live like a human. Don't I act dignified, steady, and reserved in front of outsiders?"

Hao Ren looked at Lili as if she had been hacked: "Can you stop adding those non-existent settings to yourself?"

"I only freak out when I'm with acquaintances," Lili crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, then sauntered towards "Roll". "As a senior in the demon world, I have to give some pointers."

Well, "Roll" lost her deterrent power over Lili after transforming into a human, and now the husky was starting to act smug.

Hao Ren wasn't interested in watching the cat-dog war, so he ran to the basement to find Vivian: he wanted Vivian to help him look at the source blood samples, and the latter definitely hadn't gone to bed yet.

When he came to the basement, he found Vivian sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a delicate wooden box in a daze.

"What are you doing?" Hao Ren asked casually.

"This is the box that Paul gave me," Vivian held up the wooden box to show him. "According to him, I was very serious when I gave him this thing back then. This box should be very important, but I can't remember anything about it… I don't know why, but I always feel that there's something strange about it."